Author: Gamester
Publisher: Matador
ISBN: 9781785892721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Mythical adventurer, Alexander McCuba, is a burly, bearded, simple-minded man of the Guild of Adventurers. Whilst on a prestigious quest to harvest the rum of the Great Extravaganza, he attempts to fight the sea - and ends up marooned on a mysterious island. A Rum Run Awry is McCuba’s personal diary from the island. Entry by hilarious entry, it documents his baffling experiences with the curious inhabitants of the land, their bizarre customs and his own struggles with homesickness, madness and lack-of-rum…ness. The log book has been printed exactly as it was found, complete with all McCuba’s scribbles, sketches and stains, plus a hundred pages of glorious vibrant illustrations that immerse us in his technicolour adventure. Some pages are detailed descriptions of the new world around him; others are manic scrawls across the pages – the rantings of a man losing his mind. This is the first time such a diary has been made publically available, and it is easy to see why. It takes a brave person to strike out into a new land; it takes an even braver person to try and understand the workings of a mind like Alexander McCuba. This isn’t a book, it’s a quest.
A Rum Run Awry
Author: Gamester
Publisher: Matador
ISBN: 9781785892721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Mythical adventurer, Alexander McCuba, is a burly, bearded, simple-minded man of the Guild of Adventurers. Whilst on a prestigious quest to harvest the rum of the Great Extravaganza, he attempts to fight the sea - and ends up marooned on a mysterious island. A Rum Run Awry is McCuba’s personal diary from the island. Entry by hilarious entry, it documents his baffling experiences with the curious inhabitants of the land, their bizarre customs and his own struggles with homesickness, madness and lack-of-rum…ness. The log book has been printed exactly as it was found, complete with all McCuba’s scribbles, sketches and stains, plus a hundred pages of glorious vibrant illustrations that immerse us in his technicolour adventure. Some pages are detailed descriptions of the new world around him; others are manic scrawls across the pages – the rantings of a man losing his mind. This is the first time such a diary has been made publically available, and it is easy to see why. It takes a brave person to strike out into a new land; it takes an even braver person to try and understand the workings of a mind like Alexander McCuba. This isn’t a book, it’s a quest.
Publisher: Matador
ISBN: 9781785892721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Mythical adventurer, Alexander McCuba, is a burly, bearded, simple-minded man of the Guild of Adventurers. Whilst on a prestigious quest to harvest the rum of the Great Extravaganza, he attempts to fight the sea - and ends up marooned on a mysterious island. A Rum Run Awry is McCuba’s personal diary from the island. Entry by hilarious entry, it documents his baffling experiences with the curious inhabitants of the land, their bizarre customs and his own struggles with homesickness, madness and lack-of-rum…ness. The log book has been printed exactly as it was found, complete with all McCuba’s scribbles, sketches and stains, plus a hundred pages of glorious vibrant illustrations that immerse us in his technicolour adventure. Some pages are detailed descriptions of the new world around him; others are manic scrawls across the pages – the rantings of a man losing his mind. This is the first time such a diary has been made publically available, and it is easy to see why. It takes a brave person to strike out into a new land; it takes an even braver person to try and understand the workings of a mind like Alexander McCuba. This isn’t a book, it’s a quest.
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present
Author: William Ernest Henley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Collier's
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
The New Universal English Dictionary ... To which is Added, a Dictionary of Cant Words ... The Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected by Mr. Buchanan, Etc
Author: Nathan BAILEY
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Author: Nathan Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
A new universal etymological English dictionary ... Originally compiled by N. Bailey. Assisted in the mathematical part by G. Gordon; in the botanical by P. Miller; and in the etymological, &c. by T. Lediard ... And now re-published with many corrections ... by different hands. The etymology of all terms ... being revised and corrected by Joseph Nicol Scott ... A new edition
Author: Nathan BAILEY
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The New Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Author: Nathan Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description