Download or read book Liquorish Durg written by Daithidh MacEochaidh and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragi-comedy rich in humour, allusion and vice.It's dead hard growing up UP NORTH, when the pit's shut, when the great dead weight of northern naturalism and social-realism hangs from one's neck like a dead hover hawk, when the only place you know is the past, where the only future is death--a job-experience schemed down at the Crematorium, when the criminal underworld takes a personal interest in your progress, when your boss is mad, sat up to his neck in a pet's grave, when the only woman you love ... loves herself. ...A rights of passage, last rights, coming of age in an age of unreason!
Download or read book Travels with Chinaski written by Daithidh MacEochaidh and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Travels with Chinaski is the lonely lurch into lunacy, anarchy, the drunken fall into disassociation, the paralytic collapse into alienation - the utter, utter headlong, bar-storming leap into the liberation of madness. Chinaski: the freedom, the fuck death, to fuck your only friend's girl, to fuck the landlord for rent, to fuck over rat-infested bed-sit-land, to fuck your kidneys, your liver, your numerous court appearances and then to fucking care about your beautiful beat-up neighbour as she cries in the night. Chinaski walks into your life, side-stepping last night's cold sick on the floor, he kicks you out of bed, he's back from the dead and he is going to make you dance, rage and drink with sheer life. Chinaski is there for you like a hangover that's moved in to stay."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pastoral Pastimes written by Daithidh MacEochaidh and published by . This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich mixture of modern stories exploring an ancient theme. A collection with something for everyone: satire, tradegy, comedy and the something far removed from sanity. 18 short stories in A6 format, designed for the pocket.
Download or read book Liquorice written by Münir Öztürk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is one of the most widely used in foods, herbal medicine and one of the extensively researched medicinal plants of the world. In traditional medicine licorice roots have been used against treating many ailments including lung diseases, arthritis, kidney diseases, eczema, heart diseases, gastric ulcer, low blood pressure, allergies, liver toxicity, and certain microbial infections. Licorice extract contains sugars, starch, bitters, resins, essential oils, tannins, inorganic salts and low levels of nitrogenous constituents such as proteins, individual amino acids, and nucleic acids. A large number of biologically active compounds have been isolated from Glycyrrhiza species, where triterpene, saponins and flavonoids are the main constitutes which show broad biological activities. The present book will discuss the botany, the commercial interests as well as the recent studies on the phytochemistry and pharmacology of licorice. It will also describe the side effects and toxicity of licorice and its bioactive components, an underrepresented subjects of importance. It will be the first book to present global perspectives of licorice in detail. It will serve as a carefully researched introduction for students, healthcare practitioners, botanists and plant biochemists; full of historical background and bridges the gap between botany, ecology, pharmacology, as well as treatment of diseases.
