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Mary McHugh, best-selling humor author, wants to help all those aging baby boomers out there:Slide through their fifties:How to get your child into college and pay for it without losing your home.What to do with yourself when there are no more children at home.What to do when your college graduate moves back in.What to do when all your friends are babbling about their grandchildren and your children aren't even married yet.How to lose 20 pounds before your next high school reunion.Sail through their sixties:Will you still need him will you still feed him when he's 64.How to feel like you matter when you're mother of the groom.How to stay sane when your husband retires.How to adjust when you sell your house and move to a condo.Beautiful wome [More..] | |
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Originally released on vinyl in 1980, this is a classic National Lampoon audio product. John Brlushi, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest + + +. [More..] | |
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Research on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is humor used in social interactions?) Although there is enough interest in the area to have spawned several societies, the literature is dispersed in a number of primary journals, with little in the way of integration of the material into a book. Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a singly authored monograph that provides in one source, a summary of information researchers might wish to know about research into the psychology of humor. T [More..] | |
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This is the third instalment of The New Bears for the 21st Century series. In a future where humans are no more, bears have evolved as the planet's master species. 'A Bear's Adventure Tale' is the next humorous pawstep into that magical world. Ranald Ironclaw and Hercules McGregor are two powerful honey barons. Both bears control vast swathes of land and dominate their respective territories with the firm paw of leadership. After an uneasy peace, tensions begin to rise between the bittersweet rivals.Meanwhile, Ironclaw's nephew Brosnan arrives at his uncle's grand castle headquarters in Scotland for a study visit and soon finds himself caught up in the thick of the action. Will a Honey War change the map forever?This 3rd volume cont [More..] | |
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Gerry Lockyear, a Christian Evangelist, is approached by the NHL to join their broadcasters as a color commentator. He is teamed up with two very unchristian, wild men who are in constant trouble for their antics. The thought was Gerry could tone done the unfavorable antics of the other two. Unfortunately, the opposite happens as Gerry gets caught up in the excitement and in trying to be 'one of the boys' falls into the trap of the crazy life of celebrity sports broadcasters. [More..] | |
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A housewife turned humorist, Erma Bombeck delighted America with a wry humor that turned everyday annoyances into familiar and funny anecdotes that won places of honor on America's refrigerators. Here is Erma Bombeck, laughing her way through childhood, marriage, motherhood, and celebrity status, even keeping her sense of humor as she battled terminal illness. [More..] | |
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Joha [More..] | |
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In addition to sharing detailed accounts of her highest highs and lowest lows, as well as her scathing views on the state of public affairs today, Mayor Lois Griffin also shares the pages of this book with the people who put her in office. By giving them such a strong voice in this record of history, she not only reveals how Quagmire pimped out the vote, Peter sold out to the media, Meg coped with sudden celebrity through sullen poetry, Stewie mounted yet another terrorist plot against her, disgraced former mayor West recovered from defeat, and she herself succumbed to the temptations of the job, she also reveals just how valuable she holds the ideals of democracy. Part biography, part town-ography, this no-holds-barred book comes with a [More..] | |
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Radio Again is pleased to present 8 classic radio performances by raconteur Jean Shepherd from the archives of Hartwest Productions. With wit and wisdom, Jean Shepherd delves into the insatiable desire for shiny objects, and man a million years in the past -- and a million years in the future. In these previously uncirculated radio broadcasts you will also hear Shepherd s remembrances of his mother s dream of being a gun moll, his father s quest for the per fect used car, and much more. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING EPISODES:Jackdaw, Dillinger, Singing and Song, Things Used to be Better, The Mountain King, History is All Around Us, Transplanted in Time, Wonders Includes liner notes by Eugene B. Bergmann, author of EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! [More..] | |
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Arranged For Easy To Intermediate Piano By Bruce Nelson. A collection of the most engaging compositions by jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles include: Audrey, Autumn On Our Town , Blue Lake Tahoe, Blue Rondo A La Turk, Blue Shadows In The Street , Bossa Nova U.S.A., Broadway Bossa Nova, The Duke, Everybody's Jumpin', Far More Blue, (I Still Am in Love with) A Girl Named Oli, In Your Own Sweet Way, It's A Raggy Waltz, King For A Day, Maori Blues, Mr. Fats, Newport Waltz, Softly, William, Softly, Strange Meadowlark, Summer Song, Sweet Cleo Brown, Take Five ,Three To Get Ready, Unisphere, [More..] | |
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