Download or read book Those Were the Days My Arse written by Richard Wilson and published by Portico. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Richard Wilson is like the naughty kid poking the ant's nest with a stick.' Times Online Kids these days are all fat, lazy and thick and their parents don’t know how to bring them up properly any more. They’re glued to their phones, play too many violent computer games, communicate only in text-speak and as a result have no imagination or any ‘proper’ old-fashioned fun like we did when we were children. But is that really true? Were conkers, hopscotch and the hoop and stick really as stimulating as we remember? And were our childhoods as safe and carefree as the nostalgia-addicts would have us believe? Richard Wilson takes a cynical peek through time’s rose-tinted spectacles at 101 ‘good old fashioned’ childhood activities. From skimming stones to starting fires, he remind us of the harsh and often high-risk, homemade games of our wild youth, and leaves us wondering how we ever survived.
Download or read book Good Old Days My Ass written by David A. Fryxell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Not-So-Glorious Days With the uncertain economy, lingering wars, and the ever-present threats of everything from bird flu to Bieber Fever, it's tempting to long for the "good old days." But just how good were they? Buckle up for a bumpy ride down memory lane (and try not to get trampled) as these 665 funny history facts and terrifying truths reveal the unfortunate reality of life during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From patents that should still be pending to hairdos that attract vermin, these horrors will leave you thankful you didn't have to struggle to live through them. Brace yourself as the truth hits you like an ice-cold Victorian-era shower with enough pressure to knock you unconscious. Get ready to shudder with laughter (or horror) at these funny moments in history that are not to be forgotten.
Download or read book Hear Me Out written by Sarah Harding and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunday Times Bestseller 'I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. It's really the only way I know. I want to show people the real me. Or perhaps remind them. Because, somewhere - amongst the nightclubs, the frocks and hairdos, the big chart hits, and the glamour of being a popstar - the other Sarah Harding got utterly lost. She's the one who's been forgotten. And all I want is for you to hear her out.' Sarah Harding is best known as the wild member of Girls Aloud, whose reputation for partying, drinking and dating made her a tabloid favourite. But where does the celebrity Sarah Harding end and the real Sarah begin? Faced with a devastating cancer diagnosis that turned her life upside down, Sarah has decided that now is the time to write her story. Her truth. This is Sarah Harding in her own words.
Download or read book Confess written by Rob Halford and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir. Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his. Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story-a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption . . . and finding love. Now, he is telling his gospel truth. Told with Halford's trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humor, Confess is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson, and the Queen. More than anything else, it's a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal. Rob Halford has decided to Confess. Because it's good for the soul. Named one of the Best Music Books of 2020 by Rolling Stone and Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book The Descent written by Thomas Dekker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I have success, money, women. I've been lionised by the public and the media. The world is at my feet. I've spread my wings and here I am, soaring above everything and everyone. But in reality, the descent has already begun.' Thomas Dekker was set to become one of pro cycling’s superstars. But before long, he found himself sucked in by the lure of hedonistic highs and troubled by the intense pressure to perform. In The Descent, Dekker tells his story of hotel room blood bags, shady rendezvous with drug dealers and late-night partying at the Tour de France. This is Dekker’s journey from youthful idealism to a sordid path of excess and doping that lays bare cycling’s darkest secrets like never before.
Download or read book Politically Correct My Ass written by Kevin L. Hogan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we begin our journey down the path of enrichment, enlightenment and empowerment, let us pray for deliverance from the forces of ignorance and stupidity that rise up before us, and seek to destroy us: "Dominus ominus, exodous en massicus, afarious fromicus, all ye dumbassicus." Do you like that? I wrote it myself...and would you believe that I've never even studied Latin...
Download or read book Shakespeare My Butt written by John Donoghue and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone should have their own stupid project some time in their life. This is the tale of one such project... an odyssey around some of the more bizarrely named places in Britain, by a man who maybe took it to extremes.
Download or read book Shakespeare My Butt written by John Donoghue and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming tale of a year in the life of a serial 'pointless project' addict. Written with a warmth and depth, interspresed with humorous childhood memories, witty recollections of military service and unorthodox observations on life.
