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I Used to Be Somebody

Bob Wynn,Tom O'Connell
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Author : Bob Wynn,Tom O'Connell
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781606047781

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The Boss.' That's who Bob Wynn was. The boss of some two hundred shows divided amongst NBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS from the 1960s to the 1990s. As hard as it was to negotiate the muddy waters of network management, high-school dropout Bob 'Boss' Wynn demanded-and received - total control of the shows assigned to him in his freelance work. No television exec traveled the globe more than Wynn, but it was not always for programs. Those were times of unrest...I spent years doing things I never did, in places I never was, and for people who did not exist... Yet his proven success and value to the networks couldn't save him. His refusal to sit still while bigotry abounded was his undoing. And his replacement...well, that's a whole other story. Stranded and betrayed by those whom he had protected and helped, Wynn had to find his own place, a new place, in the world. And he's never given up. I am a dreamer. Lack of success was never a failure to me. It was another step to the next successful step in the process. That's how dreaming works. One step at a time. One town at a time. One job at a time. Each was not necessarily a step up. But each was step forward.

I Used To Be Somebody

Ed Uravic
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Author : Ed Uravic
Publisher : Ed Uravic
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475011081

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I don't know why, but for some reason people find my one-two boilermaker punch of Kerouac and Hawkeye Pierce somewhat amusing. I'm a real prize. I lost my glamorous job as a professional drinker, I mean Washington lobbyist, after I won the war but lost the battle with a Lying Cheating Scum. The Wife kicked me to the curb, down the street and all the way out of town. Now I'm back in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the Bedford Falls I thought I had escaped. Just to prove I lost my mind, I go and fall for some sob story about a kid with leukemia and her family going broke, from a peaches and cream siren who distracted me with her allure. So I'm up against the biggest players with the deepest pockets, I don't have any plastic, and I'm not even getting paid. How am I supposed to buy people? Here's the thing: I kind of like the little girl, Rosa, held hostage by a bunch of greedy insurance industry bean counters. She's a fighter. And I hate it when my friends get jerked around by The Man. The players in this little drama will tell you they're not to blame. That it's not personal, it's just business. Look, I'm just a guy with a winning smile and a fabulous wardrobe, but I don't buy it. For me, it's always personal. I may not have a perfect record or always play by the rules, but when I'm in, I'm all the way in. And I'm not joking around anymore.

I Want to Be Somebody New!

Robert Lopshire
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Author : Robert Lopshire
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385754538

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Spot, the beloved hero of Put Me in the Zoo, is back in another Beginner Book classic. When Spot grows tired of doing tricks in the circus, he decides to turn into another animal. But what kind? An elephant? An elephant is too big. A giraffe? A giraffe is too tall. How about a mouse? Can Spot’s friends help him see that the very best thing to be is himself? I Want to Be Somebody New! is a spot-on tale of individuality and friendship. Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 3–7. "Spot changes from elephant to giraffe to mouse, trying to find a new identity, but discovers that every animal shape has its drawbacks. This intelligent, cheerful sequel, with its simple rhyming text, lives up to the reputation of its predecessor." —Publishers Weekly

Run, It Might Be Somebody

Ephraim Romesberg
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Author : Ephraim Romesberg
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462844098

