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The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
by Jamie Wright“The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we’re too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we’re famished for what she has to say.” --Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Of Mess and Moxie and For the Love Wildly popular blogger "Jamie the Very Worst Missionary" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration and re-formation. As a quirky Jewish kid and promiscuous punkass teen, Jamie Wright never imagines becoming a Christian, let alone a Christian missionary. She is barely an adult when the trials of motherhood and marriage put her on an unexpected collision course with Jesus. After finding her faith at a suburban megachurch, Jamie trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her family, she earnestly hopes to serve God and change lives. But faced with a yawning culture gap and persistent shortcomings in herself and her fellow workers, she soon loses confidence in the missionary enterprise and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair. Nearly paralyzed by depression, yet still wanting to make a difference, she decides to tell the whole, disenchanted truth: Missionaries suck and our work makes no sense at all! From her sofa in Central America, she launches a renegade blog, Jamie the Very Worst Missionary, and against all odds wins a large and passionate following. Which leads her to see that maybe a "bad" missionary--awkward, doubtful, and vocal—is exactly what the world and the throngs of American do-gooders need. The Very Worst Missionary is a disarming, ultimately inspiring spiritual memoir for well-intentioned contrarians everywhere. It will appeal to readers of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Jen Hatmaker, Ann Lamott, Jana Reiss, Mallory Ortberg, and Rachel Held Evans.
#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl's Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini
by Nicole ByerA hilarious and inspiring guide to being a #brave, bikini-wearing badass, from the actress, comedian, and podcaster extraordinaire.If you’ve ever seen a fat person post a bikini shot on social media, you already know that they are #verybrave, because apparently existing in a fat body in public is #brave. I, Nicole Byer, wrote this book to 1. share my impressive bikini collection and my hot body with the world and 2. help other people feel #brave by embracing their body as it is. In this book, I share my journey to becoming #brave, give you my hot tips and tricks—on how to find the perfect bikini, how to find your own #bravery, and how to handle haters—and serve you over 100 bikini looks.Praise for #VERYFAT #VERYBRAVEOne of Cosmopolitan’s “12 Books You’ll Be Desperate to Read This Summer”One of Good House Keeping’s “Best Beach Reads to Add to Your Summer Reading List”Book Riot’s #1 Body Positivity Book to Read“Basically a bikini look book showing off [Byer’s] beautiful figure in a hundred different colorful swimmies. She also shares her body-acceptance journey and gives tips on how others can find their own bravery, handle haters, and embrace their bodies.” —Cosmopolitan“This book is a hilariously empowering take on self-love.” —Parade“And while Byer, the comedian who hosts Netflix’s Nailed It!, has filled the book with captions that are funny enough to prompt a reader to actually chuckle aloud, inspiring others is at the book’s core.” —USA Today
Vhs: Absurd, Odd, and Ridiculous Relics from the Videotape Era
by Joe Pickett Nick PrueherThe decade of 1988-1998 was the Golden Age of VHS, a time when anybody with a pulse, a camcorder, and a few bucks could market a video. Comedy writers Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have spent the last 20 years collecting the best odd and unintentionally hilarious videotapes ever produced. Since 2004, theyOCOve resurrected them for sold-out audiences across the country as part of their touring show, the Found Footage Festival. Now, for the very first time, theyOCOve collected the greatest VHS covers into one handsome compendium?along with their priceless snarky commentary throughout. "
Via Negativa: A novel
by Daniel Hornsby"A beautiful and meditative exploration of shattered faith." —Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing HalfA heartfelt, daring, divinely hilarious debut novel about a priest who embarks on a fateful journey with a pistol in his pocket and an injured coyote in his backseat.Father Dan is homeless. Dismissed by his conservative diocese for eccentricity and insubordination, he&’s made his exile into a kind of pilgrimage, transforming his Toyota Camry into a mobile monk&’s cell. Like the ascetic religious philosophers he idolizes, he intends to spend his trip in peaceful contemplation. But then he sees a minivan sideswipe a coyote. Unable to suppress his Franciscan impulses, he takes the wild animal in, wrapping its broken leg with an old T-shirt and feeding it Spam with a plastic spoon.With his unexpected canine companion in the backseat, Dan makes his way west, encountering other offbeat travelers and stopping to take in the occasional roadside novelty (MARTIN&’S HOLE TO HELL, WORLD-FAMOUS BOTTOMLESS PIT NEXT EXIT!). But the coyote is far from the only oddity fate has delivered into this churchless priest&’s care: it has also given him a bone-handled pistol, a box of bullets, and a letter from his estranged friend Paul—a summons of sorts, pulling him forward.By the time Dan gets to where he&’s going, he&’ll be forced to reckon once and for all with the great mistakes of his past, and he will have to decide: is penance better paid with revenge, or with redemption?
