Download or read book The Lighter Side of the Battle written by John Wharton Hazard and published by Patmos Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lighter Side of London s Bloody Blitz As Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Boy written by Charles Berkoff and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-time award-winning writer, Charles Berkoff, was a six-year-old cockney growing up in London's East End at the start of World War II. With an emphasis on its lighter side, he now, eighty years later, relives his vivid memories of the London Blitz...surely the most extraordinary period in a young boy's life. In addition to WWII action, he touches on the ways of old London, and the social issues that significantly impacted his boyhood: the British class structure, corporal punishment, and anti-EastEnder sentiment. Even as everyday living evolved into everyday dying, humor, strong English tea, and not being in the wrong place at the wrong time ensured his survival. Winston Churchill helped. This is "London's Bloody Blitz" all over again, and in the telling of it, that young boy is obviously back in the middle of all the action. Spoiler Alert: The Allies beat the Axis Powers. In overtime. "An unusually light-hearted and very personal account of a terrifying time" ... "A very different war memoir" ... "Funny and informative" ... "Great sense of humor" ... "I liked the creative way the author divided each chapter into 'Before, ' 'During, ' and 'After' sections" ... "Fascinating revelations about the great Sir Winston Churchill" ... "Brings back memories for those of us who were there" ... "Love the cockney dialect
Download or read book The Merchant Marine Lighter Side of World War II written by Gerald Reminick and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Light hearted stories of merchant mariners during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice written by A. E. Stallings and published by Paul Dry Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A virtuosic, witty, charming translation of the greatest epic ever written about mice, with wonderful illustrations by Grant Silverstein. Stallings’ elegant rhyming couplets are the perfect choice to honor the mousy Muse."—Emily Wilson, Professor of Classics, University of Pennsylvania From the award-winning poet and translator A. E. Stallings comes a lively new edition of the ancient Greek fable The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice. Originally attributed to Homer, but now thought to have been composed centuries later by an unknown author, The Battle is the tale of a mouse named Crumbsnatcher who is killed by the careless frog King Pufferthroat, sparking a war between the two species. This dark but delightful parable about the foolishness of war is illustrated throughout in striking drawings by Grant Silverstein. The clever introduction is written from the point of view of a mouse who argues that perhaps the unknown author of the fable is not a human after all: “Who better than a mouse, then, to compose our diminutive, though not ridiculous, epic, a mouse born and bred in a library, living off lamp oil, ink, and the occasional nibble of a papyrus, constantly perched on the shoulder of some scholar or scholiast of Homer, perhaps occasionally whispering in his ear? Mouse, we may remember, is only one letter away from Muse.” "[Stallings] couplets . . . have a lively, nimble music that should captivate modern ears . . . Providing an earthy, oboe-like obligato to Ms. Stallings's airs are the illustrations of Grant Silverstein, cross-hatched sketches that multiply like mice on the page . . . The Battle, in which beans are happily worn rather than eaten, still has the power to delight."—Wall Street Journal A. E. Stallings is an American poet who has lived in Athens, Greece since 1999. She studied Classics at the University of Georgia, and later at Oxford University. She has published four collections of poetry, Archaic Smile (which won the 1999 Richard Wilbur Award), Hapax (recipient of the Poets’ Prize), Olives (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Like (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry). Her translation of Lucretius (into rhyming fourteeners), The Nature of Things, was called by Peter Stothard in the TLS “One of the most extraordinary classical translations of recent times.” Grant Silverstein is an American artist who specializes in etchings of a narrative character and in studies of figures, landscapes, and animals. With his wife and two cats, he spends winters holed up in his studio in rural Pennsylvania, where he uses a catch and release system for visiting mice and the occasional frog. Come spring, he ventures forth to display his work at outdoor festivals; he feels fortunate to have made his living this way for forty years. He has illustrated two previous Paul Dry Books titles, Davey McGravy by David Mason and The Verb 'To Bird' by Peter Cashwell.
