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  • The Big Book of Senior Moments

    Humorous Jokes and Anecdotes as a Reminder That We All Forget

    by Bennett Melville ...
    Old age isn’t for wimps, nor is it for those without a sense of humor. The Big Book of Senior Moments is chock full of those small blunders, momentary lapses, and misplaced keys that happen to all of us. Humor might not help you remember your cat’s name, but it will certainly make you feel less alone!Did you know that Albert Einstein once searched frantically for his misplaced train ticket because ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Diego Maradona: The Last Interview

    and Other Conversations

    Edited by MELVILLE HOUSE ...
    Series series The Last Interview Series
    A series of provocative, moving and illuminating interviews with (arguably) the greatest soccer player ever...Diego Armando Maradona’s death on November 25, 2020, at the age of 60, was a death that had been foretold many times. Even when he was alive accounts of his life had a tragic register, of the kid from the slums whose magical talent on the soccer field was squandered by drug addiction.But ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • 3 Stories About - Ambition

    by Arnold Bennett, Herman Melville, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo ... Read more

    $1.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    3 Stories About - Ambition

    A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

    by Arnold Bennett, Herman Melville, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Darrell Joe, Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 59 min

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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  • The Audacity of Ambition – 4 Classic Satirical Novels

    Enriched edition. Too Clever by Half, A Rogue's Life, The Confidence-Man, Denry the Audacious

    by John Lang, Wilkie Collins, Herman Melville, Arnold Bennett, Grace Montgomery ...
    The Audacity of Ambition – 4 Classic Satirical Novels provides a captivating exploration into the human condition through four ingeniously crafted satirical works. This anthology illuminates the follies and aspirations of its characters, inviting readers to ponder timeless societal and philosophical quandaries through a deft blend of humor and critique. The works within span a range of literary ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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    by J. Michael Orenduff ...
    Series Book 9 - The Pot Thief Mysteries
    A New Mexico pottery dealer cracks a perplexing mystery in this "winning blend of humor and character development" ( Publishers Weekly).Hubert Schuze is an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and he has a fairly lucrative side gig digging up ancient relics and selling them. He also seems to have a talent for finding killers. When Hubie discovers a body outside his ... Read more

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  • Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

    The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great

    by Rick Meyerowitz ...
    Reprints and reminiscences from the magazine's first decade: "Fun to flip through . . . Where would American humor be without the National Lampoon?"— The New YorkerFrom its first issue in April 1970, the National Lampoon blazed like a comet, defining comedy as we know it today. To create Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, former Lampoon illustrator Rick Meyerowitz selected the funniest material from the ... Read more

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  • Collected Fables

    by James Thurber ...
    "These tiny stories, in which a wide variety of animals show us how human we really are, are completely uproarious." — Saturday Review of Literature"These fables are as cogent and necessary today as they were before and after the Great War when Thurber's plainspoken, satiric fables provided a way to speak out in an era of political suspiciousness, false hopes, and mistrust. These fables are, ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments

    Of Which We Could Remember Only 254

    by Tom Friedman ...
    The president who left the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. The novelist who put the orange juice outside and the kitten in the refrigerator. The Russian general who left home in full military dress . . . minus his pants. The famous sex goddess who blew the same line through 52 takes. And the rock star who no longer remembers 1975. Filled with classic lapses, gaffes, and mental ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Abridged Classics

    Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't

    by John Atkinson ...
    A collection of irreverent summations of more than one hundred well-known works of literature, accompanied with funny color illustrations.From Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations—cleverly described in the fewest words possible—of some of the most ... Read more

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  • WTF?!

    An Economic Tour of the Weird

    by Peter T Leeson ...
    "The most interesting book I have read in years. . . . WTF?! is like Freakonomics on steroids." —Steven D. Levitt, New York Times–bestselling coauthor of FreakonomicsDid you know that "pre-owned" wives were sold at auction in nineteenth-century England? That today, in Liberia, accused criminals sometimes drink poison to determine their fate? How about the fact that, for 250 years, Italy criminally ... Read more

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  • Problem Solved!

    The Great Breakthroughs in Mathematics

    by Robert Snedden ...
    From early humans carving notches in bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics and chaos theory - mathematics has certainly come a long way.Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and diagrams, Problem Solved! explores some of history's greatest mathematical breakthroughs. Covering topics from Ancient Egyptian geometry to chaos theory, readers will learn about Euclid of Alexandria ... Read more

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