Laughing at My Nightmare
Title | Laughing at My Nightmare PDF eBook |
Author | Shane Burcaw |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 162672007X |
"With acerbic wit & a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's YA memoir describes the challenges he faces as a 20-year-old with muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to trying to finding a girlfriend and everything in between"--
I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive
Title | I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive PDF eBook |
Author | Zora Neale Hurston |
Publisher | Old Westbury, N.Y. : The Feminist Press |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The most prolific African-American woman author from 1920 to 1950, Hurston was praised for her writing and condemned for her independence, arrogance, and audaciousness. This unique anthology, with 14 superb examples of her fiction, journalism, folklore, and autobiography, rightfully establishes her as the intellectual and spiritual leader of the next generation of black writers. In addition to six essays and short stories, the collection includes excerpts from Dust Tracks on the Road; Mules and Me; Tell My Horse; Jonah's Gourd Vine; Moses, Man of the Mountain; and Their Eyes Were Watching God. The original commentary by Alice Walker and Mary Helen Washington, two African-American writers in the forefront of the Hurston revival, provide illuminating insights into Hurston-the writer, the person-as well as into American social and cultural history.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Title | The Book of Laughter and Forgetting PDF eBook |
Author | Milan Kundera |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 2023-03-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0063290693 |
"An absolutely dazzling entertainment. . . . Arousing on every level—political, erotic, intellectual, and above all, humorous." —Newsweek "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting calls itself a novel, although it is part fairy tale, part literary criticism, part political tract, part musicology, and part autobiography. It can call itself whatever it wants to, because the whole is genius." —New York Times Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed, and experienced.
Serving Well
Title | Serving Well PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Trotter |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 422 |
Release | 2019-02-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1532658540 |
Are you dreaming of working abroad? Imagining serving God in another land? Or are you already on the field, unsure about what to do next or how to manage the stresses of cross-cultural life? Or perhaps you've been on the field a while now, and you're weary, maybe so weary that you wonder how much longer you can keep going. If any of these situations describes you, there is hope inside this book. You’ll find steps you can take to prepare for the field, as well as ways to find strength and renewal if you’re already there. From the beginning to the end of the cross-cultural journey, Serving Well has something for you.
Crying Laughing
Title | Crying Laughing PDF eBook |
Author | Lance Rubin |
Publisher | Ember |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2021-08-03 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0525644709 |
A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**
Maniac Magee
Title | Maniac Magee PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Spinelli |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2014-01-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0316333506 |
A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.
Look Back and Laugh
Title | Look Back and Laugh PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Jayme |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 20 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | American poetry |
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