Download or read book I m Leaving You Simon You Disgust Me written by William Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken and written language is littered with cliches, but there are some usages - smug statements of secondhand opinion, grating nuggets of folk wisdom, toe-curling verbal flourishes of the would-be authoritative - that go beyond the bounds of cliche to enter more desperate linguistic territory. We encounter these verbal horrors every day of our lives - in conversations overheard on tube, train and bus and at suburban dinner parties, in the fictional dialogues of TV drama - and even in the glib formulations of TV sports commentators. They are disparate in nature - but have one thing in common: they all represent desperate attempts on the part of the speaker to persuade the listener that certainty of language mirrors certainty of thought and intellect, to project a verbal front of decidedness, authority and knowledge.Willie Donaldson has turned his finely tuned satirical ear to these verbal inanities to create a unique, offbeat and entirely hilarious dictionary of cringemaking Islingtonian phrasemaking. But the twist is this: lurking behind the A-Z facade is a dramatis personae of gabbling middle-class archetypes, including the Simon of the title - a Canonbury-based wine importer - and his overwrought partner, Susan, a university academic. Their excruciating dialogues - conversational nightmares of pat phrases, glib opinion and conjugal bitchiness played out in the fictional context of a Barnsbury tapas bar named the Goya - are brilliantly captured by the author, and make this most individual of books a candidate for humour title of the year.
Download or read book The Man Who Found Himself Uncle Simon written by Margaret Robson Stacpoole and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Who Found Himself is a humorous story of a sober, renowned magistrate, Simon Pettigrews. The author makes the readers laugh with several comical events of Simon's recurring episodes of "youthful folly." The fact that he is left with no memory of these foolish episodes makes this story even more hilarious and adds to the excitement. The authors of the work, Margaret Robson Stacpoole, and H. De Vere Stacpoole, have described the events with remarkable vividness. The readers can visualize them happening in front of them. It's a delightful read with amusing characters portrayed beautifully. The unique story of a reputed older man acting cluelessly like a child will absorb readers.
Download or read book The Man who Found Himself Uncle Simon written by Margaret Robson Stacpoole and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Learning How to be a Hero Boxset written by Taylor Ellwood and published by Taylor Ellwood. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Learning How to be a Hero series follows the adventures of Nelson as he learns what it takes to be a hero. Book 1: Learning How to Fly is now available! Nelson is a superhero with an embarrassing problem… He can't fly very well and he's been ordered to attend remedial flying school. If he doesn't pass the class he'll lost his superhero license and have to work at the weather bureau. But a class in remedial flying is just the beginning of his problems. His girlfriend thinks he's self-obsessed, and his mom won't get off his case about not living up to the family legacy. When Nelson is framed for a crime and sent to the Defining Center of Adjustments, the sinister warden Pretty Boy will challenge everything he thought he knew about being a hero. If Nelson can't get his act together and realize that what makes a superhero isn't the costume, but the actions the superhero takes, he might lose more than his career. He might lose his life and everyone important to him.
Download or read book Take Five written by D. Keith Mano and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con-man, filmmaker (currently working on producing Jesus 2001, what he calls the religious equivalent of The Godfather), descendent of a wealthy and prestigious New York family whose wealth and prestige are in sharp decline, racist and anti-Semite (though Simon dislikes all ethnic groups equally), possessor of never-satisfied appetites (food, women, drink, but most of all, money and more money), and the fastest talker since Falstaff, Simon is on a quest that goes backwards.
Download or read book Secrets in the Attic written by Virginia Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two friends as close as sisters -- and one killer secret that will tear their small town apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, the two girls shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the deceptive stillness of the attic, Karen shares one more secret with her best friend -- a secret to take to the grave . . .
