Christmas Letters From Hell

Author : Michael Lent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781416554318

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Christmas Letters from Hell by Michael Lent Pdf

Who doesn't love to open the mailbox during the holidays and find a newsletter? Whether it's a juicy missive from a college roommate inadvertently revealing her husband's wandering eye, a self-congratulatory account of a cousin's rise to power at the local fast-food joint, or a mind-numbingly detailed account of a year's medical ailments (including photos) from a coworker, they're always entertaining. Christmas Letters from Hell skewers holiday letters of all shapes and sizes, from the ones that come crammed with cheesy graphics or written from the perspective of the recently neutered family dog to those filled with stories of "perfect" family vacations that were clearly anything but. Here Santa uses his holiday letter to let the elves know that he'll be outsourcing to China effective immediately; a bipolar mom tells two very different versions of the year's events; and Osama bin Laden touches base with his high school host family in Minneapolis. Christmas Letters from Hell serves up a steaming, savory blend of the holiday cheer, humor, and twisted truth in our well-intended attempts to stay in touch gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Author : Jen Mann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780345549983

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People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat People I want to punch in the throat: • anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer • humblebraggers • people who treat their pets like children Jen Mann doesn’t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her neighbors, her fellow PTA moms, and that one woman who tried to sell her sex toys at a home shopping party. Known for her hilariously acerbic observations on her blog, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Mann now brings her sharp wit to bear on suburban life, marriage, and motherhood in this laugh-out-loud collection of essays. From the politics of joining a play group, to the thrill of mothers’ night out at the gun range, to the rewards of your most meaningful relationship (the one you have with your cleaning lady), nothing is sacred or off-limits. So the next time you find yourself wearing fuzzy bunny pajamas in the school carpool line or accidentally stuck at a co-worker’s swingers party, just think, What would Jen Mann do? Or better yet, buy her book. Praise for People I Want to Punch in the Throat “People I Want to Punch in the Throat is so good that it’ll make you want to adopt all the cats in the world. I’m not sure about the correlation, but it’s that good. It should come with a warning.”—Jenny Lawson, author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened “Jen Mann has an amazing way of telling stories that will make you cringe and burst out laughing at the same time. From swinger parties to racist toddlers, she makes the suburbs unbelievably funny.”—Karen Alpert, author of I Heart My Little A-Holes “Jen Mann says the things we’re all too afraid to say. Her honest and hilarious writing style reminds me of David Sedaris and Tina Fey.”—Robin O’Bryant, author of Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves “Jen Mann’s shrewd and unrelenting assault on the absurdity of suburban life is an honest peek into the occasional nightmare that is part of living the American dream. I love Jen. I wish she was my neighbor. It’s so refreshing to know that I’m not the only one who wants to punch almost everyone in the f***ing throat.”—Nicole Knepper, author of Moms Who Drink And Swear

Author : Zoe Cannon
Publisher : Zoe Cannon
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Hell of a Christmas by Zoe Cannon Pdf

Marcy has always said everyone is welcome at her dinner table on Christmas Eve. That was before her youngest daughter brought a new friend home. A friend with horns and a pitchfork. Now Marcy’s mother won’t shut up about how in her day, girls only brought respectable men home for the holidays. Her brother-in-law is making booze-fueled jokes about how they’ll all have a devil of a time tonight. And her husband, off in the clouds as always, is no help. No one at the table is perfect. Least of all Marcy herself. But has she finally found the one guest she can’t open her heart and her home to? This short story is 2700 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.

Author : Susan Callahan,Anne Nolen,Katrin Schumann
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071642477

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Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too by Susan Callahan,Anne Nolen,Katrin Schumann Pdf

