101 Reasons To Be A Teacher: Teachers Gift | Educator Appreciation | Stocking Stuffer by Erin K Courtney (5 Reviews)    Price verified 29 minutes ago

101 Reasons To Be A Teacher takes a cheerful and warm-hearted dive into the teaching profession, viewing it with a sense of humor and playfulness. This spirited book presents a collection of 101 humorous reasons that are super quick to read and serve to inspire those considering the teaching path, reaffirm the passion of current educators, or offer retired teachers a delightful walk down memory lane, filled with laughter and nods of agreement. This book captures the essence of teaching with wit, warmth, and a little bit of sarcasm. It's not just a book for teachers; it's a tribute to the spirit, resilience, and humor of those who choose to dedicate their lives to educating the next generation. It reminds readers that while teaching is undoubtedly a profession filled with challenges, it's also ripe with moments of joy, laughter, and the kind of peculiarities that make it one of the most rewarding careers imaginable.

Genre: Humor & Satire

I Shouldn't Have Been That Sentimental: A novel by Kevin Barry Collopy (4 Reviews)    Price verified 29 minutes ago

Meet Connor O'Connor, a teenager in love with movies, New York City, and an elusive beauty he sees from afar during one sizzling summer in the Swinging Sixties. It was love at first sight. He saw her on the subway for only a minute or two, but Connor was convinced she was the only girl for him. But how do you find the girl of your dreams in the biggest city in the world when you have nothing to go on? A funny, touching, and compulsively readable entertainment for anyone who has been obsessed with that untouchable person you ache to meet again.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Diego's Brooklyn by Adrian Del Valle (49 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Joe Barnes' home is a 9X12 room on a quiet tree-lined street near Downtown Brooklyn. He borrowed $10,000 from the Irish Mob in "Hell's Kitchen", a lot of money in 1961. The first payment is well over due. He's late by three months and now they want it all back. That's why he's hiding out across the river with no plans of going back to Manhattan. Joe is biding his time while he waits for a good tip on a fast horse at the Trotters. He still has all of the money he borrowed and believes he has hidden it well. Below, in a two room, first floor flat, 14 year old Diego lives with Ana, his handicapped mother. Money is hard to come by. A welfare check barely puts food on the table, so the boy hustles the streets to buy milk, bread, or anything else they need. He befriends Bill Jackson, an elderly black southerner from the Carolinas who lives one block over on Bergen Street with Beulah, his warm hearted, matronly wife. Though not on welfare, they scrape by on the little they get from Social Security, and lately, they have come up short for the electric bill. "And old Geezer the cat needs to eat, too. Momma been feedin' him scraps, but thems cats got to have their meat." Diego shows the older man how to fish for spare change in the subway gratings of the Lexington Avenue line. To earn more money, they deliver groceries in a modified baby carriage, but the venture fails from the start. "So you think this business went on belly up like a shot up gator?" says Bill. "Now, don't go selling your cow to buy a mule." 'Though streetwise and school-smart, nothing prepares Diego for what lie ahead when the Irish mob finally finds Joe Barnes. The once, quiet building is thrown into turmoil as it becomes witness to intimidation and murder. And the cops are of no help, either. One of their own wants that money, and he's willing to kill for it.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Dreams from the Slumber Yard by Christopher Mertic Lewis (Hovering Giraffe Press) (33 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Richard Blake runs The Slumber Yard, a struggling mattress store in small town strip mall. A bitter, misanthropic recluse with no friends or family to speak of, Richard whiles away his boring, monotonous life by tormenting customers and producing a series of low budget TV commercials. Determined to make a change and find meaning in his life, Richard meets a beautiful young woman named Kathy. He quickly falls in love, but after a lifetime alone, Richard doesn't know how to reconcile his own anger and self-loathing with his newfound affection for another person. At times dark and funny, sweet and unsettling, Richard's story is one of love, selfishness, fame, humiliation, and the kind of excitement that can only be found in reasonably priced furniture.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Karmic Blues by Jeff D Buchanan (Cinenovel®) (1 Review)    Price verified 29 minutes ago

KARMIC BLUES Jeff D Buchanan At times humorous and sad, thought-provoking and borderline paranoid, Karmic Blues is a collection of irreverent short stories from author Jeff D Buchanan. The stories herein unveil the many oddities, sufferings, and idiosyncrasies that plague much of mankind. Whether it be a panicked playwright desperately trying to appease an imaginary audience (Killing Stage) -- a professional car thief achieving a perverted sense of morality (Mr. Nick) -- an old man who transforms his front yard into a junkyard of revenge (Raven On A Porch) -- or the calamitous endeavor of an alien Ambassador from the planet Teravulia who comes up woefully short on his expectations of Earth (Celestial Blues), Karmic Blues is certain to raise an eyebrow as it entertains. Killing Stage Mr. Nick The Used To Be Yori and the Inkwell Raven On A Porch Pilgrim's Progress Rudy Dodge Celestial Blues Cinenovel®

Genre: Humor & Satire