Ain't it Cool?

Ain't it Cool?
Author: Harry Knowles
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780446525978

Presents a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the realm of Hollywood, exposing guarded secrets about scripts, casting, production, test screenings, and the release of films.

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death
Author: James Harberson
Publisher: Markosia Enterprises Ltd
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913802272

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death collects hard-boiled shorts about satanic Christmas movies, performance art euthanasia, child sacrifice skincare, and other demented goodness from Jim Harberson, co-author of Markosia’s acclaimed graphic novel, Stay Alive.

Ain't the Beer Cold!

Ain't the Beer Cold!
Author: Chuck Thompson
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2002-10-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1461661633

Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson, with the assistance of veteran Associated Press sportswriter Gordon Beard, shares a personal play-by-play account of his celebrated career and life in this newly updated paperback edition of Ain't the Beer Cold! Since his broadcasting beginnings fresh out of high school in 1939, Thompson has served with the Armed Forces in World War II, relaxed as a one-man audience for a crooning Bing Crosby, and done sportscasting for the Phillies, A's, Senators, and Orioles. In 1993, Thompson's broadcasting achievement was honored with a place in the Broadcasters' Wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here he offers a delightful and insightful perspective on his profession, its people, and its place in the heart of American sports.

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Author: Karen Beaumont
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152024888

In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.

The Art of Pixar Short Films

The Art of Pixar Short Films
Author: Amid Amidi
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1452165211

While Pixar Animation Studios was creating beloved feature-length films such as Monsters Inc., Ratatouille, and WALLE, it was simultaneously testing animation and storytelling techniques in dozens of memorable short films. Andre and Wally B proved that computer animation was possible; Tin Toy laid the groundwork for what would become Toy Story; and Mike's New Car exposed Pixar's finely tuned funny bone. In The Art of Pixar Short Films, animation expert and short film devotee Amid Amidi shines a spotlight on these and many more memorable vignettes from the Pixar archive. Essays and interviews illuminate more than 250 full-color pastels, pencil sketches, storyboards, and final rendered frames that were the foundation of Pixar's creative process.

I Ain't Doin' It

I Ain't Doin' It
Author: Heather Land
Publisher: Howard Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1982104104

Social media comedian and southern sweetheart Heather Land delivers her hilarious and unfiltered wisdom on the frustrating everyday moments that drive us crazy. Heather Land has something to say about almost everything in life—the unbelievable, inconceivable, and downright frustrating—and why she “ain’t doin’ it.” Now, Heather shines a light on the (occasional) ridiculousness of life through a series of hilarious essays, dishing on everything from Walmart and ex-husbands to Southern beauty pageants and unfortunate trips to the gynecologist. I Ain’t Doin’ It reminds us that when it comes to life’s messy moments, it’s all about perspective—and that we too can say, I ain’t doin’ it! Perfect for fans of Jim Gaffigan, Anjelah Johnson, and Brian Regan, I Ain’t Doin’ It is a fun, breezy read for anyone who appreciates someone who tells it like it is and wants to embrace the lighter side of life.

Ain't No Makin' It

Ain't No Makin' It
Author: Jay MacLeod
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2018-03-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429975082

This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy: how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain't No Makin' It, Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the 'Brothers' and the 'Hallway Hangers'. Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod's return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revision, revealed little improvement in the lives of these men as they struggled in the labor market and crime-ridden underground economy. The third edition of this classic ethnography of social reproduction brings the story of inequality and social mobility into today's dialogue. Now fully updated with thirteen new interviews from the original Hallway Hangers and Brothers, as well as new theoretical analysis and comparison to the original conclusions, Ain't No Makin' It remains an admired and invaluable text.

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
Author: Firoozeh Dumas
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054461237X

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name—Cindy. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the bestselling Funny in Farsi. California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award Winner Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award (Grades 6–8) New York Historical Society’s New Americans Book Prize Winner Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature, Honorable Mention Booklist 50 Best Middle Grade Novels of the 21st Century

This Ain't Chicago

This Ain't Chicago
Author: Zandria F. Robinson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1469614227

This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Author: Bebe Moore Campbell
Publisher: One World
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1995-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345401123

"ABSORBING...COMPELLING...HIGHLY SATISFYING." --San Francisco Chronicle "TRULY ENGAGING...Campbell has a storyteller's ear for dialogue and the visual sense of painting a picture and a place....There's a steam that keeps the story moving as the characters, and later their children, wrestle through racial, personal and cultural crisis." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "REMARKABLE...POWERFUL." --Time "YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE is rich, lush fiction set in rural Mississippi beginning in the mid-'50s. It is also a haunting reality flowing through Anywhere, U.S.A., in the '90s....There's love, rage and hatred, winning and losing, honor, abuse; in other words, humanity....Campbell now deserves recognition as the best of storytellers. Her writing sings." --The Indianapolis News "EXTRAORDINDARY." --The Seattle Times "A COMPELLING NARRATIVE...Campbell is a master when it comes to telling a story." --Entertainment Weekly YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE won the NAACP Image Award for Best Literary Work of Fiction