What is a "normal childhood?" Does it include almost being murdered by your sister with an ax? Speeding around town in the back of a station wagon because your mom is chasing an "alien spaceship"? Being busted by the police for intent to light a pond on fire? Tackling your mom to the ground and wrestling a knife out of her hand because she was trying to kill your dad? While my stories may be unique, readers wi ...
Иронические заметки – это сборник стихов – насмешливый взгляд автора на различные жизненные ситуации, в которых каждый из нас может оказаться в современном мире…
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For an actor who's been in so many mega-hits and equally mega misses, it can be tough to track Keanu Reeves's accomplishments. But true fans know that Keanu is so much more than his Bill and Ted persona, both onscreen and off. During his long career-over thirty years, although you wouldn't know it from his immortal looks-he has constantly subverted Hollywood stereotypes and expectations. He's the type to start his own publish ...
Tim Cotton has been a police officer for more than thirty-years. The writer in him has always been drawn to the stories of the people he has met along the way. Dealing with the standard issue ne’er-do-wells as a patrol officer, homicide detective, polygraph examiner, and later as the lieutenant in charge of the criminal investigation division certainly provides an interesting backdrop—but more often he writes about the regula ...
Steuermann Lauken mochte seine Geliebte Alwine heiraten, doch sie wartet immer noch auf ihren seit Jahren verschollenen Ehemann. Ist er denn uberhaupt noch am Leben? Nur noch eine letzte Reise fur den Steuermann und dann soll die Hochzeit sein … Katharina Thalbach liest eine ruhrende Liebesgeschichte uber Treue und Schuld in einer ungekurzten Fassung von Joachim Ringelnatz. ...
A dog’s tail is incredibly versatile. They use them to communicate everything from the furious, full-body wiggling “I’m so happy to see you I could burst!” to the tucked-under-the-bum “N-O-O-O! Is that the vet’s office we’re pulling up to?” They also keep noses warm on cold nights and conveniently sweep food off coffee tables. <i>Tails Don’t Lie 2</i> is Adrian Raeside’s hilarious follow-up to the bestselling <i>Tails D ...
Mike McCardell’s instinct for finding the perfect story at just the right time has led him to a lifetime of great scoops and gripping tales as an author and Vancouver news icon. Years of chasing and reporting human-interest stories have honed his ability to see the deeper meaning behind the everyday, and to capture the universal and familiar in even the strangest and most outlandish events. With this open-hearted approach, McCardell has become a ...
Man kann am taglichen Spagat zwischen perfekt und defekt verzweifeln – oder ihm mit Selbstironie und Gelassenheit begegnen. Anne Vogd hat sich fur letzteres entschieden. Nach dem Motto «Vernunftig, das ist wie tot, nur fruher» bekampft sie die kleinen und gro?en Krisen des Alltags mit einer guten Portion Humor, Gelassenheit und Improvisationstalent. Denn wer immer scheitert, ist auch zuverlassig. ...
История о Чихуне и Горбуне далеко не детская сказка. Это скорее наивные приключения двух лучших друзей, в которых любой может узнать себя. Как просто и легко живется, имея лучшего друга. Друга, недостатки которого не замечаешь и не хочешь замечать. Их история о вечном и в тоже время ни о чем, о пустяках. Может, потому это далеко не детская сказка.
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