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2024
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Meet Fritz - The incredibly dog like cat.Fritz is comfortable being himself. Enjoying belly rubs and running to the door when company arrives, Fritz seems more dog than cat - especially to his regal sister QT.While Fritz's antics make him different from most other cats, he is loved by everyone.
2011
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An uproariously funny daily inspirational guide for manly men. Ralph and Reggie—two regular, blue-collar buds from Boston—offer one-a-day mcnuggets of affirmation, inspiration, manly wisdom and earth-shaking epiphanies from the end of the bar on the inner issues that truly matter—everything from sex to sports to sex to imported vs. domestic to sex to the meaning of life.
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
2016
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The funniest introduction to philosophy availableA New York Times Bestseller with over 300,000 copies sold worldwide'A hoot!' Times Literary SupplementHere’s an accusation – Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything.When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is.And one for the existentialists – you haven’t lived until you think about death all the time....
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
2016
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A humorous and philosophical trip through life from the Sunday Times bestselling authorNOW UPDATED AND REVISED“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it.” The words of Reinhold Niebuhr provide the title and set the tone for what is a wryly humorous look at some of the great philosophical pronouncements on the most important question we can face.Daniel Klein’s philosophical journey began fifty years ago with just...
Travels with Epicurus
Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age
2013
EN
A profound new vision of how to age happily'I was bowled over by its easy charm and hard-won wisdom.' Daily MailOur society worships at the fountain of youth. Each year, we seek to avert the arrival of old age using everything at our disposal, from extreme exercise and botox to pilates and cosmetic dentistry. But in the process, are we missing out on a distinct and extraordinarily valuable stage of life?Daniel Klein ponders ...
Blue Suede Clues
An Elvis Mystery
- Book 2 -
- The Elvis Mysteries
2022
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The McDougal homicide and the trial that followed never made it into a single newspaper east of the Rockies. Holly McDougal was, after all, just a bit player murdered by a nobody.Elvis Presley has just completed filming Kissin' Cousins, his romance with Ann-Margret has become public knowledge, and Priscilla is on the warpath. Against this backdrop, one "Squirm" Littlejon, an old army friend, contacts Elvis. Littlejon is serving life in a Califor...
2020
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Schmegoogle: n. : a person so insignificant that if you Google his name, nothing comes up.Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for Modern Times is a hilariously useful lexicon of neologisms that capture the flavor of life as we live it today.This clever book introduces more than 200 new terms rooted in real Yiddish, accompanied funny use-it-in-a-sentence examples and entertaining etymology.•...
Travels with Epicurus
Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age
- Narrated by
- Jeff Harding
Unabridged
4 hours 21 min
2015
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Our society worships at the fountain of youth, but are we missing out on an extraordinary stage in life? Daniel Klein ponders whether it is better to be forever young or to grin toothlessly and live an authentic old age. He journeys to the Greek island of Hydra to discover the secrets of ageing happily. Drawing on the lives of Greek locals, as well as philosophers, he uncovers the pleasures that are available only late in life.
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington
Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes
- Narrated by
- Johnny Heller
Unabridged
3 hours 32 min
2008
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Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein aren’t falling for any election-year claptrap—and they don’t want their readers to, either! In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the doublespeak and flimflam of politics in America.Deploying jokes and cartoons as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: “The absence of evidence ...
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between
- Narrated by
- Thomas Cathcart
Unabridged
4 hours 24 min
2009
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From the authors of the bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . ., a new book on the meaning of death (and life, too).
Daddy Are You Listening
Another Whisper From Noelle
2022
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While walking in the park one day, Ashley-Ann is not sure her daddy listens to her. She shares the week's exciting events, and his mind is elsewhere. Ashley-Ann remembers that her friend, Noelle, an angel, recently visited and whispered an important message in her ear. Noelle told Ashley-Ann that her daddy was trying to listen, and she needed to help him. That day in the park, Ashley-Ann learned how to help her daddy be a better listener and what it means to listen to each other. Children ...
2020
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One night while lying in bed, Ashley-Ann receives a very special visit. An angel named Noelle comes to her with a series of loving whispers, each with an important message. As Ashley-Ann shares the angel's whispers with her mommy, readers are given the gift of wisdom that Noelle brings to Ashley-Ann. We learn that knowing how to feel will bring kindness, compassion, courage, and the ability to be true to ourselves. This nurturing, insightful story is sure to be a favorite with readers of a...











