Riddance

Author : Shelley Jackson
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781948226004

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Riddance by Shelley Jackson Pdf

Finalist for the Believer Book Award for Fiction Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more "A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." —The New Yorker Eleven–year–old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing–Mouth Children. Founded in 1890 by Headmistress Sybil Joines, the school—at first glance—is a sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. Inspired by her haunted and tragic childhood, the Headmistress has other ideas. Pioneering the field of necrophysics, the Headmistress harnesses the “gift” she and her students possess. Through their stutters, together they have the ability to channel ghostly voices communicating from the land of the dead, a realm the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school and the Headmistress when a student disappears, attracting attention from parents and police alike. Set in the overlapping worlds of the living and the dead, Shelley Jackson’s Riddance is an illuminated novel told through theoretical writings in necrophysics, the Headmistress’s dispatches from the land of the dead, and Jane’s evolving life as Joines’s new stenographer and central figure in the Vocational School’s mysterious present, as well as its future.

Author : Elinor Lipman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544808256

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Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman Pdf

Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother. She discards it when she moves to New York. But when it's found by a neighbor/documentary filmmaker, the yearbook's mysteries - not to mention her own family's - take on a whole new urgency

Author : Stacey Currie
Publisher : Pantera Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780648676911

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Good Riddance by Stacey Currie Pdf

Ever wondered whether change is possible? Respected businesswoman Stacey Currie is proof that it is. Raised in housing commission accommodation, Stacey was pregnant at 15. At 19, she had two kids and was homeless. At 21, authorities gave her a stark choice: go into counselling and change her life or lose her three kids to foster care. Stacey had to make big changes. When all she knew was battling, figuring out goals for her 'new life' seemed impossible. Starting with what she didn't want, she got rid of one unhelpful habit after another. Now a qualified leadership coach and mentor, the happily married mother of five shares how she turned her life around. Each chapter of Good Riddance focuses on a habit Stacey once had – things like blaming others, hanging on to limiting beliefs, being addicted to drama – and shows how she got herself unstuck. With her no-bullshit style and humour, Stacey is the life coach you've always needed. Her explanations, exercises and prompts will see you regain hope, lose your baggage and set up a new chapter in your life. Say good riddance to bad rubbish – and start living the life you really want.

Author : Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781684428502

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Getting to Good Riddance by Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt Pdf

Are you ready to get over heartbreak and move on with your life? Psychologist Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt, author of Move on Motherf*cker, provides the tools to survive and thrive after a breakup in this empowering, BS-free guide. Packed with simple, science-based exercises and a healthy dose of tough love, this book will help you: Kick pain, shame, and fear to the curb Become an expert in yourself and what you want Progress past just feeling better and get to saying "Good riddance, asshole!" This seriously motivational guide mixes salty straight talk, humor, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and positivity to lead you to growth and recovery. Overcome self-defeat, smash the sh*t out of heartbreak, and get ready to move on, motherf*cker!

Author : Green Day
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495038860

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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Sheet Music by Green Day Pdf

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.

Author : Valerie Hagenbush
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595798018

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Good-Bye and Good Riddance by Valerie Hagenbush Pdf

Forward moving, forward thinking. With her Patagonia strapped on her back, and sporting an air of confidence derived from her ambitious undertaking, this unproven hitchhiker strode past all of the indifferent strangers' faces-fearless. Mrs. Gulliver, former prominent socialite, focused on the course ahead of her, invigorated by the refreshing uncertainty of it. She had a commanding presence: five feet, nine inches of indubitable spirit, manifested by a disciplined straight posture and easy, graceful gait. Following the lead of her eldest daughter, albeit three decades later, the vibrant and curious Madelaine Gulliver embarks on her own European hitchhiking trek. When "good-bye" is all that's left to say to those around her, the disgruntled woman befriends the open road. She sips hot chocolate on a mountaintop in Switzerland, walks through the military cemetery at Verdun, and finds unexpected love. Will the adventure continue beyond summer or will these newfound experiences lead back home?

Author : David Cavanagh
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780571302482

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Good Night and Good Riddance by David Cavanagh Pdf

Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain is a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music. Without the support of John Peel, it's unlikely that innumerable artists - from David Bowie to Dizzee Rascal, Jethro Tull to Joy Division - would have received national radio exposure. But Peel's influence goes much deeper than this. Whether he was championing punk, reggae, jungle or grime, he had a unique relationship with his audience that was part taste-maker, part trusted friend. The book focuses on some 300 shows between 1967 and 2004, giving a thorough overview of Peel's broadcasting career and placing it in its cultural and social contexts. Peel comes alive for the reader, as do the key developments that kept him at the cutting edge - the changes in his tastes; the changes in his thinking. Just like a Peel show, Goodnight and Good Riddance is warm, informative and insightful, and wears its enthusiasm proudly.

