Download or read book Jaunty Jock and Other Stories written by Neil Munro and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jaunty Jock, and Other Stories" by Neil Munro is a delightful collection of short stories that captures the spirit and humor of Scottish life and culture. Munro's writing is characterized by its wit, vivid characters, and deep appreciation for the landscapes and people of Scotland. Through a series of charming and often humorous tales, Munro offers readers a glimpse into the daily lives, quirks, and idiosyncrasies of the Scottish people. Whether you have a connection to Scotland or simply enjoy well-crafted short stories, "Jaunty Jock" is a literary gem that celebrates the essence of Scottish storytelling.
Download or read book Neil Munro s Para Handy written by Neil Munro and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Para Handy written by Neil Munro and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. The master mariner and his crew - Dougie the mate, Macphail the engineer, Sunny Jim and the Tar - all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbours, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.
Download or read book Para Handy and Other Tales written by Neil Munro and published by . This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Para Handy Tales The Vital Spark written by Neil Munro and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Para Handy Tales" is a collection of sea adventure tales written by author Neil Munro. Para Handy is the crafty Gaelic skipper of the Vital Spark, a steamboat of the sort that delivered goods from Glasgow to Loch Fyne, the Hebrides, and the west coast highlands of Scotland in the early 20th century. The stories partly focus on his pride in his ship, "the smertest boat in the tred" which he considers to be of a class with the Clyde steamers, but mainly tell of the "high jinks" the crew get up to on their travels.
Download or read book The Lost Pibroch written by Neil Munro and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children of Tempest written by Neil Munro and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Para Handy All at Sea written by Stuart Donald and published by Neil Wilson Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is part of a trilogy of stories written in the style of Neil Munro. It features the motley crew of the Vital Spark as they stumble through a variety of Scottish west coast locations.
Download or read book Hurricane Jack of the Vital Spark written by Neil Munro and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Highland Harbors with Para Handy written by Neil Munro and published by Aegypan. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puff along with Para Handy and company through tales like "Christmas on the Vital Spark," "Para Handy's Pup," and "A Vegetarian Experiment" (with a remarkable recipe for stone soup) in this collection of delightful Scottish tales.
Download or read book In Highland Harbours with Para Handy written by Neil Munro and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Highland Harbors with Para Handy by Neil Munro is the story of Irish ship captain Para Handy and his mischievous band of Irish seamen. Neil and his gang get into hijinks on this lovely boat adventure. Excerpt: "The s.s. Texa made a triumphal entry to the harbor by steaming in between two square-rigged schooners, the Volant and Jehu, of Wick, and slid silently, with the exactitude of long experience, against the piles of Rothesay quay, where Para Handy sat on a log of wood."
Download or read book Emergency written by Neil Strauss and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. **I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.** So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first full-length worksince the international bestseller The Game, and one of the most original-and provocative-narratives of the year. After the last few years of violence and terror, of ethnic and religious hatred, of tsunamis and hurricanes–and now of world financial meltdown–Strauss, like most of his generation, came to the sobering realization that, even in America, anything can happen. But rather than watch helplessly, he decided to do something about it. And so he spent three years traveling through a country that's lost its sense of safety, equipping himself with the tools necessary to save himself and his loved ones from an uncertain future. With the same quick wit and eye for cultural trends that marked The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Emergency traces Neil's white-knuckled journey through today's heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying survivor. It's a tale of paranoid fantasies and crippling doubts, of shady lawyers and dangerous cult leaders, of billionaire gun nuts and survivalist superheroes, of weirdos, heroes, and ordinary citizens going off the grid. It's one man's story of a dangerous world–and how to stay alive in it. Before the next disaster strikes, you're going to want to read this book. And you'll want to do everything it suggests. Because tomorrow doesn't come with a guarantee...
Download or read book Neil Munro written by Lesley Lendrum and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most widely known for his humorous 'Para Handy' tales, Neil Munro (1863-1930) produced a number of accomplished novels and some skillfully crafted collections of short stories. He was also a distinguished journalist and an important figure in British, and particularly Scottish, literacy circles of the first quarter of the twentieth century. There has been a recent revival of interest in his work - much of which is now back in print." "This biography, by his granddaughter, is the first study of the man and his background - the 'old' Gaelic world of his native Argyllshire and the 'modern' world of his successful journalism, his friendships with Conrad, Cunninghame Graham, George Houston and other figures of the time. Munro was a family man through and through but with huge energy and interest in the wider world and a remarkable gift for story telling." "Lesley Lendrum uses previously unpublished letters and journal entries as well as well-chosen extracts from his journalism and other writing to tell his story."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Erchie My Droll Friend written by Neil Munro and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Erchie, My Droll Friend" by Neil Munro. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Sensational Alex Harvey written by John Neil Munro and published by Birlinn Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glasgow-born Alex Harvey's career began in the 1950s when he won a competition to become Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele (he dubbed himself 'Last of the Teenage Idols'). He was a devoted family man but in front of an audience he became an unforgettable entertainer -- charismatic, provocative and intense. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band eventually became one of the most exciting live acts of the 1970s --taking in Jacques Brel, rock and vaudeville. But Harvey's life offstage was beset by tragedy and his own alcoholism: his younger brother, Les, was electrocuted on stage; his manager and friend Billy Fehilly was killed in a plane crash. Eventually with his band in tatters, Alex sank into a sea of alcohol, finally succumbing to a fatal heart attack whilst waiting for a ferry home from a gig in Belgium in 1982, the day before his 47th birthday. "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were one of the craziest, most honest, most creative and most courageous bands of their time . . . [Harvey] would go to any length to enlighten and to entertain." --NME "Alex was cheeky. Special. Very charismatic. A naughty boy who didn't want to grow up.'" --RICHARD O'BRIEN (Rocky Horror Show) "I would have died to have had Alex Harvey as an uncle." --Robert Smith, The Cure
Download or read book Neil Munro Collection Novels written by Neil Munro and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Munro (1863 - 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known were about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also included stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson, and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in Glasgow newspapers, but collections were published as books. In this book: The Vital Spark, 1905, In Highland Harbours with Para Handy, 1911, Hurricane Jack of The Vital Spark, 1923, Bud, A Novel, 1907, The Shoes of Fortune, 1901, Doom Castle, 1901, The Lost Pibroch and other Sheiling Stories, 1923, John Splendid, The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn, 1898
Download or read book The New Road written by Neil Munro and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The New Road" by Neil Munro. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
