Download or read book Kirby s Circus written by Alexis Strathmann and published by Barron's snippet. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kirby's circus is an amusing story that teaches kids the ir, er, and ur vowel sound"--Back cover.
Download or read book Kirby s Last Circus written by Ross H. Spencer and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the Chance Purdue series introduces a Chicago detective who goes under the big top to take down the ringmaster of a Russian conspiracy. When the CIA chooses Birch Kirby, a mediocre detective with a personal life even less thrilling than his professional one, no one is more surprised by the selection than Birch himself. But the agency needs someone for a secret mission, and Birch may be just the clown for the job. Going undercover as a circus performer, he travels to Grizzly Gulch to investigate the source of daily, un-decodable secret messages that are being transmitted to the KGB. Birch interacts with wildly colorful characters while stumbling through performances as well as his assignment. With the clock ticking, Birch must hurry to take a right step toward bringing the curtain down on this very important case. Praise for Ross H. Spencer’s The Dada Caper “Parodies of the private‐eye novel come and go. Here is The Dada Caper by Ross H. Spencer. It has every cliché down pat, including rat-tat-tat writing in which paragraphs are seldom more than one sentence. . . . The hero is a private eye who is always tailing the wrong people and hitting the wrong guys. The Dada Caper is wild, shrewd, mad and unexpectedly funny.” —The New York Times
Download or read book Kirby s Last Circus written by Ross H. Spencer and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1987 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CIA hires Birch Kirby, an apparently bumbling private detective, to find out what messages the KGB is transmitting from Grizzly Gulch, Illinois
Download or read book Kirby s Way written by Angie Klink and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late J. Kirby Risk II called himself "a small-town businessman from the banks of the Wabash." He was much more. The fastidious, dapper man from Lafayette, Indiana, exuded philanthropy and free enterprise. Like a sheepdog, he tended the flock, rounded up strays, darted to key places to close up stragglers, and nudged everyone toward a common goal. Sometimes his stubborn persistence caused clashes. His demanding behavior was for good, no matter what others thought. That was Kirby's way. Kirby's integrity was the basis for his two occupations. His first career was compassion, and his second career was the building of the battery company he cofounded in 1926 with $500 borrowed from his father. Today, Kirby Risk Corporation is a multimillion-dollar electrical products and services industry headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, and led by Kirby's son, Jim. Kirby's Way captures the essence of this imitable gentleman, who with his wife of fifty-five years, Caroline, raised four children, gave time, money, and meals to strangers, refugees, Purdue University students, and their beloved community, while building from their kitchen table a successful Midwest corporation. He believed in "sacrificial service." Kirby noticed people. He recognized their importance. In turn, they loved him and wanted to help him. He dwelled on his favorite song, "Mankind is My Business." Relationships shaped his success. Kirby was quiet about his deeds. He lived the Bible passage, Matthew 6:3—"But when you do a kindness to someone, do it secretly—do not tell your left hand what your right hand is doing." Kirby Risk may not have wanted this book. Yet he would have esteemed it as a parable, a spiritual truth that compels readers to discover certainties for themselves. From heaven, he tends the flock and rounds up strays, so more people might live Kirby's Way.
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Download or read book The Regency Detective written by David Lassman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To all appearances Jack Swann is a typical gentleman of the Regency period; educated, cultured and affluent. In his early thirties, he is an attractive and eligible bachelor, with all the resources needed to live a privileged life. Haunted by the murder of his father twenty years earlier – the perpetrators of which have never been caught – Swann has, however, turned his back on this world and chosen instead to fight crime as ' The Regency Detective', an unofficial consulting detective to the Bow Street Runners in London. Arriving in Bath for a family funeral, Swann finds several reasons for staying in the city: to protect Mary, his sister, from the mysterious Lockhart; to find the 'Scarred Man', who might lead him to his father's killer; and to end the reign of terror by Wicks, the local underworld boss who, in turn, sets out to have Swann assassinated.
Download or read book The Devereaux File written by Ross H. Spencer and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisecracking Chicago PI Lacey Lockington gets caught in a dangerous game of international espionage in this gritty, “truly hilarious” mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Former Chicago police detective Lacey Lockington isn’t much for small talk. But when he hears ex-CIA agent Rufe Devereaux is coming to town, he looks forward to arguing baseball with his old drinking buddy. Unfortunately, Rufe is involved in a more sinister kind of game—one that gets him killed shortly after his arrival. And as Lacey is about to find out, the other players aren’t playing around. The moment Lacey start investigating, he finds himself chased by the Mafia, the CIA, and a homicidal politician-turned-evangelist. And “help” arrives in the sultry form of a KGB agent named Natasha. He knows he’s in over his head. Because what starts as a search for the truth quickly becomes a desperate race for survival taking him from the gritty bars of Chicago to Miami’s cocaine-filled underbelly and culminating in “a slam-bang ending” (Publishers Weekly). “Spencer keeps the plot racing with amusing dialogue.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Theorizing Film Acting written by Aaron Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection provides theoretical accounts of the grounds and phenomenon of film acting. The volume features entries by some of the most prominent scholars on film acting who collectively represent the various theoretical traditions that constitute the discipline of film studies. Each section proposes novel ways of considering the recurring motifs in academic enquiries into film acting, including: (1) the mutually contingent problematic of description and interpretation, (2) the intricacies of bodily dynamics and their reception by audiences, (3) the significance of star performance, and (4) the impact of evolving technologies and film styles on acting traditions.
