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“david bouchier”

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  • A Few Well Chosen Words

    More Wit and Wisdom from Public Radio

    by David Bouchier ...
    David Bouchier brings humor and insight to the quirks and puzzles of everyday life, from buying vitamin pills to reading poetry on the subways. These entertaining commentaries were first broadcast on public radio stations in Long Island and Connecticut, where Bouchier's quirky and clever humor has made him the most popular public radio personality in the region.Every week for the past twelve years ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Loose Connections

    Still More Irregular Essays from Public Radio

    by David Bouchier ...
    In Loose Connections: Still More Irregular Essays from Public Radio, David Bouchier brings humor and insight to the quirks and perplexities of everyday life. These entertaining commentaries were first broadcast on stations of the WSHU Public Radio Network in Long Island and Connecticut, where Bouchier's ironic wit has made him one of the best-known public radio personalities in the region. He is ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Writer at Work

    Reflections on the Art and Business of Writing

    by David Bouchier ...
    Writer at Work is the book about writing that somebody had to write. It's a report from the front lines by a working writer with a lifetime of experience in everything from literary fiction to radio and newspaper reporting. Writer at Work is full of provocative opinions and unexpected diversions. It combines practical advice, based on the author's long experience as a writing instructor, with ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Song of Suburbia

    Scenes from Suburban Life

    by David Bouchier ...
    Award-winning humorist and radio personality David Bouchier has been called "The H.L. Mencken of the subdivisions." He applies his satirical wit, wisdom, and a touch of philosophy to the everyday dramas of suburban life. In this second collection of essays, originally broadcast on National Public Radio stations WSHU and WSUF in Long Island and Connecticut, he explores and explains such ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Accidental Immigrant

    America Observed

    by David Bouchier ...
    Transatlantic humorist David Bouchier brings wit, wisdom and a touch of philosophy to the everyday dramas of American suburban life. This book brings together more than a hundred essays, originally broadcast on National Public Radio, or published in his Out of Order column in the Sunday New York Times.When work and marriage brought David Bouchier to Long Island in 1986 the endless suburbs seemed ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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  • The Fourth Turning

    What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

    by William Strauss, Neil Howe ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe.“One of the best efforts to give us an integrated vision of where we are going.”—The Wall Street JournalFirst ... Read more

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  • Understanding Media

    The Extensions of Man

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  • Weapons of Mass Instruction

    A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

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  • The News

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  • Against the Great Reset

    Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order

    Edited by Michael Walsh ...
    Much more than a collection of essays by eminent writers, Against the Great Reset is intended to kick off the intellectual resistance to the sweeping restructuring of the western world by globalist elites.In June 2020, prominent business and political leaders gathered for the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, under the rubric of “The Great Reset.” In the words ... Read more

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