The Nancy Book

The Nancy Book
Author: Joe Brainard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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From 1963 to 1978 Joe Brainard (author of I REMEMBER) created more than 100 works of art that appropriated the classic comic strip character Nancy and sent her into an astonishing variety of spaces, all electrified by the incongruity of her presence. Whether inserted into hypothetical situations, dispatched on erotic adventures, or seemingly rendered by the hands of artists as varied as Leonardo da Vinci, R. Crumb, Larry Rivers, and Willem de Kooning, Brainard's Nancy revels in as well as transcends her two-dimensionality. Together these works accumulate into a sophisticated, complex work of great wit, equal parts surprise and subtlety.The Nancy Book is the first published collection of Brainard's Nancy texts, drawings, collages and paintings (with nearly eighty full page reproductions), including collaborations with luminary New York School poets such as Frank O?Hara and Ted Berrigan, an essay by Ann Lauterbach that illuminates, with critical and poetic acumen, the complexity of Brainard's transformation of Nancy.OEvery page of this book will make you smile or laugh'not with recognition but with startled joy. Joe Brainard took an unchanging icon of the American norm and inserted her into countless fashionable or scandalous contexts, subtly metamorphosing something that seemed eternal into absurdly contemporary forms. He is as funny as only a philosopher can be.O Edmund White.OJoe Brainard's pursuit of the once ubiquitous fuzzy-haired pest Nancy chronicled one of the great love-hate relationships in American popular culture. It's wonderful to have it all between the covers of a book.O John Ashbery

Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On

Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On
Author: Jane O'Connor
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2009-06-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061703729

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Nancy and her partner for the talent show are very different. They don't have any of the same talents. How will they ever come up with an act?

How to Read Nancy

How to Read Nancy
Author: Paul Karasik
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606993615

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Everything that you need to know about reading, making, and understanding comics can be found in a single Nancy strip by Ernie Bushmiller from August 8, 1959. Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden’s groundbreaking work How to Read Nancy ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks of the language of comics through the deconstruction of a single strip. No other book on comics has taken such a simple yet methodical approach to laying bare how the comics medium really works. No other book of any kind has taken a single work by any artist and minutely (and entertainingly) pulled it apart like this. How to Read Nancy is a completely new approach towards deep-reading art. In addition, How to Read Nancy is a thoroughly researched history of how comics are made, from their creation at the drawing board to their ultimate destination at the bookstore. Textbook, art book, monogram, dissection, How to Read Nancy is a game changer in understanding how the “simplest” drawings grab us and never leave. Perfect for students, academics, scholars, and casual fans.

The Kindest Lie

The Kindest Lie
Author: Nancy Johnson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0063005654

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Recommended by O Magazine * GMA * Elle * Marie Claire * Good Housekeeping * NBC News * Shondaland * Chicago Tribune * Woman's Day * Refinery 29 * Bustle * The Millions * New York Post * Parade * Hello! Magazine * PopSugar * and more! “The Kindest Lie is a deep dive into how we define family, what it means to be a mother, and what it means to grow up Black...beautifully crafted.” —JODI PICOULT "A fantastic story...well-written, timely, and oh-so-memorable."—Good Morning America “The Kindest Lie is a layered, complex exploration of race and class." —The Washington Post Every family has its secrets... It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He’s eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to—and was forced to leave behind—when she was a teenager. She had promised her family she’d never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past. Returning home, Ruth discovers the Indiana factory town of her youth is plagued by unemployment, racism, and despair. As she begins digging into the past, she unexpectedly befriends Midnight, a young white boy who is also adrift and looking for connection. Just as Ruth is about to uncover a burning secret her family desperately wants to keep hidden, a heart-stopping incident strains the town’s already searing racial tensions, sending Ruth and Midnight on a collision course that could upend both their lives. Powerful and unforgettable, The Kindest Lie is the story of an American family and reveals the secrets we keep and the promises we make to protect one another.

Black Mirror

Black Mirror
Author: Nancy Werlin
Publisher: Puffin Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780142500286

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After her brother Daniel's death, sixteen-year-old Frances uncovers surprising truths about their boarding school's charitable group, of which Daniel was a member.

