Bob Smith

“It’s safe to say your relationship is in trouble if the only way you can imagine solving your problems is by borrowing a time machine.” In 2006 comic book dealer John Sherkston has decided to break up with his physicist boyfriend, Taylor Esgard, on the very day Taylor announces he’s finally perfected a time machine for the U.S government. John travels back to 1986, where he encounters “Junior,” his younger, more innocent self. When Junior starts to flirt, John wonders how to reveal his identity: “I’m you, only with less hair and problems you can’t imagine.” He also meets up with the younger Taylor, and this unlikely trio teams up to plot a course around their future relationship troubles, prevent John’s sister from making a tragic decision, and stop George W. Bush from becoming president. In this wickedly comic, cross-country, time-bending journey, John confronts his own—and the nation’s—blunders, learning that a second chance at changing things for the better also brings new opportunities to screw them up. Through edgy humor, time travel, and droll one-liners, Bob Smith examines family dysfunction, suicide, New York City, and recent American history while effortlessly blending domestic comedy with science fiction. Part acidic political satire, part wild comedy, and part poignant social scrutiny, Remembrance of Things I Forgot is an uproarious adventure filled with sharp observations about our recent past. InSight Out Book Club, featured selection Bob Smith named one of Instinct magazine’s Leading Men 2011 Winner, Barbara Gittings Literature Award/Stonewall Book Awards, American Library Association Finalist, Over the Rainbow Selection, American Library Association Finalist, Green Carnation Prize, international prize for LGBT Literature Amazon Top Ten Gay & Lesbian Books of 2011 Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Reviewers

A Novel

Remembrance of Things I Forgot

Il ragazzo che amava Shakespeare

A Shakespeare instructor to the acting community discusses his difficult childhood; the discovery of Shakespeare that gave him a purpose and a means of viewing the world; and his work with actors, seniors, and college students.

A Memoir

Hamlet's Dresser

John Smith

Jane Donlan

Facing any type of change can cause confusion and anxiety for individuals with autism spectrum conditions. This book looks at the small transitions in everyday life that can be a big deal for a child with autism and offers simple and effective strategies to make change less of a daily challenge. Explaining why seemingly minor changes to routine can be emotionally distressing for children with autism, this book teaches parents practical solutions for coping with common transitions including switching from a weekday to weekend schedule, the changing of the seasons, and sleeping in a different bed when on holiday. With insights from the authors' personal experiences and helpful scripts, signs and sketches to use along the way, this book shows that with planning and preparation parents can reduce the stress surrounding change for their child and the whole family. This book is the perfect tool to help children with autism deal with change in a calmer and more confident manner and will be essential reading for parents and any professionals working alongside them.

Small Changes - Big Challenges

Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions Through Everyday Transitions

Dan Parent

Michael Uslan

Betty and Veronica are both set to start off on a whirlwind adventure that will take them abroad for a whole semester - and the first leg of their journey is London! Get ready to meet the new families Betty and Veronica will be living with during their stay. How will they manage in this unfamiliar territory? Will they get the excitement they're looking for? Can they handle both study and play in Europe? When they find themselves falling into the same traps and routines they encountered back in Riverdale, they realize what really needs to change is themselves. See how they make this change, plus meet the two exchange students taking Betty and Veronica's place in Riverdale while they're away!

Betty & Veronica #274

Smith gracefully weaves the stories of his bittersweet childhood and his life's work with illuminating passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. A brilliant reminder of the redemptive power of literature, it will make readers fall in love with Shakespeare again or for the first time.

Graham Phillips

Bill Pierce

John Hardin

While there are books that tell readers how to run Linux on embedded hardware and books on how to build a Linux application, this volume is the first book to demonstrate how to merge the two to create a Linux appliance.

