Books with author John Oliver

"Public figures as you rarely if ever hear them: strikingly personal, surprisingly open, and profoundly emotional."― Entertainment Weekly"I’m British, so I’m medically dead inside, but even I can’t help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honestly like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he’s talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same."―John OliverFrom the beloved and wildly popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron comes a book of intimate, hilarious and life changing conversations with some of the funniest, and most important people in the world like you’ve never heard them before. Waiting for the Punch features the stories and thoughts of such luminaries as Amy Schumer, Mel Brooks, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Sir Ian McKellen, Lorne Michels, Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, RuPaul, Louis CK, David Sedaris, Bruce Springsteen, and President Obama.This book is not simply a collection of these interviews, but instead something more wondrous: a running narrative of the world’s most recognizable names working through the problems, doubts, joys, triumphs, and failures we all experience. With each chapter covering a different topic: parenting, childhood, relationships, sexuality, success, failures and others, Punch becomes a sort of everyman’s guide to life. Barack Obama candidly discusses the challenges of the presidency, and the bittersweet moments of seeing your children grow up. Amy Schumer recounts the pain of her parents’ divorce. Molly Shannon uproariously remembers the time she and her best friend hopped a plane from Ohio to New York City when they were twelve on a dare. Amy Poehler dishes on why just because you become a parent doesn’t mean you have to like anybody else’s kids but your own. Bruce Springsteen expounds on the dual nature of desperation to both motivate and devastate. Full of stories that are at once laugh-out loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful, Waiting for the Punch is a book to be read from cover to cover, but it is also one to return to again and again.

"I’m British, so I’m medically dead inside, but even I can’t help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honesty like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he’s talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same. "―John Oliver Each week over a million and a half listeners tune into WTF with Marc Maron to hear Marc and a guest do something remarkable: talk.Waiting for the Punch is not simply a collection of these interviews, but instead something more wondrous: a running narrative of the world’s most recognizable names working through the problems, doubts, joys, triumphs and failures we all experience. With each chapter covering a different topic: parenting, childhood, relationships, sexuality, success, failures and others, Punch becomes a sort of everyman’s guide to life. Barack Obama candidly discusses the challenges of the presidency, and the bittersweet moments of seeing your children grow up and away from you. Bruce Springsteen speaks on the dual nature of desperation to both motivate and devastate. Amy Schumer recounts the pain of a parents’ divorce. At once laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful, Waiting for the Punch is a book to be read from cover to cover, but it is also one to return to again and again.

"Public figures as you rarely if ever hear them: strikingly personal, surprisingly open, and profoundly emotional."— Entertainment Weekly"I’m British, so I’m medically dead inside, but even I can’t help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honestly like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he’s talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same."—John OliverFrom the beloved and wildly popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron comes a book of intimate, hilarious and life changing conversations with some of the funniest, and most important people in the world like you’ve never heard them before. Waiting for the Punch features the stories and thoughts of such luminaries as Amy Schumer, Mel Brooks, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Sir Ian McKellen, Lorne Michels, Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, RuPaul, Louis CK, David Sedaris, Bruce Springsteen, and President Obama.This book is not simply a collection of these interviews, but instead something more wondrous: a running narrative of the world’s most recognizable names working through the problems, doubts, joys, triumphs, and failures we all experience. With each chapter covering a different topic: parenting, childhood, relationships, sexuality, success, failures and others, Punch becomes a sort of everyman’s guide to life. Barack Obama candidly discusses the challenges of the presidency, and the bittersweet moments of seeing your children grow up. Amy Schumer recounts the pain of her parents’ divorce. Molly Shannon uproariously remembers the time she and her best friend hopped a plane from Ohio to New York City when they were twelve on a dare. Amy Poehler dishes on why just because you become a parent doesn’t mean you have to like anybody else’s kids but your own. Bruce Springsteen expounds on the dual nature of desperation to both motivate and devastate. Full of stories that are at once laugh-out loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful, Waiting for the Punch is a book to be read from cover to cover, but it is also one to return to again and again.

Raised in war-torn colonial America imprints fifteen-year-old Johnny who cannot avoid his compelling purposeto resist the oppression and tyranny that tortures his beloved homeland and family. Although Johnny embraces Christ as his Savior, he recognizes that he was born to ...stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free... His plan; to join the Continental Army as a courier. But destiny will not allow him to deny duty. The tragic truth comes into jarring focus when Johnny realizes that the only way to save life in wartime is to take life. Johnnys unfolding role in the American Revolutionary War delivers answers to Christian men and women everywhere presented with the challenges of their nation at war. Thanks be to God that he has answers for the most troubling questions and the grace to accept those answers for His glory.

