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American Freak Show

Author : Willie Geist
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401304222
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book American Freak Show written by Willie Geist and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not the first book written about quantum mechanics, but it just might be the last. The theory presented inside these pages is so revolutionary that it has stunned the scientific community into reconsidering centuries of thought about the behavior of energy and matter. Prepare to have your mind blown. Sorry, that's the introduction to Willie Geist's next book--the culmination of his life's work. Look for it next spring, just in time for Mother's Day. This book is about his other passion: freaks. When he's not in the lab, Geist spends his time on MSNBC's Morning Joe sifting through the wreckage of American politics and popular culture. These days, that's a big job. With an Alaska hockey mom turning, almost overnight, into a national icon and threatening to move from Wasilla to the White House, with the world's most famous athlete now associated less with the Masters and more with the strippers, and with reality TV working around the clock to ensure the constitutional right of every man, woman, and child to fifteen minutes of fame, Geist's business is thriving. In his hilarious first book, American Freak Show, Geist takes the smart, biting observation loved by his television audience to new satirical extremes. The real-life characters who now haunt our daily lives are cast as stars in completely made-up scenes that, frankly, are not all that far from reality. Geist treats us to the first look at President Sarah Palin's unconventional inaugural address, performed live on WWE's Monday Night Raw after her renegade victory in the 2012 election. We go inside the ballroom for a Dean Martin-style welcome roast of Bernie Madoff upon his arrival in Hell, with Pol Pot serving as sidesplitting roastmaster. Geist provides us with never-before-seen FBI wiretap transcripts of the more mundane, but equally profane, telephone conversations of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. And George W. Bush's batting-cage-and-waterslide-themed plans for a presidential library are laid out publicly for the first time. From Obama to Oprah, Afghanistan to Lohan, and Snooki to the Salahis, Willie Geist spares no one as our host of this wild American Freak Show. You'll laugh out loud while weeping for the future of America.

Future Past

Author : Bianca D'Arc
Publisher : Hawk Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1950196240
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Future Past written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Hawk Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They can see the future, but can they outrun the past? Rose has had the gift of prophecy most of her life and has found ways to cope with the flashes of foresight that plague her. Jeff has only had the ability for a few months and he needs Rose’s help to harness it. He sees her in his future, and puts his plan into action, knowing that an enemy is coming for them both. An explosive situation, and a dangerous man… Jeff is tall, sexy and has an air of mystery about him. She doesn’t need her prophetic gifts to know that spells trouble. Of course, he’s just the sort of trouble she’s been craving in her life. When he shows up at her workplace, she agrees to meet him for coffee, but when bad guys start shooting up the local mall to get to them, she follows her instincts and takes the escape he offers…straight into his waiting arms. A secret base, and a secret unit… Rose discovers all sorts of things she had never dreamed of before. Whisked away, under fire, to a secret military base, she’s offered a job where she’s supposed to help Jeff learn more about his newly acquired gift. But, when the enemy attacks the island base, she wonders if she’s there to help Jeff, or is it really the other way around? Either way, she discovers a deep and dangerous love for the soldier who stole her heart almost at first sight. Can they fight through to a place where their love can blossom, or are they doomed even before they start? Even Rose can’t see that future…

Freak Show

Author : James St. James
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780142412312
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Freak Show written by James St. James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a major motion picture with Bette Midler, Laverne Cox, Abigail Breslin, and Alex Lawther starring as Billy Bloom "Freak Show has it all. It's hilarious, sad, sexy, and glamorous—just the way life should be."--Perez Hilton "Gutsy, funny, over-the-top Billy Bloom is a profile in courage."--The Washington Post Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag queen extraordinaire. Actually, ?drag queen? does not begin to describe Billy and his fabulousness. Any way you slice it, Billy is not a typical seventeen-year-old, and the Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes at the academy have never seen anyone quite like him before. But thanks to the help and support of one good friend, Billy?s able to take a stand for outcasts and underdogs everywhere in his own outrageous, over-thetop, sad, funny, brilliant, and unique way.

