Author: John Tippey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456868403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Generally Farting About has something to offend everyone. It follows Jim Tyler, lurching from one purposeless catastrophe to another, dancing round the fires of success that others more fortunate (or talented) have ignited. The saga interweaves those universally appreciated old standbys—sex and ribald depravity—with conflicts and storms in teacups across Europe, the Mediterranean, Lebanon, North and South Africa, Australia, China, even the contested wastes of a bleak Antarctica. Generally Farting About documents skullduggery and history in the making, as English filmmaker Jim tilts and collides with the world of advertising, lurks the corridors of political power in London, and ricochets on a roller coaster between Hollywood and the guarded underbelly of high finance, eventually soaring to the heights of anonymity with one of his films gracing the cinema screen for a Royal Command Performance. Encompassing all the frailties of working class life: greed, passion, greed, betrayal, greed, megalomania, groveling ineptitude and last but not least, love, Generally Farting About is a tale of wonder and suspense, one of life’s great treats. Don’t miss it.
Generally Farting About
Author: John Tippey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456868403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Generally Farting About has something to offend everyone. It follows Jim Tyler, lurching from one purposeless catastrophe to another, dancing round the fires of success that others more fortunate (or talented) have ignited. The saga interweaves those universally appreciated old standbys—sex and ribald depravity—with conflicts and storms in teacups across Europe, the Mediterranean, Lebanon, North and South Africa, Australia, China, even the contested wastes of a bleak Antarctica. Generally Farting About documents skullduggery and history in the making, as English filmmaker Jim tilts and collides with the world of advertising, lurks the corridors of political power in London, and ricochets on a roller coaster between Hollywood and the guarded underbelly of high finance, eventually soaring to the heights of anonymity with one of his films gracing the cinema screen for a Royal Command Performance. Encompassing all the frailties of working class life: greed, passion, greed, betrayal, greed, megalomania, groveling ineptitude and last but not least, love, Generally Farting About is a tale of wonder and suspense, one of life’s great treats. Don’t miss it.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456868403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Generally Farting About has something to offend everyone. It follows Jim Tyler, lurching from one purposeless catastrophe to another, dancing round the fires of success that others more fortunate (or talented) have ignited. The saga interweaves those universally appreciated old standbys—sex and ribald depravity—with conflicts and storms in teacups across Europe, the Mediterranean, Lebanon, North and South Africa, Australia, China, even the contested wastes of a bleak Antarctica. Generally Farting About documents skullduggery and history in the making, as English filmmaker Jim tilts and collides with the world of advertising, lurks the corridors of political power in London, and ricochets on a roller coaster between Hollywood and the guarded underbelly of high finance, eventually soaring to the heights of anonymity with one of his films gracing the cinema screen for a Royal Command Performance. Encompassing all the frailties of working class life: greed, passion, greed, betrayal, greed, megalomania, groveling ineptitude and last but not least, love, Generally Farting About is a tale of wonder and suspense, one of life’s great treats. Don’t miss it.
"I fart in your general direction!"
Author: Don H. Corrigan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476691967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cover a wide range of fart-focused stand-up comedy, cinema, children's books, toys and merchandise. The author's postscript describes a lifetime preparing for his subject through fraternity membership and offbeat assignments as a newspaper journalist.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476691967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cover a wide range of fart-focused stand-up comedy, cinema, children's books, toys and merchandise. The author's postscript describes a lifetime preparing for his subject through fraternity membership and offbeat assignments as a newspaper journalist.
American Taboo
Author: Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our societyand our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary mediaor, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our societyand our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary mediaor, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.
Does It Fart?
Author: Nick Caruso
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1526361892
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An explosive and hilarious look at facts, farts, and fun! Dogs fart. Cats fart. Horses fart (a lot). But what about snakes? Spiders? Octopuses? What about chimpanzees? Cheetahs? Or dinosaurs? In this gaseous guide to kids' favourite animals (and some they've probably never heard of), young readers will discover not only which animals parp, but also which have the stinkiest farts, which fart the most, and where all this smelly stuff comes from. They'll even learn which species has its own secret fart code! Perfect for reluctant readers, and with full-colour illustrations throughout, Does It Fart? is the funniest book you never knew you needed. Based on the New York Times bestseller Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1526361892
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An explosive and hilarious look at facts, farts, and fun! Dogs fart. Cats fart. Horses fart (a lot). But what about snakes? Spiders? Octopuses? What about chimpanzees? Cheetahs? Or dinosaurs? In this gaseous guide to kids' favourite animals (and some they've probably never heard of), young readers will discover not only which animals parp, but also which have the stinkiest farts, which fart the most, and where all this smelly stuff comes from. They'll even learn which species has its own secret fart code! Perfect for reluctant readers, and with full-colour illustrations throughout, Does It Fart? is the funniest book you never knew you needed. Based on the New York Times bestseller Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence.
Who Cut the Cheese?
