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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
by Matt BaumeLambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction 2024 Stonewall Book Honor Award Winner—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award Featured on NPR's Books We Love 2023 One of Vulture's Best Comedy Books of 2023 "This book is a triumph and everyone should read it." —Dan Savage, journalist and author, on the "Savage Lovecast" "Hi Honey, I&’m Homo is a heartbreaking historical document, but ultimately one that will leave the reader feeling proud of how something as maligned and disposable as the network sitcom used comedy to bring about such profound and important social progress." —Vulture "[A] well-curated compendium of prime time broadcasting . . . Baume is a companionable guide." —Shelf Awareness Behind the scenes of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century, a revolution was brewing. For decades, amidst the bright lights, studio-audience laughs, and absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American LGBTQ+ liberation unfolded in plain sight in front of millions of viewers, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind. From flamboyant relatives on Bewitched to closely-guarded secrets on All in the Family, from network-censor fights over Soap to behind-the-scenes activism on the set of The Golden Girls, from Ellen&’s culture clash and Will & Grace&’s mixed reception to Modern Family&’s primetime power-couple, Hi Honey, I&’m Homo! is the story not only of how subversive queer comedy transformed the American sitcom, from its inception through today, but how our favorite sitcoms transformed, and continue to transform, America. Accessible, entertaining, and informative, Hi Honey, I&’m Homo! features commentary and interviews from celebrities, behind-the-scenes creators, and more.
Hi Mom, Send Sheep!
by David Robinson Tim DerkAt 47, Tim Derk had long been the San Antonio Spur's crowd-pleasing Coyote and was widely regarded as the NBA's funniest, most inventive mascot. Then, as the Spurs were headed toward their third championship, Derk suffered a massive stroke and his seemingly charmed existence was shattered. Here, he recounts his courageous battle to recover from the stroke's devastating impact, both on his body and his career. Amusing reminiscences of Spurs' players and owners, and of his own on-court hijinks, enliven Derk's uplifting tale of stroke survival.
Hi Mom, Send Sheep!
by David Robinson Tim DerkAt 47, Tim Derk had long been the San Antonio Spur's crowd-pleasing Coyote and was widely regarded as the NBA's funniest, most inventive mascot. Then, as the Spurs were headed toward their third championship, Derk suffered a massive stroke and his seemingly charmed existence was shattered. Here, he recounts his courageous battle to recover from the stroke's devastating impact, both on his body and his career. Amusing reminiscences of Spurs' players and owners, and of his own on-court hijinks, enliven Derk's uplifting tale of stroke survival.
Hi Score Girl (Hi Score Girl #10)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series! <p><p> It took countless Sonic Booms, Spinning Piledrivers, and heart-thumping moments behind game cabinets, but the tale of Haruo and Akira at last approaches the final stage! Will the pair be able to overcome the last bosses that remain an obstacle to their youthful affection—each other?! As they face off one last time, the dynamic duo looks to the future with determination in their hearts...
Hi Score Girl 01 (Hi Score Girl #1)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1991, and the world is on the cusp of the golden age of 2-D fighting games. And on the outskirts of town, in a shady arcade that's a second home to delinquents and businessmen, one girl descends with dignity into her seat at the game cabinet...Her name is Akira Oono, and she's about to humiliate hardcore gamer Haruo Yaguchi, who fancies himself something of an arcade king, at Street Fighter! Will Haruo ever live down losing to a girl from his class?!
Hi Score Girl 02 (Hi Score Girl #2)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1994, and 3-D is about to change the world of fighting games. And in an arcade on the outskirts of town, where the competitive spirits of men collide, a certain girl once again descends...Akira Oono is a fierce gamer, but will her latest challenger throw her for a loop?! It looks like she has a new rival...for Haruo's attention?! When a snowstorm makes it impossible for his classmate Koharu to get home, Haruo invites her for a round of Street Fighter instead! Does this mark the beginning of a love triangle?!
