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Send in the Clowns: Humanitarian Clowning in Crisis Zones
by David Bridel Mike FuntSend in the Clowns presents interviews with twenty-four pioneering humanitarian and activist clowns and thought leaders working in hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages and war zones, and at the sites of street protests and locations of social unrest across the world.This book is built around interviews with some of the world’s leading practitioners of clowning for change, justice, and health outside of the entertainment mainstream, featuring artists and organizations including Patch Adams (US), the Dream Doctors Project (Israel), Clown Me In (Lebanon), and Doutores da Alegria (Brazil). Situating the topic in relation to indigenous and ritual clowning, investigating the various functions of the clown in early societies, and centering the discourse around interviews with key practitioners, the book explores a wide range of clown applications across the globe. This includes the special significance of the clown archetype in socially, politically, and culturally challenging situations, the successes and challenges of the art activists who are at the forefront of this movement, and the modern humanitarian clown’s relationship to original forms of clowning that can be traced back through history.This is a vital resource for anyone studying, teaching, or practicing clown work in applied contexts, from health care to conflict resolution.
Senhorita Desastrada
by Miriam MezaVocê acredita em má sorte? Pense nisso enquanto conhece Elena, a protagonista desta história. Ela parece ter quebrado todos os espelhos de sua casa enquanto carregava um gato preto. Sua vida é exatamente o oposto de um conto de fadas e, quando parece que não pode acontecer algo pior, algo mais acontece. Por causa de sua tendência ao desastre e a ineficiência de todos os amuletos conhecidos, ela decide ficar sozinha. Bem, tudo o que pode fazer com uma irmã que, para completar o quadro, é uma doida de pedra. O amor a encontrou repentinamente, é claro, desencadeando uma série de envolvimentos engraçados. Mas Elena será capaz de encontrar um remédio para sua má sorte? Descubra lendo esta história.
Senilidad
by Italo SvevoNo hace mucho tiempo, Emilio Brentani era un joven y prometedor autor. Ahora es un agente de seguros en el rápido sendero hacia los cuarenta con una ilusión que parece detenerle en su carrera: se ha enamorado de la joven y hermosa Angiolina. Llena de humanidad y humor, de introspección psicológica y de una elegante simplicidad de estilo, Senilidad es un brillante estudio del amor sin esperanzas y de la indecisión. «También yo, ahora que sé lo que es la vejez de verdad, me sonrío a veces de haberle dedicado un exceso de amor.» Italo Svevo
Senior Moments
by Angus FitzSimonsHave you had a Senior Moment yet? Maybe you know someone who's had a few? Check this list to know for sure: · You can remember being told the King was dead (George, not Elvis).· You still say 'colour television', and you watch television on a television.· Your home phone rings and you answer it. (And you still have a phone, not a 'landline'.)· You boast about 'doing it' three times a night and that's just getting up to pee.· You realise that your wardrobe has become ironic. You're not back in fashion, but you're hip. (And ironically, you now have an artificial hip).If you answered 'yes' to one or more of the above, congratulations! You are officially a Senior and this book is here to guide you through your best years (i.e. the past). Stroll, or maybe shuffle, down Nostalgia Avenue and bask in the glory of growing old disgracefully. (If you are a Young Person, this is the easiest Senior gift idea ever. You're welcome!)
Senior Moments: The Perfect Gift for Those Who Are Getting On a Bit
by Freddie GreenYou know you’re having a senior moment when…… you need a pen and paper just to order a round of drinks.Getting old? Join the club! This upbeat collection of all-too-common mishaps, sprinkled with quotes from wise old sages, will have you nodding in agreement and chuckling at all your lovable foibles.
