Download or read book Oh the Glory of It All written by Sean Wilsey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted.” —Vogue “A vivid mix of brio, self-awareness and sophistication . . . writing well is indeed the best revenge.” —The New York Times Book Review “A monumental piece of work.” —Kirkus Reviews “In the beginning we were happy. And we were always excessive. So in the beginning we were happy to excess.” With these opening lines Sean Wilsey takes us on an exhilarating tour of life in the strangest, wealthiest, and most grandiose of families. Sean's blond-bombshell mother (one of the thinly veiled characters in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City) is a 1980s society-page staple, regularly entertaining Black Panthers and movie stars in her marble and glass penthouse, "eight hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows full of water and bridges and hills." His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade and lectures his son on proper hygiene in public restrooms, "You should wash your hands first, before you use the urinal. Not after. Your penis isn't dirty. But your hands are." When Sean, "the kind of child who sings songs to sick flowers," turns nine years old, his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend. Sean's life blows apart. His mother first invites him to commit suicide with her, then has a "vision" of salvation that requires packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and traveling the globe, a retinue of multiracial children in tow. Her goal: peace on earth (and a Nobel Prize). Sean meets Indira Gandhi, Helmut Kohl, Menachem Begin, and the pope, hoping each one might come back to San Francisco and persuade his father to rejoin the family. Instead, Sean is pushed out of San Francisco and sent spiraling through five high schools, till he finally lands at an unorthodox reform school cum "therapeutic community," in Italy. With its multiplicity of settings and kaleidoscopic mix of preoccupations-sex, Russia, jet helicopters, seismic upheaval, boarding schools, Middle Earth, skinheads, home improvement, suicide, skateboarding, Sovietology, public transportation, massage, Christian fundamentalism, dogs, Texas, global thermonuclear war, truth, evil, masturbation, hope, Bethlehem, CT, eventual salvation (abridged list)—Oh the Glory of It All is memoir as bildungsroman as explosion.
Download or read book Ed the Happy Clown written by Chester Brown and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-out-of-print classic by a master of underground comics In the late 1980s, the idiosyncratic Chester Brown (author of the much-lauded Paying For It and Louis Riel) began writing the cult classic comic book series Yummy Fur. Within its pages, he serialized the groundbreaking Ed the Happy Clown, revealing a macabre universe of parallel dimensions. Thanks to its wholly original yet disturbing story lines, Ed set the stage for Chester Brown to become a world-renowned cartoonist. Ed the Happy Clown is a hallucinatory tale that functions simultaneously as a dark roller-coaster ride of criminal activity and a scathing condemnation of religious and political charlatanism. As the world around him devolves into madness, the eponymous Ed escapes variously from a jealous boyfriend, sewer monsters, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and a janitor with a Jesus complex. Brown leaves us wondering, with every twist of the plot, just how Ed will get out of this scrape. The intimate, tangled world of Ed the Happy Clown is definitively presented here, repackaged with a new foreword by the author and an extensive notes section, and, as with every Brown book, astonishingly perceptive about the zeitgeist of its time.
Download or read book Glory written by Vladimir Nabokov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In general Glory is my happiest thing.' 'The fun of Glory is . . . to be sought in the echoing and linking of minor events, in back-and-forth switches, which produce an illusion of impetus; in an old daydream directly becoming the blessing of the ball hugged to one's chest, or in the casual vision of Martin's mother grieving beyond the time-frame of the novel in an abstraction of the future that the reader can only guess at, even after he has raced through the last seven chapters where a regular madness of structural twists and a masquerade of all characters culminate in a furious finale, although nothing much happens at the very end - just a bird perching on a wicket in the greyness of a wet day' - Vladimir Nabokov
Download or read book Blue Book written by Tiffany and Company and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Blaze of Glory written by Agatha Young and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1950, this book from the author of Light in the Sky tells the story of a beautiful, imperious, thoroughly spoiled young woman; her ambitions, loves and jealousies, all magnificently displayed against a panorama of New York society and theatrical life in the 1880s. Willow Cleveland left her husband and came to New York determined to be the star of the stage. Backed by the unlimited wealth of an admiring millionaire, she achieved her ambition only to find that it took more to make a great actress than a mere desire to bask in a blaze of glory. Meanwhile her dynamic young husband came to New York determined to break her spirit and bring her back to his home. And a theatrical producer, who was clever enough to see the talent beneath the willful surface, was equally determined to make her into a truly great actress. How Willow Cleveland’s husband fought a financial battle with her rich admirer and fell in love with his niece; how Willow learned the hard way to humble her pride and work for success in the theatre is the theme of this brilliant new novel, set against a background of gaslights and hansom cabs, of dinners at Delmonico’s and tempests and triumphs behind the footlights.
