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Pages : 300
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The henpecked Husband. A novel by the author of "The M.P.'s wife"
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The Squashed Man Who Married a Dragon
Author: Anthony Blackie
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785891324
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The book that has already been seen on Good Morning Britain, The One Show, talked about in The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and The Sun. Anthony Blackie knows what he’s talking about when he comes to marriage... Drawing upon his own experiences in his long marriage, Anthony Blackie reveals how we can survive married life in his debut, true story The Squashed Man Who Married A Dragon. “Argue not, praise her often, second-guess her every command and shower her with compliments as you rush to do her every bidding.” For some, marriage is painless and natural, but for Antony, known as the squashed man, who has fought every inch of the way, happiness is hard to find. Although his wife, Vicki, is described as beautiful and gifted, it seems marriage moulds her into an overbearing dragon who does not let anything go. In The Squashed Man Who Married a Dragon, the brave Antony tells his own story of what marriage is really like and offers some helpful tips for those who are experiencing tough, married life! This story can be read as a cautionary tale of warning for the young or equally will appeal to those who have experienced challenging, married life themselves and can relate Anthony’s comical tales! Are you the downtrodden, squashed man or the devious dragon in your marriage? If so, this book is for you!
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785891324
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The book that has already been seen on Good Morning Britain, The One Show, talked about in The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and The Sun. Anthony Blackie knows what he’s talking about when he comes to marriage... Drawing upon his own experiences in his long marriage, Anthony Blackie reveals how we can survive married life in his debut, true story The Squashed Man Who Married A Dragon. “Argue not, praise her often, second-guess her every command and shower her with compliments as you rush to do her every bidding.” For some, marriage is painless and natural, but for Antony, known as the squashed man, who has fought every inch of the way, happiness is hard to find. Although his wife, Vicki, is described as beautiful and gifted, it seems marriage moulds her into an overbearing dragon who does not let anything go. In The Squashed Man Who Married a Dragon, the brave Antony tells his own story of what marriage is really like and offers some helpful tips for those who are experiencing tough, married life! This story can be read as a cautionary tale of warning for the young or equally will appeal to those who have experienced challenging, married life themselves and can relate Anthony’s comical tales! Are you the downtrodden, squashed man or the devious dragon in your marriage? If so, this book is for you!
Dignity, Character and Self-Respect
Author: Robin S. Dillon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135769842
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This is the first anthology to bring together a selection of the most important contemporary philosophical essays on the nature and moral significance of self-respect. Representing a diversity of views, the essays illustrate the complexity of self-respect and explore its connections to such topics as personhood, dignity, rights, character, autonomy, integrity, identity, shame, justice, oppression and empowerment. The book demonstrates that self-respect is a formidable concern which goes to the very heart of both moral theory and moral life. Contributors: Bernard Boxill, Stephen L. Darwall, John Deigh, Robin S. Dillon, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Aurel Kolnai, Stephen J. Massey, Diana T. Meyers, Michelle M. Moody-Adams, John Rawls, Gabriele Taylor, Elizabeth Telfer, Laurence L. Thomas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135769842
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This is the first anthology to bring together a selection of the most important contemporary philosophical essays on the nature and moral significance of self-respect. Representing a diversity of views, the essays illustrate the complexity of self-respect and explore its connections to such topics as personhood, dignity, rights, character, autonomy, integrity, identity, shame, justice, oppression and empowerment. The book demonstrates that self-respect is a formidable concern which goes to the very heart of both moral theory and moral life. Contributors: Bernard Boxill, Stephen L. Darwall, John Deigh, Robin S. Dillon, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Aurel Kolnai, Stephen J. Massey, Diana T. Meyers, Michelle M. Moody-Adams, John Rawls, Gabriele Taylor, Elizabeth Telfer, Laurence L. Thomas.
