The Gay Dolphin Adventure

The Gay Dolphin Adventure PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780001602069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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The Gay Dolphin Adventure

The Gay Dolphin Adventure PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780001602069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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The gay dolphin adventure

The gay dolphin adventure PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
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ISBN: 9781847450166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Saucers Over the Moor

Saucers Over the Moor PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
Publisher: Girls Gone by
ISBN: 9781847450753
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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My Search for Warren Harding

My Search for Warren Harding PDF Author: Robert Plunket
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811234703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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An exhilarating, brutal, comedic masterpiece—an American classic that will “leave you so giddy you’ll go and kick sand in somebody’s face” (Houston Post) When My Search for Warren Harding, Robert Plunket’s glittering story of literary sleuthing and deceit, first appeared in 1983, it garnered immediate and far-reaching acclaim. Frank Conroy at the Washington Post exclaimed, “The author pulled me in so deftly, moved me up an escalating scale of sly hyperbole so cunningly, that after a hundred pages, I seemed to have turned over the keys, so to speak, of my nervous system”; Florence King at the Dallas Times Herald, “The most exciting event in American letters for a very long time: a momentous book.” More recently, though long out of print, it was canonized in The Guardian’s “1000 Novels Everyone Must Read,” ranked by the Washington Post as one of the top five books of “great American comic fiction,” and praised by Michael Leone in the Los Angeles Review of Books as “a classic picaresque novel in the tradition of Cervantes.” Set against the fading light of early-1980s Hollywood, our deeply flawed, bigoted, closeted antihero Elliot Weiner is a historian—Harvard BA, Columbia PhD—with a passion for Morris dancing and Warren Harding, “the shallowest President in history.” After Weiner receives a research grant to write a book on the tumultuous life of Harding, he gets wind of a trunkful of the 29th president’s bawdy billets-doux that is rumored to be fiercely guarded by his ancient mistress Rebekah Kinney on her declining Hollywood Hills estate. Nothing and no one can stand in the way of Weiner getting his paws on the treasure, and along the way, as the words dance across the page, a hysterical, guffaw-inducing punchline around every corner, Weiner reaches new lows of humiliation and self-delusion.

The Painted Garden

The Painted Garden PDF Author: Noel Streatfeild
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Category :
Languages : en
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The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa

The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa PDF Author: Avis Acres
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143507055
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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In an old pohutukawa tree between the forest and the sea live two tiny Pohutukawa Babies, Hutu and Kawa. With the help of Grandpa Kiwi, Hutu and Kawa build a canoe and set off up the river to explore the forest. On their way they make many new friends - and encounter the fearsome Bush Hawk. During the 1950s children enjoyed the adventures of the Pohutukawa Babies in the New Zealand Herald each week, and Avis Acres' books, with beautiful watercolour illustrations showcasing native flora and wildlife, became bestsellers. The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa is the first tale in the classic series. This 60th-anniversary hardback edition captures all the charm of the original tale and brings these delightful characters to a new generation of children.

Rye Royal

Rye Royal PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847451774
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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The Secret of Grey Walls

The Secret of Grey Walls PDF Author: Malcolm Saville
Publisher: Girls Gone by
ISBN: 9781847450265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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All in the Downs

All in the Downs PDF Author: Shirley Collins
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1907222413
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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A memoir from one of Britain's legendary singers, folklorists, and music historians. A legendary singer, folklorist, and music historian, Shirley Collins has been an integral part of the folk-music revival for more than sixty years. In her new memoir, All in the Downs, Collins tells the story of that lifelong relationship with English folksong—a dedication to artistic integrity that has guided her through the triumphs and tragedies of her life. All in the Downs combines elements of memoir—from her working-class origins in wartime Hastings to the bright lights of the 1950s folk revival in London—alongside reflections on the role traditional music and the English landscape have played in shaping her vision. From formative field recordings made with Alan Lomax in the United States to the “crowning glories” recorded with her sister Dolly on the Sussex Downs, she writes of the obstacles that led to her withdrawal from the spotlight and the redemption of a new artistic flourishing that continues today with her unexpected return to recording in 2016. Through it all, Shirley Collins has been guided and supported by three vital and inseparable loves: traditional English song, the people and landscape of her native Sussex, and an unwavering sense of artistic integrity. All in the Downs pays tribute to these passions, and in doing so, illustrates a way of life as old as England, that has all but vanished from this land. Generously illustrated with rare archival material.

The Complete Pratt

The Complete Pratt PDF Author: David Nobbs
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473519454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1090

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THE COMPLETE PRATT compiles the first three volumes of the misadventures of Henry Pratt, beginning with a brilliantly funny evocation of a Yorkshire boyhood in SECOND FROM LAST IN THE SACK RACE; Henry's first job is as a cub reporter on the Thurmarsh Evening Argus, told in PRATT OF THE ARGUS, hailed by Sue Townsend as 'very funny'. Finally, in THE CUCUMBER MAN, Henry decides to take on a new role and a new challenge - working for the Cucumber Marketing Board in Leeds. Stumbling through the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties, Henry accumulates marriages and children along the way and THE COMPLETE PRATT is a touching and hilarious ride through a divided Britain...