First Night by Carol Sabik-Jaffe

 First Night 

by Carol Sabik-Jaffe 

A New Year’s Eve meet cute, a wild twenty-four hours, and a potential “happily ever after.” She's got a family tradition to save. He's all-in to help the charming woman he's just met.

A contemporary Cinderella, Maria’s a young professional in NYC, dealing with her boss, demanding clients, a nonexistent dating life, and a mother who expects her home in Philadelphia for the family’s annual New Year’s Day performance in the Mummer’s Parade. Trying to make her way home on New Year’s Eve, she dashes through the train station and slams into an elegantly dressed man, Hunter, who’s in town for a reunion with friends.

At home, Maria is convinced by her life-of-the-party cousins to attend the First Night Ball. Mishap after mishap delay the women’s arrival at the elegant event. Once there, Maria and Hunter awkwardly cross paths again.

An untimely accident and a frantic message from her mother send Maria running. In the hospital she promises her father that she’ll do her best to guide the group’s performance in the parade. At the team’s clubhouse she finds chaos and missing performers. Maria’s devastated when she realizes that for the first time in their long history the team can’t compete. Hunter and his friends, a group that’s never been known to turn down a challenge, chivalrously offer to fill in for missing performers. Together this band of misfits improvise and save the day.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, Maria and Hunter fall hard for each other. A heartfelt story, First Night reminds that sometimes paths are meant to cross. And, everything can change in a day…

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Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change by Mekdela

 Plus-Size: 

A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change 

by Mekdela 

"Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change" chronicles the rise of the body positive movement and body positivity through pop culture reviews and personal reflections. 

This essay collection illustrates the insidiousness of fatphobia through analyses of film, television, books, and how they affect our perceptions and treatment of others. Altogether, the essays paint a big picture of fatphobia, misogyny, misogynoir, ableism, and capitalism in American society. 

Furthermore, this essay collection emphasizes the potential for social change. 

Featuring media from the 1990s, early 2000s, 2010s, and up until today, this memoir tells a story of America's uneasy and ever-changing relationship with fat.

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I Love My Name: A Children's Book Celebrating Diversity, Language, Culture and Heritage by Josephine Grant

 I Love My Name: 

A Children's Book Celebrating Diversity, Language, Culture and Heritage 

by Josephine Grant 

I Love My Name is a delightful picture book celebrating children from ethnic backgrounds and cultures. 

A story written with love and wonder, this book embraces the differences that derive from diversity; more specifically names. 

This book encourages children to celebrate their names, cultural traditions and languages and to recognise the plethora of positives that comes from being from different backgrounds.

This book is aimed at children ages 3-9.

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The Actors Notebook: For the mindful actor by Nikoline Bangen

 The Actors Notebook: 

For the mindful actor 

by Nikoline Bangen 

A notebook for the actors out there who want to stay on top of everything, and also remain positive. 

The notebook is filled with quotes about acting from actors and teachers around the globe. 

It also has a few prompts and exercises to complete in order to stay mindful and present - which is important for an actor too.

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Ollie Owl Learns About Staring: Part of the Woodland Friends Learn Together Series by Lisa Owens

 Ollie Owl Learns About Staring: 

Part of the Woodland Friends Learn Together Series 

by Lisa Owens 

Ollie is an Owl who lives in the forest. Ollie doesn't know why his friend is upset, so his mum teaches him all about staring and how to practice this rule.

Many social rules we live by are unwritten. This series of books set out to gently guide the reader through social situations that some people may struggle with, suggesting strategies that can be used and practiced together.

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Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter's Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster by Cj Walley

 

Turn & Burn: 

The Scriptwriter's Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster 

by CJ Walley 

Do you want to develop scripts that leap off the page? Do you want to write scripts that grab readers by their lapels and offer you the best possible chance of success? Do you want to turn around scripts faster than ever before? Then read on!

Inspired by CJ Walley's extensive online posts and extended three-fold to include content on character development, dialogue, effective drafting, and building a career, the Turn & Burn methodology offers practical, real-world advice for quickly turning stories - within any genre - into engaging and authentic movie scripts.

Turn & Burn is a proven and systematic way to get the very best out of your ideas and your unique artistic voice.

In this book:

• Maximise the power of concept, structure, and theme to create absorbing stories.
• Nail down your characters - heroes, villains, and everyone in-between.
• Develop your hero's journey through the five-fold approach of: Yearn, Turn, Burn, Learn, and Earn.
• Recognise how the power of emotion ultimately captures hearts and minds.
• Take realistic and dramatic dialogue to the next level.
• Understand the complete journey of a scriptwriter's career, so you remain enthusiastic and motivated, even when rejection raises its ugly head.
• Avoid the pitfalls that can send you in circles by learning what not to do!
• Includes practical worksheets that bring process and structure to script development. (They can also be downloaded for free from the publisher's website.)

About the Author: CJ Walley is a working writer-producer with multiple feature films to his name that star household names from the past and present. Based in Staffordshire, England, he's managed to break into the filmmaking scene in Los Angeles while also founding Script Revolution, one of the biggest script hosting platforms in the world.

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NOT THE ONE: A Woman’s Guide To Identifying Red Flags by Stina Sanders

 NOT THE ONE: 

A Woman’s Guide To Identifying Red Flags 

by Stina Sanders 

Sick of dating time wasters, abusers and f**k boys?

Not The One is a woman’s guide to detecting red flags from as early as the first date to your long-term relationship. This no-nonsense book helps you navigate the world of dating, while searching for ‘the one’.

Full of advice from a psychodynamic and CBT therapist, real-life dating scenarios and tips to help finding the partner you want.

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