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Bringing Up Geeks

Author : Marybeth Hicks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425221563
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Bringing Up Geeks written by Marybeth Hicks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of 'geek' and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the 'culture of cool.' In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKS: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today's 'culture of cool' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today's kids can become cynical 'even jaded' as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviors, and a state of pseudo-adulthood. Author and mother of four Marybeth Hicks suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviors; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions. With a foundation like that, kids will grow up to be the coolest adults.

Bringing Up Geeks

Author : Marybeth Hicks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440630240
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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How to Write a Book Proposal

Author : Jody Rein
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440348219
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book How to Write a Book Proposal written by Jody Rein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR SELLING YOUR BOOK If you want to publish a book, you must present it to agents and publishers with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Whether you're seeking a traditional press to publish your self-published book or trying to win over an agent for your graphic novel, memoir, or nonfiction title, you need an irresistible proposal. The better your proposal, the better the editor, publisher, and deal you will get. Nailing your proposal requires an understanding of how publishers work and how to brand yourself, build a platform, and structure your book. You'll learn it all in this breezy top-to-bottom revision of the classic 100,000-copy best-seller. Inside How to Write a Book Proposal 5th Edition, you will find: • Examples of successful proposals that earned six-figure deals • Guidance from agents, publishers, and writers • Ways to customize your proposal • Strategies for proposals in the Digital Age • Effective structures for narrative writers • A list of the "Top Ten Proposal Killers" This sassy, thorough guide from industry professionals Jody Rein and Michael Larsen will become your go-to for advice about publishing.

Getting a Life

Author : Benjamin Woo
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773552960
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Getting a Life written by Benjamin Woo and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today's pop-culture landscape, and the people we used to deride as "nerds" or "geeks" have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it's finally hip to be square. Yet these conventionalized representations of geek culture typically ignore the real people who have invested time and resources to make it what it is. Getting a Life recentres our understanding of geek culture on the everyday lives of its participants, drawing on fieldwork in comic book shops, game stores, and conventions, including in-depth interviews with ordinary members of the overlapping communities of fans and enthusiasts. Benjamin Woo shows how geek culture is a set of interconnected social practices that are associated with popular media. He argues that typical depictions of mass-mediated entertainment as something that isolates and pacifies its audiences are flawed because they do not account for the conversations, relationships, communities, and identities that are created by engaging with the products of mass culture. Getting a Life combines engaging interview material with lucid interpretation and a clear, interdisciplinary framework. The volume is both an accessible introduction to this contemporary subculture and an exploration of the ethical possibilities of a life lived with media.

Don't Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid

Author : Marybeth Hicks
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781621571988
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Don't Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid written by Marybeth Hicks and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do You Know What Your Kids Are Thinking? You Might Be Surprised Many of us assume that this generation of young Americans is much like any othe—but the fact is they’re not. Not even close. Numerous polls show the same result on issue after issue. Frightening percentages of our kids believe that Socialism is better than the free market Christianity is judgmental, and just plain mean America is the villain of world history Family does not mean marriage Human greed is destroying the Earth And, of course, we all need the government to take care of us Columnist and author Marybeth Hicks reveals, with shocking confessions from the activists themselves, how liberals and socialists, atheists and radical environmentalists, have waged a continuous and largely successful campaign of propaganda in our schools and popular culture in an attempt to create a permanent Leftist majority that will usher in a very different America, with a new generation that expects to be dependent on the federal government. But along with the shocking revelations, Hicks shows how we can break the Left’s hypnotic spell. If we don’t, she warns, we’ll soon wake up in a nation we won’t recognize as our own.

Bébé Day by Day

Author : Pamela Druckerman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101616997
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Bébé Day by Day written by Pamela Druckerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: À la carte wisdom from the international bestseller Bringing up Bébé In BRINGING UP BÉBÉ, journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman investigated a society of good sleepers, gourmet eaters, and mostly calm parents. She set out to learn how the French achieve all this, while telling the story of her own young family in Paris. BÉBÉ DAY BY DAY distills the lessons of BRINGING UP BÉBÉ into an easy-to-read guide for parents and caregivers. How do you teach your child patience? How do you get him to like broccoli? How do you encourage your baby to sleep through the night? How can you have a child and still have a life? Alongside these time-tested lessons of French parenting are favorite recipes straight from the menus of the Parisian crèche and winsome drawings by acclaimed French illustrator Margaux Motin. Witty, pithy and brimming with common sense, BÉBÉ DAY BY DAY offers a mix of practical tips and guiding principles, to help parents find their own way.