Viaggi a cavallo dei secoli. Viaggio in Portogallo
by Mario Garrido Espinosa Laura Contrada"Viaggi a cavallo dei secoli - Portogallo" fa parte di una collana di diari di bordo che risalgono ai tempi in cui i viaggiatori non avevano a disposizione una macchina fotografica digitale con cui scattare migliaia di foto, né tantomeno un cellulare con infinità di funzioni pensate per risolvere qualsiasi imprevisto. Il lettore si immergerà in un viaggio nella memoria costellato da paesaggi di pura avventura, che riporterà alla memoria aneddoti ed eventi storici accaduti contemporaneamente a questi racconti. Tutte queste storie si ambientano nel periodo in cui ci si stava lasciando alle spalle il ventesimo secolo per accogliere anni di cambi radicali nel mondo della tecnologia, che avrebbero rivoluzionato per sempre il modo di vivere e viaggiare. Prima di questo momento, al posto dei navigatori satellitari si adoperavano mappe e cartine e per telefonare a casa bisognava cercare una cabina telefonica. Preparatevi a rivivere quelle sensazioni attraverso questo racconto. In fin dei conti, viaggiare è il modo migliore per investire il proprio denaro, giusto?
viaggi a cavallo dei secolo - viaggio nei pirenei
by Mario EspinosaCinque storie di viaggio raccontate con molto humour e ironia. Cinque racconti di un tempo in cui i viaggiatori non portavano una fotocamera digitale con memoria per migliaia di foto; né un telefono cellulare con un'infinità di funzioni in grado di risolvere qualsiasi evento imprevisto. Il lettore scoprirà un viaggio nella memoria, in paesaggi che sono pura avventura e ricorderà eventi storici che si sono verificati durante uno di questi viaggi. Tutti questi episodi sono ambientati nel periodo in cui abbiamo lasciato il ventesimo secolo alle spalle e abbiamo iniziato a vivere un cambiamento radicale verso un uso della tecnologia così estremo da modificare il modo di viaggiare. In quegli anni si viaggiava guardando una cartina, non si usava il GPS e si doveva cercare una cabina per telefonare a casa. Provate a rivivere tutte quelle sensazioni con questi racconti; dopo tutto, "viaggiare è il modo migliore per investire il proprio denaro", giusto?
Viaggio in Italia
by Mario EspinosaCinque storie di viaggio raccontate con molto humour e ironia. Cinque cronache di un tempo in cui i viaggiatori non portavano una fotocamera digitale con memoria per migliaia di foto; né un telefono cellulare con molte funzioni in grado di risolvere qualsiasi imprevisto. Il lettore s’immergerà in un viaggio iniziatico, in passaggi che sono pura avventura e ricorderanno un fatto storico senza precedenti avvenuto nello stesso periodo di uno di questi peripli. Tutti questi episodi si sono verificati quando ci siamo lasciati dietro il ventesimo secolo e abbiamo iniziato a sperimentare un cambiamento radicale verso un uso della tecnologia così estremo da cambiare il modo di viaggiare. In quel momento, guardavamo ancora una mappa, non usavamo il GPS e cercavamo una cabina per chiamare casa. Osa a rivivere tutte quelle sensazioni con queste storie; dopo tutto, "viaggiare è il miglior modo di investire il denaro", giusto?
