Kathryn: 2617 books
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
All of his short life, Paavo Deshin has seen ghosts. The same two ghosts who have now approached him on the school playground, ghosts who look older and actually smell bad. Paavo’s cry for help brings the authorities, a few lawyers, and Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, who learns some secrets about...
Unusually Stupid Celebrities
A Compendium of All-Star Stupidity
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
The Greeks honored Zeus, the Romans revered Juno, but modern civilization worships a different sort of god: Celebrity. Face it, we follow the stars’ every move, fashion choice, and deliciously dishy affairs. Now Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, authors of Unusually Stupid Americans, pull the demanding...
by Kathryn Reed Altman, Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
For decades, Robert Altman fascinated audiences with pioneering films—among them M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Player, and Gosford Park—that combined technical innovation with subversive, satirical humor and impassioned political engagement. His ability to explore and engage so many different worlds...
"It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done."
Motivation for Dreamers & Doers
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Pursuing a dream is hard work, but the right words delivered at the right time—by people who’ve been there and done that—can give us just the motivation we need. The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm, re-energize our efforts, dispel doubt, let us know we’re not alone, and show us that...
Snowing in Bali
The Incredible Inside Account of Bali's Hidden Drug World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
From the internationally bestselling author of Hotel Kerobokan and Operation Playboy and co-author of Schapelle Corby's autobiography, this is the incredible inside account of Bali's hidden drug world.
"a unique, uncensored insight into a hidden world." The Chronicle
It's snowing in...
by Kathryn Brettell
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
More than a memoir, The Olive Picker is a touching experience brimming with strength and triumph. Facing a horrific attack, a resourceful nurse must summon her wits or lose her life. In this brave and shocking memoir, the author masterfully guides us through the pivotal points of her life, from an...
The Bunny Years
The Surprising Inside Story of the Playboy Clubs: The Women Who Worked as Bunnies, and Where They Are Now
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
A PROVOCATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF THE BEAUTIFUL, FREE-SPIRITED, AND SURPRISINGLY INDEPENDENT WOMEN OF THE ICONIC PLAYBOY CLUBS
The 1960s were a time of change in America, an era when safely guarded innocence gave way to explosive social revolution. For Kathryn Leigh Scott, or Bunny Kay...
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Being your own boss means setting your own schedule. Sounds easy, right? Instead, it’s one of the toughest parts of freelancing. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to create a schedule, meet deadlines, take time for vacation, and cope with illness. The perfect guide for freelancers who can’t find enough time in the day.
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Everyone says they want to be their own boss, but very few people know how. This book will help you learn how to think properly about owning a business. It gives you guidelines in setting up your office (in or out of the house), setting your schedule, and establishing your priorities. Getting started...
All Standing
The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
All Standing The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship recounts the journeys of this famous ship, her heroic crew, and the immigrants who were ferried between Ireland and North America. Spurred by a complex web of motivations—shame, familial obligation, and sometimes...
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book.
The biggest dream all freelancers have is to work for themselves. They want to ditch the day job. Many freelancers quit their day job too early. Some wait too long. Some never do quit. A step-by-step survival guide to the decisions you need to make...
by Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
**Too lazy to drive to his girlfriend's house, a man ties helium balloons to a lawn chair--and ends up at 15,000 feet, closing the L. A. airport.
*A Chinese contraception program causes the birth rate to rise when men are discovered taking birth control pills and unrolling condoms over their...
Aggressive Fictions
Reading the Contemporary American Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A frequent complaint against contemporary American fiction is that too often it puts off readers in ways they find difficult to fathom. Books such as Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho, Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, and Don DeLillo's Underworld seem determined to upset, disgust, or annoy their readers—or...
Become Your #1 Fan
How to Silence Your Inner Critic and Live the Life of Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Isn't it time you lived your best life?
Did you know that everyone has an inner critic-that niggling voice inside your head that puts you down and tells you that you aren't good enough?
Are you settling for a mediocre life, job, relationship?
Have you tried unsuccessfully...