Ladies and Gentlemen on Display

Ladies and Gentlemen on Display
Author: Charlene M. Boyer Lewis
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813920801
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Written as a dissertation in history at the U. of Virginia, this study recreates the societal mores displayed at summer resorts at Virginia Springs from 1790-1860, as this was recorded in the letters and other archives of families who sojourned there. Lewis (history, Widener U.) suggests that her history provides a new insight into plantation society by recording responses to unusual events and lack of routine. She supplements the account with some analysis of the sources for the romantic and idealistic views of this culture. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ladies and Gentlemen on Display

Ladies and Gentlemen on Display
Author: Charlene Marie Lewis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1352
Release: 1997
Genre: Springs
ISBN:
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Ladies and Gentlemen

Ladies and Gentlemen
Author: Adam Ross
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1409041050
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A hotshot young lawyer, burdened by years of guilt and resentment, comes to the aid of his irresponsible kid brother, only to realise he's a pawn in a treacherous scheme. A lonely professor, frequently regaled with outrageous tales by the office handyman, suddenly fears he's being asked to abet a murderous fugitive. A man down on his luck closes in on a mysterious job offer while doing a good turn for his fragile neighbour, but his efforts backfire in a terrifically surreal - and hilarious - manner. Four college kids goad each other on in a series of escalating dares, culminating in a result as ambiguous as it is tragic. An enterprising adolescence uses his brief career as a child actor to fulfil the crush he has on a friend's seemingly untouchable older sister. Laced throughout with glimmers of redemption and a refreshing combination of warmth and cynicism, these noirish narratives have a youthful energy that belies their hard-won wisdom, and together they showcase one of our most outstanding new writers.

Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury

Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury
Author: Michael S. Lief
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1471108546
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In the hands of a skilled trial lawyer, the closing argument offers the courtroom's greatest dramatic possiblilities. It is the advocate's last opportunity to convince the jury of their version of the "truth" before the defendent's fate is sealed. Every argument included here is a finely crafted verbal work of art - they represent the modern-day, highest form of an ancient profession and art: that of the storyteller. The only available collection of great closing arguments - complete with insightful analysis and biographical profiles of the lawyers involved - this fascinating volume gathers the passionate finales of the most celebrated cases in history. Included are the climactic closes to the Nuremberg War Trials; Gerry Spence's crusade against the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Power Plant after the mysterious death of Karen Silkwood; Vincent Bugliosi's successful prosecution of cult leader Charles Manson and his followers; the astounding acquittal of John Delorean despite video evidence of his offences and the prosecution resulting from the Mai Lai massacre.

LADIES & GENTLEMENS ETIQUETTE

LADIES & GENTLEMENS ETIQUETTE
Author: Jane Mrs Aster, Pseud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781373421111
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I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen

I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen
Author: Leon Z. Surmelian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1945
Genre: Armenia
ISBN:
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Southern Ladies & Gentlemen

Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
Author: Florence King
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1993-07-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1466816252
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Looking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners captures such storied types as the Southern Woman (frigid, passionate, sweet, bitchy, and scatterbrained--all at the same time), the Self-Rejuvenating Virgin, and the Good Ole Boy in all his coats and stripes. (The Clinton questions--is he a G.O.B. or isn't he?--Miss king covers in her hilarious new Afterword.) No one has ever made more sharp, scathing, affectionate, real sense out of the land of the endless Civil War than Florence King in these razor-edged pages.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!
Author: Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101050373
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A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neurotic, demanding reader. In the beginning...there was humor. Sure, it's the foundation for much of Western morality and the cornerstone of world literature. But let's face it: the Bible always needed punching up. Plus, it raised quite a few questions that a modern world refuses to ignore any longer: wouldn't it be boring to live inside a whale? How did Joseph explain Mary's pregnancy to the guys at work? Who exactly was the megalomaniacal foreman who oversaw the construction of the Tower of Babel? And honestly, what was Cain's problem? In Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, Jonathan Goldstein re-imagines and recasts the greatest heroes of the Bible with depth, wit, and snappy dialogue. This is the Bible populated by angry loners, hypochondriacs, and reluctant prophets who fear for their sanity, for readers of Sarah Vowell and the books of David Sedaris. Basically, a Bible that readers can finally, genuinely relate to. Jonathan Goldstein's new book, I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow, will be available May 2013.