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Milton Berle's private joke file: over 10,000 of his best gags, anecdotes, and one-liners
By Milton Berle, Milt Rosen. 1989
The thousands of jokes from Berle's sixty years in vaudeville, radio, television, and the movies are arranged alphabetically by more…
than five hundred subjects. Includes an introduction and a "tricks of the trade" advice section. 1989.Master mariner: Capt. James Cook and the peoples of the Pacific
By Daniel Conner, Lorraine Miller. 1978
Max: the best of Braithwaite
By Max Braithwaite. 1983
Me talk pretty one day
By David Sedaris. 2000
In a collection of essays, observations, and commentaries, the humorist describes his recent move to Paris, life as an American…
in Paris, his struggle to learn French, his family, and restaurant meals. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2000.Courriers de nuit: la légende de Mermoz et de Saint-Exupéry
By Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor. 2005
Bercés depuis l'enfance par les récits des acteurs de la "Ligne", Olivier et Patrick Poivre d'Arvor se sont approprié leurs…
histoires pour livrer ce "roman de l'Aéropostale" au ton très personnel, fruit d'un pèlerinage sur les lieux de cette épopée. Au-delà de la prouesse technique, ils redonnent chair aux héros statufiés par la postérité comme Saint-Exupéry, Latécoère, Daurat et Bouilloux-Lafont, sans qui rien n'aurait pu se faire. 2005.L'homme qui voulait voir tous les pays du monde (Document)
By André Brugiroux, Jérôme Bourgine. 2014
" Quand il a commencé son périple en 1955, André Brugiroux avait un rêve : voir tous les pays du…
monde. Presque soixante ans plus tard, le petit banlieusard sans moyens a accompli l'impossible. Sur la route, il vit toutes les aventures. Il est emprisonné au Costa Rica, le mur de Berlin se construit sous ses yeux, il rencontre le docteur Schweitzer au Gabon, se rend à Angkor en pleine guerre, prend le Transsibérien au milieu de la guerre froide, meurt presque de soif dans le désert... Pourtant la réussite majeure d'André est ailleurs : le monde est devenu sa patrie et les hommes sont sa famille. Partout, il a trouvé des gens merveilleux. À chaque fois qu'il tombait, quelqu'un était là pour lui tendre la main et le relever. Sa véritable aventure a d'abord été humaine. Profondément et passionnément humaine... De 1955 à 2014 : aventures autour du globe à la découverte de soi et des autres. " -- 4e de couv.Mars et Vénus en amour: pour que la passion résiste au temps
By John Gray. 1999
De l'auteur de "Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes de Vénus" (FD02739). Un guide des techniques amoureuses qui met…
l'accent sur les différences de réactions selon les sexes pour améliorer les communications et l'intimité dans le couple.Marley et moi: mon histoire d'amour avec le pire chien du monde
By John Grogan, Carole Delporte. 2007
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir…
John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'une affection aussi débordante qu'envahissante envers ses maîtres. 2007. Titre uniforme: Marley & me.Many patrols: reminiscences of a conservation officer
By R. D Symons. 1994
The reminiscences of one of the founders of the modern conservationist movement. Symons was a game warden in the 1920s…
and 1930s in the West, patrolling the Battlefords, Hudson Bay, and Cypress Hills regions. He recounts the adventures and many memorable characters he met on his patrols. 1994.Dure soirée: histoires vraies et autres humiliations
By François Morency. 2012
Qu'est-ce qui fait rire les humoristes? Leurs échecs : spectacles qui tournent mal, numéros de gala qui flopent, erreurs techniques,…
trous de mémoire, spectateurs turbulents et nombreuses autres humiliations. François Morency nous dévoile les histoires cachées mais ô combien divertissantes du métier de comique avec la complicité de vingt-sept de ses confrères. 2012.Llamas & empanadas: 5000 kilometres by bicycle through South America
By Eleanor Meecham. 2007
This New Zealand author shares her bicycle journey through the lower half of South America on a bicycle. Her journey…
takes her up and down the Andes, across deserts and into Tierra del Fuego. She was spurred on by the memory of her deceased brother's determined and fearless spirit. 2007.During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and…
he is eager to pass it on - to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience. 2015.Little princes: one man's promise to bring home the lost children of Nepal
By Conor Grennan. 2011
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey…
that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war--for a huge fee--by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. Bestseller. 2011.Lindbergh
By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.Let's explore diabetes with owls: essays, etc
By David Sedaris, Andrew Bird. 2013
From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing…
to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten. 2013. Dentists without borders -- Attaboy -- Think differenter -- Memory laps -- A friend in the ghetto -- Loggerheads -- If I ruled the world -- Easy, tiger -- Laugh, Kookaburra -- Standing still -- Just a quick e-mail -- A guy walks into a bar car -- Author, author -- Obama!!!!! -- Standing by -- I break for traditional marriage -- Understanding understanding owls -- #2 to go -- Health-care freedoms and why I want my country back -- Now hiring friendly people -- Rubbish -- Day in, day out -- Mind the gap -- A cold case -- The happy place -- Dog days.Marguerite, go wash your feet
By Wallace Tripp. 1985
Humeurs d'une femme mûre et divertissante
By Lise Dion. 2017
Que diriez-vous si, en toute simplicité, l'humoriste Lise Dion vous livrait un peu de ses états d'âme ? Sous forme…
de courtes capsules, elle partage ses humeurs du moment sur le quotidien, l'amour, la remise en forme, les petits bonheurs, la sagesse, le mensonge, la rage au volant, les rêves, la vie, la maladie, pour ne nommer que ceux-là. Il y a de grandes chances pour que vous vous reconnaissiez dans certains d'entre eux ! Humeurs d'une femme mûre et divertissante, un livre qui fait sourire et qui fait du bien. 2017.Man proposes, God disposes: recollections of a French pioneer (Our lives: diary, memoir, and letters,)
By Pierre Maturié, Vivien Elizabeth Bosley. 2013
In 1910, young Pierre Maturie bid farewell to his comfortable life in rural France and travelled to northern Alberta in…
search of independence, adventure, and newfound prosperity. Some sixty years later, he wrote of the four years he spent in Canada before he returned to France in 1914 to fight in the First World War. Like that of so many youthful pioneers, his story is one of adventure and hardship - perilous journeys, railroad construction in the Rockies, panning for gold in swift-flowing streams, transporting goods for the Hudson's Bay Company along the Athabasca River. A portrait of pioneer life in northern Alberta, and a window onto the French experience in Canada. 2013, c1972. Uniform title: Athabasca, terre de ma jeunesse.Madness, betrayal and the lash: the epic voyage of Captain George Vancouver
By Stephen R Bown. 2008
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific waters as captain of a major expedition of discovery and imperial…
ambition. Britain had its eyes on Pacific North America, and Vancouver charted four thousand miles of coastline from California to Alaska - one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, scientific discovery, marine cartography and international diplomacy. However, Vancouver's triumph was overshadowed by bitter smear campaigns initiated by enemies he had made on board. Some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.Maiden
By Tracy Edwards, Tim Madge. 1990
"Maiden" is the inspiring story of how Tracy Edwards, a modest 27-year-old, took a yacht and the first all-female crew…
ever to race round the globe through storms and savage seas. This is a book about great courage, great endeavour, and extraordinary determination. It is also a story of how anyone can have a dream and, against all odds, come through triumphant. 1990.