Author: Brian Williams
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849548854
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Success, failure, heroism, stupidity, talent, skulduggery ... Upton Park has seen it all. If supporting his club for fifty years has taught Brian Williams one thing it's that football fans definitely need a sense of humour - how else would they cope with the trials and tribulations that are part and parcel of cheering on their team? In this frank and funny take on the travails of a die-hard football supporter, Williams takes a nostalgic look back at some of the great players, great triumphs and great calamities that have marked West Ham's time at Upton Park, exploring the club's influence on its fans, the East End and football as a whole over the course of a lifetime. A Fever Pitch for the Premier League generation, Nearly Reach the Sky is an anecdotal journey through the seminal goals, games, fouls and finals, told with all the comedy, tragedy and irrationality fans of any team will recognise. This is a witty, fond, passionate and poignant tribute to the end of an era at Upton Park, as well as a universal meditation on the perks and perils of football fandom.
Nearly Reach the Sky
Author: Brian Williams
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849548854
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Success, failure, heroism, stupidity, talent, skulduggery ... Upton Park has seen it all. If supporting his club for fifty years has taught Brian Williams one thing it's that football fans definitely need a sense of humour - how else would they cope with the trials and tribulations that are part and parcel of cheering on their team? In this frank and funny take on the travails of a die-hard football supporter, Williams takes a nostalgic look back at some of the great players, great triumphs and great calamities that have marked West Ham's time at Upton Park, exploring the club's influence on its fans, the East End and football as a whole over the course of a lifetime. A Fever Pitch for the Premier League generation, Nearly Reach the Sky is an anecdotal journey through the seminal goals, games, fouls and finals, told with all the comedy, tragedy and irrationality fans of any team will recognise. This is a witty, fond, passionate and poignant tribute to the end of an era at Upton Park, as well as a universal meditation on the perks and perils of football fandom.
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849548854
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Success, failure, heroism, stupidity, talent, skulduggery ... Upton Park has seen it all. If supporting his club for fifty years has taught Brian Williams one thing it's that football fans definitely need a sense of humour - how else would they cope with the trials and tribulations that are part and parcel of cheering on their team? In this frank and funny take on the travails of a die-hard football supporter, Williams takes a nostalgic look back at some of the great players, great triumphs and great calamities that have marked West Ham's time at Upton Park, exploring the club's influence on its fans, the East End and football as a whole over the course of a lifetime. A Fever Pitch for the Premier League generation, Nearly Reach the Sky is an anecdotal journey through the seminal goals, games, fouls and finals, told with all the comedy, tragedy and irrationality fans of any team will recognise. This is a witty, fond, passionate and poignant tribute to the end of an era at Upton Park, as well as a universal meditation on the perks and perils of football fandom.
Poems & Songs
Author: Thomas McCavour
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525584804
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Poems & Songs Old & New is a collection of 120 songs and 55 poems by a writer that clearly adores them. There is a lot of love in the reproduction of so many songs and poems that people remember and appreciate, including such classic songs as, "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Hey Jude," "Hotel California," "November Rain," Let It Be," "Beer Barrel Polka." "Sounds of Silence," "You Are My Sunshine," "Mama Mia," "Ramblin Rose," " Yellow Bird," "Goodnight Irene," "You Are My Sunshine" and "Satisfaction." A brief biography of some of the famous singers , who sang the songs, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald is also included. The collection of poems includes "In Flanders Fields" by John McRae, "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe, "A Girl" by Ezra Pound and "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth. McCavour also includes some of his own poems, including "A Friend of Ours," which was first published when he was only fourteen years old.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525584804
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Poems & Songs Old & New is a collection of 120 songs and 55 poems by a writer that clearly adores them. There is a lot of love in the reproduction of so many songs and poems that people remember and appreciate, including such classic songs as, "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Hey Jude," "Hotel California," "November Rain," Let It Be," "Beer Barrel Polka." "Sounds of Silence," "You Are My Sunshine," "Mama Mia," "Ramblin Rose," " Yellow Bird," "Goodnight Irene," "You Are My Sunshine" and "Satisfaction." A brief biography of some of the famous singers , who sang the songs, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald is also included. The collection of poems includes "In Flanders Fields" by John McRae, "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe, "A Girl" by Ezra Pound and "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth. McCavour also includes some of his own poems, including "A Friend of Ours," which was first published when he was only fourteen years old.
Bullet Verse
Author: Matt Humphries
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244624178
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A collection around mental health, belonging, isolation and connection gathered through personal experiences and through the things Matt sees from day to day.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244624178
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A collection around mental health, belonging, isolation and connection gathered through personal experiences and through the things Matt sees from day to day.
Pamphlets
Author: Frank Russell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athapascan Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athapascan Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Indian Legends and Poems
Author: Jean Elizabeth Ward
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435733029
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
For the cover of this presentation the author has made copies of actual American Indian drawings, arranged them in a collage, and completed it with an acrylic overpaint, which was then antiqued to achieve the effect. This book is a combination of poems by American Poet Laureate, Jean Elizabeth Ward, with such poems as Ozarks Blabbermouth Lissenbee, added to a series of thirty Indian Legends by Margaret Bemister which was published in 1917, with an Indian Pronouncing Library to complete this book, which children and adults alike will enjoy.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435733029
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
For the cover of this presentation the author has made copies of actual American Indian drawings, arranged them in a collage, and completed it with an acrylic overpaint, which was then antiqued to achieve the effect. This book is a combination of poems by American Poet Laureate, Jean Elizabeth Ward, with such poems as Ozarks Blabbermouth Lissenbee, added to a series of thirty Indian Legends by Margaret Bemister which was published in 1917, with an Indian Pronouncing Library to complete this book, which children and adults alike will enjoy.
