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Never Say Uncle

Author : Emilio Paletta

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 181 pages

File Size : 49,15 MB

Release : 2004-05-05

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1418418285

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Never Say Uncle invokes that childhood catchphrase seniors know all too well. When need be remembering that old saying will offer the needed strength to face any adversity. The story you’re about to embark upon is not about in-depth characterizations or intricate plots. Pure and simple it’s about being entertained. Nostalgic fun-filled comedy that’ll have you laughing like a kid again. Join Sonny as he discovers his long lost uncle Luigi Fettuccini is a resident at Dumpsters’, a home for the aged. The 93-year old Luigi is the inspirational leader of the constipated gang residing at Dumpsters. In Revisiting The Good Old Days, Sonny rediscovers his proud Italian beginnings. In A Day At The Races you’ll ride side-by-side as residents jockey for position, as they race to the cafeteria via souped-up wheelchairs. Wet your drawers as you listen to Luigi tell his nephew Sonny about his scary encounters in Nightmares For Nincompoops. In Married To The Devil’s Daughter and The Second Time Around, Luigi discovers the idiosyncrasies and frustrations of married life. Sit front-row-center as old-time burlesque comic Jorge` Washington Rabinowitz delivers material never heard before, in Showtime At Dumpsters. At the conclusion of Even Rainbows End, the reader will be left both laughing and crying. PLEASE NO PEEKING!



Say Uncle!

Author : Jake Shannon

Publisher : ECW Press

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 21,85 MB

Release : 2011-06-01

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1550229613

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Geschiedenis van de worstelsport, alsmede interviews met worstelaars.



Say Uncle

Author : Eric Shaw Quinn

Publisher : Plume Books

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 30,14 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Columbia (S.C.)

ISBN :

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A gay, thirtysomething advertising executive, suddenly finds himself guardian of his infant nephew--possibly the most challenging job of his life--and is soon embroiled in a custody battle with the child's grandfather, a closed-minded, conservative senator. "Rollicking, eccentric, and endearing".--Genre.



Say Uncle

Author : Chris Voisard

Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub

Page : 278 pages

File Size : 32,82 MB

Release : 2012-12-31

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9781470161477

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When I was growing up, I thought my little brother was my uncle. I also thought my Papa left because of me. Say Uncle not only gives child's eye details of adults who've gone off the deep end, but also turns an unflinching eye on the adult author, showing how patterns of deception pass through generations. My dysfunctional, uniquely vibrant family manages to endure, and Say Uncle shows what it is like to slowly heal and that the detour is the path. This memoir weaves through the silliness of poltergeists, Joey the Fairy, psychedelic wedding cakes, down through ill-treatment and disturbing incest, all without bitterness and with the same kind of irreverent eye Mary Karr uses in Liar's Club. It's more uplifting than Running with Scissors, probably instead like Skipping With Pinking Shears, heartbreaking like Dave Eggar's childhood. I didn't exactly live in Jeannette Walls's Glass Castle; it was rather like a hippie shack on Ellis Island brought up by Grandmommy Dearest. If you came from a less than traditional family, Say Uncle will remind you that you are not alone, and ultimately, love and forgiveness are not only possible, but necessary if we are to heal and grow.



My Uncle Fulton Sheen

Author : Joan Sheen Cunningham

Publisher : Ignatius Press

Page : 138 pages

File Size : 16,35 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1586178202

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Joan Sheen Cunningham was happily growing up with her family in Illinois when her uncle Bishop Fulton Sheen offered her the opportunity of a lifetime: to attend a private school in New York City. With the blessing of her parents, she eagerly accepted, and Fulton Sheen became a second father, a role model, and a lifelong friend. In this memoir, Joan describes many formative experiences she had with Fulton Sheen—from shopping for a winter coat to meeting Al Smith, the governor of New York. She fondly recollects how her uncle guided her courtship, helped her and her new husband find an apartment, and baptized their children and grandchildren. Sheen is most known for his popular television show, Life Is Worth Living. The Sheen that Joan presents, however, is not only a polished television personality, but a man of prayer, generosity, and missionary zeal who interacted with count- less people from all walks of life. In one story after another, she illustrates that this great man’s chief concern was sharing the mercy of God with everyone.



Say Uncle

Author : Benjamin Laskin

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 416 pages

File Size : 43,42 MB

Release : 2003-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0595290086

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Say Uncle Believing in himself was difficult. Someone else believing in him was deadly. Alienated young Everyman, Guy Andrews, is tired of spending his life on his back crying uncle, and craves change. Change arrives in the form of a beguiling young woman who lures him into a world of gorgeous spies and ruthless assassins. Never knowing whom he can trust, Guy must exorcise 'the slacker within' and rely on his wits and will to unravel the mystery of his own past, before he or someone he loves becomes its next victim. His mission will require wits and courage he's not sure he possesses-and the strength to say uncle no more. Say Uncle is the enthralling adventure of a young man's coming of age, and his enlightening and humorous struggle to find in anonymity his own unique place.



Nine Stories

Author : J. D. Salinger

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 157 pages

File Size : 32,62 MB

Release : 2019-08-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0316459984

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The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family. Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut Just Before the War with the Eskimos The Laughing Man Down at the Dinghy For Esmé--with Love and Squalor Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period Teddy



Hillbillyland

Author : Jerry Wayne Williamson

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 46,48 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780807845035

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The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, from early nickelodeon one-reelers to contemporary films such as Thelma and Louise and Raising Arizona, for representations of hillbillies in their recurring roles as symbolic 'cultural others.' Williamson's hillbillies live not only in the hills of the South but anywhere on the rough edge of society. And they are not just men; women can be hillbillies, too. According to Williamson, mainstream America responds to hillbillies because they embody our fears and hopes and a romantic vision of the past. They are clowns, children, free spirits, or wild people through whom we live vicariously while being reassured about our own standing in society.



Uncle Shelby'S Abz Book

Author : Shel Silverstein

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 84 pages

File Size : 33,87 MB

Release : 1985-09-09

Category : Humor

ISBN : 067121148X

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An adult version of the alphabet!



How the Irish Invented Slang

Author : Daniel Cassidy

Publisher : AK Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 43,93 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Americanisms

ISBN : 9781904859604

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Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grifters and con men, their secret language owing much to the Irish Gaelic imported with many thousands of immigrants. With chapters on How the Irish Invented Poker and How the Irish Invented Jazz, Cassidy stakes a claim for the Irishness of American English. Includes a preface by Peter Quinn and an Irish - American Vernacular Dictionary.