Author: A. A. Attanasio Staff
Publisher: A. A. Attanasio
ISBN: 0983608415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A collection of seven captivating, terrifying, and poetic short stories by A.A. Attanasio.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Author: Mark Manson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006245773X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006245773X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
Demons Hide Their Faces
Author: A. A. Attanasio Staff
Publisher: A. A. Attanasio
ISBN: 0983608415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A collection of seven captivating, terrifying, and poetic short stories by A.A. Attanasio.
Publisher: A. A. Attanasio
ISBN: 0983608415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A collection of seven captivating, terrifying, and poetic short stories by A.A. Attanasio.
Travel & Leisure
Popular Mechanics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
The Yazoo Blues
Author: John Pritchard
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1603061231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Junior Ray Loveblood, one of the most outrageous and original personalities to appear in American literature in many years, returns in The Yazoo Blues, the sequel to John Pritchard’s Junior Ray. Now semi-retired, Loveblood works as a security guard in one of the floating casinos that have replaced cotton as the cash crop in the Mississippi Delta. In his spare time, Junior Ray has become obsessed with the ill-fated Yazoo Pass expedition by a Union armada up the Mississippi River in 1863. He relates dual stories, both that of a soldier slowly driven mad by the haunting countryside, and of Loveblood’s friend Mad Owens, whose search for existential love meets its greatest challenge in the arms of the stripper Money Scatters. Loveblood’s conclusions are hilarious, absurd, and at times intensely revealing. Equally profane and profound, the fictional narrator of Pritchard’s novel illuminates the complex stew of evolving race relations, failed economies, and corrupt politics that define much of the post-civil rights rural Deep South.
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1603061231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Junior Ray Loveblood, one of the most outrageous and original personalities to appear in American literature in many years, returns in The Yazoo Blues, the sequel to John Pritchard’s Junior Ray. Now semi-retired, Loveblood works as a security guard in one of the floating casinos that have replaced cotton as the cash crop in the Mississippi Delta. In his spare time, Junior Ray has become obsessed with the ill-fated Yazoo Pass expedition by a Union armada up the Mississippi River in 1863. He relates dual stories, both that of a soldier slowly driven mad by the haunting countryside, and of Loveblood’s friend Mad Owens, whose search for existential love meets its greatest challenge in the arms of the stripper Money Scatters. Loveblood’s conclusions are hilarious, absurd, and at times intensely revealing. Equally profane and profound, the fictional narrator of Pritchard’s novel illuminates the complex stew of evolving race relations, failed economies, and corrupt politics that define much of the post-civil rights rural Deep South.
Blood Crazed
Author: Jo Wilde
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twenty-two-year-old Phoenix Brown is property of the Society: an evil faction under the umbrella of the Illuminati. Her sole purpose is hunting and eliminating vampires; a duty she relishes. When Phoenix follows a lead in a small Louisiana town, she partners up with an unlikely ally: the alluring, centuries-old vampire Damián de Soto. An incorrigible, vain flirt, de Soto can't seem to keep his hands to himself. But the huntress has to swallow her pride, as she realizes she needs his help to solve the town's murders. Partnering up with a cocky vampire is asking for trouble, and soon Damián begins to melt Phoenix's cold steel wall. The clock is ticking and peril brewing, when clues lead to suspect a werewolf may be behind the killings. Soon, secrets are unveiled, and lives shattered forever. From author Jo Wilde comes a seductive, heart-throbbing tale that mingles romance, mystery and vampire lore into an extraordinary read.
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twenty-two-year-old Phoenix Brown is property of the Society: an evil faction under the umbrella of the Illuminati. Her sole purpose is hunting and eliminating vampires; a duty she relishes. When Phoenix follows a lead in a small Louisiana town, she partners up with an unlikely ally: the alluring, centuries-old vampire Damián de Soto. An incorrigible, vain flirt, de Soto can't seem to keep his hands to himself. But the huntress has to swallow her pride, as she realizes she needs his help to solve the town's murders. Partnering up with a cocky vampire is asking for trouble, and soon Damián begins to melt Phoenix's cold steel wall. The clock is ticking and peril brewing, when clues lead to suspect a werewolf may be behind the killings. Soon, secrets are unveiled, and lives shattered forever. From author Jo Wilde comes a seductive, heart-throbbing tale that mingles romance, mystery and vampire lore into an extraordinary read.
You Are Fucking Awesome: a Motivating Swear Word Coloring Book for Adults
Author: Charla Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541146921
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Searching for the perfect gift? This deliciously profane, stress-relieving swear word coloring book for adults has over 25 single-sided designs for you to color whenever you need a boost of confidence or a not so gentle reminder of how badass you are. With illustrations ranging from simple to intricate, this adult coloring book will provide hours of fun and relaxation so go forth and f'n prosper, I mean, color! In this swear word coloring book for adults, you will find inspirational quotes including: "You are Fucking Awesome" "You Can Do This Shit!" "Make Life Your Bitch" "Rise and Fucking Grind Sunshine" "Shake that Shit Off" and more!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541146921
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Searching for the perfect gift? This deliciously profane, stress-relieving swear word coloring book for adults has over 25 single-sided designs for you to color whenever you need a boost of confidence or a not so gentle reminder of how badass you are. With illustrations ranging from simple to intricate, this adult coloring book will provide hours of fun and relaxation so go forth and f'n prosper, I mean, color! In this swear word coloring book for adults, you will find inspirational quotes including: "You are Fucking Awesome" "You Can Do This Shit!" "Make Life Your Bitch" "Rise and Fucking Grind Sunshine" "Shake that Shit Off" and more!
