Author: Lance Gould
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780091871727
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Andy Lane
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN: 9780789308634
Category : Powers, Austin (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Describes the plots, characters, and settings of the three films featuring time-traveling British agent Austin Powers and his nemesis, Dr. Evil.

Author: Mike Myers
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385689268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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In this instant national bestseller, comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time. But as he says: "no description of me is truly complete without saying I'm a Canadian." He has often winked and nodded to Canada in his outrageously accomplished body of work, but now he turns the spotlight full-beam on his homeland. His hilarious and heartfelt new book is part memoir, part history and pure entertainment. It is Mike Myers' funny and thoughtful analysis of what makes Canada Canada, Canadians Canadians and what being Canadian has always meant to him. His relationship with his home and native land continues to deepen and grow, he says. In fact, American friends have actually accused him of enjoying being Canadian—and he's happy to plead guilty as charged. A true patriot who happens to be an expatriate, Myers is in a unique position to explore Canada from within and without. With this, his first book, Mike brings his love for Canada to the fore at a time when the country is once again looking ahead with hope and national pride. Canada is a wholly subjective account of Mike's Canadian experience. Mike writes, "Some might say, 'Why didn't you include this or that?' I say there are 35 million stories waiting to be told in this country, and my book is only one of them." This beautifully designed book is illustrated in colour (and not color) throughout, and its visual treasures include personal photographs and Canadiana from the author's own collection. Published in the lead-up to the 2017 sesquicentennial, this is Mike Myers' birthday gift to his fellow Canadians. Or as he puts it: "In 1967, Canada turned one hundred. Canadians all across the country made Centennial projects. This book is my Centennial Project. I'm handing it in a little late. . . . Sorry."

Author: Martin Knelman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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A biography of the comic actor who became popular on "Saturday Night Live" and went on to star in such movies as "Wayne's Word" and "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Author: Danny Biederman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811842242
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Captures four decades of our favorite spies and their impressive cache of gadgets.

Author: Austin Powers
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781687359919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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A never before seen look into the daily life of someone living with chronic illness, specifically Crohn's disease, colitis and an ostomy. A road map of the emotional reality that takes place in the mind of yourself or your loved ones who bear these burdens. It's a gripping story about overcoming adversity and fearlessly facing unbelievable odds. Austin hid his illness and his life from everyone. The destruction and triumph that this caused, form the stories that fill this book. His experiences and trials are "Next Level" even for Crohnies and Ostomates, and have lessons for all of us. Austin speaks in a no-nonsense tone that pulls not punches. He is fed up with a medical community that has abandoned patient care and lifestyle management for people suffering from chronic illness. Austin scrambled for answers. The auto-immunity and chronic side of these illnesses made life emotionally devastating. He sought help in the naturopathic and homeopathic arena at the Riorden Clinic in Wichita, Ks. The hollistic care that was experienced and discovered, helped Austin take some control over an otherwise uncontrollable life. Even after these steps were taken, the emotional struggles still needed addressed. The only way out of the reclusive, depressing and anxious life is by sharing your story and realizing you aren't the only one dealing with such deep loneliness. You will find in this book a key to understanding and accepting suffering in your life. Your vantage point will be forever changed once you look through Austin's eyes. He believes this world is very good and worth living. Everyone has a story to tell and we can all learn from stories. Check out The Ostomy Guy's podcast on Google, Apple, Spotify and YouTube for more stories like this one. This is a story that will give you hope. You will not only be inspired after hearing Austin's story, you will want to be better at everything you do. You'll want a copy to keep and a copy to give to friends. A book for every home and a story worth reading again and again.

Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Seal Books
ISBN: 0307373320
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Bond is back with a license to thrill. Forty-three years ago, Ian Fleming wrote his last great 007 adventure. Now, in Devil May Care, the world's most iconic spy returns in a Cold War story spanning the world's exotic locations. By invitation of the Fleming estate to mark the centenary of his birth, acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks picks up where Fleming left off, writing a tour de force that will electrify every James Bond fan. A fitting tribute to the Bond tradition, Devil May Care stands on its own as a triumph of witty prose and plenty of double-0 action. "In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in the morning, then go snorkeling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another thousand words in the late afternoon, then more martinis and glamorous women. In my house in London, I followed this routine exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch, and the snorkeling." —Sebastian Faulks

Author: Kevin Powers
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316556483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of violence and exploitation in American society. Spanning over one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the 1980's, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of the inhabitants of Beauvais Plantation outside of Richmond, Virginia. When war arrives, the master of Beauvais, Anthony Levallios, foresees that dominion in a new America will be measured not in acres of tobacco under cultivation by his slaves, but in industry and capital. A grievously wounded Confederate veteran loses his grip on a world he no longer understands, and his daughter finds herself married to Levallois, an arrangement that feels little better than imprisonment. And two people enslaved at Beauvais plantation, Nurse and Rawls, overcome impossible odds to be together, only to find that the promise of coming freedom may not be something they will live to see. Seamlessly interwoven is the story of George Seldom, a man orphaned by the storm of the Civil War, looking back from the 1950s on the void where his childhood ought to have been. Watching the government destroy his neighborhood to build a stretch of interstate highway through Richmond, he travels south in an attempt to recover his true origins. With the help of a young woman named Lottie, he goes in search of the place he once called home, all the while reckoning with the more than 90 years he lived as witness to so much that changed during the 20th century, and so much that didn't. As we then watch Lottie grapple with life's disappointments and joys in the 1980's, now in her own middle-age, the questions remain: How do we live in a world built on the suffering of others? And can love exist in a place where for 400 years violence has been the strongest form of intimacy? Written with the same emotional intensity, harrowing realism, and poetic precision that made The Yellow Birds one of the most celebrated novels of the past decade, A Shout in the Ruins cements Powers' place in the forefront of American letters and demands that we reckon with the moral weight of our troubling history.

Author: Austin Aslan
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
ISBN: 0385374216
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Praise for Islands at the End of the World: “A riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home.”--School Library Journal, Starred "Aslan’s debut honors Hawaii’s unique cultural strengths--family ties and love of home, amplified by geography and history--while remaining true to a genre that affirms the mysterious grandeur of the universe waiting to be discovered."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred "Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."--School Library Journal, Starred

Author: Don Hertzfeldt
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1984855352
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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From the imagination of legendary animator and two-time Oscar nominee Don Hertzfeldt comes a hilarious fever-dream vision of the apocalypse, now available in wide release for the first time since the rare original edition sold out. Created during sleepless nights while he worked on his animated films, The End of the World was illustrated entirely on Post-It notes over the course of several years, slowly taking shape from all the deleted scenes, bad dreams, and abandoned ideas that were too strange to make it to the big screen, including essential early material that was later developed into the animated classic World of Tomorrow. Hertzfeldt's visually striking work transcends its unusual nature and taps into the deeply human, universal themes of mortality, identity, memory, loss, and parenthood . . . with the occasional monstrous biting eel descending from the sky.