Author: William Donaldson Publisher: ISBN: 9780304365753 Category : Clichés Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
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.
Author: Margaret Robson Stacpoole Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 137
Book Description
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.
Author: Alaric Adair Publisher: Oaksys Tech Ltd ISBN: 1907250042 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
A teenage hero and heroines take on drug gangs to stop them selling drugs to their friends. The hero Adam Cranford uses the resources of secret and ancient Foundation to defeat the drug lords. At times the action takes place in a secret tunnel system under the city of London. It presents great risk to the boy and his family. Adventure fiction about teenagers suitable for reading age 12+.
Author: Lorraine Flaherty Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1844098729 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 205
Book Description
Providing evidence to the validity of past lives, this self-help guide delves deeply into past life regression and offers a thorough understanding of each step of the process. Through detailed transcripts of actual sessions, ordinary people speak candidly about their experiences with this form of self-discovery. Confirming that she has gone through the same journey to healing, Lorraine Flaherty incorporates stories of her own past lives to illustrate the ways these insights can aid in clearing away mental clutter, help to form better decisions, cause one to become more empowered, and put one's life on the right path. With a compelling and down-to-earth approach, this remarkable discussion illustrates the ways that any reader--from the idly curious to the serious spiritual seeker--can develop a greater understanding of who they are, where they come from, and where they are going.
Author: D. Keith Mano Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press ISBN: 9781564781932 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 642
Book Description
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.
Author: Virginia Andrews Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 184983122X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 330
Book Description
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 . . .
Author: Tamara Morgan Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1492634670 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 357
Book Description
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
Author: Kemich Johnson Publisher: Starlight ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 501
Book Description
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.
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