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It's Okay to Say the A-Word!

Author : Christa Jeanne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781500948146
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book It's Okay to Say the A-Word! written by Christa Jeanne and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This isn't your typical book about autism. It's a heck of a lot funnier! You won't find a lost or lonely kid on the cover, you won't find a guide telling you what to do and what not to do with your autistic child and you definitely won't find a nonsense miracle cure that will make your kid 'normal.' No, this isn't that kind of book. This is my raw, emotional but successful journey about how we battled through the never-ending maze of autism to learn just how incredibly AU-some our son truly is. Now, that's not to say it was an easy road, nor did I always embrace it, but that's what this book is about. This is my story about how I became the mom that my son needed me to be, to be his voice when he didn't have one. I wasn't always enthused by the idea about my son being different, especially when not only did I have to be a super-mom, I had to learn to be his therapist, his teacher, his advocate, and his fighter in a boxing ring with a bunch of administrators that wanted to slap a label on him and pass him down the special education assembly line. But this is our journey as a family through the crazy world of autism, from its simple but triumphant moments to the nights we cried ourselves to sleep. This is my adventure of how I became an AU-some mom while happily losing my sanity along the way. It's about how although I used to feel alone and depressed about the dreaded diagnosis of the A-word, I knew I had to use all the love in my heart for my son to fuel and drive him to succeed in a world where some would have given up on him. It's about how we took the cards we were dealt in life and made them into a winning hand, how we got back up after getting knocked on our butts time and time again, and how our love, faith and commitment to our son will continue to get us through. Consider this my hand held out to parents just like me, who sometimes need a lifeline to get them through the rough waters. I'm battling through it with you. You're not alone. Crack this sucker open, and I'll show you, it's okay to say the A-word.

Words That Work

Author : Dr. Frank Luntz
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401385745
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Words That Work written by Dr. Frank Luntz and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation's premier communications expert shares his wisdom on how the words we choose can change the course of business, of politics, and of life in this country In Words That Work, Luntz offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases affects what we buy, who we vote for, and even what we believe in. With chapters like "The Ten Rules of Successful Communication" and "The 21 Words and Phrases for the 21st Century," he examines how choosing the right words is essential. Nobody is in a better position to explain than Frank Luntz: He has used his knowledge of words to help more than two dozen Fortune 500 companies grow. Hell tell us why Rupert Murdoch's six-billion-dollar decision to buy DirectTV was smart because satellite was more cutting edge than "digital cable," and why pharmaceutical companies transitioned their message from "treatment" to "prevention" and "wellness." If you ever wanted to learn how to talk your way out of a traffic ticket or talk your way into a raise, this book's for you.

The F-Word

Author : Jesse Sheidlower
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199751552
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The F-Word written by Jesse Sheidlower and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know what frak, popularized by television's cult hit Battlestar Galactica, really means. But what about feck? Or ferkin? Or foul--as in FUBAR, or "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"? In a thoroughly updated edition of The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower offers a rich, revealing look at the f-bomb and its illimitable uses. Since the fifteenth century, no other word has been adapted, interpreted, euphemized, censored, and shouted with as much ardor or force; imagine Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "go damn himself" on the Senate floor--it doesn't have quite the same impact as what was really said. Sheidlower cites this and other notorious examples throughout history, from the satiric sixteenth-century poetry of James Cranstoun to the bawdy parodies of Lord Rochester in the seventeenth century, to more recent uses by Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Ann Sexton, Norman Mailer, Liz Phair, Anthony Bourdain, Junot Diaz, Jenna Jameson, Amy Winehouse, Jon Stewart, and Bono (whose use of the word at the Grammys nearly got him fined by the FCC). Collectively, these references and the more than one hundred new entries they illustrate double the size of The F-Word since its previous edition. Thousands of added quotations come from newly available electronic databases and the resources of the OED, expanding the range of quotations to cover British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, and South African uses in addition to American ones. Thus we learn why a fugly must hone his or her sense of humor, why Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau muttered "fuddle duddle" in the Commons, and why Fanny Adams is so sweet. A fascinating introductory essay explores the word's history, reputation, and changing popularity over time. and a new Foreword by comedian, actor, and author Lewis Black offers readers a smart and entertaining take on the book and its subject matter. Oxford dictionaries have won renown for their expansive, historical approach to words and their etymologies. The F-Word offers all that and more in an entertaining and informative look at a word that, while now largely accepted as an integral part of the English language, still confounds, provokes, and scandalizes.

