Frank Pranks

Author : Steve Collins
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1550224166
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frank Pranks written by Steve Collins and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irreverent but never irrelevant, Canada's satirical news magazine FRANK is on prominent display in this hilarious volume of "FRANK Pranks," during which FRANK operatives concoct a wildly implausible cover story, dial up their hapless victims, and set out to prove just how gullible certain Canadians really are. The results range from the deliciously predictable—Canadian Alliance stalwarts are apoplectic when told that Ottawa is secretly donating Zambonis to the fictitious African country of Chapati—to the surprisingly educational—FRANK canvasses the cronies and former cabinet ministers of deposed Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for an "Airbus" defense fund, and the total pledged is fifty dollars. Here at last are the unexpurgated, full-length renderings of some of FRANK's most audacious, revealing, and heartless phone pranks, featuring such notables as Pierre Berton, Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, Sheila Copps, Allan Fotheringham, Michael Moriarty, Farley Mowat, Rita McNeil, Lloyd Robertson, William Thorsell, Ken Whyte, Elwy Yost, and most of the membership of the Reform Party/Canadian Alliance.

Author : Kevin Bridges
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1405920777
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Pranks written by Kevin Bridges and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comic autobiography of 2014 A comedian's autobiography? I wonder if he's ever used humour to deflect from his insecurities? To avoid being bullied? Is there heartache behind the humour? I wonder if he's a manic-depressive? Tears of a clown? Yes, all of that. Discover the hilarious life-story of one of Britain's best-loved comedians in Kevin Bridges' brilliant memoir. 'First of all, I have never written a book before, you probably haven't either, so there we have it; a connection is established between reader and writer . . .' Aged just 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he discovered that he really could earn a living from making people laugh. Kevin began life as a shy, nerve-ridden school-boy, whose weekly highlights included a cake-bombing attack by the local youths. Reaching his teens, he followed his true calling as the class clown, and was soon after arrested for kidnapping Hugh Grant from his local cinema on a quiet Saturday night. This was a guy going somewhere - off the rails seeming most likely. Kevin's trademark social commentary, sharp one-liners and laugh-out-loud humour blend with his reflections on his Glaswegian childhood and the journey he's taken to become one of the most-loved comedians of our time. '. . . Hopefully now you'll take this over to the till and I can accompany you for the next wee while. That's the benefit of book shops, reading the little bit and then deciding if the author deserves to be part of your carefully selected 3 for 2 deal, or part of your plane journey, train journey, your next bath, your next shite.' Praise for Kevin Bridges: 'The Best Scottish Stand up of his Generation.' The Scotsman 'A wonderfully dry and deadpan Glaswegian comic . . . one the most exciting talents to have emerged from Scotland since Billy Connolly' Guardian 'Kevin Bridges might just become the best stand-up in the land . . . he will go and deliver a one-liner that you want to jot down and frame' The Times 'Wonderfully sharp, assured stand-up from the preternaturally gifted young comic' Independent Kevin Bridges, Scotland's 'young comedy prodigy' (Guardian), has followed a meteoric path, from his first five-minute set in The Stand comedy club in Glasgow to selling out the SECC to a record-breaking 100,000 fans. He was born in Clydebank, and still lives in Glasgow. Now, at the tender age of just twenty-seven, Kevin puts pen to paper to tell his story so far in his brilliant memoir, We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges.

Author : Tony Oppedisano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982151781
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sinatra and Me written by Tony Oppedisano and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sinatra's closest confidant and an eventual member of his management team, Tony Oppedisano, comes an extraordinarily intimate look at the singing idol. Deep into the night, for more than two thousand nights, Frank and Tony would converse, about music, family, friends, great loves, achievements and successes, failures and disappointments, the lives they'd led, the lives they wished they'd led

Author : Ari Folman
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1524749354
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Is Anne Frank written by Ari Folman and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new graphic novel that brings to life Kitty, Anne Frank's imaginary friend to whom she addressed her diary—from the same creative team that produced the international bestselling and award-winning Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation It’s the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and a magnificent thunderbolt has just struck the building and shattered the protective glass case in which the most famous diary in history is displayed. Magically, Anne’s imaginary friend, Kitty, comes to life. At first Kitty doesn’t know that seventy-five years have passed, and she has no clue as to why Anne is not in the house or what has become of the seven other inhabitants of the Secret Annex. When Kitty learns that Anne and her beloved sister Margot have died in the war, she decides to run away from the house, and follow the path of the sisters all the way to where they met their fatal end. Kitty, who soon realizes that she cannot exist without Anne, decides to steal the diary from the museum and starts her journey. Kitty recounts the complete story of Anne Frank's life, family, and diary from her own unique perspective. In the present day Kitty's adventures bring her in contact with the refugee crisis in Europe, from which she discovers the true meaning of Anne Frank's legacy.