Sense
by Arch Tait Arslan KhasavovSENSE is the name of the organization launched by a Narcissistic 20-year-old boy who wants to live for the sake of a lofty goal but is unable to fit into any socio-cultural framework. He yearns for glory and finally decides that the only way to win it is to stage a revolution.SENSE paints an ironic picture of Russia's political life today and shows to what limits an indifferent and hypocritical society can push a romantically-minded young person. It is about a young man's rebellious search for identity and his attempts to find some sense in the chaos around him. In his attempts to find co-thinkers the protagonist meets ex-prisoners of Guantanamo, some National Bolsheviks, the Islamic Committee, and the Youth Union "Hurray!"The protagonist, called Artur, is an idealist who wants to live for the sake of a lofty goal. Through the eyes of a person who is unable to fit into any socio-cultural framework because of his lameness, and against the background of the present-day political situation, the author shows the limits to which an indifferent and hypocritical society can push a romantically-minded and well-meaning young person.He examines the world map and decides that Turkmenistan would be the best place for his revolutionary plan. He starts looking for followers prepared to die for a great cause and soon finds them among the members of present-day radical political organizations. He visits three such organizations: the National Bolsheviks, the Islamic Committee, and the Youth Union "Hurray!" He describes their gatherings vividly and with a strong dose of irony. He meets ex-prisoners of Guantanamo, who talk to him about the imminent battle of good and evil and the fight against the infidels. He witnesses the attack of Nashi-fighters on the National Bolsheviks. Finally he visits the office of the Kremlin-supported youth movement "Hurray!" where he is offered free use of all their facilities because "everything has been generously paid for."In the final part the hero muses over the goals of his movement as he finds on his desk a curious political program - which mysteriously materialized there -- called "Outlines of the Future State". It starts with a chapter on "reform of public heating" suggesting that houses should be heated with human excrement. The other proposed reforms are in the same absurdist style: to decree that all people should walk about naked, to ban the family and education, etc. Finally Artur drafts 136 young people and leads them to the Karakum Desert. For all of them it makes no difference what they are fighting for - the main thing is to break away from their bleak everyday existence and find glory.
Sense and Nonsensibility
by Lawrence Douglas Alexander GeorgeTwo widely published humor columnists and "bad boys" of academia take their wit and wisdom to dazzling new lows in this irreverent send-up of highbrow literary culture. At last, the thinking person's take on the life of the mind in today's increasingly mindless age. Sense and Nonsensibility pokes fun at everyone from spoof-proof scholars to pompous professors; from anal-retentive authors to plagiarizing poets; from snake-oil therapists to bestselling illiterati. This singular collection by Professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together their most popular pieces, along with many brand-new ones, including: The Academy Awards for novels -- with categories for "Best Female Protagonist -- Doomed," "Best Narrator -- Unreliable," and "Best Novel -- Unfinishable by Reader" Home Shopping University -- offering the greatest ideas in Western history at rock-bottom prices I'm Okay, I'm Okay: Accepting Narcissism -- the best in "Self-helplessness books" The Penis Orations -- Iron Man's answer to The Vagina Monologues "Ask the Academic Ethicist" -- their notorious advice column, which has shocked higher education
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
by Jane Austen Ben H. WintersSense and Sensibility and Sea Monstersexpands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? It's survival of the fittest and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!
Sense and Sensibility: A Novel (Seasons Series)
by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, is one of literature&’s most beloved stories of love, marriage, and sisterhood. Each collectible volume is a limited edition and features a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. This exclusive collector&’s edition would be a great focal point to any shelf.Fall in love with this gorgeous exclusive edition of Jane Austen&’s beloved classic Sense and Sensibility.Whether you&’re buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable limited edition features:Beautiful hardcover with a distinctive brown one-of-a-kind, high-end/high-treatment laser-cut jacket over a contrasting cover, perfect for standing out on any bookshelf or coffee tableDecorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout and exclusive end pagesAn exquisite matching laser-cut bookmarkTrim Size: 6 x 9Part of a 4-volume Fall Seasons series including Anne of Green Gables, Dracula, and Shakespeare in Autumn: Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets.For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune nor connections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centered fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, while Marianne's unswerving belief in the truth of her own feelings makes her more dangerously susceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men.Second only to Pride and Prejudice as the favorite work of Jane Austen, this collector&’s edition of Sense and Sensibility is sure to please book collectors, fans of the cinematic adaptations, or Janeites and Austenites with its beautiful, stunning details.
Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots: A Carrot Noir
by David Roberts Daren KingSensible Hare was not a sensible hare. But he was a hare, and he had the ears to prove it. Sensible Hare, Hare Detective has a relaxing job - until a sassy ladyhare comes into his office asking for help to track down a missing suitcase of carrots. It is going to be a tough carrot to munch, but Sensible hasn't had a case in months - he's behind with the rent , and the landlord is on his tail - so he accepts the case. And soon, he is being trailed by every villain in town. So begins an outrageous adventure of Hare Shampoo, dangerous scrapes, carrots and foxy ladyhares . . .
Sensible Housekeeper, Scandalously Pregnant (Unexpected Babies)
by Jennie LucasTHE HOUSEKEEPERWhat right did Argentinean billionaire Rafael Cruz have to demand her in his bed? Housekeeper Louisa Grey had managed his homes impeccably. She'd catered to his every appetite-except...THE BOSSOh, no, his virgin housekeeper did not flirt...but their simmering attraction had Rafael so close to losing control. And if there was one thing he was good at-besides seduction-it was taking charge!THE BABY?But now they'd never be able to go back to being just boss and employee....
