The Best Part of Me

The Best Part of Me

Author:

Publisher: Avenues

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0316703060

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An award-winning photographer captures children's thoughts about their bodies in striking b&w photos and disarmingly honest words.


Lessons in Laughter

Lessons in Laughter

Author: Bernard Bragg

Publisher: Gallaudet University Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781563681394

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"The story of Bernard Bragg and his astonishing lifelong achievements in the performing arts."--


My Teacher's Secret Life

My Teacher's Secret Life

Author: Stephen Krensky

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: 1996-08-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780689802713

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Everyone knows that teachers belong in school. But one day, Mrs. Quirk is spotted in the supermarket. And, as if that isn't bad enough, she is later seen trying on skates at the mall. Does she have a secret life? And just who is that girl that looks just like her -- only smaller? In this delightfully zany picture book, every child's curiosity is made wonderfully plain as Mrs. Quirk and her cohorts are found out at last!


Owls

Owls

Author: Gail Gibbons

Publisher:

Published: 2014-02-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781484414927

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Gail Gibbons explores the mysterious world and workings of owls. She depicts numerous species of owls and discusses their biological similarities as well as their differences. She portrays their ideal habitats, life styles, birth and development and


Lobster Tales, Life Lessons, and Laughter

Lobster Tales, Life Lessons, and Laughter

Author: Dennis M. (Pap) Dupuis

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2014-08-20

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 145821673X

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If you're looking for a book that'll entertain you (no matter how close you are to exceeding the limits of your medication), this is it. It's fun, and funny, and filled with crazy adventures. It's about a guy and his boat having way too much fun off the seacoast of New Hampshire and Maine. The guy's name is Dennis. The boat's name is Aislyn, and she is the place upon which magic becomes possible. The "characters" in these stories are real people who are really characters. Join Dennis and his family & friends as they do their worst to do their best. If you think that mistakes and bad decisions make for great stories, then you're in luck. Lobster Tales, Life Lessons, and Laughter is chunkin' full of them You will...  learn pantloads about lobsters and lobstering.  pick up some skinny on boat navigation, saltwater fishing, and nautical knot tying.  gain a few choice recipes for the next time you decide to eat a few bugs. (lobsters)  build an armory of snappy comebacks, New England style.  enjoy more than a couple of interesting insights into human nature.  acquire the scoop on some prime eateries, retailers, and services providers that the locals love to visit.  have a ball looking at the pictures and using the QRC codes and web-links to visit most of the businesses & attractions mentioned, as well as nautical charts of the waters they played in. And that's only part of the fun. Scope out the Table of Contents and you'll see what we're talking about. Go on, do yourself a favor. Read this book. After all, it comes with the author's personal guarantee: "If you don't laugh out loud at least five times while reading this book, I'll be go to hell."


Laughter in Ancient Rome

Laughter in Ancient Rome

Author: Mary Beard

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2024-03-05

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0520401492

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What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear—a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing—from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book—Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves. From ancient “monkey business” to the role of a chuckle in a culture of tyranny, she explores Roman humor from the hilarious, to the momentous, to the surprising. But she also reflects on even bigger historical questions. What kind of history of laughter can we possibly tell? Can we ever really “get” the Romans’ jokes?