Download or read book Snipe s Spinster written by Jeff Nuttall and published by Calder Publications Limited. This book was released on 1975 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bomb Culture written by Jeff Nuttall and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of print for fifty years, Jeff Nuttall's legendary exploration of radical 1960s art, music, and protest movements. “Bomb Culture is an abscess that lances itself. An extreme book, unreasonable but not irrational. Abrasive, contemptuous, attitudinizing, ignorant and yet brilliant.” —Dennis Potter Out of print for fifty years, Jeff Nuttall's Bomb Culture has achieved legendary status as a powerful, informative, and spirited exploration of 1960s alternative society and counterculture. Nuttall's confessional account of the period investigates the sources of its radical art, music, and protest movements as well as the beliefs, anxieties, and conceits of its key agitators, including his own. Nuttall argued that a tangible psychic dread of nuclear holocaust pervaded both high and low cultures, determining their attitude and content, much as the horrors of World War I had nourished the tactics and aesthetics of Dadaism. Accompanying the original text is a new foreword by author Iain Sinclair, who was closely acquainted with Jeff Nuttall and participated in the turbulent underground culture described in Bomb Culture. This anniversary edition is rounded out with an afterword by writer Maria Fusco and a contextual introduction by the book's editors which includes photographs and images of Nuttall's distinctive artwork as well as further archival materials.
Download or read book The Spinster and The Earl Book 1 Gentlemen of Honor written by Beverly Adam and published by Lachesis Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013-09-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was known as The Spinster of Brightwood Manor, and that suited Lady Beatrice O’Brien just fine. She was happy being a spinster; happy running her father’s estates while amassing a fortune of her own; happy tending to the needs of her community; and most of all, she was happy not having a man around to tell her what to do. But when Beatrice accidentally shoots her new neighbor, the Earl of Drennan, her life turns upside-down. Suddenly, this very arrogant gentleman, who also happens to be charming and attractive, makes himself at home at Brightwood Manor, and proceeds to court her! Beatrice knows one thing for certain. Marriage will complicate her life. But falling in love? That’s an entirely different matter.
Download or read book Publications written by Parish Register Society, London and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Terrorist Novels of the 1970s written by Joseph Darlington and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses British novels published during the 1970s which feature terrorists either as main characters or a major plot points. The focus on terrorism’s literary depiction provides insight into the politics of the decade. The book analyses texts from Gerald Seymour, Anthony Burgess, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, B.S. Johnson, Tom Sharpe, and Eric Ambler, among others, in order to engage with the IRA, the end of Empire, counterculture and environmentalism. The book provides a brief history of terrorism as a concept and tactic before discussing British literature’s relationship with terrorism. It presents a “standard terrorist morphology” by which to analyse terrorist narratives along with other insights into the British post-war imagination, writing and extremism.
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Download or read book Hunting Snipes four written by David Martin Anderson and published by ConRoca Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SYNOPSIS: Hunting Snipes +four.... a story collection consisting of five novellas, each summarized below.... Hunting Snipes is a literary fiction, 27,000-word length (novella), and a dark comedy, perhaps, best classified under the genre of General Fiction. The setting is the year 2000, in southern Utah. The protagonist is a sixty-nine-year-old ex- Air Force pilot named William Snipe. William is a Korean War fighter ace who takes early retirement after the Vietnam War to fly a U.S. postal air route in the remote outback of Southern Utah. By the year 2000, William’s wife, Dorothy, accompanies him on his twice-a-week mail route. Life for William remains uncomplicated with his stalwart spouse by his side, other than the fact that a competing female admirer, Edna, wants him to forget Dorothy and marry her. After all, from Edna’s perspective, William is quite dashing and, more importantly, possesses a hefty pension. Coincident with this geriatric love triangle, a serial killer is on the loose and holed-up in the Bryce Canyon region. When William’s Cessna crashes in this uninhabited area, the killer comes to his rescue only to turn the rescue into a hunt, a snipe hunt, with William the prey. Thus, our protagonist is forced to flee for his life with Dorothy by his side. Methodically, William works his way back to his ranch, Little Zion, stoked by a macabre idea he and Dorothy will somehow turn the tables and kill the killer.... Colette and Cole is a contemporary story set in 2020, a 18,000 word novella, and, perhaps, is best classified under the genre of General Fiction. The protagonist is a seventeen-year-old woman, Colette Thomas, who is about to turn eighteen and inherit her parent's