Screaming With Joy

Author : Graham Caveney
Publisher : Broadway
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015050314767

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Screaming with Joy by Graham Caveney Pdf

The first fully illustrated tribute to Allen Ginsberg--the best-known American poet of the post-war generation, mother of the Beats, and walking embodiment of Western counterculture. Ginsberg's poetry, influenced by the writings of Walt Whitman and the spontaneous prose of his friend Jack Kerouac, is open, forthright, didactic, and written fast without revision. Much of his writing has a raw, confessional quality appropriate to his roles as one of the first gay spokespeople and a leading anti-Vietnam War activist. From the publication of his first book, Howl and Other Poems, in 1956, Ginsberg became known as the champion of counterculture concerns: sexual freedom, pacifism, drug experimentation, opposition to censorship and authority, and acceptance of Eastern religions. The youngest of the Beat writers, Ginsberg was a lover to both William Burroughs and Kerouac and acted as the prophet and public face of the group--serving as Kerouac's unofficial agent for On the Road and helping Burroughs bring The Naked Lunch to the attention of publishers. Screaming with Joy, overflowing with more than 150 photographs and illustrations, is a passionate documentary of Ginsberg's zealous life. His untimely death in 1997 silenced a voice that expanded the capacity of our language, and his cultural icon status makes his work and life of even greater interest today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1908213841

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SWIFTS. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael J. Seidlinger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501386756

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Scream by Michael J. Seidlinger Pdf

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When you are born, the first thing you do is scream. Be it a response to fear, anger, sadness, or happiness, the scream is a declaration of being alive. The metal vocalist cupping the microphone blares out a deafeningly harsh scream. The drill instructor screams out commands to their soldiers. And then there's the bloodcurdling screams we know from horror films. A scream has many meanings, but it is an instinctive and reflexive action that, at its core, reveals raw emotion. Investigating popular and alternative cultures, art, and science, Michael J. Seidlinger tracks the resonance of the scream across media and literature and in his own voice. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Author : William Mitchell Ross
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781503560321

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Echoes Screaming in the Night by William Mitchell Ross Pdf

On Halloween night in Monroe, Wisconsin, four teenagers, looking for a scary adventure, were double- dared into visiting a haunted pioneer cemetery on a farm place outside the city limits. Summing up all the courage they could muster, the teens made their way to the farm and touched the hand of the weeping angel located at the center of the grave markers. Mission accomplished! But the baying of a farm dog got their attention that led them to an unimaginable horror! The police were called in to investigate. Was the death of a single young woman an accident or murder? The subsequent police investigation, led by Detective Samantha Gates and Captain Sigenthaler, took them into a maze of unanswered questions and madness spanning fifteen years. Would the mystery be solved?

Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Amusement rides
ISBN : 0590480138

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The Screaming Mean Machine by Joy Cowley Pdf

A young girl wonders if, now that she is big enough, she will be able to overcome her fears and ride the roller coaster at the amusement park

Author : Terri M. Sanders
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781796066739

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Jessie's Hope by Terri M. Sanders Pdf

After her husband's untimely death, Paulina Conti raised her two sons, Carl and Darryl Conti, to be resourceful and resilient. Paulina, had always been a source of strength for them both. She is a a woman of integrity and character. The Conti's are a close Sicilian family living quietly in a small Texas town, but their quiet lives simultaneously begin to change when two young girls are found murdered. Fear spreads through their community, as each of Paulina's sons quietly battles his own demons. Everything comes to a pinnacle when yet another young girl is abducted. This is the story of how one woman turned a dark negative into a bright, hopeful positive and changed many lives in their small town for the better.

