Hippopotamus

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616954744
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hippopotamus written by Stephen Fry and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture: A “deliciously wicked and amusing” tale of a cranky curmudgeon investigating strange goings-on at an English country house (The New York Times). “I’ve suffered for my art, now it’s your turn.” So begins the story of Ted Wallace, unaffectionately known as the Hippopotamus. Failed poet, failed theater critic, failed father and husband, Ted is a shameless womanizer, drinks too much, and is at odds in his cranky but maddeningly logical way with most of modern life. Fired from his job at the newspaper, Ted seeks a few months’ repose and free liquor at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Michael Logan. This world of boozy dinners, hunting parties, and furtive liaisons has recently been turned on its head by miracles, healings, and phenomena beyond Ted’s comprehension. As the mysteries deepen, The Hippopotamus builds into a rollicking sendup of the classic British mystery that is “tremendously funny” (Christopher Buckley) and a “near-perfect book” (Entertainment Weekly). The basis for the recent movie starring Roger Allam, Matthew Modine, and Fiona Shaw, “The Hippopotamus is animated by an antic sense of comedy and features a willfully feckless hero . . . Described in uproarious terms that suggest Wodehouse crossed with Waugh, Swafford emerges as a parody of every upper-class country house ever depicted in an English novel” (The New York Times).

Author : John Rox
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060529423
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas written by John Rox and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is coming, and one little girl wants nothing more than a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. But will Santa Claus and her parents make her Christmas wish come true? As shown in his best-selling titles The Night Before Christmas and Here Comes Santa Claus, no one can portray the holidays better than Bruce Whatley; and he doesit again with I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas. The song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written in 1950 by John Rox and became a nationwide hit in 1953 when ten-year-old Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo's first hippopotamus. In December of that year the city received Matilda the hippo for Christmas.

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780819308108
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Can a Hippopotamus Be? written by Mike Thaler and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts some of the things a hippopotamus can't be--cowboy, secretary, ballet dancer--and suggests something he can successfully be.

Author : Jeanne Willis
Publisher : Andersen Press USA
ISBN 13 : 146774400X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippospotamus written by Jeanne Willis and published by Andersen Press USA. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hippopotamus had a spotamus . . . on her bottomus! "It's a blister!" said her sister. "It's measles!" said Weasel. "It's hippopox!" said Fox. But in the end the spotamus turns out to be something hilariously unexpected!

Author : Juliette MacIver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1927271967
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That's Not a Hippopotamus! written by Juliette MacIver and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A class trip to the zoo descends into a chaotic hunt for the missing hippopotamus. Teacher, zookeeper and all the children join the search. The noise and drama reaches a pitch, and no one thinks to listen to quiet Liam, who really might know where the hippo is hiding. That's Not a Hippopotamus is a deft and delightful tale, packed with word play and madcap energy--and with a whole different story to enjoy in the illustrations.

Author : Tom MacRae
Publisher : Andersen Press USA
ISBN 13 : 1467744433
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus written by Tom MacRae and published by Andersen Press USA. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I woke up I was a Hippopotamus! Yawning in the morning, I raised up my sleepy head, then took one look out of the window and got straight back into bed." A little boy transforms into different creatures as his moods change throughout the day, until finally he goes a little too far and discovers his parents have transformed too!

Author : Edgar Williams
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780237790
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippopotamus written by Edgar Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are famously fat—cumbersome, lethargic, and oddly charming for the way they lounge around half-submerged in muddy pools all day. Hippos are gregarious herbivores that don’t much like the heat, but as Edgar Williams shows in this colorful book, they can also be quite ill-tempered, and their huge mouths, sharp tusks, and powerful jaws can cut a small boat right in half. Taking readers into the swampy lands of Africa—as well as a few other surprising places—Hippopotamus tells the story of these iconic lumbering beasts. As Williams recounts, while Hippos are only found in Africa today, they actually originated in Asia. They are closer relatives to whales than to pigs or horses, as previously thought. And until the last Ice Age, you could find them as far north as Europe. Today the common hippo is confined to south, central, and east Africa, and its mysterious cousin, the Pygmy Hippo, is only found in the forests of Sierra Leone. From these natural confines, Williams explores how hippos have lived in much wider regions of the human imagination, from the hippo deity Taweret in Ancient Egypt to Obaysch, the first living hippo exhibited in the London Zoo in the nineteenth century, whom Charles Dickens called our “illustrious stranger.” A fascinating history of the hippo in natural and human history, this book also serves as a call for conservation efforts to protect this vulnerable animal.

Author : Mark Alan Stamaty
Publisher : Dial
ISBN 13 : 9780803797734
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where's My Hippopotamus? written by Mark Alan Stamaty and published by Dial. This book was released on 1977 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Henry's favorite pet, a hippopotamus, disappears, he follows a trail of clues hoping to find it and meets a lot of nice people along the way.

Author : Alessio de Santis
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 905691832X
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hippopotamus Defence written by Alessio de Santis and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hippopotamus Defence is just what a club player needs. It’s a straightforward and clear-cut chess opening that avoids the ever growing body of mainline theory. It’s universal: Black can use the Hippo against virtually all of White’s choices (1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.f4, the Colle, London, Trompowsky, Réti and others). It’s not very well known and will surprise many opponents. On top of all that, the Hippo is seriously underestimated: with its characteristic double fianchetto it may look quiet, but inside there lurks a very dangerous animal. FIDE Master Alessio de Santis is one of the world’s greatest experts on the Hippo and has written a practical, well-structured and accessible manual. His book can be studied on three levels: after a first flash of 3 to 4 hours you will be familiar with the Hippo’s basic moves and key variations, its strategic themes and recurring manoeuvres. In the second and third stage De Santis leads you through the most important concrete lines and introduces the Semi-Hippopotamus to counter some specific White ideas. You can use the Hippo as a surprise weapon or as your main repertoire. The extensive explanations and clear conclusions make this book an easy-to-navigate manual for all club players. If you like to confront your opponents with some unexpected counter-attacks, then you need not look any further.

Author : Patricia Whitehouse
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403406453
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippopotamus written by Patricia Whitehouse and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces you to hippopotamuses, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.