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Author: Joyce Johnson Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 148048119X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 149
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The daring debut of the Beat Generation’s first woman novelist It’s 1955. Seven days before her graduation from Barnard College, Susan Levitt asks herself, “What if you lived your entire life without urgency?” just before going out to make things happen to her that will shatter the mask of conformity concealing her feelings of alienation. If Susan continues to be “good,” marriage and security await her. But her hunger is rising for the self-discovery that comes from existential freedom. After breaking up with the Columbia boy she knows she could marry, Susan seeks out those she considers “outlaws”: the brave and fragile Kay, who has moved into a rundown hotel, in order to “see more than fifty percent when I walk down the street”; the vulnerable adolescent rebel Anthony; and Peter, the restless hipster graduate student who has become the object of Kay’s unrequited devotion. This fascinating novel—which the author began writing a year before her encounter with Jack Kerouac—is a young woman’s complex response to the liberating messages of the Beat Generation. In a subversive feminist move, Johnson gives her heroine all the freedom the male Beat writers reserved for men, to travel her own road.
Author: Joyce Johnson Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 148048119X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 149
Book Description
The daring debut of the Beat Generation’s first woman novelist It’s 1955. Seven days before her graduation from Barnard College, Susan Levitt asks herself, “What if you lived your entire life without urgency?” just before going out to make things happen to her that will shatter the mask of conformity concealing her feelings of alienation. If Susan continues to be “good,” marriage and security await her. But her hunger is rising for the self-discovery that comes from existential freedom. After breaking up with the Columbia boy she knows she could marry, Susan seeks out those she considers “outlaws”: the brave and fragile Kay, who has moved into a rundown hotel, in order to “see more than fifty percent when I walk down the street”; the vulnerable adolescent rebel Anthony; and Peter, the restless hipster graduate student who has become the object of Kay’s unrequited devotion. This fascinating novel—which the author began writing a year before her encounter with Jack Kerouac—is a young woman’s complex response to the liberating messages of the Beat Generation. In a subversive feminist move, Johnson gives her heroine all the freedom the male Beat writers reserved for men, to travel her own road.
Author: Meg Medina Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763690503 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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In Meg Medina's follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm.
Author: Heather Gilion Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1607998718 Category : Bereavement Languages : en Pages : 312
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Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.
Author: Karen Ackerman Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 030779279X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 43
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A beautifully nostalgic picture book about one grandfather's younger days that shows you're only as old as you feel! "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled, enthusiastic Grandpa clearly exudes the message that you're only as old as you feel, but the children respond--as will readers--to the nostalgia of the moment. Utterly original."--(starred) Booklist.
Author: Elmore Leonard Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061808547 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 242
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The unrivaled master of crime’s first collection of noir stories. . . . “If you thought you knew all the places Elmore Leonard could take you, think again.”—Mike Lupica In more than 30 books spanning half a century, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination of millions as few writers can. A literary icon praised by the New York Times Book Review as “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever, ” he has influenced many contemporary writers and is known for both the quality and accessibility of his writing. In this first collection of short pieces, including two novella-length works, since his western anthology Tonto Woman, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterization, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plotting that have made him a household name.
Author: Gale West Publisher: ISBN: 9781737634409 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 170
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Money, Come Dance with Me, is an invitation to live in the joy and delight of dancing with money as a loving guide and friend. Author, Gale West, invites the reader to consider money's pure potential as a dynamic, living, force field of love, connecting of peoples, cultures and marketplaces. Unfortunately, few can experience money in this way, because it's been imprisoned in an old paradigm of domination and greed. Thus, the pain and trauma created through money is not money's fault. Instead, it aches to be an agent for good in the world. West's international bestselling book brings a refreshing new look at money's place in our lives from both a spiritual and highly practical perspective. It invites the reader to constructively heal personal and ancestral money wounds, become conscious co-creators with Divine Source, and embrace joyous wealth as a way of life beyond more in the bank. Filled with stories and simple practical "dance steps," Money, Come Dance With Me, guides the reader on a powerful journey of transformation, welcoming money as a loving partner in the dance of life. "With her book, Money, Come Dance with Me, Gale West gives us all a gift that will keep giving for a lifetime! Gale goes deeper than I have ever seen on the energy of money and the idea that we are each interconnected with money in the same way we are with friends and family. I love Gale's rich offering of simple steps we can take to dramatically elevate our relationship with money. As a CEO and former financial advisor, I see the vast potential this book provides for each one of us and the organizations we treasure!" Claire Lachance, CEO, Institute of Noetic Sciences "You have a relationship with money, whether you are aware of it or not. It is driven by your beliefs about money and will strongly influence how money treats you. Gale West has spent decades exploring this territory, developing practices to help unload the burdensome ideas that keep money from becoming the lubricant it should be to manifest your sacred vision." Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, Creator, Internal Family Systems Model "Money, Come Dance with Me is an invitation to have a powerful personal relationship with money that is inspiring and transformative, empowering actions that will individually and collectively transport us from our current self-indulgent, exploitative, resource-destructive Death Economy to a collaborative, compassionate, resource-generative Life economy, where all will thrive. I highly recommend it." John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Author: Sandra Boynton Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1665925078 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 11
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Get ready to do-si-do in the barnyard with Sandra Boynton’s bestselling, toe-tapping Barnyard Dance!—now available in an oversized lap edition! Join twirling pigs, fiddle-playing cows, and other unforgettable animals in their barnyard dance! With rhythmic rhyming text, this book is guaranteed to get kids and adults spinning, swinging, and prancing with the high-spirited cast of characters! It’s BIG fun from Sandra Boynton in the big, big size of this favorite board book. Stomp your feet! Clap your hands! Everybody ready for a BARNYARD DANCE!
Author: Born This Way Foundation Reporters Publisher: Feiwel & Friends ISBN: 1250245575 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 278
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A New York Times Bestseller For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another, our communities, and even ourselves. She embodies this mission, and through her work, brings more kindness into our world every single day. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance of being yourself, being kind to yourself, and being kind to others, no matter who they are or where they come from. With that sentiment in mind, she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Through the years, they've collected stories of kindness, bravery and resilience from young people all over the world, proving that kindness truly is the universal language. And now, we invite you to read these stories and follow along as each and every young author finds their voice just as Lady Gaga has found hers. Within these pages, you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return. In one story, you’ll read about a young person with an autoimmune disease, who after being bullied at school, learned how to practice self-love and started an organization with the mission of educating others about the importance of self-love, too; and in another story, you’ll meet a young person who decided to start a movement to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraged others to talk about their feelings openly and honestly, a reminder that kindness and mental wellness go hand in hand. Not only were we moved by these individual acts of kindness, but we were also touched by the many stories of organizations, neighborhoods, and entire communities that fully dedicated themselves to helping those in need and found new, innovative ways to make our world a kinder and braver place. Individually and collectively, these stories prove that kindness not only saves lives but builds community. Kindness is inclusion, it is pride, it is empathy, it is compassion, it is self-respect and it is the guiding light to love. Kindness is always transformational, and its never-ending ripples result in even more kind acts that can change our lives, our communities, and our world.
Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307777685 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 417
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Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.
Author: Andrew Holleran Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780060937065 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.
Author: Joyce Johnson
Author: Joyce Johnson
Author: Meg Medina
Author: Heather Gilion
Author: Karen Ackerman
Author: Elmore Leonard
Author: Gale West
Author: Sandra Boynton
Author: Born This Way Foundation Reporters
Author: Haruki Murakami
Author: Andrew Holleran