Jenny and the Jaws of Life

Jenny and the Jaws of Life
Author: Jincy Willett
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2008-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466807539

In these wonderfully funny and poignant stories, Willett's eccentric, complex characters think and do the unconventional. Soft, euphonic women gradually grow old; weak, unhappy men confront love and their own mortality; and abominable children desperately try to grow up with grace. With a unique voice and dry humor, Willett gives us a new insight into human existence, showing us those specific moments in relationships when life suddenly becomes visible. Critically acclaimed when it was first published in 1987, Jenny and the Jaws of Life is being brought back due to popular demand. It's a timeless collection filled with a certain freshness and wit that ring just as loudly today.

The Jaws of Life

The Jaws of Life
Author: Fallon Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1257063561

For a high school student, two months can seem like a lifetime-especially if she dies over summer vacation. Two months have passed since her death, and Holly Hawthorne has finally become a full-fledged angel. Now she is back to avenge her own murder. Unfortunately, someone is already on the undertaking: her immortal boyfriend, Gerard Winchester. To make things worse, Gerard doesn't recognize Holly after her transformation. Damien seems to be the only friend Holly has who can see through her guise- a valuable ally, if she can overlook his arrogance and womanizing ways. Gerard is a different man himself, tormented by the death of his angel at the hands of his arch-nemesis, Viktor. Can Holly stop Viktor and his undead army before he destroys her, or will she shatter under the pressure of her transcendental life and the secrets she keeps? Will Gerard see Holly for who she is, or will he fall in love with the façade she has become?

Jaws of Life

Jaws of Life
Author: Laura Leigh Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: West Virginia
ISBN: 9781946684158

In the hills of north central West Virginia, there lives a cast of characters who face all manner of problems. From the people who are incarcerated in West Virginia's prisons, to a woman who is learning how to lose her sight with grace, to another who sorely regrets selling her land to a fracking company, Jaws of Life portrays the diverse concerns the people of this region face every day--poverty, mental illness, drug abuse, the loss of coal mines, and the rise of new extractive industries that exert their own toll. While these larger concerns exist on the edges of their realities, these characters must still deal with quotidian difficulties: how to coexist with ex-spouses, how to care for sick family members, and how to live with friends who always seem to have more.

Escaping the Jaws of Life

Escaping the Jaws of Life
Author: Lori Godsey Anzini
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-01-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1468537482

This is a story of a Widow's journey from grief to life happiness. Lori, a wife, mother, career woman, politician, and independent thinker, found herself one day without her husband of 36 years, he was the love of her life. A transformation took place over the next 4 years, significant enough that her depression diminished and she was able to get off all medications that had been prescribed for many years. It wasn't easy. The children she loved could not accept the changed mother. Even as full grown adults, they were also grieving. Happiness comes in various forms...but ultimately, she found that she was happiest when she purposely moved her intentions into pure positiveness, doing the things she knew that felt right. She became healthier, happier, and significantly drawn into her resolve that if you take care of yourself first, then everything else is better. Find the joy and fun of being, and dont look back. Lori writes in her own words with frankness and honesty of her soul-searching journey through widowhood. When practicing the art of "letting go" her life dramatically changed towards different path - one of spirituality, mystical belief, freedom, and acknowledging that her path unfolded the way it's supposed to go, and nothing is ever wrong. This is a book for those who lost the love of their life. Many would find her feistiness uplifting and healing. This book is a thoughtful gift for anyone struggling with new widowhood, or in the need of finding a mid-life process for reimagining their own possibilities. Enjoy her view of widowhood from her transformation towards her journey of love. Enjoy her view of widowhood from the physical changes towards her journey of love.

In the Jaws of Life

In the Jaws of Life
Author: Dubravka Ugrešić
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1988
Genre:
ISBN:

This is the first American publication of three works by one of Eastern Europe's most original and inventive writers. Dubravka Ugresic's In the Jaws of Life and Other Stories collects two short novels and a group of short stories grounded in fact and informed by fancy. The title novel, Steffie Speck in the Jaws of Life, charts the life of a typist for a lonely hearts column. Laid out like a sewing pattern, with instructions, diagrams, and helpful hints in the margin, it juxtaposes the cliches and trite advice of stereotypical women's magazines and popular culture with the genuine despair of the marginalized heroine. The short stories collected in Life is a Fairy Tale (Metaterxies) draw on the author's academic background to produce wickedly funny parodies and droll pastiches of such writers as Daniil Kharms and Gogol. Whether depicting the anonymous lives of small characters in big cities or rewriting great works from a distinctly irreverent perspective, Ugresic is fresh, entertaining, and consistently surprising.

Jaws

Jaws
Author: Sandra Kahn
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1503606465

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution and the health risks posed by obstructed airways? Sandra Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich, a pioneering orthodontist and a world-renowned evolutionist, respectively, present the biological, dietary, and cultural changes that have driven us toward this major health challenge. They propose simple adjustments that can alleviate this developing crisis, as well as a major alternative to orthodontics that promises more significant long-term relief. Jaws will change your life. Every parent should read this book.

In the Jaws of History

In the Jaws of History
Author: Diem Bui
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1999-06-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780253213013

"... the ultimate insider's account of the war from the South Vietnamese side, including the appalling story of how the American intervention actually happened." --Washington Post "This book gives Americans a rare opportunity--the chance to see the Vietnam experience through Vietnamese eyes. Few Vietnamese know their recent history as well as Bui Diem does. And none has told it better." --Ambassador William Jorden "... well-written and at times illuminating... " --Library Journal In the Jaws of History is the most important book written on the Vietnam War from the viewpoint of the South, from an author who was a senior official of the South Vietnamese government and later ambassador to the U.S.

Emergency!

Emergency!
Author: Richard Yokley
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2007-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780763748968

The hit television show that helped revolutionize emergency medical care in the streets is still a favorite with fans all over the world. When the show premiered in 1972 fire department paramedic services were being piloted in just a handful of cities. By 1977 over 50% of the US population was within 10 minutes of a paramedic unit. The paramedics of Fire Station 51 showed viewers critical techniques such as CPR that saved lives both on screen and off. Emergency! Behind the Scene contains real life tales from the production crew - from medical and fire technical advisors, cast members and writer, to paramedics and fire fighters. Learn more about Johnny Gage, Roy DeSoto, Dixie McCall and the rest of the Station 51 Rampart General Hospital staff. If you are a fire fighter, paramedic or simply a fan you will enjoy this in depth look behind the scenes.

Jaws of Death - Max Cassidy 2

Jaws of Death - Max Cassidy 2
Author: Paul Adam
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1409024555

The second exciting title in the Max Cassidy action-adventure series. 'Be careful, Max . . . They will try to destroy you, as they are trying to destroy me . . .' His father is missing presumed dead and his mother is serving a twenty-year sentence for his murder, but teenage escapologist Max Cassidy is certain everybody is wrong - about both things . . . And now, his quest to find the truth has become very dangerous . . . Max learns that his dad was part of a secret global organisation, the Cedar Alliance. Desperate to find him alive, he seeks help from the other members of the group. But they are scattered across the world - and then they start disappearing one by one . . . Escapology is dangerous but not nearly as dangerous as real life . . .

Bearmouth

Bearmouth
Author: Liz Hyder
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781782695370

A new paperback edition of the acclaimed, fiercely original YA debut about justice, independence and resisting oppression