It S My Party

Ellie is sabotaging her own bat mitzvah. It seems extreme but it's the only option. Crowds and attention have always made her nervous, and lately they've been making it harder for Ellie to breathe. The celebration would mean: (1) a large crowd; (2) lots of staring; and (3) distant family listening to her sing in another language. No, thank you!

It's My Party is a celebration of the visual flair, theatrical influence, and inherent joie de vivre that make events magical and unforgettable. The stunning imagery and masterful execution of each event are meant to serve both as inspiration and recognition of the creativity, ambition, and theater that are part of every Joe Mineo Creative endeavor. Whether you are planning a party and looking for inspiration, wanting to take your casual event to the next level, or are an event professional who wants to up your game, It's My Party will serve as your faithful muse. As Joe Mineo says, event design and party planning are part science and part art, and this book is all about event artistryâthe art of creating amazing events and, more specifically, the importance of inspiration to the process of event design and creative party planning. The event photographs and stories contained herein will provide meaningful event inspiration. Each chapter traces an inspirational path through the final production of an event, helping the reader understand how elaborate affairs often start with simple ideas or visions. This book will help readers open their minds to ideas, designs and concepts, which can assist not only in party planning, but also in every creative aspect of life. Step into the world of Joe Mineo Creative, and sit back as the performance begins. From the pre-show of the cocktail hour, when guests arrive and mingle with the anticipation of what is to come to the high-energy dance number during act two, every sense will be delighted until the big show-stopping song and final curtain. It's My Party is a visually enchanting guide book to finding inspiration in seemingly ordinary places, in order to create extraordinary memories that last a lifetime.

Christine Whitman offers an insider’s view of the corrosive effects—on the party and the country as a whole—of the rise of zealous conservatism. She tells many stories from the front lines of her battles with conservatives, as well as those of other moderate Republicans, and argues that the rise of this bullying faction—as opposed to being the voting juggernaut party leaders have considered it—has kept the Republican party from building a true voting majority. It has also, she argues, pushed the polarization of the electorate to an appalling extreme. Each chapter focuses on the key hot-button issues that were the most contentious battlegrounds between moderates and conservatives in 2005, and the areas where she thinks the conservatives took the party in the wrong direction: race relations, abortion rights, the environment, taxes, and international affairs. In each of these areas, Whitman tells stories about how in her own career she has been able to make great progress by taking a moderate approach—by finding what she calls “the productive middle,” such as in her unprecedented admission that racial profiling was indeed happening on New Jersey’s highways. This is a fascinating insider’s account of how politics happens on the ground and behind the closed doors, with a message that will speak powerfully to an all too silent moderate Republican majority.

When Robbie Rotten disguises himself as a mail carrier who convinces Stingy to tell all his friends at his birthday party to go away, Sportacus must save the day.

The favored granddaughter of IBM's Thomas J. Watson reveals a life of glamour, depressive battles, and hard-won joy and peace.

I wake up and get dressed. Today is no ordinary day. It's a special day. We're having a party! I am going to decorate; we'll have visitors and a cake.... It's my birthday! And when it's your birthday, everything is different. A book with half pages that hide and reveal what happens on a very special day.

Peter Robinson has Republican parents and grew up in a Republican neighborhood. In college he helped found the notorious Dartmouth Review and infuriated dons at Oxford by revealing an enthusiasm for Margaret Thatcher. He returned to the United States to accept a position as a speechwriter in the White House of both Reagan and Bush. Nevertheless, this inveterate political insider has come forward with a no-holds-barred, honest appraisal of the party that owns his heart. In a political book with attitude, Robinson shares his sometimes angry, sometimes befuddled, sometimes downright amused perspective on the most pressing questions facing the party and the voting public. It's My Party promises to be one of the year's most entertaining and perceptive looks at America's political battlefield.

My autobiography, 'It's my party, I'll cry if I want to', is a personal account of trauma, mental illness, treatment and recovery. The story starts with me, aged 13, when I was brutally raped at an adventure weekend. It follows with my experience of emergency medical and police intervention, which failed to reach a conviction, solely because I became too unwell to give evidence and attend a trial. This lack of resolution and injustice left me with a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which quickly developed into Psychotic illness. I describe how the trauma I suffered turned my world into turmoil and how I was affected, and in particular, my mental health. A number of evocative scenes describe in detail my battle with self-harm and also delves into my mind during severe psychotic episodes, including one which lead to me being detained in Police custody for my own safety. The story follows me through school, through my GCSE's and A levels, through my undergraduate degree at university, through four psychiatric inpatient admissions and through my continued treatment within the community. My battle against mental illness is explored and my experiences as a mental health service user, many of which failed me, are highlighted. Intertwined with my own story are my interpretations of the stories of other 'mad campers' who I met along my journey with mental illness. Between the horrors of my experiences are flashes of humour, happiness and hope. The story ends with me, aged 21, at the celebration of my birthday: an occasion I, and others, thought we'd never see.