Author : Ken Gilland
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781477162514
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaternary Alluvium written by Ken Gilland and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most folks have one big lie that they let themselves believe. Adam Walker believed that all his problems would be over if he could just become a paleontologist. So when he was accepted into graduate school at Sunshine State University in Senova, Florida, he was ecstatic. People should be careful what they wish for. Adam found himself marooned in a pink-and-green wonderland of strange professors, campus jocks, and five-leaf clovers. Fortunately, his fellow students: Frank, Tom, Jessica, Cathy, and Susan, were there to help him understand life in a theme park university. Life can be pretty stressful when you’re walking in quaternary alluvium.

Author : Elizabeth Trombley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524542083
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Willow Whisp and the Lee Project written by Elizabeth Trombley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil, in the form of a delusional doctor, lurks behind a smile while he covertly plans to steal the renowned Dr. Lees medical miracle to extend life. Using an innocent woman, Martha, for experimental purposes, a sinister plot unfolds as a foreign dictator vies for the formula. Martha, who has no memory or the ability to choose her fate, is unable to protect herself from the insidious cruelty waged against her. With newfound strength and determination, Martha finally escapes from her antagonist only to find she cannot escape the death sentence he placed inside her. Willow comes to her aid too late but rallies against her nemeses. Willow Whisp, a female government agent, cannot save Martha from a tragic end but quickly retaliates against her enemies, bringing the devil to his knees with the help of a rash, judgmental sidekick named Jason, who dislikes functioning beside a shrewd female. The continual bickering between the agents puts the mission in jeopardy more than once, yet this bickering cements the relationship between the two agents, a bond that cannot be broken. Although obscured in the story, this is a tale of love and trust, success and failure; the journey two people must take to justify their chosen profession.

Author : Mary Laura Philpott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982160799
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bomb Shelter written by Mary Laura Philpott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ... memoir-in-essays that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope"--

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ISBN 13 : 9788765640730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book FRANK AND THE PRANK. written by and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam Black
Publisher : The Artless Dodges Press
ISBN 13 : 0981993974
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prank written by Adam Black and published by The Artless Dodges Press. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PRANK is a novel about the tendency for any news story involving a cute child or a reprehensible parent to become a media feeding frenzy, about the incredible communicative power of the internet, about the speed at which a fabricated happening can cross the threshold into accepted truth. But it is also about us as consumers of narrative: about how the digital revolution has changed the way we process information. My hope is that as you are reading you will find yourself scanning, skipping, dismissing, and cherry-picking: pay attention to these moments. This is your brain doing something remarkable, something profoundly post-modern, something perhaps not altogether benign. - from the author's foreword Frank Nevis knows that there's more than one way to get famous in America. When massive flooding strikes his town, only Frank has the presence of mind to weave a fabricated story into the actual drama unfolding around him. After all: what better way to attract interest and funding for his now-defunct reality show career? Fueled by the blogosphere, Facebook, Twitter, and the echo chamber of the 24-hour news cycle Frank's fabrication is soon the biggest story breaking, but how long can he maintain his hastily-constructed lie? And where is the line, in the American audience's thirst for "reality entertainment," between the drama of Frank's unraveling plans and his and his family's fictional hardships? Written in a style intended to mimic the overwhelming cacophony that is news and culture in the 21st century, The Prank explores the question of reality in the digital age, where viral falsehoods and reported lies are par for the course. Written by Adam Black Cover Design by Tom Maven

Author : Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0804150680
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Harry Bright written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Raucous cops, outlaw bikers, and suntanned celebrities collide in a steamy landscape swirling with natural beauty and unnatural death. Seventeen months ago the California desert revealed the remains of Jack Watson. The rich man’s son was found incinerated in a Rolls-Royce, a bullet in his head. Now, a year and a half later, Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Sidney Blackpool is called into the desert to take on the case. But what begins for Blackpool as an investigation sandwiched between golf games in nearby Palm Springs quickly becomes an obsession. For the savage beauty of the wastelands holds many secrets. Secrets that stir up Blackpool’s long-suppressed nightmares of his own son’s death. Secrets that threaten to destroy an entire police department. Secrets that, by rights, should remain forever buried by the wind in the ageless desert sands. In this riveting novel, bestselling author Joseph Wambaugh jolts our emotions while entertaining us with his special brand of bawdy, beautiful, dark humor.