Sensuous Burgundy
by Barbara DelinskyFrom New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky comes an emotional battle of wits, will, and passion, first published in 1996.A legal powerhouse, Assistant District Attorney Laura Grandine stares across the aisle at her opponent, Maxwell Kraig, the renowned big-city lawyer imported to her small Massachusetts town to act as the defense for the accused. Tough and talented, Laura has always fought hard for every victory, and she knows that she has found a worthy adversary in the skilled and charismatic Kraig, a man whose fiery spirit and need to win match her own.But their intense passions will not be confined to the courtroom—as outside, a furious contest rages between them, one that could lead to incomparable joy . . . or unbearable heartbreak. Because, beneath her hard exterior, Laura Grandine is a woman who aches to love and be loved. But it must be on her own terms.
Sentencias de amor (Elige tu historia de amor #Volumen 2)
by Winter CherryUna abogada cuyo futuro depende de un único juicio que debe elegir.Amor, pasión, integridad y respeto. Tú eliges cada una de las historias y descubrirás finales sorprendentes. Paola es una abogada joven que trabaja en un bufete. Para ser la nueva socia debe ganar su vigésimo juicio y le ofrecen dos posibilidades. Podría defender a un activista noruego que trabaja para Greenpeace y que resulta ser un hombretón noruego, médico de profesión, que lucha por un mundo mejor. Pero también puede defender a un ladrón de guante blanco que, como un Robin Hood del siglo XXI, roba a los ricos, que han ganado su fortuna de forma discutible, para entregar su botín a los más necesitados. Decisiones trascendentales que alguien debería ayudarle a tomar. ¿Serías capaz de hacerlo?
Sentimental Education
by Gustave FlaubertBased on Flaubert's own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by its author as "the moral history of the men of my generation." It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau, a law student who, returning home to Normandy from Paris, notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and as their paths cross and re-cross over the years, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau's life. Blending love story, historical authenticity, and satire, Sentimental Education is one of the great French novels of the nineteenth century.
Sentimental Education
by Gustave FlaubertBased on Flaubert's own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by its author as "the moral history of the men of my generation." It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau, a law student who, returning home to Normandy from Paris, notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and as their paths cross and re-cross over the years, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau's life. Blending love story, historical authenticity, and satire, Sentimental Education is one of the great French novels of the nineteenth century.
Sentimental Tales (Russian Library)
by Mikhail Zoshchenko&“Dralyuk&’s new translation of Sentimental Tales, a collection of Zoshchenko&’s stories from the 1920s, is a delight that brings the author&’s wit to life.&”—The EconomistMikhail Zoshchenko&’s Sentimental Tales are satirical portraits of small-town characters on the fringes of Soviet society in the first decade of Bolshevik rule. The tales are narrated by one Kolenkorov, a writer not very good at his job, who takes credit for editing the tales in a series of comic prefaces. Yet beneath Kolenkorov&’s intrusive narration and sublime blathering, the stories are genuinely moving. They tell tales of unrequited love and amorous misadventures among down-on-their-luck musicians, provincial damsels, aspiring poets, and liberal aristocrats hopelessly out of place in the new Russia, against a backdrop of overcrowded apartments, scheming, and daydreaming. Zoshchenko&’s deadpan style and sly ventriloquy mask a biting critique of Soviet life—and perhaps life in general. An original perspective on Soviet society in the 1920s and simply uproariously funny, Sentimental Tales at last shows Anglophone readers why Zoshchenko is considered among the greatest humorists of the Soviet era. &“A book that would make Gogol guffaw.&”—Kirkus Reviews &“If you find Chekhov a bit tame and want a more bite to your fiction, then you need a dose of Zoshchenko, the premier Russian satirist of the twentieth century . . . Snap up this thin volume and enjoy.&”—Russian Life &“Mikhail Zoshchenko masterfully exhibits a playful seriousness. . . . Juxtaposing joyful wit with the bleakness of Soviet Russia, Sentimental Tales is a potent antidote for Russian literature&’s dour reputation.&”—Foreword Reviews &“Superb.&”—Los Angeles Review of Books
