Pizzazz

Nine-year-old superhero Pizazz relates how difficult it is to be a superhero, especially when, after moving to a new school, she is made "eco monitor" for her class.

Pizzazz! is a graphic nonfiction self-help bio by Bob Pauley. Its a color-filled, adventure-packed motivational book that outlines tips for success from flipping houses to writing hit songs. Bob describes his journey from country bumpkin to becoming a prestigious member of the Albert Einstein Fellowship and computer scientist for the National Science Foundation. From the deepest coalmines of Appalachia to the wild blue yonder as a jet fighter pilot, Bob has led a rich and exciting life, and hes ready to share his expertise and the pizzazz that comes with it. His career began in the Hatfield-McCoy backwoods as a coalmining engineer, the inspiration for the rocket boys of October Sky with his red Corvette convertible. As an Aviation Cadet in the USAF, Bob learned aerobatics, formation, instrument, and twin-engine jet fighter skills. As an engineer, he became a rocket and jet engine research programmer with giant IBM computers at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Then he went on to oceanfront resort management in Palm Beach and Nashville, where he met business moguls, movie stars, and entertainers. He became a published songwriter! Bob Pauley once wrote a song for a wrongfully convicted death row inmate that saved the mans life. By 2001, he added a computer science degree to his rsum, won many awards, and soon became a member of the Albert Einstein Fellowship. He moved to Washington, DC, to work for the National Science Foundation promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) education. Following NSF, Bob obtained his affiliate brokers license to flip houses while making music in Nashville. Bob races cars, cruises the oceans, and barnstorms the skies. He has crashed and burned a red Corvette in Tallahassee and a Cherokee 6 just north of Kingston, Jamaica. He spelunks, mountain climbs, and scuba dives, living life on the edge. His friends over the years include Colonel Harland Sanders, singer Elvis Presley, Congressman Allen West, ukulele soloist Tiny Tim, and soul artist James Brown. Bob has compiled his memories and skillsets into one book to share. It is called Pizzazz! Pizzazz! offers its readers something specialthe opportunity to join our Millionaires Investment Group. This is an unprecedented opportunity to flip houses in partnership with knowledgeable teams of investors. In blocks of one thousand dollars per share, beginning flips are possible with shared ownerships of several (five to ten perhaps) like-minded investors. This enables would-be investors to begin investing immediately by sharing their ownership in residential properties with others. With the innovation of group sharing, Bob Pauley promises cash-strapped investors the chance to invest more quickly. And he shares the opportunity to write professional poetry, music, books, and screenplays in their spare time and to share other exciting and daring adventures guaranteed to bring pizzazz into their lives. This explosive tell-all is a must-read for the adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit.

Best-selling author of 9-Patch Pizzazz and Rectangle Pizzazz works her quilting magic with pieced circles. Learn the easy way to piece three different circle blocks, then mix and match them into curvaceous quilts full of movement and colour. Use Judy's no-waste method to turn the leftover fabric into bonus quilts with appliquéd circles or rounded borders. Circle Pizzazz includes full-size templates for 3 different pieced circle blocks, complete instructions for 12 dramatic Circle Pizzazz quilts in a variety of sizes, and shows you how to design your own spectacular circle quilts with the Circle Pizzazz technique.

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A beginner book without that “beginner look” from the author of 9-Patch Pizzazz. You’ll get addicted to the “potato chip quilt”—no one can make just one. Make easy, colorful quilts from the simplest shape and using your favorite fabrics, including large-scale, novelty, and panels. Talk about bang for the buck: combining a special fabric with a few easy nine-patches yields captivating quilts ranging from sassy to sophisticated. You’ll get hooked on this technique! Judy provides sixteen different layouts for unlimited project potential. - Five quilts—each easy enough to put together in a day, even for beginners - Simple construction plus fabulous fabrics yields dramatic quilts - The perfect use for those big beautiful prints you love too much to cut Easy designs and fast strip piecing make these quilts come together in no time!

“The projects are easy (not to mention fun) . . . Beginners or experienced quilters will love 9-Patch Pizzazz. It’s a keeper for your quilt book library.” —Armchair Interviews They’ll never believe you made it in a day! Talk about bang for the buck: combining a special fabric with a few easy nine-patches yields captivating quilts ranging from sassy to sophisticated. You’ll get hooked on this technique! Judy provides sixteen different layouts for unlimited project potential. A beginner book without that “beginner look!” It’s been called the “potato chip quilt”—no one can make just one Use your favorite fabrics including large-scale, novelty, and panels “Most quilts only use three or four fabrics and only squares and rectangles are used in their design but the results look much more complex than that would suggest . . . The choice of fabrics and design guidelines at the beginning of the book are well illustrated, simple to comprehend and can be adapted to produce quilts of any size . . . The six projects given in the second part are for small quilts which can be used as large wall-hangings or lap quilts.” —Popular Patchwork “A great way to use large scale fabrics, and it’s also a design that leaves a lot of room for your own sense of color and artistic layouts.” —Quilting . . . for the Rest of Us

The Leaning Tower of Pizzazz is a dazzling collection of humorous poems written for both kids and adults alike. This whimsical selection of light verse, including an interview with the author and plenty of fun illustrations, is filled with sparkling wit, colorful wordplay, and a host of wonderful characters including the irresistibly charming Otto the bulldog, house-cleaning expert Marcello the aardvark, sword-swallowing champion Down-the-Hatch Demetrius, and celebrated food consultant Bino Bino, the Japanese cat. If you love poems that inspire and delight, surprise and excite, then you will enjoy reading The Orchestras in Love, If I Were a Kangaroo, Lemon Moose, and My Clothes Took A Vacation Without Me. Just listen to what all the critics have been raving about: The Leaning Tower of Pizzazz is simply magical! --- Edgar Allan Longfellow Absolutely wild, wacky, and wonderful! ---Aunt Dee Dee Sensational and educational too! We read it on the bus, on the train, everywhere we go --- Bruno, Bix, and Basie Hilarious and outrageous! This book has inspired me to write my own poems!"--- Aldo Mozzarella III I cant remember ever laughing so much! --- Ozzie Rosegarden, PhD