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  • The Most Interesting People in Sports (Mostly Baseball): 275 Anecdotes

    by David Bruce ...
    This book is a collection of anecdotes about sports and especially about baseball. A Sample: For a while, black major league baseball players ate in their rooms rather than in the dining rooms of the hotels they stayed in—even when the hotels were located in the northern states. Jackie Robinson decided one day that he and his wife would eat in the dining room of the Netherlands-Plaza Hotel in ... Read more

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  • Cool and Funny People: 250 Anecdotes and Stories

    by David Bruce ...
    This book contain many anecdotes, most of them funny. (I hope.) A Sample: 1) In 1985, Judi Dench appeared in a BBC-TV production of Ghosts. The director decided that the credits would feature a scene with the characters of the play eating a meal. No actual dialogue would be heard on TV during the rolling of the credits, only a murmur under some music. This left the cast free to improvise their own ... Read more

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  • Movies, Radio, and Television: 250 Anecdotes

    by David Bruce ...
    A Sample: Tom Baker was the actor who played the Doctor Who with the absurdly long scarf — the result of a woman who was given lots of wool to knit and who was so excited to be working on Doctor Who's costume that she did not stop knitting until she ran out of wool. The budget for Doctor Who was small, with the result that sometimes scenes had to be filmed again because the scenery shook. Mr. ... Read more

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  • The Funniest People Who Live Life

    The Funniest People Who Live Life, #1

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 1 - The Funniest People Who Live Life
    Some samples: 1) An impoverished cobbler once complained to R. Ezekiel that whenever he worked a little too long, continuing his work into the Sabbath, his neighbors reproached him. On the other hand, the factories of the richest Jew in town continued to be busy all during the Sabbath with chimneys belching smoke into the air, and no one ever reproached the rich Jew. R. Ezekiel explained that the ... Read more

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  • The Funniest People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes

    The Funniest People Who Live Life, #2

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 2 - The Funniest People Who Live Life
    Some samples: 1) Ohio State University football coach Woody Hayes spent a lot of time visiting ill children in Children's Hospital. One day, he got a telephone call from a woman he didn't know, but who had a daughter—an Ohio State football fan—with cancer in Children's Hospital. Coach Hayes told his secretary that he was leaving for the day, he picked up a lot of Ohio States football memorabilia, ... Read more

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  • The Funniest People in Music, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes

    The Funniest People in Music, #3

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 3 - The Funniest People in Music
    Some samples: 1) Rock goddesses have kids, too. Pat Benatar was a major 1980s rock star and continues to play today. Her songs such as "Heartbreaker" are on Guitar Hero, and lots of children—and adults—rock out to them, including her two daughters, Haley and Hana. Of course, kids can ask embarrassing questions, and Haley and Hana sometimes ask their mom this question about the Spandex pants she ... Read more

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  • The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes

    The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, #2

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 2 - The Most Interesting People Who Live Life
    Some samples: 1) When Zen master Hakuin was a young Zen student, he learned that hidden virtue is rewarded. He was traveling with two older monks; all three travelers were carrying baggage. While he walked, Hakuin meditated. One of the older Zen monks pleaded that he was ill and asked Hakuin to carry his baggage for him. Hakuin agreed. The other monk then decided to take advantage of Hakuin by ... Read more

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  • Maximum Cool: 250 Anecdotes

    by David Bruce ...
    This book contains 250 anecdotes, including this one: Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on Gilligan's Island, had the hardest lines to learn because so much of what he said was explaining how he was able to use science to do such things as recharge batteries with nothing more than seawater and various metals. Bob Denver, who played Gilligan, once asked Mr. Johnson how he was able to learn ... Read more

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  • Homer's "Iliad": A Retelling in Prose

    by David Bruce ...
    I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to all teachers to ... Read more

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  • 250 Anecdotes About Religion

    250 Anecdotes About Religion, #1

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 1 - 250 Anecdotes About Religion
    Some samples: 1) Entertainer Eddie Cantor put his knowledge of human nature to use while raising money for charity in what was reputed to be a tough town for fundraising. He did it by appearing to get sicker and sicker just before the fundraiser, even calling to see if someone could host the event for him at the last minute—which of course no one could. Because the people of the town thought Mr. ... Read more

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  • William Shakespeare’s 38 Plays: Retellings in Prose

    William Shakespeare, #46

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 46 - William Shakespeare
    This book contains easy-to-read retellings of William Shakespeare's 38 plays:COMEDIES (12 Plays)All's Well that Ends WellAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsLove's Labor's LostMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingThe Taming of the ShrewTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaHISTORIES (10 Plays)King John... ... Read more

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  • The Funniest People in Families, Volume 6: 250 Anecdotes

    The Funniest People in Families, #6

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 6 - The Funniest People in Families
    Some samples: 1) In 1949, journalist James Morris married Elizabeth Tuckniss. Later, Mr. Morris got a sex change and became Jan Morris. Because of the sex change, the married couple was forced to divorce, but they continued to live together. In 2008, in a civil service ceremony, Jan Morris, now a writer, re-married Elizabeth Tuckniss. Ms. Morris pointed out, "I have lived with the same person for ... Read more

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