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Book Summary of Run It Might Be Somebody By Ephraim Romesberg The book covers a span of over 70 years starting with the author as a shy sickly boy who was the last of 11 children living on a farm during the great depression and ends with the author as a 74 year old man, who still runs ultra distant marathons. In the first chapter, the author presents stories and anecdotes, often in a humorous way, to describe some of the joys and hardships of growing up in a large family during the great depression. Compared to today, life was very different then with no TVs, very few radios, no computers, no running water in the home (except in the pantry where there was a hand pump), and very few toys or luxuries of any kind. Also, and perhaps more significantly, kids, for the most part, were given chores and did not have time to get into trouble. There were no drugs, no gangs, and no boredom. Being the youngest in the family and somewhat sickly, the author was to some extent given some slack on farm chores. Even so, he had daily chores to do starting from a very early age such as milking cows, driving the old model T truck, fetching the cows, cleaning stables, feeding livestock, driving a tractor, and helping wherever help was needed. The book describes the one room school house that all kids in the area attended at that time. The authors dad had to quit such a school while in third grade to work on the farm when his father died leaving the family without any money or food. His mother completed school through eighth grade which was all that most people considered necessary in those days especially for women. So there was little or no pressure from the parents to go to school after that. As a result, the three oldest boys in the family never went past eighth grade. There were other reasons to stay home and the most important one was they had no decent clothing. The book tells about the Authors mother removing the white stripes from an old pair of band pants and one of the three boys who never completed high school, then removing all the little white threads so that he could wear the pants to school. He also had no decent shoes so he added home made soles to the bottoms of a pair of his work shoes by attaching them with roofing nails so that he could make the long four mile walk to the school. After several trips the nails poked through the bottoms of the shoes and wore holes in his feet. Because of that and the lure of the upcoming hunting season, and the need to work on the farm, he quit school after only a month or so. Except for the three oldest boys, all of the kids completed high school and several went on to college. The book describes such things as making hay the old fashioned way, husking corn by hand, hoeing corn and then picking rocks while resting, butchering a pig, delivering baby pigs and calves, threshing to separate the grain from the straw, and the authors Mom squirting milk straight from the cows tit at cats and grandkids.. Also described are how the young boys in the family learned to handle a team of horses when they were only 10 years old, how one of the boys accidentally cut off his little sisters finger, how an uncle lost his leg to the stump puller, how the author, when he was only eight years old, tried to explain to a blind preacher how to use the out house and the Sears Roebuck catalog which was used instead of toilet paper. Also described, and a little more on the lighter side, one of the authors sisters claimed that you havent lived until you ran barefoot through a cow pasture and felt the warmth of a fresh cow patty ooze up between your toes. The early chapters also describe the authors time in the US Navy where he was sea sick every time the ship left the dock. Hunting stories tell of deer hunting with more failures than successes. One successful

Hard To Dance With the Devil On Your Back

Ray Buckley
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Author : Ray Buckley
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426733529

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In every culture and time, persons of faith, of all ages, have summoned trials and tribulations to find the endurance and strength to “dance.” They have danced with the weight of the world upon their shoulders, sustained by God and others dancing near them. Hard to Dance With the Devil On Your Back is a seven-session Lenten study that looks at the transcendent struggle in the lives of believers, while helping us to enter the continually crumbling world surrounding Jesus and the disciples in the days preceding Jesus. Appropriate for both group and individual use, the study provides one lesson for each week in Lent. Each lesson includes a Scripture reference, a brief reading, questions for reflection or discussion, a brief prayer, and a focus for the coming week.

The Boy Who Still Preferred to be Somebody Else

Malcolm Moyes
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Author : Malcolm Moyes
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785899171

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Secondary school can be quite a challenge, especially if you are a teacher and Arry Trumper is in your class... “If you have read my book about Arry Trumper and his multiple identities, you will remember that when we left him, round about the last page I think it was, he was on the verge of departing from Privy Street Primary School, much to the Head’s relief.” Now older and more dangerous, the boy Trumper, still preferring to be somebody else, runs amok at The Maxi Million Robespierre Academy in a series of comic antics, blags and ruses: even the most sophisticated workings of the CIA seem powerless to stop him. This account of Arry’s various clashes with authority also contains many excellent hints and sound advice, essential to all early teens, on the art of communicating with dead pets and how to bring much-needed Christmas cheer to penniless boys and girls. As a special bonus, Arry also provides a handy guide on how to become a celebrity Black Metal rock star, and demonstrates that the road to a successful career in the modern Church need not be a difficult one, as long as you have a decent action plan under your cassock... The Boy Who Still Preferred to be Somebody Else is an hilarious and engaging tale that will appeal to children aged 11+.

How to Be Somebody Else

Miranda Pountney
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Author : Miranda Pountney
Publisher : Random House
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529921632

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An uncoming-of-age in New York City ‘How to Be Somebody Else has literary oomph’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant... Luscious prose’ ANNIE LORD, author of Notes on Heartbreak ‘Unsettling and original’ TESSA HADLEY, author of Free Love Spring 2015, New York. On the surface Dylan has achieved the impossible - a life in New York, eight years of making this stick. And yet it is not the thing she'd imagined (what had she imagined?). When she walks out of her career, then apartment, and into a housesit for an artist she's never met, she does not tell her friends, her parents back in England, or Matt, her boyfriend, living on the West Coast. Job-free, rent-free, she'll make good on her book, herself, other things too, she's thinking, when her neighbour Kate shows up and invites her to a party. There she meets Gabe, who happens to be married to Kate but insists, 'it's not a thing'. The affair that follows consumes her and she begins to consider what is fixed and what is variable. Can a person be both? Is Gabe the thing he seems? Is she? As spring turns to summer, her experiments in living test loyalties and boundaries until an unexpected encounter between the two couples forces her to confront her future. ***A MARIE CLAIRE BEST BOOK OF 2024***