Author : Melanie D. Gibson
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647420291

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Kicking and Screaming by Melanie D. Gibson Pdf

Melanie Gibson was an independent woman with a good job, multiple college degrees, and a condo in the trendy part of town. She also had a few mental illnesses, a minor substance abuse problem, and rotten relationship skills. She was a high-functioning crazy who needed a good kick in the pants, literally and metaphorically. In early 2013, as a last desperate means to save her sanity, Melanie turned to a nearly forgotten childhood activity: the Korean martial art of taekwondo. As if the universe were listening, she discovered her West Texas childhood taekwondo instructors’ Grandmaster operated a taekwondo school a few miles from her home in Fort Worth, Texas—and she decided to start her training over as a white belt. In taekwondo, Melanie felt like she had a fresh start in more ways than one. She found an inner peace she’d never known before, a sense of community, a newfound confidence, and a positive outlook on life. The kicking and screaming she was doing in class quieted the long-term kicking and screaming in her mind. Funny and frank, Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Marital Arts is the story of Melanie’s life-changing journey from troubled, lost soul to confident taekwondo black belt.

Author : Mike Dellosso
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781599797984

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Scream by Mike Dellosso Pdf

DIVWhile talking to his friend, Jeff, on the phone Mark Stone hears a cacophony of otherworldly screams. Seconds later, Jeff is tragically killed in an accident. Mark experiences the screams several more times and each time they are followed by an untimely death./div

Author : Kevin O'Brien
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786027330

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One Last Scream by Kevin O'Brien Pdf

New York Times Bestseller When You're Caught In A Killer's Web. . . Twelve women have vanished, leaving behind no trace or clue--their whereabouts still a mystery after eleven years. . . The Only Thing That Can Save You Is. . . Amelia Faraday is beautiful, smart, and a walking disaster. Suffering from blackouts, she also suffers from something worse--the feeling that she is personally involved in a series of deaths. One Last Scream. . . Now as a new series of murders begins, and she continues to suffer from blackouts, Amelia is left wondering if she is a cold-blooded killer--or a pawn in a deadly game that's only just beginning. . . Praise for the Novels of Kevin O'Brien "A fast-paced thriller. . .O'Brien's crisp, clear writing, and taut suspense elevate this above similar fare." --Publishers Weekly "Another page-turner."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Author : Adrienne Kane
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416588221

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Cooking and Screaming by Adrienne Kane Pdf

An inspiring, recipe-filled memoir about loss, recovery, and finding oneself through food and cooking. "I rose from my wheelchair slowly, using the arms of the seat to steady myself; I managed to lift my weighty limbs and limp the three steps to the counter. Stirring left-handed, I did not want to leave the warmth of the kitchen. I felt good. And for a moment I forgot about the life that I was living. Being in the kitchen, the sights and smells, the smear of crimson tomato sauce on my borrowed apron, felt like a bit of home, a place that felt so far away." Adrienne Kane always loved food. Waiting by the oven for the sweet, crisp cookies she baked with her mother to emerge. Learning to create a simple yet delicious frittata with her best friend. Fueling long hours of work on her senior thesis with a satisfying tagliatelle. But just two weeks before her college graduation, Adrienne suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that left her paralyzed on the entire right side of her body. Once a dancer and aspiring teacher, she was now dependent on her loved ones, embarrassed by her disability, and facing an identity crisis. The next several years were a blur of doctors, therapists, rehabilitation, and frustration. Until she got back in the kitchen. It started with a stir. A stir and a taste. A little more salt. Maybe a side of crisp, sautéed potatoes. She learned to wield a chef's knife with her left hand, and to brace vegetables with her right. As she slowly stumbled from her quiet resting place at the kitchen table to where her mother stood by the stove, food became not only her sustenance and her solace, it became Adrienne's calling. She tested new recipes and created her own, crafting beautiful, delectable feasts for the people who had nurtured her -- her mother and father, who himself had survived a stroke several years earlier; the friends who encouraged her to write a cookbook; and, of course, the boyfriend-turned-husband who stood beside her all the way. Eventually, through determination, hard work, and a healthy portion of courage, she turned her culinary love into a career as a caterer, food writer, photographer, and recipe developer. Filled with simple, tempting recipes and complex, hard-won lessons, Cooking and Screaming is Adrienne's moving and heartfelt story of food, loss, work, and joy...and finding her identity through the most unlikely combination of ingredients.

