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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour
The first volume, a legal humour edited by Professor Kahn, Law,
Life and Laughter published in 1991 was the subject of many
favourable reviews. It went through three impressions, was sold out
years ago and today is a collector's item. This second melange of
legal humour and piquant revelations of personalities in the law of
Southern Africa is almost entirely new, containing nothing that
appeared in the first volume except a number of brilliant
caricatures of which the temptation to reproduce was irresistible.
**AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW** From the #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You 'Brilliant, hilarious and
perspicacious' ELIZABETH DAY 'SO funny.' SARA PASCOE 'Wildly,
seditiously funny.' New York Times 'Sam Irby is the king of
sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread.' Jia Tolentino This
is not an advice book. Samantha Irby doesn't know anything. After
fleeing Chicago to quarantine at home in Michigan, Irby finds
herself bleaching groceries and wondering if her upper lip hairs
are visible on Zoom. Her career reaches new heights: she gets to
work with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City - her dream! - but
behind the new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life
together. Our friend in print is back, on point, and ready to take
us with her, from adopting Abe (her scrawny, watery-eyed firstborn
dog) to her favourite, extremely specific porn searches (including
two old nuns).
Victor Hugo once said There is one thing stronger than all the
armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. For
55 years, it had not even dawned on me that I was a writer. My
first clue should have been when I realized that there absolutely
wasn't anything about which I didn't have an opinion. For five
years I published a weekly newsletter for my church. No one else
seemed to want to do it, and it was something that I loved doing.
The fourteen years that I worked as an Insurance Agent should also
have given me a nudge. I often gave group presentations that
included stories about so many of my life experiences. Many clients
encouraged me to write them down and share them with others. But it
took a life-changing crisis that made me take a look within and
find why God had placed me here. I have written a collection of
insights that I gained during the first half of my life. Each
chapter begins with a joke, a thought or a scripture that I believe
God laid on my heart. The body of each chapter consists of a
relating experience, insight or lesson that I gained. And each
chapter is completed with a prayer. I have noticed how people are
enjoying inspirational books that are also a Quick read such as
mine. I submitted Chapter Five to the Indianapolis Star and it was
published in the Faith and Values section of that newspaper. I
think that one sign that a book could be good is when the reader
wants more. Each person who has read these chapters did exactly
that and asked if they can pass on to others what they have enjoyed
or gained from my book. I would like to thank you in advance for
taking the time to read some of what I believe God has shown me in
my life. Come Share The Cookies. Lord, bless this reader, Amen.
A Hollywood California resident, a low keyed yet aristocratic man
was cherry picking high profile private investigations as he
followed in his grandfather's footsteps. With the passing of his
not so famous parents he inherited a great deal of money which made
his driven ambition to obtain greatness in the world as a private
eye only an egotistical goal as opposed to one of any financial
return. As it turned out, the twisted hand of fate dealt the
celebrated Thin Man third generation offspring a fatal financial
blow. From the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the blue collar
life in Detroit; The Son of a Son of the Thin Man, Nicholas Charles
III made the transition from millionaire to bar keep Left with only
a small checking account, his health plus a dilapidated beer garden
in Detroit Michigan Nick made his way to the Motor City to start
life anew. Up against the likes of Detroit's notorious Purple Gang
revitalized after over eighty years, Nick teamed up with a
hodgepodge group of amateur sleuths to battle the guerilla tactics
of his nemesis; but who is he or she or they? In the process Nick
allies himself with ghosts, hookers, detectives, murderers,
accountants, a lawyer, a few common folk and several dirty filthy
stinking two legged rats to uncover an abominable terrorist attack
on America's youth As one murder after another is committed, the
Spirit of Detroit, a Detroit Icon for over 50 years almost gives up
hope on Detroit. The Spirit is put to the task of guiding the city
back to prosperity by a second grade inner city school student,
named Anna. Her ideals combined with a spattering of urban renewal
entrepreneurs inspire the Spirit of Detroit to take his place back
as Detroit's guardian with a renewed vigor for another 50 years
How to be cool when you're afraid you've forgotten how . . .
Sure, you can try to stay younger by exercising, coloring your
hair, and wearing stylish clothes--but how do you respond when
someone asks, "Do you Twitter?" "How Not to Act Old" gives you
simple ways to come back from over the hill and to act as young as
you look.
Covering everything from old-people entertainment (cancel that
dinner party!) to old-people communication (it's called a "voice
mail," not a "message," and no one leaves or listens to them
anyway), Pamela Redmond Satran decodes the behaviors, viewpoints,
and cultural touchstones that separate you from the hip young
person you wish you still were. This irreverent guide is essential
for anyone who doesn't want to embarrass their kids--or
themselves.
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Peculiar People
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