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Of Women and Frogs

Author : Bisi Adjapon
Publisher : Ladylit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780996708388
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Of Women and Frogs written by Bisi Adjapon and published by Ladylit Press. This book was released on 2019-09-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best books of this year." -Arts and Africa "Adjapon tells a gripping tale" -The Nation "Bisi Adjapon has tackled some of the truly difficult aspects of love and sexuality." -The Mirror "At times hilariously funny and at others deeply disturbing. Of Women and Frogs offers a refreshing and insider perspective onto two West Africa societies." -Literandra London "Unputdownable, a book that makes you go from laughing out loud to bawling and back to laughing again." -Ayesha Haruna Attah, author of The Hundred Wells of Salaga "Stunning. I spent hours moving between out-loud laughter, gripping fear and deep annoyance and love for Esi and her father." -Africa in Dialogue A precocious African girl, whose sexual curiosity brings unexpected heartbreak, wishes frogs will turn her into a man. Will she ever find a way to love herself again and become the extraordinary woman she hoped to be? Esi is a feisty half-Nigerian girl growing up in Ghana, with occasional visits to her family in Lagos. When curiosity about her womanhood leads to a burning punishment from her stepmother, Esi begins to question the hypocrisy of adults around her and the restrictions they place on girls. Moving between Ghana and Nigeria, this heartwarming story of a girl beating a path to self-actualization amidst political upheaval in Rawlings' Ghana and strained relationships between her ancestral countries. OF WOMEN AND FROGS is a heartwarming, soulful coming-of-age tale. Explore girlhood with the inquisitive, unflappable Esi as she journeys through the trials of becoming a woman to find her best self. "This is a really wonderful story. [Bisi Adjapon] writes with incredible vividness and clarity. [Her] similes and attention to all the senses are really extraordinary." - Dave Eggers, publisher of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

You Have To Kiss a Lot of Frogs

Author : Laurie Graff
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459248988
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book You Have To Kiss a Lot of Frogs written by Laurie Graff and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-five-year-old actress Karrie Kline doesn't usually lose a lot of sleep over her age or her single status. But after one too many bridal showers, a notice on her apartment, an expired unemployment claim and her acting prospects drying up—too old to play the ingenue, too young for the role of matriarch—she's awake at 2:00 a.m. and determined to get perspective on her life. Starting with the men she's dated. From the man whose parents loved her more than he did, to the famous actor who had more bark than bite, Karrie traces back through her love life to uncover how her experiences have shaped her and how to find meaning in the past. Told with warmth, wit and poignancy, You Have To Kiss a Lot of Frogs shows how to face your memories—even the darkest, most secret ones—with courage, humor and hope.

Frog Music

Author : Emma Donoghue
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316324663
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Frog Music written by Emma Donoghue and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Room, a young French burlesque dancer living in San Francisco is ready to risk anything in order to solve her friend’s murder—but only if the killer doesn’t get her first. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice—if he doesn't track her down first. The story Blanche struggles to piece together is one of free-love bohemians, desperate paupers, and arrogant millionaires; of jealous men, icy women, and damaged children. It's the secret life of Jenny herself, a notorious character who breaks the law every morning by getting dressed: a charmer as slippery as the frogs she hunts. In thrilling, cinematic style, Frog Music digs up a long-forgotten, never-solved crime. Full of songs that migrated across the world, Emma Donoghue's lyrical tale of love and bloodshed among lowlifes captures the pulse of a boomtown like no other. "Her greatest achievement yet . . . Emma Donoghue shows more than range with Frog Music—she shows genius." —Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life.

The President and the Frog

Author : Carolina De Robertis
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593312104
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The President and the Frog written by Carolina De Robertis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "sublime and gripping novel ... about hope: that within the world's messy pain there is still room for transformation and healing" (Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe), from the acclaimed author of Cantoras. “In the president’s excruciating (and sometimes humorous) encounters with his strangely healing frog ... De Robertis daringly invites us to imagine a man’s Promethean struggle to wrest control of his broken psyche under the most dire circumstances possible.” —The New York Times Book Review At his modest home on the edge of town, the former president of an unnamed Latin American country receives a journalist in his famed gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla who was jailed for inciting revolution before becoming the face of justice, human rights, and selflessness for his nation. Now, as he talks to the journalist, he wonders if he should reveal the strange secret of his imprisonment: while held in brutal solitary confinement, he survived, in part, by discussing revolution, the quest for dignity, and what it means to love a country, with the only creature who ever spoke back—a loud-mouth frog. As engrossing as it is innovative, vivid, moving, and full of wit and humor, The President and the Frog explores the resilience of the human spirit and what is possible when danger looms. Ferrying us between a grim jail cell and the president's lush gardens, the tale reaches beyond all borders and invites us to reimagine what it means to lead, to dare, and to dream.

