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The Enormouse Pearl Heist: The Enormouse Pearl Heist (Geronimo Stilton #51)
by Geronimo StiltonPetunia Pretty Paws, Bugsy Wugsy, Benjamin and I were exploring underwater at Pirate Island one day, when we made an amazing discovery. It was an huge clam that had an enormouse pearl inside! I was so excited about this extremely rare, precious pearl that I wrote a special feature about it in the Rodent's Gazette. But that attracted good attention--and bad! The enormouse pearl was in danger. Would my friends and I be able to protect it?<P><p> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these. </i>
Enough About You
by Mimi E. GotistThe Complete Narcissist's Guide Mimi E. Gotist delivers a gift for our times: practical, simple guidance to help you cope with the self-loving people in your life-while nurturing your own inner narcissist. At once utterly self-absorbed, and charmingly aware of it, Gotist offers advice on: Dating: You're not looking for the person you want to marry -- you're looking for the person you want to change Career: Don't work -- work it Spirituality: Me Here Now Personal Growth: You can't help anyone who won't help you
Enough Already
by Mary HargreavesSharply witty and highly relatable - KATE SMITH When a junior on her team pitches an exciting new idea to her boss, Briony is so preoccupied by her fear of public speaking that she misses the concept entirely, and ends up in a spiralling web of lies and excuses as she tries to manage a project she knows nothing about. When everything comes to a head with a colossal panic attack, she is signed off work for a month on mental health leave.To make matters worse, Briony's boyfriend Ben is being distant, and her best friend Sami seems to have replaced her with a new work friend. And then there is her dad, who needs a lift home from jail - again. Briony feels like she will never be enough for any of them. Briony decides that she needs to make a change, to become a better employee, a better girlfriend, a better friend and a better daughter, and signs up to a local social anxiety support group in order to deal with her issues. It is there that she meets Jordan and Sarah, two new friends who might just show Briony that she is 'enough' already.
Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell
by Gabe HenryA brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, at one time or another, struggled with its spelling.So why do we continue to use it? If our system of writing words is so tragically inconsistent, why haven’t we standardized it, phoneticized it, brought it into line? How many brave linguists have ever had the courage to state, in a declaration of phonetic revolt: “Enough is enuf”? The answer: many. In the comic annals of linguistic history, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill of spelling reform, risking their reputations to bring English into the realm of the rational. This book is about them: Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Eliza Burnz, C. S. Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Darwin, and the innumerable others on both sides of the Atlantic who, for a time in their life, became fanatically occupied with writing thru instead of through, tho for though, laf for laugh, beleev for believe, and dawter for daughter (and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too). Henry takes his humorous and informative chronicle right up to today as the language seems to naturally be simplifying to fit the needs of our changing world thanks to technology—from texting to Twitter and emojis, the Simplified Spelling Movement may finally be having its day.
Enough Rope: A Book of Light Verse (Vintage Classics)
by Dorothy ParkerNow available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist&’s debut collection—a runaway bestseller in 1926—ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about relations between men and women.Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was also one of the Jazz Age&’s most beloved poets. Her verbal dexterity and cynical humor were on full display in the many poems she published in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Life and collected in her first book in 1926. The poems in Enough Rope range from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about the relations between men and women. Unfortunate CoincidenceBy the time you swear you&’re his, Shivering and sighing,And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying—Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.