Freak Show Legacies

Author : Gary S. Cross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350145149
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Freak Show Legacies written by Gary S. Cross and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society has long been fascinated with the freakish, shocking and strange. In this book Gary Cross shows how freakish elements have been embedded in modern popular culture over the course of the 20th century despite the evident disenchantment with this once widespread cultural outlet. Exploring how the spectacle of freakishness conflicted with genteel culture, he shows how the condemnation of the freak show by middle-class America led to a transformation and merging of genteel and freak culture through the cute, the camp and the creepy. Though the carnival and circus freak was marginalised by the 1960s and had largely disappeared by the 1980s, forms of freakish culture survived and today appear in reality TV, horror movies, dark comedies and the popularity of tattoos. Freak Show Legacies will focus less on the individual 'freak' as 'the other' in society, and more on the audience for the freakish and the transformation of wonder, sensibility and sensitivity that this phenomenon entailed. It will use the phenomenon of 'the freak' to understand the transformation of American popular culture across the 20th century, identify elements of 'the freak' in popular culture both past and present, and ask how it has prevailed despite its apparent unpopularity.

Freak Show

Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226063126
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Freak Show written by Robert Bogdan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America's most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan's fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, becoming the celebrities of their time, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimans.

Future Perfect

Author : Katrina Mountfort
Publisher : Elsewhen Press
ISBN 13 : 1908168552
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Future Perfect written by Katrina Mountfort and published by Elsewhen Press. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blueprint trilogy takes us to a future in which men and women are almost identical, and personal relationships are forbidden. Following a bio-terrorist attack, the population now lives within comfortable Citidomes. MindValues advocate acceptance and non-attachment. The BodyPerfect cult encourages a tall thin androgynous appearance, and looks are everything. This first book, Future Perfect, tells the story of Caia, an intelligent and highly educated young woman. In spite of severe governmental and societal strictures, Caia finds herself becoming attracted to her co-worker, Mac, a rebel whose questioning of their so-called utopian society both adds to his allure and encourages her own questioning of the status quo. As Mac introduces her to illegal and subversive information she is drawn into a forbidden, dangerous world, becoming alienated from her other co-workers and resmates, the companions with whom she shares her residence. In a society where every thought and action are controlled, informers are everywhere; whom can she trust? When she and Mac are sent on an outdoor research mission, Caia’s life changes irreversibly. A dark undercurrent runs through this story; the enforcement of conformity through fear, the fostering of distorted and damaging attitudes towards forbidden love, manipulation of appearance and even the definition of beauty, will appeal to both an adult and young adult audience.

The Future of the Book

Author : Geoffrey Nunberg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520204515
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Future of the Book written by Geoffrey Nunberg and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-12-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dozen essays from a July 1994 conference at the University of San Marino argue that a total shift to electronic information media would trigger wrenching social and cultural dislocations. Among their perspectives are the pragmatics of the new, farewell to the information age, toward meta-reading, hypertext and authorship, and the body of the text. They avoid the usual fetish arguments such as curling up in bed or leather bindings and pipes. Novelist Umberto Eco provides an afterward. No index or word search. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Star-Spangled Future

Author : Norman Spinrad
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575117354
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The Star-Spangled Future written by Norman Spinrad and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Dream or American Nightmare? Norman Spinrad describes The Star-Spangled Future: "America is something new under the sun. not so much a nation at all as a precog flash of the future of the species . . . I wrote believing that I was simply writing disconnected science fiction stories from whatever came into my head . . . And they all turned out to be about America, the leading edge of all possible futures unfolding around us . . . After all, that was what was coming into my head, that's the mother lode of science fiction realities - the American fusion plasma of which we are creatures - and all we have to do is keep ourselves open to it . . . that's my definition of science fiction. We have seen the future and it is us."

The Present Future

Author : Caroline Hunter
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452082332
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Present Future written by Caroline Hunter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 2111 the Super Vulcan solar powered space craft is about to make its maiden voyage into deep space. However, things don't go to plan, as shortly after its launch, a giant vortex of light appears in space and the Super Vulcan is swallowed up by it, disappearing without a trace. The mysterious Professor Pinkerton, a time traveller from the past, claims to hold the key to its disappearance. Now it is up to Matt Jacobs, who possesses super human abilities, and his techno wizard student Caitlin Simmons to follow the professor back 100 years in time in a bid to find the missing Super Vulcan. Their journey is fraught with danger as dark forces are at work, threatening to alter the very course of time itself.....

Escape From the Future

Author : Dean C. Moore
Publisher : Dean C. Moore
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape From the Future written by Dean C. Moore and published by Dean C. Moore. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than forty years into the future, most of mankind has elected to upload themselves to digital nirvana, where they can live as many lives as they care to in parallel, in as many different fantasy worlds as they desire. A small percentage of humans, however, are loath to give up the mortal coil. These last holdouts are the escapees from the future. The question is, for how long? Will Mother, the sentient internet, be content with gentle prodding to upgrade and uplift? Or will she resort to more coercive means? Has she already, unbeknownst to the final holdouts?

