Shut Up Youre Fine

A collection of laugh-out-loud tongue-in-cheek nursery rhymes that do for poetry what Edward Gorey did for cartooning. Illustrated by the distinguished artist and graphic designer Barry Moser.

"Annie Choi wants to tell you a few things: She hates musical theater. She thinks sandwiches are boring. She likes camping, except for the outdoors part. She daydreams about cannibalism. At fifteen, her father made her read the entire car manual before allowing her to sit in the driver's seat. And she once chased down a man who stole her handbag ..."--

Poetry.

This hands-on guide from Mel Robbins, one of America’s top relationship experts and radio/tv personalities, addresses why over 100 million Americans secretly feel frustrated and bored with their lives and reveals what you can do about it. Mel Robbins has spent her career teaching people how to push past their self-imposed limits to get what they truly desire. She has an in-depth understanding of the psychological and social factors that repeatedly hold you back, and more important, a unique set of tools for getting you where you want to be. In Stop Saying You’re Fine, she draws on neuroscientific research, interviews with countless everyday people, and ideas she’s tested in her own life to show what works and what doesn’t. The key, she explains, is understanding how your own brain works against you. Because evolution has biased your mental gears against taking action, what you need are techniques to outsmart yourself. That may sound impossible, but Mel has created a remarkably effective method to help you do just that--and some of her discoveries will astonish you. By ignoring how you feel and seizing small moments of rich possibility--a process she calls “leaning in”--you can make tiny course directions add up to huge change. Among this book’s other topics: how everything can depend on not hitting the “snooze” button; the science of connecting with other people, what children can teach us about getting things done; and why five seconds is the maximum time you should wait before acting on a great idea. Blending warmth, humor and unflinching honesty with up-to-the-minute science and hard-earned wisdom, Stop Saying You’re Fine moves beyond the platitudes and easy fixes offered in many self-help books. Mel’s insights will actually help vault you to a better life, ensuring that the next time someone asks how you’re doing, you can truthfully answer, “Absolutely great.”

Winner, Trillium Book Award In Téa Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides on shaving her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator’s experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humor, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed. Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book to be published under VS. Books, a series of books curated and edited by writer-musician Vivek Shraya featuring work by new and emerging Indigenous or Black writers, or writers of color. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn't a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour De France--and wore the yellow jersey twice--Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. European and American crowds were drawn to his aggressive riding style, outgoing nature, and refreshing realness. Voigt adopted a tireless work ethic that he carried throughout his career. In Shut Up, Legs! (a legendary Jensism), Voigt reflects upon his childhood in East Germany, juggling life as a professional cyclist and a father of six, and how he remained competitive without doping. Shut Up, Legs! offers a rare glimpse inside his heart and mind.

On his very first day of school as a substitute teacher, Cinque Henderson was cursed at and openly threatened by one of his students. Not wanting trouble or any broken bones, Henderson called the hall monitor, who escorted the student to the office. But five minutes later the office sent him back with a note that read, “Ok to return to class.” That was it: no suspension, no detention, no phone call home, nothing. Sit Down and Shut Up: How Discipline Can Set Students Free is a passionate and personal analysis of Henderson's year as substitute teacher in some of America’s toughest schools. Students disrespected, yelled at, and threatened teachers, abetted by a school system and political culture that turned a willfully blind eye to the economic and social decline that created the problem. Henderson concludes that the failures of our worst schools are the result of a population in crisis: classrooms are microcosms of all our nation’s most vexing issues of race and class. The legacy and stain of race—the price of generational trauma, the cost of fatherlessness, the failures of capitalism, the false promise of meritocracy—played itself out in every single interaction Henderson had with an aggressive student, an unengaged parent, or a failed administrator. In response to the chaos he found in the classroom, Henderson proposes a recommitment to the notion that discipline—wisely and properly understood, patiently and justly administered—is the only proper route to freedom and opportunity for generations of poor youth. With applications far beyond the classroom, Henderson’s experiences offer novel insights into the pressing racial, social, and economic issues that have shaped America’s cultural landscape. Sure to ignite discussion and controversy, Sit Down and Shut Up provides a frank evaluation of the broken classrooms of America and offers a bold strategy for fixing them.

A backward and booze-soaked spin on the steampunk model, Turnkey follows its cast of old-fashioned souls adrift in a new-fashioned world.In Part II of Turnkey, reluctant fugitives Will Pocket and Kitt Sunner escape New London proper with Dolly, Gren, and Eddie in tow. Blanketed by the sleepy forests, they begin a life in hiding at the fantastically unusual Gaslight Tea House, but new troubles soon arise.A blend of self-deprecating humor, silly wit, white-knuckle adventure, old-fashioned romance, and bittersweet tragedy, Turnkey begins The Gaslight Volumes of Will Pocket with a resounding bang!

GARRISON'S CREED is a romantic suspense, military romance novel by New York Times bestselling author Cristin Harber. A SPY RUNNING FOR HER LIFE Nicola is an injured CIA agent on the run from a failed undercover operation. Her escape plan shatters when she slams into the man who buried her a decade ago. Cash Garrison. Her first and only love. Now, sexier than her best memory and cradling a sniper’s rifle, he has questions she can’t answer. Why was she alive? And armed? AND THE MAN SHE COULD NEVER SEE AGAIN Cash is an elite member of a black ops organization, The Titan Group. He thought Nicola died his senior year of college and swore off love to focus on a decade of military missions. But when she shows up behind enemy lines, bleeding out and wielding a weapon, his heart and mind are unsure how to proceed. BATTLE BETRAYAL TO SAVE THEMSELVES Titan and the CIA join forces to uncover a mole hidden in a network of international terrorists and homegrown mobsters, teaming Cash and Nicola again. They fight old wounds and re-ignite sparks while closing in on a double agent. When disaster strikes, Nicola’s hidden past makes her the hunted target and Cash’s best kill shot may not be enough to save them. "5 out of 5! One sentence: Titan boys set panties on fire." -Literary Sweet "4.5 stars and Crowned Heart of Excellence. Absolutely gripping and intense, so sit down and enjoy the fast-paced ride." InD'Tale Magazine "Yes, is this a second chance romance, but it has circumstances and plot twists like no other I have ever read." Kame Book Review "If you love military/romantic suspense, if you love Lori Foster or Maya Banks... read this series. I'm telling you, Cristin Harber is the bomb and she is going places. I promise." -Straight Shootin' Book Reviews "No one writes studs and guns better than Cristin Harber." - JB Salsbury, New York Times Bestselling Romance Author "Super hot and sexy, wrapped up in an overprotective alpha bow." -The Naughty Book Snitch "Action, suspense, danger. It's all there and you never know when or where it will pop up." - Lost in a Book The Titan Series: Winters Heat Sweet Girl Garrison's Creed Westin's Chase Gambled Chased Savage Secrets Hart Attack Black Dawn Sweet One Live Wire Bishop's Queen Locke and Key Jax The Delta Series: Delta: Retribution Delta: Revenge Delta: Redemption Delta: Ricochet A Delta team crossover book in MacKenzie Family Collection by Liliana Hart: Delta: Rescue The Only Series: Only for Him Only for Her Only for Us Only Forever 7 Brides for 7 Soldiers Series: Noah: A small town romance novels. Don’t miss any of the sexy soldiers in the 7 Brides series! Ryder – Barbara Freethy Adam – Roxanne St. Claire Zane – Christie Ridgway Wyatt – Lynn Raye Harris Jack – Julia London Noah – Cristin Harber Ford – Samantha Chase Also, be sure to check out the Titan World novels (no reading order): Going Under – Anna Bishop Barker Deja Vu – Cristin Harber Bullets and Bluebonnets – Jessie Lane Edge of Temptation – Gennita Low Downtime – Karyn Lawrence aka Nikki Sloane Target of Mine – ML Buchman Never Mine – Megan Mitcham Twisted Desire – Sharon Kay Rescued Heart – Tarina Deaton Each Titan World, 7 Brides, Titan, and Delta book can be read as a standalone (except for Sweet Girl), but readers will likely best enjoy the series in order except for Titan World which does not have a reading order or suggested book list. Readers who enjoy these authors will likely enjoy Cristin Harber: Maya Banks, Susan Stoker, Lynn Raye Harris, Dale Mayer, Julie Ann Walker, Katie Reus, Kaylea Cross, Katie Ruggle, Kat Martin, Pamela Clare, Elle James, Paige Tyler Keywords: romance novel, romantic books, romance books full book for adults, romance books, romantic books, romantic novels, military romance, romantic suspense, thriller, mystery romance books, mystery thriller, hot SEAL, sexy mysteries, kidnap, abduction, jungle, love story, law enforcement, intelligent female, Navy SEAL, SEAL romance, former military, romance series, long series, mafia romance, mafia romance books, opposites attract, CIA, spy, enemies to lovers, single parent, single dad, protector, protecting, rescue, save the day, happily ever after, HEA, racy, steam, steamy, sizzle, quick read, fast read, romance ebook, romantic story, alpha hero, wealthy hero, military hero, reunited, lovers, romantic thriller, romantic novels sexy, second chance, love story, special ops, black ops, romance, top romance, bestselling romance, romance bestseller, veteran, justice, woman in peril, ugly duckling, hot to read, what should I read

It's the 1950s and the Cold War is raging. Danny and Josie-they couldn't be more different when they meet. Beautiful, petite Josie joins the Air Force to escape her home and put some adventure in her life. The quiet, intelligent girl from small-town Quebec meets Danny, the tough, street-wise kid from the West, and they fall in love. They begin their life together at an Air Force base on Canada's West Coast. Their best friends, Ollie and Russ, support them through good times and bad. The two couples call themselves the 'Fearsome Foursome, ' and they share often-hilarious adventures as they explore their new home, breaking all the rules as they go. When off-duty they howl with Danny's crewmates, the 'Wild Dogs' of D Crew. They try to live a life as carefree as the sea and mountains around them-but there are unseen currents ready to drag them under, and heights that may be too high to climb. As they struggle with all the external and internal pressures on their relationship, bad choices by each of them tear at its fabric-until their love is ultimately tested on a dark and lonely country road.