Worst terrible

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Bad ideas happen to anyone, but truly awful ideas live on forever. Some bad ideas are infamous (remember New Coke or the XFL?), while others have managed to slip under the radar of public consciousness-like the in-car record player. But just because we've forgotten a bad idea doesn't make it any less horrible. We all cringed when Michael Jordon announced he was leaving basketball for baseball, but did you know that Whoopi Goldberg made a never-released $35-million buddy cop movie where her partner was an animatronic dinosaur named Theodore Rex? Part history, part comedy, Worst Ideas Ever takes a look back and explores some of the biggest flops of all time. They say hindsight is 20/20, but it's hard to believe nobody saw these coming. This book delves into the history of disaster, taking you through failed marketing campaigns, terrible pop icon projects, disastrous corporate decisions, and more, with the authors reviewing every funny detail of what went wrong. Worst Ideas Ever shows what separates the merely bad ideas from the terrible ones. Features Summary Bad ideas happen to anyone, but truly awful ideas live on forever. Some bad ideas are infamous (remember New Coke or the XFL?), while others have managed to slip under the radar of public consciousness-like the in-car record player... Author Daniel B. Kline (Author), Jason Tomaszewski (Author) Publisher Sky Pony Press Release date 20150801 Pages 240 ISBN 1-63220-310-3 ISBN 13 978-1-63220-310-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days As the engines roar and the green flag waves, these stories tear across their rural landscape with the energy of a Winston Cup race. Like W.P. Kinsella's minor league ballplayers, Jonis Agee's drivers, pit crews, mechanics, and their families live in small towns, eat at truck stops, and have a hard time keeping their dreams from destroying their lives. From the garage to the kitchen table, from demolition derby to nascar, Agee's hapless heroes open our eyes as they take the wall. The wildly popular sport of auto racing is a backdrop in these stories for exploration of the creative and destructive aspects of obsession. In farmhouses, mobile homes, and roadside trailer courts, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters all try to figure out how to keep their families running as smoothly as their cars. Taking the Wall is rich with details about racing and rural life, and richer yet in insight into that part of the human spirit that just doesn't know how to quit. Agee takes a personal and compassionate look at a grab bag of individuals linked by obsession. Reviews Novelist (South of Resurrection) and short fiction (Bend This Heart) writer Agee's collection of bittersweet stories dissects the rough world of auto racing from the working-class perspectives of drivers, pit crews, fans, family and other hangers-on. While "taking the wall," crashing into it, is the worst possible scenario, Agee's characters secretly wish for the excitement, horror and suspense it offers: will the driver walk away from the fiery wreck? Domestic life unfolds around the racetrack throughout the collection. "The Pop Off Valve" is a monologue in which an unnamed narrator recounts her naovet in marrying a man obsessed with racing, and the wake-up call she received on her honeymoon 15 years ago at the Motor Speedway in Irish Hills, Mich., when not even a terrible accident could thwart her husband's devotion to his hobby. Her description of the crash is chilling: "the rescue workers used the jaws of life to pry what was left of the driver from the shattered burnt shell of the car." Nonchalantly, she adds, "We grilled steaks on the hibachi at dark, unable to see the bloody raw meat until we cut into it." Agee's parsimonious language is sta Features Summary Engines roar and checkered flags wave in these stories about the conflict between families, cars, and obsession. Author Jonis Agee Publisher Coffee House Press Release date 19991031 Pages 256 ISBN 1-56689-088-8 ISBN 13 978-1-56689-088-5

The Fifth Season Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent, a great red rift has been been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries. But this is the Stillness, a land long familiar with struggle, and where orogenes -- those who wield the power of the earth as a weapon -- are feared far more than the long cold night. Essun has remembered herself, and she will have her daughter back. She does not care if the world falls apart around her. Essun will break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter. Author N. K. Jemisin ISBN 9780356508191 Format Paperback Pages 469p.

Margot Lewis Is A Teacher At An Exclusive High School In The English University Town Of Cambridge. In Her Spare Time, She Writes An Advice Column, "Dear Amy," For The Local Newspaper. When One Of Margot's Students, Fifteen-Year-Old Katie, Disappears, The School And The Town Fear The Worst. And Then Margot Gets A "Dear Amy" Letter Unlike Any Of The Ones She's Received Before. It's A Desperate Plea For Rescue From A Girl Who Says She Is Being Held Captive And In Terrible Danger--A Girl Called Bethan Avery, Who Was Abducted From The Local Area Twenty Years Ago...And Never Found. The Letter Matches A Sample Of Bethan's Handwriting That The Police Have Kept On File Since She Vanished, And This Shocking Development In An Infamous Cold Case Catches The Attention Of Criminologist Martin Forrester, Who Has Been Trying To Find Out What Happened To Her All Those Years Ago. Spurred On By Her Concern For Both Katie And The Mysterious Bethan, Margot Sets Out--With Martin's Help--To Discover If The Two Cases Are Connected. But Then Margot Herself Becomes A Target. This product ships within 3-5 working days

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days When Annie marries Harry after years of heartache in a London slum she believes she's found her happy ever after. But the horrors of the Blitz soon threaten everything they hold dear. The terrible sights Harry witnesses as an air raid warden bring back traumatic memories of his time during the First World War. Suddenly Annie finds herself struggling to cope not only with life in wartime and two little children, but also with a husband who seems like a stranger. Kitty has always been protective of her little brother Harry. Hiding the scandal about their father from the world was the only way to survive as they were growing up in Newcastle. But when she discovers Harry too has a shocking secret, she is torn. Meanwhile Annie wonders why Harry refuses to discuss his life before their marriage and why she has never met his sister. Will the truth ever come to light? From the bombed-out terraces of London to the docks of Newcastle, Her Father's Daughter is a moving and poignant true story about the unbreakable bonds of family, and the power of love to heal the worst wounds. Features Summary By the internationally bestselling author Beezy Marsh, comes a powerful sequel to All My Mother's Secrets. Author Beezy Marsh Publisher Pan Books Release date 20190725 Pages 320 ISBN 1-5098-9268-0 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-9268-6