Enredos de amor en Miami
by Vanessa CohenElla es divertida, imperfecta y genial. La historia de Vanessa te hará suspirar…¡y reír a carcajadas! Vanessa lo tiene todo: una familia increíble, grandes amigos y las comodidades propias de una niña consentida. Sin embargo, a sus apenas 26 años se siente agobiada, aburrida y más encerrada que un animal salvaje en la vitrina de un zoológico, por lo que decide dejar México e irse a vivir a Miami en busca de aventuras. Quiere independizarse y alejarse de todo lo que conoce para demostrarse quién es a sí misma. ¡Suena genial! Claro, hubiese sido una excelente idea si: a) No se le hubiera ocurrido acostarse con un desconocido una noche en que quiso probar la vida loca.b) Dios no le hubiera jugado una broma pesada al convertir a ese tipo en su nuevo jefe unas semanas más tarde.c) Él ¡y su novia! no fueran unos inestables con muchas ganas de fastidiarle la vida… Ahora Vanessa tendrá que lidiar con las consecuencias de sus actos en lugar de salir corriendo, de manera que pueda probarse a ella y al mundo que no sigue siendo la misma chica mimada con diferente geografía. “Romántico, divertido, cínico y franco. ¡Entre risas y lágrimas no podía parar de leer, y cuando acabé me quedé con ganas de más historia! Una montaña rusa de emociones que te atrapa y te hace cómplice de cada uno de los personajes.” —Giuseppe Codamo “Me divertí, me entretuve, me puso de buen humor. El personaje de Vanessa es transparente, genuino y simpático, transmite emociones y genera empatía. La novela permite acompañar al personaje durante todo el trayecto.” —Fortuna Dichi “Un vuelo de Miami a Ciudad de México me bastó para leerlo casi completo. ¡No podía parar de leer ni de reírme a carcajadas en ese avión! La narrativa es espectacular y logró que me conectara con la historia en muchos niveles. Me deja con ganas de seguir leyendo.” —Alejandro Sandí “Me considero una fanática de la lectura de comedia romántica, y Enredos de amor en Miami es sin duda de mis favoritas. En todo momento me mantuvo enganchada y queriendo saber más sobre la vida de Vanessa. Logré sentirme identificada con el personaje, reír y llorar con ella durante toda la historia.” —Danielle Sneider “Pocas veces en la literatura latinoamericana me he topado con un personaje tan entrañable como el de Vanessa. La autenticidad con la que la autora narra sus aventuras logró sacarme carcajadas y unos buenos suspiros. ¡No pude parar una vez que comencé a leer!” — Jimena Rodríguez “Una lectura que emociona, conmueve y logra llegar al corazón, siempre manteniendo el humor fresco y ligero. Una novela para reír mucho, llorar un poco y recordar ese sentimiento de un nuevo y enredoso amor. Es como tomar un respiro.” —Gabriela Newman
Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
by Mark LarsonThis definitive history brings Chicago’s celebrated theater and comedy scenes to life with stories from some of its biggest stars spanning sixty-five years.Chicago is a bona fide theater town, bursting with vitality that thrills local fans and produces generation after generation of world-renowned actors, directors, playwrights, and designers. Now Mark Larson shares the rich theatrical history of Chicago through first-person accounts from the people who made it.Drawing from more than three hundred interviews, Larson weaves a narrative that expresses the spirit of Chicago’s ensemble ethos: the voices of celebrities such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Asner, George Wendt, Michael Shannon, and Tracy Letts comingle with stories from designers, composers, and others who have played a crucial role in making Chicago theater so powerful, influential, and unique.Among many other topics, this book explores the early days of the fabled Compass Players and the legendary Second City in the ‘50s and ‘60s; the rise of acclaimed ensembles like Steppenwolf in the ‘70s; the explosion of storefront and neighborhood companies in the ‘80s; and the enduring global influence of the city as the center of improv training and performance.
Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories (Dover Humor)
by P. G. WodehouseBorn in England in 1881, Sir P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse delighted generations of readers with his whimsical tales of the deliciously dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, his brainy, imperturbable manservant. Many are unaware, however, that Bertie had a prototype -- Reggie Pepper -- who stumbled into the same worrying situations involving old school chums with romantic troubles, irate female relatives, threatening suitors, and other troublemakers.This is the only collection to contain the first eight Jeeves short stories as well as the complete Reggie Pepper series. Included are such delightful tales as "Extricating Young Gussie," "The Aunt and the Sluggard," Leave It to Jeeves," "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg," "Absent Treatment, "Rallying Round Clarence," "Concealed Art," and more.Awash in an eternal glow of old-boy camaraderie, these stories offer hours of delightfully diverting entertainment sure to recaptivate Wodehouse fans of old as well as tickling the fancy of new readers, who will soon find themselves caught up in the splendidly superficial antics of Messrs. Wooster, Jeeves, Pepper, et al.