Download or read book These Nameless Things written by Shawn Smucker and published by Revell. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Dan opened his door to find a wounded woman who had escaped from the tormentors in the mountain, his life had become rather quiet. He and the eight other people in the mostly abandoned town had become friends. They spent peaceful evenings around the campfire and even made vague plans to journey east one day and leave the ominous mountain behind. But the woman's arrival changes everything. Who is she? How does she know so much about Dan's brother, who is still held captive in the mountain? Why are long-forgotten memories rising to the surface? And why does Dan feel so compelled to keep her presence in his house a secret? Visionary writer Shawn Smucker is back with an unsettling story that invites us to consider two challenging questions: To what lengths will we go to assuage our own guilt? and Is there a limit to the things we will do for the people we love?
Download or read book Lady Charlotte s Society of Angels Complete Series Box Set Books 1 5 Bonus Novella written by Grace Callaway and published by Grace Callaway. This book was released on 2024-10-03 with total page 2072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, all five books in USA Today Bestseller Grace Callaway's multi award-winning steamy historical romance series are available in one box set...with a bonus holiday novella! Join Lady Charlie's "Angels" as these lady detectives solve mysteries, have fun adventures, and find their passionate soul mates... "The Queen of Steam in Historical Romance." -Romance Library “A very hot and perfectly paced page turner." -NPR "A beautiful storyline, intense passion, and unforgettable characters." -Reading Rebel Reviews Olivia and the Masked Duke Spirited debutante Lady Olivia McLeod has two interests: solving mysteries and winning the love of her rescuer and older secret crush, Ben Wodehouse, the infamous Duke of Hadleigh. Livy is thrilled to join Lady Charlotte Fayne’s covert investigative agency and dedicates herself to solving a deadly case; little does she realize that the path to danger will also lead to her heart’s deepest desire. Pippa and the Prince of Secrets Beautiful widow Pippa, the Countess of Longmere, has sworn off love, but everything changes when her work as a lady detective leads her to a man from her past: scarred Timothy Cullen, now a powerful leader of the London underworld. A steamy Beauty and the Beast romance! Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl When her family forbids her from being a lady investigator, spirited Fiona Garrity decides that marrying Thomas Morgan, the widowed and enigmatic Earl of Hawksmoor, may be her only ticket to freedom. Fiery passion and unexpected love threatens the negotiated rules of Fiona and Hawk’s marriage. Will their marriage of convenience survive when their secret lives collide? Glory and the Master of Shadows Lady Glory Cavendish wants stoic master fighter Wei Chen to take her on as a pupil, but their training ignites a sizzling forbidden attraction. As they embark on a case that unravels the secrets of Wei's past, the pair must fight the shadows together for their chance at happily ever after. Charlotte and the Seductive Spymaster Widow Lady Charlotte Fayne, the founder of a society of lady detectives, has dedicated herself to helping women in need. Her latest case resurrects secrets from her own past, and now she must choose between a dashing new suitor and a seductive second chance romance. Choosing who to trust and who to love will prove to be Charlie’s most perilous mission yet. ...plus Bonus Holiday Novella, Mrs. Peabody and the Unexpected Duke! *** Other Box Sets by Grace Callaway Mayhem in Mayfair Quartet: The Complete Series Heart of Enquiry (Kents) Complete Series: Books 1-6 + Bonus Novella Game of Dukes Complete Series Box Set: Books 1-5 + Bonus Holiday Story
Download or read book The Sketch written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wedding Series The Complete Collection Books 1 9 and Bonus Story written by Patricia McLinn and published by Craig Place Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 3308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Love this series ... so many twists and turns that take you all over the world!” – 5-star review The Wedding Series starts with the stories of three college friends in suburban Chicago embarking on the greatest education of all — falling in love, finding the perfect bride and becoming the happiest grooms around. Book 1: Paul Monroe, the free spirit Book 2: Michael Dickinson, the best man Book 3: Grady Roberts, the last bachelor In Book 4, The Wedding Series shifts as Paul’s little sister, Judi, leaves her groom at the altar in and runs off to Wyoming. The series takes another turn in Book 5 as April leaves Illinois, the Roberts family and their circle of friends to strike out on her own in Washington, D.C. She winds up alone for the holidays – and wrapped up in royal intrigue. In the final two books of The Wedding Series, King Jozef of Bariavak continues his search for his long-missing granddaughter, while also facing threats to his country. His royal matchmaking roils a college basketball community in small-town Wisconsin and upends a Wyoming rancher who finds out he may be destined for a crown instead of cowboy hat. The Wedding Series Prelude to a Wedding Wedding Party Grady’s Wedding The Runaway Bride The Christmas Princess -Hoops The Surprise Princess Not a Family Man The Forgotten Prince Bonus short story: The Soldier’s Kiss (a romantic comedy prequel to The Forgotten Prince) The Wedding Series: The Complete Collection is a nine-book series, with a bonus short story, containing passionate, heart-warming contemporary romances that will captivate you. Praise for The Wedding Series “The Christmas Princess holds all the coziness of the holiday spirit. … McLinn is an expert at revealing the layers enveloping her characters. With each reveal, sometimes exquisitely subtle, we are pulled in deeper to be active participants in the emotionally charged, yet heart-melting romance.” — USA Today “Full of warmth, understanding of