Author: Robert Morley
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399122750
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A humorous look at the bloopers, gaffes, and faux-pas, i.e. bloopers, of famous people. From the pen of a few funny actor, writer, and bon-vivant.
Robert Morley's Book of Bricks
Author: Robert Morley
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399122750
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A humorous look at the bloopers, gaffes, and faux-pas, i.e. bloopers, of famous people. From the pen of a few funny actor, writer, and bon-vivant.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399122750
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A humorous look at the bloopers, gaffes, and faux-pas, i.e. bloopers, of famous people. From the pen of a few funny actor, writer, and bon-vivant.
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
Author: Clifton Fadiman
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316084727
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316084727
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
Author: Andre Bernard
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0446931268
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0446931268
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Robert Morley's Second Book of Bricks
Author: Robert Morley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340284438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340284438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595398758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
"Bride of The Funniest People in Religion and Families" contains such anecdotes as these: When Panamanian salsa singer Rubin Blades married Lisa Lebenzon, an Anglo (a white American not of Spanish descent) non-Spanish speaker, he asked her to learn Spanish so he could speak his native language at home. She finished in only seven months a Spanish course that normally took three years. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, kept a strictly kosher diet. While in Paris, he and a group of rabbis ate only in kosher restaurants. On leaving Paris, Dr. Finkelstein joked, "I can't understand all this fuss people make about French cooking. We have the same things at home." A Sufi teacher spoke about the virtue of patience. As he spoke, a scorpion stung his foot repeatedly. His followers eventually noticed the scorpion and asked the teacher why he had not moved his foot away from it. The teacher replied, "I was discussing the virtue of patience. I could hardly have spoken about patience without also setting an example of patience. I would have been ashamed before God."
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595398758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
"Bride of The Funniest People in Religion and Families" contains such anecdotes as these: When Panamanian salsa singer Rubin Blades married Lisa Lebenzon, an Anglo (a white American not of Spanish descent) non-Spanish speaker, he asked her to learn Spanish so he could speak his native language at home. She finished in only seven months a Spanish course that normally took three years. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, kept a strictly kosher diet. While in Paris, he and a group of rabbis ate only in kosher restaurants. On leaving Paris, Dr. Finkelstein joked, "I can't understand all this fuss people make about French cooking. We have the same things at home." A Sufi teacher spoke about the virtue of patience. As he spoke, a scorpion stung his foot repeatedly. His followers eventually noticed the scorpion and asked the teacher why he had not moved his foot away from it. The teacher replied, "I was discussing the virtue of patience. I could hardly have spoken about patience without also setting an example of patience. I would have been ashamed before God."
The International Who's Who, 1991-92
Author: 55 1991-92
Publisher: Europa Publications (PA)
ISBN: 9780946653706
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
Book Description
Publisher: Europa Publications (PA)
ISBN: 9780946653706
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
Book Description
The Annual Obituary
Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists
Author: Mark Bryant
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100059940X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
British cartoonists and caricaturists are renowned worldwide. Originally published in 2000, this indispensable handbook offers a unique ‘who’s who’ of all the major artists working in Britain in the twentieth century and contains nearly 500 entries. Extensively illustrated, the book provides information on the work of artists such as Steve Bell, Gerald Scarfe, Posy Simmonds, Ronald Searle, Trog, mac and Larry as well as such past masters as David Low, Vicky, H. M. Bateman, Illingworth, Heath Robinson and more. The dictionary concentrates primarily on political cartoonists, caricaturists and joke or ‘gag’ cartoonists, actively working for the main Fleet Street national dailies and weeklies from 1900 to 1995. Each entry is cross-referenced and provides a concise biographical outline with an account of the artist’s style, influences and preferred medium. Where relevant the entry includes suggestions for further reading and notes solo exhibitions, books illustrated and works held in public collections. The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists offers an insight into the lives of satirical artists working during a century that provoked cartoonists and caricaturists to a pitch of comic and artistic invention that has rarely been matched.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100059940X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
British cartoonists and caricaturists are renowned worldwide. Originally published in 2000, this indispensable handbook offers a unique ‘who’s who’ of all the major artists working in Britain in the twentieth century and contains nearly 500 entries. Extensively illustrated, the book provides information on the work of artists such as Steve Bell, Gerald Scarfe, Posy Simmonds, Ronald Searle, Trog, mac and Larry as well as such past masters as David Low, Vicky, H. M. Bateman, Illingworth, Heath Robinson and more. The dictionary concentrates primarily on political cartoonists, caricaturists and joke or ‘gag’ cartoonists, actively working for the main Fleet Street national dailies and weeklies from 1900 to 1995. Each entry is cross-referenced and provides a concise biographical outline with an account of the artist’s style, influences and preferred medium. Where relevant the entry includes suggestions for further reading and notes solo exhibitions, books illustrated and works held in public collections. The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists offers an insight into the lives of satirical artists working during a century that provoked cartoonists and caricaturists to a pitch of comic and artistic invention that has rarely been matched.
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO
Author: 56 1992-93
Publisher: Europa Publications (PA)
ISBN: 9780946653843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1842
Book Description
Publisher: Europa Publications (PA)
ISBN: 9780946653843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1842
Book Description