Download or read book Stealing Mr Right written by Tamara Morgan and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat, meet mouse... When it comes to stealing, I'm at the top of my game. There is no one better with a lift or a grift. So when the opportunity for a two-million-dollar diamond heist falls in my lap, I can hardly say no. I just need to deal with a few complications...like my adorably clueless husband, the federal agent. Mouse, meet cat... My wife thinks I don't know about her secret life as a thief. She thinks I spend my days at the bureau searching for tax evaders. Or maybe she doesn't. Maybe she knows I'm on to her, which makes our games so much more fun. And so much more intense... Hang on to your pearls: This deliciously sexy romantic comedy features a cat burglar who keeps her friends close and her husband—and arch nemesis—closer. "A sexy, fun, cat-and-mouse chase that hooked me from page one!"—JENNIFER PROBST, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of The Marriage Bargain
Download or read book The Luna Faces Her Nemesis A Werewolf Mate Romance Rejected and Fated Book 2 The End written by Kemich Johnson and published by Starlight. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elle Cooper has spent her life being bullied by her pack ever since her parents have been kidnapped from a mysterious attack. Her pack, The Royal Blue Moon Pack has searched for her parents for a year and never found them and after that they gave up, but Elle never gave up looking for her parents. She continued looking for who might have killed them. She would train secretly since she wasn't allowed to train with her pack members, so she could fight and be her strongest especially since she hasn't shifted yet because she hasn't met her mate yet. Andrew Walters, the future alpha of the Royal Blue Moon Pack, is the player of the packs high school. He thinks lowly of women, he would just use them as fuck buddies and throw them away, so in result he is not looking forward to meeting his mate and if he ever did, he would reject her and rule his pack by his self. Elle's birthday comes around and they find out their mates. We already know Andrew's plan. What happens when Elle leave and comes face to face with the vampire king, Cristian.
Download or read book Fugitive Colors written by Lisa Barr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debut Historical Suspense Novel Wins IPPY Award for Best “Literary Fiction 2014” Stolen art, love, lust, deception, and revenge paint the pages of veteran journalist Lisa Barr’s debut novel, Fugitive Colors, an un-put-down-able page-turner. Booklist calls the WWII era novel, "Masterfully conceived and crafted, Barr’s dazzling debut novel has it all: passion and jealousy, intrigue and danger." Fugitive Colors asks the reader: How far would you go for your passion? Would you kill for it? Steal for it? Or go to any length to protect it? Hitler’s War begins with the ruthless destruction of the avant-garde, but there is one young painter who refuses to let this happen. An accidental spy, Julian Klein, an idealistic American artist, leaves his religious upbringing for the artistic freedom of Paris in the early 1930s. Once he arrives in the “City of Light,” he meets a young German artist, Felix von Bredow, whose larger-than-life personality overshadows his inferior artistic ability, and the handsome and gifted artist Rene Levi, whose colossal talent will later serve to destroy him. The trio quickly becomes best friends, inseparable, until two women get in the way—the immensely talented artist Adrienne, Rene’s girlfriend with whom Julian secretly falls in love, and the stunning artist’s model Charlotte, a prostitute-cum-muse, who manages to bring great men to their knees. Artistic and romantic jealousies abound, as the characters play out their passions against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power. Felix returns to Berlin, where his father, a blue-blooded Nazi, is instrumental in creating the master plan to destroy Germany’s modern artists, and seeks his son’s help. Bolstered by vengeance, Felix will lure his friends to Germany, an ill-fated move, which will forever change their lives. Twists and turns, destruction and obsession, loss and hope will keep you up at night, as you journey from Chicago to Paris, Berlin to New York. With passionate strokes of captivating prose, Barr proves that while paintings have a canvas, passion has a face—that once exposed, the haunting images will linger . . . long after you have closed the book. The Hollywood Film Festival awarded Fugitive Colors first prize for “Best Unpublished Manuscript” (Opus Magnum Discovery Award). The novel has been optioned for movie development by Hollywood producer Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour trilogy, While You Were Sleeping).
Download or read book Secrets in the Attic written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies, and uncovers the price for keeping secrets... Two friends as close as sisters. One killer secret that will tear their small town apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything—fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic, Karen shares one more secret with her best friend—a secret to take to the grave...
Download or read book The Blacksmith s Wife written by Elisabeth Hobbes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval England, their marriage is born of ambition—but their passion is forged from fire . . . Rejected by her favored knight, Joanna Sollers knows she will never love again. Especially when the man she’s now forced to marry is none other than her beloved’s half-brother! For blacksmith Hal Danby, marrying Joanna makes his lifelong dream of entering the Smiths’ Guild possible, even if the secrets in his past mean he’ll forever keep his distance. But everything changes with one stolen night, and in the arms of his new bride, Hal wonders if this loveless arrangement could transform into something real . . .