Senza Identità
by Jorge MorenoMi svegliarono su un treno che era appena arrivato alla stazione di Barcellona. Non sapevo chi fossi, né cosa ci facessi lì. Non sapevo nemmeno cosa fosse un treno. Era un mondo nuovo per me, ogni cosa che vedevo o facevo era una scoperta. Così è iniziato il viaggio alla scoperta del mio passato. "Con il suo primo romanzo "Due minuti" (pubblicato da Arcopress), Jorge Moreno ci ha affascinato con una storia romantica molto divertente dove l'amore rompe le barriere. Ed anche in questo suo secondo romanzo "Senza Identità", non ci delude. Jorge Moreno rimane fedele al suo stile pieno di umorismo ed eloquenza, con una trama molto originale. Il finale ci lascerà trasognanti e con la voglia di riconsiderare la rotta che sta prendendo la nostra vita. Se cerchi una buona lettura per passare un momento piacevole e dimenticare i problemi, queste sono due proposte che ti faranno sorridere. Desidererai che non finiscano mai." - Montse Cortázar, agente letteraria www.montsecortazar.com "Mi sono divertito molto. Credo di aver riso più che con "Due minuti". Sono stato sulle spine tutto il tempo. Mantiene splendidamente l'intrigo in equilibrio con le situazioni equivoche e l'umorismo. Sempre con quel tocco d'ingenuità e alla mercé degli eventi che i poveri protagonisti non possono controllare. Ma che divertenti! E che bel finale... Sì, credo che mi sia piaciuto più di "Due minuti". Romanzo d'umorismo, di viaggi, d'amore, ritratto sociologico... Ha tutto, quindi, da subito, le mie più sincere congratulazioni." - Mariola Díaz-Cano, scrittrice e proofreader.
Separate Kingdoms: Stories
by Valerie LakenFrom Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections that will make them whole.A family, shaken by an industrial accident, is divided, its members isolated in their home and only able to understand one another from their separate rooms. A young gay couple travels to Russia to meet the child they're desperately trying to adopt, but the experience reveals an emotional divide between the parents-to-be. A recent amputee removes herself from her body to keep her husband at bay. And the idyllic village life of a blind Russian boy is disrupted by an American dentist and the wonders of racy Western magazines. Separate Kingdoms is a rich and satisfying collection that traverses the distances between people and places in each marvelously rendered story.
Separation Anxiety: A Novel
by Laura Zigman“Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.... My advice: Start reading and don’t stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel." —Alice Hoffman AN ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM:Entertainment Weekly * Cosmopolitan * USA Today * Real Simple * Parade * Buzzfeed * Glamour * PopSugarFrom bestselling author Laura Zigman, a hilarious novel about a wife and mother whose life is unraveling and the well-intentioned but increasingly disastrous steps she takes to course-correct her relationships, her career, and her belief in herselfJudy never intended to start wearing the dog. But when she stumbled across her son Teddy’s old baby sling during a halfhearted basement cleaning, something in her snapped. So: the dog went into the sling, Judy felt connected to another living being, and she’s repeated the process every day since.Life hasn’t gone according to Judy’s plan. Her career as a children’s book author offered a glimpse of success before taking an embarrassing nose dive. Teddy, now a teenager, treats her with some combination of mortification and indifference. Her best friend is dying. And her husband, Gary, has become a pot-addled professional “snackologist” who she can’t afford to divorce. On top of it all, she has a painfully ironic job writing articles for a self-help website—a poor fit for someone seemingly incapable of helping herself.Wickedly funny and surprisingly tender, Separation Anxiety offers a frank portrait of middle-aged limbo, examining the ebb and flow of life’s most important relationships. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, Laura Zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward happiness.
