From Awful To Awesome

Welcome to the wild world of Awful Awesome cinema. In over 100 reviews, this book explores Action genre films released from the 1980's to today that are so bad, they're good. These are films that are hilariously terrible and make for a great night of movie watching with friends. Over the top action, explosions, car chases, and towns where everyone knows martial arts await you as you explore the often ignored world of low budget, direct to video, trash films made with lots of heart but not a lot of money. Films include Samurai Cop, Miami Connection, Revenge of the Ninja, and Parole Violators and films from studios like Cannon, PM Entertainment and the films of Andy Sidaris. So pull up your zubaz, comb your mullet, grab your long-butt-bikini clad girl, strap on your uzi, and stroke your mustache because this is going to be a wild ride!

Justin has two goals for sophomore year: to date Chuck, the hottest boy in school, and to become the king of Cool U, the table in the cafeteria where the "in" crowd sits. Unfortunately, he has the wrong look (short, plump, Brillo-pad curls), he has the wrong interests (Broadway, chorus, violin), and he has the wrong friends (Spencer, into Eastern religions, and Mary Ann, who doesn't shave her armpits). And Chuck? Well, he's not gay; he's dating Becky, a girl in chorus with whom Justin is friendly. But Justin is determined. In detention one day (because he saw Chuck get it first), Justin comes up with a perfect plan: to allow Becky to continue dating Chuck, whom Becky's dad hates. They will pretend that Becky is dating Justin, whom Becky's dad loves. And when Becky and Justin go out on a fake date, Chuck will meet up with them for a real date with Becky. Chuck's bound to find Justin irresistable, right? What could go wrong? Seth Rudetsky's first novel for young adults is endearingly human, and laugh-out-loud funny, and any kid who ever aspired to Cool U will find Justin a welcome ally in the fight for popularity.

This book is for anyone interested in delivering the Best Version of Themselves at work. People naturally manage their time well when they are working from their strengths. Most of the time management programs are designed to help learners muster the discipline to work from weakness. This program begins with your natural strengths and then integrates that philosophy through each piece of your life. This book is a terrific resource if you are: Setting goals that arent authentic Selecting strategies that dont fit Struggling with procrastination Stuck in classic time-management methods

Welcome to the wild world of Awful Awesome cinema. In over 100 reviews, this book explores Horror genre films released from the 1980's to today that are so bad, they're good. These are films that are hilariously terrible and make for a great night of movie watching with friends. Monsters, slashers, mutants, sharks, witches, and werewolves await you as you explore the often ignored world of low budget, direct to video, trash films made with lots of heart but not a lot of money. Films include Rock N Roll Nightmare, Shark Attack 3, and Suburban Sasquatch and films from studios like The Asylum, AGFA, and New Horizons. So stock up on crosses, load up the silver bullets, put on your running shoes, and get out of the water, because this is going to be a wild ride!

Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.

Includes a brief history of American journalism and discusses the duties of a journalist, styles of writing, the parts of a newspaper, newspaper and yearbook design, photography, and careers in journalism.

A bestselling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes -- and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it Language is always changing -- but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean “figuratively” rather than “by the letter,” or the way young people use LOL and like, or business jargon like What’s the ask? -- it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes. But the truth is different and a lot less scary, as John McWhorter shows in this delightful and eye-opening exploration of how English has always been in motion and continues to evolve today. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, he shows that these shifts are a natural process common to all languages, and that we should embrace and appreciate these changes, not condemn them. Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant “blessed”? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn? McWhorter encourages us to marvel at the dynamism and resilience of the English language, and his book offers a lively journey through which we discover that words are ever on the move and our lives are all the richer for it.