Humor & Entertainment
epub |eng | 2010-12-22 | Author:Alanna Nash [Nash, Alanna]

At the end of August 1962, Elvis began work on It Happened at the World’s Fair, his twelfth film, and his first in a four-picture deal with MGM. Norman Taurog ...
( Category: Rock March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-07-20 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

22 The wind blew over the roof and ruffled the shingles. It whistled sharp under the closed door. The chimney made fearful sounds of protest as it was invaded by ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1986-03-25 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

When our grinning faces appeared at Julian’s door, he tried waving his arms to distract us, but only succeeded in agitating the tell-tale odors of sage, oregano and fried pork. ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 26,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-04-28 | Author:Louis L'Amour

Often I am asked if any writer ever helped or advised me. None did. However, I was not asking for help either, and I do not believe one should. If ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-14 | Author:Frank McCourt [McCourt, Frank]

My father applied for a plot out the road in Rosbrien and the government lent him a spade and a fork for the work. He took my brother Malachy and ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2004-01-02 | Author:Palahniuk, Chuck [Palahniuk, Chuck]

The Lady A friend of mine lives in a «haunted» house. It's a nice white farmhouse in the country, surrounded with gardens, and every few weeks he'll call in the ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-14 | Author:Donald Sturrock [Sturrock, Donald]

Charles’s reply, although couched in his customary bizarre ethical generalities, was also perceptive and to the point. He blamed the problem on what he called “presumptive incompatibility.” Your last line, ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2008-11-24 | Author:Robbins, Tom [Robbins, Tom]

The problem with Christianity is it’s the single most reactionary force in human history. I don’t even know what is in second place, it’s so far in front. And I ...
( Category: Essays March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-05-26 | Author:Jack Kerouac

Allen Ginsberg [San Francisco, California] to Jack Kerouac [n.p., New York, New York?] November 26, 1954 Fri Nov. 26 Dear Jack: Last nite walked drunk [Al] Sublette over Chinatown at ...
( Category: Beat Generation March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2012-09-03 | Author:Rothbart, Davy [Rothbart, Davy]

NIBBLE, LICK, SUCK, AND FEAST In May of 2004, a New York publisher put out a book I’d put together called Found, based on the annual magazine I produce, which ...
( Category: Humor March 26,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:James Frey [Frey, James]

Spring becomes Summer. I talk to Lilly. Sometimes I read to her, sometimes I just sit with her. I go to St. Louis. Milwaukee. North side, South side. Northside. Southside. ...
( Category: Substance Abuse March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sidney Sheldon [SHELDON, SIDNEY]

In February of 1948, the Academy Award nominations were announced. I was one of five nominees, for writing the original screenplay of The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. I started to ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-13 | Author:Fever Pitch [Pitch, Fever]

MY BROTHER ARSENAL v TOTTENHAM 30.8.80 There must be many fathers around the country who have experienced the cruellest, most crushing rejection of all: their children have ended up supporting ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub | | 2010-06-03 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [S., Thompson, Hunter]

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas “Part of what?" “The dope ring,” I said. “You must know what's going on in this hotel. Why do you think we're here?” She ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-01-11 | Author:Bryson, Bill [Bryson, Bill]

I WAS NOT A POPULAR PUPIL with the teachers. Only Mrs. De Voto liked me, and she liked all the children, largely because she didn’t know who any of them ...
( Category: State & Local March 26,2014 )