Download or read book Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder written by Twenty Major and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's just days after the Folkapalooza concert and having saved the world, Twenty Major is looking forward to some R&R but little does he know that his murky past is about to catch up with him ... Notorious Dublin gangster Tony Furriskey is calling in his marker. Years ago he helped Twenty and Jimmy the Bollix out of a hole and the time has come for them to repay the favour ... or end up swimming with the Dublin Bay prawns. Tony's youngest daughter, is about to marry a man he thoroughly disproves of and it's down to Twenty and Jimmy to make sure the wedding doesn't happen. They must follow the young man and his pals to Barcelona where the stag weekend is taking place, infiltrate the stag party and make sure, one way or another, that the wedding doesn't happen. But will Twenty's Barcelona past catch up with him? Which one of the group finds true love at last? And can they put down the cheap mojitos long enough stop the wedding? In the city of Gaudi and Picasso, Twenty, Jimmy, Stinking Pete and Dirty Dave are more gaudy and pickarse-o as they try and enjoy the Mediterranean sun while getting the job done.
Download or read book Absinthe The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century written by Doris Lanier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an alcohol content sometimes as high as 80 percent, absinthe was made by mixing the leaves of wormwood with other plants such as angelica root, fennel, coriander, hyssop, marjoram and anise for flavor. The result was a bitter, potent drink that became a major social, medical and political phenomenon during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; its popularity was mainly in France, but also in other parts of Europe and the United States, particularly in New Orleans. Absinthe produced a sense of euphoria and a heightening of the senses, similar to the effect of cocaine and opium, but was addictive and caused a rapid loss of mental and physical faculties. Despite that, Picasso, Manet, Rimbaud, Van Gogh, Degas and Wilde were among those devoted to its consumption and produced writings and art influenced by the drink. This work provides a history of "the green fairy", a study of its use and abuse, an exploration of the tremendous social problems (not unlike the cocaine problems of this century) it caused, and an examination of the extent to which the lives of talented young writers and artists of the period became caught up in the absinthe craze.
Download or read book Trelawny written by Holman Freeland and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Season in Hell Rimbaud Verlaine written by Sam Dowling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine on the rampage in nineteenth century Paris
Download or read book Godfather written by Gene D. Phillips and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A FOREWORD BY WALTER MURCH Gene Phillips blends biography, studio history, and film criticism to complete the most comprehensive work on Coppola ever written. The force behind such popular and critically acclaimed films as Apocalypse Now and the Godfather trilogy, Coppola has imprinted his distinct style on each of his movies and on the landscape of American popular culture. In Godfather, Phillips argues that Coppola has repeatedly bucked the Hollywood "factory system" in an attempt to create distinct films that reflect his own artistic vision—often to the detriment of his career and finances. Phillips conducted interviews with the director and his colleagues and examined Coppola's production journals and screenplays. Phillips also reviewed rare copies of Coppola's student films, his early excursions into soft-core pornography, and his less celebrated productions such as One from the Heart and Tucker: The Man and His Dream. The result is the definitive assessment of one of Hollywood's most enduring and misunderstood mavericks.
Download or read book In the Sweet Dry and Dry written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Episode on the Riviera written by Mack Reynolds and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Cogswell was being hunted on the Riviera. Between crooks and party girls, things are getting tough. Add his ex wife ... and beautiful Nadine (who may not be as innocent as she pretends) ... and Nadine's brute of an ex fiance, Gerald ... and you have a recipe for disaster!
Download or read book Think Twice written by Harlan Coben and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth. Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on – until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is. According to the agents, Greg is still alive—and has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, making him their main suspect. Shocked, Myron needs answers. Myron and Win, longtime friends and colleagues, set out to find the truth, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes. Secrets, lies, and a murderous conspiracy that stretches back into the past churn at the heart of Harlan Coben's blistering new novel.
Download or read book Textures written by Eppel, John and published by amabooks. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suburban and cosmopolitan, youthful and elderly, formal and experimental, these binaries twist like threads which meet in this anthology, and interweave on the loom of prosody, forming rich and varied textures, Few can craft poems with the skill of these two artisans from Zimbabwe.
