Author: Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Publisher: McSweeney's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This collection brings back to life eighteen tales from one of the most curious men of all.
Curious Men
Author: Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Publisher: McSweeney's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This collection brings back to life eighteen tales from one of the most curious men of all.
Publisher: McSweeney's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This collection brings back to life eighteen tales from one of the most curious men of all.
A Curious Man
Author: Neal Thompson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448184371
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
One of the most successful entertainment figures of his time, Robert Ripley’s life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed and hampered by shyness, Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation of the weird and wonderful. He sold his first cartoon to LIFE magazine at eighteen, but it was his wildly popular ‘Believe It or Not!’ radio shows that won him international fame, and spurred him on to search the globe’s farthest corners for bizarre facts, human curiosities and shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterous declarations that somehow turned out to be true – such as that Charles Lindburgh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ was not the USA’s national anthem. And he demanded respect for those who were labelled ‘eccentrics’ or ‘freaks’ – whether it be E. L. Blystone, who wrote 2,871 alphabet letters on a grain of rice, or the man who could swallow his own nose. By the 1930s, Ripley possessed a wide fortune, a private yacht and a huge mansion stocked with such oddities as shrunken heads and medieval torture devices. His pioneering firsts in print, radio and television tapped into something deep in the American consciousness – a taste for the titillating and exotic, and a fascination with the fastest, biggest, wackiest and weirdest – and ensured a worldwide legacy that continues today. This compelling biography portrays a man who was dedicated to exalting the strange and unusual – but who may have been the most amazing oddity of all.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448184371
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
One of the most successful entertainment figures of his time, Robert Ripley’s life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed and hampered by shyness, Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation of the weird and wonderful. He sold his first cartoon to LIFE magazine at eighteen, but it was his wildly popular ‘Believe It or Not!’ radio shows that won him international fame, and spurred him on to search the globe’s farthest corners for bizarre facts, human curiosities and shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterous declarations that somehow turned out to be true – such as that Charles Lindburgh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ was not the USA’s national anthem. And he demanded respect for those who were labelled ‘eccentrics’ or ‘freaks’ – whether it be E. L. Blystone, who wrote 2,871 alphabet letters on a grain of rice, or the man who could swallow his own nose. By the 1930s, Ripley possessed a wide fortune, a private yacht and a huge mansion stocked with such oddities as shrunken heads and medieval torture devices. His pioneering firsts in print, radio and television tapped into something deep in the American consciousness – a taste for the titillating and exotic, and a fascination with the fastest, biggest, wackiest and weirdest – and ensured a worldwide legacy that continues today. This compelling biography portrays a man who was dedicated to exalting the strange and unusual – but who may have been the most amazing oddity of all.
The Curious Man
Author: Nieper
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449067557
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449067557
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
Author: Mark Hodder
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616143592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
When Burton and Swinburne discover an abandoned brass man in Trafalgar Square, they find themselves on the trail of stolen black diamonds and embroiled in a plot involving the Tichborne Claimant and mysterious steam wraiths.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616143592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
When Burton and Swinburne discover an abandoned brass man in Trafalgar Square, they find themselves on the trail of stolen black diamonds and embroiled in a plot involving the Tichborne Claimant and mysterious steam wraiths.
Little Miss Curious
Author: Roger Hargreaves
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0843178132
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
They're back! Rediscover the zaniest characters you've ever met in this best-selling series which has sold millions worldwide. Bright and charming, with easily recognizable characters and a small take-along format, Mr. Men and Little Miss books are easy enough for young readers, witty enough for humor-prone adults, and highly collectible for one and all. Also check your local listings to view the Mr. Men & Little Miss TV show. Back to the Mr. Men & Little Miss microsite.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0843178132
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
They're back! Rediscover the zaniest characters you've ever met in this best-selling series which has sold millions worldwide. Bright and charming, with easily recognizable characters and a small take-along format, Mr. Men and Little Miss books are easy enough for young readers, witty enough for humor-prone adults, and highly collectible for one and all. Also check your local listings to view the Mr. Men & Little Miss TV show. Back to the Mr. Men & Little Miss microsite.