Enter Laughing: A Bio-Novel
by Carl ReinerIn this semi-autobiographical, laugh-out-loud novel, Carl Reiner details a young man's frustrations as he works as a machinist's helper and tries to break into show business. Along the bumpy path, the aspiring young actor tries to extricate himself from his overly protective parents— and his two girlfriends— and eventually lands an acting gig with a small theater troupe. Human, funny, and relatable, Enter Laughing is a warm tale of a young man with love in his heart and greasepaint on his face that guarantees to have everyone exit laughing.
Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica
by Joshua PloegOh, aging rockers. We've all seen them struggle to get along and cope with life. Maybe they just need to sit around a backyard picnic table, share a vegan feast, and talk about their feelings. After all, to live is to stir fry. Automne Zingg, genius mastermind behind Comfort Eating with Nick Cave and Defensive Eating with Morrissey is back with hilarious illustrations of the band's revolving cast eating their feelings and expressing their enthusiasm for food, but in a tough and intense way. "Yeahms!" sings James, riffing on a giant yam. Zingg's work is coupled with the inventive and flavorful recipes of chef and queercore punk musician, Joshua Ploeg. Written in lyrical form, the recipes parody 40 of the most quintessential tunes. Crank up the volume while concocting plant-based recipes like Master of Nuggets, Pie of the Beholder, an All Nightmare Footlong, or maybe just a little stock. So let it be eaten. (Just don't try to illegally download this book.)
Enter Sir Robert (The Barsetshire Novels)
by Angela ThirkellThe missing lord of the manor looms large in this quirky novel by an author who offers “a fresh, original, witty interpretation of England’s social history” (The New York Times).Lady Graham is anticipating the long-awaited appearance of Sir Robert, finally retiring from his glorious military career and globetrotting adventures a decade after the end of World War II. In the meantime, life at Holdings goes on and Lady Graham’s youngest, eighteen-year-old Edith, has her pick of suitors. It is unclear, however, if she will make up her mind about them any time soon—and if she will exit Holdings before her father enters . . . “Where Trollope would have been content to arouse a chuckle, [Thirkell] is constantly provoking us to hilarious laughter. . . . To read her is to get the feeling of knowing Barsetshire folk as well as if one had been born and bred in the county.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Entertainment Weekly Seinfeld Companion: An Unofficial Guide to TV's Funniest Show
by Entertainment Weekly Inc.The hottest personality in network television is celebrated in this illustrated guide to Seinfeld, featuring the expressions, situations, and idiosyncracies beloved by fans of this top-ten-rated sitcom. Fretts has written extensively about Seinfeld for Entertainment Weekly. 100 photos.
The Enthusiast: A Novel
by Charlie HaasHenry Bay has his own America going. If there's an offbeat interest or extreme sport that's poised to sweep the nation, chances are there's a magazine for its enthusiasts, and chances are also good that Henry has worked there. He's a modern nomad, associate-editing his way from state to state, exploring the small worlds that make up modern America from Spelunk to Ice Climbing, to Cozy, The Magazine of Tea.But those are other people's interests—Henry's still looking for his own enthusiasm. He ends up finding more than he ever imagined in this energetic, hilarious debut novel from a surprising and promising new voice.
Entrances and Exits
by Paul RuditisIt's time for the Fall One-Act Festival, and Hope gets the honored privilege of debuting her very first original play! With Bryan directing and Jason and Sam as the leads, it seems as if nothing could go wrong with this dream team of talent. But where's the fun in that? Enter Sam and Jason's onstage chemistry that's so hot, it's working overtime offstage! Course, Sam's real-life beau, Eric isn't so cool with that. And what about Bryan? With his sexual orientation public knowledge, he's gaining some admiring attention from the most unexpected people. Can you blame them? With all these raging hormones, it'll be a wonder if the play goes off at all. And the after party? Please - that'll be a show all in itself...
