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The Glasgow Smile
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Author : Allan Brown
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-10-03
The Glasgow Smile written by Allan Brown and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-03 with Humor categories.
Few cities can rival Glasgow for their contribution to the history of British humour. From the gladiatorial atmosphere of the old Empire Theatre, dubbed the 'graveyard of English comics', to the front-page controversies of Frankie Boyle today, the city and its citizens have trademarked their own two-fisted brand of confrontational, but always hilarious, comedy. In this, the first dedicated overview, Allan Brown gives a historical,kaleidoscopic and encyclopedic account of the people, places, performers and procedures that have made Glasgow a by-word for a certain kind of rough, tough quick-wittedness. Every facet of Glaswegian life is considered, viewed through the prism of the city's sense of humour; from the showbiz renown of Billy Connolly and Chic Murray, Kevin Bridges and Boyle, to the occasions the lighter side was seen in Glasgow's history of television, film, literature, football,law, science, academe, crime and art. Through profiles, criticism, tales and anecdotes, The Glasgow Smile - fittingly also the term for infamousGlasgow gang punishment - is a treasury of the city's past and present, and of its own very particular approach to the absurd.
Glasgow Smile
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Author : Jacob Asher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-02-06
Glasgow Smile written by Jacob Asher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-06 with Fiction categories.
Greg Matthews has been condemned to an eternity of pain and suffering in the depths of a terrible hell. Forced into constant, meaningless, and brutal labor. Things take a turn for the even more unusual and cruel as, Jasper, the whimsical psychopath that lords himself over the community of damned souls, eyes Greg for a special project. Each year, a tournament of death is held, with the workers as competitors, that allows the winner to leave and return to the life they lived. Jasper wants Greg to fight for him. Make him do terrible things he never thought he was capable of. In return, Jasper would allow not only Greg himself, but his entire group of friends to leave should he win. But if he fails, he and all those he holds dear will live a much deeper definition of pain than thought possible. With more than just his own eternal soul hanging in the balance, Greg must step up and find it in himself to be at least a fraction of the madman that the one now pulling his puppet strings is, or lose it all trying.
Glasgow Smile
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Author : Andrea Castaldi
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-25
Glasgow Smile written by Andrea Castaldi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with Fiction categories.
The New Partridge Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English
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Author : Tom Dalzell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-26
The New Partridge Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Smile
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Author : Dnias Dirk
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2018-07-17
Smile written by Dnias Dirk and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Fiction categories.
A married couple goes missing in 1995. After seven years they are presumed dead. It is 2018. Belay, a tormented worldly-wise employer of judges, apprises the Special Adjudicator, Ewald Wren, a black-letter law judge, that his short-term ruthless brand of justice is culpable. Wren impugns Belays competence. Belay retires Ewald and resolves to put him firmly in his place. Chase, an inimical and crime-writing uncle cuts in after the farewell bash. He believes Wren is the most likely culprit. He coerces Wren to survey all the locations and, mechanised by covert listening devices, to investigate all of those who may have been implicated. Otherwise, he will be ruined, imprisoned, or killed, or worse still his family will be forfeited. Left with no choice Wren accedes. Wren processes the evidence. He suspects further murders and ancillary attempts on lives. Glasson Dorcha, the most ruthless gangster in Glasgow seeks to avenge Wren for his jejune imprisonment and the murder of his grandfather by mutilating him. Wren learns life. Belay learns than extreme pain is plural. Wren and Chase are finally revealed as in-laws. Who will win? Will Belay, Wren, Chase, Glasson, the murderer or one of the suspects win?
50 Dark Destinations
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Author : Adam Lynes
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2023-03-14
50 Dark Destinations written by Adam Lynes and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-14 with Social Science categories.
From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues which we often disregard during our everyday leisure. This captivating book is the ‘go-to’ guide for anyone interested in crime and deviance-related tourism. Accessible and digestible, it exposes a worrying trend in contemporary consumer culture, in which many of us partake.
Glasgow The Autobiography
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Author : Alan Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Glasgow The Autobiography written by Alan Taylor and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with History categories.
Glasgow: The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde, through the tumult of the Industrial Revolution to the third millennium. Including extracts from an astonishing array of contributors from Daniel Defoe, Dorothy Wordsworth and Dr Johnson to Evelyn Waugh and Dirk Bogarde, it also features the writing of bred-in-thebone Glaswegians such as Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, James Kelman and 2020 Booker prize-winner Douglas Stuart. The result is a varied and vivid portrait of one of the world's great cities in all its grime and glory – a place which is at once infuriating, inspiring, raucous, humourful and never, ever dull.
Scottish Urban Myths And Ancient Legends
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Author : Grace Banks
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-10-06
Scottish Urban Myths And Ancient Legends written by Grace Banks and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-06 with Social Science categories.
Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves and evil dolls, stones entombing bodies, faces appearing in walls, curses and meetings with the Devil – all this and more are contained within this book of myths and ancient legends. Well-known storytellers Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall recount a range of intriguing tales from the top to the bottom of Scotland, from ancient times to the present day. Folklore embeds itself in a local community, often to the extent that some people believe all manner of mysteries and take them as fact. Whether they're stories passed around the school playground, through the Internet, or round a flickering campfire, such legends are everywhere. Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends is a quirky and downright spooky ride into the heart of Celtic folklore.
Similes Dictionary
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Author : Elyse Sommer
language : en
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Release Date : 2013-05-01
Similes Dictionary written by Elyse Sommer and has been published by Visible Ink Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Whether it invokes hard work or merely a hen-house, a good simile is like a good picture—it's worth a thousand words. Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases—from “abandoned as a used Kleenex” to “quiet as an eel swimming in oil”—the Similes Dictionary will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find just the right saying, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Your thoughts will never be "as tedious as a twice-told tale" or "dry as the Congressional Record." Choose from elegant turns of phrases “as useful as a Swiss army knife” and “varied as expressions of the human face”. Citing more than 2,000 sources—from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H. L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows—the Similes Dictionary covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping you find the fitting phrase quickly and easily. Perfect for setting the atmosphere, making a point, or helping spin a tale with economy, intelligence, and ingenuity, the vivid comparisons found in this collection will inspire anyone.
Underworld
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Author : Duncan Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-07-11
Underworld written by Duncan Campbell and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with True Crime categories.
Live on the wrong side of the law with Britain’s gangsters, Peaky Blinders, godfathers, robbers, informers, kingpins, vice lords and career criminals ***The Sunday Times Bestseller *** With stories of murder, theft, fraud and treachery, The Underworld is a deep-dive into the history of professional and organised crime in Britain. From the racetrack gangs and the smash-and-grab merchants, through the Soho vice bosses and the Kray twins, to the Great Train Robbers, the Hatton Garden burglars and the new wave of international hit-men and drug and sex traffickers, Duncan Campbell exposes the dark underbelly of Britain. A unique perspective – told by the criminals themselves and the detective who pursued them – this is a definitive history from the very beginning to the present day.