Slacker

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545823173

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Slacker by Gordon Korman Pdf

From the bestselling author of Swindle and Ungifted comes the funny, fantastic story of an underachiever who ends up achieving much more than any overachiever could ever imagine. Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it . . . until he gets so caught up in one game that he almost lets his house burn down around him.Oops.It's time for some serious damage control--so Cameron and his friends invent a fake school club that will make it seem like they're doing good deeds instead of slacking off. The problem? Some kids think the club is real--and Cameron is stuck being president.Soon Cameron is part of a mission to save a beaver named Elvis from certain extinction. Along the way, he makes some new friends--and some powerful new enemies. The guy who never cared about anything is now at the center of everything . . . and it's going to take all his slacker skills to win this round.

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338286229

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Level 13 (A Slacker Novel) by Gordon Korman Pdf

From the bestselling author of Swindle, Restart, and Slacker is another hilarious story about an underachiever who learns to go above and beyond. Cameron Boxer, king of the slackers, has found something worth his time. By playing video games online in front of an audience he can find both fame AND fortune -- especially with Elvis (a beaver who seems to love video games as much as Cam) at his side.The only problem? Things keep getting in Cam's way. Like school. And the club he accidentally started. And the misguided people in his life who don't think beavers should be playing video games.It's going to take some trickery, some close calls, and a fierce devotion to slacking in order for Cam to get to his goal -- conquering the game's infamous Level 13. But if any slacker can do it, Cam can.

Author : Richard Linklater
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992-07-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0312077971

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Slacker by Richard Linklater Pdf

The movie Slacker unfolds during a 24-hour period in Austin, Texas, in which hundreds of characters wander about in a timeless entropy, working hard at doing nothing. Now, to coincide with the national video release of this cult classic, a book that is a ricochet of the movie and the phenomenon. Includes a foreword by bestselling author Douglas Coupland. Illustrated.

Author : Sarah Dunn
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-26
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780446564939

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Official Slacker Handbook by Sarah Dunn Pdf

The '90's answer to The Preppie Handbook is a satiric, humorous and comprehensive critique, written by the ultimate slacker, that reveals rules, guidelines and recommendations for being a state-of-the-art slacker. The book features a hip MTV-like format with fast-cut sidebars, cartoons, photos, lists, quizzes and charts.

Author : Alison Suen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000368369

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Why It's OK to Be a Slacker by Alison Suen Pdf

"Stop slacking off!" Your parents may have said this to you when you were deep into a video-gaming marathon. Or maybe your roommate said it to you when you were lounging on the couch scrolling through Instagram. You may have even said it to yourself on days you did nothing. But what is so bad about slacking? Could it be that there’s nothing bad about not making yourself useful? Against our hyper-productivity culture, Alison Suen critically interrogates our disapproval of slackers—individuals who do the bare minimum just to get by. She offers a taxonomy of slackers, analyzes common objections to slacking, and argues that each of these objections either fails or carries problematic assumptions. But while this book defends slacking, it does not promote the slacker lifestyle as the key to something better (such as cultural advancement and self-actualization), as some pro-leisure scholars have argued. In fact, Suen argues that slacking is unique precisely because it serves no noble cause. Slacking is neither a deliberate protest to social ills nor is it a path to autonomy. Slackers just slack. By examining the culture of hyper-productivity, Suen argues that it is in fact OK to be a slacker. Key Features Demonstrates the uniqueness of slacking, via a critical examination of six distinct "pro-leisure" philosophical accounts. Articulates a taxonomy of slackers, as well as in-depth examinations of Hollywood slackers and slackers in academia. Examines common objections to slacking (like the freeloading problem), and offers a rebuttal to each of them. Offers an understanding of our productivity culture from an existential perspective.

Author : Alexandra Koslow
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101213445

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Slacker Girl by Alexandra Koslow Pdf

A hilarious debut novel about life, love, and the pursuit of leisure Jane Cooper is a different kind of New York woman. Charmingly unambitious in workaholic New York City, Jane believes that until corporate life was unfairly glamorized in “propaganda” films of the 1980s such as Working Girl, there were more people like her: connoisseurs of leisure. Still, a girl does have to pay the rent, so Jane finds a corporate job that supports her lifestyle. Unaware that her cute, hipster boss Ray just put his neck on the line to keep her from being fired, she and her best friend, Rebecka, take off on possibly the worst timed vacation. When Jane finds out that her commitment to slacking may be causing real world problems, she springs into action, putting even Joan Collins’s character in Dynasty to shame to save her job, her company, her friendship, and her heart. Fun, edgy, and starring an irresistible heroine, this is a book for every working girl (and slacker) who has ever wanted to step outside the corporate box.

