Some Sample Anecdotes:
Activism
• On March 26, 1904, during a strike by miners in Colorado, union organizer Mother Jones was arrested on the orders of governor James P. Peabody, put on a train, take……続きを見る
This book is a retelling of THE JESTS OF GEORGE PEELE, which is a collection of anecdotes and stories about the Elizabethan playwright George Peele. A Sample:
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Living works of art tend to take joy in living. So how can we be a living work of art? Some ways include living a life of wit and intelligence, practicing an art, doing good deeds, paying attention ……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes, including these:
• George Jessel was known as the Toastmaster of the United States because he spoke at so many dinners and gave so many elegies at funerals. He once……続きを見る
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Anecdotes are retold in my own words to avoid plagiarism.
Most of these anecdotes are meant to be funny, but some are meant to be thought-provoking.
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This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Some Sample Anecdotes:
• John Barrymore was noted as much for his dissipation as for his acting. While acting in Hamlet after a night of revelry, he began the ……続きを見る
A Sample:
Daniel Pinkwater has written lots of books, including many books for kids. He says about himself (using the third person), "Daniel Pinkwater is crazy about writing, and has been trying to ……続きを見る
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Some Sample Anecdotes:
• While studying theater at UCLA, Carol Burnett took a course in acting, where she prepared to recite a speech in front of her class. Un……続きを見る
This book consists of many anecdotes and stories about science and religion. It is, I hope, interesting with some humor. For example: 1) When aerospace engineer Burt Rutan was growing up, he was obs……続きを見る
A Sample: 1) Some lawyers and judges in England tend not to think highly of music, or of composers, conductors, and musicians. Once, conductor Thomas Beecham was at a party where it was mentioned th……続きを見る
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Most of these anecdotes are probably just OK, but there should be at least one or two that you will want to tell your friends.
Retold in my own words to avoid ……続きを見る
著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2018年09月18日
Featuring rare archival material and an introduction to the series by creator Jim Davis, this inaugural volume will appeal both to new readers and longtime fans of the lasagna-loving cat.
Garfield C……続きを見る
A personal message from the author:
Lots of individuals in society today are feeble-minded. They don't know what the HELL is going on. Unfortunately many of these people are responsible for running ……続きを見る
著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2019年03月19日
This comprehensive collectors’ series will appeal both to new readers and longtime fans of the famed lasagna-loving cat.
Garfield Complete Works: Volume 2, 1980 & 1981 continues the definitive colle……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes and stories, especially about the arts, including dance. For example: 1) Fern Helsher worked as a press agent for Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. As a former newspape……続きを見る
著者:Avi Steinberg
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2020年08月11日
A memoir about writing a novel about searching for love.
Is romance dead? Is that why there are so many vampires in today's romance novels? When Avi Steinberg's love life took a grim turn, he did wh……続きを見る
This book contains David Gray's 1929 novel, "Mr. Carteret". It is an entertaining and witty story based around rural fox hunting that will appeal to those with an interest in the sport and its histo……続きを見る
Embrace your inner cat with this light-hearted self-help book. From living in the moment, trusting your sixth-sense instincts, to taking cat naps and even going feral, this book will show you how to……続きを見る
Früher ging heute nicht so schnell vorbei: Was macht die Zeit denn so?
Das Phänomen Zeit hat die Menschen immer schon fasziniert. Sie bestimmt unser Leben, mal hat man zu viel Zeit, mal zu wenig, hä……続きを見る
著者:Davide Dabbicco
出版社: Les Flâneurs Edizioni
発売日: 2016年08月12日
Questo è un libretto di massime, ma anche di minime. Battute che ho battuto su Facebook e che non ho buttato ma raccolto in questa raccolta.
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著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2012年12月18日
The milestone 50th Garfield compilation bookーperfect for fans of the lasagna-loving legend!
The fat cat returns for his 50th bookーa collection of hilarious strips featuring Jon, Odie, and all the ……続きを見る
著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2016年05月10日
Free-Range Fun Meister!
Garfield’s always hatching a new plan to prank his poor owner. Whether he’s garnishing Jon’s soup with cat hair, putting a goldfish in his shoe (it was Jon’s birthday!), or h……続きを見る
著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2017年01月17日
The Reigning King of Cats Shows You Who’s Boss!
Garfield rules his kingdom with an iron paw. No one is safe from the portly prankster! So whether he’s playing snap-the-towel with the constantly clue……続きを見る
This giant compendium of Would You Rather...? questions carefully selected from the author's oeuvre along with selection of new questions created just for this volume stands as the authors' masterwo……続きを見る
Un libro hilarante, desenfadado y divertido que recorre la Historia, desde la Biblia hasta Twitter, para traernos algunas de las mejores pullas lanzadas entre famosos, políticos o gente anónima. Nad……続きを見る
To mark his 20th anniversary at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, David Allen goes back to the beginning to survey his first four years of columns, when the valley was new territory for him. After u……続きを見る
著者:JP Davis
出版社: BookLocker.com, Inc.
発売日: 2017年01月19日
Do the Golden Years really exist? Or, are we just falling apart? Is there a middle ground? How do we cope with the personal challenges with which we are faced?
With chapters that include, but are no……続きを見る
The sequel to David McVay's highly-acclaimed Steak Diana Ross: Diary of a Football Nobody, has been delivered with all the alacrity of the author's prodigious goalscoring acumen: one every 14 years ……続きを見る
This clever book features witticisms and cartoons by award-winning Milton Davis and his award-winning cartoonist friend Foy Lisenby. It is an updated collection of sarcastic one-liners that the auth……続きを見る
著者:Jim Davis
出版社: Random House Worlds
発売日: 2012年01月31日
He sleeps late and wakes up grouchy. He hates joggers, beats up dogs, and shreds his owner. He's cynical, witty, urbane, and sometimes downright mean. But best of all, he's back, better than ever, t……続きを見る