Author: Jane Gillette
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 145022198X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Going home proves deadly for soap star Roger Ferris when he abandons New York and a plum television role for life as an academic in picturesque Belmont. When the cavalier actor is found stabbed to death in his luxurious condo, he leaves a string of prominent enemies, a host of suspects, and two perplexing questions. What prompted his hasty retreat from fame and fortune, and who paid for his extravagant art collection? "Jane Gillette's The Last Limerick is a tightly constructed crime novel that integrates plot and satire in its narrative about Midwestern professionals and artistic types who fall into sexual triangles (and other geometric shapes) with as much abandon as they go for each other's throats. Wheels within wheels mesh as perfectly as the inside of a Swiss watch as they turn out the story of why a highly popular TV actor suddenly quits his role to return to his hometown to teach college, a deadly decision. If the author's logical plotting is exceeded by anything, it is her deft and creative use of metaphor and simile. The reader can almost feel her delight in capturing and puncturing the pretentiousness of her more self-important characters." - Roger Miller, author of Invisible Hero
Author: Edward Lear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: Bob Turvey
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476695598
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
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For more than 200 years, the limerick has been loved for its mordant wit, breathtaking rhymes, swinging rhythm, groaning puns, and ability to paint outrageous mental pictures. This book analyzes the limerick's origin and evolution as the best-known humorous verse form in the English-speaking world. It also examines previous attempts to capture the history of the limerick, including those that used guesswork, presented flawed conclusions and even contradicted each other. Findings are laid out logically and chronologically, so readers can easily follow the thread of every claim.
Author: Langford Reed
Publisher:
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Category : Limericks
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Author: Patricia Nelson Limerick
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826308085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from many writers over the years.
Author: Gershon Legman
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Author: The Kerryman
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 1781170746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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Limerick's Fighting Story offers eye witness and first hand accounts of the struggle for independence in Limerick city and county.When the Truce was declared in the War of Independence in July 1921, each of Limerick's brigade areas, west, mid and east had flying columns in the field. While the challenge of city fighting and urban guerrilla tactics were high on the list of concerns for the mid brigade, the east and west flying columns were active raiders and ambush artists.This new edition of the classic Limerick's Fighting Story features stories and reports from every aspect of the conflict in Limerick from the Limerick Heroes of 1916, through the nights of terror and violence in Limerick city as Tans killed residents, to the exploits of the women of Cumman na mBan.
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Category : Stationery
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Author: Jim Haynes
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742692036
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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A bumper collection of all the very best limericks - the witty and the whimsical, the chaste and the crass, from simple from childhood versions to the very adult ones.