My Heart Can't Even Believe It

Author : Amy Silverman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781606132753
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book My Heart Can't Even Believe It written by Amy Silverman and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All parent stories about raising a child with Down syndrome are special and unique, but in the hands of a good writer, they can have the power to reach, change, and resonate far beyond family and friends. And that is the case with My Heart Can't Even Believe It, by journalist, blogger, and NPR contributor Amy Silverman. Amy bravely looks at her life, before and after her daughter Sophie was born, and reflects on her transformation from "a spoiled, self-centered brat," who used words like retard and switched lines at the Safeway to avoid a bagger with special needs, into the mother of a kid with Down syndrome and all that her new identity entails. She describes her evolution as gradual, one built by processing her fears and facing questions both big and small about Sophie, Down syndrome, and her place in the world. Funny, touching, and honest, this wonderful book looks at a daughter and her power to change minds and fill hearts with love so deep.

Official Portraits and Unofficial Counterportraits of At Risk" Students"

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Author : Richard J. Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135240051
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Official Portraits and Unofficial Counterportraits of At Risk" Students" written by Richard J. Meyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles fifth and sixth grade writers in a poor, culturally diverse, rural school in the southwest US coming into their voices, cultivating those voices, and using those voices in a variety of venues, beginning with the classroom community and spreading outward. The big ideas of official and unofficial portraits are presented, followed by data and facets of the theoretical construct of counterportraits in each chapter, as a response to official portraits.

Just Say the Word

Author : Elizabeth L. Brooks
Publisher : JMS Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1634867343
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Just Say the Word written by Elizabeth L. Brooks and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabe Ellis knew some people were “like that,” but it never occurred to him those people might include his boyfriend, Tom Hampton. Now Gabe has to deal with the idea his gorgeous, successful lover enjoys hurting people -- and being hurt -- for fun. Worse, Gabe has to come to terms with the fact that so does he. Tom was once known in the local BDSM scene as a ruthless Dom, but he left the scene when he realized he’d rather have a vanilla partner than one who can’t deal with the fact that he’s a switch. Those old feelings come crashing back in, however, when Gabe confesses to darker desires. Gabe seems made for Tom, a switch who flips between stern Dom and sweetheart sub. But not everything goes smoothly as they explore their new dynamic. Will Gabe embrace the lifestyle, or ask for it all to stop?

Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

Author : Emma Byrne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324000295
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language written by Emma Byrne and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Entertaining and thought-provoking…Byrne’s enthusiasm for her esoteric subject is contagious, damn it." —Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She explores every angle of swearing—why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies—from the “ice-bucket test” for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette’s and swearing, to a chimpanzee that curses at her handler in sign language—Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.

Just Say the Word!

Author : G. Robert Jacks
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802842626
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Just Say the Word! written by G. Robert Jacks and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the years, I've heard some wonderful sermons," writes G. Robert Jacks. "I've also heard some duds. Some have been so extemporaneous they sounded as if the preacher hadn't prepared anything. Some have been such wondrously crafted literary pieces they sounded as if the preacher wanted to sound wondrously crafted and literary. Some have sounded as though the preacher were giving a lecture or reading a term paper. That's because the preacher had written a lecture or term paper. And some have captured the attention and the imagination and set the spark to ignite faith in the hearer. That's because they were written to be listened to, and to appeal to the sense-world of the hearers." Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience in critiquing sermon delivery, Jacks here offers a practical, hands-on approach to writing sermons that consider listeners first. Jacks gives samples and examples of writing that effectively captures and holds an audience's attention, and he offers practical tips and suggestions intended to help each of us find a preaching style and voice of our own. He also shows how to translate the jargon of theological textbooks into everyday language, suggests methods for rewriting sermons to avoid some of the pomposity of sermonic proclamation, and demonstrates ways to retell biblical narratives in fresh and imaginative ways. Just Say the Word! Writing for the Ear is a valuable resource that will help pastors and lay leaders communicate as effectively as possible the faith that is ours to share.