Author: Jim Dawson
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0307778789
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
We've told you HOW TO SHIT IN THE WOODS. We've taken you UP SHIT CREEK. Now, we dare to ask the eternal question...WHO CUT THE CHEESE? Which is to say, what exactly is a fart? Why do we do it? Why do we hide it when we do it? And why do we find farts so darn funny? A cut above anything else on the subject, this book really lets go and tells all, getting to the bottom of these mysteries. Author Jim sniffs out a load of historical and scientific fart tales, then offers the kind of fun facts you'll be dying to let slip at social occasions, in chapters like "Fart Facts That Aren't Just Hot Air," "Gone with the Wind" (on famous movie farts), and "Le Petomane & the Art of the Fart" (on the most famous windbag in history). From fact to fiction to frivolous flatulence, this book is unquestionably a ripping good read.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0307778789
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
We've told you HOW TO SHIT IN THE WOODS. We've taken you UP SHIT CREEK. Now, we dare to ask the eternal question...WHO CUT THE CHEESE? Which is to say, what exactly is a fart? Why do we do it? Why do we hide it when we do it? And why do we find farts so darn funny? A cut above anything else on the subject, this book really lets go and tells all, getting to the bottom of these mysteries. Author Jim sniffs out a load of historical and scientific fart tales, then offers the kind of fun facts you'll be dying to let slip at social occasions, in chapters like "Fart Facts That Aren't Just Hot Air," "Gone with the Wind" (on famous movie farts), and "Le Petomane & the Art of the Fart" (on the most famous windbag in history). From fact to fiction to frivolous flatulence, this book is unquestionably a ripping good read.
A Death Divided
Author: Clare Francis
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504031091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Young lawyer Joe McGrath faces a floodtide of memories when he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a childhood friend in this gripping thriller from international bestselling author Clare Francis Jenna had always been Joe McGrath’s best friend and secret crush . . . until he introduced her to the enigmatic but charming Jamie Chetwood. After Jenna and Jamie married, Joe moved on and began a prominent legal career. But always in the back of his mind were the Chetwoods, who seemingly disappeared four years ago, and now Jenna’s parents want Joe to find their daughter. With the help of his rather complicated new girlfriend, Sarah, he starts to uncover things he wishes he’d left buried in the past. A Death Divided tells the story of a missing woman who may have gone into hiding because some truths are too jarring to be brought to light.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504031091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Young lawyer Joe McGrath faces a floodtide of memories when he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a childhood friend in this gripping thriller from international bestselling author Clare Francis Jenna had always been Joe McGrath’s best friend and secret crush . . . until he introduced her to the enigmatic but charming Jamie Chetwood. After Jenna and Jamie married, Joe moved on and began a prominent legal career. But always in the back of his mind were the Chetwoods, who seemingly disappeared four years ago, and now Jenna’s parents want Joe to find their daughter. With the help of his rather complicated new girlfriend, Sarah, he starts to uncover things he wishes he’d left buried in the past. A Death Divided tells the story of a missing woman who may have gone into hiding because some truths are too jarring to be brought to light.
The Collected Crime Novels Volume Two
Author: Clare Francis
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504054636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Nail-biting thrillers from the international bestselling master of suspense, who writes “crime novels with action to keep you guessing until the very end” (Daily Mail). New York Times–bestselling British novelist Clare Francis has proven again and again that she “has serious crime writing talent” (The Mail on Sunday). This trio of thrillers involving mysterious and disturbing disappearances includes the #1 international bestseller, Deceit, which was adapted into a Lifetime Original Movie starring Marlo Thomas. A Death Divided: Jenna had always been Joe McGrath’s best friend and secret crush . . . until he introduced her to the enigmatic but charming Jamie Chetwood. After Jenna and Jamie married, Joe moved on and began a prominent legal career. But four years ago, the Chetwoods seemingly disappeared, and now Jenna’s parents want Joe to find their daughter. With the help of his rather complicated new girlfriend, Sarah, he starts to uncover things he wishes he’d left buried in the past. “A beautifully crafted and engrossing thriller.” —Daily Mail A Dark Devotion: Grace Dearden is a woman so beautiful and virtuous no one would ever question her integrity or standing in the community. When Grace disappears—seemingly evaporating into the eerie Norfolk marshes—and the local police investigation gets bogged down, her husband, Will, enlists the help of longtime friend and London criminal lawyer Alexandra O’Neill. But soon Alex discovers that Grace was not the person everyone thought . . . “[A] well-crafter thriller set in the bleak salt marshes of Norfolk, England.” —Publishers Weekly Deceit: In this “intense psychological thriller,” secrets swirl around a husband lost at sea (Publishers Weekly). After MP and successful businessman Harry Richmond disappears while out sailing his yacht, his wife, Ellen, slowly transforms from grieving widow to primary suspect. When Richard Moreland, Harry’s army colleague, uncovers clues pointing to the possibility of scandal, secrets, and even murder, Ellen insists her husband committed suicide. As she struggles to protect her children from the emotional—and political—impact of their father’s disappearance, another revelation awaits—and it could break the case wide open. “The plot has as many twists as a nautical knot.” —Daily Mail