Author : Janet Lansbury
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780593736166

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Elevating Child Care by Janet Lansbury Pdf

A modern parenting classic—a guide to a new and gentle way of understanding the care and nurture of infants, by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of No Bad Kids “An absolute go-to for all parents, therapists, anyone who works with, is, or knows parents of young children.”—Wendy Denham, PhD A Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, Janet Lansbury helps parents look at the world through the eyes of their infants and relate to them as whole people who have natural abilities to learn without being taught. Once we are able to view our children in this light, even the most common daily parenting experiences become stimulating opportunities to learn, discover, and connect with our child. A collection of the most-read articles from Janet’s popular and long-running blog, Elevating Child Care focuses on common infant issues, including: • Nourishing our babies’ healthy eating habits • Calming your clingy, fearful child • How to build your child’s focus and attention span • Developing routines that promote restful sleep Eschewing the quick-fix tips and tricks of popular parenting culture, Lansbury’s gentle, insightful guidance lays the foundation for a closer, more fulfilling parent-child relationship, and children who grow up to be authentic, confident, successful adults.

Author : Heather Christle
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781948226448

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The Crying Book by Heather Christle Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A poignant and piercing examination of the phenomenon of tears—exhaustive, yes, but also open-ended. . . A deeply felt, and genuinely touching, book." —Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias "Spellbinding and propulsive—the map of a luminous mind in conversation with books, songs, friends, scientific theories, literary histories, her own jagged joy, and despair. Heather Christle is a visionary writer." —Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks This bestselling "lyrical, moving book: part essay, part memoir, part surprising cultural study" is an examination of why we cry, how we cry, and what it means to cry from a woman on the cusp of motherhood confronting her own depression (The New York Times Book Review). Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it. Along the way, she discovers an artist who designed a frozen–tear–shooting gun and a moth that feeds on the tears of other animals. She researches tear–collecting devices (lachrymatories) and explores the role white women’s tears play in racist violence. Honest, intelligent, rapturous, and surprising, Christle’s investigations look through a mosaic of science, history, and her own lived experience to find new ways of understanding life, loss, and mental illness. The Crying Book is a deeply personal tribute to the fascinating strangeness of tears and the unexpected resilience of joy.

Author : Warren Bluhm
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781329919587

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A Scream of Consciousness by Warren Bluhm Pdf

From the author of Refuse to be Afraid: The moment you realize or remember that you are sentient, that is, that you are alive and aware of being alive - is exhilarating. There's more to life! You can't change yesterday and tomorrow doesn't exist. All you have is now, this moment. What do you need to do right now, right here? The conscious person considers the needs of the moment, and acts - and then moves on to the next moment ... Are you ready to make a difference? This book is about becoming alive, getting in touch with God and the universe, and embracing the here and now - here, and now.

Author : E. M. KING (of Melbourne.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026402598

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Truth. Love. Joy. Or, the Garden of Eden and Its Fruits by E. M. KING (of Melbourne.) Pdf

Author : Phil Lowe
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780244235512

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The Total Joy of Travelling on Public Transport by Phil Lowe Pdf

Ah, the total joy of travelling on public transport. Do you love travelling with the delightfully varied public and their dubious electronic gadgets and often odious habits? Do you mind when the person behind you has a full blown argument on their mobile phone with the speaker positioned at extra loud, just so you are sure to get both argumentative sides of the mutual yelling? Is it OK for someone to apply their nail polish on a hot bus, thereby nearly choking the other passengers to death with the toxic fumes? Would special mobile confessionals built into modes of public transport ease the congestion of verbal diarrhoea from total strangers? Do you balk at getting up close and personal with the great unwashed? Are you the kind of person that finds the joys of travelling on public transport highly amusing, or would you rather just throw yourself under a bus?