anecdotes

Don Borchert, assistant librarian at a suburban Los Angeles library for twelve years, provides an inside look at what really goes on in a modern library, including fist-fights between moms, drug-dealing in the restroom, and other odd, unsavory, and humorous activities.

Rock-and-roll artists tell the stories behind the creation of some of their biggest hits.

A collection of life-affirming anecdotes on the experiences of love, parenting, death, dreams, and learning.

This book describes Baghdad pups that soldiers have spotted in Iraq and the program called Operation Baghdad Pups that finds ways to send the dogs to the soldiers' homes in America.

A collection of trivia, facts, statistics, lists, lore, and legends from the sports world.

Details twenty-eight true stories about people who take in and care for animals in need, and discusses how aiding suffering animals in turn helps humans suffering from emotional pains of their own.

True, wacky stories about cars--famous cars, unusual cars, vintage cars, impractical cars, and others.

Presents over one hundred short inspirational stories that celebrate the joys, sorrows, and challenges of being Jewish.

Contains stories about golf and golfers, golf instruction, and authors' personal insights into the sport.

Describes four animal heroes: Ginny, a dog who helps cats; Scarlett, a cat who rescued her kittens from fire; Lulu, a pig who found help for her ill owner; and Dorado, a guide dog who led his owner out of the collapsing World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.