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Author : Victor Cornwall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788421188
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Scoundrels written by Victor Cornwall and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victor Cornwall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995716322
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (163 download)
Download or read book The Hunt for Hansclapp written by Victor Cornwall and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolving around the infamous gentlemen's club of London, Scoundrels: The Hunt For Hansclapp continues the combative joint memoirs of adventurer-spies, Major Cornwall and Major Trevelyan. In the second volume, the Majors recount tales of kidnapping in the Congo, manslaughter on the Orient Express and romance at the Stasi's Christmas Party. The Majors are reeling from a series of devastating attacks by their Moriarty-like nemesis, Gruber Hansclapp, who is exacting an unspeakably horrific revenge, even by the Majors' standards.
Author : Duncan Crowe
Publisher : Scoundrels
ISBN 13 : 9780995716308
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Scoundrels written by Duncan Crowe and published by Scoundrels. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice LaPlante
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393541851
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)
Download or read book Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity written by Alice LaPlante and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story. When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt—for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green’” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”—can get your brain working in unexpected ways. In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each exercise—to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images, or access intense emotions—and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.
Author : Kyril Bonfiglioli
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468307878
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Don't Point That Thing at Me written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This witty crime thriller series debut follows the exploits of an unscrupulous art dealer with a stolen Goya—“this cult classic . . . is a true original” (Booklist, starred review). In Don't Point that Thing at Me, British author and art dealer Kyril Bonifiglioli introduced the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Piccadilly. Since its publication in the 1970s, this dark humored crime thriller has earned its place as a beloved cult classic. With his thuggish manservant Jock, Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving secret police, angry foreign governments, stolen paintings, and dead clients, all just to make a dishonest living—while decked out in the most stylish garb and drinking the most bizarre alcoholic cocktails. Don’t miss the brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and suspense.
Author : Victor Cornwall
Publisher : Her Majesty's Pleasure
ISBN 13 : 9780995716346
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Scoundrels: Her Majesty's Pleasure (Scoundrels 3) written by Victor Cornwall and published by Her Majesty's Pleasure. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolving around the infamous gentlemen's club of London, Scoundrels: Her Majesty's Pleasure concludes the combative joint memoirs of adventurer-spies Major Cornwall and Major Trevelyan. In this satisfying final denouement, Britannia is under attack! The Majors mount a daring jailbreak at London Zoo, play for their lives in a Monte Carlo casino, and stage a coup under the African sun, as they seek revenge on their Moriarty-like nemesis, Gruber Hansclapp. The stage is set for a right royal rumble at the heart of the British Establishment - which goes some way to explain why the Majors have been under house arrest for the last thirty years.
Author : Steve Bartington
Publisher : Fulton Point Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781527240292
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Essex Man Blues written by Steve Bartington and published by Fulton Point Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just who was Bobby Fulton?Strange things are afoot in the Delta - the Essex one, that is - and it's down to Dave Hunter, Southend-born bricklayer-turned-music student and blues harmonica ace to put things right, aided and abetted by his bumbling sidekicks Mick and Danny.Ordinarily, this would mean we've had it. But like the bluesmen who inspired him, Dave is at a crossroads. University life is ok, but it's started to bore him. It's a bit too ... Safe, maybe?There is also the small matter of him having met a girl he rather likes (rather likes a lot in fact). She's a sexy, sassy saxophonist, which would be perfect if only she was less taken by the advances of a certain smooth-talking American exchange student who Dave isn't keen on. Could it be that a dangerous journey into the heart of the Essex badlands is just what he needs?With every passing day and repeated spin of the mysterious vinyl, found in a charity shop and seemingly the only record this Fulton guy ever cut, Dave Hunter starts to suspect the answer may well be yes.On the other hand, he'd be just as happy down the pub, necking a pint of his beloved Estuary Lager with some Dr Feelgood on the jukebox.Or would he?Essex Man Blues is the debut novel from (soon to be acclaimed) writer Steve Bartington. It is also the first novel to feature blues 'n' booze-loving brawler and reluctant hero Dave Hunter, in a tale involving murder and intrigue amid themes of brotherhood, courage, faith and redemption. There's lots of drinking too.
Author : Gerard Woodward
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509847979
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Paper Lovers written by Gerard Woodward and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hugely enjoyable, a unique love story that’s both witty and poignant.' John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies Arnold Proctor’s quiet life is thrown off balance when he falls obsessively in love with Vera, a religious woman and one of his wife’s friends. Vera seems untroubled by her wrongdoing, yet faithless Arnold is wracked with guilt. He has never believed in God, but now he wonders if he truly believes in anything at all? Polly makes handcrafted paper, and even though the age of paper is dead, she runs a successful shop selling her exquisite products. Polly is secure and happy in her life, until the day her husband Arnold makes a very uncharacteristic declaration. Gerard Woodward's The Paper Lovers is a devastating story of sexual, religious and artistic obsession. It is about love and betrayal, and what becomes of us after our greatest certainties have been shattered.