Download or read book Mirrors in the Deluge written by Rhys Hughes and published by Elsewhen Press. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirrors in the Deluge is a collection of 32 unrelated stories that take elements from fantasy, science fiction, horror and other genres and give them a lateral shift. Like much of Rhys’ work these quirky tales between them encompass parody, pastiche and puns. The fun, as ever, starts with the title of each story – gently leading an unsuspecting reader into preconceived ideas and expectations; expectations that are soon spun around, turned on their head (or other extremities), and pushed in an unexpected direction. Thus, a saunter merely through the contents page is already a hugely entertaining experience and one more akin to savouring the hors d’oeuvres of a grand feast than consulting a list of shortcuts into a literary tome. In fact, the gastronomic metaphor serves us well here; the courses on offer range from tantalising tuck to a gourmand’s repast, but never mere vittles – perhaps the way to enjoy this book is to digest one story, three times a day (four if you’re a halfling who needs second breakfast), rather than trying to gorge on all the available delights and delicacies at one sitting. To complete this gourmet’s guide, a tempting sampling of the stories must include: The Soft Landing, a unique story told from the perspective of a photon; Travels with my Antinomy, how do you solve a paradox when you’re part of it?; Vanity of Vanities, the internet achieves consciousness and takes over, but with very different consequences than you might imagine; The Fairy and the Dinosaur, in which a fairy can’t find what she wants for her picnic in the goblin market, is offered cloned prehistoric plums but turns to a time-travelling robot to go back to the age of the dinosaurs and eat an original plum. Other titles to tempt you include The Martian Monocles, The Prodigal Beard, A Dame Abroad, The Unkissed Artist Formerly Known as Frog, The Goat That Gloated, The Taste of Turtle Tears, The Bones of Jones, and The Haggis Eater.
Download or read book Mr Sulu Grabbed My Ass and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics Novels Television Films and Video Games written by Peter David and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter David, award-winning writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games, has boatloads of stories to tell about his 30-year career. Whether it was attending George Takei's wedding, being described as Will Smith's bodyguard, or wandering around on the set of Babylon 5, David has been telling anecdotes of his life for years. Here they are all in one place, along with the story of a career that has taken him from writing Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk for twelve years to adventures in the Star Trek universe to the New York Times bestseller list.
Download or read book N Y Bar Ass Court of Appeals 1902 Vol 35 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Day My Butt Went Psycho written by Andy Griffiths and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy embarks on an epic journey across the land to reclaim his runaway butt in this hilarious beginning to a bestselling trilogy. Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story . . . the story of a brave young boy and his crazy runaway butt. The story of a crack butt-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Butt Hunter’s formidable daughter, and some of the ugliest and meanest butts ever to roam the face of the Earth. A story of endurance that takes Zack on an epic journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest, and over the Sea of Butts before descending into the heart of an explosive buttcano to confront the biggest, ugliest, and meanest butt of them all! Praise for The Day My Butt Went Psycho “Griffith’s fun gross-out adventure novel follows Zack Freeman, who awakens to see his rear end leaping out the window to lead a bum rally . . . Young readers will likely get a kick out of it all (there’s even a glossary included).” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Kiss My Arse The Story of the Pogues written by Carol Clerk and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of The Pogues has been as riotous as their most rabble-rousing songs. From the streets of 80s London the Celtic Punks unleashed their hellraising 20-year career and in the process became legends; mythic troubadours whose popularity endures. This Omnibus Enhanced edition of Kiss My Arse has been revamped with an interactive digital timeline which paints the journey of The Pogues with videos and images of live performances, interviews, memorabilia and more. Also included is an integrated Spotify playlist containing the band’s greatest performances. To tell their story author Carol Clerk has interviewed Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, Andrew Ranken, James Fearnley, Cait O'Riordan, and a clutch of associates, friends and fans. All paint a picture of a fiercely loyal group of musicians, their arguments and drunken spats, their love affairs, the drugs, the hirings and the firings, the marriages and deaths… but, above all, the music. This is their story, bared for all.
Download or read book The Cur D Ars written by Georgina Molyneux and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The No Asshole Rule written by Robert I. Sutton and published by Business Plus. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to working with -- and surviving -- bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, egomaniacs, and all the other assholes who do their best to destroy you at work. "What an asshole!" How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers: Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good Illuminating case histories from major organizations A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.
Download or read book One Weekend a Month My Ass written by Sgt. Joseph Berlin (ret.) and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written from a collection of journal entries I kept during my training in California before I went overseas to serve in Iraq, copies of letter I sent home to my two daughters and school that I taught at when activated, as well as some stories that I wrote about my experiences. There are some facts that are incorrect in this book but I kept them in because they were the truth to me at the time. The letters are mostly word for word as they were written and sent. I have included pictures that go along with my writings that help to show, as well as explain, what I experienced. I have changed or omitted the names of people to protect their privacy. I was not a hero, nor was I involved in any large fighting that took place in Iraq. I was just a fifty-three year old man, close to my twenty-year letter for retirement in the National Guard who happened to be sent to war in Iraq. I don´t pretend to be brave or have any deep meaning to my experiences. I just want to share an average story of an average soldier in Iraq. Sgt. Joseph Berlin (ret.)
Download or read book Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big written by Carson Kressley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big? is a roadmap for the American everywoman to build unshakable body confidence. Nowhere else is there a fun and accessible book created for the underserved masses of American women who just want to get out the door looking and feeling fabulous. These women need to be reminded that fashion is FUN. They need to know that with the right tools, they have the power to transform their self-perception by shifting their mindset from woe-is-me to wow-is-me. They need the secrets of playing to their strengths and minimizing their flaws. They need to take more chances with pattern and color, and leave what doesn't work in the dust. Most of all, they need Carson, their peppy, blond fairy godstylist, to show them the way!, "--Baker & Taylor.