Download or read book Skylarks written by J. Eric Brown and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous stories, told by RAAF personnel, of unofficial incidents in the Second World War.
Download or read book The Broons and Oor Wullie 1939 1945 written by Dudley D. Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choi Oi The Lighter Side of Vietnam written by Tony Zidek and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This humorous, comic guide to Vietnam War-era Vietnam is a hilarious explanation of the land, customs, and people the American "advisor" has found so fascinating, provoking, agreeable, disturbing, infuriating and lovable. The American, and especially the American serviceman, can be counted on to find the lighter side of life anywhere in the world—even in Vietnam. And that's just what caroonist Tony Zidek has captured in this 120 page laugh-along-with-the-Vietnamese comic guide. Vietnam, as the author explains, is the land of "gazebbies, dummy sticks, cyclos, and no sweat pills." It is also a land where a very serious life-and-death struggle faces its residents every day. For this reason the author hopes that this book was intended i some small way will help the American soldier see past his daily hardships and uncertainties to the "lighter side of Vietnam."
Download or read book The Lighter Side written by Brett Younger and published by Nurturing Faith Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lighter Side is a collection of humorous, yet meaningful observations about life and faith, including "Windshield Wiper Wisdom," "The Young and the Waistless, the Old and the Beautiful," and "The Joy of Sox." "With his trademark self-deprecating humor and insights that are at once pastoral and prophetic, Brett Younger's columns are Grady Nutt Meets Dave Barry Meets Zephaniah." -Julie Pennington-Russell, Senior Pastor First Baptist Church, Decatur, GA. "Throughout my life, I have found that the ability to see a bit of humor in even the most difficult of circumstances has been a 'grace gift' that has stood me in good stead. Anne Lamott calls laughter 'carbonated holiness.' I am delighted to have Brett's 'humorously holy' ramblings gathered into one spirit-lifting volume." -Clarissa Stirckland, Networking Specialist, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship "Brett Younger is one the funniest people I know. And, he's a Baptist preacher. Now that's funny." -Bert Montgomery, Author, Teacher, Minister "Brett Younger reminds me of the late, great Grady Nutt. He's a witty humorist who deploys laughter in service of divine insight. Just when you think you're guffawing at his insanely imaginative observations, you realize you're staring straight into God's own truth." -Marv Knox, Editor, Baptist Standard
Download or read book Give War a Chance written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller from “one of America’s most hilarious and provocative writers . . . a volatile brew of one-liners and vitriol” (Time). Renowned for his cranky conservative humor, P. J. O’Rourke runs hilariously amok in this book, tackling the death of communism; his frustration with sanctimonious liberals; and Saddam Hussein in a series of classic dispatches from his coverage of the 1991 Gulf War. On Kuwait City after the war, he comments, “It looked like all the worst rock bands in the world had stayed there at the same time.” On Saddam Hussein, O’Rourke muses: “He’s got chemical weapons filled with . . . with . . . chemicals. Maybe he’s got The Bomb. And missiles that can reach Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Spokane. Stock up on nonperishable foodstuffs. Grab those Diet Coke cans you were supposed to take to the recycling center and fill them with home heating oil. Bury the Hummel figurines in the yard. We’re all going to die. Details at eleven.” And on the plague of celebrity culture, he notes: “You can’t shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.” Mordant and utterly irreverent, this is a modern classic from one of our great political satirists, described by Christopher Buckley as being “like S. J. Perelman on acid.” “Mocking on the surface but serious beneath . . . When it comes to scouting the world for world-class absurdities, O’Rourke is the right man for the job.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “The funniest writer in America.” —The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book A Memory of Light written by Robert Jordan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books. In A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and concluding novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, the armies of Light gather to fight in Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, to save the Westland nations from the shadow forces of the Dark One. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, is ready to fulfill his destiny. To defeat the enemy that threatens them all, he must convince his reluctant allies that his plan—as foolhardy and dangerous as it appears—is their only chance to stop the Dark One’s ascension and secure a lasting peace. But if Rand’s course of action fails, the world will be engulfed in shadow. Across the land, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene engage in battle with Shadowspawn, Trollocs, Darkfriends, and other creatures of the Blight. Sacrifices are made, lives are lost, but victory is unassured. For when Rand confronts the Dark One in Shayol Ghul, he is bombarded with conflicting visions of the future that reveal there is more at stake for humanity than winning the war. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Voices from the Korean War written by Richard Peters and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In three days the number of so-called 'volunteers' reached over three hundred men. Very quickly they organized us into military units. Just like that I became a North Korean soldier and was on the way to some unknown place." -- from the book South Korean Lee Young Ho was seventeen years old when he was forced to serve in the North Korean People's Army during the first year of the Korean War. After a few months, he deserted the NKPA and returned to Seoul where he joined the South Korean Marine Corps. Ho's experience is only one of the many compelling accounts found in Voices from the Korean War. Unique in gathering war stories from veterans from all sides of the Korean War -- American, South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese -- this volume creates a vivid and multidimensional portrait of the three-year-long conflict told by those who experienced the ground war firsthand. Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li include a significant introduction that provides a concise history of the Korean conflict, as well as a geographical and a political backdrop for the soldiers' personal stories.
