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  • Science and Religion: 250 Anecdotes and Stories

    by David Bruce ...
    This book consists of many anecdotes and stories about science and religion. It is, I hope, interesting with some humor. For example: 1) When aerospace engineer Burt Rutan was growing up, he was obsessed with aircraft. He would take the model airplanes his older brother crashed and use their parts to create his own designs. To test the aircraft, he persuaded his mother to drive the family car at ... Read more

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  • The Most Interesting People in the Arts: 250 Anecdotes and Stories

    by David Bruce ...
    A Sample: Richard Burton bought his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, the famous La Peregrina pearl. She had a pajama party with some friends, including fashion designer Vicky Tiel, and served fried chicken and champagne. At the party, she showed off the pearl. At one point in the evening, however, she looked at the black velvet box the pearl had come in and screamed, "Oh, my god!" The pearl was missing. At ... 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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  • Dante's Inferno: A Retelling in Prose

    by David Bruce ...
    This is a retelling of Dante's INFERNO in novel form. Dante the Pilgrim travels through all the circles of Hell, including Limbo. His guide is Virgil, the author of the Roman epic poem the AENEID. After seeing Lucifer in the lowest part of Hell, Dante climbs to the Mountain of Purgatory. The rest of Dante's adventures are told in PURGATORY and PARADISE.Educate YourselfRead Like A Wolf EatsBe ... Read more

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  • The Funniest People in Art: 250 Anecdotes

    by David Bruce ...
    This is a short, quick, and easy read.Most of these anecdotes are probably just OK, but there should be at least one or two that you will want to tell your friends.Anecdotes are retold in my own words to avoid plagiarism.Most of these anecdotes are meant to be funny, but some are meant to be thought-provoking.• In 2006, South Dakota instituted almost a total ban on abortions. Bill Napoli, a South ... Read more

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  • Poverty: Personal Experiences

    by David Bruce ...
    My mother grew up poor in Georgia. She and her brothers and sisters ate a lot of lard sandwiches. A lard sandwich is a slice of bread, spread with lard, and sprinkled with a little sugar, if your family could afford sugar. Often, my mother's parents couldn't afford sugar, and their lard sandwiches were sprinkled with salt.We would not call this nutritious food, but fat fills the belly, and lard is ... Read more

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  • The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes

    The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes, #2

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 2 - The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes
    Some samples: 1) In 2008 in San Francisco, a group known as the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco wanted to change the name of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant. Because of President George W. Bush's record as overseer of the country's welfare, they wanted the sewage treatment plant's name changed to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. To do that, they submitted to San ... Read more

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  • John Lyly’s Sappho and Phao: A Retelling

    John Lyly Retellings, #4

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 4 - John Lyly Retellings
    This book is an easy-to-read retelling of John Lyly's SAPPHO AND PHAO. A working-class ferryman and a princess fall in love. ... Read more

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  • Christopher Marlowe’s "Doctor Faustus": Retellings of the 1604 A-Text And the 1616 B-Text

    Christopher Marlowe, #1

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 1 - Christopher Marlowe
    Doctor Faustus writes a deed of gift of his soul to Lucifer in return for twenty-four years of having a demon to be his servant and do whatever he says. For twenty-four years, Faustus enjoys himself, playing tricks and enjoying the company of important rulers. But now the twenty-fours are coming to an end. A Good Angel tries to get Faustus to repent, but a Bad Angel tells Faustus that he cannot ... Read more

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  • Philosophy for the Masses: Metaphysics and More

    Philosophy for the Masses, #2

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 2 - Philosophy for the Masses
    This book consists of a number of philosophical arguments about metaphysics, epistemology, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, Eastern philosophy, and the meaning of life that I find interesting and that I think that some other people may find interesting.May you be struck by philosophical lightning. ... Read more

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  • Dante's "Inferno": A Discussion Guide

    Discussion Guides, #1

    by David Bruce ...
    Series Book 1 - Discussion Guides
    The purpose of this book is educational. I have read, studied, and taught Dante's "Divine Comedy," and I wish to pass on what I have learned to other people who are interested in studying Dante's "Divine Comedy." In particular, I think that the readers of this short introduction to Dante's "Divine Comedy" will be bright high school seniors and college first-year students, as well as intelligent ... Read more

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  • History and Politics: 250 Stories

    by David Bruce ...
    A Sample:Fight bad policies with sarcasm. For example, male legislators have introduced bills to restrict women's reproductive freedom, so female legislators have introduced bills to restrict men's reproductive freedom. Oklahoma legislators introduced a bill to make fetuses persons, so Oklahoma Democrat Constance Johnson introduced a bill to make sperm cells persons. In other words, "life begins ... Read more

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