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Le principe de Peter ou Pourquoi tout va toujours mal (Le Livre de poche ; #3118)
By Raymond Hull, France-Marie Watkins, Laurence J Peter. 1970
Selon ce principe, tout individu tend à accéder à son niveau d'incompétence. Voila enfin expliquée cette inefficacité à laquelle chacun…
de nous se heurte tous les jours. 1970. Titre uniforme: The Peter principle.Ecriture: mémoires d'un métier (Le Livre de poche)
By Stephen King, William Olivier Desmond. 2010
En 1999, Stephen King s'attaque à un essai autobiographique lorsque survient un accident de la route où il a failli…
être tué. Son livre en cours sur les rapports de la vie et de l'écriture prend alors une toute autre dimension. 2010. Titre uniforme: On writing.Le monde selon Peter, ou, Les subtilités de la pyramide hiérarchique
By Laurence J Peter, Joan Olivar. 1988
L'auteur du principe de Peter développe ici une nouvelle satire de nos structures sociales. Il s'attaque cette fois plus particulièrement…
a la bureaucratie et nous guide dans les labyrinthes de la paperasse et du jargon administratif. 1988. Titre uniforme: The Peter pyramid, or, Will we ever get the point?Le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (Collection Lire Ser.)
By Yves Bouchereau, G. Robert McConnell. 1976
Depuis plusieurs siècles, le Triangle des Bermudes hante l'imagination des hommes. Dans ce Triangle, des centaines de bateaux et d'avions…
disparaissent sans laisser de traces... Texte accompagné d'exercices en français langue seconde. Années 3-6 et plus. 1976.Comment voyager avec un saumon: nouveaux pastiches et postiches
By Umberto Eco. 1997
Humoriste, polémiste, railleur, l'auteur nous raconte ici, en toute liberté, sa vie. Il pourfend avec jubilation l'absurde qui nous gâche…
l'existence, les objets qui nous résistent, les gadgets qui nous asservissent ou l'administration qui nous englue. Avec lui, le quotidien, dans ce qu'il y a de plus banal, devient une épopée burlesque. 1998, c1997.La working girl: petite chronique de la vie de bureau
By Sophie Talneau. 2007
Laughing matters: a celebration of American humor
By Gene Shalit. 1987
An anthology of American humour that includes the works of Mark Twain, Woody Allen, Garrison Keillor, Ogden Nash, Garry Trudeau,…
Jack Benny and the Marx Brothers. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. c1987.Exercices de style
By Raymond Queneau. 1995
Enter laughing: the early years
By Neil Crone. 2013
Kid confidential: an insider's guide to grown-ups
By Monte Montgomery. 2012
Let’s face it: Being a kid isn’t easy. Compared to adults, kids are inexperienced, powerless, and short. Just as it…
would be irresponsible to send travellers to a strange city without a map, it would be wrong to let defenceless kids navigate a world inhabited by parents, teachers, and other adults without an in-depth guide to how the older (although not necessarily smarter) half lives. This book explores the strangest and most mysterious facets of adult life, such as: What do teachers really talk about in the teacher’s lounge? And how can adults stand to drink a beverage as disgusting as coffee? With tongue-in-cheek sidebars and tips for good-natured trickery throughout, this fully loaded guide will be a “must have” for every kid. Grades 4-7. 2012.Journey of souls: case studies of life between lives
By Michael Newton. 1996
Collected tarts and other indelicacies
By Tabatha Southey. 2017
Tabatha Southey is possessed of the wisdom of the ages. She understands the psychological struggles of shadowy Russian pee traffickers.…
She recognizes the PR benefits of puppy-throwing. She has deeply considered the moral quandaries presented by sea-slug penises. She even knows her own bra size (really, please stop asking). Showcases the many lessons learned from over a decade of column writing. For example, you don't want to piss off the jazz enthusiasts. And you really, really don't want to piss off the homeopaths. Along with these thorny issues, Southey has covered the most pressing topics of our times, from the struggles of having an unusually handsome prime minister to the impending dystopic future faced by the Trump United States and Casino Resort. 2017. Uniform title: Newspaper columns.It's always darkest before the fridge door opens: Finding Joy In The Cold Places Of Life
By Phil Callaway, Martha Bolton. 2006
It's raining pigs & noodles: poems
By Jack Prelutsky. 2000
A collection of more than one hundred humorous poems with titles such as "Deep in Our Refrigerator," "Butterflies, You Puzzle…
Me," "We Are Plooters," and every child's lament, "Why Do I Have to Clean My Room?" For grades 2-4. 2000.If it's a jungle out there, why do I have to mow the lawn?
By Joey Slinger. 1992
Slinger, a humourist and columnist with the "Toronto Star," has collected some of his columns on the subject of "urban…
ecology." They are arranged by groups like "Endangered species," "Field marks," and "Animal behaviour." 1992.Insight: case files from the psychic world
By Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison. 2006
Insight is Sylvia Browne's exploration of her experiences during psychic readings over the course of her 50-year-career. Her case files…
cover a wide range of subjects, including: Love/Romance/Relationships; Health/Illness; Family/Children; Finances; Spiritual Issues (past lives); Legal Issues (inheritance, property); Lost Items. 2006.Inner spaces: parapsychological explorations of the mind
By Howard Eisenberg. 1977
"I give you my body--": how I write sex scenes (ITK audio)
By Diana Gabaldon. 2016
For writers looking to make sure their next physical interlude on the page inspires readers to share the moment rather…
than to laugh at it, bestselling author Diana Gabaldon divulges the writing secrets behind the sex scenes in her wildly popular Outlander novels. 2016.I'd rather we got casinos, and other Black thoughts: And Other Black Thoughts
By Larry Wilmore. 2009
Within these pages are the musings, the revelations, the ruminations, and the reflections of comic Larry Wilmore. Here, collected for…
the first time, all in one place, are his Black Thoughts. From why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad) and why brothas don't see UFOs to his search for Black Jesus or his quest to replace "African-American" with "chocolate". 2009.I'm not really here
By Tim Allen. 1996
Known for his starring role in the sitcom Home Improvement, Allen humorously describes an unusual weekend. Alone while his wife…
and daughter have gone camping, he puzzles over "the big questions" brought on by his midlife crisis--while he searches for a missing hood ornament. Strong language. 1996.