Books published by publisher Galahad%20Books

Bob Phillips, the king of good clean jokes, packs this big collection with hundreds and hundreds of ridiculous riddles, outrageous one-liners, daffy definitions, wacky wisecracks, nutty knock-knock jokes, and lots more. Page after page of lively and loony fun is guaranteed to make you smile, giggle, and grin. This is a great book to read out loud at birthday parties or chuckle over a recess time. You could even memorize a few jokes and try your own stand-up comedy routine. Watch out, though. Your friends - and even a few grown-ups you know - might want to borrow this book. Because everyone who likes to laugh will enjoy this rib-tickling treasury of wacky, good clean jokes. Packed with fresh, wholesome fun, The World's Most Crazy, Wacky, and Goofy Good Clean Jokes for Kids is just what the funny-bone doctor ordered!

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA A PERSONAL SELECTION Here is a book to savor and to return to again and again as a record of America's master photographer at work in capturing characteristic portraits of the continent's rich but elusive avifauna. Eliot Porter's work, as artist and writer, reveals the commitment of a man who recognizes the primary of wild lands and animals in our daily lives. His artistry transports us directly into the natural world and offers a special vision enabling us to see beyond familiar details to nature's intricate patterns and textures. In this elegant new work, the capstone of his art and the result of painstaking field work and photographic innovation, Eliot Porter penetrates the images of nature to identify the beauty and behavior of birds in flight or in repose. As always, his concern is for the perfectly composed portrait, never the quick impression. When Eliot Porter first photographed birds, the face of North America was largely nature's. In the intervening half century the land has become increasingly urbanized, and today many of our favorite birds are endangered. Mr. Porter's deep concern for birds and our remaining wild lands persuaded him to change careers - from medicine to photography. His warm and personal narrative records the adventurous life of America's contemporary Audubon and the special challenges and joys of hunting with a camera. Magnificently designed, this exquisitely - printed volume contains eighty pages of photographs including sixty-four pages in full-color.

New Light is shed on thirty-three of the greatest enigmas of all time, strange disappearances, problems of identity, curious happenings, and other mysteries that have intrigued the world for centuries. Many of these mysteries have never been solved. Did Joan of Arc survive after the burning at Rouen? What really happened to Amelia Earhart? What was the fate of Count Konigsmark? Is there a mystery about the parentage of Prince Albert? What caused Commander Crabb's disappearance under the waters of Portsmouth Naval Base while Russian warships were anchored there? Are the British people the lost tribe of Israel? Ghosts and treasure troves also find their place in this fascinatiing collection of tales. Presented and assessed are the facts and theories about the Monster of Glamis, the desecration of the Barabbas tomb, the haunting of the Borley Rectory, and the devil's footprints in Devonshire. The stories of the Lost Dutchman mine in Arizona and the treasure cache in the South Seas raise the question of how much hidden wealth lies awaiting discover.