Author : David Bramwell
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1473670179
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)
Download or read book The Odditorium written by David Bramwell and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I LOVE THE BOOK... A BRILLIANT READ' Chris Evans, Radio 2 Breakfast Show 'This book, that I approached with caution, turns out to be magnificent. Tested it with the Moondog entry. Passed A+' Danny Baker, Radio 5Live A CELEBRATION OF CURIOSITY AND OBSESSION Step into a world of gloriously unpredictable characters such as Ivor Cutler, Quentin Crisp, Joe Orton, Reginald Bray, Ken Campbell, Screaming Lord Sutch, Sun Ra, Buckminster Fuller, Timothy Leary and Ayn Rand. The Odditorium is a playful re-telling of history, told not through the lens of its victors, but through the fascinating stories of a wealth of individuals who, while lesser-known, are no less remarkable. Throughout its pages you'll learn about the antics and adventures of tricksters, eccentrics, deviants and inventors. While their stories range from heroic failures to great hoaxes, one thing unites them - they all carved their own path through life. Each protagonist exemplifies the human spirit through their dogged determination, willingness to take risks, their unflinching obsession and, often, a good dollop of eccentricity. Learn about Reginald Bray (1879-1939), a Victorian accountant who sent over 30,000 singular objects through the mail, including himself; Muriel Howorth (1886-1971), the housewife who grew giant peanuts using atomic energy; and Elaine Morgan (1920-2013), a journalist who battled a tirade of prejudice to pursue an aquatic-based theory of human evolution, which is today being championed by David Attenborough. While many of us are content to lead a conventional life, with all of its comfort and security, The Odditorium reminds us of the characters who felt compelled to carve their own path, despite risking ostracism, failure, ridicule and madness. Outsider artists, linguists, scientists, time travellers and architects all feature in The Odditorium, each of whom risked ostracism, ridicule and even madness in pursuit of carving their own esoteric path, changing the world in wonderful ways. 'BRAMWELL CLEARLY HAS AN EYE FOR THE ODDBALL AND ARCANE' The Guardian
Author : Melvyn Bragg
Publisher : Sceptre
ISBN 13 : 1848942591
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Time To Dance written by Melvyn Bragg and published by Sceptre. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lifetime of restraint and placid affection erupts when a retired bank manager falls for a youngh girl. Set in Cumbria, this is an intensely moving evocation of an overwhelming passion and its destructive kernel of jealousy.
Author : William Wall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178854546X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Grace's Day written by William Wall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Irish Independent Book of the Year. As the great John McGahern used to say, there's verse, and there's prose, and then there's poetry; William Wall is a poet in both mediums' John Banville. 'An underrated veteran at the peak of his powers' Sunday Times. 'It's this mood of lives irreparably spoiled that make this bitter-tasting tale so potent' Daily Mail. Grace and her mother and sisters live on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Their father is a successful writer of travel books that advocate a simpler way of life, though he is so seldom there that his family become the subjects of his social experiments and his children's freedom is indistinguishable from poverty. Grace and Jeannie take turns to look after their little sister Emily. Then one day – Grace's day – a terrible tragedy occurs that changes everything. This is novel about a world of adult self-indulgence and the consequences of careless decisions and dishonest compromises.
Author : Mark Time
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784187852
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Going Commando written by Mark Time and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'TOUGH, TOUCHING... IT'S A RIGHT GOOD READ' - DAILY TELEGRAPHAt 16, Mark Time wants to become either a geologist or a Royal Marines Commando. So which does he choose? Despite his love of basalt, he chooses the career that teaches him how to kill... and sh*t in plastic bags.Knowing his weak body will have to shape up to complete thirty weeks of commando training, Mark prepares for the Royal Marines by sleeping in his shed wearing only plastic bags. He braves pain by ordering his mate to attack him while trapped in a sleeping bag. He starves himself in a stupid urban survival exercise, turning down the offer of crispy pancakes from his bewildered mother.He is ready.Some might say for the nut house...Often hilarious and yet shockingly sobering, this is the true story of a boy who joins one of the world's most elite military units with only naivety and incompetence equalling his will to succeed.'A cover to cover laughathon' - SOLDIER MAGAZINE
Author : Will Dean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786072535
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Dark Pines written by Will Dean and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An isolated Swedish town. A deaf reporter terrified of nature. A dense spruce forest overdue for harvest. A pair of eyeless hunters found murdered in the woods. It's week one of the Swedish elk hunt and the sound of gunfire is everywhere. When Tuva Moodyson investigates the story that could make her career she stumbles on a web of secrets that knit Gavrik town together. Are the latest murders connected to the Medusa killings twenty years ago? Is someone following her? Why take the eyes? Tuva must face her demons and venture deep into the woods to stop the killer and write the story. And then get the hell out of Gavrik.
