Author: Bruce M. Nash
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836217452
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
From the authors selling more than 160,000 copies of their titles, including the bestselling Amazing But True series, comes a book of bowling's most humorous moments, remarkable records, and zaniest characters. Compiled from the files of the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, this entertaining guide is for the 50 million Americans who bowl each year.
Gutter Humor
Author: Bruce M. Nash
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836217452
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
From the authors selling more than 160,000 copies of their titles, including the bestselling Amazing But True series, comes a book of bowling's most humorous moments, remarkable records, and zaniest characters. Compiled from the files of the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, this entertaining guide is for the 50 million Americans who bowl each year.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836217452
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
From the authors selling more than 160,000 copies of their titles, including the bestselling Amazing But True series, comes a book of bowling's most humorous moments, remarkable records, and zaniest characters. Compiled from the files of the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum, this entertaining guide is for the 50 million Americans who bowl each year.
Recontextualizing Humor
Author: Villy Tsakona
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501511521
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Humor may surface in numerous and diverse contexts, which at the same time determine how humor works, its form, and its functions and consequences for interlocutors. Adopting a sociolinguistic and discourse analytic perspective, this study is aligned with approaches to humor exploring the variety of humorous genres, the wide range of sociopragmatic functions of humor, and the more or less dissimilar perceptions speakers may have concerning what humor is, what it means, and how it works. The chapters of this book propose a new theoretical approach to the analysis of humor by bringing context into focus. Furthermore, the study explores how we can teach about humor within a critical literacy framework creating classroom space for everyday humorous texts that are part of students’ social realities, and simultaneously taking into account that humor may yield multiple, disparaging, and often conflicting interpretations. This book is intended to appeal to humor researchers from various disciplines (such as linguistics, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, folklore) as well as to professionals or researchers in education.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501511521
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Humor may surface in numerous and diverse contexts, which at the same time determine how humor works, its form, and its functions and consequences for interlocutors. Adopting a sociolinguistic and discourse analytic perspective, this study is aligned with approaches to humor exploring the variety of humorous genres, the wide range of sociopragmatic functions of humor, and the more or less dissimilar perceptions speakers may have concerning what humor is, what it means, and how it works. The chapters of this book propose a new theoretical approach to the analysis of humor by bringing context into focus. Furthermore, the study explores how we can teach about humor within a critical literacy framework creating classroom space for everyday humorous texts that are part of students’ social realities, and simultaneously taking into account that humor may yield multiple, disparaging, and often conflicting interpretations. This book is intended to appeal to humor researchers from various disciplines (such as linguistics, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, folklore) as well as to professionals or researchers in education.
Eccentrics of Comedy
Author: Anthony Slide
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810835344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Eccentrics of Comedy examines the lives and careers of twelve entertainers whose comedic styles were distinctly eccentric: Milton Berle, Ed Brendel, Bobby Clark, Phyllis Diller, the Duncan Sisters, Edward Everett Horton, Alice Howell, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, and Ernest Thesiger. For the majority of these performers, Eccentrics of Comedy provides the first serious, detailed discussion of their work. The figures are from all areas of popular entertainment. Milton Berle is "Mr. Television." The Duncan Sisters and Bobby Clark were headliners in vaudeville and musical comedy. Alice Howell was a silent screen comedienne. Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle was a familiar figure on radio in the 1930s. Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, and Ernest Thesiger are primarily known for their work on screen. The comedic styles vary widely, but Slide highlights similarities between the entertainers. Slide writes with enthusiasm and affection for his subjects. Both Milton Berle and Phyllis Diller offered him first-hand accounts of their careers, and in many cases he quotes from other film celebrities who worked with the comedians. Slide offers a thorough understanding of the media in which his subjects worked and brings their acts to life.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810835344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Eccentrics of Comedy examines the lives and careers of twelve entertainers whose comedic styles were distinctly eccentric: Milton Berle, Ed Brendel, Bobby Clark, Phyllis Diller, the Duncan Sisters, Edward Everett Horton, Alice Howell, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, and Ernest Thesiger. For the majority of these performers, Eccentrics of Comedy provides the first serious, detailed discussion of their work. The figures are from all areas of popular entertainment. Milton Berle is "Mr. Television." The Duncan Sisters and Bobby Clark were headliners in vaudeville and musical comedy. Alice Howell was a silent screen comedienne. Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle was a familiar figure on radio in the 1930s. Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, and Ernest Thesiger are primarily known for their work on screen. The comedic styles vary widely, but Slide highlights similarities between the entertainers. Slide writes with enthusiasm and affection for his subjects. Both Milton Berle and Phyllis Diller offered him first-hand accounts of their careers, and in many cases he quotes from other film celebrities who worked with the comedians. Slide offers a thorough understanding of the media in which his subjects worked and brings their acts to life.
