Up the Park

Up the Park
Author: Richard D. Kutz
Publisher: First Books
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1592997929

Hi! My name's Richard ... Dick, as my friends call me, Up The Park. In 1954-Chevy's largest engine was an inline six cylinder and kids had to dance to their parent's music. But ... that was all about to change-real fast. Come on along with my friends and me into the exciting 1950's, 60's n' "rock n' roll," Up The Park. A time when Chevy's grew to 409 H.P. and your feet just jumped and jived to a beat. Join a group of kids who mature while working out day to day life experiences together, through team sports and a strong camaraderie, ultimately becoming fine young adults. Experience or relive a first kiss, first date, passing your drivers exam, first car ... oh-I'll never smoke another cigarette! Who hasn't encountered-a bully, perhaps a little prejudice or a few heart throbs-oh how I wish she would look at me the way I look at her. Most of all, and don't forget, "don't, don't ever go with strangers!" There are lots of sports, fun and games. You'll like the park, the guys, the girls, the block parties, romper day, the corner candy store and have lots of fun. Why ... you just might even find the missing pieces to your puzzle. Hope to see ya' ... Up The Park. Best wishes, Richard D. Kutz

Pick Up the Park

Pick Up the Park
Author: Charles Ghigna
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1404867937

Readers learn that it is important to keep parks clean in a story told in verse.

Fenway Park: America's Most Beloved Park

Fenway Park: America's Most Beloved Park
Author: Major League Baseball
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN: 9780789399533

Looks at the history of Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox along with a pop-up replica of the ballpark.

Pick Up the Park

Pick Up the Park
Author: Charles Ghinga
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 140487870X

In this delightfun poem, children learn to do their part and help keep the park clean.

Who Cleans the Park?

Who Cleans the Park?
Author: John Krinsky
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2017-03-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 022643561X

America’s public parks are in a golden age. Hundreds of millions of dollars—both public and private—fund urban jewels like Manhattan’s Central Park. Keeping the polish on landmark parks and in neighborhood playgrounds alike means that the trash must be picked up, benches painted, equipment tested, and leaves raked. Bringing this often-invisible work into view, however, raises profound questions for citizens of cities. In Who Cleans the Park? John Krinsky and Maud Simonet explain that the work of maintaining parks has intersected with broader trends in welfare reform, civic engagement, criminal justice, and the rise of public-private partnerships. Welfare-to-work trainees, volunteers, unionized city workers (sometimes working outside their official job descriptions), staff of nonprofit park “conservancies,” and people sentenced to community service are just a few of the groups who routinely maintain parks. With public services no longer being provided primarily by public workers, Krinsky and Simonet argue, the nature of public work must be reevaluated. Based on four years of fieldwork in New York City, Who Cleans the Park? looks at the transformation of public parks from the ground up. Beginning with studying changes in the workplace, progressing through the public-private partnerships that help maintain the parks, and culminating in an investigation of a park’s contribution to urban real-estate values, the book unearths a new urban order based on nonprofit partnerships and a rhetoric of responsible citizenship, which at the same time promotes unpaid work, reinforces workers’ domination at the workplace, and increases the value of park-side property. Who Cleans the Park? asks difficult questions about who benefits from public work, ultimately forcing us to think anew about the way we govern ourselves, with implications well beyond the five boroughs.

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows
Author: Ina Park
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1250206650

"Joyful and funny . . . Park uses science, compassion, humor, diverse stories and examples of her own shame-free living to take the stigma out of these infections." —The New York Times With curiosity and wit, Strange Bedfellows rips back the bedsheets to expose what really happens when STDs enter the sack. Sexually transmitted diseases have been hidden players in our lives for the whole of human history, with roles in everything from World War II to the growth of the Internet to The Bachelor. But despite their prominence, STDs have been shrouded in mystery and taboo for centuries, which begs the question: why do we know so little about them? Enter Ina Park, MD, who has been pushing boundaries to empower and inform others about sexual health for decades. With Strange Bedfellows, she ventures far beyond the bedroom to examine the hidden role and influence of these widely misunderstood infections and share their untold stories. Covering everything from AIDS to Zika, Park explores STDs on the cellular, individual, and population-level. She blends science and storytelling with historical tales, real life sexual escapades, and interviews with leading scientists—weaving in a healthy dose of hilarity along the way. The truth is, most of us are sexually active, yet we’re often unaware of the universe of microscopic bedfellows inside our pants. Park aims to change this by bringing knowledge to the masses in an accessible, no-nonsense, humorous way—helping readers understand the broad impact STDs have on our lives, while at the same time erasing the unfair stigmas attached to them. A departure from the cone of awkward silence and shame that so often surrounds sexual health, Strange Bedfellows is the straight-shooting book about the consequences of sex that all curious readers have been looking for.

How We Clean Up a Park

How We Clean Up a Park
Author: Robin Nelson
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512463655

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How do you organize a big project? See how these kids plan to clean up a park.

Start Us Up: A Park Avenue Promise Novel

Start Us Up: A Park Avenue Promise Novel
Author: Lexi Blake
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2023-08-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1957568658

From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake, discover The Park Avenue Promise Series... Three young women make a pact in high school— to always be friends and to one day make it big in Manhattan. She’s a high-tech boss who lost it all… Ivy Jensen was the darling of the tech world, right up until her company fell apart completely after she trusted the wrong person. Her reputation in tatters, she finds herself back in the tiny apartment she grew up in, living with her mom. When a group of angel investors offer her a meeting, she knows she has to come up with the new big idea or her career is over. He’s an up and coming coder… Heath Marino has always been fascinated with writing code. He’s worked on a dozen games and apps and is considered one of the industry’s more eccentric talents. But now he’s back in New York to spend time with his grandmother. She was known as one of the city’s greatest matchmakers, and he wants to know why. Surely there’s some kind of code in his grandmother’s methods, and he’s going to find them. When Ivy meets Heath it’s instant attraction, but she’s got a career to get back to and he just might be her on-ramp. It could be a perfect partnership or absolute heartbreak. Reviews for Start Us Up: “This book is funny, emotional, swoony and basically has everything a romance book should have. It’s certainly one of my top reads of 2023!” ~ Dutchiereadsromance “Start Us Up was so much fun to read, I couldn’t put it down and read it in one day.” ~ Tcantstopreading “With START US UP, Blake writes what may be my favorite book of hers and is a showcase for the women of her newest series, Park Avenue Promise.” ~ Reads & Reviews “So many great messages, such honest representations of relationships encountered in life, laughs, tears, smiles, this is one epic read you definitely don't wanna miss.” ~ bookreviewsbyjames “I loved this book. L-O-V-E-D IT.” ~ bookshelfofmydreams