human nature, and great characters.” — 5-star review “Loyal readers know what to expect from a Patricia McLinn book — a strong, emotional story, a solid plot, and characters so real you miss them when the story ends. ‘The Runaway Bride’ is no exception.” — 5-star review “A fun quick read that's filled with tenderness and passion. … Thomas Vance is sexy and heroic and Judi is lovely.” — Goodreads “While the story of King Jozef's search for a willing heir will keep readers engaged, the real beauty in [The Forgotten Prince] is found in the many and varied relationships of the characters. Their hopes, their fears, their sacrifices, their loves, will so draw one into the story that when it is done you can't help but feel you really know these people.” — 5-star review Clear your calendar to start binge-reading USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers: The Complete Collection today! More romance from Patricia McLinn Marry Me series Wedding of the Century The Unexpected Wedding Guest A Most Unlikely Wedding Baby Blues and Wedding Bells Seasons in a Small Town What Are Friends For? (Spring) The Right Brother (Summer) Falling for Her (Autumn) Warm Front (Winter) Wyoming Wildflowers Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning Almost a Bride Match Made in Wyoming My Heart Remembers A New World Jack’s Heart Rodeo Nights Where Love Lives A Cowboy Wedding Making Christmas A Place Called Home Lost and Found Groom At the Heart’s Command Hidden in a Heartbeat
Download or read book We the People written by Dan Chichester and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Blue written by Annie Wedekind and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born Free! Among a patterned herd of wild Appaloosa mustangs running free in the Idaho wilderness lives Blue, a spirited filly the color of rain. Surrounded by her family, including her gentle sister Doe, and protected by her father, the band stallion, Blue lives a life both harsh and beautiful in the rugged terrain of an undiscovered habitat. That all changes, though, when Blue and Doe are captured by rogue cowboys, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens the very survival of their hidden, secret herd.
Download or read book Wings of Glory written by Sophia Angelgate and published by P. L. Cobb. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Village of Sammardale there is a rather spicy longstanding tradition.Once they are of age, young women (and sometimes men) give their virginity away to angels! There are the angels of the day, and then there are the more mysterious angels of the night, so the women of Sammardale have lots of options. Alexandria, the daughter of a merchant, has had her attempts at sexual bliss thwarted by her father every step of the way! Being from a big city means that there are certain traditions that her old man will never understand. At the age of 22 she's forced to take matters into her own hand. After failing to attract any angels of the day, she decides to try her hand at the angels of the night. Little does she know who she'll meet next... When Alexandria heard the rushing of wings she felt slightly vindicated. She looked up. Oh, he’s glorious! She felt oddly calm. His body was covered in blue flames, and his face was so brilliant that Alexandria could not discern his features. And his wings—he had eight of them! That was six more wings than she’d bargained for! Alexandria could feel her heart: it was somersaulting for joy. I hope I can handle him! When his feet touched the ground he kneeled before. “I was hoping to see you tonight!” he whispered. His excitement was palpable. Sophia Angelgate, Queen of the Quick Read, will not disappoint with the first entry in the Angel's Glory series! She weaves humour and wit into a fun, sexy tale that will leave the reader begging for more!
Download or read book Shadowbahn written by Steve Erickson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the Twin Towers suddenly reappear in the Badlands of South Dakota, twenty years after their fall, nobody can explain their return. To the tens of thousands drawn to the 'American Stonehenge' - including Parker and Zema, siblings driving from LA to Michigan - the towers seem to sing, even though everybody hears a different song. And on the ninety-third floor of the South Tower, Jesse Presley, the stillborn twin of the most famous singer who ever lived, suddenly awakens. Over the days and months and years to come, he's driven mad by a voice in his head that sounds like his but isn't, and by the memory of a country where he survived in his brother's place." -- Back cover.
Download or read book To the One I Love the Best written by Ludwig Bemelmans and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans’ charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life “First Lady of Interior Decoration” provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. With hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. Bemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'. To the One I Love the Best (which refers to de Wolfe’s dog) is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon. Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. - Elsie de Wolfe
Download or read book Prince of Thorns written by Mark Lawrence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK ONE IN THE BROKEN EMPIRE TRILOGY “Prince of Thorns deserves attention as the work of an iconoclast who seems determined to turn that familiar thing, Medievalesque Fantasy Trilogy, entirely on its head.”—Locus When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. By the time he was thirteen, he was the leader of a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king... It’s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully his. Since the day he hung pinned on the thorns of a briar patch and watched Count Renar’s men slaughter his mother and young brother, Jorg has been driven to vent his rage. Life and death are no more than a game to him—and he has nothing left to lose. But treachery awaits him in his father’s castle. Treachery and dark magic. No matter how fierce his will, can one young man conquer enemies with power beyond his imagining?
