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The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collection of anecdotes is by and about the British soldier, the “Tommy” or “Mr. Thomas Atkins” as Hardy calls him. “I did not need a war of nations to learn about the courage and humour of the British soldier…. . I have done little more than select and classify the letters of that best of war correspondents—the British soldier. The letters are a credit to his head and his heart, and throw a searchlight on the war. The soldier wrote of the things he...

The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a broad and diverse selection of light and comic verse on miscellaneous topics, including religion, the laboring classes, romance, government, food, the human body, animals, the natural world, and everyday hobbies. Also included are parodies and imitations, ingenuities and oddities, and nonsense verse, all using inventive techniques such as puns, wordplay, alliteration, doggerel, adventurous rhyming, and dialect. - Summary by Tomas Peter

"Die Karneval der Kunst"-Reihe ist ein experimentelles Produktionskonzept, bei welchem der "Interviewer Igor", ein Möchtegern-Moderator und liebenswürdiges Großmaul mit Herz, den zurückhaltenden und publikumsscheuen Universal-Künstler "Friedrich Frieden" in ein spontanes Gespräch zwingt, in dessen Verlauf auf humoristische und feinsinnige Art Themen aus dem aktuellen Zeitgeschehen, Philosophie und Kunst aufgegriffen werden, aufgepeppt mit musikalischen Muntermachern zwischendurch.

I'm Killing Here is not for the meek. Check your ego at the door and put on your laughing pants, because this live recording is one of the funniest you will ever hear. Rich's material and audience interaction are intense.

Small town Southern writer, Rob Goodwin, tells stories of his youth in rural Alabama; welcomes featured guests; and talks relevant and pop culture topics. Join Rob and guests with humor and heart, straight from the Deep South!