Loving Hearts
Author: Nancy Ashworth.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491824085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
In 1850 Joe receives a letter from his runaway wife asking for a divorce and saying, by the way, I was with child when I left and you have a son who is seven years old now. Joe writes back saying come to No Man's Land (later Oklahoma) and bring my young'uns with you and we will talk about a divorce. With a lot of prayer and careful thought Joe helps his wife, Elizabeth, grow up and face all their problemsfirst being do they still love each other and second how to help their children. Joe has a hard time making his spoiled wife learn how to be a good mother and wife and to decide if she wants to stay with him or not. Then Elizabeth's parents decide they have other plans for their daughter and grandchildren and try to take them back. So Elizabeth's two grandfathers come to the rescue. A kidnapping occurs and outlaws pursued in this first adventure with the Gray family and their friends. Loving Hearts do conquer all problems - Always and Forever.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491824085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
In 1850 Joe receives a letter from his runaway wife asking for a divorce and saying, by the way, I was with child when I left and you have a son who is seven years old now. Joe writes back saying come to No Man's Land (later Oklahoma) and bring my young'uns with you and we will talk about a divorce. With a lot of prayer and careful thought Joe helps his wife, Elizabeth, grow up and face all their problemsfirst being do they still love each other and second how to help their children. Joe has a hard time making his spoiled wife learn how to be a good mother and wife and to decide if she wants to stay with him or not. Then Elizabeth's parents decide they have other plans for their daughter and grandchildren and try to take them back. So Elizabeth's two grandfathers come to the rescue. A kidnapping occurs and outlaws pursued in this first adventure with the Gray family and their friends. Loving Hearts do conquer all problems - Always and Forever.
The Premiership 2008-2009
Author:
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Thirty Indian Legends
Author: Margaret Bemister
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613109296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613109296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Baptist Home Mission Monthly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Hard Like Water
Author: Yan Lianke
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802158145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
“Yan is one of those rare geniuses who finds in the peculiar absurdities of his own culture the absurdities that infect all cultures.” —The Washington Post From the Kafka Prize winner and two-time Booker Prize finalist, this is a gripping and bitingly satirical story of ambition and betrayal, following two young communist revolutionaries whose forbidden love sets them apart from their traditionally minded village as the Cultural Revolution sweeps China. Gao Aijun is a son of the soil of Henan’s Balou Mountains, and after his Army service, he is on his way back to his ancestral village, feeling like a hero. Close to his arrival, he sees a strikingly attractive woman walking barefoot alongside a railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. She is Xia Hongmei, and lives up to her name of “beautiful flower.” Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They spend their days and nights writing pamphlets, organizing work brigades, and attending rallies, feeling they are the vanguard for the full-blown revolution that is waiting in the wings. Emboldened by encouragement from the Party, the couple dig a literal “tunnel of love” between their homes where, while the unsuspecting villagers sleep, they sing revolutionary songs and compete in shouting matches of Maoist slogans before making earth-moving love. But when their torrid relationship is discovered and they have to answer to Hongmei’s husband, their dreams of a bright future together begin to fray. Will their devotion to the cause save their skins, or will they too fall victim to the revolution that is swallowing up the country? A novel of rare emotional force and surprising humor, Hard Like Water is an operatic and brilliantly plotted human drama about power’s corrupting nature and the brute force of love and desire. “A blistering tour de force . . . poses the uncomfortable and timely question: how did each of us arrive at our certainties?” —The Guardian “One of China’s most important―and certainly most fearless―living writers.” ―Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802158145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
“Yan is one of those rare geniuses who finds in the peculiar absurdities of his own culture the absurdities that infect all cultures.” —The Washington Post From the Kafka Prize winner and two-time Booker Prize finalist, this is a gripping and bitingly satirical story of ambition and betrayal, following two young communist revolutionaries whose forbidden love sets them apart from their traditionally minded village as the Cultural Revolution sweeps China. Gao Aijun is a son of the soil of Henan’s Balou Mountains, and after his Army service, he is on his way back to his ancestral village, feeling like a hero. Close to his arrival, he sees a strikingly attractive woman walking barefoot alongside a railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. She is Xia Hongmei, and lives up to her name of “beautiful flower.” Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They spend their days and nights writing pamphlets, organizing work brigades, and attending rallies, feeling they are the vanguard for the full-blown revolution that is waiting in the wings. Emboldened by encouragement from the Party, the couple dig a literal “tunnel of love” between their homes where, while the unsuspecting villagers sleep, they sing revolutionary songs and compete in shouting matches of Maoist slogans before making earth-moving love. But when their torrid relationship is discovered and they have to answer to Hongmei’s husband, their dreams of a bright future together begin to fray. Will their devotion to the cause save their skins, or will they too fall victim to the revolution that is swallowing up the country? A novel of rare emotional force and surprising humor, Hard Like Water is an operatic and brilliantly plotted human drama about power’s corrupting nature and the brute force of love and desire. “A blistering tour de force . . . poses the uncomfortable and timely question: how did each of us arrive at our certainties?” —The Guardian “One of China’s most important―and certainly most fearless―living writers.” ―Kirkus Reviews