Whether you’re the mother of toddlers or teens, work inside the home or out—if you’re exhausted from trying to be perfect, this book can help you. Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too uses hundreds of real-life stories and mom-tested tips to demonstrate how taking time-outs will transform your life. Practical and inspiring, this book will launch you on a voyage of discovery that takes you back to yourself, and it will help you become the best mother you can be by becoming the best woman you can be. Written by moms, for moms, this book will help you create a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life for you and your family. The authors draw on their own extensive experience and that of hundreds of women around the world, and bring to light a variety of helpful resources--from cutting-edge studies to Eastern philosophies--to create this innovative, inspiring, and easy-to-use guide. With this book, you'll learn how to Live a more deliberate, more purposeful, more satisfying life Say goodbye to the constant guilt of not measuring up by embracing your personal mothering style Enjoy your children more and feel close to your husband again The authors reveal their own unvarnished turning points, share stories they've gathered from the trenches, and present eye-opening research to show how a little selfishness can bring a whole new sense of purpose and energy to stressed-out modern mothers. “Take some ‘me’ time. It’s good for you and your family. Want proof? Check out Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too by Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen, and Katrin Schumann, which gives voice to hundreds of moms who’ve done it.” --Woman’s Day

Author : John Berryman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780674976252

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The Selected Letters of John Berryman by John Berryman Pdf

A wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind selection of Berryman’s correspondence with friends, loved ones, writers, and editors, showcasing the turbulent, fascinating life and mind of one of America’s major poets. The Selected Letters of John Berryman assembles for the first time the poet’s voluminous correspondence. Beginning with a letter to his parents in 1925 and concluding with a letter sent a few weeks before his death in 1972, Berryman tells his story in his own words. Included are more than 600 letters to almost 200 people—editors, family members, students, colleagues, and friends. The exchanges reveal the scope of Berryman’s ambitions, as well as the challenges of practicing his art within the confines of the publishing industry and contemporary critical expectations. Correspondence with Ezra Pound, Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, Adrienne Rich, Saul Bellow, and other writers demonstrates Berryman’s sustained involvement in the development of literary culture in the postwar United States. We also see Berryman responding in detail to the work of writers such as Carolyn Kizer and William Meredith and encouraging the next generation—Edward Hoagland, Valerie Trueblood, and others. The letters show Berryman to be an energetic and generous interlocutor, but they also make plain his struggles with personal and familial trauma, at every stage of his career. An introduction by editors Philip Coleman and Calista McRae explains the careful selection of letters and contextualizes the materials within Berryman’s career. Reinforcing the critical and creative interconnectedness of Berryman’s work and personal life, The Selected Letters confirms his place as one of the most original voices of his generation and opens new horizons for appreciating and interpreting his poems.

Author : Valdemar Adolph Thisted
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1800
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:1066025865

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Letters from Hell by Valdemar Adolph Thisted Pdf

Author : Randall L. Rasmussen
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611390278

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Hell's Belle by Randall L. Rasmussen Pdf

It was December 3, 1943, and American warplanes were on assignment over Nazi Germany. Sergeant William Rasmussen was the ball turret gunner on the Hell’s Belle, a B-17 heavy bomber. During one of its missions, the Belle was shot down and the captured American flyers were sent to the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17B. In Stalag the American prisoners of war had to deal with the harsh rules imposed by the German Commandant as well as deplorable living conditions: filth, bitter cold, starvation and disease. Told through the eyes of one young flyer, the book has non-stop action, emotion and humor, and captures the upbeat and undefeatable spirit of America’s finest young men who served the United States during WWII. RANDALL L. RASMUSSEN, M.D. used his father’s memoirs, “From a B-17 to Stalag 17B,” as the basis for this book. Dr. Rasmussen also explored William Rasmussen’s notes, the verbal history that he recorded at the local library, research material, and recollections of the narratives he heard his father tell so many times over the years. William Rasmussen was a popular guest speaker at press clubs, library clubs and service organizations in Michigan’s lower peninsula near his home. His narratives were enjoyed immensely since he had a special gift of being able to captivate audiences as they shared his experiences flying over Nazi Germany and being a prisoner of war.

Author : Stacy Eaton
Publisher : Stacy Eaton
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Finding Love with Dear Santa by Stacy Eaton Pdf

Finding Love with Dear Santa is a short story and part of Stacy Eaton’s Finding Love in Special Places Short Story Series. When Faith McMillian returns to Merryland with her son, Luke, right before Christmas, the last thing she wants is love. All Faith wants to do is figure out how to get her life back on track. When her son forces her to write a Dear Santa letter with him, that is the only thing she asks for. Peter Sterling enjoys playing Santa and making wishes come true for people in Merryland. When his high school best friend’s son sits on his lap to share his Christmas wish, Peter is very curious about their wishes. Peter and Faith enjoy catching up, and it isn’t long before hidden feelings surface. Will Faith return to New York to rebuild her life, or will Peter somehow fulfill her Dear Santa’s wish? Finding Love in Special Places Short Story Series are quick, sweet, to slightly warm reads with adult language and are under 20,000 words each.

