Pity Party

Author : Kathleen Lane
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316417358

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Pity Party by Kathleen Lane Pdf

Discover an "absurd, funny, and thought-provoking" book perfect for "anyone who has ever felt socially awkward or inadequate" (Louis Sachar, author of Holes and the Wayside School series). Dear weird toes, crooked nose, stressed out, left out, freaked out Dear missing parts, broken hearts, picked-on, passed up, misunderstood, Dear everyone, you are cordially invited, come as you are, this party's for you Welcome to Pity Party, where the social anxieties that plague us all are twisted into funny, deeply resonant, and ultimately reassuring psychological thrills. There's a story about a mood ring that tells the absolute truth. One about social media followers who literally follow you around. And one about a kid whose wish for a new, improved self is answered when a mysterious box arrives in the mail. There's also a personality test, a fortune teller, a letter from the Department of Insecurity, and an interactive Choose Your Own Catastrophe. Come to the party for a grab bag of delightfully dark stories that ultimately offers a life-affirming reminder that there is hope and humor to be found amid our misery.

Author : Tyler Feder
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525556350

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Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder Pdf

Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is extraordinarily comforting and engaging. From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing--but also often funny--details. She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays without her mom, the utter despair of cleaning out her mom's closet, ending old traditions and starting new ones, and the sting of having the "I've got to tell Mom about this" instinct and not being able to act on it. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous, is for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it.

Author : William Voegeli
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780062289315

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The Pity Party by William Voegeli Pdf

When liberals don't have reason, authority, or the American people on their side, they turn to the one thing they never run out of: Pity. For decades, conservatives have chafed at being called "heartless" and "uncaring" by liberals who maintain that our essential choice as a nation is between the politics of kindness and the politics of cruelty. In The Pity Party, political scientist William Voegeli turns the tables on this argument, making the case that "compassion" is neither the essence of personal virtue nor the ultimate purpose of government. Over the years, liberals have built a remarkable edifice of government programs that are justified by appeals to compassion: Head Start, immigration reform, gun control, affirmative action, and entitlements, to name only some. As Voegeli amply demonstrates, the liberals who promote these massive programs are weirdly indifferent as to whether they succeed. Instead, when the problems they are intended to solve fail to disappear, liberals double down, calling for yet more programs and ever greater expenditures in the name of "compassion." Meanwhile, conservatives who challenge the effectiveness of these programs are slandered as "heartless right-wingers." Yet rather than challenge this tendentious liberal argument, the many conservatives it intimidates feel it necessary to insist that they really do "care." However, liberal compassion's good intentions consistently fail to translate into good results. Voegeli walks the reader through a plethora of programs that have become battlefields between conservatives fighting for more efficiency and liberals fighting for more budget-busting federal programs to address an ever-expanding catalog of social ills. Along the way, he explains the underpinnings of the liberal philosophy that reinforce this misapplied ideal and shows why today's self-described compassionate liberals are ultimately unfit to govern.

Author : Mel A Rowe
Publisher : Mel A ROWE
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Avoiding The Pity Party by Mel A Rowe Pdf

When the Bride finally learns to say No… Outing her cheating fiancé in the middle of her marriage ceremony was not how Deanne Harrison planned to spend her day as a bride. Worse, when the evening ends with Deanne sharing a perfect kiss with the handsome stranger, Sean. Since that fateful day, Deanne’s life has become a disaster. When all she wants is to ride out her Honeymoon of Hurt and hide in her cotton-wool-world of sameness, free from men forever. That is until Sean tracks her down…

Author : Lita Rawdin Singer, PhD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781491760406

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Cancel the Pity Party by Lita Rawdin Singer, PhD Pdf

We all have within us the energy to thrive, flourish, discover our purpose and truth, and leave this world in better shape than we found it. If we are able to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and tap into this energy, we will feel connected and loved by others, physically healthy, excited by new ideas, purposefully productive, peaceful within, and at one with the universe. Psychologist Lita Rawdin Singer, biofeedback and neurofeedback specialist Stephanie Dawn Singer, and graduate student Brandon Singer combine professional experience, knowledge, and case stories to share five innovative steps that will help others tap into their energy, release useless mind chatter, and create the best life possible. While leading others on a journey through the mind, body, brain, spirit and soul, and heart, the Singers teach how to: • Make sense of information that enters through our five senses on a daily basis • Utilize supportive tools to create a new story and develop an optimal self • Deal with stress and use biofeedback to become mindful and conscious • Access intellectual and problem solving abilities with neurofeedback • Embrace life in a joyful, courageous, and loving way This guidebook shares a proven five-step process that encourages others to take charge of their lives and realize whole body healing, inner-peace, and a meaningful purpose.

Author : Tonya Merriweather Gipson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304316592

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Stop The Pity Party - "Wake Up and Live" by Tonya Merriweather Gipson Pdf

Author : Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781536211733

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Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz Pdf

The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performance in verse in this profoundly original epic pitched just right for fans of poetry, history, mythology, and fantasy. Welcome to ancient Greece as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, “ringed by a restless sea,” live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto is a spoiled aristocrat, a girl as precious as amber but willful and wild. She’ll marry and be tamed—the curse of all highborn girls—but risk her life for a season first to serve Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos—Amber and Clay—never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. But the thin line between life and death is just one boundary their unlikely friendship crosses. It takes an army of snarky gods and fearsome goddesses, slaves and masters, mothers and philosophers to help shape their story into a gorgeously distilled, symphonic tour de force. Blending verse, prose, and illustrated archeological “artifacts,” this is a tale that vividly transcends time, an indelible reminder of the power of language to illuminate the over- and underworlds of human history.

