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Book A Boilermaker for the Lady

Download or read book A Boilermaker for the Lady written by Fred Yannantuono and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. In A BOILERMAKER FOR THE LADY, Fred Yannantuono flings the funny bone of life right into the void taking the reader on an inward journey that is at once vast and hilarious. With pithy limericks, palindromes, and poems Yannantuono demonstrates his unique and masterful use of language on every page. And with opening lines from the apparently observational such as "The dumbest guy in thirty years" to the seemingly ridiculous such as "A porcupine's an iffy thing to kill," Yannantuono's dry wit provokes humor and thought read after read after read.

Book Popular Mechanics

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1907-08
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1907-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

Book Ladies Or Gentlemen

Download or read book Ladies Or Gentlemen written by Jean-Louis Ginibre and published by Filipacchi Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Greek drama through vaudeville and modern cinema, nothing in the theatrical experience has ever guaranteed a laugh like a man in a dress. This spectacular pictorial history examines the grand tradition of male cross-dressing in the movies through more than 700 photos, more than half of which are previously unpublished. The screen's greatest stars, from comedians like Buster Keaton and Peter Sellers to "serious" actors like Marlon Brando and Max von Sydow, are pictured in everything from bustiers to ball gowns. Just as in real life, the cinematic motives for cross-dressing are complex, ranging from plot device (I Was a Male War Bride) and social commentary (Tootsie) to the simple sight gags of Laurel and Hardy. The book explores these and myriad other reasons actors are coaxed out of dress suits and into dresses. By turns provocative, serious, and silly, Ladies or Gentlemen is a delightful study of a seldom-explored facet of cinema history.

Book The Sorrows of a Show Girl

Download or read book The Sorrows of a Show Girl written by Kenneth McGaffey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"" by Kenneth McGaffey takes readers to the glitz and glamor of Broadway in the early 20th century. Following Sabrina, as she attempts to ride the wave of being a showgirl to stardom, the book showcases just how difficult and tricky a life in show business was. Money-struggles, learning to stand up for oneself, and looking out for fellow performers are all experiences that Sabrina has to tackle.

Book The Boilermakers  Journal

Download or read book The Boilermakers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tales From Boilermaker Country  A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

Download or read book Tales From Boilermaker Country A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told written by Doug Griffiths and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Purdue athletics is sometimes funny, sometimes poignant and triumphant and often pretty amazing -- but always uniquely human. Along the way many characters have arisen in over 11 decades of competition and nearly 200 of these great stories are chronicled in Tales from the Boilermaker Country. On the hardwood, readers will learn why Purdue turned down its first opportunity to play in the NCAA Tournament, allowing archrival Indiana to win the 1940 title and how the first "Big Dog" in Purdue men's basketball history wasn't Glenn Robinson. From the football sidelines, the authors reveal the dramatic incident which almost cost the lives of Rose Bowl heroes Bob Griese and George Catavolas at the 1967 Hula Bowl. Also, readers will find out how long-time New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner became an assistant coach for the Purdue football team and a quarter century later was instrumental in luring the Boilermakers' NCAA Final Four coach away from ! Purdue. Included are the stories of Purdue's national championship teams; the 1961 golf team which was led by a player that never lost to golfing legend Jack Nicklaus and the triumphant story of the 1999 Purdue women's basketball team surviving three coaching changes en route to a national title. You will enjoy reading stories from some of the colorful characters in the school's past: Mike Alstott, Lin Dunn, Gene Keady, George King, Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Jack Mollenkopf, Michael "Scooby" Scearce, Moose Skowron and Joe Tiller -- to name a few. And you will travel back to the early days and the origins of Boilermaker sports when the team traveled by train and continue through the digital age when Heisman Trophy hopeful Drew Brees was promoted for the award in cyberspace.

Book Norfolk and Western Magazine

Download or read book Norfolk and Western Magazine written by Norfolk and Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tales from the Boilermaker Country

Download or read book Tales from the Boilermaker Country written by Doug Griffiths and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant and triumphant, often amazing, but always uniquely human. Thus describes the stories emanating from the proud athletic tradition of Purdue University -- nearly 200 stories, as a matter of fact. Tales from Boilermaker Country includes stories about some of the most colorful characters in the school's past, such as Mike Alstott, Lin Dunn, Gene Keady, George King, Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Jack Mollenkopf, Michael "Scooby" Scearce, and Moose Skowron, to name a few. Tales from Boilermaker Country takes you back to the early days and the origins of Boilermaker sports, when the team traveled by train, and continues through the digital age, when Heisman Trophy hopeful Drew Brees was promoted for the award in cyberspace. The stories in this help to explain why fans of this Big Ten school are as loyal as they come -- and why the history of Boilermaker sports makes it one of the most interesting stories in all of major collegiate athletics.

