The Little Book of Loony Dictators

Author: Karl Shaw
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781456546168
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
The Little Book of Loony DictatorsThe Equatorial Guinean president Macias Nguema once initiated a cabinet reshuffle by clubbing his foreign minister to death.Idi Amin entertained his fellow African presidents by demonstrating how to suffocate someone with a handkerchief.In 1956 Chairman Mao's Sports Minister recognized a new track-and-field event, the hand-grenade throw.Adolf Hitler tried to cure his chronic flatulence by drinking machine-gun oil.In a single day in December 1938 'Uncle Joe' Stalin signed 3,182 death warrants.The Little Book of Loony Dictators charts the grisly, fantastic, unbelievable abuses of power of the world's most deranged dictators, from Chairman Mao banning The Sound of Music as “a blatant example of capitalist pornography” to Papa Doc Duvalier rewriting the Lord's Prayer for blanket use in Haitian Schools (“Our Doc, who art in the National Palace for life...”).From the paranoid to the prejudiced, the megalomaniacs to the money mad, the astounding authentic histories of our craziest modern tyrants are all sewn up in this book.

How to Be a Dictator

Author: Mikal Hem
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162872661X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
A Tongue-in-Cheek Guide to Becoming a Dictator, Based on the Outrageous, Scandalous, and Excessive Behavior of Dictators Past and Present Who hasn’t dreamed of one day ruling your own country? Along with great power comes unlimited influence, control, admiration, and often wealth. How to Be a Dictator will teach you the tricks of the trade—how to rise to the top and stay in power, and how to enjoy the fruits of your excellence. Featuring examples from the most successful leaders and regimes in the business, including Kim Jong Il, Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gaddafi, Nicolae Ceausescu, François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and many others, this handy guide offers ten easy lessons on becoming and acting like a dictator from how to rig an election and create your own personality cult to the dos and don’ts of dictator fashion. Other topics include: how to become wealthy and spend your fortune, sleeping around, expressing your literary genius, and how to avoid being toppled, exiled, and or meeting any other dismal end. Combining black humor with political insights, How to Be a Dictator is peppered with horrifying and hilarious stories from some of the most eccentric modern world leaders.

The Little Book Of Life

Author:
Publisher: alan macmillan orr
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1021

Book Description

The Little Book of Ireland

Author: C.M. Boylan
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750952164
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
The Little Book of Ireland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of fascinating, frivolous and fantastic information which no one will want to be without. Full of details about the country, past and present, this volume covers such themes as wars and rebellions, food and drink, culture, transport, religion, law and of course its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of this ancient country. Despite being a relatively small island on the edge of the vast Atlantic there is always something new, charming, or even bizarre to discover about the Emerald Isle – and you will find much of it here.

MEMOIR-RIES Secret to a Happy Life: Musings from a Lunatic

Author: Adrian Carlisle
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977214282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
This book is equal parts self-help and hilarious reality written by a funny lunatic the last Guru you will ever need folks right in this book. Adrian yup that’s me writing in the third person like well… a crazy person, (calm down its ok for you to laugh at my crazy) he has written an inspiring tale of survival and not becoming just another victim or statistic, this book details serious childhood and adulthood trauma from physical, verbal and sexual abuse to bullying in school and growing up poor with a tyrant of a father in the hot streets of Miami, Florida and into adulthood in Denver, Colorado.

Dictator Style

Author: Peter York
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811853149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Originally published: Great Britain: Atlantic Books, 2005.

Lipstick and Thongs in the Loony Bin

Author: Courtney A. Walsh
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615159532
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Beginning with a botched suicide attempt, Lipstick and Thongs in the Loony Bin takes the reader on a journey that's at once inspiring, haunting, heartfelt, and hilarious. From life at a mental hospital and the colorful cast of fellow 'bin-mates' to the horrors of insomniac night terrors and modern day electroshock therapy, Lipstick and Thongs uses dark humor and Walsh's unstoppable personality to explore the absurdities of the mental illness realm.

Master & Madman

Author: Peter Thomas
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783468750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Anthony Lockwoods story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has never taken centre stage in its history. His naval career described by himself as twenty five years incessant peregrination followed a somewhat erratic course but almost exactly spanned the period of the French wars and the War of 1812. Lockwood was commended for bravery in action against the French; was present at the Spithead Mutiny; shipwrecked and imprisoned in France; appointed master attendant of the naval yard at Bridgetown, Barbados, during the year the slave trade was abolished; and served as an hydrographer before beginning his three-year marine survey of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. Against the odds he managed to finesse a treasury appointment as Surveyor General of New Brunswick and became the right hand man of the Governor, General Smyth.Deeply ingrained in his character, however, was a democratic determination that was out of step with the authoritarian character of the Navy and the aristocratic one of New Brunswick. His expectation of social justice verged on madness, and when he finally succumbed to lunacy it was in the defence of democracy. The turbulence of the times inspired Lockwood to stage a one-man coup detat which ended with him being jailed and shipped back to London to live out his days as a pensioner and mental patient. Truly a dramatic rise and a tragic fall.

The Swan-song of "Who's Looney Now?".

Author: John Armstrong Chaloner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description

The Guide to United States Popular Culture

Author: Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879728212
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1030

Book Description
"To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index