Think on These Things
Author: Ray Comfort
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
ISBN: 1424555159
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
ISBN: 1424555159
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A Peace at a Time
Author: E.G. Stanhope
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664269606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Meet a woman who has been on a fifty-five year detour around the life she envisioned as a child. The detour resulted from fear, lack of confidence, lack of knowledge of God’s plan for her life and many default choices. his is a woman who believed she must build personal power to protect herself, and appear strong and capable. At age fifty-nine she experienced a profoundly personal moment of surrender to Christ that shifted her into a new (not perfect) person. She found unfailing love, trust, and forgiveness in the act of surrendering her life to Christ. Now she lives in a state of joy and peace, circumstances no longer control her life. With faith in the promises, principles and truth of the absolute, inerrant, relevant word of God she follows God’s priorities for her life. The following testimony reveals her “Near God” experiences and her solid “Now God,” experiences which give her an unshakable, secure freedom in a loving relationship with God.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664269606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Meet a woman who has been on a fifty-five year detour around the life she envisioned as a child. The detour resulted from fear, lack of confidence, lack of knowledge of God’s plan for her life and many default choices. his is a woman who believed she must build personal power to protect herself, and appear strong and capable. At age fifty-nine she experienced a profoundly personal moment of surrender to Christ that shifted her into a new (not perfect) person. She found unfailing love, trust, and forgiveness in the act of surrendering her life to Christ. Now she lives in a state of joy and peace, circumstances no longer control her life. With faith in the promises, principles and truth of the absolute, inerrant, relevant word of God she follows God’s priorities for her life. The following testimony reveals her “Near God” experiences and her solid “Now God,” experiences which give her an unshakable, secure freedom in a loving relationship with God.
Author: Dave Evan Woods
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452025827
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The year is 1972, the age of hippies screaming for peace sweeps the land! Long-haired boys and young girls wearing mini skirts, and having painted flowers on their faces were trying to 'find themselves' by way of drugs or the 'new morality'! The news reported on protests at campuses across the country, where peace was fought for over violent clashes with police even as the Vietnam War raged. But a shy, seventeen year old boy in the Deep South is fascinated by a different movement spreading throughout the land. They called themselves 'Jesus People' and were speaking of a personal relationship with the Lord; as though one could converse with Him as with a close friend. He hungered and searched for a deeper walk, something that went beyond the borders of mere religiosity. His search for God eventually led him to a group that met weekly in the nearby town of Biloxi and was simply called, the 'Farm'. So enthralled with the apparent sincerity of these folks, he left the traditional church he had been raised in and encouraged his family to do the same. Thinking that he'd finally found the answer to the loneliness and disappointments of his life, he was drawn toward the teachings of these 'Believers'. But slowly that idyllic dream began to turn into a horrifying nightmare. The heavy burdensome teachings formed chains of bondage around his spirit, which seemed impossible to escape! However, the Lord is true to His Word and reveals Himself to all who seek after Him! The help from heaven came to this boy through unexpected sources, people whom he had been taught to think of as 'unenlightened'. But Jesus often uses the simple to confound the wise, creating a humble heart within us, and enabling us to see the truth.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452025827
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The year is 1972, the age of hippies screaming for peace sweeps the land! Long-haired boys and young girls wearing mini skirts, and having painted flowers on their faces were trying to 'find themselves' by way of drugs or the 'new morality'! The news reported on protests at campuses across the country, where peace was fought for over violent clashes with police even as the Vietnam War raged. But a shy, seventeen year old boy in the Deep South is fascinated by a different movement spreading throughout the land. They called themselves 'Jesus People' and were speaking of a personal relationship with the Lord; as though one could converse with Him as with a close friend. He hungered and searched for a deeper walk, something that went beyond the borders of mere religiosity. His search for God eventually led him to a group that met weekly in the nearby town of Biloxi and was simply called, the 'Farm'. So enthralled with the apparent sincerity of these folks, he left the traditional church he had been raised in and encouraged his family to do the same. Thinking that he'd finally found the answer to the loneliness and disappointments of his life, he was drawn toward the teachings of these 'Believers'. But slowly that idyllic dream began to turn into a horrifying nightmare. The heavy burdensome teachings formed chains of bondage around his spirit, which seemed impossible to escape! However, the Lord is true to His Word and reveals Himself to all who seek after Him! The help from heaven came to this boy through unexpected sources, people whom he had been taught to think of as 'unenlightened'. But Jesus often uses the simple to confound the wise, creating a humble heart within us, and enabling us to see the truth.
eFiction June 2012
Author:
Publisher: eFiction Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Publisher: eFiction Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Lessons from Shakespeare’s Classroom
Author: Robin Lithgow
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000830136
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century. This study asks us what lessons we can learn today from Shakespeare’s Latin grammar school. What were the cognitive benefits of an education so deeply rooted in what Demosthenes and Quintilian called "actio"—acting? Because of the vast difference between educational practice then and now, we have not often followed one essential thread: the focus on performance. This study examines the connections relevant to the education offered in schools today. This book will be of great interest to teachers, scholars, and administrators in performing arts and education.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000830136
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century. This study asks us what lessons we can learn today from Shakespeare’s Latin grammar school. What were the cognitive benefits of an education so deeply rooted in what Demosthenes and Quintilian called "actio"—acting? Because of the vast difference between educational practice then and now, we have not often followed one essential thread: the focus on performance. This study examines the connections relevant to the education offered in schools today. This book will be of great interest to teachers, scholars, and administrators in performing arts and education.
The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains
Author: Jon Morris
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594749337
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Meet more than one hundred of the oddest supervillains in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights the most ridiculous, bizarre, and cringe-worthy criminals ever published, from fandom favorites like MODOK and Egg Fu to forgotten weirdos like Brickbat (choice of weapon: poison bricks) and Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. Casual comics readers and diehard enthusiasts alike will relish the hilarious commentary and vintage art from obscure old comics.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594749337
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Meet more than one hundred of the oddest supervillains in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights the most ridiculous, bizarre, and cringe-worthy criminals ever published, from fandom favorites like MODOK and Egg Fu to forgotten weirdos like Brickbat (choice of weapon: poison bricks) and Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. Casual comics readers and diehard enthusiasts alike will relish the hilarious commentary and vintage art from obscure old comics.
I Let You Go
Author: Clare Mackintosh
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451490525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
On a rainy afternoon, a mother's life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451490525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
On a rainy afternoon, a mother's life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street.