Viagra, chat y otras pendejadas
by Daniel Samper PizanoEl chat, los celulares, el viagra y todas las pendejadas de inicios del siglo XXI con el humor inconfundible de Daniel Samper Pizano. Tres décadas después de haber publicado su primer libro de humor, Daniel Samper Pizano sigue siendo uno de los escritores más leídos del país y el crítico más lúcido de la realidad colombiana. Sus armas son un ojo de lince que le permite descubrir cosas que los demás no ven y un finísimo sentido del humor para contarlas. Durante el cuarto final del siglo xx, Samper dejó su testimonio risueño sobre las costumbres y sucesos de una agitada época. Ahora, con igual agudeza, habla sobre el siglo xxi, sus maravillas y sus pendejadas: o El Viagra y el lenguaje de internet# o Los celulares y la celulitis# o Las nuevas bodas y las parejas gays# o Los profesores despiadados y cómo burlarlos# o La revolución tecnológica en la cocina y en la alcoba# o Los consejos para ser más bello y para tener menos vello# o Y, como siempre, las divertidas historias de su peculiar familia. La crítica ha dicho: "Profundamente alegre, como un viejo filósofo, Daniel Samper aporta su punto de vista sobre las esencias de la vida". Joan Manuel Serrat "Los textos humorísticos de Samper serán el único manual de historia patria capaz de darnos cuenta de los vertiginosos cambios en la escala de valores de los colombianos". Juan Gustavo Cobo-Borda "Nuestro gran humorista ha demostrado que se puede llegar a la sabiduría sin perder nunca el sentido del humor, o más bien, la salida liberadora de la risa". Héctor Abad Faciolince
Viaje al centro de la Tierra (La\brújula Y La Veleta Ser.)
by Julio VerneMolino presenta una nueva colección de las grandes novelas de Julio Verne ilustradas y adaptadas por Shia Green a lectores a partir de 7 años. ¡Explora el interior de un volcán y enfréntate a criaturas de tiempos remotos en Viaje al centro de la Tierra! ¿Qué misterios se esconden en lo más profundo de la Tierra? El profesor Lidenbrock y su sobrino Axel se lanzarán a la aventura para averiguarlo y descubrirán un mundo de peligros y de maravillas: ¡desde volcanes y ríos de lava hasta increíbles dinosaurios que creían extintos!
El viaje circular
by Reinaldo Montero Philippe Ollé-LapruneUn migrante cubano relata su trágica, erótica, sarcástica, frustrante, desilusionante y sorprendente odisea que va de Cuba a México, pasa por Estados Unidos y finalmente recala en Francia. Escrita en cuatro partes que corresponden a los cuatro elementos: tierra, aire, agua y fuego, simbolizan un estado o situación de cada segmento de la obra. Los capítulos corresponden a cuatro estaciones del proceso de peregrinación de un cubano por varias partes del mundo tras su salida (huida) de Cuba: el trágico y malogrado viaje en balsa, el rescate por un barco pesquero, el recorrido a Tamaulipas, México, en compañía de un corrupto coyote, el viaje en autobús de la frontera mexicana a Miami, su estadía en Miami en casa de su hermano y su partida a Francia en compañía de una millonaria del rubro financiero. Un relato redondo (como lo dice su título), bien manejado y notables virtudes narrativas. El narrador puede dibujar un estado emocional (“Cuando uno la está pasando tan mal, hasta en los calcañales se te nota las ganas de no tener ganas, o el arrebato si te llega un golpe de esperanza”), o describir cómo ve el francés común a un extranjero: “Aquí cuenta mucho el código de barras. Todos andamos con nuestro código de barras, y de leerme por arribita, cualquiera sabe cuánto cuesta lo que llevo puesto, que es como decir cuánto valgo”.