Stories Done

Mikal Gilmore
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Author : Mikal Gilmore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781416594536

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The 1960s and 1970s represent a rare moment in our cultural history -- music was exploring unprecedented territories, literature was undergoing a radical reinvention, politics polarized the nation, and youth culture was at the zenith of its influence. There has never been, nor is there likely to be, another generation that matches the contributions of the artists of that time period. In this poignant book, journalist Mikal Gilmore weaves a narrative of the '60s and '70s as he examines the lives of the era's most important cultural icons. Keeping the power of rock & roll at the forefront, Gilmore gathers together stories about major artists from every field -- George Harrison, Ken Kesey, Johnny Cash, Allen Ginsberg, to name just a few. Gilmore reveals the truth about this idealized period in history, never shying away from the ugly influences that brought many of rock's most exciting figures to their knees. He examines how Jim Morrison's alcoholism led to the star's death at the age of twenty-seven, how Jerry Garcia's drug problems brought him to the brink of death so many times that his bandmates did not believe the news of his actual demise, how Pink Floyd struggled with the guilt of kicking out founding member Syd Barrett because of his debilitating mental illness. As Gilmore examines the dark side of these complicated figures, he paints a picture of the environment that bred them, taking readers from the rough streets of Liverpool (and its more comfortable suburbs) to the hippie haven of Haight-Ashbury that hosted the infamous Summer of Love. But what resulted from these lives and those times, Gilmore argues, was worth the risk -- in fact, it may be inseparable from those hard costs. The lives of these dynamic and diverse figures are intertwined with Gilmore's exploration of the social, political, and emotional characteristics that defined the era. His insights and examinations combine to create a eulogy for a formative period of American history.

Well Aged

Ralph Milton
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Author : Ralph Milton
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781771623117

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Finding happiness at 80+, from the perspective of an octogenarian. Author Ralph Milton wants readers to know that old age is not a disease circling the world ready to pounce on anyone over eighty. Many, maybe even most, old people, say they are happier and more contented than they have ever been. And that’s good news because Canadians are living much, much longer. In fact, octogenarians are the county’s fastest growing demographic. To quote the author, "Society has never had to deal with such a huge bunch of old people." To address this societal shift, Well Aged offers a candid, useful and entertaining insider’s take on life among the old, old. Not the recently retired who are enjoying Arizona winters and unlimited golf, but those in their last years, usually in the eighty- to one- hundred-year-old bracket. While there is good material written by health-care professionals for other professionals, and popular non-fiction to inspire the recently retired, there is virtually nothing written at the non-professional level for the oldest of the old. Or for their families and care givers. This book is a free wheeling, down to earth, inside look at what it’s really like to be old, written by an insider and sprinkled liberally with humour. Topics include: Identity and independence Choosing a retirement location among the options of independent living, retirement residences and nursing homes Personal health needs and priorities Community support, friendships and recreation Spirituality and religion Intimacy, companionship, sexuality, homosexuality Loneliness, depression and frailty Leaving a legacy and end of life arrangements When the situation of elderly Canadians does get public attention, as it has during the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus is on what can go wrong. Well Aged is intended to expand the conversation around aging, and it is a must-read for anyone who needs to put out their birthday cake with a fire extinguisher—as well as those who love and care for them.

Blue World

Robert McCammon
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Author : Robert McCammon
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453231586

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Masterful and macabre short fiction from the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song. Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman’s touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changed the day that Debra Rocks entered his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar. Her cinnamon perfume infects Father John, and after she departs he becomes obsessed. Around the corner from his church is a neon-lit alley of sin. He goes there hoping to save her life before he damns himself. That is “Blue World,” the novella that anchors this collection of chilling stories by Robert R. McCammon. Although monsters, demons, and murderers fill these pages, in McCammon’s world the most terrifying landscape of all is the barren wasteland of a lost man’s soul.