Author : Alison Pollet
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439681944

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The Pity Party by Alison Pollet Pdf

When Cass Levin, an orphaned eighth-grader at Elston Prep in New York City, begins a friendship with Rod Punkin, her world begins to change. By the author of Nobody Was Here.

Author : Paula Leone Heulings,Kathryn Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736008013

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No Pity Party for Me by Paula Leone Heulings,Kathryn Ross Pdf

Nineteen year old Paula rubbed the mosquito bite she'd gotten at a family picnic. She expected it would go away in a day or two.But by the end of the week she lay in a coma, paralyzed from the waist down with a doctor's dire prognosis mapping out a bedridden future of hopelessness.Plucky Paula refused to accept life on these terms. She had two weapons at her disposal to defeat the enemy seeking to rob her of all she'd dreamed of in life: A praying parent and an unwavering resolve to persevere until victory was won!"I'm no victim. I will walk again. My life will be full. Failure is not an option!"

Author : Kyler O'Neal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0578570157

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Pity Party: A Collection of Poems by Kyler O'Neal by Kyler O'Neal Pdf

Queer author of color brings together a collection of unapologetic, blunt and vulnerable poetry written throughout the course of their life.

Author : Vernelle Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798679944046

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Don't EVER Invite Me to Another Pity Party by Vernelle Nelson Pdf

MISERY TRULY LOVES COMPANY - Don't EVER Invite Me to Another Pity Party reminds us all to rise above negative energy and events. Rev. Vernelle Nelson uses humor, common sense and spiritual guidance to get her point across in a refreshingly unique and personal way. Her easy going, conversational style makes this book a pleasure to read as she goes about opening our eyes to new ways of approaching life's difficulties. The inclusion of personal experiences lets you know that she is not just sharing her thoughts and beliefs. She is actually proving that what she thinks and believes and all of the ideas, suggestions and recommendations in this book really work.

Author : Dr. June Hall
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781483416250

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No More Career Pity Parties by Dr. June Hall Pdf

No More Career Pity Parties covers four topics in a succinct manner so readers can determine what needs to be done in terms of developing and handling career concerns then and jump right into doing it. The four topics are: discovering ways to determine a good career that fits your personality and skills; the traditional and non-traditional employment search the application and interview process ways to handle various situations that occur while employed such as stress and burnout Each chapter begins with my 2 cents, followed by Q & A from the advice column, then leads into the heart of the matter. There are so many people in college, others trying to get back in the workplace, and those who are displaced homemakers that don't know where to start regarding a career or even basic employment. No More Career Pity Parties offers help regardless if you're a teenage or mature adult looking for simple answers regarding gaining, sustaining, or changing employment.

Author : Cristen Conger,Caroline Ervin
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780399580451

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Unladylike by Cristen Conger,Caroline Ervin Pdf

A funny, fact-driven, and illustrated field guide to how to live a feminist life in today's world, from the hosts of the hit Unladylike podcast. Get ready to get unladylike with this field guide to the what's, why's, and how's of intersectional feminism and practical hell-raising. Through essential, inclusive, and illustrated explorations of what patriarchy looks like in the real world, authors and podcast hosts Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin blend wild histories, astounding stats, social justice principles, and self-help advice to connect where the personal meets political in our bodies, brains, booty calls, bank accounts, and other confounding facets of modern woman-ing and nonbinary-ing. By laying out the uneven terrain of double-standards, head games, and handouts patriarchy has manspread across society for ages, Unladylike is here to unpack our gender baggage and map out the space that's ours to claim.

Author : Steven Fackler
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9798886549638

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Pity Party by Steven Fackler Pdf

Everyone has bad moments, but that doesn't mean you have to have a bad day. It is up to you to decide if you want to have a "pity party" or to enjoy the things that make you happy.

Author : Bethany Clift
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529332148

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Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift Pdf

'A riotous, black-humoured tonic' Independent 'A masterpiece of modern fiction' Sophie Cousens December 2023. The human race has fought a deadly virus and lost. The only things left from the world before are burning cities and rotting corpses. But in London, one woman is still alive. Although she may be completely unprepared for her new existence, as someone who has spent her life trying to fit in, being alone is surprisingly liberating. Determined to discover if she really is the last survivor on earth, she sets off on an extraordinary adventure, with only an abandoned golden retriever named Lucky for company. Maybe she'll find a better life or maybe she'll die along the way. But whatever happens, the end of everything will be her new beginning. 'Fresh, frank, funny' Elizabeth Kay 'Brilliant. Creepy, witty, laugh-out-loud and shudder-inducing' Harriet Walker 'Harrowing, unflinching and uplifting' Jennifer Saint 'Original, brutal, funny and hugely addictive!' Emma Cooper