Book Michigan Ensian

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  • Publisher : UM Libraries
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book Michigan Ensian written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marines Ain t So Tough

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jim Williams
  • Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
  • Release : 2023-06-28
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Marines Ain t So Tough written by Jim Williams and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Marines Ain’t So Tough is just one of the dozens of short stories created by master storyteller Jim Williams. Each story uses a human emotion or experience as its genesis. Love, hate, courage, grief, revenge, lust, fear, and madness all serve as a backdrop for page-turning, thoughtful prose written in the style of Hemingway and Poe. A man tests his courage in Men Who Want to Fight; a grieving woman searches for answers in Where There’s Smoke; a clever sexy lady plays with a lustful man in Cindy; young lovers spend a memorable time in A Day At The Beach; three old folks, prisoners in a nursing home, rise to new heights and succeed in Old Fart TV; a young man meets God and explains his emotions during sex in God Jumped Into My Car; and many more stories are designed to explore the essence of what makes us human. Williams also explores elements of science fiction. His story, Mirror Mirror, captures both a technical experiment gone wrong with madness as an outcome. In The Land Of The Blind, there is an emotional and strange result as the velocity of the earth increases as it hurls through space and time and its effect on humankind. When you read Marines Ain’t So Tough, you will delight in each story's structure and outcome. Thought provoking, sometimes mystical, sometimes just funny... a good read and an experience worth remembering. About the Author Jim Williams is a world traveler, sailor, published author, and an Irish American who loves storytelling.

Book The Woman From Kerry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne Doughty
  • Publisher : Allison & Busby
  • Release : 2014-07-24
  • ISBN : 0749017309
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book The Woman From Kerry written by Anne Doughty and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Rose McGinley is just seven years old when her family is harshly evicted from their home in Donegal, victims of the Clearances of 1861. It is the first step in what will be a long and eventful journey for Rose, one that will take her from Donegal to Kerry, and back again to the North, with her husband and four children.But the feisty little girl blossoms into a woman of extraordinary character, who confronts hardship and tragedy - as well as great happiness - with steadfast courage and the determination to keep her family together, against all the odds.

Book Our Navy  the Standard Publication of the U S  Navy

Download or read book Our Navy the Standard Publication of the U S Navy written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Our Australian Girl  The Ruby Stories

Download or read book Our Australian Girl The Ruby Stories written by Penny Matthews and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1930 and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her 12th birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder times. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but her own family life seems comfortable and secure . . . until things start falling apart. Happy-go-lucky, compassionate, and loving, Ruby is an unforgettable Australian Girl. This bind-up of the four Ruby stories comes with a brand new chapter updating her life two years after the final book, Ruby of Kettle Farm.

Book Women in Mechanical Engineering

Download or read book Women in Mechanical Engineering written by Margaret Bailey and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-27 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women within mechanical engineering. Combined, these chapters tell an important story about the dynamic field of mechanical engineering in the areas of energy and the environment, as seen from the perspective of some of its most extraordinary women scientists and engineers. The volume shares with the Women in Engineering and Science Series the primary aim of documenting and raising awareness of the valuable, multi-faceted contributions of women engineers and scientists, past and present, to these areas. Women in mechanical engineering and energy and the environment are historically relevant and continue to lead these fields as passionate risk takers, entrepreneurs, innovators, educators, and researchers. Chapter authors are members of the National Academies, winners of major awards and recognition that include Presidential Medals, as well as SWE, SAE, ASME, ASEE and IEEE Award winners and Fellows.

Book First Ladies of Running

Download or read book First Ladies of Running written by Amby Burfoot and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, millions of women and girls around the world enjoy running and entering races. It wasn't always so: • In 1961, when Julia Chase edged to the start of a Connecticut 5-miler, officials tried to push her off the road. • At the 1966 Boston Marathon, Roberta Gibb hid behind a forsythia bush, worried that police might arrest her. • The next year at Boston, Kathrine Switzer was assaulted mid-race by a furious race organizer. • In the mid-60s, Indianapolis high schooler Cheryl Bridges was told not to run anywhere near the boys' track team because she might "distract" them. • When Charlotte Lettis signed up for the University of Massachusetts cross-country team in the fall of 1971, she was told to use the men's locker room. • A few years later in coastal Maine, young Joan Benoit would stop her workouts to pretend she was picking roadside flowers, embarrassed that her neighbors might spot her running. First Ladies of Running tells the inspiring stories of these and other fiercely independent runners who refused to give up despite the cultural and sports barriers they faced. Legends such as Doris Brown, Francie Larrieu, Mary Decker, Jackie Hansen, Miki Gorman, and Grete Waitz are chronicled by Runner's World editor Amby Burfoot. Burfoot even runs the 1994 Marine Corps Marathon with Oprah Winfrey, whose successful finish opened the floodgates for other women runners. First Ladies of Running is a beautiful and long-overdue tribute to the pioneers of women's running, and a gift of empowerment for female runners everywhere.