Download or read book Robert Penn Warren written by Joseph R. Millichap and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Penn Warren (1905-89), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for both poetry and fiction, the National Book Award, and the first official Poet Laureate of the United States, wrote just one collection of short fiction: his 1947 volume, The Circus in the Attic and Other Stories. The fourteen tales in this volume are of exceptionally high quality, yet have been virtually neglected by critics. His pervasive theme of the individual searching for self in an often hostile world has struck an immediate chord with many contemporary readers, and his wide range of literary endeavors has earned him the truly deserved title of man of letters." "With Joseph Millichap's work, Warren will finally receive the attention he merits for his short fiction. Millichap argues that his shorter works serve as a window into Warren's writing style and demonstrate in embryo his steady commitment to the romance of southern history. The fourteen collected stories, along with several uncollected and unpublished works, are analyzed in tandem and also related to other works in Warren's broad canon. The book includes two essays by Warren himself and also provides an interview and an in-depth analysis of classic scholarship on Warren. A chronology and bibliography add useful elements to this study, a work sure to augment any reader's appreciation of one of our foremost southern writers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Library of American Fiction The bishop s vagabond Kirby s coals of fire Passages from the journal of a social wreck Stella Grayland The image of San Donato written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book DK Eyewitness London Mini Map and Guide written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-sized travel guide, packed with expert advice and ideas for the best things to see and do in London, and complemented with a sturdy pull-out map - perfect for a day trip or a short break. Whether you want to stroll through royal parks and palaces, seek out the best pubs and restaurants, discover historic monuments or avant-garde art - this great-value, concise travel guide will ensure you don't miss a thing. Inside Mini Map and Guide London: - Easy-to-use pull-out map shows London in detail, and includes an Underground map - Color-coded area guide makes it easy to find information quickly and plan your day - Illustrations show the inside of some of London's most iconic buildings - Color photographs of London's museums, architecture, shops, palaces, and more - Essential travel tips including our expert choices of where to eat, drink and shop, plus useful transportation, currency and health information - Chapters covering Whitehall and Westminster; Mayfair and St James's; Soho and Trafalgar Square; Covent Garden and the Strand; Holborn and the Inns of Court; Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia; King's Cross, Camden and Islington; The City; Shoreditch and Spitalfields; Southwark and Bankside; South Bank; Chelsea and Battersea; South Kensington and Knightsbridge; Kensington, Holland Park and Notting Hill; Regent's Park and Marylebone Mini Map and Guide London is abridged from DK Eyewitness Travel Guide London Staying for longer and looking for a more comprehensive guide? Try our DK Eyewitness Top Ten London. About DK Eyewitness Travel: DK's Mini Map and Guides take the work out of planning a short trip, with expert advice and easy-to-read maps to inform and enrich any short break. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.
Download or read book Danny s Own Story written by Don Marquis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Danny's Own Story" is a novel set in the United States in the early 20th century. The story depicts the adventures of a teenage boy coming from the early 19th-century South. The characters' language, manners, and beliefs represent the attitudes and dialect appropriate to that time. The boy gets into incredible adventures which perfectly mirror the customs and morals of late 19th-century society.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1943-01-02 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book Christoph Schlingensief s Realist Theater written by Ilinca Todorut and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first study of the prolific German filmmaker, performance artist, and TV host Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) that identifies him as a practitioner of realism in the theater and lays out how theatrical realism can offer an aesthetic frame sturdy enough to hold together his experiments across media and genres. This volume traces Schlingensief’s developing realism through his theater work in conventional theater venues, in less conventional venues, his opera work focusing on the production of Wagner’s Parsifal at Bayreuth, and his art installations on revolving platforms called Animatographs. This book will be of great interest to scholars of theater, film, and performance art and practitioners.
Download or read book Comics through Time 4 volumes written by M. Keith Booker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 2803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium. Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Iron Man series of films and the hit television drama The Walking Dead. But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant effects of the restrictions of the Comics Code in place from the 1950s through 1970s, which prohibited the depiction of zombies and use of the word "horror," among many other rules. Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas provides students and general readers a one-stop resource for researching topics, genres, works, and artists of comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels. The comprehensive and broad coverage of this set is organized chronologically by volume. Volume 1 covers 1960 and earlier; Volume 2 covers 1960–1980; Volume 3 covers 1980–1995; and Volume 4 covers 1995 to the present. The chronological divisions give readers a sense of the evolution of comics within the larger contexts of American culture and history. The alphabetically arranged entries in each volume address topics such as comics publishing, characters, imprints, genres, themes, titles, artists, writers, and more. While special attention is paid to American comics, the entries also include coverage of British, Japanese, and European comics that have influenced illustrated storytelling of the United States or are of special interest to American readers.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1953-01-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