Birth of a Baby Daddy
Author: Piper Rayne
Publisher: Piper Rayne, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
"Best small town romance series I've ever read and every book just gets better and better!" - Angie, Angie's Dreamy Reads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you’re having fun living your bachelor life in your Alaskan hometown and out of nowhere a woman shows up holding a baby she insists is yours, you need a plan—a birth plan. BP Step #1 – Lift your jaw off the floor. BP Step #2 – Figure out the baby’s age—do the math. BP Step #3 – Try to remember the woman and with any luck, her name. BP Step #4 – Double check that she’s not confusing you with your twin brother. BP Step #5 – Ignore your five sister’s scowls as your entire family watches the drama unfold. There’s only one thing you shouldn’t do. BP Step #6 – Don’t assume she’s there because she wants your daughter to call you Daddy. You’ll only end up disappointed. Time to figure out a new plan—one that changes her mind.
Publisher: Piper Rayne, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
"Best small town romance series I've ever read and every book just gets better and better!" - Angie, Angie's Dreamy Reads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you’re having fun living your bachelor life in your Alaskan hometown and out of nowhere a woman shows up holding a baby she insists is yours, you need a plan—a birth plan. BP Step #1 – Lift your jaw off the floor. BP Step #2 – Figure out the baby’s age—do the math. BP Step #3 – Try to remember the woman and with any luck, her name. BP Step #4 – Double check that she’s not confusing you with your twin brother. BP Step #5 – Ignore your five sister’s scowls as your entire family watches the drama unfold. There’s only one thing you shouldn’t do. BP Step #6 – Don’t assume she’s there because she wants your daughter to call you Daddy. You’ll only end up disappointed. Time to figure out a new plan—one that changes her mind.
Intersectional Tech
Author: Kishonna L. Gray
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807174394
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming, Kishonna L. Gray interrogates blackness in gaming at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and (dis)ability. Situating her argument within the context of the concurrent, seemingly unrelated events of Gamergate and the Black Lives Matter movement, Gray highlights the inescapable chains that bind marginalized populations to stereotypical frames and limited narratives in video games. Intersectional Tech explores the ways that the multiple identities of black gamers—some obvious within the context of games, some more easily concealed—affect their experiences of gaming. The normalization of whiteness and masculinity in digital culture inevitably leads to isolation, exclusion, and punishment of marginalized people. Yet, Gray argues, we must also examine the individual struggles of prejudice, discrimination, and microaggressions within larger institutional practices that sustain the oppression. These “new” racisms and a complementary colorblind ideology are a kind of digital Jim Crow, a new mode of the same strategies of oppression that have targeted black communities throughout American history. Drawing on extensive interviews that engage critically with identity development and justice issues in gaming, Gray explores the capacity for gaming culture to foster critical consciousness, aid in participatory democracy, and effect social change. Intersectional Tech is rooted in concrete situations of marginalized members within gaming culture. It reveals that despite the truths articulated by those who expose the sexism, racism, misogyny, and homophobia that are commonplace within gaming communities, hegemonic narratives continue to be privileged. This text, in contrast, centers the perspectives that are often ignored and provides a critical corrective to notions of gaming as a predominantly white and male space.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807174394
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming, Kishonna L. Gray interrogates blackness in gaming at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and (dis)ability. Situating her argument within the context of the concurrent, seemingly unrelated events of Gamergate and the Black Lives Matter movement, Gray highlights the inescapable chains that bind marginalized populations to stereotypical frames and limited narratives in video games. Intersectional Tech explores the ways that the multiple identities of black gamers—some obvious within the context of games, some more easily concealed—affect their experiences of gaming. The normalization of whiteness and masculinity in digital culture inevitably leads to isolation, exclusion, and punishment of marginalized people. Yet, Gray argues, we must also examine the individual struggles of prejudice, discrimination, and microaggressions within larger institutional practices that sustain the oppression. These “new” racisms and a complementary colorblind ideology are a kind of digital Jim Crow, a new mode of the same strategies of oppression that have targeted black communities throughout American history. Drawing on extensive interviews that engage critically with identity development and justice issues in gaming, Gray explores the capacity for gaming culture to foster critical consciousness, aid in participatory democracy, and effect social change. Intersectional Tech is rooted in concrete situations of marginalized members within gaming culture. It reveals that despite the truths articulated by those who expose the sexism, racism, misogyny, and homophobia that are commonplace within gaming communities, hegemonic narratives continue to be privileged. This text, in contrast, centers the perspectives that are often ignored and provides a critical corrective to notions of gaming as a predominantly white and male space.
The Privilege of Peace
Author: Tanya Huff
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 0756411556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Former space marine Torin Kerr returns for one final adventure to save the Confederation in the last book in the military science fiction Peacekeeper trilogy. Warden Torin Kerr has put her past behind her and built a life away from the war and everything that meant. From the good, from the bad. From the heroics, from the betrayal. She's created a place and purpose for others like her, a way to use their training for the good of the Confederation. She has friends, family, purpose. Unfortunately, her past refuses to grant her the same absolution. Big Yellow, the ship form of the plastic aliens responsible for the war, returns. The Silsviss test the strength of the Confederation. Torin has to be Gunnery Sergeant Kerr once again and find a way to keep the peace.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 0756411556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Former space marine Torin Kerr returns for one final adventure to save the Confederation in the last book in the military science fiction Peacekeeper trilogy. Warden Torin Kerr has put her past behind her and built a life away from the war and everything that meant. From the good, from the bad. From the heroics, from the betrayal. She's created a place and purpose for others like her, a way to use their training for the good of the Confederation. She has friends, family, purpose. Unfortunately, her past refuses to grant her the same absolution. Big Yellow, the ship form of the plastic aliens responsible for the war, returns. The Silsviss test the strength of the Confederation. Torin has to be Gunnery Sergeant Kerr once again and find a way to keep the peace.