Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford, and in this pub Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of As You Like It, takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is slashed ear to ear, the only clue: two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. The razor-happy murderer, it seems is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, instead takes a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.
The Dirty Duck
Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford, and in this pub Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of As You Like It, takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is slashed ear to ear, the only clue: two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. The razor-happy murderer, it seems is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, instead takes a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford, and in this pub Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of As You Like It, takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is slashed ear to ear, the only clue: two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. The razor-happy murderer, it seems is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, instead takes a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.
Dirty Duck
Author: Bobby London
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631406553
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Bobby London's legendary career as an underground cartoonist has spanned decades. London created his most enduring character, the outrageous and irrepressible Dirty Duck in 1971. He was a founding member of the infamous Air Pirates, and produced strips for National Lampoon during the heyday of that massively influential magazine. After departing the Lampoon, the cigar-chomping Dirty Duck and his creator found a home at Playboy magazine. He wrote and drew the syndicated Popeye newspaper strip for six years until a major controversy ended his tenure on Segar s sailor. This oversized volume will collect nearly all of London s influential Dirty Duck strips, from Air Pirates Funnies, National Lampoon, Playboy and other publications. Many of the strips have been scanned from the original art in the artist s vast personal archives, including rare and unpublished preliminary drawings. A contemporary of Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb and the ZAP crew, London s legacy is a major piece of history in the great American art form. In 1978 London was awarded the prestigious Yellow Kid Award for best writer/artist at the Lucca Comics Festival for his work on Dirty Duck. Introduction by Drew Friedman."
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631406553
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Bobby London's legendary career as an underground cartoonist has spanned decades. London created his most enduring character, the outrageous and irrepressible Dirty Duck in 1971. He was a founding member of the infamous Air Pirates, and produced strips for National Lampoon during the heyday of that massively influential magazine. After departing the Lampoon, the cigar-chomping Dirty Duck and his creator found a home at Playboy magazine. He wrote and drew the syndicated Popeye newspaper strip for six years until a major controversy ended his tenure on Segar s sailor. This oversized volume will collect nearly all of London s influential Dirty Duck strips, from Air Pirates Funnies, National Lampoon, Playboy and other publications. Many of the strips have been scanned from the original art in the artist s vast personal archives, including rare and unpublished preliminary drawings. A contemporary of Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb and the ZAP crew, London s legacy is a major piece of history in the great American art form. In 1978 London was awarded the prestigious Yellow Kid Award for best writer/artist at the Lucca Comics Festival for his work on Dirty Duck. Introduction by Drew Friedman."
Dirty South
Author: Phillip Thomas Duck
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 1426837623
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
College is a big adjustment—but not if you're Kenya Posey. Even at a Southern school far from her Jersey turf, she's the one the girls envy and the boys want. Kenya's the star of a hot singing/dancing troupe, her high-school BFF Lark is on campus—could things get any better? For Lark, the answer is yes. While she's flunking socially, life is one big episode of Everybody Loves Kenya—and Lark barely gets a walk-on role. Kenya's too self-absorbed to see beyond her fabulous new life. But with Kenya's brother Eric and his rapper friend Fiasco bringing drama right to her door, all that's about to change….
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 1426837623
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
College is a big adjustment—but not if you're Kenya Posey. Even at a Southern school far from her Jersey turf, she's the one the girls envy and the boys want. Kenya's the star of a hot singing/dancing troupe, her high-school BFF Lark is on campus—could things get any better? For Lark, the answer is yes. While she's flunking socially, life is one big episode of Everybody Loves Kenya—and Lark barely gets a walk-on role. Kenya's too self-absorbed to see beyond her fabulous new life. But with Kenya's brother Eric and his rapper friend Fiasco bringing drama right to her door, all that's about to change….
Duck! Rabbit!
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145210381X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it! Readers will find more than just Amy Krouse Rosenthal's signature humor herethere's also a subtle lesson for kids who don't know when to let go of an argument. A smart, simple story that will make readers of all ages eager to take a side, Duck! Rabbit! makes it easy to agree on one thing—reading it again!
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145210381X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it! Readers will find more than just Amy Krouse Rosenthal's signature humor herethere's also a subtle lesson for kids who don't know when to let go of an argument. A smart, simple story that will make readers of all ages eager to take a side, Duck! Rabbit! makes it easy to agree on one thing—reading it again!
