SLIM CHANCE

SLIM CHANCE
Author: Jackie Rose
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2014-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460362713

Is her chance to have it all shrinking along with her waistline? All Evelyn Mays wants is to be the perfect bride in a size 8 Vera Wang wedding dress. Call her superficial, but when your boyfriend has turned up at your office and dramatically proposed—your green-withenvy colleagues watching in astonishment—there's a certain image to live up to! Evie senses that her supposedly fast-track career is spiraling away from her, but at least there's something she can control: her Big Day. She just has to transform herself from a cuddly brunette into a svelte blonde…. But changing her appearance proves addictive; Evie develops a taste for experimenting: new friends…new men? Her best friend, convinced that Mr. Right is just an urban legend anyway, eggs her on to have one last fling. Only, is Evie discovering her true self, or playing a game of chance that will end in trouble?

Slim Chance Fat Hope: Society's Obsession With Thinness

Slim Chance Fat Hope: Society's Obsession With Thinness
Author: Catherine Swee Kian Tay
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2004-04-07
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9814483362

Slimming and dieting has become such a fixation among Singaporeans that manufacturers and distributors of weight-reducing products are laughing all the way to the bank. However, the recent spate of controversies surrounding slimming pills is no laughing matter.This book is a collection of articles accessible to anyone who wants to know more about the phenomenon, its consequences and related topics. Its purpose is not to champion the “ideal” of being slim, but rather to provide a platform for meaningful discussion and for educating the general public about a healthier way of living.Written by people from all walks of life, such as doctors, lawyers, academics, counsellors and journalists, the book takes a thoughtful and at times light-hearted look at Singaporeans' “obsession” with their body image, and reflects on other issues it raises.The star attractions of this book are interviews with two of Singapore's best-loved comedians, Moses Lim and Hossan Leong. Let them give you a humorous first-hand account of how they view and come to terms with their own body size and turn it into confidence both on and off the stage.

Slim Chance, Fat Hope

Slim Chance, Fat Hope
Author: Catherine Swee Kian Tay
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9812387382

Slimming and dieting has become such a fixation among Singaporeans that manufacturers and distributors of weight-reducing products are laughing all the way to the bank. However, the recent spate of controversies surrounding slimming pills is no laughing matter.This book is a collection of articles accessible to anyone who wants to know more about the phenomenon, its consequences and related topics. Its purpose is not to champion the ?ideal? of being slim, but rather to provide a platform for meaningful discussion and for educating the general public about a healthier way of living.Written by people from all walks of life, such as doctors, lawyers, academics, counsellors and journalists, the book takes a thoughtful and at times light-hearted look at Singaporeans' ?obsession? with their body image, and reflects on other issues it raises.The star attractions of this book are interviews with two of Singapore's best-loved comedians, Moses Lim and Hossan Leong. Let them give you a humorous first-hand account of how they view and come to terms with their own body size and turn it into confidence both on and off the stage.

English, The Aussie Way

English, The Aussie Way
Author: Lynne Maree Walsh
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre:
ISBN: 1681815656

Written by a Sydney native, English, The Aussie Way: A Fun Guide to Australia’s Colourful Phrases, Words, and Expressions offers an amusing way for English or non-English speakers around the world to learn the colloquial phrases for which Australia is famous. This user-friendly reference provides words/phrases and meanings/synonyms by using an example sentence. Says the author, “For seven years I housed international students who were attending English language schools in Sydney, and I realised that although they had a good grasp of formal grammar, they struggled to understand not only colloquial English, but many of the commonly used phrasal verbs, which could not be found in a standard English/Spanish, French, etc., dictionary. It was then that I decided to start writing some of them down for future reference and it grew from there.”

Self-working Card Tricks

Self-working Card Tricks
Author: Karl Fulves
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1976
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486233345

72 spectacular and entertaining tricks: card locations, coincidence tricks, mental magic with cards, tricks with double endings, tricks with two decks, predictions, tricks with borrowed decks, trick poker deals. Easy-to-learn, clearly illustrated, these tricks produce spectacular effects with a minimum of practice. 42 illustrations.

The Young One

The Young One
Author: Philip Rangel
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2023-07-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1665740523

The land of Lyre is changing. For a thousand seasons magic has been bound. The Mythits, hidden within the enchanted forest of Mirshol, are waiting. Sunder, once the Mythit companion of the greatest mage in Lyre, finds January of Window. Magic once more explodes across the face of Lyre. Melody, the immortal daughter of the evil wizard Dagdor, has waited for the magic to return. As the land awakens to power, her long awaited plans for revenge unfold. Now is the time to strike! Lyndsy, a child of the were, the werewolf race of the northlands, finds January on Blood Plain. An evil band of dark Mythits has been sent to Mirshol to slay the Mythits of Light. Together, they vanquish a band of evil creatures under the control of Melody. Flower, the Mythit daughter of Sunder and Jasmine, has an idea. There is nothing more dangerous in all of Lyre than a Mythit with an idea. She decides to follow January and Lyndsy. This is the story of January, Lyndsy, and the Mythit named Flower. Join them as they travel the realm of Lyre warning the leaders of the land of the coming darkness and the battle that threatens them all.

The Gallup Poll

The Gallup Poll
Author: Alec M. Gallup
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780742562394

As the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.

Unriddling the Exeter Riddles

Unriddling the Exeter Riddles
Author: Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0271078170

The vibrant and enigmatic Exeter Riddles (ca. 960–980) are among the most compelling texts in the field of medieval studies, in part because they lack textually supplied solutions. Indeed, these ninety-five Old English riddles have become so popular that they have even been featured on posters for the London Underground and have inspired a sculpture in downtown Exeter. Modern scholars have responded enthusiastically to the challenge of solving the Riddles, but have generally examined them individually. Few have considered the collection as a whole or in a broader context. In this book, Patrick Murphy takes an innovative approach, arguing that in order to understand the Riddles more fully, we must step back from the individual puzzles and consider the group in light of the textual and oral traditions from which they emerged. He offers fresh insights into the nature of the Exeter Riddles’ complexity, their intellectual foundations, and their lively use of metaphor.