Entre bombones y rosas
by S. F. TaleSan Valentín se acerca y trae una... ¿sorpresa? Una novela con mucho romanticismo en la que el corazón, una vez más, se rinde al amor. ¿Qué mejor que una fiesta para celebrar el amor con el pretexto del día de los enamorados? Con todos los preparativos hechos, con todo listo para la noche más romántica, con el amor flotando en el ambiente nada puede salir. Pero una sombra, siempre dispuesta a empañar la felicidad, rondará a los protagonistas, los asustará, los enfadará y se deberán enfrentar a las peores versiones de sí mismos. Una aventura llena de risas, amistad y malentendidos donde nada es lo que parece.
Entre bromas de amor (Ebrias de amor #Volumen)
by Ana Álvarez Isabel Jenner Sandra Bree Ava Cleyton Ana E. Guevara¿Pensábais que ya os habíais despedido de las chicas del JB? ¡Ellas no han terminado con nosotros! Uníos a esta divertida aventura, donde todo puede pasar. ¡Brindemos una vez más con ellas! Las chicas del JB se han reunido para pasar un fin de semana junto a sus parejas en el idílico paisaje nevado de la sierra de Gredos. El encuentro fuera del Lolita’s no solo es una escapada que promete momentos románticos y divertidos, sino que coincide con una fecha muy especial que están más que dispuestas a celebrar... aunque sus chicos no tengan ni idea de lo que les espera. Y es que cuando Vero, Romi, Tere, Chus, Anisi y Lena se juntan, puede pasar cualquier cosa...
Entre damas anda el juego
by Ester González Escobar¿Lograrán las tres amigas desenmascarar a Christine, sin perder aquello que más aman por el camino? Diana, detective privada, debe investigar a Christine, una supuesta cazafortunas que quiere casarse con Ángel por su dinero, mientras lidia con sus problemas de pareja. Ayudarán a Diana en su cruzada para desenmascarar a Christine sus amigas: Álex, una madre y esposa trabajadora con una vida aparentemente perfecta que, sin embargo, no es del todo feliz, y Noa, una eficiente y malhablada abogada de empresas, que no es tan eficiente escogiendo a los hombres con los que sale. Pero será Christine quien las descubra a ellas y comenzará una guerra para hacerles la vida imposible, poniendo en peligro lo que más quieren y convirtiéndose en un verdadero grano en... bueno, ya sabéis dónde.
Entre las sábanas
by Marie Jenn¿Qué pasaría si descubres que tu rollo de una noche... es tu nuevo jefe? Llega la nueva y esperada novela de Marie Jenn: un amor prohibido, lleno de giros y sorpresas, made in Wattpad. Madison ya no cree en el amor.Su exnovio, al que le ha dedicado los últimos años de su vida, la ha dejado. Así que, cuando decide salir a emborracharse con su hermana y acaba en la cama con el hombre más sexy que ha conocido nunca, lo considera un premio del destino. Pero a la mañana siguiente descubre con horror que su atractivo ligue es su nuevo jefe, Baxter Cole, dueño de la editorial más grande del país. Y su mala suerte solo acaba de comenzar.Aceptar la propuesta indecente de su jefe parece fácil: sexo del bueno, sin ataduras y sin sentimientos. Sin embargo, cuanto más tiempo pasa junto a Baxter, más le cuesta separar su mente y su corazón. Y es que, en el amor y en los negocios, todo vale...