Hi Score Girl 03 (Hi Score Girl #3)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1995, and the use of 3-D continues to change the landscape of fighting games. And in an arcade on the outskirts of town, where the haunting, ugly, and sometimes beautiful pride of men gathers, she continues to wait...Her name is Akira Oono, and she's the talk of the class! Akira's presence has Koharu, now eager to play more fighting games with Haruo, in a tizzy! She knows something's up between Haruo and Akira, but what does their relationship mean for Koharu's feelings for Haruo?!
Hi Score Girl 04 (Hi Score Girl #4)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1995, and the world of good old fighting games is at a turning point, its path about to veer away from the arcades it once called home. And in just such an arcade on the outskirts of town, home to filthy men and a select few women, one solitary girl wrestles with her feelings...
Hi Score Girl 05 (Hi Score Girl #5)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1995, and 3D has hit its peak in the world of good old fighting games, as everyone and their mother tries to capitalize on the trend. And in an arcade on the outskirts of town, where crane games and sticker booths are taking over, one girl gazes off into the distance...
Hi Score Girl 06 (Hi Score Girl #6)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!The year is 1995, and the world of good old fighting games is becoming polarized. And in an arcade on the outskirts of town, where the angular polygons on the screens are becoming smoother and smoother, a certain romance reaches its conclusion...
Hi Score Girl 07 (Hi Score Girl #7)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!SS? PS? PC?! The year is 1996, and the world of good ol' home-gaming is in the middle of a console war. And in the Shibuya Crossing, where gangsters with pants hanging below their butts hunt old men down, two romances cross paths...and come to a head?!
Hi Score Girl 08 (Hi Score Girl #8)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!Wanna go to the arcade? Or should we play at home?The year is 1996, and the world of good ol' video games is being tugged between arcade games and their many, many console ports. And in an arcade on the outskirts of town, where the number of customers is slowly dwindling, teenage emotions collide...
Hi Score Girl 09 (Hi Score Girl #9)
by Rensuke OshikiriHi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series!Is it "like"? Or is it "love"? The year is 1996, and with it comes the momentous opening of the good ol&’ Tokyo Big Sight and an equally monumental admission of love... To bring their heated rivalry to a decisive end, Haruo and Akira venture to a game tournament in Osaka for a rematch to settle old scores. But with romance and heartbreak both on the table depending on the outcome, what will happen when the competition takes a dramatic turn?!
Hi, Fly Guy!: Hi, Fly Guy! (Fly Guy #1)
by Tedd ArnoldMeet Fly Guy! Is he a pest, or is he a pet?A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book!"A fly was flying. He was looking for something to eat--something tasty, something slimy. A boy was walking. He was looking for something to catch--something smart, something for The Amazing Pet Show."In the first book in the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Fly Guy series, a boy and a fly meet and form a beautiful friendship. In his signature style, Tedd Arnold delivers a fun, wacky story about a fly who's so smart that he can say a boy's name (Buzz!), win an award, and be Buzz's good friend.
Hi, Jack! (A Jack Book #1)
by Mac BarnettFrom New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog. Meet Jack: He lives in a tree house. His interests include snacks, petty theft, and lipstick graffiti. Jack also loves his friends, he just has a funny way of showing it sometimes . . . A perfect read-aloud with snappy, rhythmic text, this series will bridge the gap between picture books and chapter books and fill the Elephant-and-Piggie-shaped hole in young readers' hearts.