Author : Luke Tredget
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316418285
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Kismet written by Luke Tredget and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Mirror meets Bridget Jones in this whip-smart debut set in a world where the ultimate matchmaking app has redefined romance. Twenty-nine-year-old Anna is smart, vivacious, and in the midst of a complete existential meltdown. Sure, from the outside everything in her life seems to be going just fine: She has a decent job, a devoted BFF, and a lovely boyfriend named Pete with whom she is exactly 70% compatible, according to Kismet, the matchmaking app that everyone in Anna's world uses to find love. Still...isn't there supposed to be more to life than this? Should she settle for a secure and predictable existence with Pete, or risk everything for a life of passion and adventure? With true adulthood (the dreaded thirty) just weeks away, Anna secretly re-joins Kismet, and soon encounters Geoff, a dashing, forty-something journalist with whom she has a shockingly high compatibility score of 81. How can she not at least see where this goes...? A funny and propulsive love story for our over-networked age, KISMET challenges us to take stock of how technology shapes our desires and what it means to "settle."
Author : James Frey
Publisher : Gallery/Scout Press
ISBN 13 : 1982101458
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Katerina written by James Frey and published by Gallery/Scout Press. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Million Little Pieces and Bright Shiny Morning comes Katerina, James Frey’s highly anticipated new novel set in 1992 Paris and contemporary Los Angeles. A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the madness of youth. Betrayal and heartbreak, regret and pain, the melancholy of age. Katerina, the explosive new novel by America’s most controversial writer, is a sweeping love story alternating between 1992 Paris and Los Angeles in 2018. At its center are a young writer and a young model on the verge of fame, both reckless, impulsive, addicted, and deeply in love. Twenty-five years later, the writer is rich, famous, and numb, and he wants to drive his car into a tree, when he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned years prior. Written in the same percussive, propulsive, dazzling, breathtaking style as A Million Little Pieces, Katerina echoes and complements that most controversial of memoirs, and plays with the same issues of fiction and reality that created, nearly destroyed, and then recreated James Frey in the American imagination.
Author : Kyril Bonfiglioli
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468307886
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Something Nasty in the Woodshed written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the amoral art dealer heads to the Isle of Jersey, the author’s “comic invention and lacerating, politically incorrect humor are in brilliant form” (Publishers Weekly). The Honorable Charlie Mortdecai—degenerate aristocrat and seasoned epicurean—has managed, somehow, to tarnish his already questionable reputation. Thanks to a few shady art deals, he’s been exiled from London. Together with his gadabout wife Johanna and his ex-con butler Jock, Mortdecai takes refuge in a country estate on the Channel Island of Jersey. But what begins as a hedonistic interlude turns into a macabre manhunt. Through the haze of drunken locals and loathsome tourists, Charlie is out to expose a local rapist whose modus operandi bears a striking resemblance to that of a warlock from ancient British mythology known as “The Beast of Jersey.”
Author : Tessa Coates
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529364418
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Nobody Panic written by Tessa Coates and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: font size="+0.5"'Absolutely delightful, surprisingly useful and pleasingly absurd' - Rachel Parris font size="+0.5"'Tessa and Stevie are two of the funniest people I know' - Nish Kumar font size="+0.5"'A must-read for anyone struggling to be a convincing grown up' - Richard Herring font size="+0.5"'Bloody funny and genuinely informative' - Ellie Taylor Trying to get your life together? Got three dead houseplants, no debit card, and an exploded yoghurt in your bag? Useful, funny and life-affirming, Nobody Panic is an instruction manual for anyone with absolutely no idea what they're doing. From the creators of the critically acclaimed podcast comes a series of How To guides for everything from job interviews to leaving a WhatsApp group, from understanding the oven to dealing with your best friend's new (astoundingly dull) partner. There's also a poem about taxes. Comedians and professional panickers Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin are here to help you learn from their many, many mistakes, and remind you that when it comes to life, we're all in this together - so nobody panic. Praise for the podcast: font size="+0.5"'Hilarious and brilliant' - Grazia font size="+0.5"'Witty, smart and oh-so-relatable' - Evening Standard font size="+0.5"'Jaunty' - The Times
