Susan Reinhardt takes the naked, honest truth and sets it on fire in a blaze of laughter. Boldly, brazenly, and hilariously, she says what only the brave dare to think. –Laurie Notaro Like an edgier, naughtier, southern-bred Erma Bombeck, award-winning columnist Susan Reinhardt has made diehard fans of fellow writers and newspaper readers across the country with her wickedly skewed reports from the trenches of American family life. In this ...
Тщеславие, как известно, всегда было двигателем прогресса. И остаётся таким по сей день, когда люди гоняются за деньгами, чтобы затем сверкать золотой улыбкой, интригуют в высоких кабинетах, добиваясь очередной для себя награды. А то и просто собирают в коллекцию всякую ерунду, чтобы прослыть знатоком данного предмета. Вот о таких представителях нашей цивилизации и рассказывает юмористическая поэма Фёдора Быханова под названием "Мосты и медали". ...
This hilarious graphic guide to Japan is packed with colorful anecdotes, illustrations and even a few helpful pointers!Well, do you want to know how to be a Japanese delinquent, read palms, or teach English? Want to find out the secrets of great tea-ceremony masters, sushi chefs, or successful politicians? Or how about grasping the easy logic behind those apparently indecipherable Japanese characters?These essential questions that more authorita ...
This humorous, comic guide to Vietnam War-era Vietnam is a hilarious explanation of the land, customs, and people the American «advisor» has found so fascinating, provoking, agreeable, disturbing, infuriating and lovable.The American, and especially the American serviceman, can be counted on to find the lighter side of life anywhere in the world—even in Vietnam. And that's just what caroonist Tony Zidek has captured in this 120 pag ...
**Winner of The Guardian London's Self-published Book of the Month Award** «What sort of idiot takes a job after a five minute phone interview, in a country he knows nothing much about and on the other side of the world, in a school he's never heard of?» Newbie is on the run. From England. From the past. From memories of his dead girlfriend, Laura. Indonesia is as good a place as any to reinvent himself—cheap beer, exotic ...
More than just a Japan travel guide, Manabeshima Island Japan paints a colorful and entertaining picture of a particular place and time in Japan. Japan is made up of thousands of sacred islands, artificial islands, industrial islands, resort islands, wild islands and exploding islands…but artist Florent Chavouet had only ever visited two of them. This graphic novel is the story of one summer when he decides to get to know one more ...
The humorous cross-cultural observations in this graphic novel, drawn from a long-running comic in The Japan Times , will delight visitors to Japan and armchair travelers alike. Roger Dahl's Comic Japan is a collection of the best of the Zero Gravity cartoon strip, a favorite feature of Japan's leading English-language daily newspaper The Japan Times , since 1991. In this anthology, it is made available in book form for the fir ...
Learning opposites is very important in teaching a child to describe things or emotions. It’s also a topic that your child should learn early on in order to develop the skills required for spotting difference in math and science. Improve your child’s ability to see the world and name them, too. Grab a copy today! ...