Political Future Fiction Vol 2

Author : Kate Macdonald
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040250645
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Political Future Fiction Vol 2 written by Kate Macdonald and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Edwardian period was a time of great social and political change. The six texts in this edition are all notable for their imaginative portrayals of the future. This is the only critical edition of these works. Essays and introductory matter explore the themes in the novels, as well as the literary-historical context they appeared in.

A Model for a Better Future

Author : Kim Alexis
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1401678718
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A Model for a Better Future written by Kim Alexis and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supermodel, spokeswoman, athlete, and mom Kim Alexis shares her story and the convictions she's developed.

Moods of Future Joys

Author : Alastair Humphreys
Publisher : Eye Books (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1908646039
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Moods of Future Joys written by Alastair Humphreys and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition including new color photographs and a new afterword looking back at the journeyAlastair Humphreys' around-the-world journey of 46,000 miles was an old-fashioned adventure: long, lonely, low-budget, and spontaneous. Cycling across five continents and sailing over the oceans, his ride took four years to complete, on a tiny budget of hoarded student loans. Here is the story of the first remarkable stage of the expedition. Just two weeks into the ride the September 11th attacks changed everything. All Humphreys' plans went out the window and, instead of riding towards Australia, he suddenly found himself pedaling through the Middle East and Africa and on toward Cape Town. This book recounts an epic journey that succeeded through Humphreys' trust in the kindness of strangers, at a time where the interactions of our global community are more confused and troubled than ever.

The Secret Future

Author : Parker G. Brandt
Publisher : Parker G. Brandt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Future written by Parker G. Brandt and published by Parker G. Brandt. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When twenty year old high school dropout Dylan Thompson comes across a strange black briefcase with his name on it, along with the name of a company that doesn't exist, his life is quickly turned upside down. Karen, a woman from the future that has come back to protect him. Michael, a man from the future that has come back to kill him. With scientific technology and biological weaponry and non-stop action scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat turning the pages until the very end, 'The Secret Future' will pull you in and never let you go!

The Future Was Now

Author : Chris Nashawaty
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 125082706X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book The Future Was Now written by Chris Nashawaty and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hollywood boldly went where it hadn’t gone before and Nashawaty chronicles the journeys.” —Los Angeles Times ("Books You Need To Read This Summer") “Written with a fan’s enthusiasm . . . An important inflection point in Hollywood filmmaking.” —New York Times ("Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer") In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names—altering the art of movie-making to this day. In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, at the height of his powers, conceives E.T. as an unlikely family tale, and quietly takes over the troubled production of Poltergeist, a horror film he had been nurturing for years. Ridley Scott, fresh off the success of Alien, tries his hand at an odd Philip K. Dick story that becomes Blade Runner—a box office failure turned cult classic. Similar stories arise for films like Tron, Conan the Barbarian, and The Thing. Taken as a whole, these films show a precarious turning-point in Hollywood history, when baffled film executives finally began to understand the potential of high-concept films with a rabid fanbase, merchandising potential, and endless possible sequels. Expertly researched, energetically told, and written with an unabashed love for the cinema, The Future Was Now is a chronicle of how the revolution sparked in a galaxy far, far away finally took root and changed Hollywood forever.

The Future Homemakers of America

Author : Laurie Graham
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446550191
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book The Future Homemakers of America written by Laurie Graham and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, this moving novel, filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, is about a group of women who discover—over the course of 40 turbulent years—the nature of true friendship. Stationed at a U.S. Air Force base in Norfolk, England in 1952, a group of “Yankee wives” are thrown together by nothing more than husbands who patrol the skies keeping the Soviets at bay. They seem to have little in common; some, like Pie Crust Queen Betty Gillis, are content to clip coupons and bake chocolate brownies, while others, like good-time girl Lois Moon, look for a little excitement beyond the perimeter fence. But the women soon discover similarities, from a common fear for their husbands to a desire to help out the war-ravaged British natives. Through marriage and divorce, separations and reunions, the gang will try to hold fast to each other in a story that takes us to the heart of female friendship— and reveals the secret of the perfect Three Color Refrigerator Cake.

The Music of the Future

Author : Robert Barry
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1910924873
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Music of the Future written by Robert Barry and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Music of the Future is not a book of predictions or speculations about how to save the music business or the bleeding edge of technologies. Rather, it's a history of failures, mapping 200 years of attempts by composers, performers and critics to imagine a future for music. Encompassing utopian dream cities, temporal dislocations and projects for the emancipation of all sounds, The Music of the Future is in the end a call to arms for everyone engaged in music: "to fail again, fail better."