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Books - Humor - 2008
Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane...Doesn't Mean You Are A Bad Parent! If your kids drive you batty, don't worry! It could very well mean you’re an INVOLVED parent—a scar-bearing member of the Parent Corps—and your greatest ally is a good sense of humor as well as the ability to laugh at, and make light of, the challenges of parenting. Barker's hilarious stories will make parents laugh out loud and remind them that there is a lighter side to parenting.
Editorial review: "The appealing thing about Lisa Barker's sense of humor is that the joke is on her. She is the willing foil in this madcap menagerie and that's what makes it work...migraine-flavored shopping trips, toy-cluttered rooms, bad hair, a kidney infection, and loads of laundry." ~ Wendel Potter, Chronicler and Humorist, is a contributing comedy writer for Jay Leno and has also written for Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, and the Yakov Smirnoff Show. Buy it on Amazon!
This unique and often humorous book of essays, written by Hugs and Hope Club founder, Marsha Jordan, will lift your spirit, strengthen your faith, and warm your heart. This wonderful mix of the serious and the zany will encourage anyone who has faced disappointment -- which is EVERYone!
Jordan's thought-provoking essays are illustrated with drawings created by children battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. www.HUGSandHOPE.org
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of the Adding Wisdom Award
Guide to Pirate Parenting, by Tim Bete
Guide to Pirate Parenting showcases' Bete's warped, yet lovable, creativeness that makes this book a must-read for parents trying to escape the overwhelming trials of everyday life. See http://www.pirateparenting.com for more details.
Now, to celebrate the book's double-platinum milestone, there's a new edition: the original book, in a fresh cover, plus 48 new pages, including the Are You a Cat Person? quiz. The cat, Binky, is perspicacious and profound; the artist, Suzy, is utterly delightful; and the combined effect is one of immense and irresistible charm. Every cat fancier will recognize the book's timeless take on grooming, health, relationships, boundaries, and, above all, how to live in the moment. With new entries like "Be good at hellos. Don't drag out goodbyes," "Don't think too far beyond your next meal," "Celebrate the days you can open the windows," and "First one in has to warm up the bed," these teachings may very possibly change your life. Or at least let you know that there's always time for a nap. Buy it on Amazon!
Reinhardt's stories are often compared to that of a female David Sedaris or a married and middle-aged Bridget Jones. Buy it on Amazon!
Books - Humor - 2007
Not Tonight Honey, Wait 'Til I'm a Size Six (Paperback) by Susan Reinhardt - "Not Tonight, Honey Wait Til I'm a Size 6" is the book people are talking about. Syndicated Gannett News Services columnist Susan Reinhardt takes every topic on men's and women's minds and blows them wide open with a never-before-seen candor. The humor is explosive. Topics range from bodies that have gone to pot, to grandmothers taking up smoking at age 80 and hiding lit cigarettes in bras and aprons. Once, the author had to "marry" her best friend when the minister (also the bride's yard man) blew a gasket in his colostomy bag.
Reinhardt's stories are often compared to that of a female David Sedaris or a married and middle-aged Bridget Jones. Buy it on Amazon!
All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat (And Then Some): Double-Platinum Collector's Edition - In the years since we first published All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat , with over 2 million copies in print and the fastest-selling book in Workman’s history, one thing hasn’t changed—people are still starved for wisdom. Few oracles have dispensed as much common-sense truth as Binky, Suzy Becker's cat. "It's O.K. to wear the same thing every day." "Know all the sunny places." "Flaunt your hair loss." "Get mad when you're stepped on." Life lessons such as these and dozens of others propelled the book like a champagne cork to the top of The New York Times bestseller list.
Now, to celebrate the book's double-platinum milestone, there's a new edition: the original book, in a fresh cover, plus 48 new pages, including the Are You a Cat Person? quiz. The cat, Binky, is perspicacious and profound; the artist, Suzy, is utterly delightful; and the combined effect is one of immense and irresistible charm. Every cat fancier will recognize the book's timeless take on grooming, health, relationships, boundaries, and, above all, how to live in the moment. With new entries like "Be good at hellos. Don't drag out goodbyes," "Don't think too far beyond your next meal," "Celebrate the days you can open the windows," and "First one in has to warm up the bed," these teachings may very possibly change your life. Or at least let you know that there's always time for a nap. Buy it on Amazon!
Butt Rot & Bottom Gas - Seventh-grade language arts teacher Eric Groves Sr. has spent years listening to his students giggle after he used words like thespian, coccyx, and masticate. Now he has compiled hundreds of these foul-sounding terms into a delightfully innocent dictionary, complete with illustrated definitions of their true meanings. From air cock (a valve on a boiler) and bushmaster (a large venomous snake) to cummingtonite (a mineral) and beyond, Butt Rot and Bottom Gas is a wonderful reference for word lovers and the snickering seventh grader in all of us. Buy it on Amazon!
Guide to Pirate Parenting, by Tim Bete
Guide to Pirate Parenting showcases' Bete's warped, yet lovable, creativeness that makes this book a must-read for parents trying to escape the overwhelming trials of everyday life. See http://www.pirateparenting.com for more details.
Hugs, Hope and Peanut Butter
This unique and often humorous book of essays, written by Hugs and Hope Club founder, Marsha Jordan, will lift your spirit, strengthen your faith, and warm your heart. This wonderful mix of the serious and the zany will encourage anyone who has faced disappointment -- which is EVERYone!
Jordan's thought-provoking essays are illustrated with drawings created by children battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. www.HUGSandHOPE.org
Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane...Doesn't Mean You Are A Bad Parent! If your kids drive you batty, don't worry! It could very well mean you’re an INVOLVED parent—a scar-bearing member of the Parent Corps—and your greatest ally is a good sense of humor as well as the ability to laugh at, and make light of, the challenges of parenting. Barker's hilarious stories will make parents laugh out loud and remind them that there is a lighter side to parenting. Buy it on Amazon!