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La vie, ma muse: textes d'humeur et d'humour
By Sophie Faucher. 2021
Qu'il s'agisse de raconter des anecdotes si loufoques qu'elles frisent l'universel, de saluer la diversité des visages du Québec ou…
de nous régaler de sa truculente indignation, Sophie Faucher cultive le goût des mots. En comédienne-née, elle met en scène ces moments choisis avec un grand sens de lhumour, du rythme et de lémotion. L'ensemble exprime sa tendresse pour la vie, sa curiosité et son plaisir à jouer avec les autres avec nous sur la grande scène de lexistenceThe league of extraordinarily funny women: 50 trailblazers of comedy
By Sheila C Moeschen, Sheila Moeschen. 2019
A pop culture writer celebrates the outstanding contributions of fifty women in comedy past and present. From legends like Lucille…
Ball and Joan Rivers to current comedy heroes like Issa Rae and Tig Notaro, she charts a rich lineage of women using humor to challenge the status quo. 2019Compendium of cons throughout history. Describes charlatans such as Nostradamus, misrepresentations perpetrated by the media, wartime ruses, state-sponsored deceptions, scientific…
and literary frauds, lies that have had catastrophic consequences, royal impersonators, and great escapes. 2005Man with farm seeks woman with tractor: the best and worst personal ads of all time
By Laura Schaefer. 2005
Writer for an online matchmaking web site presents personal advertisements spanning three centuries by men and women seeking romantic connections.…
Some postings from U.S. and U.K. publications and the Internet are included "for their humor, their uniqueness, or their poignancy" while others, she admits, "are just plain strange." 2005They shoot canoes, don't they?
By Patrick F McManus. 1981
Tongue-in-cheek tales about a sportsman's life. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, and the opportunities for disaster, in the recreations of…
camping, hunting, and fishing. Includes amusing accounts of his dog Strange and an incorrigible old woodsman, Rancid Crabtree. 1981De trac et de passion
By Denise Guénette. 2011
" Dans ce livre, lhumoriste Denise Guénette raconte son parcours artistique et laccompagne de plusieurs monologues inédits. Sajoutent à son…
récit, de nombreuses photos et les chaleureux hommages de Jean-Claude Germain, Raymond Lévesque, Yvon Deschamps, Clémence Desrochers et Lucille Dumont, quelle a côtoyés et avec qui elle a collaboré au cours de sa carrière. Richard Desjardins, qui signe la préface du livre, souligne avec justesse le dynamisme et lauthenticité de cette artiste..." -- 4e de couvLosing my faculties: a teacher's story
By Brendan Halpin. 2003
A Boston inner city school teacher's anecdotes ranging from his perpetual teaching-job search, student disciplinary problems, bureaucratic wrangling and infighting,…
and other frustrations. Details his involvements in the Famous Athlete Youth and the charter school Better Than You programs. Some strong language. 2003Bryson City tales: stories of a doctor's first year of practice in the Smoky Mountains
By Walter L Larimore. 2002
Chronicles a young doctor's passage from Duke University to rural North Carolina, where he establishes a practice, raises his family,…
and expands his spirituality and human understanding. As an emergency physician, coroner, obstetrician, and wilderness search-and-rescue doctor he is shaped in medicine and reinforces his faith. 2002Sand in my bra and other misadventures: funny women write from the road
By Jessica Maxwell, Jennifer L. Leo. 2003
Twenty-eight tales by female travelers whose expeditions abroad went humorously awry. Among them are writer Michele Peterson, experiencing a bad…
hair day in Hong Kong; Christine Michaud, a Canadian trying to dress like Kuwaiti locals; and comedian Ellen Degeneres, who attempts to conquer her fear of flying. Strong language. 2003Abolissons l'hiver!: livre (très) pratique
By Bernard Arcand. 1998
Bob Hope: my life in jokes
By Bob Hope. 2003
The late comedian, who died in 2003 at one hundred years of age, tells his life through jokes--organized by decade--revealing…
his family, experiences, interests, and personal and political thoughts. Reminisces about his long career in show business on the radio, screen, and television--and in the war theater entertaining American troops. Introduction by daughter Linda. 2003The genie in the bottle: 64 all new commentaries on the fascinating chemistry of everyday life
By Joseph A Schwarcz. 2001
Chemistry professor explores the science of commonplace materials and events in this collection of brief and conversational essays. Organizing his…
observations into five sections, including health, food, history, and "silly stuff," Dr. Schwarcz provides scientific explanations and anecdotes about everything from herbal remedies to the "magic" of the genie bottle. 2001Il n'y a que braille qui m'aille: à vue de mots (L'avenir de la mémoire)
By Sophie Massieu. 2003
De Accompagner à Zoo, 300 définitions qui sont autant de prétextes à raconter des anecdotes qui illustrent avec humour la…
vie d'une aveugle, Sarah, qui n'est pas sans ressembler étrangement à l'auteure de ce petit bouquin. Une façon saine et généreuse de parler d'un handicapLongtime White House correspondent relates anecdotes about the nine presidents she's covered, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush,…
as well as the jokes and verbal sparring she enjoyed with them. 2002Dieu est humour: petit dictionnaire de spiritualité humoristique
By Bernard Peyrous. 2007
"Pourquoi avons-nous écrit ce livre ? Simplement parce que nous avions envie de rire. Et nous aimons rire parce que…
nous sommes des êtres humains et que nous pensons que sur la terre, avec un peu d'efforts parfois, nous pouvons trouver bien des occasions de rire. Mais plus encore : il nous semble que Dieu lui-même est la source de la joie. Et comme Dieu se communique aux hommes, c'est aussi cette joie qu'il veut leur communiquer. Être chrétien, c'est accepter la joie. Or la joie et l'humour font bon ménage. Bergson expliquait très bien que le rire est lié à un contraste, à une distance. Si l'on aime les contrastes, l'inattendu et la différence entre ce qui semble être et ce qui est, il faut fréquenter Dieu. Le comique de situation est constant avec lui. De cela témoignent quantité d'histoires de tout genre. [...]" -- 4e de couvThe art of growing up: simple ways to be yourself at last
By Véronique Vienne. 2000
Essays on realizing the pleasures of getting older. Advises smiling, never apologizing for your age, and throwing away old things.…
"The second part of one's life is second to nothing. Too bad we have to wait so long to get to it." 2000Louis-José Houde: mets-le au 3!
By Louis-José Houde. 2007
"Le premier spectacle Louis-José Houde : le texte intégral 2- Les inédites : des pensées "houdiennes" jamais présentées sur scène…
3- Les chroniques La Presse : l'ensemble des textes proposés par Louis-Jose Houde de juillet 2003 à avril 2006". -- 4e de couvA girl named Zippy: growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana
By Haven Kimmel. 2001
Memoir of growing up in the late 1960s and 1970s in a mid-America hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy"…
(after a fast-moving chimpanzee on TV), the author recounts childhood incidents involving her family, best friend Julie, and school. In the process, she describes her community. Bestseller. 2001The day I turned uncool: confessions of a reluctant grown-up
By Dan Zevin. 2002
Radio commentator and Gen-Xer explores aging from the twenties to the thirties and how to find pleasure in the more…
mature world of golf, lawn maintenance, and wine tasting. Some strong language. 2002The day I fired Alan Ladd and other World War II adventures
By A. E Hotchner. 2002
Playwright lightheartedly reminisces about his World War II military service on the home front. He includes anecdotes about producing warfare…
films, writing a musical, editing a military magazine, and encountering famous personalities. Some strong language. 2002