El viaje de nuestros sueños (Lady Pecas Secret Diary #Volumen 2)
by Lady PecasDESCUBRE TODOS LOS SECRETOS Y LOCURAS DE LADY PECAS Querido DIARIO:¡Nos vamos de VIAJE con la clase! Pasaremos dos semanas en la MONTAÑA, ¡es la oportunidad PERFECTA para estar a solas con mi CRUSH! Pero está claro que no puede ser todo tan FÁCIL... ¿quién iba decirnos que terminaríamos PERDIDOS en la nieve? Tendremos que pedir AYUDA a alguien... ¡muy ESPECIAL! ¿Qué voy a hacer ahora? ¿Se pueden tener dos AMORES a la vez? Suerte que te tengo a ti para contártelo todo... ¡Para eso eres mi SECRET DIARY!
El Viaje de Walter
by Alex Montrasio Daniel RosalesWalter y su pandilla son un grupo de criminales centrados en los suburbios de niebla de Milán hasta que encuentran un par de extraños que les ofrecen una tentadora, aunque misteriosa, misión. Aceptan el trabajo ignorando que dejarán su tierra e irán un extraño nuevo mundo, donde experimentarán una aventura para recordar toda la vida.
Un viaje del revés (La diversión de Martina #Volumen 8)
by Martina D'Antiochia¡No te pierdas esta nueva aventura de #LaDiversionDeMartina! Por fin este año en el instituto preparamos ¡una obra de teatro! Estoy SÚPER ilusionada. Esta vez estábamos ensayando con mis amigos y, sin saber cómo ni por qué, hemos ido a parar literalmente a la otra punta del mundo y... ¡estamos en Australia! Pero... ¿cómo hemos llegado hasta allí? Lo peor no es la bronca que nos va a caer, sino que ¡no tenemos ni idea de cómo volver! ¿TE APUNTAS? ¡LA DIVERSIÓN ESTÁ ASEGURADA!
El viaje sentimental
by Laurence SternePublicado en 1768, el Viaje sentimental de Laurence Sterne es una de las cumbres de la narrativa inglesa, deslumbrante herencia de Defoe y Cervantes.Un alegre clérigo, de nombre Yorick, alter ego del autor, lleva a cabo un recorrido sentimental por Francia e Italia donde no son tan importantes los paisajes o las ciudades como las mujeres, las gentes, las aventuras, las sensaciones, el ingenio y el humor. Como uno de los más brillantes fundadores de la novela inglesa, Sterne alumbra en este clásico una obra iniciática y seminal, referente ineludible para todos los grandes escritores modernos.
El viaje superincreíble de Freddie Yates
by Jenny PearsonTRES AMIGOS, UNAS VACACIONES DE VERANO Y UN VIAJE LLENO DE AVENTURAS Freddie Yates tiene un plan secreto brillante. Bueno, no tan secreto y no tan brillante. En realidad, podría habérselo pensado mejor antes de embarcarse en la aventura de encontrar a su padre biológico. ¡Ojalá hubiera metido más calzoncillos en la maleta! Y es que en su viaje no estaba previsto que participara en un concurso anual de comedores de cebolla, ni que apareciera Trev el Grandullón, ni que saliera por televisión junto a sus dos mejores amigos disfrazado de Supergirl. A Freddie le encantan los datos curiosos, pero le queda uno muy importante por aprender: los viajes están llenos de imprevistos y, a veces, te llevan al destino menos esperado... La crítica ha dicho:«Las coincidencias existen, pero no sabemos si los milagros también: lo que sí es seguro es que esta historia sobre todo tipo de familias te conmoverá y te hará reír a partes iguales.»The Sunday Times «Entrañable y verdaderamente divertida.»The Times, Children's Books of the Year «Repleta de aventuras que te arrancarán carcajadas.»The Sunday Times «La capacidad de Pearson para inventar situaciones cómicas no decae a lo largo de su primera novela.»Financial Times
¡Un viaje top! (Daniela DivertiGuay #Volumen 6)
by Daniela DivertiGuayVuelve Daniela Divertiguay con una nueva aventura ¡más divertiguay que nunca! Esta vez ¡escapada a la playa! Después de las LARGUÍÍÍSIMAS clases, los madrugones, los deberes... POR FIN ha llegado el momento que tanto estaba esperando Daniela: ¡LAS VACACIONES! Pero no unas vacaciones corrientes cualesquiera... Su madre y sus titas les tienen reservada una sorpresa: un viaje ¡al CARIBE! Playas, palmeras y cocos, un mar turquesa... Unas vacaciones perfectas en las que nada podría salir mal... ¿no? ¡DESCÚBRELO EN LAS VACACIONES MÁS DIVERTIGUAYS!
