Straight From The Horse S Mouth

Author : Meryem Alaoui
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781892746788

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Meryem Alaoui Pdf

Named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Public Library This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a promising new literary voice. Thirty-four-year-old prostitute Jmiaa reflects on the bustling world around her with a brutal honesty, but also a quick wit that cuts through the drudgery. Like many of the women in her working-class Casablanca neighborhood, Jmiaa struggles to earn enough money to support herself and her family—often including the deadbeat husband who walked out on her and their young daughter. While she doesn’t despair about her profession like her roommate, Halima, who reads the Quran between clients, she still has to maintain a delicate balance between her reality and the “respectable” one she paints for her own more conservative mother. This daily grind is interrupted by the arrival of an aspiring young director, Chadlia, whom Jmiaa takes to calling “Horse Mouth.” Chadlia enlists Jmiaa’s help on a film project, initially just to make sure the plot and dialogue are authentic. But when she’s unable to find an actress who’s right for the starring role, she turns again to Jmiaa, giving the latter an incredible opportunity for a better life. In her breakout debut novel, Meryem Alaoui creates a vibrant picture of the day-to-day challenges faced by working people in Casablanca, which they meet head-on with resourcefulness and resilience.

Author : Amelia Kinkade
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781608680092

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Amelia Kinkade Pdf

What if you could listen to your pet’s thoughts — and truly understand? What if your cat could reveal his mischievous secrets or your dog could tell you about her day? What if you could assure him you’d be back soon or comfort her about visiting the vet? You can, and animal communicator Amelia Kinkade will show you how. In Straight from the Horse’s Mouth, she shares her practical program that has helped hundreds of clients break through to communicate with their pets. Using guided meditations and other exercises designed to increase intuition, you can learn to share memories, make plans, diagnose illness, track a disappearance, and accept each other’s differences. Read Amelia Kinkade’s adventures in animal communication in all their hilarity, passion, and tenderness, and know that you too can talk to animals and get answers.

Author : Julia Cook,Allison Edwards
Publisher : National Center for Youth Issues
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781953945396

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Julia Cook,Allison Edwards Pdf

Horses can help people fix ANYTHING! Archie is not your average horse. He helps people get rid of their flies...you know, the things that bug us! When horses get flies, they swish their tails to make them go away, but since people don't have tails, they come to Archie for help. This creative book for all ages takes a look at how powerful using horses can be to help people heal on the inside.

Author : Michael A. Martino, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1467562815

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Michael A. Martino, Jr. Pdf

Author : Ronald Neame,Barbara Roisman Cooper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810844902

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Ronald Neame,Barbara Roisman Cooper Pdf

Now in Paperback Ronald Neame's autobiography takes its title from one of his best-loved films, The Horse's Mouth (1958), starring Alec Guinness. In an informative and entertaining style, Neame discusses the making of that film, along with several others, including In Which We Serve, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, Tunes of Glory, I Could Go on Singing, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Scrooge, The Poseidon Adventure, and Hopscotch. Straight from the Horse's Mouth provides a fascinating, first-hand account of a unique filmmaker, who began his career as assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail, and went on to direct Maggie Smith, Judy Garland, Walter Matthau, and many other prominent performers. The book includes tales of the on-and-off-the-set antics of comedian George Formby, and original accounts of his experiences working with Noel Coward and David Lean. This is not simply an autobiography, but rather a history of British cinema from the 1920s through the 1960s, and Hollywood cinema from the 1960s through the present. Aside from Neame's own writing, the book contains original commentary by many of his contemporaries and associates including Alec Guinness, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau, John Mills and Shelley Winters. Includes more than 40 photos

Author : Stephen Liddell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546615202

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Stephen Liddell Pdf

The English language is incredibly rich with centuries of history behind it. This does mean though that a lot of us use phrases today but we have absolutely no idea of why? What do they mean? Where does the saying come from? The meaning and origins of 100 common idioms or phrases are explained in this irreverent journey through the English language. This book takes you from the ancient world to the modern day and covers almost every aspect of life, it will open your eyes to the rich and fun heritage of the English language, maybe make you think twice but definitely raise a smile. 'The writings on the wall' though we don't want to 'blow our own trumpet' so 'keep your shirt on', we'll give you the 'full monty', 'Warts and all' lowdown on 100 of the most interesting Idioms. This isn't a 'damp squib' that deserves to be 'left on the shelf.' and that's 'Straight from the horse's mouth'!

