Let's Get Back to the Party

Let's Get Back to the Party
Author: Zak Salih
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164375114X

“A gorgeously written meditation on being a gay man in America now . . . A raw and captivating debut.” —BookPage Recommended by: O, the Oprah Magazine * BuzzFeed * The Millions * Cosmopolitan * Electric Literature * Literary Hub * Harper's Bazaar * Lambda Literary * LGBTQ Reads * Passport magazine * Paperback Paris * Debutiful * Book Riot * The Bay Area Reporter * The Advocate It is 2015, weeks after the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling. A high school art history teacher, Sebastian Mote envies his queer students and their freedom to live openly the youth he lost to fear and shame. When he runs into his childhood friend Oscar Burnham at a wedding in Washington, DC, he can’t help but see it as a second chance. Now thirty-five, the men haven’t seen each other in more than a decade. But Oscar has no interest in their shared history, nor in the sense of belonging Sebastian craves. Instead, he’s outraged by what he sees as the death of gay culture: bars overrun with bachelorette parties, friends coupling off and having babies. For Oscar, conformity isn’t peace, it’s surrender. While Oscar and Sebastian struggle to find their place in a rapidly changing world, each is drawn into a cross-generational friendship that treads the line be­tween envy and obsession: Sebastian with one of his students, Oscar with an older icon of the AIDS era. And as they collide again and again, both men must reckon not just with each other but with themselves. Provocative, moving, and rich with sharply drawn characters, Let’s Get Back to the Party introduces an exciting and contemporary new talent.

Let's Get Back to the Party

Let's Get Back to the Party
Author: Zak Salih
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1643752073

"Estranged childhood friends Oscar and Sebastian-both too young to have a personal relationship with the AIDS crisis but too old to have enjoyed the freedom of an out adolescence-spend a year grappling with cultural identity, generational change, and what they see in, and owe to, each other"--

Let's Get This Party Haunted!

Let's Get This Party Haunted!
Author: R.L. Stine
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008-12-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307496430

From R.L. Stine, master horror author of the Goosebumps series and the Fear Street trilogy—now streaming on Netflix—comes another spooky tale! It’s October, and you know what that means . . . well, sure, Halloween, but it’s also Max’s birthday! Now that a bunch of ghosts have entered Max’s life, no birthday celebration will ever be the same! All Max wants for his birthday is a great party– but will he live to see another new year?

Let's Have a Dog Party

Let's Have a Dog Party
Author: Mikela Prevost
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0451481178

"Kate throws her dog Frank a festive birthday party, but he'd rather have a quiet day with her"--

Let's Have a Tree Party!

Let's Have a Tree Party!
Author: David Martin
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763637041

Grandpa Crow gathers the forest critters together for a party in a tree.

Let's Have a Tea Party!

Let's Have a Tea Party!
Author: Emilie Barnes
Publisher: Harvest Kids
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1997-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781565076792

Emilie Barnes invites her little friends to enjoy the wonder of teatime. Whimsical images by artist Michal Sparks dance around the many creative ideas for invitations, decorations, tasty treats, and frolicking fun activities for six parties, including Elizabeth's Pony Club Tea, A Musical Tea, and Tea with Grammy.

Let's Get Pizza

Let's Get Pizza
Author: Greve
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1618104284

When Dan And Dad Go Out For Pizza They Learn That Just Because It Smells So Good Doesn't Mean You Should Eat Too Much. It's Much Better If You Share. Teaching Focus, Words To Know Before You Read, Comprehension And Extension Activities. Inside Front And Back Cover Parent And Teacher Support.

Hyperbole and a Half

Hyperbole and a Half
Author: Allie Brosh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1451666187

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Songs in the Key of Z

Songs in the Key of Z
Author: Irwin Chusid
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2000-04-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 156976493X

Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure—figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy—and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies. About the only things these self-taught artists have in common are an utter lack of conventional tunefulness and an overabundance of earnestness and passion. But, believe it or not, they're worth listening to, often outmatching all contenders for inventiveness and originality. A CD featuring songs by artists profiled in the book is also available.