181 Results for : acerbic
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Architecture's New Strangeness
The book is a systematic critique, sometimes acerbic, of some 21st century trends in architectural design, trends that have become assertively extreme (or indefensibly peculiar) in their approaches to form.- Shop: buecher
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Who Ate Up All the Shinga?
Park Wan-suh's Who Ate Up All the Shinga? is an extraordinary account of growing up during the Japanese occupation of Korea and the Korean War, a time of great oppression, deprivation, and social and political instability. With acerbic wit and brilliant insight, Park describes the characters and events that came to shape her young life.- Shop: buecher
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Jenny Eclair: Squats, Hörbuch, Digital, 235min
A late-night, adult comedy show presented by award-winning comedienne, Jenny Éclair. Filmed from the guest's home, the show takes an acerbic look at the world from Jenny's prospective with gossip and humorous conversation in an informal setting. Language: English. Narrator: Jenny Eclair. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/avtv/000082/rt_avtv_000082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Youth of Old Age, Hörbuch, Digital, 65min
Wickedly acerbic, The Youth of Old Age shows acclaimed British actor Prunella Scales at her dragon-tongued best. As the story's matriarch, she's determined to prevent her heir from marrying "out of sorts". Written and directed by award-winning Stuart Price, you'd be mad not to listen to this wicked comedy. Language: English. Narrator: full cast, Prunella Scales. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008899/bk_blak_008899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Drama Showcase - Pulling Faces , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
Joanne Taylor - former TV Diva - is on the verge of her 50-something birthday, seriously single, 'hot-flushing' and about to make some drastic changes in her life. Pulling Faces is an acerbic, topical comedy about society’s obsession with youth, beauty and transformation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Louise Jameson, Helen Goldwyn, David Warwick, Mandi Symonds, Colin Baker, Nigel Fairs, Suzanne Procter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bgfn/000017/bk_bgfn_000017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hunters and Gatherers: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 455min
With her trademark acerbic wit and compassion, Francine Prose offers a sharp-eyed consideration of how men and women differ in their pursuit - and avoidance - of power, sex, and competition. A satire of the pieties of New Age religion and knee-jerk feminism, Hunters and Gatherers nevertheless radiates sympathy for our efforts to reconcile spiritual longings with our earthbound, all-too-human nature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin Kalbli. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016020/bk_adbl_016020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Collected Poems
'One of the very best of our poets' Anthony PowellKingsley Amis wrote poems throughout his life, turning his acerbic, bracing perceptiveness on the same subjects that fill his novels: lust, lost love, drink, money, God (seen as indifferent or malign), and old age. Collected Poems, arranged chronologically, shows the full range of his sparkling verse, by turns scabrous and melancholy, satirical and playful.'Scathingly funny ... bawdy and tragic, unflinching and unapologetic, culpable and morally acute ... Amis's poems rush headlong into the messiness of life' New Criterion'A contender for the title of the most accomplished and least self-satisfied poet of his generation' Clive James- Shop: buecher
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Collected Poems (eBook, ePUB)
'One of the very best of our poets' Anthony PowellKingsley Amis wrote poems throughout his life, turning his acerbic, bracing perceptiveness on the same subjects that fill his novels: lust, lost love, drink, money, God (seen as indifferent or malign), and old age. Collected Poems, arranged chronologically, shows the full range of his sparkling verse, by turns scabrous and melancholy, satirical and playful.'Scathingly funny ... bawdy and tragic, unflinching and unapologetic, culpable and morally acute ... Amis's poems rush headlong into the messiness of life' New Criterion'A contender for the title of the most accomplished and least self-satisfied poet of his generation' Clive James- Shop: buecher
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Darcie's Dilemma , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 222min
Things haven’t been easy for Darcie Killengrey; left with the responsibility of her troubled teenage brother Ross and a past of unhappiness and heartbreak. And then Jake Belfast, her best friend’s brother, strides back into her life, as acerbic and contrary as he is exciting and handsome. But Ross is becoming increasingly involved with a dangerous influence, which looks set to make Darcie’s problems with Jake pale into insignificance… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Teal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001599/bk_howe_001599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Britian , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 864min
American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home. So, with a knapsack on his back, he set out to explore by walking and by short train trips. The result is a witty, observant and often acerbic look at an ever eccentric assortments of Brits in all shapes and sizes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Keith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/002045/bk_reco_002045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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