We Are Party People

We Are Party People
Author: Leslie Margolis
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374303916

Leslie Margolis's We Are Party People is sweet, brave, and laugh-out-loud funny, as Pixie Jones learns that stepping out of her comfort zone might not be so scary after all. "I am the opposite of a mermaid and that’s exactly the way I like it." Shy and quiet, Pixie does everything she can to fade into the background. All she wants is to survive middle school without being noticed. Meanwhile, her parents own the best party-planning business in town. They thrive on attention, love being experts in fun, and throw themselves into party personas, dressing as pirates, princes, mermaids, and more. When her mom leaves town indefinitely and her new friend Sophie decides to run for class president, Pixie finds herself way too close to the spotlight. How far is she willing to go to help the people she loves?

We Are Party People

We Are Party People
Author: Leslie Margolis
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374303886

The author of "If I Were You" delivers a sweet, brave, and laugh-out-loudfunny new novel in which shy 12-year-old Pixie Jones learns that stepping outof her comfort zone might not be so scary after all.

24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People
Author: Tony Wilson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Adult
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780752220253

The musicians own everything. The company owns nothing... The Factory non-contract set out the manifesto for one of the most influential record labels. Manchester, 1976: Anthony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at an early Sex Pistols gig. Inspired by this moment, he and his friends set up Factory Records. They go on to conquer the world.

With Love... the New Generation of Party People

With Love... the New Generation of Party People
Author: Kim Boerman
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Business entertaining
ISBN: 9781482787498

With Love...The New Generation of Party People was written specifically to raise five million dollars for 10 nonprofit organizations through unique and thought provoking themed parties that create soulful connections. This book and it's accompanying website provide everything you need to help you become an amazing hostess, leaving your guests anxiously awaiting your next event! The experience starts the moment the guests receive the invitation...always a surprise as to the theme of the party but with the clear understanding that a $20 mobile pledging donation is expected from each guest for a life changing organization. These 10 parties are each specially designed for the featured nonprofit, and we've provided instructions for preparing every single detail: predesigned electronic invites, a video presentation that reveals and explains the organization the party benefits, creative and unique activities, menus with recipes, downloadable shopping and playlists, parting gifts, vendor discounts, and more! We have taken the stress out of throwing a party allowing you to relax and enjoy! These parties will touch the hearts and souls of your guests in ways you could have never imagined! So... LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED!

The Parties Versus the People

The Parties Versus the People
Author: Mickey Edwards
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2012-08-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300186029

“An urgent and engaging look at how American politics have become the founding fathers’ worst nightmare” (The Daily Beast). America’s political system is dysfunctional. We know it, yet the problem seems intractable—after every election, voters discover yet again that political “leaders” are simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two warring tribes. As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this problem has intensified and reveals how political battles have become nothing more than conflicts between party machines. In this critically important book, he identifies exactly how our political and governing systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and undermine our democracy—and describes exactly what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan warfare from our political system and renew American democracy. “Overcoming tribalism and knee-jerk partisanship is the central challenge of our time. Mickey Edwards shows why and how in this fascinating book filled with sensible suggestions.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times–bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “Many Americans, whether Democrats, Republicans, independent or otherwise, would welcome a few more like [Edwards] in office.” —The Boston Globe

Party Music

Party Music
Author: Rickey Vincent
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1613744951

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever before and reveals just how strongly the black power movement was felt on the streets of black America. Interviews reveal the never-before-heard story of the Black Panthers' R&B band the Lumpen and how five rank-and-file members performed popular music for revolutionaries. Beyond the mainstream civil rights movement that is typically discussed are the stories of the Black Panthers, the Black Arts Movement, the antiwar activism, and other radical movements that were central to the impulse that transformed black popular music—and created soul music.

Very Important People

Very Important People
Author: Ashley Mears
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691227055

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez—to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure. Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money. A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.

Why Parties?

Why Parties?
Author: John H. Aldrich
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2012-07-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226012751

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline and undertakes a wholesale reexamination of the foundations of the American party system. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties—from their formation in the 1790s to the Civil War—Aldrich shows how they serve to combat three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Aldrich brings this innovative account up to the present by looking at the profound changes in the character of political parties since World War II, especially in light of ongoing contemporary transformations, including the rise of the Republican Party in the South, and what those changes accomplish, such as the Obama Health Care plan. Finally, Why Parties? A Second Look offers a fuller consideration of party systems in general, especially the two-party system in the United States, and explains why this system is necessary for effective democracy.

My People Are Rising

My People Are Rising
Author: Aaron Dixon
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1608461793

The founder of the Black Panther Party’s Seattle chapter recounts his life on the frontlines of the Black Power Revolution. Growing up in Seattle in the 1960s, Aaron Dixon dedicated himself to the Civil Rights movement at an early age. As a teenager, he joined Martin Luther King on marches to end housing discrimination and volunteered to help integrate schools. After King’s assassination in 1968, Dixon continued his activism by starting the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party at the age of nineteen. In My People Are Rising, Dixon offers a candid account of life in the Black Panther Party. Through his eyes, we see the courage of a generation that stood up to injustice, their political triumphs and tragedies, and the unforgettable legacy of Black Power. “This book is a moving memoir experience: a must read. The dramatic life cycle rise of a youthful sixties political revolutionary, my friend Aaron Dixon.” —Bobby Seale, founding chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther Party, 1966 to 1974