Hi, Just a Quick Question Apple FF: Queries, Advice, and Figuring It All Out
by Beth EvansBuilding on the success of I Really Didn’t Think This Through, this long-awaited, hilarious sequel by popular Instagram artist Beth Evans (292k followers) offers her take on life’s most daunting questions.With 250 never-before-seen comics, Hi, Just a Quick Question is the follow-up to Beth Evans’ wildly popular I Really Didn’t Think This Through. Written in a fun Q&A style format, Beth tackles 50 “How do I” style questions with her endearing, self-effacing humor and keen insight for what we as human beings need most to hear: that we’re all just figuring it out and that anyone who says (or posts) otherwise is pretending.A How-to guide from someone who understands many of the day-to-day struggles we can encounter, Hi, Just a Quick Question tackles topics including personal effectiveness, friendship, anxiety, self-care, solitude, and forging our own identities in the world. Sample questions include: · How do I stop procrastinating?· How do I express my feelings when the words won’t come out?· How do I deal with emotional dark pits?· How do I find coping skills that work for me?· How do I make a self-care routine?· How do I keep going forward when everything is hard?· How do I handle people who don’t take mental health seriously?· How do I stay positive?· How do I learn to love myself in a way that doesn’t feel forced?· How do I know if there’s something wrong with me?Hi, Just a Quick Question is the perfect gift for a new graduate, someone you love, or even for yourself.
Hidden Gem
by Linda LiuTHIS BOOK ROCKS!!(It also happens to be about a rock...)"Breathtaking." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewPrepare to fall in love with this debut picture book and its irresistibly quirky story of a tiny, unassuming rock's journey to self-confidence, perfect for fans of Eric Carle & Jon Klassen.When a small pebble sees others gathering on the steps of the Museum of Rocks, he grows curious. Once inside the esteemed halls, he is shocked by what he discovers. The only rocks on display are glittering gemstones, geodes, and crystals! These beautiful stones make him wonder: Can he be special, too? Perhaps he’ll find an answer in the World’s Most Beautiful Gem exhibition . . . or maybe, just maybe, he will find the answer inside himself.
Hidden Hearts
by Olivia DadeAN ADMIRER WITH A SECRET . . .Mary Higgs could be the poster girl for the buttoned-up librarian. She follows the rules. Stays ʼtil closing. Her kindness and dedication to her patrons is legendary. But those patrons have no idea what she’s typing to the mysterious shut-in who emailed the library needing a library card three months ago . . .When the elusive Miles O’Connor shows up, he’s no invalid. A year ago, he was the gleaming, ab-sational star of the small screen. Then came the accident. Now he’s a wounded recluse with a pizza habit and fears so unshakable that only the thought of losing Mary to an online date could lure him out of his cabin.Soon their email rapport has turned into weekends on the couch, watching tearjerkers and driving each other insane with red-hot makeout sessions. But as the desire grows and their horizons expand, the life that brought them together might not be enough for either of them . . .“Love is never out of reach for the librarians of the Nice County Library System . . . Sarah's charm and humor are perfectly suited to a beach read.” —Publishers Weekly on Ready to Fall
Hidden Wheel
by Michael T. FournierWhen an art scene takes root in a pop-up colony called Freedom Springs, micro-visionary Ben Wilfork promotes the giant, autobiographical 600 square foot canvases of former chess prodigy and high end dominatrix Rhonda Barrett using his Hidden Wheel as a bridge to the future before pre-Datastrophe history completes itself. It's a book about the scams of the modern age--artistic self-promotion, corporate infiltration of hipsterdom--and it's hilarious. At the same time this is a philosophical literary work that dissects hipsterdom to get at the core of what it's all about. A must-read for art fans, punk fans, anyone who wants to know how the truly original ideas can get subsumed by the corporate machine--and how to save them. Told in an intriguing intersecting point of view style this is a powerful short novel by an emerging talent.
Hidden in the Chest (The Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series #5)
by Winter MorganSteve has joined the staff of Minecrafters Academy as a guest teacher—but luck and then disaster strike in his first farming class, when he digs a hole that unexpectedly reveals a hidden chest full of treasure. At first the students are thrilled, but strange occurrences seem to follow those who discovered the chest, and an unending storm plagues the school. With a steady rain soaking the campus, Minecrafters Academy is vulnerable to nonstop attacks from zombies and skeletons. With the help of Cayla, a new student who claims to know more about the legendary chest, Steve and the students of the Academy look for a way to stop the storm and save their campus. Their journey will take them far from the school, to peaceful Mushroom Island. But what they find there will put them all in even greater danger . . .Nothing is what it appears and no one can truly be trusted in this mysterious fifth installment in the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series.