The Perfect World Inside My Minivan

Author : FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979074707
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Perfect World Inside My Minivan written by FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geekomancy

Author : Michael R. Underwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451698135
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Geekomancy written by Michael R. Underwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clerks meets Buffy the Vampire the Slayer in this original urban fantasy ebook about Geekomancers—humans that derive supernatural powers from pop culture. Ree Reyes’s life was easier when all she had to worry about was scraping together tips from her gig as a barista and comic shop slave to pursue her ambitions as a screenwriter. When a scruffy-looking guy storms into the shop looking for a comic like his life depends on it, Ree writes it off as just another day in the land of the geeks. Until a gigantic “BOOM!” echoes from the alley a minute later, and Ree follows the rabbit hole down into her town’s magical flip-side. Here, astral cowboy hackers fight trolls, rubber-suited werewolves, and elegant Gothic Lolita witches while wielding nostalgia-powered props. Ree joins Eastwood (aka Scruffy Guy), investigating a mysterious string of teen suicides as she tries to recover from her own drag-your-heart-through-jagged-glass breakup. But as she digs deeper, Ree discovers Eastwood may not be the knight-in-cardboard armor she thought. Will Ree be able to stop the suicides, save Eastwood from himself, and somehow keep her job?

Cooking for Geeks

Author : Jeff Potter
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449396038
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Cooking for Geeks written by Jeff Potter and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents recipes ranging in difficulty with the science and technology-minded cook in mind, providing the science behind cooking, the physiology of taste, and the techniques of molecular gastronomy.

Breaking the Rules

Author : Katie McGarry
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488091692
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Rules written by Katie McGarry and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 5 in Katie McGarry’s award-winning, powerful and romantic Pushing the Limits series, perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Stephanie Perkins and Simone Elkeles! “Amazing, heartbreaking, sexy and sweet…” —Monica Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series “Echo and Noah stole my heart—and my breath—again. Bravo, Ms. McGarry, for another gripping, romantic ride.” —Tammara Webber, New York Times bestselling author of Easy “Highly emotional and hugely inspiring... I had an ache in my chest as I turned each page…” —Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street A summer road trip changes everything… For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so . . . different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything—except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for. But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants—even as foster kid Noah’s search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves. Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah’s more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he’d be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn seriously epic. Originally published in December 2014.

Geeks

Author : Jon Katz
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767906993
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Geeks written by Jon Katz and published by Crown. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A story of triumph, friendship, love, and above all, about being human and reaching for dreams in a hard-wired world.”—Seattle Times “Too often, writing about the online world lacks emotional punch, but Katz’s obvious love for his ‘lost boys’ gives his narrative a rich taste.”—The New York Times Book Review Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn apart by hard times. On the fringe of society, they had almost no social lives and little to look forward to. They spent every spare cent on their computers and every spare moment online. Nobody ever spoke of them, much less for them. But then they met Jon Katz, a roving journalist who suggested that, in the age of geek impresario Bill Gates, Jesse and Eric had marketable skills that could get them out of Idaho and pave the way to a better life. So they bravely set out to conquer Chicago—geek style. Told with Katz’s trademark charm and sparkle, Geeks is a humorous, moving tale of triumph over adversity and self-acceptance that delivers two irresistible heroes for the digital age and reveals the very human face of technology. Praise for Geeks “Ultimately, Geeks is not a story about the Internet or computers or techies. It is a story about personal bonds, optimism, access to opportunity, and the courage to dream.”—Salon “An uplifting and hugely compassionate book.”—Philadelphia Inquirer “A story of friendship, optimism, social despair, and an updated version of that American icon, the tinkerer.”—USA Today

French Children Don't Throw Food

Author : Pamela Druckerman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0552779172
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book French Children Don't Throw Food written by Pamela Druckerman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What British parent hasn't noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are compared to our own? Pamela Druckerman, who lives in Paris with three young children, has had years of observing her French friends and neighbours, and with wit and style, is ideally placed to teach us the basics of French parenting."

