It’s not easy for eight-year-old Emily Carr to have a big sister as strict as Dede. Views: 60
Books six through ten of the Clint Faraday mysteries. Clint has a few cases where he is forced to think in more pragmatic ways. Views: 60
Amazon.com ReviewThere's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on Saved by the Bell, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's The Real World, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But Klosterman goes deeper than that, often employing his own life spent as a member of the lowbrow target demographic to measure the cultural impact of his subjects. While the book never quite lives up to the use of the word "manifesto" in the title (it's really more of a survey mixed with elements of memoir), there is much here to entertain and illuminate, particularly passages on the psychoses and motivations of breakfast cereal mascots, the difference between Celtic fans and Laker fans, and The Empire Strikes Back. Sections on a Guns n' Roses tribute band, The Sims, and soccer feel more like magazine pieces included to fill space than part of a cohesive whole. But when you're talking about a book based on a section of cultural history so reliant on a lack of attention span, even the incongruities feel somehow appropriate. --John MoeFrom Publishers WeeklyThere's a lot more cold cereal than sex or drugs in Klosterman's nostalgic, patchy collection of pop cultural essays, which, despite sparks of brilliance, fails to cohere. Having graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1994, Klosterman (Fargo Rock City) seems never to have left that time or place behind. He is an ironically self-aware, trivia-theorizing, unreconstructed slacker: "I'm a Gen Xer,' okay? And I buy shit marketed toGen Xers.' And I use air quotes when I talk.... Get over it." The essay topics speak for themselves: the Sims, The Real World, Say Anything, Pamela Anderson, Billy Joel, the Lakers/Celtics rivalry, etc. The closest Klosterman gets to the 21st century is Internet porn and the Dixie Chicks. This is a shame, because he's is a skilled prose stylist with a witty, twisted brain, a photo-perfect memory for entertainment trivia and has real chops as a memoirist. The book's best moments arrive when he eschews argumentation for personal history. In "George Will vs. Nick Hornby," a tired screed against soccer suddenly comes to life when Klosterman tells the story of how he was fired from his high school summer job as a Little League baseball coach. The mothers wanted their sons to have equal playing time; Klosterman wanted "a run-manufacturing offensive philosophy modeled after Whitey Herzog's St. Louis Cardinals." In a chapter on relationships, Klosterman semi-jokes that he only has "three and a half dates worth of material." Remove all the dated pop culture analyses, and Klosterman's book has enough material for about half a really great memoir.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 59
"No magic!" AlI tells Little Genie. Against her better judgment, Ali lets Genie come along on her class trip to Popplehoff Castle. Little Genie is sure that won't be a problem. She's too busy peering in dungeons and examining heirloom jewels for magic. But that's before she and Ali meet Henrietta . . . a ghost who lives in the castle. Henrietta wants a doll . . . and she's decided that Genie fills the bill!From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 59
Uriah thought his battle would be over once he saved Claire's life, but his search to save their love and uncover the truth of his destiny is nowhere near finished. The pair will be separated again. Uriah will be forced to confront the truth behind his strange abilities, something he has purposely avoided all his life, while Claire struggles to survive the Twin Soul bond. Views: 59
A revised edition of one of the most influential plays of our time, published with a new foreword by the author. Views: 59
Marcus responds to a plea from his brother to aid him in the far north. When pirates shut down the sea routes the legionnaire is forced to journey overland across the treacherous Sea of Grass. Yet this is not the safer choice. A mysterious shaman has sworn to drench the plains in blood and it will fall to Marcus to try to shepherd the caravan to safety. Views: 59
How low can a woman go? Emily would have doubted any further than the depths of depravity she sunk to with ‘Her Nemesis Master’ She vowed ‘never again!’ but how could that be, when she craves the rough and dirty sex that was cruelly dished out to her. It was inevitable she would obey when Her Master Returns! Note: this ebook is a modified version of Jack Brighton’s ‘His Nemesis Returns' Views: 59
