Planes Pranks And Pepto Bismol

Author : Bob Behrent
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1609113837
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planes, Pranks and Pepto-Bismol written by Bob Behrent and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1960s to present day, this nonfiction book tells of incidents from forty-plus years, as well as more than 2 million miles of air travel. Plus, there are hundreds of thousands more miles to write about that were traveled in the car once at the destinations. Planes, Pranks and Pepto Bismol covers all the pitfalls of daily life on the road, plus how to overcome - or prevent - the problems in the first place. Funny, scary and filled with tongue-in-cheek sarcasm, this book is also an informative guide for anyone who travels frequently. Even the occasional traveler will gain useful insights. The book's underlying theme concerns how to control stress. By preparing and scheduling your business trips properly, you will automatically eliminate many of the stress factors faced by perennial travelers. Planes, Pranks and Pepto Bismol is filled with ways to deal with everything from the airlines, baggage, car rentals, hotels, restaurants, and even annoying passengers. It also covers trade shows, Asian travel and proper business behavior. Planes, Pranks and Pepto Bismol will leave you in stitches. Author Bob Behrent uses his irreverent humor to poke fun at the travel industry. He says, Air travel is a hurry up and wait event. The airlines make you hurry up, then make you wait forever. He lives in Roxbury Township (Flanders), New Jersey. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/PlanesPranksAndPeptoBismol.html Author's website: www.Planes-Pranks-Pepto.co

Author : Joan Kruckewitt
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609802047
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Ben Linder written by Joan Kruckewitt and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, the death of Ben Linder, the first American killed by President Reagan's "freedom fighters" -- the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan Contras -- ignited a firestorm of protest and debate. In this landmark first biography of Linder, investigative journalist Joan Kruckewitt tells his story. In the summer of 1983, a 23-year-old American named Ben Linder arrived in Managua with a unicycle and a newly earned degree in engineering. In 1986, Linder moved from Managua to El Cuá, a village in the Nicaraguan war zone, where he helped form a team to build a hydroplant to bring electricity to the town. He was ambushed and killed by the Contras the following year while surveying a stream for a possible hydroplant. In 1993, Kruckewitt traveled to the Nicaraguan mountains to investigate Linder's death. In July 1995. she finally located and interviewed one of the men who killed Ben Linder, a story that became the basis for a New Yorker feature on Linder's death. Linder's story is a portrait of one idealist who died for his beliefs, as well as a picture of a failed foreign policy, vividly exposing the true dimensions of a war that forever marked the lives of both Nicaraguans and Americans.

Author : Thomas Thompson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150404326X
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood and Money written by Thomas Thompson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: The “gripping” true story of a beautiful Texas socialite, her ambitious husband, and a string of mysterious deaths (Los Angeles Times). Joan Robinson Hill was a world-class equestrian, a glamorous member of Houston high society, and the wife of Dr. John Hill, a handsome and successful plastic surgeon. Her father, Ash Robinson, was a charismatic oil tycoon obsessed with making his daughter’s every dream come true. Rich, attractive, and reckless, Joan was one of the most celebrated women in a town infatuated with money, power, and fame. Then one morning in 1969, she fell mysteriously ill. The sordid events that followed comprise “what may be the most compelling and complex case in crime annals” (Ann Rule, bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me). From the elegant mansions of River Oaks, one of America’s most exclusive neighborhoods, to a seedy underworld of prostitution and murder-for-hire, New York Times–bestselling author Thomas Thompson tracks down every bizarre motive and enigmatic clue to weave a fascinating tale of lust and vengeance. Full of colorful characters, shocking twists, and deadly secrets, Blood and Money is “an absolute spellbinder” and true crime masterpiece (Newsweek).

Author : Leeshmakrishna Manoj
Publisher : Pencil
ISBN 13 : 9356100985
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unfolding Chaos written by Leeshmakrishna Manoj and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the book: Poetry is a diverse channel of subjects. From the era of oppression to the era of freedom, poetry has been winning hearts. Needless to say, poetry is the art of penning down emotions. It is about evoking emotions through one's point of view. It sways its way through peoples' minds and conveys positive messages that lure thousands of minds. Keeping this in mind, this book is a compilation of Leeshma's poems which comprise her emotions penned into words. With this compilation of hers, she wishes to motivate many other poets who stay unheard in the chaotic crowd. Hope you enjoy this!