The System
Author: Mohamed Rifdhi Nassar
Publisher: MOHAMED RIFDHI NASSAR
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The story of a man whose disambiguation leads him to a place beyond his known realm of reality, a sea of infinities, the Zero of everything, through multiple dimensions of space and time continuum's.
Publisher: MOHAMED RIFDHI NASSAR
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The story of a man whose disambiguation leads him to a place beyond his known realm of reality, a sea of infinities, the Zero of everything, through multiple dimensions of space and time continuum's.
The Curious History of Dating
Author: Nichi Hodgson
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472138058
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A LIGHT-HEARTED, INTIMATE AND EMPHATICALLY FEMINIST HISTORY OF DATING 'A new approach to romance . . . The heroines of Regency novels could teach today's young women a trick or two' Sunday Times 'Entertaining and well-researched' The Lady 'Pacey, intelligent and authoritative with bags of wit' Law Gazette 'A whistle-stop tour of dating through history' History Extra What if Mr Darcy had simply been able to swipe right? Dating has never been easy. The road to true love has always been rutted with heartbreak, but do we have it any easier today? How did Victorians 'come out'? How did love blossom in war-torn Europe? And why did 80s' video-dating never take off? Bursting with little-known facts and tantalising tales of lovelorn men and besotted women, Nichi Hodgson's intriguing history of amorous relationships, from enamoured Georgians to frenziedly swiping millennials (and everyone in between) may leave you grateful that you live - and love - today.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472138058
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A LIGHT-HEARTED, INTIMATE AND EMPHATICALLY FEMINIST HISTORY OF DATING 'A new approach to romance . . . The heroines of Regency novels could teach today's young women a trick or two' Sunday Times 'Entertaining and well-researched' The Lady 'Pacey, intelligent and authoritative with bags of wit' Law Gazette 'A whistle-stop tour of dating through history' History Extra What if Mr Darcy had simply been able to swipe right? Dating has never been easy. The road to true love has always been rutted with heartbreak, but do we have it any easier today? How did Victorians 'come out'? How did love blossom in war-torn Europe? And why did 80s' video-dating never take off? Bursting with little-known facts and tantalising tales of lovelorn men and besotted women, Nichi Hodgson's intriguing history of amorous relationships, from enamoured Georgians to frenziedly swiping millennials (and everyone in between) may leave you grateful that you live - and love - today.
Men's Bodies, Men's Gods
Author: Bjorn Krondorfer
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814748570
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male bodies and religious identity? Does Christianity provide models to cope with the aging and ailing male body? Does it provide models for intimacy between men and women? Between men and men? And, how do men reflect the carnal dimensions of power, abuse, and justice?
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814748570
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male bodies and religious identity? Does Christianity provide models to cope with the aging and ailing male body? Does it provide models for intimacy between men and women? Between men and men? And, how do men reflect the carnal dimensions of power, abuse, and justice?
Looking at Ourselves and Others
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cross-cultural studies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
"Looking at Ourselves and Others contains lesson plans, activities, and readings that help students understand components of their own culture and leads them to appreciate and understand differences between their culture and that of others."--Home page.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cross-cultural studies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
"Looking at Ourselves and Others contains lesson plans, activities, and readings that help students understand components of their own culture and leads them to appreciate and understand differences between their culture and that of others."--Home page.
Tenure
Author: Richard Levine
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865343519
Category : Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Student protests, rape, sexual proclivities, and faddish disciplines swirl and twist in the background as Billy Mann and Abraham Smith, two young professors, are caught in the critical battles of campus life in this novel that can best be described as a combination of Tom Wolfe and a contemporary Jane Austen.
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865343519
Category : Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Student protests, rape, sexual proclivities, and faddish disciplines swirl and twist in the background as Billy Mann and Abraham Smith, two young professors, are caught in the critical battles of campus life in this novel that can best be described as a combination of Tom Wolfe and a contemporary Jane Austen.