This Journal Belongs to Ratchet

This Journal Belongs to Ratchet
Author: Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402281080

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Move over Diary of a Wimpy Kid—there's a new journal in town and it belongs to Ratchet. "A book that is full of surprises...Triumphant enough to make readers cheer; touching enough to make them cry." —Kirkus, STARRED Review If only getting a new life were as easy as getting a new notebook. But it's not. It's the first day of school for all the kids in the neighborhood. But not for me. I'm homeschooled. That means nothing new. No new book bag, no new clothes, and no new friends. The best I've got is this notebook. I'm supposed to use it for my writing assignments, but my dad never checks. Here's what I'm really going to use it for: Ratchet's Top Secret Plan Turn my old, recycled, freakish, friendless life into something shiny and new. This Florida State Book Award gold medal winner is a heartfelt story about an unconventional girl's quest to make a friend, save a park, and find her own definition of normal.

Disney Junior Fancy Nancy: Chez Nancy

Disney Junior Fancy Nancy: Chez Nancy
Author: Nancy Parent
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780062798251

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Coming in 2018 to Disney Junior, Fancy Nancy will star in her own fabulous TV show! Nancy has a new playhouse, and it’s time for some ooh-la-la fancy fun! But when one friend wants to be the boss of who can come to play, Nancy has to decide what it means to be a good friend. Based on the new Disney Junior TV show and inspired by the classic picture book series by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, this brand-new Level One I Can Read retells key moments from the show. Fancy Nancy: Chez Nancy is a Level One I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Fancy Nancy: 5-Minute Fancy Nancy Stories

Fancy Nancy: 5-Minute Fancy Nancy Stories
Author: Jane O'Connor
Publisher: HarperFestival
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780062412164

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In this collection of twelve fabulous stories from New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Fancy Nancy enjoys a field trip to the aquarium, meets a new friend from Paris, celebrates pajama day at school, and more! With each story timed to be a five-minute read-aloud, this storybook collection makes anytime the perfect time for fancy fun! This collection has a sturdy, padded cover and over 190 pages of full-color illustrations! The collection includes lightly adapted versions of 12 favorite stories: Fancy Nancy and the Late, Late, LATE Night Fancy Nancy: Hair Dos and Hair Don’ts Fancy Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth Fancy Nancy and the Mean Girl Fancy Nancy: Sand Castles and Sand Palaces Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina Fancy Nancy: The 100th Day of School Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day Fancy Nancy: My Family History Fancy Nancy: Spring Fashion Fling Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris Fancy Nancy: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

Seams Unlikely

Seams Unlikely
Author: Nancy Zieman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Businesswomen
ISBN: 9780988478961

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The autobiography of seamstress Nancy Zieman.

Black Nancy

Black Nancy
Author: Lennox Nelson
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781492916703

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Black Nancy is a fast paced “histo-venture” (historical/fiction/adventure), set in coastal Georgia and Carolina during the blight of America in its infant stages. All of the antagonistic zeal is provided as Bishop the younger hunts Black Nancy and Ruby, leaving death and destruction in his wake. All the while, Black Nancy trains her daughter and sows the seeds of revolution. This adventure introduces you to characters like Abbey Copper, a good hearted, recluse, living for revenge, Bishop the younger, desperate to get Black Nancy and Ruby back, Daisy, the young, and brave, little girl that risks her life, and Bo Daddy, the knifeman and a host of other characters that will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, and will ignite the soul of the warrior within you.In pre-revolutionary Georgia a secret society of wealthy plantation owners, hold vicious gladiator-style pit battles, occasionally to the death, simultaneously fulfilling their wildest and seediest fantasies. The undisputed champion of the “pit” is the beautiful, but deadly former princess of the Ashanti Empire, BLACK NANCY. Yet to meet her equal in battle, male or female, Nancy dreams of returning to Ashantiland, but keeps her plans secret to protect her young daughter, Ruby, who is also a prisoner on the Bishop Plantation. WHO IS BLACK NANCY? A PRINCESS. A WARRIOR. A LOVER. A MOTHER. A PRISONER. A CHAMPION. A TEACHER. A FUGITIVE. A FOLK HEROINE. A REVOLUTIONARY.Black Nancy, his first novel, adapted from his original screenplay of the same title, was written to be shared with today's youth to teach them about African-American history in a way in which they can be proud. “My purpose for writing in this genre (historical-fiction/adventure) histoventure, is to teach African-American youth about their history which began before their ancestors where brought here in chains. It's important for my readers to understand the point of view in which I write is not from a victim mentality but rather the progeny of royalty. Not everyone accepted slavery. May this book stir the inner warrior inside you. OWN YOUR JOURNEY™ ~ OX