Women, Heroes, and a Frog

Author : Nina Leen
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393086249
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Women, Heroes, and a Frog written by Nina Leen and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1970-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of the distinguished photographer's work complemented by selected classic quotations

The Teller of Secrets

Author : Bisi Adjapon
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063088967
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Teller of Secrets written by Bisi Adjapon and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bisi Adjapon writes with incredible vividness and clarity. Her similes and attention to all of the senses are really extraordinary.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Monk of Mokha “Melding blistering humor with razor-sharp insight, The Teller of Secrets heralds a marvel of a writer, one capable of deftly balancing questions of sexuality, politics, and feminism in a novel that is a pure joy to read.”—Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid the political upheaval of late 1960s postcolonial Ghana begins to question the hypocrisy of her patriarchal society, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectations placed on women. Young Esi Agyekum is the unofficial “secret keeper” of her family, as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters’ sex lives. But after she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. It is the beginning of a journey of discovery that will lead her to unexpected places. As she navigates her burgeoning womanhood, Esi tries to reconcile her own ideals and dreams with her family’s complicated past and troubled present, as well as society’s many double standards that limit her and other women. Against a fraught political climate, Esi fights to carve out her own identity, and learns to manifest her power in surprising and inspiring ways. Funny, fresh, and fiercely original, The Teller of Secrets marks the American debut of one of West Africa's most exciting literary talents.

Do Not Talk To, Touch, Marry, Or Otherwise Fiddle with Frogs

Author : Nailah Shami
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 : 9780452282308
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Do Not Talk To, Touch, Marry, Or Otherwise Fiddle with Frogs written by Nailah Shami and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and inspiring guide to dating, mating and developing healthy self-esteem. this upbeat and supportive book is aimed at women who are hopelessly addicted to the wrong men. Using a motivating step-by-step format, it offers positive strategies, affirmations and exercises that will help women break bad dating habits and reclaim their power and self-esteem.

Frog

Author : Mo Yan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698182669
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Frog written by Mo Yan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES TOP BOOK OF 2015 WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK The author of Red Sorghum and China’s most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan’s position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. In his much-anticipated new novel, Mo Yan chronicles the sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation’s controversial one-child policy. Frog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In her youth, Gugu—the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist—is revered for her skill as a midwife. But when her lover defects, Gugu’s own loyalty to the Party is questioned. She decides to prove her allegiance by strictly enforcing the one-child policy, keeping tabs on the number of children in the village, and performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant. In sharply personal prose, Mo Yan depicts a world of desperate families, illegal surrogates, forced abortions, and the guilt of those who must enforce the policy. At once illuminating and devastating, it shines a light into the heart of communist China.

The Wasps

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140441529
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book The Wasps written by Aristophanes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1964 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Wasps' an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows--and end up in court; elsewhere Aristophanes milks the clash of generations for all it is worth by sending up the purveyors of new ideas like Socrates and Euripides (the most controversial of the great tragedians). In 'The Poet and the Women' Euripides, accused of misogyny, gets a relative in drag to infiltrate an all-woman festival and find out what revenge is being plotted, with predictable bawdy results. In 'The Frogs, ' written in the darkest days of the Peloponnesian War, the god Dionysus descends to the Underworld to find a poet to bring back: does Athens in her hour of danger need the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus or the brilliant modern cleverness of Euripides? As the great debate proceeds, Aristophanes combines parody with slapstick and political discussion with pantomime high spirit, to produce a hilarious and unique masterpiece.

No More Frogs to Kiss

Author : Joline Godfrey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0887306594
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book No More Frogs to Kiss written by Joline Godfrey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1995-07-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and inspirational guide for helping the girls of today become the economically empowered women of tomorrow -- featuring a foreword by Gloria Steinem. For Parents, teachers and anyone eager to help girls avoid the traditional paths that lead to economic dependence on men, Joline Godfrey has created No More Frogs to Kiss, the essential handbook for arming the next generation of women with the knowledge and experience they need to ensure their economic independence. The guide contains 99 entertaining "action plans" to teach girls how to become financially empowered. They will learn to find deals in the marketplace, use business vocabulary intelligently, start a small home business more profitable (and fun) than baby-sitting and develop the habit of saving for the future. Accompanying each activity are provocative statistics about women and money, as well as stories of girls and women who have succeeded in their own business ventures. Also included is a resource section that provides suggestions for further reading, a directory of organizations and a glossary of business terms. BLOCKQUOTE"At last! A book of practical, simple and enjoyable activities that will give the girls and young women in your life the opportunity to learn that business is both fun and profitable." -- Alice Ball, President, Girls Incorporated/blockquote

Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271521
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain’s Book of Animals written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For those unaware—as I was until I read this book—that Mark Twain was one of America's early animal advocates, Shelley Fisher Fishkin's collection of his writings on animals will come as a revelation. Many of these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written, and it's wonderful to have them gathered in one place." —Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save “A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain's animal-friendly views would not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is still ahead of us: claiming, correctly, that there are certain degraded practices that only humans inflict on one another and upon other animals. Fishkin has done a splendid job: I cannot remember reading something so consistently excellent."—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and The Face on Your Plate "Shelley Fisher Fishkin has given us the lifelong arc of the great man's antic, hilarious, and subtly profound explorations of the animal world, and she's guided us through it with her own trademark wit and acumen. Dogged if she hasn't." —Ron Powers, author of Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain and Mark Twain: A Life

Frogs and Other Plays

Author : Aristophanes
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141935774
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Frogs and Other Plays written by Aristophanes and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In The Frogs, written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes’ satire in The Wasps, in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in The Poet and the Women, Euripides, accused of misogyny, persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him.

Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs

Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802780628
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs written by Sandra Markle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature puts on one of its flashiest shows as unique tadpoles transform into adult frogs. Spot slimy frog eggs in foam nests, in pouches in their father's legs, and hidden under wet moss. Watch as tadpoles try to survive in a danerous world. Science expert Sandra Markle's introduction to baby frogs from around the world will captivate young fans.

Frogged

Author : Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054794215X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Frogged written by Vivian Vande Velde and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Edgar Award–winning author Vivian Vande Velde comes a fresh and funny twist on the fairy tale "The Princess and the Frog" in which a princess gets turned into a frog herself!

Kissing Frogs

Author : Laura Marie Altom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780505525680
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Kissing Frogs written by Laura Marie Altom and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, a beautiful maiden went looking for her very own species of frog. Instead she found her Prince Charming!

From Tadpole to Frog

Author : Shannon Zemlicka
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1541505298
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book From Tadpole to Frog written by Shannon Zemlicka and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a tadpole become a frog? Follow each step in nature's cycle—from egg to adulthood—in this fascinating book!

Kiss Fewer Frogs

Author : James Sheridan
Publisher : Dudley Court Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1940013917
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Kiss Fewer Frogs written by James Sheridan and published by Dudley Court Press, LLC. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This breakthrough book changes dating forever. Now you can find The One with your eyes wide open." -Jack Canfield, New York Times bestselling co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul® and The Success Principles™ Practical results-oriented guide to finding the right type of man for you - and weeding out the rest "Kiss Fewer Frogs: The Fast Track Secret to Your Fairy Tale Ending" What if you could skip all the bad dates and failed relationships on the way to meeting Mr. Right? What if you could recognize the men who are wrong for you within minutes of meeting them, rather than finding out months or years later? So many women date - and sometimes marry - the wrong man, missing opportunities for happiness and wasting time in the process. Now best-selling author James Sheridan shares a revolutionary new approach to fast-tracking relationship bliss - and short-circuiting heartbreak. After decades of success as a relationship coach and countless conversations with women in audiences around the world, Sheridan now shares the secrets that have changed the lives of thousands of women. "For both men and women," he writes, "romantic relationships are the foundations of a fulfilled life, so why should you go about getting one in such a haphazard fashion?" Based on years of research in psychology, science, and the principles of compatibility and chemistry, "Kiss Fewer Frogs" empowers a woman to identify which men are best suited to her and where to find him. Unlike generic dating advice, the core of the book digs deep into seven types of men: "genetypes" of behavior, personality, and character identified by psychologists, scientists, and even spiritual leaders. Which asset does each genetype bring into a relationship? What do they dislike? What drives them? How likely will they call you back promptly? Where does each type hang out? One of those seven types is invariably likely to be your type and this ground-breaking guide can help you find him. With wit, warmth, and sometimes bold comments, the author also gives women rare insights into the male psyche and takes on topics rarely encountered in similar guides: "Prince Perfect" and revelations designed to shred artificial worldviews The one thing single mothers should avoid Six characteristics of women who attract men Rewriting the dating script for better focus and more control The power of appreciating your age, body and looks Tips on writing better online profiles The "Calls of Nature" for both sexes Woven into this step-by-step guide are stories of real men and women in their search for romance, humorous anecdotes, and reflections on dating relationships that the author overheard "last night at a bar (aka my alternate research lab)." Whether he is sharing how to recognize a "player" with surgical precision or assigning women to write down their deepest relationship fears, Sheridan motivates readers to give love a chance. Imagine having proven strategies to let yourself learn from the past and move forward to the future with greater confidence and trust. If you - or women you know - are ready to take your best shot at identifying compatible men who are serious about finding a life partner, "Kissing Fewer Frogs" will make the search both systematic and fun. The perfect prince doesn't exist, but you may very well discover a prince who's close to perfect for you.