Author : Jim Ciscell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595245901

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American Slacker by Jim Ciscell Pdf

American Slacker is the story of a young college man caught in a web of murder and deceit. He is a self- roclaimed ass, caring nothing for anyone but himself. Yet he is forced to fight the very forces of evil to save those he holds in such contempt. His family, his few friends, even the very elements themselves seem to have turned against him. Jim Ciscell's gripping novel of the best and worst day in one young man's life, American Slacker is a must read for anyone who looks on, forward, or back to college.

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443193795

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Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman Pdf

Gordon Korman’s new novel poses the question: what would you do if you were given the chance to do things over? Mason and Ty have been best friends since they were old enough to form thoughts. But one day an atomic warhead walks into their seventh-grade classroom ready to annihilate their friendship: Ava Petrakis, the new transfer student from New York. Mason finds himself competing against his best friend for the first time in his life, and it’s not pretty. So they make a pact: a non-Ava treaty. If it worked for the Romulans and the Klingons, it has to work for them. At least that’s what Mason thought until he realized Ava might actually like him back. Before he realizes it, he’s kissing Ava beside the wrecked Tilt-a-Whirl sign in the middle of a freak storm, and his friendship with Ty is obliterated. Five years later, Mason’s life is a mess. He has no friends, no girlfriend, his dog has been hit by a Roto-Rooter truck, his parents are divorced and he has just been expelled from school in his senior year. Everything has gone wrong and he can trace all of it back to that one day by the Tilt-a-Whirl sign. If he could go back he would do everything differently. That’s exactly what he’s thinking when his Volkswagen crashes into a furniture van. When he wakes up, he’s 12 years old again. This is his chance for a do-over. Will Mason be able to fix everything, or are some things just a matter of fate?

Author : Muffy Mead-ferro
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780786722983

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Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-ferro Pdf

Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit scholars-all at once!-finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack; where it's perfectly all right to do less, have less, and spend less. Slacker moms say "No" to parenting philosophies that undermine parents'-and children's-ability to think for themselves. They say "Yes" to saving their money and time by opting out of the parenting competition. And they say "Hell, Yes!" to having a life of their own, knowing it makes them better parents.In this witty and insightful book, author Muffy Mead-Ferro reflects on her experience of growing up on a ranch in Wyoming, where parenting-by necessity-was more hands-off, people "made do" with what they had, and common sense and generational wisdom prevailed. We should all take her sane lead!

Author : Ari Berk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416991151

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Death Watch by Ari Berk Pdf

When seventeen-year-old Silas Umber's father disappears, Silas is sure it is connected to the powerful artifact he discovers, combined with his father's hidden hometown history, which compels Silas to pursue the path leading to his destiny and ultimately, to the discovery of his father, dead or alive.

Author : Alexandra Koslow
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0452288371

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Slacker Girl by Alexandra Koslow Pdf

A charming, unambitious, leisure-loving young woman, Jane Cooper is an anomaly in workaholic New York City, until her cute boss Ray puts his own job on the line to keep her from being fired and she discovers that her commitment to slacking is causing real problems, forcing her to come up with a plan to save her job, her company, her friendship, and her heart. A first novel. Original.

Author : Mathew Gallegly
Publisher : Vocal Dynamcis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : 096323398X

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You Know You're A Slacker If.... by Mathew Gallegly Pdf

Comic page examples of slackers: You know you're a slacker if ... you're too lazy to eat breakfast in bed; and 95 others.

Author : Rice, John R.
Publisher : Sword of the Lord Publishers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Families
ISBN : 0873987004

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Rebellious Wives and Slacker Husbands by Rice, John R. Pdf

Author : Marie D. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1691688509

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Don't Be a Slacker by Marie D. Jones Pdf

If you have goals and dreams, but don't seem to know how to achieve them, start by writing them down in this handy dandy journal and coming up with one simple action step even a lunk-head like you can take.Before you know it, you're no longer a useless slacker, but a go-getter with a future. Your parents will be so proud.

Author : Ken Rabow
Publisher : Knr Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0991878507

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The Slacker's Guide to Success by Ken Rabow Pdf

There is an epidemic of teens and college-age students who find themselves lost in the real world of the 21st century. Their go-to position can end up being self-sabotage, addictions, anxiety, eating disorders and more. This is true of those classified as gifted as well as those with learning, psychological or physical challenges. The Slacker's Guide to Success starts with the fact that each and every one of us has a bit of "slacker" in them. (For some, more than others). Through a simple daily routine of tasks that the client will enjoy doing, the guide empowers the reader to find their inner power and build their faith in themselves day by day. Mixed with humour, heart-warming stories and plain common-sense, this book follows in the footsteps of the great writers of the past in a sensibility that will speak to young adults of today.