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Humiliation : stories / by Flores, Paulina,1988-author.(CARDINAL)815747; McDowell, Megan,translator.(CARDINAL)500596;
The nine mesmerizing stories in Humiliation, translated from the Spanish by Man Booker International Prize finalist Megan McDowell, present us with a Chile we seldom see in fiction: port cities marked by poverty and brimming with plans of rebellion; apartment buildings populated with dominant mothers and voyeuristic neighbors; library steps that lead students to literature, but also into encounters with other arts--those of seduction, self-delusion, sabotage. In these pages, a father walks through the scorching heat of Santiago's streets with his two daughters in tow. Jobless and ashamed, he takes them into a stranger's house, a place that will become the site of the greatest humiliation of his life. In an impoverished fishing town, four teenage boys try to allay their boredom during an endless summer by translating lyrics from the Smiths into Spanish using a stolen dictionary. Their dreams of fame and glory twist into a plan to steal musical instruments from a church, an obsession that prevents one of them from anticipating a devastating ending. Meanwhile a young woman goes home with a charismatic man after finding his daughter wandering lost in a public place. She soon discovers, like so many characters in this book, that fortuitous encounters can be deceptions in disguise. Themes of pride, shame, and disgrace--small and large, personal and public--tie the stories in this collection together. Humiliation becomes revelation as we watch Paulina Flores's characters move from an age of innocence into a world of conflicting sensations."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fiction.; Short stories.; Humiliation; Shame;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The humiliations of Pipi McGree / by Vrabel, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)408018;
Fearing that her humiliations will follow her to high school, Pipi McGee decides to right the wrongs of her early education and save others from being bullied.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Bullying; Middle schools; Schools; Bullying.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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The joy of pain : schadenfreude and the dark side of human nature / by Smith, Richard H.(CARDINAL)490160;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The highs of superiority -- Looking up by looking down -- Those others must fail -- Self and other -- Deserved misfortunes are sweet -- Justice gets personal -- Humilitainment -- There's something about envy -- Envy transmuted -- Dark pleasures unleashed -- How would Lincoln feel?
Subjects: Envy.; Failure (Psychology); Humiliation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Why me? : humiliationhotsheet / by Lundsten, Apryl.(CARDINAL)471723;
Subjects: Humiliation.; Teenagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wife after wife / by Hayfield, Olivia,1960-author.(CARDINAL)823464;
"If Philippa Gregory and Jackie Collins went out for cocktails and wrote a book, they'd come back with Wife After Wife. A wickedly entertaining and utterly absorbing modern take on the life and marriages of Henry VIII...if he were a twenty-first-century womanizing media mogul rather than the king of England. Master of the universe Harry Rose is head of the Rose Corporation, number eighteen on the Forbes rich list, and recently married to wife number six. But in 2018, his perfect world is about to come crashing to the ground. His business is in the spotlight--and not in a good way--and his love life is under scrutiny. Because behind a glittering curtain of lavish parties, gorgeous homes, and a media empire is a tale worthy of any tabloid. And Harry has a lot to account for"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Avarice; Tabloid newspapers; Humiliation;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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The gift of love / by Platt, Meara,author.;
Dahlia Farthingale thought magic would happen when she was the next to have The Book of Love. But instead, the elegant lord she thought would propose to her wound up humiliating her in front of all of her family and friends. She is now convinced no man can possibly want her, especially not handsome Royal Navy captain Ronan Brayden. Ronan can make a brilliant aristocratic match for himself, so why is he insisting on reading the book with her? Ronan Brayden knows he has his work cut out for him when it comes to Dahlia, for she is the only woman he will have. He knew it the moment he kissed her after she got the pea in the Twelfth Night cake and he got the matching bean.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Historical fiction.; Regency fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Humiliation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Riding the elephant : a memoir of altercations, humiliations, hallucinations, and observations / by Ferguson, Craig,1962-author.;
Riding the elephant -- Mad nomad -- Out, damned spot -- Dulce et decorum est -- An education of sorts -- Swim Davie -- The festival -- A right song and dance -- Down under -- The helpers -- Four queens -- Four kings -- Love and bullshit -- 2008 -- Learning to fly -- Therapy -- Resentment -- A marked man -- Japanese bar mitzvah -- Morning at LAX -- Draining the swamp -- Millport -- Margaret.The comedian, actor, and former host of "The Late Late Show" presents an irreverent memoir in essays that explore subjects ranging from his childhood and family life to his career and his devotion to Glasgow.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Ferguson, Craig, 1962-; Television personalities; Comedians; Actors;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Wine girl : the obstacles, humiliations, and triumphs of America's youngest sommelier / by James, Victoria(Sommelier),author.(CARDINAL)833867;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; James, Victoria (Sommelier); Sommeliers;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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The book of dads : essays on the joys, perils and humiliations of fatherhood / by George, Ben,1977-(CARDINAL)563334;
Subjects: Fatherhood.; Fathers; Fatherhood.; Fathers.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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You're not doing it right : (tales of marriage, sex, death, and other humiliations) / by Black, Michael Ian,1971-(CARDINAL)353458;
I don't know -- A girl problem -- Meredith wants to give you a blowjob -- You need to go -- Fuck you, Alan Alda -- I love you two -- Engaged -- You're not doing it right -- Terrified because it's terrifying -- Dead dad kid -- I hate my baby -- Baby jail -- A little hard work -- A perfect date -- Pills and booze -- Antivert -- Fag -- I am a demographic -- Nibbles -- I hope he's nice."You're not doing it right." Writer/comedian Michael Ian Black has been hearing these five words all his life. And now--on the eve of his fortieth birthday--he is finally beginning to wonder why. As a husband and father living in the suburbs, Michael asks the question so many of us ask ourselves at one point or another: How did I end up here? (And also: If Fat Kevin Federline succumbs to his own wasted potential, what does that mean for the rest of us?) The answers to these questions, and others that you probably would have never thought to ask, are painstakingly detailed in Black's debut memoir. Darkly humorous and told with raw honesty, Michael shares his neuroses as he takes on his childhood, his marriage, his children, and his career with candor and deadpan wit in this funny-because-it's-true essay collection.--From publisher description.
Subjects: American wit and humor.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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