Geek Nation

Author : Angela Saini
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444710176
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Geek Nation written by Angela Saini and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India: it's a nation of geeks, swots and nerds. Almost one in five of all medical and dental staff in the UK is of Indian origin, and one in six employed scientists with science or engineering doctorates in the US is Asian. By the turn of the millennium, there were even claims that a third of all engineers in Silicon Valley were of Indian origin, with Indians running 750 of its tech companies. At the dawn of this scientific revolution, Geek Nation is a journey to meet the inventors, engineers and young scientists helping to give birth to the world’s next scientific superpower – a nation built not on conquest, oil or minerals, but on the scientific ingenuity of its people. Angela Saini explains how ancient science is giving way to new, and how the technology of the wealthy are passing on to the poor. Delving inside the psyche of India’s science-hungry citizens, she explores the reason why the government of the most religious country on earth has put its faith in science and technology. Through witty first-hand reportage and penetrative analysis, Geek Nation explains what this means for the rest of the world, and how a spiritual nation squares its soul with hard rationality. Full of curious, colourful characters and gripping stories, it describes India through its people – a nation of geeks. curious, colourful characters and gripping stories, it describes India through its people – a nation of geeks.

Pennyroyal Academy

Author : M. A. Larson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142427144
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Pennyroyal Academy written by M. A. Larson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Comparison to the Harry Potter series seems inevitable . . . It is a breathtakingly exciting novel.”—The New York Times A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself at the center of a world at war. She enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons. There, given the name “Evie,” she must endure a harsh training regimen under the steel glare of her Fairy Drillsergeant, while also navigating an entirely new world of friends and enemies. As Evie learns what it truly means to be a princess, she realizes surprising things about herself and her family, about human compassion and inhuman cruelty. And with the witch forces moving nearer, she discovers that the war between princesses and witches is much more personal than she could ever have imagined. Set in Grimm’s fairytale world and ideal for non-princesses and princess fans alike, M.A. Larson’s Pennyroyal Academy masterfully combines adventure, humor, and magical mischief. “No one rescues Pennyroyal princesses; they rescue themselves.”—Reese Witherspoon

The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading

Author : Charity Tahmaseb
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439164339
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading written by Charity Tahmaseb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When self-proclaimed geek girl Bethany becomes the newest member of the varsity cheerleading squad, she realizes that there’s one thing worse than blending in to the lockers: getting noticed. Who knew cheerleading was so hard? Well, at least there’s a manual. Too bad it doesn’t cover any of the tough questions like: What do you do when the head cheerleader spills her beer on you at your first in-crowd party? And how do you protect your best friend from the biggest player in the senior class? Bethany is going to need all her geek brainpower just to survive the season!

Kick Me

Author : Paul Feig
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 1400049261
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kick Me written by Paul Feig and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2002-09-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of public school life that will keep you laughing in recognition and occasionally sighing in relief that you aren’t him. Kick Me is a nostalgic trip for the inner geek in all of us.

Tiny But Mighty

Author : Hannah Shaw
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524744069
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Tiny But Mighty written by Hannah Shaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Bestseller* #1 National Bestseller Indie Bestseller From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable—and adorable—feline population: newborn kittens. Hannah Shaw, better known as Kitten Lady, has dedicated her life to saving the tiniest felines, but one doesn't have to be a professional kitten rescuer to change—and save—lives. In Tiny but Mighty, Hannah not only outlines the dangers newborn kittens face and how she combats them, but how you can help every step of the way, from fighting feline overpopulation on the streets to fostering unweaned kittens, from combating illness to combating compassion fatigue, from finding a vet to finding the purrfect forever home. Filled with information on animal welfare, instructional guides, and personal rescue stories of kittens like Chloe, Tidbit, Hank, and Badger—not to mention hundreds of adorable kitten photos—Tiny but Mighty is the must-have kitten book for cat lovers, current-and-future rescuers, foster parents, activists, and advocates.