Download or read book The Old Man s Birthday written by Richmal Crompton and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning ninety-five. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village, introducing the pair to his large and varied clan, from the aging Jolly-hockey sticks granddaughter who is considering a torrid affair of her own, to his elderly bookish bachelor son and the lovely great-granddaughter struggling to find her place in the world, doomed to work as a clerk in her dull and dismal father's firm. Teeming beneath the calm surface of village and family life, lies a whole world of secrets and desires, hopes and dreams. Mrs Dalloway with a dash of dry humour, Mapp and Lucia with a slightly melancholy tone, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.
Download or read book The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man written by Jonas Jonasson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . . . It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harboring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un. Yikes! Soon Allan and Julius are at the center of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Needless to say, things are about to get very, very complicated. Another hilarious, witty, and entertaining novel from bestselling author Jonas Jonasson that will have readers howling out-loud at the escapades and misfortunes of its beloved hundred-year-old hero Allan Karlsson and his irresistible sidekick Julius.
Download or read book An Old Man s Idyl written by Johnson Brigham and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared written by Jonas Jonasson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out, Allan will not . . . Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. Translated by Roy Bradbury.
Download or read book Old Man s Beard written by H. R. Wakefield and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OLD MAN'S BEARD, H. R. Wakefield's second collection of ghost stories, was first published in 1929, and built on the success of the earlier THEY RETURN AT EVENING. The fifteen disturbing tales collected here are: 'Old Man's Beard', 'The Last to Leave', 'The Cairn', 'Present at the End', '"Look Up There!"', '"Written in Our Flesh"', 'Blind Man's Buff', 'A Coincidence at Hunton', 'Nurse's Tale', 'The Dune', 'Unrehearsed', 'A Jolly Surprise for Henri', 'The Red Hand', 'Surprise Item', 'A Case of Mistaken Identity'.
Download or read book The Flaming Sword written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bygone Days Or An Old Man s Reminiscences of His Youth Translated from the German written by Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kuegelgen and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bygone days or An old man s reminiscences of his youth ed by P von Nathusius Ludom Transl written by Wilhelm Georg A. von Kügelgen and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Man s War written by John Scalzi and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan’s collection, John Scalzi's Old Man’s War will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe. John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place. So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets. John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger. Old Man's War Series #1 Old Man’s War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe’s Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: “After the Coup” Other Tor Books The Android’s Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Remy written by Elle James and published by Twisted Page Inc. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired Navy SEAL Remy Montagne left the Navy to take on a career where he could make a difference. After a short vacation to his old hometown of Mambaloa Bayou and a casual hookup with local woman, Shelby Taylor, he joins Hank Patterson’s Brotherhood Protectors in Montana. Sheriff’s Deputy Shelby Taylor grew up in Mambaloa Bayou and chose to work for the people of the parish by protecting them from criminals. Attacked and left for dead in the bayou, she’s rescued by an old fisherman. She has no memory of what happened and no memory of her hookup with Remy. When her safety is compromised, her sister calls on Remy to protect Shelby until whoever tried to kill her is caught. Remy returns to Mamabloa Bayou to protect Shelby and is shocked that she has no memory of him or the passionate night they spent together. Together, they struggle to discover the identity of whoever is after her and why someone would want to kill her. In the process, a fresh flame of passion ignites between them but might be extinguished if the killer makes good his threats.
Download or read book This Old Man written by Roger Angell and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Angell, the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, steps up with a selection of writings that celebrate a view from the tenth decade of an engaged, vibrant life. Whether it’s a Fourth of July in rural Maine, the opening game of the 2015 World Series, editorial exchanges with John Updike, a letter to a son, or his award-winning essay on aging, “This Old Man,” what links the pieces is Angell’s unique perceptions and humor, his utter absence of self-pity, and his appreciation of friends and colleagues encountered over a fruitful career unlike any other.
Download or read book Rebirth Chief Camgirl written by Fan Qietudouxihongshi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death was not the end, rebirth was only the beginning of the contest. In this life, Mo Wan swore that no matter how lowly and despicable one lived, no matter how much they were scolded and despised, none of those who owed her would be able to escape!
Download or read book Don t Let the Old Man In written by Robert C. Gould and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dont Let the Old Man In! is the new war cry for those men seeking to live for the better, for longer and in good humor. This war cry doubles neatly as the title for this working manual. A confronting revelation at the age of sixty leads the author to his desired destiny along a pathway illuminated with this manuals memorable commandments. With their evocative reasons, these commandments combine to give a no-fuss code for living well in the last quarter of an average lifetime. Adopting this code delivers the reader and his inner disciple a mechanism to exact swift changes to living and dealing with the challenges that ageing inevitably presents.
Download or read book The Old Man s Girlfriend written by Paul Victor and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katarina is 25, a charming, ambitious émigré from Russia looking for a better life. Alex is 79, a billionaire, and he likes her very much. When the old man suggests that after his passing Katarina would make better use of his estate, all in his family agree it would be better if she weren't around. When she vanishes, ransom notes start arriving as well as the ghosts of dead prostitutes.
Download or read book Supernatural Foppish Genius written by Quan ZhangTianXia and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two hundred and eighty-four, truly an abnormal Innate Special Ability index! Furthermore, he resides in two s with Great Sage attribute, oh my god! " Innate Special Ability Index, what is that? And what was a Special Ability of the Saint attribute? From then on, Jun Haotian's life became colorful, and watched how Jun Haotian, a Good-for-nothing of the Special Ability Realm, grew into a generation of Special Ability s.
Download or read book The old man s rambles written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Old Man S a Busman written by Peter Gilbert and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst there are enough celebrity connections and anecdotes not to be out of place in an A list autobiography, the real hook of this book is that the author isnt remotely famous. The endearing appeal is that it is the viewpoint of the everyman, but one who has had enough light brushes with celebrity that he has some great tales to tell. These stories, anecdotes and musings are seamlessly woven into what for many of us will be a memory jogging, laughter inducing remembrance of some of the major, as well as quainter, stranger and more trivial moments of pop culture over the last few decades. If you love pop music and pop culture, feared the Daleks, the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and mourn the demise of Pez, Cresta, conkers as a rite of passage, jokes on lolly sticks, Top of the Pops and pink vinyl limited edition LPs, then you will surely enjoy this. Please beware! This book may waste days (if not weeks) of your life as almost every paragraph will have you frantically typing into your search engine and getting lost, on what may turn out to be an endless Internet Safari. This book contains some adult humour. Best Wishes and Good Luck with your writing Ben Elton
