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Par Haven Kimmel. 2006
Following A Girl Named Zippy (DB 54946, BR 14575), Kimmel continues her saga of growing up in Indiana in the…
1970s. Recounts her mother's decision to go to college and become a teacher to help the family's finances, and how that decision caused marital problems for her parents. 2006Traces the life of twenty-one-year-old Romanian Attila Ambrus, who in 1988 sneaked into post-Communist Hungary and joined a professional ice…
hockey team. Details seven years he spent robbing banks, romancing women, and boozing. Describes the Budapest detective on his trail--who had learned crime solving from American TV. Strong language. 2004Par Tom Hodgkinson. 2005
British author's argument for leisurely living as an alternative to a fast-paced, overworked lifestyle. Offers hour-by-hour reflections on sleeping late,…
taking long lunches, napping, imbibing, lolling in public, fishing, making love, and celebrating holidays. Uses examples from literature, poetry, and philosophy. 2005A satirist and a physician compile strange-but-true facts about the human body. Answers questions such as "Can carrots improve your…
vision?" "What are goose bumps?" "Does warm milk really put you to sleep?" and "Does marijuana help glaucoma?" Strong language. Bestseller. 2005Par Sophie Faucher. 2021
Qu'il s'agisse de raconter des anecdotes si loufoques qu'elles frisent l'universel, de saluer la diversité des visages du Québec ou…
de nous régaler de sa truculente indignation, Sophie Faucher cultive le goût des mots. En comédienne-née, elle met en scène ces moments choisis avec un grand sens de lhumour, du rythme et de lémotion. L'ensemble exprime sa tendresse pour la vie, sa curiosité et son plaisir à jouer avec les autres avec nous sur la grande scène de lexistencePar Sheila C Moeschen, Sheila Moeschen. 2019
A pop culture writer celebrates the outstanding contributions of fifty women in comedy past and present. From legends like Lucille…
Ball and Joan Rivers to current comedy heroes like Issa Rae and Tig Notaro, she charts a rich lineage of women using humor to challenge the status quo. 2019Compendium of cons throughout history. Describes charlatans such as Nostradamus, misrepresentations perpetrated by the media, wartime ruses, state-sponsored deceptions, scientific…
and literary frauds, lies that have had catastrophic consequences, royal impersonators, and great escapes. 2005Par Laura Schaefer. 2005
Writer for an online matchmaking web site presents personal advertisements spanning three centuries by men and women seeking romantic connections.…
Some postings from U.S. and U.K. publications and the Internet are included "for their humor, their uniqueness, or their poignancy" while others, she admits, "are just plain strange." 2005Par Patrick F McManus. 1981
Tongue-in-cheek tales about a sportsman's life. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, and the opportunities for disaster, in the recreations of…
camping, hunting, and fishing. Includes amusing accounts of his dog Strange and an incorrigible old woodsman, Rancid Crabtree. 1981Par Denise Guénette. 2011
" Dans ce livre, lhumoriste Denise Guénette raconte son parcours artistique et laccompagne de plusieurs monologues inédits. Sajoutent à son…
récit, de nombreuses photos et les chaleureux hommages de Jean-Claude Germain, Raymond Lévesque, Yvon Deschamps, Clémence Desrochers et Lucille Dumont, quelle a côtoyés et avec qui elle a collaboré au cours de sa carrière. Richard Desjardins, qui signe la préface du livre, souligne avec justesse le dynamisme et lauthenticité de cette artiste..." -- 4e de couvPar Brendan Halpin. 2003
A Boston inner city school teacher's anecdotes ranging from his perpetual teaching-job search, student disciplinary problems, bureaucratic wrangling and infighting,…
and other frustrations. Details his involvements in the Famous Athlete Youth and the charter school Better Than You programs. Some strong language. 2003Par Walter L Larimore. 2002
Chronicles a young doctor's passage from Duke University to rural North Carolina, where he establishes a practice, raises his family,…
and expands his spirituality and human understanding. As an emergency physician, coroner, obstetrician, and wilderness search-and-rescue doctor he is shaped in medicine and reinforces his faith. 2002Par Jessica Maxwell, Jennifer L. Leo. 2003
Twenty-eight tales by female travelers whose expeditions abroad went humorously awry. Among them are writer Michele Peterson, experiencing a bad…
hair day in Hong Kong; Christine Michaud, a Canadian trying to dress like Kuwaiti locals; and comedian Ellen Degeneres, who attempts to conquer her fear of flying. Strong language. 2003Par Bernard Arcand. 1998
Par Bob Hope. 2003
The late comedian, who died in 2003 at one hundred years of age, tells his life through jokes--organized by decade--revealing…
his family, experiences, interests, and personal and political thoughts. Reminisces about his long career in show business on the radio, screen, and television--and in the war theater entertaining American troops. Introduction by daughter Linda. 2003Par Joseph A Schwarcz. 2001
Chemistry professor explores the science of commonplace materials and events in this collection of brief and conversational essays. Organizing his…
observations into five sections, including health, food, history, and "silly stuff," Dr. Schwarcz provides scientific explanations and anecdotes about everything from herbal remedies to the "magic" of the genie bottle. 2001Par Sophie Massieu. 2003
De Accompagner à Zoo, 300 définitions qui sont autant de prétextes à raconter des anecdotes qui illustrent avec humour la…
vie d'une aveugle, Sarah, qui n'est pas sans ressembler étrangement à l'auteure de ce petit bouquin. Une façon saine et généreuse de parler d'un handicapPar Helen Thomas. 2002
Longtime White House correspondent relates anecdotes about the nine presidents she's covered, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush,…
as well as the jokes and verbal sparring she enjoyed with them. 2002Par Bernard Peyrous. 2007
"Pourquoi avons-nous écrit ce livre ? Simplement parce que nous avions envie de rire. Et nous aimons rire parce que…
nous sommes des êtres humains et que nous pensons que sur la terre, avec un peu d'efforts parfois, nous pouvons trouver bien des occasions de rire. Mais plus encore : il nous semble que Dieu lui-même est la source de la joie. Et comme Dieu se communique aux hommes, c'est aussi cette joie qu'il veut leur communiquer. Être chrétien, c'est accepter la joie. Or la joie et l'humour font bon ménage. Bergson expliquait très bien que le rire est lié à un contraste, à une distance. Si l'on aime les contrastes, l'inattendu et la différence entre ce qui semble être et ce qui est, il faut fréquenter Dieu. Le comique de situation est constant avec lui. De cela témoignent quantité d'histoires de tout genre. [...]" -- 4e de couvPar Véronique Vienne. 2000
Essays on realizing the pleasures of getting older. Advises smiling, never apologizing for your age, and throwing away old things.…
"The second part of one's life is second to nothing. Too bad we have to wait so long to get to it." 2000