A Hands-on Guide to Building Linux Appliances

Linux Appliance Design

When Bob and Roberta Smith was elected a Royal Academician in 2013, he had a more complex relationship with the Academy than most. He remembered well the feeling of suspense as his parents, both artists, waited to find out if their submissions had been accepted for the annual Summer Exhibition. The outcome brought jubilation or despair, but rarely to both, which led to its problems. In The Secret to a Good Life, Bob and Roberta Smith introduces his mother, Deirdre Borlase, and her encounters with the often sexist and classist art establishment of postwar Britain. Her story has led her son to ruminate on drawing, politics and the challenge art can pose to authority, as well as to reminisce on his experience of growing up in a household with two painters for parents. In the colourful signwriting style for which he is best known, Bob and Roberta Smith tells a poignant and political family story and answers the question: what is the secret to a good life?00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (20.03.2018 - 18.08.2019).

Bob and Roberta Smith: the Secret to a Good Life

Children are full of innocence and sweetness. But even the most adorable kids want to imitate the grown-ups around them. 4-year-old Mike is one of them. He's the typical clumsy kid, falling over himself and whatever is in his way, including his lovable dog Tiger. Mike wants to prove to the adults that he can be just like them. In I'm Not A Baby, author Bob Smith reveals Mike's precocious world as he tries activities like swimming, making breakfast, and dressing up in nice clothes. And just like any child his age, Mike tries his best - with hilarious results. I'm Not A Baby is the perfect story for your own child. They will follow Mike, just like Tiger faithfully does, as constant setbacks fail to hinder him. That's because Mike is like every child - full of wonder, curiosity, and willing to learn from his mistakes. And as you read this heartwarming book to your own child, perhaps you can learn from Mike's adventures too, because his optimism and drive are lessons for all of us.

I Am Not a Baby

A high risk private military contractor, Shadow Bear, crosses paths with Hawaii’s ruthless Korean Mafia and Korea’s most notorious serial killer. All he wants is to finish his life in solitude after a botched mission with the CIA, but he’s forced to face his worst nightmare when their paths cross.

Banshee, The Black Art

Those who knew him figured Jimmy Newton would never amount to much. In the first place, he was a mistake. His mother, Judy, got pregnant while a junior in high school. Few girls are ready for motherhood at that age, and she certainly wasn't. His father showed his interest by abandoning her before his birth. Fortunately, Judy's parents helped her through the ordeal. Grateful, but feeling the need for freedom, Judy moved when she could and took Jimmy with her. Attempting to make up for what she missed in school, Judy became loose and available. Jimmy met some of her friends at the breakfast table. Her "regulars" became his friends too. Judy's lifestyle during his formative years left Jimmy in the care of babysitters who had agendas of their own. They often parked him in front of the TV and entertained their boyfriends on the couch. In school, Jimmy ran with a rough crowd, often knee-deep in trouble. Enter Lou Jackson. In many ways, Lou was a godsend for both mother and child. Lou, with a checkered past himself, mentored Jimmy and put him on a better track, not necessarily the right one. His questionable message to the young man was-if you're going to be a crook, at least be smart about it. Utilizing some of the traits and lessons Lou taught him, Jimmy came up with some ideas of his own. Lou thought what he had in mind was a bit too complicated, even risky, but Jimmy was determined to proceed. Along the way, Jimmy met Charley, who heard the idea and encouraged him to proceed with it. Jimmy discovered later that his idea would not have worked at all, if not for Charley. And Charley was not who he appeared to be.

Road to a Miracle, a story of second chances

As an openly gay comic, Bob Smith broke barriers with an appearance on "The Tonight Show." Now Smith offers up his own original, whine-free perspective on being grown up and gay.In OPENLY BOB, the acclaimed comedian candidly, and humorously, tackles issues facing grown-up gays as they make their place in an overwhelmingly straight society. From bringing your boyfriend home to your father's funeral, to being the only gay couple at a family wedding, to surviving couples counseling, Smith's decidedly wry spin on the events of our lives resonates with keen observation and hilarious truth."So Mom says to me on the phone, 'Just because you're coming home for your father's funeral doesn't mean we can't have fun!'"Sex education, meteor showers, lesbian ventriloquist dummies, fleamarket shopping, body piercing, pot -smoking drag queens, environmental correctness, Judgment Day, Samuel Beckett, Newt Gingrich, Coco Chanel, Sigmund Freud--nothing and no one escapes Smith's incisive eye in this very human collection of comic essays.

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