Rogers, James:Dictionary of Cliches
- Taschenbuch 2019, ISBN: 9780706364699
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Penguin Books, 2005. Book. Very Good +. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. 484 pages. Illustrated… Mehr…
Penguin Books, 2005. Book. Very Good +. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. 484 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. Synopsis Sean's blond-bombshell mother regularly entertains Black Panthers and movie stars in the family's marble and glass penthouse. His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade. The three live happily together "eight-hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; in an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows, full of water and bridges and hills." But when his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend, Sean's life blows apart. His memoir shows us how he survived, spinning out a "deliriously searing and convincing" portrait of a wicked stepmother (The New York Times Book Review), a meeting with the pope, sexual awakening, and a tour of "the planet's most interesting reform schools" (Details). BACKCOVER: "A memoir that announces the debut of a remarkably gifted, daring and, yes, very funny, writer." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The cliché 'truth is stranger than fiction' may well have been coined to describe Sean Wilsey's wild, wise, and whip-smart memoir." Elle "[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted." Vogue "A vivid mix of brio, self-awareness and sophistication . . . writing well is indeed the best revenge." The New York Times Book Review The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani It's a sprawling kitchen sink of a memoir, stuffed to the gills with seemingly everything the author can remember about his youth and in dire need of some industrial-strength editing, but at the same time, an epic performance: by turns heartfelt, absurd, self-indulgent, self-abasing, silly and genuinely moving. A memoir that manages to encompass riffs about the joys of skateboarding, the woes of high society, the miseries of boarding school and the perils of new money and new age therapies with equal aplomb, a memoir that can make the reader remember - no, re-experience - what it was like to be a wretched child and even more wretched teenager with ridiculous, Proustian ease. Biography Sean Wilsey's writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, the Los Angeles Times, and McSweeney's quarterly, where he is the editor at large.., Penguin Books, 2005, 3, Le Dilettante, 2009. 18x12x3cm. Broché. 253 pages., Le Dilettante, 2009, 0, in8. broché. 304 pages. 13 mai 1588 un roi traqué par l'émeute s'enfuit de Paris pour n'y plus revenir. 22 mars 1594 un autre roi se glisse furtivement dans la capitale qui le repousse depuis six ans. Que cache ce vide historique entre le dernier des Valois et le premier des Bourbons ? Pourquoi tant de haine contre Henri III ? Pourquoi cette résistance désespérée à Henri IV ? Une réponse : la révolution. Révolution insolite prêchée par des chefs religieux fanatiques et démocrates qui une main sur l'Evangile l'autre sur le mousquet mettront le pays à feu et à sang pour défendre une double cause : la foi catholique la souveraineté du peuple. Révolution née de l'exaspération de la passion religieuse mais aussi du refus d'un pouvoir politique sans contrôle et de la prise de conscience des injustices sociales. Révolution populaire certes mais voulue et menée par des intellectuels hommes d'Eglise et hommes de loi transfuges de la haute bourgeoisie et étudiants contestataires. On est très loin des clichés si souvent plaqués sur ce temps des troubles - Henri III le dégénéré Henri de Guise le héros Henri IV le libérateur. Le vrai visage du drame est à chercher ailleurs dans les rues et les églises à la Sorbonne et à l'Hôtel de Ville chez tous ceux qui en furent les témoins et parfois les victimes. Six ans de violence de complots et d'assassinats des foules en délire des dizaines de milliers de morts : avec deux cents ans d'avance. Paris s'offre sa première grande fête révolutionnaire, Albin michel / L'aventure humaine, 2000, 2.5, Summersdale, 2019. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 5.20x3.78x0.87 inches., Summersdale, 2019, 6, 160over90. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear., 160over90, 3, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Press, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.95. 486 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated. Synopsis Sean's blond-bombshell mother regularly entertains Black Panthers and movie stars in the family's marble and glass penthouse. His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade. The three live happily together "eight-hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; in an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows, full of water and bridges and hills." But when his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend, Sean's life blows apart. His memoir shows us how he survived, spinning out a "deliriously searing and convincing" portrait of a wicked stepmother (The New York Times Book Review), a meeting with the pope, sexual awakening, and a tour of "the planet's most interesting reform schools" (Details). BACKCOVER: "A memoir that announces the debut of a remarkably gifted, daring and, yes, very funny, writer." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The cliché Â'truth is stranger than fiction' may well have been coined to describe Sean Wilsey's wild, wise, and whip-smart memoir." Elle "[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted." Vogue "A vivid mix of brio, self-awareness and sophistication . . . writing well is indeed the best revenge." The New York Times Book Review., Penguin Press, 2005, 5, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Number line: 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 320 pages. From Kirkus Reviews An intelligent and suspenseful follow-up to Mantis (1993). The extreme violence, however, may not be to everyone's liking. Joey Tanaka, the half-Japanese, half-American forensic pathologist, is summoned to his native Japan after the sudden death of his half-brother, whom he had crippled in a karate match when they were youths. Joey has never grappled with his guilt over the incident, and the death, which is certified as the kind of congestive failure quadriplegics often suffer, only serves to reinforce his emotions. Complicating matters is the fact that his girlfriend, Rachel (who still bears the psychological scars of being abducted in the first novel), has accompanied him and that he must deal with his cousin Ken Sato's racist hatred of all things (and people) Western. When he sees the body at the funeral, however, one look tells Joey that the death was anything but natural. The deceased has, in fact, been brutally murdered. This puts Joey and his partner, detective Bill Fogarty, who has arrived from Philadelphia to help, on the trail of a most unusual gang of serial killers led by a mysterious man known as the Leopard because of his unusual full-body tattoo, which is visible only when he is sexually aroused. The search also dredges up memories of Mishima's failed coup attempt, the Red Brigade, and discloses a new xenophobic warrior society known as the Red Mist that arose from their ashes. In the end, all the main characters' demons are purged, and the Leopard, whose identity turns out to be a surprise, is destroyed. Officially, none of it ever happened. Taut and well-presented, though the linking of sex and death is a bit clich,d. And Japan-bashing of the sort engaged in Crichton's Rising Sun (to which this has more than a passing affinity) comes off as racist on occasion.., Forge, 1994, 5, Hyperion Books, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Price inside dustcover: $23.95. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 295 pages. - George Carlin's legendary irreverence and iconoclasm are on full display in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? as he vainly scours the American landscape for signs of intelligence in his third national bestseller. Ranging from his absurdist side (Message from a Cockroach; TV News: The Death of Humpty Dumpty; Tips for Serial Killers) to his unerring ear for American speech (Politician Talk; Societal Clichés; Euphemisms: 13 sections) to his unsparing views on America and its values (War, God, Stuff Like That; Zero Tolerance; Tired of the Handi-crap), Carlin delivers everything that his fans expect, and then adds a few surprises. Carlin on the battle of the sexes: Here's all you have to know about men and women: Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. George Carlin, author of three bestsellers, has released 18 comedy albums; appeared in 11 feature films; written and performed 12 HBO comedy specials; and received four Grammy awards, six Cable Ace awards, and been nominated for four Emmys. In 2000, he was honored for Lifetime Achievement by the American Comedy Awards. He lives in Nevada and keeps an eye on things.., Hyperion Books, 2004, 5, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1986-04-24. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.0457 cent in x 22.8426 cent in x 15.7360 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1986-04-24, 3<
