Dr. Carroll James has heard this uncomplimentary comment all too often, and while not taking it personally, he does note the unique and often quirky personalities of the patients he treats.  The Whole Tooth , the second book in the series, continues relating some of the more bizarre episodes during Dr. James’s thirty years of practice—including a lovable yet scatterbrained employee who can’t master the phone’s hold button, a house call to treat a bedridden patient that proves comical in the most inappropriate sense, and even ...

The Humphry Hatt Letters describe a variety of events involving the amazing Hatt family. They include Humphrey’s correspondence with Australian and world leaders, celebrities and sporting personalities. You’ll enjoy Humprey’s personal appeals to Tony Abbott suggesting he organise a parade   to Bill Clinton regarding male circumcision to Harrods in London concerning lingerie purchased for Mrs Hatt to Bryce Courtney seeking advice on writing a novel to Ken Done regarding his dog’s artistic abilities and ...

Martha Howald grew up on a farm, and she loved spending time with her dad. Even when he was loading manure onto a spreader, there she'd be with a little pitchfork, doing her part to clean up the mess from the cows and hogs. During summers, the family would often go to Lake Erie, where they'd fish and spend time on the beach. In fourth grade, she was thrilled when her older brother returned home from the army and started dating her favorite teacher-Miss Hill. The two would end up getting married, and Martha couldn't have been happier. Seeing her ...

Looking for good times in bad places? Well let us be your guide. Tony and Vince have over 60 years, thousands of beers, and countless encounters in hundreds of dive bars and taverns. We'll take you step-by-step to making your night (or afternoon [or morning]) in these fantastic, historical and down-home places we call neighborhood taverns or dive bars. This simple guide provides general and undocumented rules, insider tips on getting in with the regulars, and safety measures to ensure you and your whole party get the most fun out of your adventure. Pretty ...

With tales of Chicken Throwing, Freezer Cricket, Door Slamming and Underwear. These true stories show what life is really like in transport, distribution and all areas of logistics. The business of logistics brings up new challenges everyday in ways that boggles the mind. With staff, managers and senior managers finding ways to corrupt the working process and either find ways of grabbing an extra ten minute tea break or creating new forms for the managers to make up. Hopefully this book will show what happens when control is lost and procedures are ...

Wales History of Religion. Before Christianity and arrival of Christianity. Before Christianity arrived in Wales, archaeological evidence shows the existence of a variety of religious beliefs and rituals. Evidence of the existence of the pre-historic peoples of Wales is to be found all over the country, literally on the ground as well as under it, and much of this relates to the burial of human remains. Many sites have similar characteristics, making a strong case for the existence of a common belief system throughout the area during various periods, particularly ...

Don't read this. It's boring. You want to have fun? Just look at any one of the side-splitting, eye-opening cartoons in this collection by Bruce Eric Kaplan. Yes, he's the one whose drawings have the little initials BEK in the corner. You've probably seen them in The New Yorker. They're in there almost every week, for God's sake. His stomping ground is the usual territory of classic literature -- love, relationships and the search for a meaningful existence. Like the work of James Thurber, his warring husbands and wives, world-weary children and hostile ...

First published in 1938, “The British Character - Studied and Revealed” contains a collection of humorous cartoons by the British cartoonist Pont, with an introduction by E. M. Delafield. The cartoons lampoon and champion in equal measure various typically British characteristics, ranging from our innate love of detective fiction and tea to various forms of social hypocrisy and amusing double standards. A highly entertaining series of thoroughly comical illustrations that will appeal to anyone with an interest in British culture and manners. Contents ...

Đạo Phật như từng giọt nước thấm vào tâm hồn tôi mà có thể tôi không biết, không nhận ra. Dòng suối tình thương, bao dung và tha thứ chảy róc rách qua cuộc đời tôi suốt thời thơ ấu để tôi có được ngày hôm nay. Nếu không có tiếng chuông chùa ...

There's nothing like singing a favourite hymn to the wrong tune to get everyone up in arms - the congregation will blame the vicar, the vicar will blame the organist, the organist will take it out, as usual, on the choir who claim they never, ever, sing any other tune. By this and other such common occurrences, a low grade war of attrition is constantly maintained in local churches everywhere. It keeps everyone on their toes. And there is no better observer of the volatile relations between the clergy, the choir and the organist than Reg Frary who has seen ...