The grouch and the tower and other sillies

A collection of limericks, brief stories, puns, and cartoons.

John O'Brien

Harper&Row

A selection from Around the Boree Log and The Parish of St Mel's\nVerses by John O'Brien, Illustrated by Patrick Carroll\n'Beautiful full-colour oil paintings by highly successful Australian artist Patrick Carroll illustrate the works. 
Patrick's deep regard for John O'Brien's verse and his great love of the Australian landscape have contributed to paintings of exceptional beauty and understanding.'

Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Angus&Robertson

Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952) was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet. He was born at Yass in New South Wales. He ministered as a peripatetic curate to the southern New South Wales and Riverina towns of Thurgoona, Berrigan and Narrandera, in the first two decades of the 20th century. Writing under the pseudonym âJohn OâBrienâ Hartiganâs verse celebrated the lives and mores of the outback pastoral folk. His poetry was very popular in Australia and was well received in Ireland and the United States. The refrain Weâll all be rooned from his poem Said Hanarahan has entered the Australian vernacular as a jocular response to any prediction of dire consequences arising from events over which the speakers have no control. Amongst his other works are: Around the Boree Log and Other Verses (1921), Poems Selected from Around the Boree Log (1923), On Darlinghurst Hill (1952) and The Parish of St. Melâs and Other Verses (1954).

Action & Adventure

HarperCollins Canada / Adult Non-Fict

Leaving Las Vegas

Contemporary

Luithingh - Sijthoff

Pan Books

Shows the ways in which even the meanest, ugliest troll can be outwitted by a clever woodsman or billy goat

Favorite Tales of Monsters and Trolls

Children's Books

George Jonsen

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Random House Books for Young Readers

Night Lights, A Cruise Around the Solar System

Science & Math

david-hill

Jill Brasell

Astronomy & Space Science

Learning Media Limited

Option Valuation (O'Brien, John, Investments, V. 2.)

Sanjay Srivastava

Business & Money

Thomson/South-Western

Named a Best Film of 1995 by the New York Film Critic's Circle and the L.A. Film Critics' Association Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, Leaving Las Vegas was the most lauded film of 1995, winning honors from several organizations as well as awards for its actors and its writer/director, Mike Figgis. The filmdepicts a lush, highly melancholic romance, a story about the mercy of finding love when love is least expected. Written in a spare, simple style, the script for this great film is herein enhanced by a series of notes by Figgis, who discusses the process by which the movie found its final form.

Humor & Entertainment

Mike Figgis

Movies

Faber&Faber

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Books by John O'Brien