The Wacky World of Peafowl
Title | The Wacky World of Peafowl PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis M. Fett |
Publisher | Dennis Fett |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1986-08-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780961778903 |
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim
Title | Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim PDF eBook |
Author | David Sedaris |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2010-09-16 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0748125949 |
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian 'His best, funniest, most satisfying book' Time Out In Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. This book finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his powers. 'Sardonic, funny, and wry, but at the same time there is a new strain of introspection that makes for a book with more emotional resonance... A Chekhovian brand of comedy' New York Times 'Like an updated Thurber: domestic, laconic, slightly warped but never bitter, and extremely funny' Sunday Times 'A delight' Sunday Telegraph
The Animal Mating Game
Title | The Animal Mating Game PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Downer |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2016-10-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1512411434 |
Birds do it, bees do it, penguins do it, and orangutans do it. By having sex and giving birth to offspring, animals ensure that their species will survive into the next generation. And in this quest for survival, animals go to great lengths. Some animal mating techniques may strike you as strange or gross, but to the animals themselves, these practices are essential. Animals with the best strategies for choosing mates and making babies ensure that their species live on. Without animal sex, there would be no animal life.
Jamaican Song and Story
Title | Jamaican Song and Story PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Jekyll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Anansi (Legendary character). |
ISBN |
The Charisma Myth
Title | The Charisma Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Olivia Fox Cabane |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-03-26 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1591845947 |
What if charisma could be taught? The charisma myth is the idea that charisma is a fundamental, inborn quality—you either have it (Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, Oprah) or you don’t. But that’s simply not true, as Olivia Fox Cabane reveals. Charismatic behaviors can be learned and perfected by anyone. Drawing on techniques she originally developed for Harvard and MIT, Cabane breaks charisma down into its components. Becoming more charismatic doesn’t mean transforming your fundamental personality. It’s about adopting a series of specific practices that fit in with the personality you already have. The Charisma Myth shows you how to become more influential, more persuasive, and more inspiring.
Look at Me!
Title | Look at Me! PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Arnosky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Adaptation (Biology) |
ISBN | 9781454928096 |
Meet the show-offs! With their eye-catching patterns, feathers, scales, and dancelike movement, many animals seem to be saying: "Look at ME!" Acclaimed naturalist Jim Arnosky reveals the reasons behind their attention-grabbing behavior. His spectacular art, including amazing gatefolds, presents brilliantly colored poison arrow frogs; the breeding plumage of various birds; the impressive antlers of deer and elk; the dramatic color transformation of spawning fish; and so much more.
Barrel Fever
Title | Barrel Fever PDF eBook |
Author | David Sedaris |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2010-08-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0748123083 |
In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and essays is a rollicking tour through the American Zeitgeist: a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tried to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; and in his essays, David Sedaris considers the hazards of rewards of smoking, writing for Giantess magazine, and living with his scrappy brother Paul, aka 'The Rooster'. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes and reads stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behaviour. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life - and anything can happen.