A sense of humor is essential for effective teaching! As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons that all teachers can relate to. Whether used as materials for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity—and poignancy—to your workday. Taking aim at students, parents, administrators, and teachers alike, these cartoons are intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths and quirky aspects of education that are all around us. They are ideal for: • Staff training days • Conference presentations • Classroom lectures • Community meetings • Internal communications …and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!

"Written and illustrated by the 'Erma Bombeck' of the endurance set, this compilation of short stories and cartoons by Angie McGhee is the culmination of more than a dozen years as a humorous columnist for Trail blazer magazine, Endurance news and other publications... Angie's stories highlight not only her own experiences in the world of endurance but also includes musings on her first pony, horseflies and bad housekeeping, as well as dozens of humorous cartoons depicting situations most riders can identify with and laugh at."-- http://www.longridersgear.com/LongRidersFallCatalog.pdf

(Amadeus). Richard Wagner: The Lighter Side appeals to classical music and opera enthusiasts in general, but particularly the many thousands of members of the 135 Wagner Societies around the world. There are many books about every aspect of Wagner's life and works, but none has focused on the trivia, the interesting facts, anecdotes, and quotations about the man and his operas. For more than twenty years, Terry Quinn has collected information on each of Wagner's 13 completed operas and the difficulties encountered in staging them; famous Wagnerian directors, conductors, and singers; key persons in the composer's life, especially the women, not to mention the dysfunctional Wagner family; Wagner's visits to London; the festival and theater he created in Bavaria; and a great deal more. Also included are interviews with current Wagnerian scholars. Richard Wagner: The Lighter Side contains more than 300 tidbits and features, ranging from a few paragraphs to several pages. The light side of the book is immediately apparent via its lively headings, as well as its fascinating tales of the fanatical enthusiasts who travel the world to see Wagner's operas performed. Illustrations include photographs, dozens of contemporary caricatures, beautiful postage stamps on Wagnerian subjects, and other reproductions of ephemera.

Anyone from baby boomers to millennials who appreciates sarcasm will laugh out loud at the stories and often relatable life experiences of Eigel, as they are representative of American life. This is the first book in the ToiletureTM Series. Toileture is a term Eigel has coined that defines the stories as: Literature in short form that can be read during one "sitting". These anecdotes and stories are not moderated by political correctness. So, enjoy and take no offense, for certainly none is intended. As Mark Twain famously opined, "Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile." [faint] Praise for THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE "This book was not reviewed nor read by JEFF FOXWORTHY. He probably would not have liked it." --Anonymous "Eigel dishonors the legacy of Star Trek and tarnishes the iconic uniform of a Starship Captain." --What WILLIAM SHATNER likely would say, had he seen the Author photo "I love these stories, they are so well crafted. I don't like the drinking parts though; why do you have to tell those parts?" --SUZANNE, Eigel's Mother "I haven't read these yet... I lived them, why do I have to read them?" --MAUREEN, Eigel's Wife Eigel grew up loving the likes of Lewis Grizzard and Paul Harvey and having a passion for the written word. Starting in 1996, he began writing an annual Christmas letter to be the antithesis of the typical letters. Self-deprecating humor and sarcasm were the impetus of his stories: real, embellished, or made up out of whole cloth. Those and many more are now compiled in this first book of Toileture. In addition to this book, he has written a biographical novella about his Father-in-law's experiences up to and through WWII, including the remarkable reuniting of four separated brothers following the Battle of the Bulge titled: 18 Hours in Liège--a Soldier's Story.

The Lighter Side of Dark is a collection of Goth and Fantasy poetry that spans the life experiences of Windsong Levitch. Windsong is a Native American who began writing when she left the reservation in her early teens. She holds a Doctorate in Zoological Science, Masters in Shakespearian Literature, and Elizabethan English. She is a gifted story teller with a unique view of life.

From the sloppy guy who farts during yoga class to Zoom yoga participants sneaking wine and cheese off camera to the "how many challenges can you do in one month" challenge to those people who just can't help keeping one eye open during meditation sessions, The Lighter Side of Yoga pokes fun at the entire yoga and mindfulness industry through Mike Nevitt's biting, satiric comics. The cartoons utilize humor, irony, and exaggeration to ridicule the falseness and egoistic motivations that can exist in the mind/body/spirit groups and yoga communities. The true-to-life situations are based on Nevitt's experiences and observations as a full-time yoga and meditation teacher for over twenty-five years. Yoga and mindfulness practitioners will laugh and smile knowingly as they recognize the all-too-familiar scenarios which Nevitt skewers throughout the book.

Global perceptions about Liberia tend to cover up its lighter side-or, at least, the very positive feelings so many people have had about living and working in the country. This book is about the professional and personal experiences of a U.S. government economist living in Liberia from 2012 to 2014. Embracing the concept of the "chasm" of culture, politics, and history between citizens of Western countries and the poorest of the poor, its central thesis holds that all of us ultimately do live in the same world. The collected stories engage the lifestyle of an expat aid worker while raging against the culture of charity, steeped in pity, that often feeds the machine of development work that makes that lifestyle a cliché. Pity is demoralizing and dehumanizing. Don't pity other people, ever.