Poison
Author: Dnias Dirk
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546295712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The married couple is still missing. They are still presumed dead. Jack Dorcha, the single greatest entrepreneur in modern Scotland, visits one by one the descendants of the men who cast him into the sea. Chase, the inimical and crime-writing uncle jounces Wren, the former black-letter law judge, from his doddering Lethe. Chase chisels away at dragooning Wren the second time to re-visit, re-investigate, and re-analyse the suspects. Chase adjures Wren that all of those who may have been implicated be raked over the coals. But this time it is an altogether different ball game. Insidiously the tables are being turned. Wren is vitrified. Wren runs counter to Chase. Wren exacts revenge on Glasson Dorcha by obtruding him to endure the reality of his own perceived sense of imprisonment and mutilation. Wren evens the score with Belay by foxing to expel him, the tormented worldly-wise employer of judges, his disgracious employer, motionlessly into the nadir of his self-tormented cocoon by envenoming his meal ticket and eviscerating his theorem regarding the concupiscence for the man he loves. He determines to ruin, imprison, or kill Chase, and immolate his own family. He eyeballs Chase with the significant chance that he was the culprit. Wren unglues Chase with his own pharisaical stance on his own ipseity. Finally, Jack Dorcha returns in person to avenge Wren and Chase. Who will win this time? The wrathful retired special adjudicator, the absinthal employer of torture judges, the inimical crime-writing uncle, the usurious mercenary Jack Dorcha, the now ungovernable gangster in Glasgow, the stochastic new murderer or one of the pertinacious suspects?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546295712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The married couple is still missing. They are still presumed dead. Jack Dorcha, the single greatest entrepreneur in modern Scotland, visits one by one the descendants of the men who cast him into the sea. Chase, the inimical and crime-writing uncle jounces Wren, the former black-letter law judge, from his doddering Lethe. Chase chisels away at dragooning Wren the second time to re-visit, re-investigate, and re-analyse the suspects. Chase adjures Wren that all of those who may have been implicated be raked over the coals. But this time it is an altogether different ball game. Insidiously the tables are being turned. Wren is vitrified. Wren runs counter to Chase. Wren exacts revenge on Glasson Dorcha by obtruding him to endure the reality of his own perceived sense of imprisonment and mutilation. Wren evens the score with Belay by foxing to expel him, the tormented worldly-wise employer of judges, his disgracious employer, motionlessly into the nadir of his self-tormented cocoon by envenoming his meal ticket and eviscerating his theorem regarding the concupiscence for the man he loves. He determines to ruin, imprison, or kill Chase, and immolate his own family. He eyeballs Chase with the significant chance that he was the culprit. Wren unglues Chase with his own pharisaical stance on his own ipseity. Finally, Jack Dorcha returns in person to avenge Wren and Chase. Who will win this time? The wrathful retired special adjudicator, the absinthal employer of torture judges, the inimical crime-writing uncle, the usurious mercenary Jack Dorcha, the now ungovernable gangster in Glasgow, the stochastic new murderer or one of the pertinacious suspects?
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Author: Evan Esar
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9781566195294
Category : Quotations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9781566195294
Category : Quotations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Strike
Author: Dnias Dirk
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728385903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
Even now the married couple is missing. Even now they are presumed dead. Jack Dorcha braces up his grandson who has been led by the nose. With Chase having been mortified and Wren terror-stricken, Jack Dorcha cabals to super-impose upon the writing on Chase’s wall a fatal image, and to send Wren down the river of his amphibious justice, by flying in the faces of their temerarious self-induced meltdowns. Once again the tables are being turned. Either Chase weasels what he alleges to harbour or Wren finally unriddles the murders, or they will both be snuffed out. It is no longer a question of Wren empathising with and emulating the trials and tribulations of Glasson and Chase, and no longer a question of Glasson or Chase stumping for it. It is now more of a question as to whether they can ransom their floundering lives and their benighted families. Chase suborns Wren with a salmagundi of afferent experiences, while Wren buffaloes Chase with his unswerving crownings. Can they live with their howlers? Who will win this time? The conscience-stricken retired special adjudicator, the self-violent former employer of torture judges, the atomised crime-writing uncle, the moribund grandfather of gangster hood, the tamed mafioso of Glasgow, the stochastic new murderer, or one of the pertinacious suspects?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728385903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
Even now the married couple is missing. Even now they are presumed dead. Jack Dorcha braces up his grandson who has been led by the nose. With Chase having been mortified and Wren terror-stricken, Jack Dorcha cabals to super-impose upon the writing on Chase’s wall a fatal image, and to send Wren down the river of his amphibious justice, by flying in the faces of their temerarious self-induced meltdowns. Once again the tables are being turned. Either Chase weasels what he alleges to harbour or Wren finally unriddles the murders, or they will both be snuffed out. It is no longer a question of Wren empathising with and emulating the trials and tribulations of Glasson and Chase, and no longer a question of Glasson or Chase stumping for it. It is now more of a question as to whether they can ransom their floundering lives and their benighted families. Chase suborns Wren with a salmagundi of afferent experiences, while Wren buffaloes Chase with his unswerving crownings. Can they live with their howlers? Who will win this time? The conscience-stricken retired special adjudicator, the self-violent former employer of torture judges, the atomised crime-writing uncle, the moribund grandfather of gangster hood, the tamed mafioso of Glasgow, the stochastic new murderer, or one of the pertinacious suspects?
