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One day Hart, a bored New York City transplant, decided to make a fake cooking show for a friend back in California. In her book, she presents a collection of stories, drawings, drink recommendations, cooking tips, and recipes to make and enjoy between drinks. The result is a hilarious -- and surprisingly useful -- reminder to enjoy life, and that together we can make it through.
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By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming and harrowing, the award-winning filmmaker and his brother, an audience-favorite actor, share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
"With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything...
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Unlock entire worlds in just six words with "Brevity is the SOUL of Wit A Collection of Six Word Stories" - a unique collection of 108 micro fiction stories that celebrate the vast potential of human imagination.
More than a creative exercise, this book represents author Sivashankar TP's rediscovery of his dormant passion for storytelling through an intriguing writing exercise: crafting complete narratives using only half a dozen carefully chosen...
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Burny the Cowbird shows his cowbird friends an easier life. Cowbirds by nature are brood parasites, meaning that they use other birds to raise their young. This is just one of the many tricks that Burny uses to show how socialism gives the cowbirds power over other animals and saves them from hard work. But, at what cost is socialism instituted? Does socialism actually create Equality of Outcome? Or, do the cowbirds discover something deeply sinister...
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Jolly Old Elf--The Art of Santa H. Claus is a unique work of fiction, part Christmas fantasy, part Santa biography, and part tour of Santa's hidden art treasures. Jolly Old Elf tells the story of Santa's life and career as a toymaker and gift giver, as well as his second career as an artist, a Christmas card and poster maker as well as a movie director. Along the way we meet Frosty Schneemann, Mrs. Claus (Mary Kringle), Rudolph Reinsdyr, and a short...
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This new collection of vintage-with-a-twist work by Anne Taintor offers up a fresh serving of Anne's signature hilarious commentary on the joys, challenges, and cocktail hours of motherhood. From the fundamentals (WOW! I get to give birth AND change diapers!) to putting food on the table (you see them as pies . . . I see them as cries for help) to dealing with childhood questions (because I'm the mother . . . that's why) and strategies for taking...
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This compendium is a highly opinionated, occasionally bogus representation of the most egregious modern examples of both common irritating folks and the rich and powerful who demean others while enriching themselves. It also includes real villains. See if you can tell the difference. The subjects of this book barely scratch the surface of the total number of jerks worldwide. However, they are excellent examples of those who often wallow in a putrid...
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Obviously, in the vein of protest novels, such as Civil Disobedience, Invisible Man, and The Souls of Black Folk, comes Kill Trump: Invoke the 25th -A Revolution of the Human Spirit.
Remarkably, the story begins onboard the R.M.S. Titanic as it mysteriously sets sails across the Atlantic with its very well-known cast of characters: Captain J. Smith, Mr. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of White Star Line, John Jacob Astor and his new eighteen-year-old...
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A pervasive sense of parody and humour is displayed within The Empire Sells Out, where more-than-human figures, forms, and omnipresent forces play their part in a drama-charged, shifting society. The Emperor is at its centre, an evocation of humanity traversing a landscape of shapeshifting brush strokes and bristling language - he's universally known but racked with uncertainties...
The Emperor's greatest ambition is to attain anonymity.
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Artist Kristin Llamas (her real name) has been drawing adorably odd portraits of llamas for years. Inspired by a name and her affection for these delightfully expressive animals, she creates detailed, personality-rich portraits in her realistic and humorous black-and-white style. The results are charming and funny, raising the question, which llama are you? Some mornings are Claire mornings. Allyn, we know just how you feel.... This smile of a gift...
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From the creators of almost.inspirational and some of the #yougetit movement comes their first book.
Wise people used to have pithy sayings that would give them insight or inspiration to keep going in life. One of those sayings says, "If you give a man a fish they would come to you for a fish every day, but if you teach them how to fish they would be able to take care of themselves for the rest of their lives." (Not a direct quote) We couldn't agree...
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The Doctor Moody series is organized in five sections representing five human senses depicted via a variety of animals that are experiencing our "moods." The author used Haiku short poetry for their description to aid you with your connections of recall. The rhetorical question here is "have you ever been in a ________ mood?" Fill in with any of these words; overwhelming, destructive, admiring, mischievous, indulgent, revengeful, defensive, intimidated,...
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In this art dictionary like no other, The Art History Babes (the hosts behind the prolific podcast) break down the elitist world of art with definitions of over 300 essential art terms.
Art speak is infamously alienating, strange, and confusing as hell. Think stereotypical, stylish art dealers who describe art as 'derivative' and 'dynamic' — or stuffy auction houses filled with portraits of dead white people called 'Old Masters'. What do these...
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'He held the detached tooth in front of his face. It was white and cracked, with roots dangling beneath, festering in gore... then he placed the tooth back into his mouth and rolled it around, before swallowing it whole.'
The Painter awakes naked and injured. Where are his clothes, what is his name, and, more importantly, why is the chair talking to him?
So begins The Painter's disquieting journey into the heart of darkness at the centre of the contemporary...
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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies is a compilation of published articles, essays, and letters documenting the public debate between Whistler and his critics, which attained an infamous reputation for its comically polite insults. Whistler also discusses the aesthetics of the Impressionist.
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"I was just a poor artist. I couldn't afford a 'C.'"
This quip by Jak Smyrl, born Oscar Jackson Smyrl, Jr., in Camden, South Carolina, captures all the charm, humility, and humor of a one-of-a-kind character, beloved cartoonist, artist, and journalist who uniquely rendered his era and place with his pen, brushes, and words. In this long-overdue biography ranging from his humble beginnings to being honored by the South Carolina General Assembly "for...
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