Scuse Me While I Whip This Out

Author: Kinky Friedman
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0061844489
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Kinky Friedman is back, and with 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out he gets it on with all manner of egos. In this collection of twisted takes on life, the Kinkster gives us funny, irreverent, and insightful looks at outsized personalities from people he's known, like Bill Clinton, George W., Willie Nelson, and Bob Dylan -- not to mention Joseph Heller and Don Imus -- to people he's known in spirit, such as Moses, Jesus, Jack Ruby, and Hank Williams. With his meditations on subjects ranging from sleeping at the White House, marriage, his pets, fishing in Borneo, country music, and cigars to the tribulations of possessing talent, Kinky doesn't deny us the "flashes of brilliance and laugh-out-loud observations" (Rocky Mountain News) that are present in all his other work. Hilarious, irreverent, and passionately twisted, 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out reads as if it were written by a slightly ill modern-day Mark Twain.

Jews and Humor

Author: Leonard Jay Greenspoon
Publisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1557535973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
"Proceedings of the twenty-second annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization - Harris Center for Judaic Studies, October 25-26, 2009" -- P. [i].

Miss Gazillions

Author: Richard H. Weber
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312331405
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
In the best tradition of the caper, this debut comic thriller follows a couple on the lam as they dodge the law, evade gangsters, multiply their money, and have a wonderful time.

Just One Catch

Author: Tracy Daugherty
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429987847
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 561

Book Description
The New York Times bestselling writer Tracy Daugherty illuminates his most vital subject yet in this first biography of the Catch-22 author Joseph Heller Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, who went on to great fame and fortune. His most memorable novel took its inspiration from a mission he flew over France in WWII (his plane was filled with so much shrapnel it was a wonder it stayed in the air). Heller wrote seven novels, all of which remain in print. Something Happened and Good as Gold, to name two, are still considered the epitome of satire. His life was filled with women and romantic indiscretions, but he was perhaps more famous for his friendships—he counted Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, Carl Reiner, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Mario Puzo, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen, and many others among his confidantes. In 1981 Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a debilitating syndrome that could have cost him his life. Miraculously, he recovered. When he passed away in 1999 from natural causes, he left behind a body of work that continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year. Just One Catch is the first biography of Yossarian's creator.

The Hank Williams Reader

Author: Patrick Huber
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199349886
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
When Hank Williams died on New Year's Day 1953 at the age of twenty-nine, his passing appeared to bring an abrupt end to a saga of rags-to-riches success and anguished self-destruction. As it turned out, however, an equally gripping story was only just beginning, as Williams's meteoric rise to stardom, extraordinary musical achievements, turbulent personal life, and mysterious death all combined to make him an endlessly intriguing historical figure. For more than sixty years, an ever-lengthening parade of journalists, family and friends, musical contemporaries, biographers, historians and scholars, ordinary fans, and novelists have attempted to capture in words the man, the artist, and the legend. The Hank Williams Reader, the first book of its kind devoted to this giant of American music, collects more than sixty of the most compelling, insightful, and historically significant of these writings. Among them are many pieces that have never been reprinted or that are published here for the first time. The selections cover a broad assortment of themes and perspectives, ranging from heartfelt reminiscences by Williams's relatives and shocking tabloid exposés to thoughtful meditations by fellow artists and penetrating essays by prominent scholars and critics. Over time, writers have sought to explain Williams in a variety of ways, and in tracing these shifting interpretations, this anthology chronicles his cultural transfiguration from star-crossed hillbilly singer-songwriter to enduring American icon. The Hank Williams Reader also features a lengthy interpretive introduction and the most extensive bibliography of Williams-related writings ever published.

Outrageous Texans

Author: Mona D. Sizer
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589794028
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Outrageous Texans profiles ten larger-than-life, eccentric, extravagant, and interesting personalities to ever come out of the Lone Star State. Mona Sizer, who is the queen of quirky Texas historical writing, details the remarkable lives of notable figures such as Janis Joplin, Miss Texas Guinan's burlesque show that was too hot for Paris, Kinky Friedman, Racehorse Haynes, Stanley Marsh 3's Cadillac Ranch, and more.

Music City's Defining Decade

Author: Dennis Glaser
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462825079
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
With an eye for the events, an ear for the music, and a background in journalism which had included owning and operating a group of Illinois newspapers, Glaser kept pen in hand to record this unique history of the way it was and some of the people who made it that way in Nashville during the defining decade of the 1970s which ended with the industrys first platinum record: Wanted: The Outlaws.

How to Get ANY MAN to Do ANYTHING You Want!

Author: Dusty White
Publisher: Dusty White
ISBN: 1439204594
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
How to Get ANY MAN to do ANYTHING You Want is quite possibly the most evil (and most important) book ever written! It is the definitive guide to solving all of your problems with men, forever. This humorous and unfair guide to men shows you exactly how to get what you want - when you want it - without a lot of hassle, and makes you laugh all the way to happiness and personal enlightenment. Every woman should own a copy of this book (it fits nicely in your purse, and hides well under the bed). Nothing is left to chance. If you have a man in your life (or want to get a good one) this book shows you how to make him think of you as a goddess as you get him to stop fighting you for control, end arguments quickly and easily, and buy you that diamond tennis bracelet you have had your eye on. This book will make you more popular than you can imagine (well, with guys anyway), and transform a dull, boring relationship into a lively, fun one with lots of romance and affection for both of you.

The K Street Killer

Author: Joseph Flynn
Publisher: Stray Dog Press Inc
ISBN: 0983797528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Somebody in Washington is updating Shakespeare. The first thing he wants to do is kill all the lobbyists. Knocking off three of them in consecutive weeks, he's off to a fast start. On the lapel of each victim, the killer leaves a pin that, arguably, resembles Porky Pig.The Metro police are on the case when Putnam Shady steps forward and identifies the third victim as a friend. Authority averse, Putnam gives the cops only bare bones information -- but he tells Margaret "Sweetie" Sweeney that he thinks he will be the next victim.The reason, he explains, is quite simple. There are two plans afoot to seize control of the federal government. At the center of one plan is the speaker of the House of Representatives. The group behind the other plan consisted of Putnam and his three dead colleagues.Sweetie vows to protect Putnam. She enlists Jim McGill, the president's henchman, to find out who is behind the murders. But then McGill's whole world is turned upside down. His son, Kenny, is diagnosed with leukemia.President Patricia Grant's life is only slightly less tumultuous. Her enemies force her to leave the Republican Party. Erna Godfrey implicates her husband, Reverend Burke Godfrey, in the killing of Patti's first husband, Andrew Hudson Grant. But Reverend Godfrey refuses to go down without a fight.Amidst the turmoil, Welborn Yates and Kira Fahey schedule their marriage -- and inevitably have to deal with wedding crashers.

Forgive Me

Author: Stacy Campbell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1593094582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Aruba Dixon has hit rock bottom - after two years of marriage, her second husband has died of Lou Gehrig's disease, and she finds herself depressed and wanting to end it all. A botched suicide attempt leads to her parents and her ex-husband beginning to interfere in her life, neither of whom truly understand what she's going through. In this action packed sequel to Dream Girl Awakened (Strebor Books, 2013, available from Turnaround) Campbell deftly and compassionately handles difficult topics, from coping with mental health issues to dealing with divorce and death.