estate of $150 million dollars. Five months earlier, Colette's parents perish in a tragic airplane accident. This event leaves Colette alone in the world because she has no family or, at least family she claims. Without brothers and sisters, Colette is posed to assume the estate's full fortune until word is received Colette has a long-lost half-sister, the byproduct of her father's bawdy days at college twenty-six years earlier. The half-sister is an attorney of questionable reputation and moral values, who threatens to assume the helm of Thomas Enterprises, a world leading apparel manufacturer, and steal Thomas family assets from Colette. Oddly, Colette cannot receive her full inheritance until she turns eighteen, four weeks away and, as stipulated in the will, must be "of sound mind." The only problem is Colette is despondent not only because of her parents' deaths but also because her longstanding boyfriend dumps her for a young promiscuous cheerleader. Combined, these two events throw her into a downward manic spiral. Depressed and alone, Colette attempts to take her life by jumping off a bridge into the churning waters of the Wabash River but is stopped short by a storm and an errant lightning bolt. The lightning strike damages her brain and when Colette awakens, she finds herself hospitalized at a mental institution. To make matters worse, Colette can no longer speak; when she opens her mouth it instantly erupts into Cole Porter show tunes in what her psychiatrist diagnoses as “amnesia coupled with musical hallucinations (aphasia).” As it turns out, Colette's guardian angel is none other than Cole Porter and Cole strikes a deal with 'The Grand Maestro' to return Colette alive (after her failed attempt at suicide) and back to earth as long as she sings his songs. The motivation is quite clear to Cole: singing makes one happy and Colette needs to be happy to move on with her life. Unfortunately, nonstop singing means Colette may be schizophrenic, which also means she is not of 'sound mind' and, therefore cannot inherit any of the Thomas estate. This becomes a central theme of the plot.... how can Colette achieve 'sanity' to thwart her half-sister's attempt to claim the entire Thomas fortune and remain happy? The story is laced with musical scores and lessons to be learned and is both lighthearted and fun. It plays as robust as a 1930s musical comedy and is certainly a movie-in-the-making. Orson Welles and the Lindsay Park Redemption is a contemporary story set in Brooklyn, NY in the year 2020. While it is a literary fiction, it also has historical fiction overtures. At roughly 12,500 words, it is considered a short novella. In its essence, the story is about the love between a grandfather and grandson. The plot traces to the year 1938 and the night of Orson Welles’ infamous ‘War of the Worlds’ CBS radio broadcast. The story begins with an elderly grandfather summoned to quell a family crisis. The man’s grandson has an autoimmune disorder that has kept the boy in a medically sterile bedroom since birth. Recently, the eleven-year-old has undergone a bone marrow transplant boosting his immune system and allowing him to leave his cloistered habitat within six months. The only problem is the boy's patience has exhausted and he can no longer wait to partake of the outside world’s festivities. The boy is angry and frustrated as Halloween approaches and he (still) cannot revel with other children on Beggar's Night. His parents are at wits' end and send in the boy’s grandfather to quench the flames. To calm the boy, his grandfather tells him a tale tracing its roots to 1938 and the night (also on Beggar's Night) when Orson Welles spun a fantastical CBS radio yarn. The grandfather's story, while whimsical and clever, is also a serious attempt to teach the boy a life lesson about patience. The grandfather’s story parallels Welles’ yarn of Martians attacking earth and, in this case, the neighborhood where the boy currently resides. Runner Speaks is an action-packed historical fiction set post-Civil War in West Texas. While loosely based on the only hostile attack on a Texas fort (Fort Lancaster, 1867), the plot, itself, is historically accurate. The protagonist is an eleven-year-old German immigrant, the lone survivor of the Nueces River massacre of 1862 (a slaughter initiated by ruthless Confederate soldiers). Seeking help, the boy wanders to the Union-controlled Fort Lancaster one hundred miles away only to find the fort abandoned; the remote fort sits on the banks of the Pecos River in a desolate corner of Texas. For five years, the boy lives off the land along the river, alone. Running nonstop becomes his catharsis to ease traumatic memories of murders he witnessed along the Nueces. Coincidentally, the boy has lost his ability to speak because of mental anguish suffered during that killing spree. In the summer of 1867, U.S. Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers reoccupy the fort but the boy refuses to intermingle with any adult wearing a uniform. Now, at age sixteen, a ‘hostile’ raid besets his tranquil Pecos valley. Kickapoo warriors have successfully stolen the fort’s horses but their Comanchero brothers want to continue fighting until female hostages are taken. This means a massacre will undoubtedly take place because Lancaster soldiers refuse to surrender anyone. Badly outnumbered 800 to 40 and with no horses available for a messenger to ride to Fort Stockton to summon reinforcements, the boy is sequestered into carrying a letter on foot the eighty-mile distance. If he reaches Fort Stockton in less than two days, the survivors at Fort Lancaster stand a chance to live; if he fails, death will surely follow. The Comancheros discover the boy’s flight and pursue him in a twisted hunters’ game of ‘cat-and-mouse.’ En route, the boy’s letter is lost. Thus, if the boy somehow survives his mission to Fort Stockton, he must find the strength to overcome past ghosts and verbally communicate the situation to the fort commander. Jessica Collector is a short story (7,700 words) set during the 2020 pandemic in Iowa. The story, itself, falls under the genre of commercial fiction. The protagonists are Dr. Rick Gaines, a motivational ‘life coach’ age 40, and Jessica Collector, a young woman who is a professional debt collector assigned to Rick to assist him with collecting on past due receivables. Early-on, we discover Dr. Rick has a small business as a motivational speaker inspiring a flock of devotees to pursue their dreams as entrepreneurs. However, with Coronavirus running rampant, his clients are not current with their financial commitments (a paltry $50 per month each), leaving Rick stone broke and rapidly becoming destitute. With a whopping $90,000 in outstanding past due receivables, Rick’s banker encourages him to take on an assistant to help with collections. Thus, Jessica becomes his partner in this undertaking. Only problem is that Jessica uses her multiple physical handicaps to gain sympathy from deadbeats, evoking a tactless ruse (unbeknownst to Rick) to collect money. Jessica, as it turns out, is a former St. Rude’s kid turned out to pasture late in life because she no longer is cute and youthful; her ability to raise donations from TV ads on FOX News falters as a teenager and she is fired from the network. Hence, Jessica starts her own business (debt collections) and, as we later learn, because of an inspirational Dr. Rick YouTube video. Rick’s message is simple: you can do it if you try. As the story unwinds, we meet some of Rick’s deadbeat clients and the shameless tactics he and Jessica use to collect money. All goes well until Rick attempts to collect from a mafia boss who threatens both him and Jessica with physical harm. Then, all hell breaks loose….
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish Language by John Jamieson written by John Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer, broadcaster, and wit Gyles Brandreth has completely revised Ned Sherrin's classic collection of wisecracks, one-liners, and anecdotes. With over 1,000 new quotations from all media, it's easy to find hilarious quotes on subjects ranging from Argument to Diets, from Computers to The Weather. Add sparkle to your speeches and presentations, or just enjoy a good laugh in company with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Joan Rivers, Kathy Lette, Frankie Boyle, and friends. 'Now we have the World Wide Web (the only thing I know of whose shortened form-www-takes three times longer to say than what it's short for)' Douglas Adams 'Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends' Woody Allen 'Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight' Phyllis Diller 'Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit' Elizabeth Gilbert 'The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it' Terry Pratchett 'Retreat, hell! We're only attacking in another direction' American general Oliver P. Smith
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language To which is Prefixed a Dissertation of the Origin of the Scottish Language written by John Jamieson (D.D., of Edinburgh.) and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers Shewing Their Affinity to Those of Other Languages and Especially the Northern Explaining Many Terms Which Though Now Obsolete in England Were Formerly Common to Both Countries and Elucidating National Rites Customs and Institutions in Their Analogy to Those of Other Nations to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish Language written by John Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter Communication for Literary Men Artists Antiquaries Genealogists Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Concordance to the Poetical and Dramatic Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson written by Arthur Ernest Baker and published by Macmillan Company of Canada. This book was released on 1914 with total page 2756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sniper written by Kuo-Li Chang and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Bourne meets John McClane in this electrifying thriller about a special-forces sniper and a seasoned homicide detective who get caught up in a criminal conspiracy that involves the highest levels of power. Twelve days before retirement, Taipei police detective Wu is handed a curious case: a naval officer has been found dead in his hotel room. While it is immediately apparent to Wu that the officer has been murdered, the military insist it was suicide and want the case closed with no questions asked. Soon, however, more high-ranking officers turn up dead, and Wu realizes he has a full-blown conspiracy on his hands. Meanwhile in Italy, Alex, a young Taiwanese sniper, ex-Marine, ex–French Foreign Legion, and currently a fried-rice chef in Manarola, is called back into service. Ordered by his handler to assassinate a high-level Taiwanese government advisor in Rome, he soon finds himself on the run, hunted across Europe by his old brothers-in-arms.