Author : Garrison Keillor
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretty Good Joke Book written by Garrison Keillor and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.

Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316175293
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pale King written by David Foster Wallace and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "breathtakingly brilliant" novel by the author of Infinite Jest (New York Times) is a deeply compelling and satisfying story, as hilarious and fearless and original as anything Wallace ever wrote. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has. The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions -- questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society -- through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time. "The Pale King is by turns funny, shrewd, suspenseful, piercing, smart, terrifying, and rousing." --Laura Miller, Salon

Author : Vince Kotchian
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781477650554
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gre Vocab Capacity written by Vince Kotchian and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2015 version published on 12/29/14. Need a good way to remember that the word "prodigal" means "wasteful"? Just think ofprada gal - a girl who spends all of her money on designer clothes. Brian McElroy (Harvard, '02) and Vince Kotchian (Boston College, '97), two of San Diego's most sought after test-prep tutors, provide a series of clever, unconventional, and funny memory devices aimed toward helping you to improve your vocabulary and remember words long-term so that you don't ever forget their meanings. Brian and Vince, combined, have been tutoring the test for over 20 years. They have analyzed all available official GRE tests to select the words that appear in this book. The vocabulary words in this book are best suited for students at a 9th-grade level or above. The words in this edition are specifically targeted toward the GRE exam, but they are also helpful for students who are preparing for other standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, GMAT, LSAT or MCAT, or anyone at any age who simply wants to improve his/her knowledge of English vocabulary. Disclaimer: a few of our mnemonics might not be appropriate for kids – some contain adult language or situations. Over 950 of the words in this book appear in our other mnemonics book,SAT Vocab Capacity. So if you're easily offended, the SAT version might be a better choice. Why This Book Is Different If you're studying for the GRE, SAT, or for any other standardized test that measures your vocabulary, you may be feeling a little bit anxious – especially if you've taken a practice test and encountered words you didn't know (or maybe never even saw before)! Whether you have seven days or seven months to prepare for the test, you're going to want to boost your vocabulary. But it's not that simple – you've got to remember the words you learn. And on many GRE text completion and sentence equivalence questions, getting the right answer comes down to knowing the precise definition of the words. You could make vocabulary flashcards. You could look up words you don't know. You could read a book with lots of big words. But unless you give your brain a way to hold on to the words you learn, it will probably have a harder time remembering them when they appear on the test. That's the problem with most vocabulary books: the definitions and sentences in the books aren't especially memorable. That's where this book is different. We've not only clearly defined the words but we've also created sentences designed to help you remember the words through a variety of associations - using mnemonics. Mnemonic Examples A mnemonic is just a memory device. It works by creating a link in your brain to something else, so that recall of one thing helps recall of the other. This can be done in many ways – but the strongest links are through senses, emotions, rhymes, and patterns. Consider this example: Quash (verb): to completely stop from happening. Think: squash. The best way to quash an invasion of ants in your kitchen is simple: squash them. Now your brain has a link from the word quash (which it may not have known) to the word squash (which it probably knows). Both words sound and look the same, so it's easy to create a visual and aural link. If you picture someone squashing ants (and maybe get grossed out), you also have another visual link and an emotional link. Here's another example: Eschew (verb): to avoid. Think: ah-choo! Eschew people who say "ah-choo!" unless you want to catch their colds. The word eschew sounds similar to a sneeze (ah-choo!), so your brain will now link the two sounds. If you picture yourself avoiding someone who is about to sneeze in your face, even better! Again, the more connections you make in your brain to the new word, th

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393355683
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character written by Richard P. Feynman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Author : Diane Perotti Bosco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 9780395967034
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reading Portfolio written by Diane Perotti Bosco and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For beginning to mid-level developmental courses, the authors combine instructional material, short exercises, engaging readings, and readings-related activities to help students master the reading process, reading strategies, and patterns of development. The text' s thematic arrangement of high-interest selections places learning in a meaningful context.