Author : David Tienter
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493143360
A older war veteran is attacked by a motorcycle gang member at a deserted campground. The man starts out trying to escape from the danger but ends up deciding to take the gang apart and free the town from their vicious grip. At last, a hero for people over fifty years of age. Action rocks from the first page.
Author : Bruce Weir Benidt
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491799390
A group of old friends, most just past sixty. Theyve done well in careers, although only one has put away enough money to think, without wry laughter, about retiring. But they want to do something meaningful in these later days of their lives. As with a lot of baby boomers, their raucous idealism of the Sixties has been drifted over by layers of jobs and mortgages and families and divorces and vacations and cars and gadgets and Whatever happened to that changing the world thing? Tired of just bitching, they decide to get active again, put something back in the stream. Theyll right some wrongs, fight for the little guys, take down some corporate greedheads. They get plenty more than theyre ready for, running into arsonists and hired guns along the way to nding that deeper meaning they seek.
Author : Jah Wobble
Publisher : Serpents Tail
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781846687204
"Like his bass, the lows are low and the style upfront."--Financial Times "An exhilarating journey."--Mojo A frank and fascinating account of a geezer's life in the music business. Jah Wobble begins by offering the most authentic insider's account of the beginning of punk rock yet. He covers the celebrated ups of his career along with the downs, both personally and professionally. Throughout the book Wobble tells it like he sees it. Jah Wobble is one of the founding members of Public Image Limited (PiL) along with John Lydon. He is a bassist, singer, composer, poet, and music journalist.
Author : Dreda Say Mitchell
Publisher : Hodder
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780340937112
Fifteen-year-old Jade Flynn and three other girls were the sole occupants of the fourth floor of St Nicholas Care Home for Children. They were forced to take part in 'special community projects' - drug dealing, money laundering, gun running. Required to work for a man they called The Geezer. Until a shocking event made them rebel. Steal something that wasn't theirs. So they ran. Disappeared. 10 YEARS LATER . . . Jade Flynn is now living a respectable life as Jackie Jarvis and is getting married. She invites her three best friends to be her maids of honour. But someone else turns up as well - The Geezer. He'll kill them, unless they do one last job for him, then they can return to their normal lives. But can they trust him? This time if they disappear they won't be coming back . . .
Author : Gillian Godden
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1802800697
Discover Gillian Godden's action-packed gangland thrillers! Diamond by name... Handsome, wealthy and successful, lawyer Nick Diamond is a man who commands and expects respect from everyone he meets. People think he is a man to be trusted. They are wrong. Deadly by nature. Because away from his glittering life in upper-class Chelsea, Nick is keeping a dark and dangerous secret. One that takes him to the slum estates of Glasgow and a very different world. Nick will do anything to keep his secret under wraps, because if it’s ever revealed it would be his downfall. Don't miss this brilliant new gangland story from Gillian Godden - guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat! Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Heather Atkinson and Caz Finlay. What people are saying about Gillian Godden! 'An edge of your seat read that will leave you breathless!' Bestselling author, Kerry Kaya. 'Characters were so real I'm still looking over my shoulder! Bestselling author Owen Mullen.
Author : John Teton
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2020-11-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781734531305
Author : Lucian Randall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0007387245
The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric.
Author : Geoff Tibballs
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1407028316
Would you Adam and Eve it? Over a hundred years after it was first heard on the streets of Ye Olde London Towne, Cockney rhyming slang is still going strong, and this book contains the most comprehensive and entertaining guide yet. Presented in an easy-to-read A to Z format, it explains the meaning of hundreds of terms, from old favourites such as apples and pears (stairs) and plates of meat (feet) to the more obscure band of hope (soap) and cuts and scratches (matches) through to modern classics such as Anthea Turner (earner) and Ashley Cole (own goal), as well as providing fascinating background info and curious Cockney facts throughout. Also included are a series of language tests so that readers can brush up on their newfound knowledge on their way to becoming a true Cockney Geezer. All in all, The Ultimate Cockney Geezer's Guide to Rhyming Slang is well worth your bread and honey to have a butcher's.
Author : Tom Lamarr
Publisher : Marcinson Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 12,36 MB
Release : 2015-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780996720700
They thought it was about time to have a kid. No big deal. Until it was. Then, their lives went from fooling around to hormone shots, test tubes, embarrassing doctor visits, and more. But there's no sad, mopey story here. Tom handles the journey to fatherhood like he handles the rest of life - with enough humor to make even the most stoic wanna-be-dad laugh with recognition. Follow this funny father on his quest to become the one thing that eluded him: becoming the someone she calls "Daddy."
Author : Ben Goode
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 2009-07
Category : Aging
ISBN : 9781885027399
