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Flash Jim

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Author : Kel Richards
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2021-05-01

Flash Jim written by Kel Richards and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-01 with True Crime categories.

The astonishing story of James Hardy Vaux, writer of Australia's first dictionary and first true-crime memoir If you wear 'togs', tell a 'yarn', call someone 'sly', or refuse to 'snitch' on a friend then you are talking like a convict. These words, and hundreds of others, once left colonial magistrates baffled and police confused. So comprehensible to us today, the flash language of criminals and convicts had marine officer Watkin Tench complaining about the need for an interpreter in the colonial court. Luckily, by 1811, that man was at hand. James Hardy Vaux - conman, pickpocket, absconder and thief, born into comfortable circumstances in England - was so drawn to a life of crime he was transported to Australia ... not once, but three times! Vaux's talents, glibness and audacity were extraordinary, and perceiving an opportunity to ingratiate himself with authorities during his second sentence, he set about writing a dictionary of the criminal slang of the colony, which was recognised for its uniqueness and taken back to England to be published. Kel Richards tells Vaux's story brilliantly, with the help of Vaux's own extraordinarily candid memoir of misdeeds - one of the first true-crime memoirs ever published. Kel's book combines two of his favourite subjects: the inventiveness, humour and origins of Australian English, and our history of fabulous, disreputable characters. With echoes of The Surgeon of Crowthorne as well as Oliver Twist, Flash Jim is a ripping read - especially for those who appreciate the power of words and the convict contribution to our idiom. PRAISE 'James Hardy Vaux was a con-man with a talent for words who wrote the first dictionary of Australian English. Kel Richards is a word-man with a talent for telling a stirring story about the con-man. In Flash Jim Kel Richards brings James Hardy Vaux to life as we haven't seen him before' - Emeritus Professor Roland Sussex, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Queensland 'An engaging tale from a great student of our language about one of the conmen who gave Australia its character - and its distinctive slang' - Andrew Bolt, broadcaster and columnist 'One of the strongest bonds binding the people of Australia together is the Australian language. We speak a dialect of English richer and more colourful than most. When we call someone a "hoon" or invite a friend to a "barbie" we know immediately what we're talking about - but we have to translate for overseas visitors. This powerful cultural bond was, as Kel explains, built on four foundations. And the most colourful of those four was convict slang. The role that it played, and still plays, in the Australian language, and the story of the man who first recorded it is - as we used to say - a "ripping yarn". It makes a page-turning story' - Alan Jones, broadcaster and columnist 'There's never been a more important time to truly understand our Australian history and this book is a great introduction to the richness of our language and a wonderful window onto the real life of colonial Australia from my favourite wordsmith, Kel Richards' - Peta Credlin, broadcaster and columnist

Flash

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Author : Jim Miller
language : en
Publisher: AK Press
Release Date : 2010

Flash written by Jim Miller and has been published by AK Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.

Outlaw? Revolutionary? Family man? Who "is" Bobby Flash?

The Emu S Head

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Author : Carlton Dawe
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09

The Emu S Head written by Carlton Dawe and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Fiction categories.

"The Emu's Head" by Carlton Dawe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Flash Jim Vaux

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Author : Ron Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Flash Jim Vaux written by Ron Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Musicals categories.

Flash Gordon And Jungle Jim

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Author : Alex Raymond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Flash Gordon And Jungle Jim written by Alex Raymond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Flash Gordon (Comic strip) categories.

Flash By Mark Waid Book Five

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Author : Mark Waid
language : en
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date : 2018-10-16

Flash By Mark Waid Book Five written by Mark Waid and has been published by DC Comics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.

In 1990 Mark WaidÕs legendary writing career began when he scripted his first issue of The Flash. Waid continued to work on Wally West for nearly a decade, building a world that would keep the character running for years after WaidÕs departure to other titles. Under WaidÕs keen pen, Wally West gained a new depth of character that changed The Flash for good. In this next graphic novel chapter, the ruthless Savitar attempts to take control of the Speed Force, an indefinable energy field that is the source of all speedstersÕ powers. Learning that every one of his allies, including Impulse and Jesse Quick, has lost their speed, the Flash rushes to take on this new menace. But when the Scarlet Speedster confronts Savitar, he learns that his enemy has diligently studied the Speed Force and can use it in ways that the Flash never dreamed of. Up against a foe who is more than his equal, the FlashÕs only chance of victory now lies in the desperate self-sacrifice of one of his dearest friends. This fifth volume of The Flash by Mark Waid collects The Flash #106-118 and Impulse #10-11.

The Complete Jim Maitland Series

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Author : H. C. McNeile
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-08-07

The Complete Jim Maitland Series written by H. C. McNeile and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Fiction categories.

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "THE first time I heard Jim Maitland's name mentioned was in the bar of a P.&O. We were two days out of Colombo, going East, and when I confessed my complete ignorance of the man a sort of stupefied silence settled on the company. "You don't know Jim?" murmured an Assam tea-planter. "I thought everyone knew Jim." "Anyway, if you stay in these parts long you soon will," put in someone else. "And once known—never forgotten." - H. C. McNeile (Sapper) Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937), commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. After the war McNeile left the army and continued writing, although he changed from war stories to thrillers. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. McNeile interspersed his Drummond work with other novels and story collections that included two characters who appeared as protagonists in their own works, Jim Maitland and Ronald Standish. McNeile's stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.

Flash Jim Vaux

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :

Flash Jim Vaux written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Theater programs categories.

The Black Gang

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Author : H. C. McNeile
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-05-27

The Black Gang written by H. C. McNeile and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Fiction categories.

A fearsome cadre of ex-soldiers joins Bulldog Drummond on his second explosive adventure Eight evil men assemble in an English country house. Thieves, white slavers, drug dealers, and communists, they share one common goal: the destruction of everything that England holds dear. Police surround the manor in preparation for a raid. Suddenly, a gang of men in black masks appears and knocks the officers unconscious. Whips in hand, the Black Gang enters the house—and the crooks inside beg for the soft touch of the police. A conspiracy against the English crown is afoot, the plotters operating just within the boundaries of the law—making it impossible for Scotland Yard to intervene. Thankfully, the Black Gang has no such restraints. Led by the fearless veteran Bulldog Drummond, they will stop at nothing to save England, no matter how many lashings they must deliver along the way. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Jim Sherman S Flash Lites

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Author : Jim Sherman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950

Jim Sherman S Flash Lites written by Jim Sherman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Magic tricks categories.