Curse Words 11

"THE HOLE DAMNED WORLD," Part One The third arc of CURSE WORDS starts here! Wizord has won a mighty victory, but he's too busy to celebrateÑhis little pal Margaret has gone missing, and he's gotta find her before it's too late! Meanwhile, a deep dive into the history of the strange, savage Hole World begins, with the evil demon Sizzajee as your tour guide.

Take a walk down dark, twisting paths into the history of the Hole World, the demonic dimension that spawned Wizord, Margaret, Ruby Stitch, and all the rest of your favorite morally dubious sorcerers. And back in our world, intrigue and spells and strange, wonderful things abound as Wizord continues his quest to be the baddest wizard New York City's ever seen. The third chapter of the dark, funny fantasy that NPR says "exists to amuse and astound." Collects CURSE WORDS #11-15

Are the words that people use bad or are the people that use the words bad? The answer is in this book, which graduates to answering deeper, more life-fulfilling questions like, "When you are born again of God, can you sin?" Every answer includes the precise scripture of where it is found in the King James Version of the Bible. The reader will find that every problem and every question in life can be solved and answered by knowing God's words and obeying Him.

From political fictionalist Alisa Ganieva: a neo-noir portrait of a legal system in which everything is broken and no one is innocent. Offended Sensibilities chronicles a series of sudden deaths that occur among officials of a provincial Russian town. The events follow a notorious blasphemy law banning forms of expression that offend the sensibilities of religious believers – a law passed after Pussy Riot’s infamous 2013 church-side protest that resulted in their arrest. With this novel, Ganieva moves beyond the Dagestani setting of her previous award-winning books, published in English by Deep Vellum: The Mountain and the Wall and Bride and Groom. In Offended Sensibilities, Ganieva seeks to address nationalism, Orthodox religiosity, sexuality, and political corruption. Suffused with a light touch and at times rollicking sense of humor, this timely, entertaining and thought-provoking novel can be read as an allegory for the current political, social, religious, and cultural climate in Russia today.

"This anthology captures the spirit, zest, and cultural impact of Pryor's complex artistry."--Back cover.

This book offers a precise and rigorous analysis of the meanings of offensive words in Chinese. Adopting a semantic and cultural approach, the authors demonstrate how offensive words can and should be systematically researched, documented and accounted for as a valid aspect of any language. The book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students of sociolinguistics, language and culture, linguistic taboo, Chinese studies and Chinese linguistics.

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Curse words #11-15"--Indicia.

A practical and irreverent guide to taking the sting out of feedback and reclaiming it as a motivating, empowering experience for everyone involved. Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our blood pressure rise and our defenses go up. For many of us, it's a dirty word that we associate with bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. However, if we take a step back and think about its true intent, we realize that feedback needn't be a bad thing. After all, understanding how others experience us provides valuable opportunities to learn and grow. Authors M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Grealish explain how feedback got such a bad rap and how to recognize and minimize the negative physical and emotional responses that can erode trust and shut down communication. They offer a new and more ambitious definition of feedback, explore the roles we each play as Seeker, Extender, and Receiver, and introduce the three Fs of making feedback focused, fair, and frequent. You'll also find valuable exercises and strategies, along with real-world examples that illustrate how you can put these ideas into action and join in the movement to fix feedback, once and for all. When it's done right, feedback has been proven to be the most effective means of improving communication and performance for you and your organization. It's too important to give up, and with Chandler and Grealish's help, you'll be able to use it deftly, equitably, and effectively.