Entrenando al ministro
by Esperanza Riscart¿Y si tuvieras que ejercer de entrenadora personal del mismísimo Ministro de Justicia? - Este hombre es demasiado serio para ti. ¿No te das cuenta? Es ministro. Mi-nis-tro. Bienvenidos a mi vida. Soy Victoria Martínez, entrenadora personal hasta que encuentre el trabajo adecuado para el que me preparo desde hace diez años. Mientras esto ocurre, entreno a varias personas, entre ellas al ministro de justicia, Javier López de Camargo, ¡un político honrado! (un milagro real), además de un trabajador incansable y entregado a sus ambiciones al que he conocido gracias a su hermana Bárbara, a la que también entreno. Mis experiencias respecto al amor no han sido del todo buenas; he preferido dejar las relaciones de pareja a un lado y centrarme en mi carrera... pero el señor ministro se ha cruzado en mi camino dispuesto a alterar mis emociones. Incluso aunque sea imposible que un hombre como él sienta por mí algo más que no sea atracción sexual. Desde que entró en mi despacho intuí que pondría mi vida patas arriba. Victoria es un huracán lleno de vitalidad y energía, y me ha robado el corazón con esa bocaza suya que, a veces, no parece estar conectada al cerebro. Hasta Fran, mi amigo y compañero de piso, se ha enamorado de ella antes que yo...; suerte para mí que sea gay. Soy ministro del gobierno actual, del Partido Conservador, y aspiro a ocupar la Presidencia del Gobierno en las próximas elecciones. Me paso el día trabajando, y por eso contraté a Victoria, mi preciosa entrenadora personal, para que me ayudara a recuperar la forma física propia de un hombre de treinta y ocho años. Estoy soltero y sin ganas ni necesidad de ningún tipo de compromiso que no esté relacionado con la política o con mi trabajo... y por eso es imposible que una mujer tan vital como Victoria se enamore de un hombre como yo, aburrido yobsesionado con el trabajo, además de preocupado por mantener mi vida privada a salvo de mi enemigo y rival en el partido.
The Envious Siblings: And Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes
by Landis BlairEight gleefully macabre rhyming vignettes by an award-winning comics artist, as delightful as they are deadly. Inspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair interweaves absurdist horror and humor into brief, rhyming vignettes at once transgressive and hilarious. In Blair’s surreal universe, a lost child watches as bewhiskered monsters gobble up her fellow train passengers; a band of kids merrily plays a gut-churning game with playground toys; and two sisters, grinning madly, tear each other apart. These charmingly perverse creations take ordinary settings—a living room, a subway car, a playground—and spin them in a nightmarish direction. Envious Siblings heralds a brilliant new cartooning talent, and will captivate readers who have thrilled to the lurid fantasies of Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Charles Addams, Shel Silverstein, and Tim Burton.
Envy
by Yury Olesha&“To read [this] triumphant short novel is . . . to behold man&’s heroic confrontation with the monsters of his own creation.&” —The New York Times Andrei Babichev is a paragon of Soviet values, an innovative and practical man, Director of the Food Industry Trust, a man whose vision encompasses such future advances for mankind as the 35-kopeck sausage and the self-peeling potato. Out of kindness, he rescues from the gutter Nikolai Karalerov, violently tossed from a bar after a drunken and self-destructive tirade. But instead of gratitude, Babichev finds himself the subject of an endlessly malignant jealousy, as Kavaelrov sees in him a representative of the new breed of man who has prevented him from realizing his true greatness. A scathing social satire, Envy is a concise and incisive exploration of the paradigmatic conflicts of the early Soviet age: old versus new, imagination versus pragmatism, and the alienation of the romantic artist in the age of technology. One of the signs of the book&’s universality is the fact that it has been claimed by nearly every school of critics and interpreted as everything from a submerged homosexual story to a twentieth-century Notes from the Underground. &“Poetic and satiric and quite an achievement, it is a novel everyone should read.&” —Flavorwire &“Vladimir Nabokov had a low opinion of almost everything produced in Russia after his departure, but he admired Olesha&’s writing.&” —Columbus Dispatch &“Olesha writes about the clash of two worlds, but with a wry, half-defeated yet touchingly affectionate irony that seems entirely his own.&” —Irving Howe, Harper&’s magazine
Envy
by Marian Schwartz Yuri Olesha Ken KafulsA New York Review Books Original One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak. Andrei is a model Soviet citizen, a swaggeringly self-satisfied mogul of the food industry who intends to revolutionize modern life with mass-produced sausage. Nikolai is a loser. Finding him drunk in the gutter, Andrei gives him a bed for the night and a job as a gofer. Nikolai takes what he can, but that doesn't mean he's grateful. Griping, sulking, grovelingly abject, he despises everything Andrei believes in, even if he envies him his every breath. Producer and sponger, insider and outcast, master and man fight back and forth in the pages of Olesha's anarchic comedy. It is a contest of wills in which nothing is sure except the incorrigible human heart. Marian Schwartz's new English translation of Envy brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.
