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| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: It's Kind of a Funny Story (Movie Tie-in Edition) Ned Vizzini, 2010-08-31 Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig’s suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety. Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. Featuring a new cover with key art from the film starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Graham, and Emma Roberts, the movie tie-in edition is sure to attract new fans to this beloved novel. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Teen Angst? Naaah . . . Ned Vizzini, 2012-02-29 In Teen Angst! Naaah . . . Ned Vizzini offers an authentic and raw portrayal of the crushing anxiety many teens experience, and which often is dismissed as simple ‘angst’. In this classic testament to high school, Ned invites you into his world of school, parents, cool (and almost cool), music (the good and bad), friends, fame, camp, sex (sort of), Cancún (almost), prom, beer, video games, and more. With wit, irony, and honesty, Vizzini presents the weird, funny, and sometimes mortifying moments that made up his teen years. From the author of Broadway musical sensation Be More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story, this is a quasi-autobiographical examination of one high schooler’s battle with social anxiety, written when the author was just nineteen. “Fiercely intelligent and introspective . . . Insightful, and thoroughly charming.” —SLJ |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel Ned Vizzini, David Levithan, 2021-01-05 The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical--now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan. Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the squip. A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school. But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life--and it can have disastrous consequences. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts, 2009-01-22 Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat of America is only a few years away, and equally convinced that the Soviet Union needs a massive external threat to hold it together, to give it purpose and direction, he tells the writers: 'I want you to concoct a story about aliens poised to invade earth ... I want it to be massively detailed, and completely believable. If you need props and evidence to back it up, then we can create them. But when America is defeated, your story must be so convincing that the whole population of Soviet Russia believes in it - the population of the whole world!' The little group of writers gets down to the task and spends months working on it. But then new orders come from Moscow: they are told to drop the project; Stalin has changed his mind; forget everything about it. So they do. They get on with their lives in their various ways; some of them survive the remainder of Stalin's rule, the changes of the 50s and 60s. And then, in the aftermath of Chernobyl, the survivors gather again, because something strange has started to happen. The story they invented in 1946 is starting to come true ... A typically mind-blowing SF novel from one of the genre's literary stars. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Other Normals Ned Vizzini, 2014-05-16 Sent by his concerned parents to an outdoor summer camp, 15-year-old Perry, a role-playing enthusiast, stumbles into the World of the Other Normals, where he befriends game creator Mortin Enaw and the beautiful Ada Ember before embarking on a shared |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel Ned Vizzini, David Levithan, 2021-01-05 The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical--now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan. Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the squip. A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school. But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life--and it can have disastrous consequences. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: It's Kind of a Cute Story Rolly Crump, 2012-11 The Imagineers, those men and women who helped Walt Disney bring his creations to life, have achieved legendary status among theme park enthusiasts. It’s Kind Of A Cute Story is the life story of one of the most beloved Imagineers, Rolly Crump. Covering his long and varied career, including designing some of Disney’s most famous attractions and working directly with Walt himself, Rolly’s stories weave into a lighthearted yet riveting narrative of his life and accomplishments. Packed with over 200 photos, many of which have never been seen before, It’s Kind Of A Cute Story is a tribute to the life and work of a true original. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Vast Fields of Ordinary Nick Burd, 2009-05-14 It's Dade's last summer at home, and things are pretty hopeless. He has a crappy job, a boyfriend who treats him like dirt, and his parents' marriage is falling apart. So when he meets and falls in love with the mysterious Alex Kincaid, Dade feels like he's finally experiencing true happiness. But when a tragedy shatters the final days of summer, he realizes he must face his future and learn how to move forward from his past. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Entombed in Alcatraz Robert Victor Luke, 2011-01-01 Travel with one man on his journey through imprisonment in Alcatraz, and other prisons. He also discusses his early life and the 51 years since his release. 126 pp. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Art of Being Normal Lisa Williamson, 2016-05-31 An inspiring and timely debut novel from Lisa Williamson, The Art of Being Normal is about two transgender friends who figure out how to navigate teen life with help from each other. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth: David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal: to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in his class is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long , and soon everyone knows that Leo used to be a girl. As David prepares to come out to his family and transition into life as a girl and Leo wrestles with figuring out how to deal with people who try to define him through his history, they find in each other the friendship and support they need to navigate life as transgender teens as well as the courage to decide for themselves what normal really means. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Quitting the Nairobi Trio Jim Knipfel, 2000 The author describes his six-month residence in a locked-door psych ward, where he was committed after another suicide attempt. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Impulse Ellen Hopkins, 2008-05-20 From the bestselling author of Crank, the story of three kids whose lives collide at a mental hospital after each attempts suicide. Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act—suicide. Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade. Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills. And Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents, his life, himself. In one instant each of these young people decided enough was enough. They grabbed the blade, the bottle, the gun—and tried to end it all. Now they have a second chance, and just maybe, with each other's help, they can find their way to a better life—but only if they're strong and can fight the demons that brought them here in the first place. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Spiritual Literacy Frederic Brussat, Mary Ann Brussat, 1998-08-05 This collection presents more than 650 readings about daily life from present-day authors ...--Inside jacket flap. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: A Book About Depression Holly Duhig, 2019-12-15 As one of the most common mental disorders, it is important that everyone understands depression. It is a complex subject, but with the help of an accessible narrative, fact boxes, and diagrams, this supportive volume presents it in a very manageable way. Colorful photographs correlate closely with the text to help illustrate key ideas. This book makes an excellent guide, whether the reader is dealing with depression themselves, knows someone who is, or is just looking to learn more about it. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Mistakes I Never Forget Karthick Hemabushanam, The Mistakes I Never Forget is the story of the struggle of a young man, Gautam—who moves to Bangalore, the silicon city of India—in hunt of a lucrative job in a software company. He has completed his engineering degree, but struggles to speak English fluently. This makes his employers’ think he is not qualified enough and refuse to give him a job. He shares space in a dingy one room apartment with three other young men, Lawrence, a nerd, Kamesh a hulk, and Madhan, who doubles up as their chef—all struggling for months to find software jobs and make ends meet. Even his roommates and friends ridicule him because of his language shortcoming. However, when a beautiful, talented young woman, Reshmi, falls in love with Gautam, his friends are amazed and question the why and how of this relationship. Reshmi’s works in the software industry, but dreams of being a choreographer. Will she fulfill her dream? Will Gautam get a job in a software company despite his stuttering English? |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Chasing the Stars Malorie Blackman, 2016-04-21 Olivia and her twin brother, Aidan, are heading alone back to Earth following the virus that completely wiped out the rest of their crew, and their family, in its entirety. Nathan's ship is heading in the opposite direction. But on the journey it is attacked. Only a few survive. Their lives unexpectedly collide. Nathan and Olivia are instantly attracted to each other, deeply, head over heels. But not everyone is pleased. Surrounded by rumours, deception, even murder, is it possible to live out a happy-ever-after...? 'Full of nail-biting adventure, interstellar conflict and then passion...keeps us guessing to the last' Sunday Times 'Goes boldly where few YA titles have gone before...a combination of Star Trek, Ten Things I Hate About You and a murder mystery. What's not to like?' Guardian |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Tree Climber’s Guide Jack Cooke, 2016-04-07 ‘After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.’ – Damian Whitworth, The Times |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Lizard Radio Pat Schmatz, 2015-09-08 In a futuristic society run by an all-powerful Gov, a bender teen on the cusp of adulthood has choices to make that will change her life—and maybe the world. Fifteen-year-old bender Kivali has had a rough time in a gender-rigid culture. Abandoned as a baby and raised by Sheila, an ardent nonconformist, Kivali has always been surrounded by uncertainty. Where did she come from? Is it true what Sheila says, that she was deposited on Earth by the mysterious saurians? What are you? people ask, and Kivali isn’t sure. Boy/girl? Human/lizard? Both/neither? Now she’s in CropCamp, with all of its schedules and regs, and the first real friends she’s ever had. Strange occurrences and complicated relationships raise questions Kivali has never before had to consider. But she has a gift—the power to enter a trancelike state to harness the “knowings” inside her. She has Lizard Radio. Will it be enough to save her? A coming-of-age story rich in friendships and the shattering emotions of first love, this deeply felt novel will resonate with teens just emerging as adults in a sometimes hostile world. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately Alicia Cook, 2017-04-11 Structured like an old-school mix-tape, Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately is Alicia Cook's lyric message to anyone who has dealt with addiction. Side A touches on all aspects of the human condition: life, death, love, trauma, and growth. Side B contains haunting black-out remixes of those poems. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: We All Looked Up Tommy Wallach, 2015-03-26 'This generation's The Stand. . . at once troubling, uplifting, scary and heart-wrenching' Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle Before, we let ourselves be defined by labels - the athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything changed. They said the asteroid would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end. Two months to really live. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: No One Writes Back Eunjin Jang, 2013-11-16 Communication—or the lack thereof—is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque novel. No One Writes Back is the story of a young man who leaves home with only his blind dog, an MP3 player, and a book, traveling aimlessly for three years, from motel to motel, meeting people on the road. Rather than learn the names of his fellow travelers—or even invent nicknames for them—he assigns them numbers. There's 239, who once dreamed of being a poet, but who now only reads her poems to a friend in a coma; there's 109, who rides trains endlessly because of a broken heart; and 32, who's already decided to commit suicide. The narrator writes letters to these men and women in the hope that he can console them in their various miseries, as well as keep a record of his own experiences: A letter is like a journal entry for me, except that it gets sent to other people. No one writes back, of course, but that doesn't mean that there isn't some hope that one of them will, someday... |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Three of a Kind Stormy Glenn, 2009-09-01 [Siren Menage Amour 62: Erotic Menage a Trois, M/M/M] The moment that Jake meets Heath, he decides that Christmas must have come early and he had to have been a very good boy. The flamboyant Heath captivates Jake from first glance. Heath is breathtaking, and he seems just as interested. Heath, used to changing his personality to meet the needs of his current lover, is enthralled by Jake, who professes to like him just like he is, wild ways and all. It doesn't take long at all for both Heath and Jake to fall head over heels in love with each other. But when Ethan enters the picture, Heath is torn by his attraction to the man. He doesn't want to lose the best man that he has ever loved, but his developing feelings for Ethan conflict him. Deciding to be honest with Jake, he is thrilled to learn that Jake is also having feelings for Ethan. Now, they just have to decide what to do about it. ** A Siren Erotic Romance |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Get Well Soon Julie Halpern, 2009-09-01 Anna Bloom is depressed -- so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her. But wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn't supposed to be about making friends, losing weight, and having a crush, is it? Get Well Soon, Julie Halpern's fiction debut, finds humor in the unlikeliest of places, and presents a character whose voice -- and heart -- will resonate with all of us who have ever felt just a little bit crazy. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Good Kings Bad Kings Susan Nussbaum, 2013-11-12 Bellwether Award winner Susan Nussbaum’s powerful novel invites us into the lives of a group of typical teenagers—alienated, funny, yearning for autonomy—except that they live in an institution for juveniles with disabilities. This unfamiliar, isolated landscape is much the same as the world outside: friendships are forged, trust is built, love affairs are kindled, and rules are broken. But those who call it home have little or no control over their fate. Good Kings Bad Kings challenges our definitions of what it means to be disabled in a story told with remarkable authenticity and in voices that resound with humor and spirit. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Nature of Jade Deb Caletti, 2010-06-22 A girl grappling with Panic Disorder finds comfort—and love—with a boy who is hiding a terrible secret in this poignant and romantic novel from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti. Jade DeLuna is too young to die. She knows this, and yet she can’t quite believe it, especially when the terrifying thoughts, loss of breath, and dizzy feelings come. Since being diagnosed with Panic Disorder, she’s trying her best to stay calm, and visiting the elephants at the nearby zoo seems to help. That’s why Jade keeps the live zoo webcam on in her room, and that’s where she first sees the boy in the red jacket. A boy who stops to watch the elephants. A boy carrying a baby. His name is Sebastian, and he is raising his son alone. Jade is drawn into Sebastian’s cozy life with his son and his activist grandmother on their Seattle houseboat, and before she knows it, she’s in love. Jade knows the situation is beyond complicated, but she hasn’t felt this safe in a long time. And she owes it to Sebastian, her boy with the great heart. Her boy who is hiding a terrible secret. A secret that will force Jade to decide between what is right, and what feels right… |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Every Last Word Tamara Ireland Stone, 2015-06-16 The New York Times bestselling, BookTok sensation, deeply moving novel of friendship, first love, mental health, and belonging, perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and The Summer of Broken Rules. If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist. Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more normal than she ever has as part of the popular crowd ... until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl Tanya Lee Stone, 2007-12-18 Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy–a cool, slick, sexy boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself. How do girls handle themselves? How much can a boy get away with? And in the end, who comes out on top? A bad boy may always be a bad boy. But this bad boy is about to meet three girls who won’t back down. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Ashfall Legacy Pittacus Lore, 2021-08-17 |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Suicide Notes Michael Thomas Ford, 2008 Brimming with sarcasm, fifteen-year-old Jeff describes his stay in a psychiatric ward after attempting to commit suicide. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Clash of the Worlds Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini, 2017-05-02 With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids thought life could finally go back to normal. They escaped Dahlia Kristoff, the evil Wind Witch, yet again, and this time, they managed to leave with a mysterious treasure map, recovered fro |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Say Her Name Francisco Goldman, 2011-08-01 Celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in a romantic Mexican hacienda in the summer 2005. The month before their second anniversary, during a long-awaited holiday, Aura broke her neck while body surfing. Francisco, blamed for Aura's death by her family and blaming himself, wanted to die, too. But instead he wrote Say Her Name, a novel chronicling his great love and unspeakable loss, tracking the stages of grief when pure love gives way to bottomless pain. Suddenly a widower, Goldman collects everything he can about his wife, hungry to keep Aura alive with every memory. From her childhood and university days in Mexico City with her fiercely devoted mother to her studies at Columbia University, through their newlywed years in New York City and travels to Mexico and Europe-and always through the prism of her gifted writings-Goldman seeks her essence and grieves her loss. Humor leavens the pain as he lives through the madness of utter grief and creates a living portrait of a love as joyous and playful as it is deep and profound. Say Her Name is a love story, a bold inquiry into destiny and accountability, and a tribute to Aura-who she was and who she would have been. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera, 2018-07-12 From the author of the INTERNATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END. In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut, Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. Please note that covers may vary. Life hasn’t been easy for sixteen‑year‑old Aaron Soto, but with the help of his girlfriend, Genevieve, he’s slowly remembering what happiness might feel like. Then Thomas shows up . . . Thomas is smart and funny, and before long Aaron is spending all his time with him. But as Aaron’s feelings for Thomas intensify, tensions with his other friends start to build. Soon Aaron is faced with a choice – one that will make him question what it is he wants, and how far he’ll go to get it. PRAISE FOR MORE HAPPY THAN NOT: 'Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Unforgettable.' Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda 'Gut-wrenching' Guardian 'Mandatory reading' New York Times |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Diary of an Oxygen Thief Anonymous Author, 2016-08-18 Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He's blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Do This For You Krissy Cela, 2021-01-12 “So many women second-guess themselves, put their needs last, or feel like they don’t have time to worry about their own well-being. But the truth is, a healthy balanced lifestyle is possible once you choose to commit, no matter what limitations you think you have, and I want to show you how!” —Krissy Cela Do This For You is your personal action plan for building your best life. Starting from the inside out, Krissy’s expert coaching will help you to grow into a stronger, more confident you. Fitness is as much about the mental battle as it is the physical. Using simple techniques, Krissy will help you to develop the inner strength to do this for you, find the “why” that drives you, learn to value routine over motivation, challenge mental barriers and self-doubt, reframe your thoughts on diet and exercise, and build healthy habits that last. Uplifting and empowering, this book will inspire a sense of self-worth that will radiate into every corner of your life. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Battle of the Beasts Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini, 2015-02 Fantasy. Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Palestine Joe Sacco, 2015 Uses a comic book format to shed light on the complex and emotionally-charged situation of Palestian Arabs, exploring the lives of Israeli soldiers, Palestian refugees, and children in the Occupied Territories. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: It's Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini, 2010-09-25 Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That’s when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he’s just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping—until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig’s suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety. Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it’s definitely a funny story. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: Many Trails to Prison Hugh Yonn, 2018-06 The 'improper' question. I'm here for a marijuana offense. What did you do? During my five year prison stay, I listened to other lads vent. Vent and relive what had brought them to that cesspool. I saw men do complete turnarounds after telling of their shameful ways. They did it to themselves. For themselves. All I did was listen. If a man is going to beat himself with his past lunacies, let him go. The more he shares, the clearer his thinking becomes. Let him speak--so that his ears hear the remorse. A cleansing takes place. He sees all that has become of him was self-inflicted. No place to point the guilty finger but right between his own eyes. I saw so much of this--guys coming to their senses. It was always good... And the stories. Some happy, some sad, some brutal. No one tells the story better than the man who pulled the trigger. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: I Was a Teenage Fairy Francesca Lia Block, 2000-05-03 Maybe Mab was real. Maybe not. Maybe Mab was the fury. Maybe she was the courage. Maybe later on she was the sex . . . A tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A. night. A little girl caught in a grown-up glitz-and-glitter world of superstars and supermodels. A too beautiful boy with a secret he can never share . . . From the author of Weetzie Bat comes a magical, mesmerizing tale of transformation. This is the story of Barbie Marks, who dreams of being the one behind the Cyclops eye of the camera, not the voiceless one in front of it; who longs to run away to New York City where she can be herself, not some barley flesh-and-blood version of the plastic doll she was named after. It is the story of Griffin Tyler, whose androgynous beauty hides the dark pain he holds inside. And finally it is the story of Mab, a pinkie-sized, magenta-haired, straight-talking fairy, who may or may not be real but who helps Barbie and Griffin uncover the strength beneath the pain, and who teaches that love—like a sparkling web of light spinning around our bodies and our souls—is what can heal even the deepest scars. |
| its kinda a funny story ned vizzini: The Women at the Pump Knut Hamsun, 2012-07-09 In their gossiping at the pump the women express the poetry, the tawdriness and, above all, the sheer vitality of life in Hamsun's small coastal town. A birth (where did those brown eyes come from?); a marriage (shotgun?); a death in strange circumstances (the victim flattened by a barrel of whale oil); the up-and-down career of the town's leading citizen and philanderer; the elderly spinster's pregnancy; the sinking of the steamship that is the town's pride and joy. Above all, talk centres on the doings of Oliver Andersen and the large family that he and his wife contrive to create despite growing suspicions that his mysterious accident at sea has deprived him of more than a leg... The Women at the Pump overflows with a prodigality of invention and sardonic humour typical of Hamsun's work at its best. First published in 1920, the year Hamsun won the Nobel Prize for Literature, it has a universal quality that transcends time and place. Hamsun's women live on the Norwegian coast but their soulmates flourish in every small community around the world. |
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Aug 16, 2022 · Its is the possessive form of it, used to indicate possession, ownership, belonging, etc. English generally uses apostrophes to indicate possession, for example, Mary’s bike (the …
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Its Long ago, English was like many other languages in that every noun had a gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Pronouns—those efficient little words we use to stand in for nouns, like I , …
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It’s or its ? - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary
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Sep 2, 2023 · Its’s is the form to use if you’re contracting: “Its is the form to use in all other instances when you want a form of i-t-s but you are not sure which one. ” Its”s’s is used …
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When to Use Its “Its” is the possessive form of the pronoun it. For example, The dog ate its food. The lake is beautiful in its own unique way. In both of these examples, “its” is acting as a …
Its vs It's: How to Use The Right Word | Dictionary.com
Aug 16, 2022 · Its is the possessive form of it, used to indicate possession, ownership, belonging, etc. English generally uses apostrophes to …
It's vs. Its: Correct Usage - Merriam-Webster
Its Long ago, English was like many other languages in that every noun had a gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Pronouns—those efficient …
It’s or its ? - Grammar - Cambridge Dictionary
It’s or its ? - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge …
Should You Use Its, It’s, or Its’? - BusinessWritingBlog
Sep 2, 2023 · Its’s is the form to use if you’re contracting: “Its is the form to use in all other instances when you want a form of i-t-s but you are not …
Its vs. It’s: What’s the Difference? | Grammarly
Apr 18, 2025 · The word its can also be used in reference to a noun without a defined gender, such as: The cat hissed when the dog stole its catnip. The …
