The Big Turnoff

Author : Ellen Currey-Wilson
Publisher : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : CORNELL:31924105199552

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The Big Turnoff by Ellen Currey-Wilson Pdf

Alternately hilarious and trenchant in its observations about our media-crazed culture, this is the true tale of a TV-addicted mother's struggle to kick the habit and keep the boob tube out of her son's daily existence. Like most parents, Ellen Currey-Wilson and her husband aspired to be better parents than their own. Currey-Wilson, who shared most of her childhood with The Beverly Hillbillies, maintained intimate relationships with Mary, Rhoda, and Phyllis, and remained up-to-date on the fictional history of every character on Friends, longs for her son, Casey, to know the people around him better than he knows the Teletubbies. And, like most parents, she goes a bit overboard. In her revealing and outspoken take on parenting, Currey-Wilson recounts her increasingly outlandish behavior—such as literally throwing herself in front of the TV set at her son's playmates' houses to prevent any inadvertent watching—and the intermittent fits of insecurity that find her worrying whether Casey might be ostracized for not knowing the theme song to SpongeBob SquarePants. But something remarkable happens as TV assumes a backseat to real life: Currey-Wilson's relationships with her laidback husband, new-age sister, eccentric mother, and remarkably self-possessed son begin to deepen and grow. In an age when it's easier to flip on the TV than to interact with people, The Big Turnoff shows what happens when one woman decides to buck the trend.

Author : Ellen Currey-Wilson
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1565125398

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The Big Turnoff by Ellen Currey-Wilson Pdf

A whimsical and wise parenting memoir describes how one television-addicted mother, vowing to become a better parent than her own, launched a campaign to kick the TV habit and remove the "boob tube" from her son's everyday life.

Author : Ellen Currey-Wilson
Publisher : Fusion Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Parenting
ISBN : 1905745222

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Big Turnoff by Ellen Currey-Wilson Pdf

Like most parents, Ellen Currey-Wilson and her husband aspired to be better parnts than their own. Having shared most of her childhood with "The Beverly Hillillies" and having memorised the TV listings ever since, Currey-Wilson longedor her son Casey to know the people around him better than he knew the cast ofFriends".;In her revealing and outspoken take on parenting, Currey-Wilson recunts her increasingly fanatical behaviour and the intermittent fits of insecurty that find her worrying whether Casey might be ostracised for not knowing th theme song to SpongeBob SquarePants. But something remarkable happens as teleision assumes a back seat to real life: Currey-Wilson's relationships with heraid-back husband, new-age sister, eccentric mother and remarkably self-possesed son begin to deepen and grow. And while Casey develops into a self-sufficiet, intelligent and confident boy, scores of his TV-mesmerised peers are beingiagnosed with ADHD.;In an age when it's easier to flip on the TV than to interct with the people around us, "The Big Turnoff" shows what can happen when oneoman decides to buck the trend.

Author : Betsy Haynes
Publisher : Skylark
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553158619

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The Great TV Turnoff by Betsy Haynes Pdf

Katie Shannon thinks that everyone at Wakeman Junior High watches too much television. 140,000 first printing.

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 061323247X

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The Great T.V. Turn-Off by Beverly Lewis Pdf

It's TV Turn-Off Week across America, and Eric Hagel proposes that the kidson Blossom Hill Lane--adults, too --don't watch a speck of TV for seven days.But midway through the week, Eric catches Mr. Tressler sneaking a peek at hisTV. What will they do now?

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Red Wheel Weiser
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1934708658

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Turn Off Your Mind by Gary Lachman Pdf

How did a decade of love and peace end in Altamont and the Manson Family bloodbath? Gary Lachman explores the sinister dalliance of rock’s high rollers and a new wave of occultists, tying together John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Mick Jagger, Brian Wilson, Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, Jim Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard and many more American cultural icons.

Author : Robert C. Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Wilderness areas
ISBN : MINN:31951D029659524

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Redistributing Wilderness Use Through Information Supplied to Visitors by Robert C. Lucas Pdf

Author : Holly Shumas
Publisher : 5 Spot
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446197557

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Five Things I Can't Live Without by Holly Shumas Pdf

On paper, Nora's life looks perfect. She's moving in with her boyfriend Dan, she has a stable job and a great group of friends. But she's stuck in what she refers to as "meta-life," the plight of overthinking and secondguessing to the point of self-sabotage. One day at work, Nora decides to thwart her meta-life by following her instincts. In what feels like a moment of revelation, she quits her job. Immediately, her meta-life goes into overdrive: What on earth was she thinking--and what is she going to do now? Fortunately, when a friend asks Nora to rewrite her Internet dating profile, she realizes that not only is she good at it, but she really enjoys it. Billing herself as a Cyrano de Bergerac for the lovelorn, Nora finally begins to find professional success. But soon, Nora's meta-life has latched onto the question she's asked so many clients: What are the five things she can't live without? Is her flourishing business one of them? Is Dan? With each new client and each step she takes in her own relationship, she must confront her biggest demon--her self-sabotaging "meta-life." But will she be able to slay it forever?

