Bill: 4844 books
Do Fish Drink Water?
Puzzling And Improbable Questions And Answers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Is it true that elephants are afraid of mice?
How much gold does the United States store in Fort Knox?
Why do I get a headache when I eat ice cream too fast?
How did the "seventh inning stretch" originate?
As the official webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds...
Spark: The Definitive Guide
Big Data Processing Made Simple
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Learn how to use, deploy, and maintain Apache Spark with this comprehensive guide, written by the creators of the open-source cluster-computing framework. With an emphasis on improvements and new features in Spark 2.0, authors Bill Chambers and Matei Zaharia break down Spark topics into distinct sections,...
by Bill Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of Great Britain, which has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie’s Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.
I Didn't Ask to Be Born
(But I'm Glad I Was)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this hilarious collection of observations, Cosby brings us more of his wonderful and wacky insights into the human condition that are sure to become classics. In the tradition of Fat Albert, I DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN offers a host of new characters, including Peanut Armhouse and Old Mother Harold....
Neither here nor there
Travels in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
In the early seventies, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe—in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. He was accompanied by an unforgettable sidekick named Stephen Katz (who will be gloriously familiar to readers of Bryson's A Walk in the Woods). Twenty years later, he decided to retrace his journey. The result is the affectionate and riotously funny Neither Here Nor There.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body.
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Beat the casinos at their own game! Casino gambling expert Bill Burton will teach you: -The truth about the most popular casino bets -How to find the best slot machines to play -What games you should avoid at all costs -The ten smartest bets in the casino -The ten worst bets in the casino -How to...
made in america
An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."
The War for Late Night
When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television.
When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated...
Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?
The Best of Politically Incorrect
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
WITH BILL MAHER, ITS NEVER POLITICS AS USUAL!
Conservatives know what they want and they never forget it. Except for the time Reagan went to the Vietnam Memorial and shouted, Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Heidi Fleiss and Dr. Kevorkian [are] two visionaries of American social life,...
We Be Big
The Mostly True Story of How Two Kids from Calhoun County, Alabama, Became Rick and Bubba
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
If you’ve ever started your day with Rick and Bubba, you know the unmistakable drawl of those two crazy Alabama boys. What you may not know is that they almost weren’t “Rick and Bubba.”
From their glory days of homemade “radio stations,” youthful athletic ambition,...
Cheat
A Man's Guide to Infidelity
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
MONOGAMY HAS MET ITS MATCH
When it comes to scoring on the side, this book is your best friend.
Comedians Bill Burr, Joe DeRosa, and Robert Kelly have experienced the rich pleasures and unspeakable risks of romantic infidelity, and survived to tell their tales.
Now, they impart...
Heat
An Amateur Cook in a Professional Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
A highly acclaimed writer and editor, Bill Buford left his job at The New Yorker for a most unlikely destination: the kitchen at Babbo, the revolutionary Italian restaurant created and ruled by superstar chef Mario Batali.
Finally realizing a long-held desire to learn first-hand the experience...
The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables
An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
This book is a backstage pass into the world of small-scale distilling of whiskies, gins, vodkas, brandies, and more. The reader, the ultimate spirits aficionado, will learn how water and grain are transformed into the full range exquisite, timeless liquors. There are few books available that explore...