Envy of Angels (A\sin Du Jour Affair Ser. #1)
by Matt WallaceIn New York, eating out can be hell.Everyone loves a well-catered event, and the supernatural community is no different, but where do demons go to satisfy their culinary cravings? Welcome to Sin du Jour - where devils on horseback are the clients, not the dish.PRAISE FOR ENVY OF ANGELS:"Matt Wallace tells a raucous, riotous tale of culinary madness - a jaw-dropping horror-fantasy restaurateur Thunderdome that makes the 'monkey brain' scene in Temple of Doom look like something you'd see on Nickelodeon. It's like I dropped a heroic dose of acid and turned on the Food Network for eight hours. It's funny and demented and sticks in you like a pinbone. Matt Wallace writes like someone just jammed a needle full of adrenaline in his heart - and then, in yours. From this point forward, I'll read anything this guy writes." -- Chuck Wendig, author of Blackbirds and Zer0es"No one makes me think, 'Dammit, I should have thought of that!' like Matt Wallace. The Sin du Jour series is something I read with equal amounts of envy and delight." -- Mur Lafferty, Campbell Award winning author of The Shambling Guide to New York City"Envy of Angels is one of the most original urban fantasies I've read in a damn long time. Angels, demons and the New York restaurant scene. It doesn't get any weirder than this. Matt Wallace is an author to watch." -- Stephen Blackmoore, author of Dead Things and Broken Souls"Envy of Angels is exactly the breath of fresh air I didn't know I needed: darkly funny, sweepingly inventive, and just plain fun to read. Every time I thought I got the hang of this book, the next turn took me someplace even more breathtakingly weird and wonderful. Buy it. DO IT NOW. It's the only way we can force him to write a dozen more of these!" -- Andrea Phillips, author of Revision
The Epic Adventures of Huggie & Stick
by Drew Daywalt* "A surefire read-aloud for any wannabe hero." --Booklist (starred review)From Drew Daywalt, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, comes a hilarious buddy-comedy picture book starring a grouchy stuffed bunny and a happy-go-lucky stick.When super cheerful Stick and grumpy stuffed bunny Huggie get thrown from a backpack, the adventure is on! Together this odd couple survives encounters with sea-faring pirates, raging rhinos in Africa, sword-wielding royalty in Europe, stick-eating panda bears in Asia, sharks in Australia, hungry penguins in Antarctica, and piranhas in South America--all before finally making it home to North America. A fantastically funny read-aloud about two unlikely friends and their epic journey around the world.
Epic Fail: The Ultimate Book of Blunders
by Mark LeighHerewith a handful of sample entries to tickle your funny bones…In the 1824 war between Britain and Ashanti (now part of Ghana), the British Redcoats found themselves surrounded by 10,000 fierce Ashanti warriors, and running very low on ammunition. Their commander ordered Charles Brandon, the army’s stores manager, to break open the reserve ammunition he’d ordered. As the Ashanti advanced Brandon began to open the ammunition boxes – only to find he had brought the wrong supplies. They were all full of biscuits. The grandfather of film star Lana Turner owned a half share in a brand new company that had started bottling a fizzy drink. He thought the drink’s name would affect its saleability and wanted to change it – without success. In frustration and as a protest he sold his 50%. It’s a pity really because Coca-Cola became quite popular…Italian Vittoria Luise was out driving during a fierce storm in Naples. A huge gust of wind blew his car into the River Sele. The car began to sink, but the calm motorist managed to break a window and swim to safety. He dragged himself onto the riverbank – and it was here that he was hit by a falling tree and killed.The Times of 19 October 1986 carried the story of Emilio Tarra, a crewmember of the 1986 America’s Cup race, who was driving from Perth towards Adelaide during the Australian leg of the race. En route, his car sideswiped a kangaroo, leaving it sprawled across the road. Tarra got out of his car and, assuming the kangaroo was dead, decided to take a novelty photograph to show his colleagues. Dressing the kangaroo up in his smart team blazer, he propped it against his car to take its photograph. As he was focusing his camera, the kangaroo, which had only been stunned, woke up and bounded back off into the bush, taking with it the jacket, which contained Tarra’s passport, $2,000 worth of cash and his credit cards.