Reviews by Cat Ellington

Cat Ellington
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Author : Cat Ellington
Publisher : Quill Pen Ink Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Celebrating the sixth (and final) year of her original book series, Cat Ellington brings you Reviews by Cat Ellington: A Trilogy of Unique Critiques #3, a compelling collection of literary criticism featuring books 7 - 9 from the one-of-a-kind Reviews by Cat Ellington progression. Consisting of over 50 written examinations from the Cat Ellington Literary Collection, Reviews by Cat Ellington: A Trilogy of Unique Critiques #3 includes: REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 7 On these stimulating pages of insightful commentary, Cat Ellington evaluates her way through the seventh installment of the prolific series with an ample helping of examinations that both speak to and entice the reader, including The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, White Christmas by Bianca Sloane, Killer Choice by Tom Hunt, The New Neighbors by Simon Lelic, Secrets of the A-List (Episode 1 of 12) by Joss Wood, Beauty Tips: 55 Tips on Natural Skin Care, Attractiveness, Makeup, and Looking Younger by Angell Kisses, Watch Me by Jody Gehrman, The Preening Peacock (Rosalinda Alameda Mystery #1) by Lisa Shea, South of the City by W.H. Herman, The World Without Crows by Ben Lyle Bedard, and many more. REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 8 In the eighth installment of the series, Cat Ellington presents her distinctive style of interpretative criticism in a variety of fictional works, including Girl on Point by Cheryl Guerriero, A Life Removed by Jason Parent, Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier, Not Her Daughter by Rea Frey, Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King, Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert, The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood, Animosity by James Newman, and more. REVIEWS BY CAT ELLINGTON: THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 9 Orbiting around creepy strangers, child's play, keepsakes, and desperation, the 9th installment in the series features Cat Ellington's broad take on yet another variety of fictional and nonfiction tales in literature: Creepy Teacher by Mackie Malone, Madhouse by Miguel Estrada, The Papyrus Empire (Empire Saga 1) by Niels Saunders, You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, 29 Seconds by T.M. Logan, The Escape Room by Megan Goldin, and many more. Cat Ellington bids adieu to the first era of criticism in her literary career with the release of Reviews by Cat Ellington: The Complete Anthology, Vol. 9, followed by this, the third and final installment in The Unique Critique Trilogies series. So settle down and prepare to lose yourself in the analytical creativity of its wondrously original authorship. Reviews by Cat Ellington. A unique critique.

I Used to be a Superwoman

Gloria Velàsquez
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Author : Gloria Velàsquez
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1611921805

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The Chicano Movement is not dead. It lives on, fierce and passionate, in the voice and person of Gloria Velàsquez. Challenging our complacency, her resonant cries for justice ñrefuse to be silent/to be buried in obscurityî. Velàsquez has known poverty and discrimination intimately and, like a phoenix from the ashes, she has risen to recognition as an artist, an educator and a leader. But, the poet is as uncompromising with herself as she is with her reader. Refusing to rest on her laurel, her ardent verses are a pledge reiterating her allegiance to la causa and a call to arms demanding that others perpetuate the struggle. A consummate oral performer and speaker, Velàsquez has been uniquely successful in transferring onto the printed page the drama of reciting poetry on barrio streets. These pages burn with the fire of action and commitment.

Pickleball For Dummies

Mo Nard,Reine Steel,Diana Landau,Carl Landau
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Author : Mo Nard,Reine Steel,Diana Landau,Carl Landau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781119895138

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Pickleball For Dummies by Mo Nard,Reine Steel,Diana Landau,Carl Landau Pdf

The game with the funny name was created in the 1960's and is, today, the fastest growing sport in America. We take you through the hows of the game. In true Dummies fashion, the material is easy to understand and appropriate for newbies as well as advanced players. We cover it all from scoring, serving, dinking, places to play, and getting more involved in the community. No need to be intimidated - you've got Dummies on your side of the court to give you all the best tips and tricks from expert authors. If you're in a pickle because you don't know anything about this popular game, Pickleball For Dummies will teach you everything you need to know. Inside: • Learn the rules and stroke fundamentals • Intro to the fun, social aspects of the game • Advanced strategies that will raise an experienced player to next level • Tips for tournament players and club organizers

Ordinary Miracles

Deborah Labovitz
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Author : Deborah Labovitz
Publisher : SLACK Incorporated
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Occupational therapy
ISBN : 1556425716

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Find out how people have learned to cope with their troubles and have become stronger by the very act of overcoming obstacles and surviving catastrophes. These are their stories, written by the people who lived them, their families, or those who helped them save the day.

Iced

Ray Shell
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Author : Ray Shell
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838859978

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Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius's present and past upheavals that have led him here. Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.