ARE YOU UP to your neck in bloodsucking vampire stories? Tired of those tales about dentally enhanced dark lords? Before I wrote this book I thought all vampires were night-stalking, fangpopping, bloodsucking fiends. Then I met Morning McCobb. He’s a vegan vampire who drinks a soy-blood substitute called Blood Lite. He believes staking should be a hate crime. And someday he hopes to march in a Vampire Pride Parade. He was also the first vampire to out himself and try to show people of mortality, like you and me, that vampires are just another minority with special needs. Trust me—this is like no other vampire book you’ll ever feed on. So, as my buddy Morning says, “Pop the lid, and suck it up.”

Suck it up, America, The Tough Choices We Face for Real Healthcare Reform is a unique combination, a blend of experience and rational analysis which reveals the personal impact of healthcare policies and gives insight into the real reasons why physicians treat people the way they do. It also points out the unspoken truths that we will never reduce healthcare costs until we deliver (and demand) less and that a large portion of the care we render is useless or even

No matter how accomplished, talented, or prosperous, women everywhere have an inner critic (aka BS) that tries to derail their best-laid plans. And even the most productive of us may be plagued by doubt or allow perfectionism and procrastination to disrupt our path to success.Well, not anymore. With Suck It Up, Princess, you can finally develop the right mindset and strategies to kick these excuses to the curb, and kick ass! Sisson teaches you to identify your inner skills and talents, utilize your life experiences, tap into your hidden potential, and leverage your unique self to create the life you truly want to live - basically, she turns you into a totally unapologetic badass. And she does it all with radical honesty and a big dose of humour. Packed with transformational personal stories, proven methods, and practical advice, Suck It Up, Princess coaches you to get out of your own way and become the heroine of your own life. If you're ready to take control, overcome your setbacks, end procrastination (that bitch) and experience more everyday personal and professional freedom, this book is for you!Think of it as the perfect guide to fit in your handbag, so you can pull it out for a daily pep talk or dose of inspiration when you need it most!Who is this book perfect for?Suck it up, Princess, is for women the world over, who are playing it small, or not playing at all, who are hiding their gifts from the world and need a bestie to show them how to start living as their best self.It's for women in business, at the helm of their own ship, who have simply veered off course, or hit some rough seas (puking ain't fun) and need to reset their navigation to sail in the right direction again, with the help of their co-pilot (that's me lovely).It's for women who thought they had it all together, and have reached a stage in their life or career where they realise they don't at all and are wondering what the f*ck do I do now?Or they've achieved their wildest dreams and are wondering what their new why should be, and wondering why they've gotten to this place after everything they've done.And it's for women, like you and me, who simply love reading a great book, that makes them laugh, cry, snort, resonate, ponder, reflect, take action and become a heroine of their own life!If you're ready to take control, overcome your setbacks, end procrastination (that bitch) and experience more everyday personal and professional freedom, this book is for you!

Discover how the freedom of sucking at something can help you build resilience, embrace imperfection, and find joy in the pursuit rather than the goal. What if the secret to resilience and joy is the one thing we’ve been taught to avoid? When was the last time you tried something new? Something that won’t make you more productive, make you more money, or check anything off your to-do list? Something you’re really, really bad at, but that brought you joy? Odds are, not recently. As a sh*tty surfer and all-around-imperfect human Karen Rinaldi explains in this eye-opening book, we live in a time of aspirational psychoses. We humblebrag about how hard we work and we prioritize productivity over play. Even kids don’t play for the sake of playing anymore: they’re building blocks to build the ideal college application. But we’re all being had. We’re told to be the best or nothing at all. We’re trapped in an epic and farcical quest for perfection. We judge others on stuff we can’t even begin to master, and it’s all making us more anxious and depressed than ever. Worse, we’re not improving on what really matters. This book provides the antidote. (It’s Great to) Suck at Something reveals that the key to a richer, more fulfilling life is finding something to suck at. Drawing on her personal experience sucking at surfing (a sport she’s dedicated nearly two decades of her life to doing without ever coming close to getting good at it) along with philosophy, literature, and the latest science, Rinaldi explores sucking as a lost art we must reclaim for our health and our sanity and helps us find the way to our own riotous suck-ability. She draws from sources as diverse as Anthony Bourdain and surfing luminary Jaimal Yogis, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among many others, and explains the marvelous things that happen to our mammalian brains when we try something new, all to discover what she’s learned firsthand: it is great to suck at something. Sucking at something rewires our brain in positive ways, helps us cultivate grit, and inspires us to find joy in the process, without obsessing about the destination. Ultimately, it gives you freedom: the freedom to suck without caring is revelatory. Coupling honest, hilarious storytelling with unexpected insights, (It’s Great to) Suck at Something is an invitation to embrace our shortcomings as the very best of who we are and to open ourselves up to adventure, where we may not find what we thought we were looking for, but something way more important.

I have always been known in school and in colleges and in the medical field and every town. Why? I talked a lot and wanted to ask why for everything, or I wanted to know why. The two weeks I spent in grade 1, my teacher told me over and over that if I ask her one more time why, she would jump out the window. I was always an honor student, and I believed one should ask if you didn't know. For some reason, I was transferred to the second grade because I was bored. I didn't worry. I changed my mind, and though schooling was going to be a piece of cake, I think I woke up in the seventh grade. From that grade, I had to study, but I enjoyed it. I never thought I'd become a writer, but today it is good therapy for so many outlets, and I thank my mom for this. When I talked too much, I had to sit in the corner with a pen and a piece of paper. I learned to write, draw, and write poems. My life was to become a nurse or doctor and work for the poor and study criminal justice. Here I am today, writing only true events. Suck It Up, Buttercup, my second book, was hard to write because I had much respect for the medical field, but I realize that all fields of interest had hush-hush things, so my true love became nursing. All the roses I received during my life with others has been a blessing from God. If you care to become a nurse, take God's hand, and he will carry you to others with love. You have to be devoted. Don't enter the medical field for a paycheck, enter it because you love others and want to make a difference in this world, and you will be blessed. Don't ever be harsh or unruly to your patient.

Suck It, Wonder Woman! brings Olivia Munn's unique humor, incredible wit, and lightning-fast costume changes to a world that needs more scrapbooking, sea monkeys, and for the love of God, a freakin' hoverboard! In this hilarious collection you'll find essays like "thought's About My First Agent's Girlfriend's Vagina," wherein Olivia skewers what it's like to live in Hollywood. In "Sex: What You Can Do to Help Yourself Have More of It," she frankly gets down to the business of getting it on, including advice on how to appropriately wrap it and bag it. In "What to Do When the Robots Invade (Yes, When!)," Olivia offers valuable information on . . . what to do when the robots invade! And just when you thought she couldn't get any more geeky, she can. This book also includes such handy treasures as a timeline of great moments in Geek history, a flip book, an unofficial FAQ section, and a nifty (read: smokin') foldout poster.