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From the director of fashion and culture at Refinery29 comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot-button topics for modern women, including the uptick in internet feminism versus ongoing impossible beauty standards in media, the battle against anorexia, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more.

Journalist Donovan Hohn chronicles his quest to learn about the mysterious loss of 28,800 of bath toys at sea, discussing the discoveries he made during his conversations with environmentalists, experts in oceanography, and various other individuals.

"This . . . collection of personal essays and humor from a longtime educator explores all the joys, challenges, and absurdities of being a teacher. [the author] did not want to be a teacher, but now, after twenty years of working with children from preschool to college, there's nothing she'd rather be. In essays full of humor, heart, and wit, she illuminates the highs and lows of a job located at the intersection of youth and wisdom. Bringing you into the trenches of this . . . important and stressful career, she rolls her eyes at ineffectual administrators, weeps with herstudents when they experience personal tragedies, complains with her colleagues about their ridiculously short lunchbreaks, and presents the parent-teacher conference fromthe other side of the tiny table"--Provided by.

"Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some . . . popular television comedies . . . says, 'These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me.'"--Provided by publisher.

Offers advice for achieving goals by presenting the eleven characteristics that make Michael Jordan a successful athlete, businessman, and human being.

"[A] heartwarming true story of the author's own journey in fostering two amazing bunnies, illustrated with photos and drawings"--Provided by publisher.

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny?it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet?and it just might be his very best.

In this collection of anecdotes, observations, and reflections, readers will follow Abbi Jacobson's road trip across the United States.

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed African American pilot.

Presents a collection of poems by well-known children's writer Gary Soto that captures the essence of everyday life.