Author : Peter C. Brinckerhoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470889862

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Mission-Based Marketing by Peter C. Brinckerhoff Pdf

A direct, practical guide revealing how you can lead your not-for-profit to success through mission-based marketing Now in a Third Edition, Mission-Based Marketing is a direct, practical guide showing how you can lead your not-for-profit to success in a more competitive world. This book provides the knowledge and skills you need to build a market-driven organization that holds onto its core values, does a better job of providing mission, and successfully competes for funding, clients, referral sources, staff, and board members. Includes new material on nonprofit websites, social networking and new methods of communication, advances in technology, customer service in today's world, and the effects of marketing on fundraising Goes beyond the hows and whys to include lots of hands-on advice and real-world examples Other titles by Brinckerhoff: Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century, Faith-Based Management: Leading Organizations That Are Based on More than Just Mission, and Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development Filled with new material, this book appraises the trends that have dramatically affected the not-for-profit sector in the past several years, and explains how an organization can shape this shifting landscape to its ultimate benefit.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788121941792

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52 Simple Ways to Preventcontrol & Turnoff Cancer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ariel Sabar
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780385542593

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Veritas by Ariel Sabar Pdf

From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author comes the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard. In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star religion professor at Harvard, announced a breathtaking discovery just steps from the Vatican: she’d found an ancient scrap of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene “my wife.” The mysterious manuscript, which King provocatively titled “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife,” had the power to topple the Roman Catholic Church. It threatened not just the all-male priesthood, but centuries of sacred teachings on marriage, sex, and women’s leadership, much of it premised on the hallowed tradition of a celibate Jesus. Award-winning journalist Ariel Sabar covered King’s announcement in Rome but left with a question that no one seemed able to answer: Where in the world did this history-making papyrus come from? Sabar’s dogged sleuthing led from the halls of Harvard Divinity School to the former headquarters of the East German Stasi before landing on the trail of a Florida man with an unbelievable past. Could a motorcycle-riding pornographer with a fake Egyptology degree and a prophetess wife have set in motion one of the greatest hoaxes of the century? A propulsive tale laced with twists and trapdoors, Veritas is an exhilarating, globe-straddling detective story about an Ivy League historian and a college dropout—and how they worked together to pass off an audacious forgery as a long-lost piece of the Bible.

Author : Barry F. Madore,R. Brent Tully
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400947023

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Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion by Barry F. Madore,R. Brent Tully Pdf

It was a general feeling among those who attended the NATO / ARW meeting on the Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion, that during the week in Hawaii a milestone had been passed in work on the distance scale. While not until the last minute did most of the participants know who else would be attending, no one was displeased with the showing. As it turned out, scarcely a single active worker in the field of the distance scale missed the event. Few knew all of the outstanding work that was to be revealed, and/or the long-term programs that were to be encapsulated in the first few days. Areas of general agreement were pinpointed with candid speed, and most of the discussion moved on quickly to new data, and areas deserving special new attention. As quickly as one project was reported as being brought successfully to a close, a different group would report on new discoveries with new directions to go. New data, new phenomena; but the sentiment was that we were building on a much safer foundation, even if the Universe was unfolding in a much more complex and unexpected way than was previously anticipated. In editing these proceedings a decision was made well in advance of the Meet ing that no attempt would made to record the discussion. This was done for many reasons.

Author : Anna DePalo
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488046810

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Power Play by Anna DePalo Pdf

A chance reunion with a billionaire sports star leads to a game of seduction. From the USA Today–bestselling author of Hollywood Baby Affair. Irresistible. That’s sports tycoon Jordan Serenghetti in a nutshell. But Jordan’s physical therapist, Sera Perini, must resist. She has good reasons—their families’ connections, her professional ethics and a kiss the filthy-rich athlete doesn’t even remember. If she gives in to temptation, will it be a replay of Jordan’s womanizing ways or something from a brand-new playbook? Because when passion is the prize, not just any play will do . . . “Readers will find the plot of this third Serenghetti Brothers entry (after Hollywood Baby Affair) thoroughly entertaining.” —Library Journal “The sexual chemistry is off the charts, enough to sizzle the pages. Don’t miss this sexy tale. Be sure to grab Power Play today.” —Romance Reviews Today

Author : Rodney Brooks
Publisher : USA TODAY
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780982291733

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Is one million dollars enough? by Rodney Brooks Pdf

A USA TODAY Money editor reveals the secrets of preparing for retirement, both financially and emotionally. This collection of columns and resources from Deputy Managing Money Editor Rodney Brooks offers advice for pre-retirees of any age as well as for people who have already drawn their last paychecks. It covers topics such as how much you need to save for retirement; advice from people who have vowed to never retire; how much you should withdraw from your nest egg every year; the biggest mistakes couples make; how to prepare better for health care costs without blowing through your nest egg; and the wisdom of raiding your retirement accounts to start that business you’ve dreamed about all your life.

Author : Beth Beechwood
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599616270

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Face the Music by Beth Beechwood Pdf

Collects the adventures of teenager Miley Stewart, also known as the singing sensation Hannah Montana, as she handles family, friendship, and dealing with fame.