Download or read book Harlequin Historical May 2016 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Lynna Banning and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes: PRINTER IN PETTICOATS (Western) by Lynna Banning Jessamine Lassiter is striving to keep Smoke River's newspaper afloat. So sparks fly when Cole Sanders rides into town to start up a rival business! THE BLACKSMITH'S WIFE (Medieval) by Elisabeth Hobbes Joanna Sollers is determined never to love again. But when she's forced to marry blacksmith Hal Danby, she discovers a burning desire for her new husband! PLAYING THE DUKE'S MISTRESS (Victorian) by Eliza Redgold To prove to his cousin that all actresses are title-hunters, Darius Carlyle, the Duke of Albury, must persuade leading lady Miss Calista Fairmont to accept his marriage proposal…
Download or read book Star Crossed written by Heather Dune Macadam and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah who are looking for an immersive true account of Nazi-occupied Paris, Star-Crossed is an epic story of love and resistance during WW2 from the award-winning author of Pen America Literary Award Finalist and Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, 999. Part historical portrait of life during the Occupation, part valentine to The City of Light and the resilience of its people, this transportive love story follows the romance between a Catholic Resistance fighter and a Holocaust victim who meet at the famous Café Flore before war, prejudice, and disapproving families set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths. “What a beautiful, heartbreaking story.” —Erica Robuck, National Bestselling Author of Sisters of Night and Fog Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz has become a bold act of defiance. So has forbidden love for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman, a student at the Beaux-Arts, and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families’ vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Café de Flore, whose habitues includeSimone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Picasso, Django Reinhardt, and other luminaries of the Latin Quarter. For a time, Annette and Jean feel they have eluded the brute might of the relentless Nazis -- and more immediately, their parents’ threats and demands. But as restrictions on the Jewish community escalate to arrests and deportations, the maleficent forces gathering around the young lovers set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths. Drawn from never-before-published family letters and other treasures, as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews, Star-Crossed offers us precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime. This breathtaking true story of beauty, art, liberation, and the transformative power of love resonates with an intimate story of undying devotion, seen through the prism of history.
Download or read book Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful written by Alan Paton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-01-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millions of readers worldwide, Alan Paton's books have vividly described life in contemporary South Africa. Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful revolves around the everyday experiences of a group of men and women whose lives reflect the human costs of maintaining a racially divided society. Writing at the peak of his powers, Paton delivers a masterpiece.
Download or read book The Woman of a Thousand Names written by Alexandra Lapierre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally bestselling author of the “fascinating epic” (Associated Press) Between Love and Honor comes a rich, sweeping tale based on the captivating true story of the Mata Hari of Russia, featuring a beautiful aristocrat fighting for survival during the deadly upheaval of the Russian Revolution. Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin’s ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he’s abruptly and mysteriously deported from Russia, Moura is left alone and vulnerable. Now, she must find new paths for her survival, even if it means shedding her past and taking on new identities. Some will praise her tenderness and undying loyalty. Others will denounce her lies. But all will agree on one point: Moura embodies Life. Life at all cost. Set against the volatile landscape of 20th-century Russia, The Woman of a Thousand Names brings history to vivid life in a captivating tale about an extraordinary woman caught in the waves of change—with only her wits to save her.
Download or read book The Policewomen s Bureau written by Edward Conlon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel about the inner workings of the NYPD, based on the true story of a young officer's decades-long fight for respect in the male-dominated world. The Bronx, 1958. The Policewomen's Bureau isn’t respected within the Department, even when it handles cases the men can’t solve. Marie Carrara is a young police matron who wants to move beyond the grim routine of guarding female prisoners to become one of the few female detectives in the NYPD. Though she is a shy and naive, from a sheltered, immigrant background, Marie dives into the strange and terrifying world of big-city undercover work without hesitation, using her genuine innocence to deceive degenerates and drug dealers into thinking that she’s an easy target. As she begins to create tougher undercover characters, she discovers that they might be able to inspire her in her off-duty life as well. Despite the violence of her job, the sexism she faces daily, and a rocky-at-best marriage waiting for her at home, Marie is determined to make a name for herself within the NYPD and be the role model her young daughter deserves. With the support of Marie Cirile, the real-life inspiration for Marie Carrara, Edward Conlon adapts the true events of her memoir into a thrilling drama, a book only a best-selling author and decorated Bronx detective could have written.
