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  Cajun Humor from the Heart

  Tommy Joe Breaux

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  Tommy Joe Breaux invites you to "sit down, relax, an' pass a good time" with the crazy characters of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Cajuns are famous for their storytelling talents and their ability to laugh at themselves, and Tommy Joe is a bona fide Cajun, I garontee!Meet Miss Philosea Thibodaux, the schoolteacher; ole Doc Duplichan; Stinky and PooPoo Arceneaux ("not the sharpest knives in the drawer"); Elmo and Marie Breaux; and the duck-huntin' crowd that hangs out at T'Bub's Barroom. Discover what happens when Fideaux, the best duck-huntin' dog in the area, gets sent to LSU to learn "Franch." Find out what every Cajun mama and papa tell their daughters and sons when they get married. Take a trip on "Cajun Arroway." Told in the Cajun patois and peopled with loveable personalities, Cajun Humor from the Heart will tickle your funny bone and leave you begging for more. The entertaining illustrations add more humor to the stories.ALSO AVAILABLE ON AUDIOCASSETTE

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  The Film of Fear

  Frederick Arnold Kummer

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  (Written under the pseudonym, Arnold Fredericks.) 
   
  Ruth Morton is a world-renowned film actress who seems to have it all: youth, beauty, wealth, and a viable career. But she soon becomes the target of a malicious stalker who begins sending her a series of cryptic threats. Dismissed at first, the stalker soon emerges as a legitimate -- and mysterious -- threat. She soon must call for the services of Richard and Grace Duvall, a husband and wife detective team who soon find themselves ensnared in a mystery where everyone soon becomes a target. (Summary by ChuckW) 
   
  CastNarrator: Bev J. StevensRichard Duvall: Chuck WilliamsonGrace Duvall/Cabman #2: Amanda FridayRuth Morton: Grace GarrettHarriet Morton: Caprisha PageMiss Norman/Dr. Benson: Elizabeth KlettMiss Ford/Film Fan #3: April GonzalesMr. Baker: Robert HoffmanMartin Leary/Hotel Physician/Cabman #1: MoromisNora/Servant/Boss at Telegraph Office: Charlotte DuckettJohn Stapleton/Mr. Edwards: AllenJohnsMr. Curry/Scully/Janitor: ToddJim: Julia NiedermaierMr. Emmett: Ernst PattynamaMan at Telegraph Office: Aidan BrackMary Wickes: Tara DowFilm Fan #1/Clerk #1/Page: Katherine EdmanFilm Fan #2/Tenant: Victoria MartinClerk #2: KristingjAudio edited by Chuck Williamson and Elizabeth Klett

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  Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good An

  Helen Tursten

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  Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father's ancient armchair. It's a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.Over the course of her adventures—or misadventures—this little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud's apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a dead body found in Maud's apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect?

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  Man Repeller - Seeking Love...

  Leandra Medine

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  Engage using #manrepeller. Silk parachute pants. A gold lamé jumpsuit. Ankle boots with fringe. Were these fashion-forward items sending men running in the opposite direction? Maybe, but Leandra Medine never cared.Slipping into drop-crotch shorts and a boxed sequin blazer in the dressing room of Topshop in downtown Manhattan, a brokenhearted Leandra had an epiphany. Looking in the mirror, she suddenly realized she didn't have a boyfriend because of the way she dressed. And the more she thought about it, the more she realized that such outfits said a lot about her life-romantic and otherwise.Now, in her first book, the acclaimed blogger and fashion darling recounts her most significant memories through the lens of her sartorial choices. With her signature sass, blunt honesty, and some personal photos, Leandra shares details of the night she lost her virginity right down to the pair of white tube socks she forgot to take off, as well as when and why she realized her grandma's vintage Hermès ostrich skin clutch could hold much more than just keys and a cell phone. Through it all, she proves you don't need to compromise even your most repellent qualities to find your way into that big white dress (and an organza moto jacket). See? You can have your yeti and wear it, too.Showcasing the singular voice that has won Leandra millions of fans, this book is a collection of awkwardly funny experiences, a sweet love story, and above all, a reminder to celebrate and embrace a world made for women, by women.

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  On the Wealth of Nations

  P.J. O'Rourke

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  The #1 New York Times–bestselling political humorist reads Adam Smith’s classic economic treatise—so you don’t have to.   Recognized almost instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long. The original edition totaled over nine hundred pages in two volumes—including the blockbuster sixty-seven-page “Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries,” which, to those uninterested in the historiography of currency supply, is like reading Modern Maturity in Urdu.   Although daunting, Adam Smith’s tome is still essential to understanding such current hot topics as outsourcing, trade imbalances, and Angelina Jolie. In this witty, approachable, and insightful examination of Smith and his groundbreaking work, P. J. O’Rourke puts his trademark wit to good use, and shows us why Smith is still relevant, why what seems obvious now was once revolutionary, and why the pursuit of self-interest is so important.   “If there is anyone on the planet who can make Adam Smith as entertaining and informative as he was prophetic, it’s P. J. O’Rourke.” —The Weekly Standard   “Hilarious . . . Learning history while better understanding the current economy—and laughing while doing it? Hard to ask for more.” —Rocky Mountain News

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  The Paris Correspondent - A...

  Alan Cowell

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  “A stylish, expertly drawn novel about the characters who made journalism what it was, and whose disappearance is making journalism what it is now” (Kirkus). Ed Clancy and Joe Shelby are journalists with The Paris Star, an English-language paper based in Paris. Relics from a time when print news was in its heyday, when being a reporter meant watching a city crumble around you as you called in one last dispatch, the Internet age has taken them by surprise. The two friends are faced with the death of what they hold most dear—their careers, and, for Shelby, a woman he cannot bring himself to mention.The Paris Correspondent is a tribute to journalism, love, and liquor in a turbulent era. Written in riveting prose that captures the changing world of a foreign correspondent's life, Alan S. Cowell's breakout novel is not to be missed. Written from personal experience and in homage to Reynolds Packard's classic Dateline Paris, there is “also a touch of Kingsley Amis in Shelby's satiric dimensions and of Saul Bellow's Ravelstein in the book's late-in-the-day confessions” (Kirkus).

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