Somewhere, half-buried by the drifting sands of the desert Khem, lies the pyramid tomb of the Lost Pharaoh. Great wealth and magical power await its discoverer. You search the bazaars of the city for a guide, your footsteps dogged by would-be assassins. You battle against the burning sun to reach your destination. There you meet the deadliest obstacle of all – not in the dark passageways filled with fatal traps, nor in the undead mummy guards, but in the curse of the Pharaoh, which no one has ever survived. This is fantasy adventure with a difference: YOU are the hero! A pencil, an eraser and two dice are all you need to embark on your quest. Success and vast riches - or failure and savage death – will depend on the decisions you make in this classic Golden Dragon Gamebook, back in print for the first time in three decades.

If you’ve ever needed an easy way to teach your children or grandchildren proper manners, these wonderfully simple, illustrated eBooks are a great solution. This is what e-readers are great at: educating while making it fun!The Monster Manners books can be the answer to your frustrations when teaching children proper manners. These books will engage your little ones and help you teach them proper manners without finger-wagging. Monster Manners books are filled with colorful illustrations that look great on your e-reader.On one page children will be laughing at the silly Monster’s manners, and on the next page they’ll see the manners you want them to learn. It will be easy for your child see what it looks like to use good manners instead of Monster Manners!You’ll be surprised to hear your children reminding each other (or even YOU!) about proper manners after reading these delightful little eBooks.

Today, most trial lawyers and consultants accept the fact that all legal decision makers decide cases by first making up their own version of the case story. Yet, few have yet to fully adjust their practices to meet the demands of that reality. Facts Still Can't Speak for Themselves offers specific methods for trial professionals to increase their reach into the full range of potential stories decision makers can construct (and will construct) during any single case, and then shows you how to refine those stories into the one most compelling presentation for any legal decision maker to judge, in any legal decision-making venue. What you'll find inside: How the stories decision makers imagine affect verdicts as much as their backgrounds and beliefs or the attorney's presentation in court Which focus group method reveals the real range of stories decision makers can build from your case How to profitably apply focus group results in negotiations and mediation equally well as in trials How to run voir dire like a focus group (and a focus group like voir dire) improving both in the process and how to avoid common misleading mistakes How focus group deliberations are the least valuable part of the process How asking focus group participants which side in a case they ""like"" could be a major mistake Why you should think twice before ever again asking a ""why"" question or using the word ""any"" during voir dire or in focus groups How to establish immediate rapport with decision makers and to manage how they build their perceptions of your client's case story in time to affect their final judgments In this new edition, Eric Oliver dives deeply into cutting-edge research in communication, human judgment, perception, and influence and breaks down the process of turning theoretical abstractions into effective persuasive practices that help legal decision makers hear and see the case story from your client's point of view. Each chapter is now supplemented with some of the most relevant developments in the science of decision making, as well as with the decade of additional experience Eric has acquired working with trial lawyers and their clients since the first edition was published in 2005.

It is comparatively easy, when driving through Brown County , to imagine Indians and wild animals lurking in the wooded hills. It is something else to realize that a large part of Indianapolis was once forested, that Fall Creek had no bridges, that grist mills dotted the suburban areas, that a bear was chased down Thirty-eighth Street, and that children could get lost in going form the east side of the present State Fairgrounds over to a log school on Central Ave.

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Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (November 3, 1867 - August 13, 1906) was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes.This volume was published in 1897 and is Victorian fiction aboutfaith and doubt.Some excerpts from the book:Robert Orange spent his childhood in an ancient fortress builthigh on a great rock on the northern coast of France. Whenhe grew to be a lad, he used to climb up on the ramparts andlook toward the land he had never seen, yet which he knewwell was his own country. The stern, immutable building inwhich he lived had been, in glorious days, the feudal strong-hold of a grand Seigneur. Its gabled roof and lofty chimneys,where pigeons build their nests, towered above the town-walls, and frowned at the rosy rising of the sun. Now it belonged to Robert's god-mother a banker's widow and a good soul who, it was said, had a large fortune and no heir-at-law. She kept geraniums and marigolds ono her balconyin the spring-time, and her little salon, with its white panellingatad water-color sketches, its gilt chairs and volumes of un-read Lamartine, was called by priests and warriors a paradise...............................................................................He looked around. He lay in his own little room overlooking thequay. It was early morning, but the sun did not shine. A galewas blowing hard, and the sea laughed. Robert pressed Henriette's trinket closer to his heart, and gained courage.What were dreams? She was a real woman. He was to seeher in a few hours' time. He dressed, and hurried out on theramparts to look towards Miraflores. No smoke rose abovethe trees; the leaves were pale." Good day, monsieur," said some one. He turned and saw the lace-maker. " She has gone, "said she, with a wise smile ; "she went to Paristhis morning by the five o'clock train. Her lover returned, andhe has gone away with her. And she wore my lace flounce onher under-petticoat I saw her step out of the carriage, andshe tore the lace, too my beautiful lace. But that did not matter to her. She pinned it up and smiled. I felt the pin allover me in my heart and in my eyes. Did I not prophesy thather luck would change?