Vibes
by Amy Kathleen RyanNothing is beyond Kristi Carmichael's disdain--her hippie high school, her friend Jacob, her workaholic mom. Yet for all her attitude and her mind-reading abilities, Kristi has a vulnerable side. She can hear the thoughts of her fellow students, calling her fat and gross. She's hot for Gusty Peterson, one of the most popular guys in school, but of course, she's sure he thinks she is disgusting. And she's still mad at her father, who walked out on them two years ago. Soon, a school project brings her together with Gusty, her father comes home and drops a bombshell, and a friend comes out of the closet, and suddenly she is left doubting that she can read people at all.Bitingly funny but ultimately poignant and positive, this YA novel is completely on the mark.
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
by Roald DahlThe Reverend Lee is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition: Back-to-Front Dyslexia. It affects only his speech, and he doesn't realize he's doing it, but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by his seemingly outrageous comments. At last a cure is found and the mild-mannered vicar can resume normal service. Or at least as normal as is possible for a man who must walk backwards to be sure of talking forwards!A highly comic tale in the best Dahl tradition of craziness, written for the benefit of the Dyslexia Institute.
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
by Roald Dahl<P>The Reverend Robert Lee triumphed over dyslexia as a child. But when he becomes the new vicar of Nibbleswicke, that triumph turns to travesty. For his condition has not resurfaced in its old manner, but in a virulent and highly peculiar form. Without his even being aware of it, the most important words in the sentences he utters mysteriously turn themselves around and come out backwards. A vicar calling on the blessing of Dog Almighty? Drol help the good people of Nibbleswicke! <P>Once again Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake join forces, spinning a hilarious story of a most remarkable vicar, whose unusual solution to his problem is sure to amuse Dahl's many fans.
The Vicar of Wakefield
by Oliver GoldsmithWhen Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures - encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor's prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day - from pastoral and romance to the picaresque - infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire.
The Vicar Vortex (The Mildly Catastrophic Misadventures of Tony Vicar #3)
by Vince R. DitrichTony Vicar is wrestling against the ordinary patterns his life has fallen into, until dark secrets and a dangerous woman from the past threaten to upend it all.After the devastating fire that nearly destroyed his hotel and pub, Tony Vicar has rebuilt both Hotel Valentine and The Vicar’s Knickers once again. But the glamour of being a barman has lost some of its lustre and the responsibility is incessant. Even a couple of famous television mediums determined to uncover the truth about the hotel’s mysterious ghost can’t seem to stir Vicar from the unwelcome state of “normality” his life has settled into.But life in Tyee Lagoon has a way of veering away from normal, as proven when femme fatale Serena, unexpectedly freed of criminal charges, returns to town to steal back baby Frankie — who she abandoned on Vicar’s doorstep two years before — and hopefully ensnare Tony in the process. Serena hits a new high in outrageous and dangerous behaviour, allowing no one, especially not Tony’s girlfriend Jacquie O, to get in her way.On the defensive, Vicar tries to protect his little family, while simultaneously attempting to stop the endless circles of his life and learn lessons about authenticity, caring, and the surprising power of his effect on others … including his mother-in-law.