New Men
Author: Thomas A. Foster
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814728227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote, “What then, is the American, this new man? He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced.” In casting aside their European mores, these pioneers, de Crèvecoeur implied, were the very embodiment of a new culture, society, economy, and political system. But to what extent did manliness shape early America’s character and institutions? And what roles did race, ethnicity, and class play in forming masculinity? Thomas A. Foster and his contributors grapple with these questions in New Men, showcasing how colonial and Revolutionary conditions gave rise to new standards of British American manliness. Focusing on Indian, African, and European masculinities in British America from earliest Jamestown through the Revolutionary era, and addressing such topics that range from slavery to philanthropy, and from satire to warfare, the essays in this anthology collectively demonstrate how the economic, political, social, cultural, and religious conditions of early America shaped and were shaped by ideals of masculinity. Contributors: Susan Abram, Tyler Boulware, Kathleen Brown, Trevor Burnard, Toby L. Ditz, Carolyn Eastman, Benjamin Irvin, Janet Moore Lindman, John Gilbert McCurdy, Mary Beth Norton, Ann Marie Plane, Jessica Choppin Roney, and Natalie A. Zacek.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814728227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote, “What then, is the American, this new man? He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced.” In casting aside their European mores, these pioneers, de Crèvecoeur implied, were the very embodiment of a new culture, society, economy, and political system. But to what extent did manliness shape early America’s character and institutions? And what roles did race, ethnicity, and class play in forming masculinity? Thomas A. Foster and his contributors grapple with these questions in New Men, showcasing how colonial and Revolutionary conditions gave rise to new standards of British American manliness. Focusing on Indian, African, and European masculinities in British America from earliest Jamestown through the Revolutionary era, and addressing such topics that range from slavery to philanthropy, and from satire to warfare, the essays in this anthology collectively demonstrate how the economic, political, social, cultural, and religious conditions of early America shaped and were shaped by ideals of masculinity. Contributors: Susan Abram, Tyler Boulware, Kathleen Brown, Trevor Burnard, Toby L. Ditz, Carolyn Eastman, Benjamin Irvin, Janet Moore Lindman, John Gilbert McCurdy, Mary Beth Norton, Ann Marie Plane, Jessica Choppin Roney, and Natalie A. Zacek.
The Poems of Robert Burns
Author: Robert Burns
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Chinese Virago
Author: Yenna Wu
Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN: 9780674125728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Drawing from a broad array of literary, historical, dramatic and anecdotal sources, Yenna Wu makes a rich exploration of an unusually prominent theme in premodern Chinese prose fiction and drama: that of jealous and belligerent wives, or viragos, who dominate their husbands and abuse other women. Focusing on Chinese literary works from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, she presents many colorful perspectives on this type of aggression, reviewing early literary and historical examples of the phenomenon. Wu argues that although the various portraits of the virago often reveal the writers' insecurities about strong-willed women in general, the authors also satirize the kind of man whose behavioral patterns have been catalysts for female aggression. She also shows that, while the women in these works are to some extent male constructs designed to affirm the patriarchal system, various elements of these portraits constitute a subversive form of parody that casts a revealing light on the patriarchal hierarchy of premodern China.
Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN: 9780674125728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Drawing from a broad array of literary, historical, dramatic and anecdotal sources, Yenna Wu makes a rich exploration of an unusually prominent theme in premodern Chinese prose fiction and drama: that of jealous and belligerent wives, or viragos, who dominate their husbands and abuse other women. Focusing on Chinese literary works from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, she presents many colorful perspectives on this type of aggression, reviewing early literary and historical examples of the phenomenon. Wu argues that although the various portraits of the virago often reveal the writers' insecurities about strong-willed women in general, the authors also satirize the kind of man whose behavioral patterns have been catalysts for female aggression. She also shows that, while the women in these works are to some extent male constructs designed to affirm the patriarchal system, various elements of these portraits constitute a subversive form of parody that casts a revealing light on the patriarchal hierarchy of premodern China.
Folk-lore of Women
Author: Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description