Download or read book 20 000 Quips Quotes written by Evan Esar and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dust Devils Cozy Corners and Javelinas written by Michelee Morgan Cabot and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When people who have never been to Tucson think about this desert city, visions of dustbowls, brown landscapes, and eggs frying on pavement often come to mind. "Why would anyone ever want to live there?" they might ask. Well, Michelee Morgan Cabot will tell you in her book Dust Devils, Cozy Corners, and Javelinas: A Newcomer's Tale of Tucson. Not only has she found Tucson to be none of those preconceived notions often bandied about by the uninformed, but she's discovered a culturally rich landscape teeming with desert beauty, fascinating opportunities, and great food. Who wouldn't want to live here? So journey along with Michelee as she describes in creative and often hilarious prose some of the wonders of Tucson.
Download or read book A Mouthful of Space dust written by Gavin Turner and published by GD Turner. This book was released on 2023-05-21 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mouthful of space dust is a collection of quirky and humorous poems, a fascinating thought provoking odyssey through humanity in verse.
Download or read book Didactic Essays written by Damon Dion Reed and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How you-all doing?! When I say words, you say definitions! Words(Silence) I cant hear you! Words(Crickets). Wow, tough crowd. Have you ever noticed that the universe is arranged as a spectrum of battery systems? (Silence and cough) So did you guys here the one about the electron that walked into a bar so that it could see the bar? (Silence) You know, an electron doesnt release photons unless it is stimulated. Get it? (Frog Robot, Rooooobots) What? Cant a brother get a heckler up in this hizzy? (Silence) Did someone ask a what-what is this book about? (Silence) Seriously, I throw a what-what out there and nothing? (Silence) Fine, Ill just talk about the contents of this book. There are a lot of words, a couple sentences, two or more paragraphs, some science, a whole-lot of scientific satire, a few meaningless definitions, and some New Age Adages. Are you happy now? Peace Out! (A microphone drops to the floor.)
Download or read book 13 Shots of Noir written by Paul D. Brazill and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English writer Paul D Brazill's 13 Shots Of Noir is a collection of short stories in the vein of Roald Dahl, The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.The first story, "The Tut," was nominated for a 2010 Spinetingler Award, while the story "Anger Management" was chosen as one of the Predators and Editors top twenty crime stories. Crime, horror and dark fiction are contained within the pages of 13 Shots Of Noir.
Download or read book Dictionary of American Maxims written by David Kin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive collection of aphorisms of fundamental American moral rules and principles on a variety of subjects. Over the course of centuries, humanity has set down an accumulation of acute and succinct wisdom. It has the potential to be valuable and reliable, if they should be consistent in putting into practice the precepts which the best minds of the species have bequeathed them. Homo sapiens are fast learners and equally speedy forgetters. Therefore, from time to time, they should be reminded of this beneficial wisdom. In Dictionary of American Maxims, author David Kin collects a wide array of bon mots (and some wisecracks) attributed to American minds ranging from President George Washington to newspaper gossip columnist Walter Winchell. Kin has organized a vast array of wise sayings alphabetically by subject from “Ability” to “Zoroaster.” This is rich fare, certain to inspire, educate, and entertain.
Download or read book The Selected Sci Fi Stories written by Mack Reynolds and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 1083 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sellected SF stories are set in a near future and cover an assortment of social systems including anarchy, communism, technocracy, syndicalism, meritocracy, various forms of socialism, and an extrapolation of free-enterprise economics, People's Capitalism. Reynolds' heroes seek to improve their societies by direct revolutionary action. Contents: Revolution Combat Freedom Subversive Mercenary Ultima Thule Black Man's Burden Border, Breed nor Birth Frigid Fracas Status Quo Dogfight – 1973 Potential Enemy Off Course After Some Tomorrow Happy Ending Unborn Tomorrow I'm a Stranger Here Myself Summit Medal of Honor Gun for Hire Farmer Mercenary The Common Man Expediter Spaceman on a Spree Adaptation