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780941028752

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1 by R. Reginald Pdf

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

Author : Thomas J. Larson,Thomas Larson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595277568

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Hell's Kitchen Tulagi 1942-1943 by Thomas J. Larson,Thomas Larson Pdf

He survived Pearl Harbor. He survived Tulagi. He survived the wilds of Africa and the steaming jungles of Central America. This is just one chapter from the extraordinary life of Thomas J. Larson. Ensign "Swede" Larson arrived at Pearl Harbor on December 5th, 1941. He was Executive Officer on YP 109 (Yacht Patrol) through a great storm from Long Beach, California. He was transferred to CinCPac staff, and on December 7th, 1941, was delivering messages to Admiral Kimmel and his staff when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He served with Admiral Chester Nimitz until July 1942, then was assigned to Admiral Ghormley's ComSoPac staff in New Caledonia. On November 30th, he was flown to Guadalcanal, and then next day went to Tulagi as a communicator. He ended the war on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier going into Tokyo Bay in late August of 1945. His peace time career was as an explorer, and professor of Anthropology with many years of field research in Africa. He has degrees from UC Berkeley, MA American U, M Litt Oxford, PhD University of Virginia.

Author : Charles M. Leslie
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874130158

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Death Row Letters by Charles M. Leslie Pdf

A prisoner on death row in Indiana, Donald Ray Wallace, Jr undergoes a spiritual journey from crime to redemption. But Wallace is slated for death. Whether Wallace had an unidentified accomplice in the murders that condemned him remains an unsolved question. In any case, four people died as a result of the robbery Wallace was attempting to commit.

Author : Richard Leonard, Sj
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616430856

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Where the Hell Is God? by Richard Leonard, Sj Pdf

Combines professional insights along with the author's own experience and insights to speculate on how believers can make sense of their Christian faith when confronted with tragedy and suffering.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 983 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743246897

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Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961 by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

The death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 ended one of the most original and influential careers in American literature. His works have been translated into every major language, and the Nobel Prize awarded to him in 1954 recognized his impact on contemporary writing. While many people are familiar with the public image of Hemingway and the legendary accounts of his life, few knew him as an intimate. With this collection of letters, presented for the first time as a Scribner Classic, a new Hemingway emerges. Ranging from 1917 to 1961, this generous selection of nearly six hundred letters is, in effect, both a self-portrait and an autobiography. In his own words, Hemingway candidly reveals himself to a wide variety of people: family, friends, enemies, editors, translators, and almost all the prominent writers of his day. In so doing he proves to be one of the most entertaining letter writers of all time. Carlos Baker has chosen letters that not only represent major turning points in Hemingway's career but also exhibit character, wit, and the writer's typical enthusiasm for hunting, fishing, drinking, and eating. A few are ingratiating, some downright truculent. Others present his views on writing and reading, criticize books by friend or foe, and discuss women, soldiers, politicians, and prizefighters. Perhaps more than anything, these letters show Hemingway's irrepressible humor, given far freer rein in his correspondence than in his books. An informal biography in letters, the product of forty-five years' living and writing, Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters leaves an indelible impression of an extraordinary man. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899. At seventeen he left home to join the Kansas City Star as a reporter, then volunteered to serve in the Red Cross during World War I. He was severely wounded at the Italian front and was awarded the Croce di Guerra. He moved to Paris in 1921, where he devoted himself to writing fiction, and where he fell in with the expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and Ford Madox Ford. His novels include The Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell to Arms (1929), To Have and Have Not (1937), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and The Old Man and the Sea (1952). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He died in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961.

Author : Valdemar Adolph Thisted
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637480218

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Letters from Hell by Valdemar Adolph Thisted Pdf

Author : John William McMullen
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595377176

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by John William McMullen Pdf

A fallen angel reveals Satan's secrets in letters to an agnostic, lapsed Catholic professor at a midwestern college.