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Author : Dan Quayle
Publisher : Rose Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780962916229
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (162 download)
Download or read book What a Waste it is to Lose One's Mind written by Dan Quayle and published by Rose Communications. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah Werksman
Publisher : Sourcebooks Hysteria
ISBN 13 : 9781887166607
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (666 download)
Download or read book What a Waste it is to Lose One's Mind written by Deborah Werksman and published by Sourcebooks Hysteria. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Quayle -- once a mere heartbeat away from the leadership of the free world -- amuses, puzzles, and often frightens the country and the world with his verbal misadventures. "What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." Originally issued in April 1992, when it sold over 20,000 copies, the book has been updated to include all of Quayle's most infamous quotations. From his seemingly perpetual youth, to his rise to the most ridiculed office in the land, to his recent political renaissance, this is Dan's story. Sort of.
Author : Harriet A. Washington
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316509426
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book A Terrible Thing to Waste written by Harriet A. Washington and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities. Did you know... Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households with incomes below $10,000. When swallowed, a lead-paint chip no larger than a fingernail can send a toddler into a coma -- one-tenth of that amount will lower his IQ. Nearly two of every five African American homes in Baltimore are plagued by lead-based paint. Almost all of the 37,500 Baltimore children who suffered lead poisoning between 2003 and 2015 were African American. From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country-cutting lives tragically short and needlessly burdening our health care system. But these deadly environments create another insidious and often overlooked consequence: robbing communities of color, and America as a whole, of intellectual power. The 1994 publication of The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of a renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray, arguing that IQ is a biased and flawed metric, but that it is useful for tracking cognitive damage. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, using copious data that instead point to a different cause of the reported African American-white IQ gap: environmental racism - a confluence of racism and other institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and insufficient sanitation services. She investigates heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrition, and even pathogens as chief agents influencing intelligence to explain why communities of color are disproportionately affected -- and what can be done to remedy this devastating problem. Featuring extensive scientific research and Washington's sharp, lively reporting, A Terrible Thing to Waste is sure to outrage, transform the conversation, and inspire debate.
Author : Stephen Spector
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190215283
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book May I Quote You on That? written by Stephen Spector and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to English grammar and usage for the twenty-first century, pairing grammar rules with interesting and humorous quotations from American popular culture.
Author : Dave Barry
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 030780805X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway written by Dave Barry and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time, Dave Barry supplies the wholly original, much needed history and guide to the new American politics and its three capitals, Washington, D.C., Austin, and South Florida. No surprise: it's hilarious. Understanding the urgent need for a deeply thoughtful balanced book to explain our national political process, Dave Barry has not even come close. Though he himself has covered many campaigns, run for President several times, and run for cover at the rainy inauguration of George W. Bush (the man will spare nothing for his art) Barry has instead outdone himself. Below the Beltway includes Barry's stirring account of how the United States was born, including his version of a properly rewritten Declaration (When in the course of human events it behooves us, the people, not to ask "What can our country do for us, anyway?" but rather whether we have anything to fear except fear itself...) and a revised Constitution (Section II: The House of Representatives shall be composed of people who own at least two dark suits and have not been indicted recently.). Dave also cracks the income tax code, explains the growth(s) of government, congressional hearing difficulties, and the persistent rumors of the influence of capital in the Capitol. Among other civic contributions, his tour of Washington, D.C., should end school class trips forever.
Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982127422
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Have You Eaten Grandma? written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, this “passionate, enlightening, and easily navigable manual is certainly the right book at the right time” (Publishers Weekly)—reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or speaking. But do not despair! Great Britain’s most popular grammar guru has created the ultimate modern manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this “irreverent and conversational” (Booklist) guide to proper punctuation and so much more, Gyles Brandreth explores the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us what we’ve been doing wrong, and shows us how to can get it right every time. Covering everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs, from age-old conundrums like “lay” vs. “lie,” to the confounding influences of social media on our everyday language, Have You Eaten Grandma? is an endlessly useful and entertaining resource for all.
Author : Patrick M. Carlisle
Publisher : Henry E Panky Enterprises
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Unfair & Unbalanced written by Patrick M. Carlisle and published by Henry E Panky Enterprises. This book was released on 2004 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called by readers "blazingly funny, divinely inspired, breathtaking, sophisticated, original, deranged, a brilliant intellect wasted, and a comedic genius," if one could stew Dave Barry, Hunter Thompson, Al Franken and David Sedaris down into a thick, tasty ragout which might then be served over noodles, that might begin to approximate the unexpectedly hilarious experience of reading Patrick Carlisle. In a thoroughly questionable and highly refutable manner, with wildly fluctuating amounts of insight and sensitivity, Mr. Carlisle examines such irrational topics of modern identity as internet dating, the fanatic right wing, the dark, dangerous appeal of Meg Ryan, the unfathomable motivations behind the comb-over, the mysterious banana test, first love, antidepressants and the heartbreaking challenge of being a Yum! Brands Man. Pessimistic but full of longing, immersed in popular culture but oddly erudite, manic and depressive in turn, deeply and absurdly tangential, profoundly deluded and yet uncomfortably honest, liberal but utterly politically incorrect . most importantly, in the words of one reviewer, Patrick Carlisle is "so horribly, mind-bogglingly funny."
Author : Kerry Soper
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781934110898
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Garry Trudeau written by Kerry Soper and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a revolutionary cartoonist opened the funnies to political commentary and biting satire
Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher : SMB
ISBN 13 : 0857121588
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)
Download or read book Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the USA written by Karen Farrington and published by SMB. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s only self-declared emperor, the "old soldier" who wouldn’t die, the greatest carpetbagger — these are just a few of the fanciful real-life characters profiled in this inexhaustible trivia book. The author covers a happily wide range of subjects, from "the greatest slot machine cheat" who defied odds of 230,000 to 1, to the comic confusion of "US" with "Uncle Sam," to the "American town names to give you the creepy crawlies" like Black Gnat, Kentucky. Meticulously fact-checked, this book brings the minutiae of a culture and country into sharp focus. The perfect road-trip companion, Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the USA is crammed with weird and wacky facts about every state in the union.
