Humor & Entertainment
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-22 | Author:Laura Bennett [Bennett, Laura]

“EXECUTE YOUR ENEMIES. LEAVE NO SURVIVORS,” A MENACING voice intoned over the cacophony of warfare coming out of the TV connected to the Xbox. “What was that?” I exclaimed, turning ...
( Category: Satire May 16,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Gary Stromberg [Stromberg, Gary]

CHAPTER ELEVEN ‘I got a good idea,’ the photographer said. ‘Sit him down on the ground and photograph him with his feet close to the camera, so they’ll look a ...
( Category: Substance Abuse May 16,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-07-10 | Author:Orson Scott Card [Card, Orson Scott]

Doubt, Descartes, and Evil Geniuses Lost doesn’t offer specific answers, even metaphorically, that we can then apply to the real world; what it points to, instead, is a link be- ...
( Category: Shows May 16,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-23 | Author:Charles Cumming [Cumming, Charles]

It was customary for officers filing CX to offer little interpretation of their own product. That was left to the wonks and analysts in London who would direct the intelligence ...
( Category: Espionage May 16,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-25 | Author:Aviva Drescher [Drescher, Aviva]

How Much Does Your Leg Cost? My current legs—one for flats and one for heels—cost $30,000 each. Believe it or not, that’s midrange. Prosthetic limbs can cost anywhere from $10,000 ...
( Category: Rich & Famous May 16,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-23 | Author:Jonas Jonasson [Jonasson, Jonas]

As she watched the girls disappear, she spent a few seconds calculating the statistical probability that three illegal Chinese refugees who couldn’t tell Basel from Berlin would make it through ...
( Category: Humorous May 16,2014 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Al Franken [Franken, Al]

CHAPTER SUMMARY Parenting is the hardest job you will ever love. The key to successful parenting is consistency, which I forgot to include in the chapter proper, but am glad ...
( Category: Self-Help & Psychology May 16,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-17 | Author:Joel Whitburn [Whitburn, Joel]

* * * NELSON Rock duo from Los Angeles, California: Gunnar Nelson (vocals, bass) and Matthew Nelson (vocals, guitar). The identical twin sons (born on 9/20/1967) of Ricky Nelson. 1. ...
( Category: Reference May 16,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-04 | Author:Thomas Hardy [Hardy, Thomas]

( Category: European May 15,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-08-02 | Author:Fish, Mick [Fish, Mick]

why kill time (when you can kill yourself) “falling apart” 1985 rolled into 1986 and it felt like I was still nursing the hangover from our night down the Reeperbahn. ...
( Category: Humor & Entertainment May 14,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-11 | Author:Kevin Brownlow [Brownlow, Kevin]

Said future President Herbert Hoover in 1928: “We in America today are nearer the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.… The slogan of ...
( Category: Performing Arts May 14,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-28 | Author:Spencer Kansa [Kansa, Spencer]

Aya at the Eronbu ranch: “Cameron had her visions out there.” (Courtesy of Aya’s personal collection). When it came to Crystal, Cameron made good on her previously reported intention to ...
( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers May 14,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-02-26 | Author:Ballard, J. G. [Ballard, J. G.]

21 A NEW POLITICS ‘BROOKLANDS? THE WHOLE PLACE is off its rocker. I just don’t get it.’ David Cruise screwed up his paper tissue and threw it at the camera ...
( Category: Murder May 14,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-12 | Author:Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

And so it was that David Lee Roth and King Solomon both engaged in a fruitful bit of game theory—which, narrowly defined, is the art of beating your opponent by ...
( Category: Creativity & Genius May 14,2014 )