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504054636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Nail-biting thrillers from the international bestselling master of suspense, who writes “crime novels with action to keep you guessing until the very end” (Daily Mail). New York Times–bestselling British novelist Clare Francis has proven again and again that she “has serious crime writing talent” (The Mail on Sunday). This trio of thrillers involving mysterious and disturbing disappearances includes the #1 international bestseller, Deceit, which was adapted into a Lifetime Original Movie starring Marlo Thomas. A Death Divided: Jenna had always been Joe McGrath’s best friend and secret crush . . . until he introduced her to the enigmatic but charming Jamie Chetwood. After Jenna and Jamie married, Joe moved on and began a prominent legal career. But four years ago, the Chetwoods seemingly disappeared, and now Jenna’s parents want Joe to find their daughter. With the help of his rather complicated new girlfriend, Sarah, he starts to uncover things he wishes he’d left buried in the past. “A beautifully crafted and engrossing thriller.” —Daily Mail A Dark Devotion: Grace Dearden is a woman so beautiful and virtuous no one would ever question her integrity or standing in the community. When Grace disappears—seemingly evaporating into the eerie Norfolk marshes—and the local police investigation gets bogged down, her husband, Will, enlists the help of longtime friend and London criminal lawyer Alexandra O’Neill. But soon Alex discovers that Grace was not the person everyone thought . . . “[A] well-crafter thriller set in the bleak salt marshes of Norfolk, England.” —Publishers Weekly Deceit: In this “intense psychological thriller,” secrets swirl around a husband lost at sea (Publishers Weekly). After MP and successful businessman Harry Richmond disappears while out sailing his yacht, his wife, Ellen, slowly transforms from grieving widow to primary suspect. When Richard Moreland, Harry’s army colleague, uncovers clues pointing to the possibility of scandal, secrets, and even murder, Ellen insists her husband committed suicide. As she struggles to protect her children from the emotional—and political—impact of their father’s disappearance, another revelation awaits—and it could break the case wide open. “The plot has as many twists as a nautical knot.” —Daily Mail
A Metaphysical and Anecdotal Consideration of the Fart
Author: Gloria Klein
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304570835
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
A book that breaks new wind on the subject of farts and the meaning of life. It will be feared by tyrants everywhere.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304570835
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
A book that breaks new wind on the subject of farts and the meaning of life. It will be feared by tyrants everywhere.
Embodied
Author: Christopher Eccleston
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198727909
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience.Embodied explores the psychology of physical sensation in ten chapters, with each sense explored through interviews and case studies of extreme experiences. These stories bring to life how far physical sensations matter to us, and how much they define what is possible in our life. A finalchapter presents a theory of what is common across these ten senses: of how we deal with the urge to act, and what happens when extreme sensation is inescapable.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198727909
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience.Embodied explores the psychology of physical sensation in ten chapters, with each sense explored through interviews and case studies of extreme experiences. These stories bring to life how far physical sensations matter to us, and how much they define what is possible in our life. A finalchapter presents a theory of what is common across these ten senses: of how we deal with the urge to act, and what happens when extreme sensation is inescapable.
Hysteria, Perversion, and Paranoia in “The Canterbury Tales”
Author: Becky Renee McLaughlin
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501514067
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Beginning with the spectacle of hysteria, moving through the perversions of fetishism, masochism, and sadism, and ending with paranoia and psychosis, this book explores the ways that conflicts with the Oedipal law erupt on the body and in language in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, for Chaucer’s tales are rife with issues of mastery and control that emerge as conflicts not only between authority and experience but also between power and knowledge, word and flesh, rule books and reason, man and woman, same and other – conflicts that erupt in a macabre sprawl of broken bones, dismembered bodies, cut throats, and decapitations. Like the macabre sprawl of conflict in the Canterbury Tales, this book brings together a number of conflicting modes of thinking and writing through the surprising and perhaps disconcerting use of “shadow” chapters that speak to or against the four “central” chapters, creating both dialogue and interruption.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501514067
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Beginning with the spectacle of hysteria, moving through the perversions of fetishism, masochism, and sadism, and ending with paranoia and psychosis, this book explores the ways that conflicts with the Oedipal law erupt on the body and in language in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, for Chaucer’s tales are rife with issues of mastery and control that emerge as conflicts not only between authority and experience but also between power and knowledge, word and flesh, rule books and reason, man and woman, same and other – conflicts that erupt in a macabre sprawl of broken bones, dismembered bodies, cut throats, and decapitations. Like the macabre sprawl of conflict in the Canterbury Tales, this book brings together a number of conflicting modes of thinking and writing through the surprising and perhaps disconcerting use of “shadow” chapters that speak to or against the four “central” chapters, creating both dialogue and interruption.