The Vicar's Knickers (The Mildly Catastrophic Misadventures of Tony Vicar #2)
by Vince R. DitrichTony Vicar is setting his sights on new (mis)adventures in this laugh-out-loud follow-up to The Liquor Vicar.Tony Vicar, now an internationally known celebrity — due to greatly exaggerated news reports of his nearly miraculous powers — has turned his attention to renovating his recently inherited crumbling old hotel in the wacky town of Tyee Lagoon. It’s a good thing his level-headed girlfriend, Jacquie O, is on board to temper his more outlandish ideas, because the pair plan to turn the hotel’s dumpy old beer parlour into the Vicar’s Knickers — a lavish and beautiful pub.Of course, building a tiny empire is not without challenges, shocks, oppositions, and calamities. Vicar’s celebrity is threatened as he is assailed by Hollywood gossip journalist Richard X. Dick — a cynic determined to undermine Vicar at every turn. On top of that, a surprise that changes everything is unexpectedly left on Vicar and Jacquie O’s doorstep late one night in a heavy blizzard.Vicar feels the pressure mounting and fears he may be cracking. He’s beginning to see and hear things that simply cannot be accounted for. Surrounded by forces both invisible and all too obvious, he must tackle the greatest misadventure of his life: parenthood.
Vicky Angel
by Jacqueline WilsonJade's best friend Vicky has always been the bigger, brighter and bolder of the two, at fourteen just as she was at primary school. When Vicky is killed in a car crash, Jade can scarcely believe her vivacious friend is dead - especially when she appears hovering beside her, brighter than ever, translucent, invisible to others and able to fly. . . Our best-selling author has created a touching and warm-hearted story about the power of friendship and learning to cope with bereavement.
Victim: A Novel
by Andrew BorygaFINALIST FOR THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE • AN NPR, BBC, AND DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • There&’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the odd currency of identity."A crowning achievement." —New York Times Book Review • "You will burn through Victim and find your hands scalded when you are done…Pitch perfect." —Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies DreamingJavier Perez is a hustler from a family of hustlers. He learns from an early age how to play the game to his own advantage, how his background—murdered drug dealer dad, single cash-strapped mom, best friend serving time for gang activity—can be a key to doors he didn&’t even know existed. This kind of story, molded in the right way, is just what college admissions committees are looking for, and a full academic scholarship to a prestigious university brings Javi one step closer to his dream of becoming a famous writer.As a college student, Javi embellishes his life story until there&’s not even a kernel of truth left. The only real connection to his past is the occasional letter he trades with his childhood best friend, Gio, who doesn&’t seem to care about Javi&’s newfound awareness of white privilege or the school-to-prison pipeline. Soon after Javi graduates, a viral essay transforms him from a writer on the rise to a journalist at a legendary magazine where the editors applaud his &“unique perspective.&” But Gio more than anyone knows who Javi really is, and sees through his game. Once Gio&’s released from prison and Javi offers to cut him in on the deal, will he play along with Javi&’s charade, or will it all come crumbling down?A satirical sendup of tear-jerking trauma plots with a tender portrait of friendship at its core, Victim asks what real diversity looks like and how far one man is willing to go to make his story hit the right notes.
Victoria and the Rogue
by Meg CabotVictoriaGrowing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs -- not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English gentleman, even before setting foot on British soil.The RogueHugo Rothschild, ninth earl of Malfrey, is everything a girl could want in a future husband: he is handsome and worldly, if not rich. Lady Victoria has everything just as she'd like it. That is, if raffish young ship captain Jacob Carstairs would leave well enough alone.Jacob's meddling is nothing short of exasperating, and Victoria is mystified by his persistence. But when it becomes clear that young Lord Malfrey just might not be all that he's professed to be, Victoria is forced to admit, for the first time in her life, that she is wrong. Not only about her fiance, but about the reason behind the handsome ship captain's interference.