Separation for Beginners: THE FEEL-GOOD, FUNNY READ ABOUT STARTING OVER
by Joe Portman'I laughed. I cried. I loved it' - Jack Dee This is not what Pete thought middle-age would be like. His marriage is over, his business is on its last breaths and he's spending more time than is healthy in a dressing gown. So when his 23-year-old daughter Susie needs to move back home, it's like a glorious ray of sunshine has found him at last.Except that she brings Niall with her. Niall: the boyfriend. Niall: a druid gardener who inexplicably only works from home. Niall: the annoying shadow that follows Susie everywhere.Getting Niall out of the house becomes Pete's new purpose in life. But as he tries to bring Niall's flaws to the surface, Pete is forced to admit he's far from perfect himself. And spending time with this oddball – as awkward as it may be – is making Pete open up in ways he'd long shut down.Separation for Beginners is a warm and wise novel about facing old heartaches and finding new friends, in the unlikeliest of places . . .This uplifting, laugh-out-loud funny read about new beginnings is perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Beth O'Leary and Marian Keyes. ___________'Sharp-witted, self-deprecating and honest, had me laughing from start to finish' - Daily Mail'Sharp and heart-warming' - Daily Mail, Fiction Books of the Year ___________
September
by Valerie SondèUna historia amable (del verbo amar) sobre personas reales que reconforta como una taza de café caliente en mitad del otoño. Adrien Flint, un profesor de universidad británico, aburrido de una vida gris y repetitiva que no le llena, se encuentra un día con las maletas de su mujer en el salón y ni siquiera se sorprende. Recién divorciado tras un matrimonio desapasionado y con la firme sospecha de que su ahora exmujer le había sido infiel a saber cuánto tiempo, debe tratar de rehacer su vida bien pasados los cuarenta. Lo que no imaginaba era con tener que hacerlo en compañía de su hija de ocho años, Elise. Aprender a conciliar el trabajo en la universidad, su renovado sueño por escribir un guion de cine exitoso, ser padre soltero y conocer a alguien con quien compartir de nuevo su vida… no resulta sencillo. Y, por si fuera poco, su hija no deja de enseñarle las fotos de fiestas en cruceros que sube su exmujer a redes socialesdía sí y día también. Mientras ella cumple los sueños que siempre había querido, Adrien comienza una espiral de catastróficas citas. Por suerte, Bianca, una de sus estudiantes y también vecina de siempre, aparece en el momento justo para echarle una mano. A cambio de aceptar ser el tutor de su tesis, ella se ofrece de canguro para cuidar de Elise cuando él lo necesite. Con lo que no contaba Adrien era con todo lo que aprendería él de Bianca, ni con las vueltas que daría su vida tras una noticia inesperada. September es una oda al amor sincero, a las pequeñas cosas. Una historia de amor basada en hechos reales llena de calidez, humor y ternura que le dice «no» a las relaciones tóxicas.
September Morning
by Diana PalmerAt thirty-four, Blake Hamilton was an arrogant lady-killer determined to keep his heart free. But to Kathryn Mary Kilpatrick he was a guardian stricter than the father she'd lost. She tried to rebel in the arms of another man...until a furious Blake promised to teach her a lesson she'd never forget, plunging them both into a fiery passion that was dangerously close to love!
Septimus Heap 3-Book Collection
by Angie SageFantasy adventure at its best! This collection contains the first three books in the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series: Magyk, Flyte, and Physik. Packed with action, humor, and magic, this series is perfect for fans of Fablehaven or Harry Potter.The series follows the enchanting and humorous adventures of Septimus Heap, who, as a seventh son of a seventh son, has magical powers. After he becomes the apprentice of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, he starts his studies for seven years and a day to become an Ordinary Wizard (or maybe an ExtraOrdinary?). His adventures take place in a fictional world full of secrets and mysteries, a world where rats are messengers and can speak, a world where spells are common and where the dark forces are trying to penetrate.
Septimus Heap Complete Collection
by Angie SageFantasy adventure at its best! This collection contains all seven books in the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. Also included are The Magykal Papers, a wonderful full-color compendium of extras such as maps, guides, and journals, and The Darke Toad, a 96-page novella packed with the action, humor, and magic that make this series perfect for fans of Fablehaven or Harry Potter.The series follows the adventures of Septimus Heap, who, as a seventh son of a seventh son, has magical powers. After he becomes the apprentice of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, he starts his studies for seven years and a day to become an Ordinary Wizard (or maybe an ExtraOrdinary?). His adventures take place in a fictional world full of secrets and mysteries, a world where rats are messengers and can speak, a world where spells are common and where the dark forces are trying to penetrate.Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, and Fyre are the enchanting and humorous adventures of Septimus Heap and his friends in this magical world.
Septimus Heap, Book Four: 9 Copy Flr (Septimus Heap #4)
by Angie Sage Mark ZugThere's trouble at the Castle, and it's all because Merrin Meredith has returned with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits Septimus and Jenna in the form of Tertius Fume, the ghost of the very first Chief Hermetic Scribe, who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste. But Septimus and Jenna have other plans--they are headed for the mysterious House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets and the place where they fervently hope they will be able to find Nicko and Snorri, who were trapped back in time in physik. But how will Septimus escape the Queste?Queste, like all the books in the Septimus Heap series, is filled with nonstop action, humor, and fantastical adventure as Septimus continues his journey of Magykal self-discovery.