Author : Detective Shadow
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780806944883
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (448 download)
Download or read book Tricky Mindtrap Puzzles written by Detective Shadow and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of puzzles designed to challenge the way people think and see, and includes an answer key.
Author : Albert Valdman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734043
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Louisiana French written by Albert Valdman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane .
Author : Steve Darnall
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Uncle Sam written by Steve Darnall and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited reissue of the classic Vertigo miniseries Uncle Sam by Steve Darnall and Alex Ross is a sharp political fever dream praised by Kirkus as a “truly subversive graphic novel” and “a damning account of American political history that also affirms basic democratic ideals” Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition is a vibrant, hallucinatory tour of modern America—the story of a star-spangled, ragged vagrant named Sam who is guided by the voices in his head and his own fractured memories. Absorbed by history-traveling visions of America’s dark past, Uncle Sam struggles to remember his true identity and piece together the scattered clues of his own experiences in this deep and thoughtful look at America’s checkered past. Meticulously researched by Steve Darnall and fully painted by Alex Ross, Uncle Sam returns in print just when it is needed most—in time for the 2024 presidential election—as a reminder of American ideals, the promise of our nation, and the democracy that is at stake. Originally published by DC, and out of print for over a decade, this expanded and updated Special Election Edition is brought to readers by Abrams in collaboration with DC.
Author : Shortcut Edition
Publisher : Shortcut Edition
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book SUMMARY - Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself: How To Lose Your Mind And Create A New One By Joe Dr. Dispenza written by Shortcut Edition and published by Shortcut Edition. This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. As you read this summary, you will learn how relativity theory can be used to positively change your life and solve your problems. You will also learn : to know yourself; to take back control of your life; to think like a visionary; to become who you want to be; to meditate. Changing your life, being healthy, finding a new job or becoming rich involves finding the solutions and means within your reach. Unfortunately, most of the time, the initial enthusiasm fades away, difficulties arise and you fall back into your old ways, habits and blockages. According to the theory of relativity, this is linked to a lack of knowledge of the true nature of man and the way the world works. To understand and effectively apply this theory is to find the source of all solutions. *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!
Author : Bob Fenster
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740764301
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (643 download)
Download or read book The Big Book of Duh written by Bob Fenster and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are stupid, then you're too dumb to know it. If you're smart, then you are no doubt smart enough to doubt yourself." -Bob Fenster The Big Book of Duh! is the perfect read regardless of where you happen to be sitting-think Uncle John's Bathroom Reader meets The Darwin Awards (without any of the dreary dead stuff). Proving there is a lot of reading going on in suburbia's smallest room, more than 1.5 million copies of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader have been sold since its first publication in 1988. As the new water-closet contender, Bob Fenster continues his romp into areas of idiot intrigue by chronicling the folly and reckless abandon of the human race. * Covering such topics as "My Favorite Morons," "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time," "The Surprising Things People Don't Know," and "Dumb Plays in the Face of Fate," this compendium chronicles the densely inept and decidedly ignorant. * Featuring outrageous new stories plus the best material from the previous Duh! books, this compilation is the ultimate collection of human stupidity.
Author : Paul Nathanson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773522725
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Spreading Misandry written by Paul Nathanson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young argue that men have routinely been portrayed as evil, inadequate, or as honorary women in popular culture since the 1990s. These stereotypes are profoundly disturbing, the authors argue, for they both reflect and create a hatred and thus further fracture an already fractured society. In Spreading Misandry they show that creating a workable society in the twenty-first century requires us to rethink feminist and other assumptions about men. The first in an eventual three part series, Spreading Misandry offers an impressive array of evidence from everyday life – case studies from movies, television programs, novels, comic strips, and even greeting cards – to identify a phenomenon that is just now being recognised as a serious cultural problem. Discussing misandry – the sexist counterpart of misogyny – the authors make clear that this form of hatred must not be confused with reverse sexism or anger and should neither be trivialised nor excused. They break new ground by discussing misandry in moral terms rather than purely psychological or sociological ones and refer critically not only to feminism but to political ideologies on both the left and the right. They also illuminate the larger context of this problem, showing that it reflects the enduring conflict between the Enlightenment and romanticism, inherent flaws in postmodernism, and the dualistic ("us" versus "them") mentality that has influenced Western thought since ancient times. A groundbreaking study, Spreading Misandry raises serious questions about justice and identity in an increasingly polarised society. It is important for anyone in interested in ethics, gender, popular culture, or are just concerned about the society we are creating. "Spreading Misandry . . . does make a convincing argument that, since the 1990s, . . . Men, have become society's official scapegoats and held responsible for all evil . . . Women are society's official victims and held responsible for all good."--Independent on Sunday, 4 August, 2002
Author : Alex Ross
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0375714626
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Mythology written by Alex Ross and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the talents of DC Comics artist Alex Ross in a collection of his drawings, never-before-seen sketches, limited edition prints, and other artwork, all reproduced in full color, accompanied by a study of Ross's creative process, a new Superman-Batman story, and a new Robin origin story. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Author : Hans Wehr
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447020022
Total Pages : 1326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic written by Hans Wehr and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An enlarged and improved version of "Arabisches Wèorterbuch fèur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart" by Hans Wehr and includes the contents of the "Supplement zum Arabischen Wèorterbuch fèur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart" and a collection of new additional material (about 13.000 entries) by the same author."