Download or read book The Lighter Side of Alzheimer s written by Debbie Newsham and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light hearted look at life while caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's. Sometimes it is just funny. Solving age old questions such as where is my bed (the bed never moved), why did we move into an abandoned factory (we never moved), that we are at war with Iraq not Korea and other burning questions of our time. While most stories are funny there are also heartfelt and even some sad pieces. Like life there is a mixed bag with the focus on creating positive outcomes. The stories in the book can provide a reference for caregivers trying to understand what their loved one is saying, asking or doing. The stories show how to turn potentially combative moments into humorous and loving moments.
Download or read book The Lighter Side of the Dark Ages written by Rose Williams and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unsavoury period often finds itself confined in Western History treatises to a few dates, names, and racial movements as scholars hurry on to pay a short tribute to medieval knights, ladies, and wars before pouncing in triumph on the Renaissance. Here, Rose Williams pays a quirky tribute to the dark ages.
Download or read book All the Trouble in the World written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author takes an “unfailingly funny” look at global problems and offers his own political perspective (The Washington Times). In this volume, the political humorist and former National Lampoon editor-in-chief attacks fashionable worries—all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue—and crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today’s most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism. In the process, he produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. “One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” —Los Angeles Times “O’Rourke’s best work since Parliament of Whores.” —The Houston Post “Bottom line: Buy the book.” —The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book The Lighter Side of the End of the World written by Mark LaFollette and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we treat Bible prophecy as a code to crack, we are likely to end up in the wrong place. When Jesus tells us about his return, Hes talking to us about life. Hes correcting, encouraging, and preparing us for whats coming next. Whenever Jesus and his apostles teach about the future, their goal is to empower us for life today. The Lighter Side of the End of the World is an engaging walk through the full scope of the Bibles teaching on the End Times that will encourage you in your daily life. To learn more go to www.knowthebiblebetter.com.
Download or read book The Lighter Side written by Keith Laumer and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two complete novels in one volume feature hapless heroes caught in an out-of-kilter spacetime clockwork: Chester W. Chester IV, who has inherited his great-grandfather's lifework--a super computer that can bring any situation or time to life; and Roger Tyson, who is being pursued through time by a motorcycle-riding, rutabaga-like alien in a world where eras millions of years apart have been combined into an insane smorgasbord of eons.
Download or read book Sidelights and Lighter Sides of the War Between the States written by Ralph Green and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a collection of personal anecdotes, whimsical tidbits, and tales of the humor, irony, accidental encounters, and minor events with major consequences, Sidelights and Lighter Sides of the War Between the States: A Feast of History Cooked Up in Small Bites offers an entertaining, enlightening, and entirely new look at the soldiers, civilians, and leaders during the War Between the States. Many of the generals in lighter moments offer an insight into their personalities through remarks that are captured here.