Author : Keith Hughan
Publisher : Authors On Line Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0954911202

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Keith Hughan Pdf

This book was not written solely for the horse racing fraternity. The actions I took were the result of Ladbrokes not honouring a bet I had placed. What would you do with #260,000? I don't know - I did not get the chance to spend it. Now was I going to let them get away with it without a fight? You can bet I didn't, but how far does one go? Sledge was a good mate of mine. He only stood about 3 foot high and weighed 14lb, but we had some smashing times together! Ladbrokes were a war unto themselves. I thought that two could play at that game. The trouble is that Ladbrokes hide behind an outdated act - the Gentleman's agreement act, 1845. When one takes the legal route for 5 years and gets no joy from the system, then they may take the law into their own hands. It was a shame that I could not be protected. When you haven't got a care in the world, your life can change dramatically. I thought that free from care was free from stress - wrong! I played Sherlock Holmes for 10 years. Did I get the answers that I needed? You will have to read my story to find out. "Ladbrokes, how do they say it in America? - Oh yeah! Have a nice day!"

Author : Ian Duhig
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780330542449

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The Speed of Dark by Ian Duhig Pdf

Ian Duhig's The Speed of Dark is structured around his astonishing reworking of the text of Le Roman de Fauvel, a medieval text that railed against the corruption of the 12th-century French court and church. In Duhig's hands, however, the tale of the power-mad horse-king Fauvel gains a terrifying and almost prophetic contemporary relevance, and is identified with more recent crusades, crazed ambitions and insatiable greeds. Elsewhere Duhig's many admirers will be delighted by his new ballads and elegies, his erudite high jinks and his low gags - with which he builds on the new imaginative territory he staked out in The Lammas Hireling to such universal acclaim. The Speed of Dark again shows Duhig as one the most capacious and brilliant minds in contemporary poetry. 'The most original poet of his generation' Carol Ann Duffy, Guardian 'His poetry is learned, rude, elegant, sly and funny, mixing gilded images, belly-laughs and esoteric lore about language (including Irish), art, history, politics and children's word-games' Ruth Padel, Independent on Sunday 'Duhig telescopes topical allusions, scholarly references and coarse humour into tightly-shaped, surreal poems which burst open with explosive moral force' Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times

Author : Joyce Cary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary Pdf

Author : Lee Hughes
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781775532187

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Straight from the Horse's Ass by Lee Hughes Pdf

A Kiwi cowboy and his stubborn horse (nicknamed ‘Goddammityou-sonavabitch’) ride through America. Here’s how an ‘averagely dumb city-slicker’ looking for something to do on his summer holiday saw Dances With Wolves and was seduced by the lure of the West. Together with a small stubborn horse rescued from a career in the Belgian sausage industry, he travelled 3500 miles down the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico. When Lee Hughes began, he didn’t know how to ride, and his horse, Spice (also known by his Indian name of ‘Goddammityou-sonavabitch’), wasn’t giving lessons either. Their relationship wasn’t exactly a partnership, more of an armed truce, but nevertheless they crossed rivers and deserts, mountains and plains, dodged buffalo and bears, moose and mountain lions, met policemen and preachers, cowboys and Indians, Democrats and all manner of respectable folk as well. They made it to Mexico only nine months late. Bones were broken, six-guns roared in anger and quicksands were explored the hard way. There were feasts, famines and some world-class drinking. Good deeds were done and dark ones concealed. And a good horse died. Around wintertime Lee and Spice bluffed their way on to a ranch and played at being a cowboy and a cowpony. 7000 cattle went along with the joke until summer, and then they headed south again, saddlebags bulging with rolled oats, baked beans and Cheez Whiz. What started out as just a summer holiday, grew until it filled a year with excitement and laughter, panic and peril and, ultimately, became this ‘mostly true story without too many lies or bits left out’.

Author : Catherine Hapka
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553533705

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Horse Diaries #12: Luna by Catherine Hapka Pdf

For all lovers of horses and history, the beloved Horse Diaries series is heading to the circus! A beautiful Friesian horse and the younger sister of a circus star develop a heartwarming friendship in this sweet and lively story told straight from the horse’s mouth. The Netherlands, 1855 Luna is a black Friesian mare with one small white crescent- moon marking on her forehead. She lives a quiet life on a farm . . . until the circus comes to town! Luna bonds with a girl named May, who dreams of starring in the show, just like her older sister. And together, Luna and May just might be able to shine. Here is Luna’s story . . . in her own words.

Author : Mark Rashid
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781616081560

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Considering the Horse by Mark Rashid Pdf

A Colorado clone of James Herriot reveals the evolution of his trainingskills through well-told...

Author : Catherine Hapka
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375847325

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Horse Diaries #1: Elska by Catherine Hapka Pdf

Iceland, circa AD 1000 Elska is a silver dapple Icelandic filly. She spends summers frisking about the countryside and winters in the farmyard, where the girl human Amma takes special care of her. But when a powerful neighbor notices Elska, her contented life suddenly changes. Here is Elska’s story . . . in her own words.

Author : Judy Tertini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Horses
ISBN : OCLC:1280728483

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Straight From the Horse's Mouth by Judy Tertini Pdf

Author : Joyce Cary
Publisher : NYRB Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Artists and patrons
ISBN : 0940322196

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The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary Pdf

Gulley Jimson, a painter and a rogue, searches London for money and inspiration.