Hide and Geek (Hide and Geek #1)
by T. P. JaggerA puzzlemaker's last clue. A friendship's last chance.The GEEKs:Gina, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin have been best friends for as long as they can remember. So when their arch-nemesis points out that their initials make them literally GEEKs, they decide to go with it. The problem:The GEEKs&’ hometown of Elmwood was once the headquarters of the famous toymaker Maxine Van Houten. Her popular puzzle sphere, the Bamboozler, put the town on the map. But Maxine passed away long ago. Now the toy factory is shutting down, and Elena&’s mom and Kevin&’s dad are losing their jobs. They might have to move—and that would mean splitting up the GEEKs! The quest:Maxine left one final puzzle, a treasure hunt that could save the town and keep the friends together. But only those who know and love Elmwood best will be able to solve it. GEEKs to the rescue!
Hide and Seek: with Lovable, Furry Old Grover (Pictureback(R))
by Jon StoneWould You Like to Play Hide and Seek in This Book with Lovable Furry Old Grover? Grover wants to play Hide and Seek. Do you? Grover will hide . . . and you will seek. But where can a lovable blue monster hide in a book? On the top of the page? In the crack in the middle? What if he hides behind the words? Or camouflages himself on an all-blue page? Can you still find him? The reader will have riotous fun interacting with Grover in this charming classic, reminiscent of There&’s a Monster at the End of This Book! Sesame Street books, like the groundbreaking TV program, make learning fun. For over 40 years parents have been able to rely on Elmo, Grover, and all the gang to provide quality time while reading.
Hide and Snake Murder (Shay O'Hanlon #2)
by Jessie ChandlerBook two in the riotous caper series starring Shay O'Hanlon and her trouble-prone pals. When Shay O'Hanlon's ill-mannered friend Baz steals a stuffed snake from a wealthy businessman, he wasn't expecting it to be filled with money. Nor was he expecting his aunt Agnes to take it with her on vacation to the Big Easy. With trigger-happy thugs in hot pursuit, Shay leads her friends on a rowdy rescue mission from Minneapolis to New Orleans and back. Along the way, a bungled burglary puts the gang in a drug cartel's cross hairs, and a beautiful professor offers the only way out. But can Shay and the gang trust her with their lives?
Hideout (Swindle #5)
by Gordon KormanThe Man With The Plan and his friends return in this fifth romp in the Swindle series!HIDEOUT: a place to escape detection, especially when being chased by someone determined to have revenge. . . When Griffin Bing and his friends first met Luthor, he was a vicious attack dog working for the slimy S. Wendell Palomino - as known as Swindle. The kids rescued Luthor, and never thought they'd see Swindle again. But now Swindle's returned. And he wants his dog back.Swindle has manipulated the law so that there's no way for Savannah Drysdale to keep Luthor in her house. Before he can be taken away, they decide to made him disappear - away from Swindle.Six kids. Three hideouts. One extremely large dog.What could possibly go wrong?
Hiding Phil
by Eric BarclayHIDING PHIL, the hilarious story about three siblings and their mission to hide a beloved elephant named Phil, will have readers rolling on the floor with laughter!In this story, three siblings come upon an elephant named Phil and decide to bring him home. "Our parents will love Phil!" they cry out excitedly. Until it dawns on them: "Uh, oh . . ." No they won't! So what do they do? Try to hide him, of course! They try to stuff him into their doghouse--but he's too big. They throw a sheet over him with a sign that reads, "Club House: Keep Out!" But their parents still inquire, "Um, is that an elephant?" Can the kids convince their parents to keep Phil, or will they have to bring him back where he belongs? Writer and illustrator Eric Barclay brings this story to life with eye-catching illustrations that will make you laugh out loud, and dialogue that is both poignant and clever. The love between these kids and Phil is palpable, and will leave the reader itching for more!