We Were Eight Years in Power

Author : Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0399590587
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book We Were Eight Years in Power written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by One World. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews *Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.” But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period—and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation’s old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.

Don't Say A Word

Author : Barbara Freethy
Publisher : Fog City Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0983651728
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Don't Say A Word written by Barbara Freethy and published by Fog City Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes an award winning tale of romance and suspense. Fans of Carla Neggars, Karen Robards, and Nora Roberts will enjoy this intricately suspenseful story that begins with the question -- what if you looked exactly like someone in a famous photograph? From the back cover: Everything she's been told about her past is a lie ... Julie De Marco is planning a perfect San Francisco wedding when she comes face-to-face with a famous photograph, the startling inage of a little girl behind the iron gate of a foreign orphanage -- a girl who looks exactly like her. But Julia isn't an orphan. She isn't adopted. And she's never been out of the country. She knows who she is -- or does she? Haunted by uncertainty, Julia sets off on a dangerous search for her true identity -- her only clues a swan necklace and an old Russian doll, her only ally daring, sexy photographer Alex Manning. Suddenly nothing is as it seems. The people Julia loved and trusted become suspicious strangers. The relationships she believed in -- with her mother, her sister, and her fiance -- are shaken by new revelations. The only person she can trust is Alex, but he has secrets of his own. Each step brings her closer to a mysterious past that began a world away -- a past that still has the power to threaten her life ... and change her future forever.

Courtship of the Cake

Author : Jessica Topper
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698175379
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Courtship of the Cake written by Jessica Topper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Dictatorship of the Dress comes a new novel about a woman who’s vowed to never walk down the aisle—and the two men who’ll do anything to get her to say “I do”… “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” has suited Danica James just fine…until the mysterious man who crashed her sister’s wedding steals her heart, leaves a slice of groom’s cake under her pillow, and then disappears. Hoping to forget her unforgettable fling, Dani takes a job as a backstage masseuse for a rock music festival, not expecting the tour’s headlining bad boy to make an offer she can’t refuse. Nash Drama needs a fiancée—and fast… Mick Spencer is the best wedding cake designer in New Hope and the town’s most eligible bachelor. But despite the bevy of bridesmaids he’s sampled, Mick can’t get the evening he spent with Dani out of his mind. So when she shows up for a cake tasting at the Night Kitchen—with his former best friend’s ring on her finger—Mick vows to charm the woman of his dreams into choosing a sweet and sinful ever after, with him…

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Author : Reni Eddo-Lodge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526633922
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race written by Reni Eddo-Lodge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak' The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD

Say the Word

Author : Jeannine Garsee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1599903334
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Say the Word written by Jeannine Garsee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the death of her estranged mother, who left Ohio years ago to live with her lesbian partner in New York City, seventeen-year-old Shawna Gallagher's life is transformed by revelations about her family, her best friend, and herself.

East of Eden

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631328
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book East of Eden written by John Steinbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James Dean, and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah’s Book Club back, East of Eden has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a century.

The N Word

Author : Jabari Asim
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547524943
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The N Word written by Jabari Asim and published by HMH. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word. The N Word reveals how the term “nigger” has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Jabari Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image of the “nigger.” In a seminal but now obscure essay, Jefferson marshaled a welter of pseudoscience to define the stereotype of a shiftless child-man with huge appetites and stunted self-control. Asim reveals how nineteenth-century “science” then colluded with popular culture to amplify this slander. What began as false generalizations became institutionalized in every corner of our society: the arts and sciences, sports, the law, and on the streets. Asim’s conclusion is as original as his premise. He argues that even when uttered with the opposite intent by hipsters and hip-hop icons, the slur helps keep blacks at the bottom of America’s socioeconomic ladder. But Asim also proves there is a place for the word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history—from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle to Mos Def. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen this slur’s grip on our national psyche.

That's Bad Manners, Roys Bedoys

Author : Christine Ha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781798406892
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book That's Bad Manners, Roys Bedoys written by Christine Ha and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woohoo Storytime! Roys Bedoys learns what bad manners are at a restaurant. This is a great book for children to learn good manners.

Spin Sucks

Author : Gini Dietrich
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 078974886X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Spin Sucks written by Gini Dietrich and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond PR spin! Master better ways to communicate honestly and regain the trust of your customers and stakeholders with this book.