Pearls Goes Hollywood

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524876666
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In the newest Pearls Before Swine treasury, the Hollywood dreams of cartoonist Stephan Pastis meet with hilarious—and disastrous—results! Pearls Before Swine is one of the most popular comic strips of the past two decades, and this treasury packs in 18 months worth of daily comic strips including special commentary by author Stephan Pastis, winner of the 2018 Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The book also includes an essay about his foray into the world of screenwriting.

Pearls Awaits the Tide

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 152487664X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Prepare to get swept up in a tidal wave of hilarity, sarcasm, and atrocious puns courtesy of award-winning Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis. For the past 20 years, Pearls Before Swine has been one of the most popular and consistently hilarious comic strip in newspapers. This treasury packs in 18 months' worth of daily comic strips from 2018-2019, including an introduction, essay, and special commentary by the author.

Patti's Pearls

Author: Patti LaBelle
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759526257
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Using an assortment of her favorite maxims, adages, and sayings, Patti's inspiring collection gives practical guidance and instruction on how to live a fulfilling and rewarding life. Her humorous anecdotes and touching personal experiences transform what could have been abstract advice into unforgettable, real-life wisdom. Collected over a lifetime from friends, family, books, songs, and numerous other sources, "Patti's Pearls" offers profound and provocative insight into subjects ranging from facing fear to finding faith. Patti presents the timeless wisdom that has enabled her to handle the tremendous challenges of her roles as wife, mother, daughter, sister, performer, and friend.

Floundering Fathers

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Pearls Before Swine
ISBN: 9781449489342
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
A collection of comic strips mocks the foibles of human nature with the antics of egotistical Rat, clueless Pig, intellectual Goat, and letter-writing optimist Zebra.

Girls in Pearls

Author: Claudia Lanfranconi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Symbols of affluence, power and social standing, pearls have been highly prized throughout history for their beauty and purity. Jewellery fashioned from these lustrous gems has adorned some of the world's most elegant women, from Cleopatra to Coco Chanel. This book brings together a fascinating collection of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs of noble women, imperial princesses, society ladies and Hollywood divas wearing their finest pearl tiaras, necklaces, brooches and earrings. Engaging commentaries explain the context in which each image was created and provide glimpses into the life of the artist and his or her model. An insightful introduction charts the history of our fascination with natural and cultured pearls from ancient times to the present day.

Pearls Hogs the Road

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449487319
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
The Pearls gang returns with characteristically misanthropic humor (but with more leather): no self-aggrandizing is too flagrant for Rat, no subject is too erudite for Goat, and no sensory input is too basic for Pig. All topics are fair game for Stephan Pastis and his brass-knuckle punch lines. Comic strip censors, apathetic baristas, and IRS employees are all strongly advised to laugh or get out of the way. Pearls Hogs the Road also features three comic strips illustrated by the legendary Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes, who ended a 19-year hiatus from the comics page to collaborate with Pastis.

Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin

Author: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780140038354
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Written to celebrate the author's ninety-first birthday - a flawless piece of classic comic writing. What happened to Monty Bodkin's love for Hockey International Gertrude Butterwick? His year in Hollywood completed, he leaves behind his heartbroken secretary, Sandy Miller, and arrives in London to claim his Amazon's had. However, teh Bodkin road to happiness is arduous, and pitfalled through and through

The Five Pearls

Author: Barry James Hickey
Publisher: Tumblebrush Press
ISBN: 9780615424187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
THE FIVE PEARLS is a story of personal redemption against incredible odds, peppered with teen narcissism, secret pregnancies, and misguided burglaries; A true portrait of under-privileged, throwaway kids and mismanaged adult lives in today's America. This page-turner makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you think. Just released from prison, a dying man with a terrible secret moves to Colorado Springs and changes his identity with the help of a crooked insurance agent. With the new name of John Battle, he moves into an old mansion and is cared for by Mrs. Powell, a retired nurse and reluctant grandmother forgotten by her children long ago. Soon, Battle is teaching in an after-school program to the Five Tadpoles, a band of disillusioned and rebellious teenagers that don't want or need anyone's help. Or so they think...

Party Girls Die in Pearls

Author: Plum Sykes
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062429043
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373

Book Description
“A rollicking murder mystery. . . . a wildly entertaining romp. . . . Laugh? I died.”—Vogue The New York Times bestselling author of Bergdorf Blondes takes us back to the decadent 1980s in this comic murder mystery set in the tony world of Oxford University. It’s 1985, and at Oxford University, Pimm’s, punting, and ball gowns are de rigeur. Ursula Flowerbutton, a studious country girl, arrives for her first term anticipating nothing more sinister than days spent poring over history books in gilded libraries—and, if she’s lucky, an invitation to a ball. But when she discovers a glamorous classmate on a chaise longue with her throat cut, Ursula is catapulted into a murder investigation. Determined to bag her first scoop for the famous student newspaper Cherwell, Ursula enlists the help of trend-setting American exchange student Nancy Feingold to unravel the case. While navigating a whirl of black-tie parties and secret dining societies, the girls discover a surfeit of suspects. From broken-hearted boyfriends to snobby Sloane Rangers, lovelorn librarians to dishy dons, none can be presumed innocent—and Ursula’s investigations mean that she may be next on the murderer’s list. Clueless meets Agatha Christie in this wickedly funny tale of high society and low morals, the first book in Plum Sykes’ irresistible new series.

Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Pearls Before Swine
ISBN: 9781449489366
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In true Pearls Before Swine tradition, this treasury is full of Stephan Pastis's cynical humor, sharp wit, and clever commentary. Always together--and sometimes with their fellow funny-page characters--the regular Pearls clan weighs in on everything from modern technology to current events to human nature. All the members of the skewed gang are here as Zebra engages in a never-ending war of neighborly hate with the Crocs. As always, Goat offers a voice of reason amid the ongoing chaos that Pastis creates, either from behind the pen or as a character within the strip itself.