Butt Ugly

Butt Ugly
Author: Lynn Montgomery
Publisher: Zuzu Petals Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Children's stories, American
ISBN: 9780981572406

BUTT UGLY is a smallish green dog with a snaggle-toothed smile and three little hairs sticking up from his butt. He's the runt in a litter of thirteen walloping tail-waggers. The other pups get names like Sparky, Princess and Fang. But everyone calls him BUTT UGLY. It makes him feel puny—inside and out. When the day arrives for new owners to come and choose puppies to take home, Butt Ugly hangs his head and hides in the corner. "Who wants a dog named Butt Ugly?" he mumbles to himself. And sure enough, all the puppies find homes, except Butt Ugly. And just when it looks like he couldn't feel any punier, BUTT UGLY is stuffed in the bottom of a basket and left abandoned on a doorstep in a Ding-Dong-Ditch! Mutts of the world unite! This book is for every creature who has ever felt a little shy, a little alone, or a little butt ugly. And for all the heroes who have opened their homes and their hearts to love them. BUTT UGLY's Ding-Dong-Ditch turns into the happiest day of his life, for him and the marvelous boy who finds him. Butt Ugly strikes a chord with every child who has ever felt different and alone. Butt Ugly touches the heart of anyone who has ever rescued and loved any 2-legged, 4-legged and even 50-legged creature. Butt Ugly celebrates the inner beauty in us all. BUTT UGLY proves that beauty is more than three butt hairs deep! BUTT UGLY is the new beautiful. If you've ever had trouble keeping your three little butt hairs in place, if you've ever practiced smiling in front of the mirror, but can't keep that snaggle-tooth from popping out—this Butt's for you! BUTT UGLY is triple-green. It has a green theme, it's printed on recycled paper, and it also collaborates with Eco-Libris, a "tree-offset" company to replenish the world's forests. For this first edition of Butt Ugly, 1,250 trees will be planted in developing countries. Buy a book, plant a tree. Look for the eco-libris logo on BUTT UGLY and know you are helping to re-GREEN the world.

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory
Author: Gerry Bailey
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439370233

When Muldoon captures Dog and takes him to the terrifying laser-cutting scientist, Dr. Brady Hacksaw, the Butt-Uglies and the kids find themselves on a highly hazardous rescue mission.

That's No Puddle-- That's Angela

That's No Puddle-- That's Angela
Author: Gerry Bailey
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439399326

When three Martians are sent to conquer Earth, they fall in love with everything about the planet--fast food, video games, rock 'n' roll, and humans--so instead of conquering Earth, the Martians befriend three kids and save the human race.

The ASBO Fairy Tales

The ASBO Fairy Tales
Author: Hans Christian Asbosen
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2011-06-30
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1843177471

Not quite as traditional as first glance might suggest, these hilarious reworkings of traditional classics are a wonderfully acerbic look at today's society.

Ugly Ways

Ugly Ways
Author: Tina McElroy Ansa
Publisher: HMH
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1995-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0547564074

Three sisters return to their southern hometown after the death of their difficult, demanding mother, in a novel by the author of Baby of the Family. In life, Esther Lovejoy was an intolerable mother. She raised her daughters with an iron fist, browbeat her husband into submission, and insisted they call her Mudear (an abbreviation of Mother Dear). As adults with successful careers, Betty, Emily, and Annie Ruth have scattered across the country to avoid Mudear’s influence. But now it’s time to lay her to rest, and the Lovejoy sisters have returned to Mulberry, Georgia, to pay their last respects. What they discover is that while Mudear may be dead, she is far from gone. With a large dose of compassion and a generous splash of humor, Tina McElroy Ansa serves up a powerful tale of family secrets and the ways our scars make us stronger. “A voice that is fresh and strong and just quirky enough to stand out from the crowd.” —The Boston Sunday Globe “An entertaining read . . . The author, like a good small-town gossip . . . paints a vivid picture of three bright, beautiful and emotionally scarred African-American sisters.” —Los Angeles Times

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2015-06-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1317372522

Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

Nine Nasty Words

Nine Nasty Words
Author: John McWhorter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2023-10-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0593421388

The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic. In a particularly coarse moment, when the public discourse is shaped in part by once-shocking words, nothing could be timelier.

Military Training Is Murder

Military Training Is Murder
Author: Brendan Bey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465383662

Military Training Is Murder is an action-adventure, romance against all odds, and mystery story in a historical novel with action and passion for life. It takes place in the 1970s when a Kentucky woman and a New York Metro area man start out as friends at The Ohio State University and become much more. They write to each other for support during the real trials of Army Officer Candidate School and Basic Combat Training. Murders, grand theft, assaults, and suicide occur in the story. Their correspondence becomes more intimate and their lives desperate. Eventually, they have to "adapt" and "overcome."

Greatest Jokes of the Century Book 14

Greatest Jokes of the Century Book 14
Author: Thomas F. Shubnell
Publisher: Thomas F. Shubnell
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2008-09-17
Genre:
ISBN: 1440419086

It is hard to imagine that there are still more jokes to be told and goodies to be shared, but here they are. Be prepared to laugh out loud as we do it again. More guffaws, more belly laughs, more lists, and more quickies to thoroughly tickle your fancy.