Author : James Nathan Post
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : Current Events
ISBN : 9780595274840

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Good Riddance to Rights, Thank God Now We're Safe by James Nathan Post Pdf

The Anti-Cyclops Papers Volume Two (2001-2002)The Cyclopes have single vision, and so lack perspective. Sons of the Titans, weapon makers to the Gods, workers at the forge and keepers of sheep, they dine on human flesh. They command large parts of American government and society, and they wear the cassock of its major religions. These short intense essays were first published in The Valley Explorer, an independent Las Vegas newspaper. Like Volume One, Good Nazis In Office, Good Niggers In Jail, these cage rattling, illusion shattering, convention challenging viewpoints may change the way you think about rights, government, schools, drugs, and America's agenda for world empire.

Author : Edward Howe Forbush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Rats
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107347320

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Rats and Rat Riddance by Edward Howe Forbush Pdf

Author : Cynthia Copeland
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1419706705

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Good Riddance by Cynthia Copeland Pdf

An honest and funny graphic memoir about suffering through and surviving divorce. Copeland chronicles the deep pain, confusion, awkwardness, and breakthroughs she experiences in the "new normal" as a wife who's been deceived.

Author : Lois Lowry
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385737760

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The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry Pdf

Now a Netflix animated film starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais! From the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars, comes a "hilarious" (Booklist, starred review) and wonderfully old-fashioned story about a mother and father who are all too eager to be rid of their four children . . . and four children who are all too happy to be rid of their parents. The Willoughby's—Timothy; his twin brothers, Barnaby A and Barnaby B; and their little sister, Jane—are old-fashioned children who adore old-fashioned adventures. Unfortunately, the Willoughby parents are not very fond of their children, and the truth is that the siblings are not too keen on their parents either. Little do the Willoughby kids know that their neglectful mother and father are hatching an evil plan to get rid of them! Not to worry—these resourceful adventurers have a few plans of their own. But they have no idea what lies ahead in their quest to rid themselves of their ghastly parents and live happily ever after.

Author : Ben Hartman
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Organic gardening
ISBN : 9781603586993

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The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables by Ben Hartman Pdf

At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste--of time, labor, space, money, and more--every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto industry, the end result has been increased profits and less work. In this field-guide companion to his award-winning first book, The Lean Farm, Hartman shows market vegetable growers in even more detail how Clay Bottom Farm implements lean thinking in every area of their work, including using kanbans, or replacement signals, to maximize land use; germination chambers to reduce defect waste; and right-sized machinery to save money and labor and increase efficiency. From finding land and assessing infrastructure needs to selling perfect produce at the farmers market, The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables digs deeper into specific, tested methods for waste-free farming that not only help farmers become more successful but make the work more enjoyable. These methods include: Using Japanese paper pot transplanters Building your own germinating chambers Leaning up your greenhouse Making and applying simple composts Using lean techniques for pest and weed control Creating Heijunka, or load-leveling calendars for efficient planning Farming is not static, and improvement requires constant change. The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables offers strategies for farmers to stay flexible and profitable even in the face of changing weather and markets. Much more than a simple exercise in cost-cutting, lean farming is about growing better, not cheaper, food--the food your customers want.

Author : Elinor Lipman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307814210

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The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman Pdf

It was not complicated, and, as my mother pointed out, not even personal: They had a hotel; they didn't want Jews; we were Jews...It's the early 1960s and Natalie Marx is stunned when her mother inquires about vacation accommodations in Vermont and receives a response that says, "The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922. Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles." So begins Natalie's fixation with the Inn and the family who owns it. And when Natalie finagles an invitation to join a friend on vacation there, she sets herself upon a path that will inextricably link her adult life into this peculiar family and their once-restricted hotel. The Inn at Lake Devine will enchant readers with the beguiling voice, elegant charm, and deft storytelling that have been hallmarks of Elinor Lipman's previous novels and have made her beloved by her fans. Her characters sparkle on the page and delight us with their wit and grace--even when anti-Semitism rears its head in Vermont and the tables are turned in the Catskills. Elinor Lipman is the undisputed master of the art of screwball comedy.

Author : Tanya Zack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Johannesburg (South Africa)
ISBN : 0992240417

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Good Riddance by Tanya Zack Pdf

Book five in the series, Wake up, this is Joburg, deals with the waste pickers and recyclers of Johannesburg.

Author : Linda McLean
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1854594656

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Riddance by Linda McLean Pdf

Is murder ever justified? Even in defence of a child? And if you're never caught, are you always in hiding? And though you may feel safe, is it inevitable that there will be a day of Riddance?