Dirt
Author: Bill Buford
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353197
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon’s best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting (and incomprehensibly punishing) rigueur of the professional kitchen. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to bring an exotic and unknown world to life, Buford has written the definitive insider story of a city and its great culinary culture.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353197
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon’s best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting (and incomprehensibly punishing) rigueur of the professional kitchen. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to bring an exotic and unknown world to life, Buford has written the definitive insider story of a city and its great culinary culture.
Forbidden Animation
Author: Karl F. Cohen
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476607257
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude. Betty Boop's dress was lengthened so that her garter didn't show. And in recent years, a segment of Mighty Mouse was dropped after protest groups claimed the mouse was actually sniffing cocaine, not flower petals. These changes and many others like them have been demanded by official censors or organized groups before the cartoons could be shown in theaters or on television. How the slightly risque gags in some silent cartoons were replaced by rigid standards in the sound film era is the first misadventure covered in this history of censorship in the animation industry. The perpetuation of racial stereotypes in many early cartoons is examined, as are the studios' efforts to stop producing such animation. This is followed by a look at many of the uncensored cartoons, such as Lenny Bruce's Thank You Mask Man and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat. The censorship of television cartoons is next covered, from the changes made in theatrical releases shown on television to the different standards that apply to small screen animation. The final chapter discusses the many animators who were blacklisted from the industry in the 1950s for alleged sympathies to the Communist Party.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476607257
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude. Betty Boop's dress was lengthened so that her garter didn't show. And in recent years, a segment of Mighty Mouse was dropped after protest groups claimed the mouse was actually sniffing cocaine, not flower petals. These changes and many others like them have been demanded by official censors or organized groups before the cartoons could be shown in theaters or on television. How the slightly risque gags in some silent cartoons were replaced by rigid standards in the sound film era is the first misadventure covered in this history of censorship in the animation industry. The perpetuation of racial stereotypes in many early cartoons is examined, as are the studios' efforts to stop producing such animation. This is followed by a look at many of the uncensored cartoons, such as Lenny Bruce's Thank You Mask Man and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat. The censorship of television cartoons is next covered, from the changes made in theatrical releases shown on television to the different standards that apply to small screen animation. The final chapter discusses the many animators who were blacklisted from the industry in the 1950s for alleged sympathies to the Communist Party.
Dimity Duck
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007190484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Dimity Duck and Frumity Frog have a fun day together in the pond, then go home when it gets dark outside.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007190484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Dimity Duck and Frumity Frog have a fun day together in the pond, then go home when it gets dark outside.
Dirty Jersey
Author: PHILLIP THOMAS DUCK
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1488734178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
From zero to heroWhat's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool––unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget the choir; Kenya wants the fabulous life––bad boys and fly girls.A chance encounter with Fiasco, one of the hottest rappers around, gives Eric entr e into the world of the "Dirty Jersey" crew, where he's introduced to everyone and everything. Suddenly, Eric is cool and has access to anything he's ever wanted. Never mind that Fiasco isn't exactly a good guy––so what? But so what has a price. And Fiasco has just named it: Kenya.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1488734178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
From zero to heroWhat's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool––unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget the choir; Kenya wants the fabulous life––bad boys and fly girls.A chance encounter with Fiasco, one of the hottest rappers around, gives Eric entr e into the world of the "Dirty Jersey" crew, where he's introduced to everyone and everything. Suddenly, Eric is cool and has access to anything he's ever wanted. Never mind that Fiasco isn't exactly a good guy––so what? But so what has a price. And Fiasco has just named it: Kenya.
Mucky Duck
Author: Sally Grindley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747550617
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Oh! You Mucky Duck! is exclaimed each time Duck manages to make a mess, which is pretty much all of the time.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747550617
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Oh! You Mucky Duck! is exclaimed each time Duck manages to make a mess, which is pretty much all of the time.
Duck, Duck, Goose
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684525799
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Mimi is on a field trip to a farm. There are so many animals. Young readers will help Mimi discover patterns as she encounters all the animals on the farm.
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684525799
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Mimi is on a field trip to a farm. There are so many animals. Young readers will help Mimi discover patterns as she encounters all the animals on the farm.