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The good life. In its simplest form, it is what you wish for those you love and care about, as well as for yourself. But what is it? What's the prescription? The truth of the matter is that no doctor can prescribe a pill that will make every heart content. But through the words of extraordinary men and women who have achieved a level of greatness, we can glean insights into passion, dedication, and wisdom. So, for today's astute students of the good...
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Updated from its original version with an introduction by Ntozake Shange, Wild Women and Books is a celebration of perhaps the most revered and radical women writers of history. Beginning with the first recorded writer of either gender, Enheduanna of Sumeria, and ending with acclaimed authors of today, including Toni Morrison and J.K. Rowling, this is a must-read for those who must read.
Brenda Knight brings more than one hundred female authors to...
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The kindly, white-heaired old fellow with the bushy mustache once called "the world's grandfather," Albert Einstein was easily the twentieth century's most remarkable and revered man of science. His leaps of imagination changed forever the way we look at the universe. He gained international celebrity by the very force of his personality, his wry sense of humor (often at the expense of himself), and his limitless humanity.
The mind of Albert Einstein...
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The smartest and funniest quotations of all time, artfully arranged into witty-and surprising-categories. Every page will entertain, educate, and delight.
Uncle John's dedicated team of quotationeers have scoured the worlds of entertainment, history, literature, politics, sports, and more to bring you this unique collection of utterances that bear repeating. From silly to profound, from Aristotle to Mr. T, you'll discover insights on such topics...
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A collection of quotes on drinking from more than one hundred of the greatest thinkers (or drinkers) in history, sure to entertain, inspire, or enlighten.
US President Herbert Hoover called the cocktail hour "the pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night." It's a period for relaxation, reflection, and, of course, socializing. Some of our greatest minds have observed the cocktail hour, enjoying a good, stiff drink...
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A collection of criminally funny quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about the legal profession, ranging in hostility from gentle teasing to fierce loathing.
People love to hate lawyers. You can't live with them, but you also can't live without them. So you may as well laugh at them, as we have for centuries.
In Lawyers and Other Reptiles, Jess Brallier compiles some of history's most humorous quips, quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about those...
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Finalist Pacific Book Awards 2018! A celebration of one of the most simple joys in life: the unwitting comedy of children.
Is there anything more likely to make you laugh and put a smile on your face than the innocent and funny remark of a child? Ever since Art Linkletter first published Kids Say the Darndest Things in 1957, people have laughed and been delighted with the things kids say. The Danes have a word for the feeling of happy delight that...
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It has been said that providing a fact humorously helps increase the chance of you remembering the facts.
Here I offer you a platter of historical events, hopefully in a humorous way, so that you may either chuckle or say it's ridiculous, boring, or otherwise. I'm willing to bet that you're going to remember some of these humorous facts.
Life is like a train. We can watch the trains go by, or we can get on the train and ride it into the future!
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and laxative on the same night.
Aunty Acid is the sassy senior created to give "the crazy old lady in all of us" a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away. With her long-suffering husband Walt, Aunty Acid tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything.
Her fanbase is growing by over 1,000 a day as word on her wit and sassy sayings spreads across the internet where she reaches...
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Snoopy is the quintessential cartoon dog smile-bringer. From his bantering with Woodstock to his fantasy life, it's no wonder that he's the most popular Peanuts cartoon character! And he's never more endearing than when he's expressing his ultimate joy of life by doing his happy dance (much to Lucy's dismay!).
In the Keep Calm and Carry On tradition of keeping a stiff upper lip, Keep Calm and Do the Snoopy Dance urges you to maintain peace by celebrating...
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Life is too short to remember to remove a USB safely. Aunty Acid is the sassy senior created to give "the crazy old lady in all of us" a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away. With her long-suffering husband Walt, Aunty Acid tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything. Her fan base is growing by over 1,000 a day as word on her wit and sassy sayings spreads across the internet where she reaches over 3 million people each...
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Dishing out wity one-liners and old-fashioned country logic the same way an old camp cook dishes out beans and biscuits, Roy English's Advice from a Country Farmer is simply this-no-nonsense humor and wisdom from a country gentleman schooled in common sense and kindness. • "Most farmers work only half a day; the other twelve hours they do other stuff." • "When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty." • "Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles."...
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Dive headfirst into the pages of this darkly comical memoir, where Mom's sardonic reply to the question of her smoking habits echoes through the narrative: "Not enough, John. Not nearly enough." Prepare for a journey into the heart of a blue-collar neighborhood, where hard work, hard drinking, hard smoking, and hard language were the order of the day. This riveting tale kicks off by setting the stage by offering a concise account of how this waning...
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Henry Ward Beecher said "the common sense of one century is the common sense of the next." That said, these pocket-sized humor books pack quite a bit of punch-lines that is. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, their all-new look will leave a whole new generation in stitches!
18) Kant Dictionary
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An accessible A-to-Z reference guide to the complex works of the eighteenth-century philosopher.
A great thinker of the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1724. He rarely left his hometown and never left his country. He did, however, frequently venture into the spiritual and boundless realm of human thinking, from which he brought back his great philosophical works. In the Kant Dictionary, editor Morris Stockhammer brings...
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If an astronaut farted during a spacewalk and neither sound nor smell is carried in a vacuum, did he really fart? This book will answer the question.
Some packages say "Open here." What would you do if it said "Open somewhere else"? Why are they called "apartments" when they're all stuck together? Why do we say something we don't like "sucks"? Is sucking bad? Would you trust a proctologist with poor depth perception? What exactly are the duties...
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