Onward Buttercup. There's Fuckery to Spread.
Title | Onward Buttercup. There's Fuckery to Spread. PDF eBook |
Author | Ragamuffin Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2019-12-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781673138993 |
A funny, witty & suitably offensive gift for family, friends & coworkers! If you are buying for someone who likes a good joke, you will not be disappointed. Here is a quality notebook with a vintage illustration and a slanderous quote that will leave your mate in splits. The unexpected contrast of an old world illustration with a modern, snarky quote is what makes this a memorable gift. Here are some features of this notebook: 100+ soft cream colour college ruled pages Premium, glossy cover design Comes in a 6 x 9 size and fits easily into a purse or case Bound to start unexpected conversations with strangers who won't be able to keep their eyes off the vivid, bright cover with a witty quote and creative illustration Do we need to say that it makes a great Christmas, Birthday, Secret Santa, Retirement and Appreciation gift? Go ahead and place an order for this notebook and be ready for some magnificent compliments!
Fuckery
Title | Fuckery PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Sabol |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2016-06-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781533088369 |
More than 30 million Americans quit their jobs in 2015. Many of them left because their jobs had become too toxic to tolerate. How does this happen? How can it be stopped? FUCKERY teaches career-driven employees how to break the bad habits that destroy people and undermine performance. By mapping negative habits, you'll reclaim lost productivity, repair disabled communication, and root out what threatens success. Transform "I can't wait to leave" into "I'm excited to be a part of this team."
The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind
Title | The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind PDF eBook |
Author | Billy O'Callaghan |
Publisher | New Island Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Hope |
ISBN | 9781848402676 |
Thirteen short Stories that explore how people in crisis can pick up the shattered pieces of their lives and find among them some glint of worth.
Kittens and Puppies
Title | Kittens and Puppies PDF eBook |
Author | Hinkler Books |
Publisher | Penton Overseas, Inc |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Board books |
ISBN | 9781741215687 |
A touch, feel, and hear book about kittens and puppies.
Switched On
Title | Switched On PDF eBook |
Author | John Elder Robison |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2016-03-22 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0812996909 |
An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switches the lights on. It has long been assumed that people living with autism are born with the diminished ability to read the emotions of others, even as they feel emotion deeply. But what if we’ve been wrong all this time? What if that “missing” emotional insight was there all along, locked away and inaccessible in the mind? In 2007 John Elder Robison wrote the international bestseller Look Me in the Eye, a memoir about growing up with Asperger’s syndrome. Amid the blaze of publicity that followed, he received a unique invitation: Would John like to take part in a study led by one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists, who would use an experimental new brain therapy known as TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, in an effort to understand and then address the issues at the heart of autism? Switched On is the extraordinary story of what happened next. Having spent forty years as a social outcast, misreading others’ emotions or missing them completely, John is suddenly able to sense a powerful range of feelings in other people. However, this newfound insight brings unforeseen problems and serious questions. As the emotional ground shifts beneath his feet, John struggles with the very real possibility that choosing to diminish his disability might also mean sacrificing his unique gifts and even some of his closest relationships. Switched On is a real-life Flowers for Algernon, a fascinating and intimate window into what it means to be neurologically different, and what happens when the world as you know it is upended overnight. Praise for Switched On “An eye-opening book with a radical message . . . The transformations [Robison] undergoes throughout the book are astonishing—as foreign and overwhelming as if he woke up one morning with the visual range of a bee or the auditory prowess of a bat.”—The New York Times “Astonishing, brave . . . reads like a medical thriller and keeps you wondering what will happen next . . . [Robison] takes readers for a ride through the thorny thickets of neuroscience and leaves us wanting more.”—The Washington Post “Fascinating for its insights into Asperger’s and research, this engrossing record will make readers reexamine their preconceptions about this syndrome and the future of brain manipulation.”—Booklist “Like books by Andrew Solomon and Oliver Sacks, Switched On offers an opportunity to consider mental processes through a combination of powerful narrative and informative medical context.”—BookPage “A mind-blowing book that will force you to ask deep questions about what is important in life. Would normalizing the brains of those who think differently reduce their motivation for great achievement?”—Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain “At the heart of Switched On are fundamental questions of who we are, of where our identity resides, of difference and disability and free will, which are brought into sharp focus by Robison’s lived experience.”—Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Effect
Young Skins
Title | Young Skins PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Barrett |
Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2015-03-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0802192106 |
A blockbuster collection from one of Ireland’s most exciting young voices: “Sharp and lively . . . a rough, charged, and surprisingly fun read” (Interview). A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree * Winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award * Winner of the Guardian First Book Award * Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature Enter the small, rural town of Glanbeigh, a place whose fate took a downturn with the Celtic Tiger, a desolate spot where buffoonery and tension simmer and erupt, and booze-sodden boredom fills the corners of every pub and nightclub. Here, and in the towns beyond, the young live hard and wear the scars. Amongst them, there’s jilted Jimmy, whose best friend Tug is the terror of the town and Jimmy’s sole company in his search for the missing Clancy kid; Bat, a lovesick soul with a face like “a bowl of mashed up spuds” even before Nubbin Tansey’s boot kicked it in; and Arm, a young and desperate criminal whose destiny is shaped when he and his partner, Dympna, fail to carry out a job. In each story, a local voice delineates the grittiness of post boom Irish society. These are unforgettable characters rendered through silence, humor, and violence. “Lyrical and tough and smart . . . What seems to be about sorrow and foreboding turns into an adventure, instead, in the tender art of the unexpected.” —Anne Enright, Man Booker Prize Award–winning author “Sometimes comic, sometimes melancholy, Young Skins touches the heart, as well as the mind.” —Irish American Post
Collected Poems 1947-1997
Title | Collected Poems 1947-1997 PDF eBook |
Author | Allen Ginsberg |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 1566 |
Release | 2013-09-26 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0141394218 |
This is the only volume to bring together all of Allen Ginsberg's published verse in its entirety, celebrating half a century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets. Presented chronologically, it sets Ginsberg's verse against the story of his extraordinary life: from his most famous landmark works 'Howl' and 'Kaddish' to the poems of White Shroud and Cosmopolitan Greetings, and on to his later writings such as the caustically funny 'Death and Fame', the provocative 'New Democracy Wish List' and the elegiac 'Things I'll Not Do (Nostalgia)'. Ginsberg, as chief figure among the Beats, fomented a social and political revolution, yet his groundbreaking verse also changed the course of American poetry with its freewheeling spontaneity, rawness, honesty and energy. Also containing illustrations by Ginsberg's artist friends, illuminating notes to the poems, original prefaces and photographs, this is the essential record of one of the most influential voices in twentieth century poetry.