A Book of Essays: Pappy’s Proverbs

A Book of Essays: Pappy’s Proverbs PDF Author: Patrick H. Anderson
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973654288
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Book Description
I started writing this book in Columbus, Ohio, at a mortarboard club meeting with Martha when she was at ULM (University of Louisiana at Monroe). She liked the first article, so I started writing some more. She like them all!

A Book of Essays: Pappy’s Proverbs

A Book of Essays: Pappy’s Proverbs PDF Author: Patrick H. Anderson
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973654288
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Book Description
I started writing this book in Columbus, Ohio, at a mortarboard club meeting with Martha when she was at ULM (University of Louisiana at Monroe). She liked the first article, so I started writing some more. She like them all!

A Book of Essays Pappys Proverbs

A Book of Essays Pappys Proverbs PDF Author: Patrick H. Anderson
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 9781973654278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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I started writing this book in Columbus, Ohio, at a mortarboard club meeting with Martha when she was at ULM (University of Louisiana at Monroe). She liked the first article, so I started writing some more. She like them all!

The Wisdom of Many

The Wisdom of Many PDF Author: Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299143640
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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A collection of 20 studies of proverbs first published in 1981 by Garland. Among the general topics are structure, oral transmission, and practical reasoning. Proverbs examined in detail include African, Yiddish, Shakespeare's, Chinese, Irish, and those used in advertising. Includes an addenda to the bibliography. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff

Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff PDF Author: Sean Penn
Publisher: Washington Square Press
ISBN: 1501189050
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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“An incredibly interesting work.” —Jane Smiley “A straight up masterwork.” —Sarah Silverman “Blisteringly funny.” —Corey Seymour “A transcendent apocalyptic satire.” —Michael Silverblatt “Crackling with life.” —Paul Theroux “Great fun.” —Salman Rushdie “A provocative debut.” —Kirkus Reviews From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, “charmingly weird” (Booklist, starred review) novel about Bob Honey—a modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin. Bob Honey has a hard time connecting with other people, especially since his divorce. He’s tired of being marketed to every moment, sick of a world where even an orgasm isn’t real until it is turned into a tweet. A paragon of old-fashioned American entrepreneurship, Bob sells septic tanks to Jehovah’s Witnesses and arranges pyrotechnic displays for foreign dictators. He’s also a contract killer for an off-the-books program run by a branch of United States intelligence that targets the elderly, the infirm, and others who drain society of its resources. When a nosy journalist starts asking questions, Bob can’t decide if it’s a chance to form some sort of new friendship or the beginning of the end for him. With treason on everyone’s lips, terrorism in everyone’s sights, and American political life sinking to ever-lower standards, Bob decides it’s time to make a change—if he doesn’t get killed by his mysterious controllers or exposed in the rapacious media first. A thunderbolt of startling images and painted “with a broadly satirical, Vonnegut-ian brush” (Kirkus Reviews), Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff is one of the year's most controversial and talked about literary works.

The Word Leaps the Gap

The Word Leaps the Gap PDF Author: J. Ross Wagner
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802863566
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 733

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This is a collection of essays to celebrate Richard Hays' 60th birthday. It is written by colleagues and friends whose scholarly imaginations have been sparked in numerous ways by his insights.

A Handbook of Proverbs: English, Scottish, Irish, American, Shakspearean, and Scriptural; and Family Mottoes, with Names of the Families by Whom They are Adopted

A Handbook of Proverbs: English, Scottish, Irish, American, Shakspearean, and Scriptural; and Family Mottoes, with Names of the Families by Whom They are Adopted PDF Author: James Allan Mair
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mottoes
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Pappyland

Pappyland PDF Author: Wright Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735221251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand the test of time.” —Eric Asimov, The New York Times The story of how Julian Van Winkle III, the caretaker of the most coveted cult Kentucky Bourbon whiskey in the world, fought to protect his family's heritage and preserve the taste of his forebears, in a world where authenticity, like his product, is in very short supply. Following his father’s death decades ago, Julian Van Winkle stepped in to try to save the bourbon business his grandfather had founded on the mission statement: “We make fine bourbon—at a profit if we can, at a loss if we must, but always fine bourbon.” With the company in its wilderness years, Julian committed to safeguarding his namesake’s legacy or going down with the ship. Then he discovered that hundreds of barrels from the family distillery had survived their sale to a multinational conglomerate. The whiskey that Julian produced after recovering those barrels would immediately be hailed as the greatest in the world—and soon would be the hardest to find. Once they had been used up, a fresh challenge began: preserving the taste of Pappy in a new age. Wright Thompson was invited to ride along as Julian undertook the task. From the Van Winkle family, Wright learned not only about great bourbon but about complicated legacies and the rewards of honoring your people and your craft—lessons that he couldn’t help but apply to his own work and life. May we all be lucky enough to find some of ourselves, as Wright Thompson did, in Pappyland.

The Leather Apron Club

The Leather Apron Club PDF Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1580897193
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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A powerful celebration of libraries from master storyteller Jane Yolen. Benjamin Franklin introduces his son Billy to the Leather Apron Club, where it's love at first page. When Billy's father Benjamin Franklin announces that Billy and his lazy cousin James will soon have a tutor, Billy is initially dismayed. But his tutor awakens him to the power of story and books, and when Billy accompanies his father to the Leather Apron Club (which Franklin started in 1727), he decides to do more with his education and life. Best-selling author Jane Yolen introduces readers to the Leather Apron Club. Not only was the Club the first successful lending library in the United States--it also exists to this day as the Library Company of Philadelphia! Careful readers will notice that the story cleverly incorporates famous sayings from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack, underscoring the lasting impact of words.

The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim

The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim PDF Author: Iceberg Slim
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1936399148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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In “The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim,” the fierce and lyrical icon for criminal reformation describes himself as “ill…from America’s fake façade of justice and democracy.” For Iceberg, the illness may have been a detriment, but for us, it’s a gift. His tales serve as a chilling reminder that we are all still inmates of one prison or another, and the time to break free has arrived. Iceberg Slim took the public into the raw, unseen, predatory reality of America with “Pimp”. This time around, he puts the emphasis on reality with his collection of personal essays. This is Iceberg, in California, broken down into a million pieces of anger, wisdom, but ready for a shift in his own consciousness. From the corrupt LAPD to a broken heart, Iceberg recounts woes that the average Joe can’t even fathom. Iceberg Slim takes us for a ride; this time not only through the harrowing world of a pimp, but through his brain, his soul, and his psyche. The racist, gut-wrenching universe Iceberg Slim inhabits throughout this novel and his struggle to endure is one that will be appreciated by all. The story’s arch of chaos to cleansing is startlingly honest. After all, one can’t help but root for the man who had the courage to rupture the bars of the cell society created for him and the man who gave a voice to those too afraid to speak. In “The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim” his voice reigns loud and clear, and ready for vengeance.

Mudbound

Mudbound PDF Author: Hillary Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565125698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta.