Forget the Farmers and say Adios to the Astrologers--The Arizona Liar's Almanac is here! Filled with information on the local climate, flora, fauna, geography, modern living, and more, this endlessly entertaining book is guaranteed to make readers wonder, laugh out loud, and wish it was all true. And maybe it is! Why shouldn't quicksand make faster-working sandpaper? And why wouldn't the state's biggest export be sunshine? In between dispensing wisdom on home remedies and the weather, author Jim Cook--Arizona's Official State Liar--tells readers the truth behind the lost mines that riddle the Grand Canyon State, the sought-after recipe for Beenie Weenie Pie, and the renowned Society of Woolgatherers.

Arizona Liar's Almanac

Humor & Entertainment

Cook, Jim

Humor

Globe Pequot Pr

82p green laminated paperback with pictorial cover, some ink underlining but pages largely clean with photographs throughout, very good

Images of Alcoholism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

British Film Inst

Melodrama: Stage Picture Screen

Bratton, Jacky

Literature & Fiction

Drawn from papers presented at the 1992 international conference of the same name, held in London, this book offers a "state-of-the-art" survey of melodrama studies. Scholars from a variety of disciplines, including film theory, history, theatre studies and musicology, address the problems raised by the concept and the genre of melodrama, a popular dramatic fiction which spans Victorian and contemporary entertainment.

The Stone-Campbell Movement was created in 1832 when Barton Stone’s “Christ-ians” from the West merged with Alexander Campbell’s “Reforming Baptists.” By the beginning of the Civil War it was the sixth largest religious movement in the United States, and in the twentieth century the movement split into the three main branches that exist today. In recent years, scholars from these branches have worked to better understand their nineteenth-century roots, creating the historical sub-field “restoration history” in which historians and other scholars debate the influence of Stone and Campbell on specific characteristics of the existing branches. Bringing new insight into that debate, Jim Cook uses the writings of both Stone and Campbell to show that Stone was not a viable leader of the movement after 1832 and that his ideas were not part of what influenced the twentieth-century branches of the movement. This study demonstrates that the debates going on between “restoration historians” are thus predicated on the false assumption that Stone influenced people within his movements and proves that Stone was an outsider in the movement that bears his name.

The Myth of the Stone-Campbell Movement

History

Americas

Lexington Books

For sixty years, Arizona native Jim Cook has been writing about the Grand Canyon state in newspapers, magazines, and books. In 2005, Jim and his brother Dean, a songwriter and storyteller, were named Arizona Culturekeepers for their work in keeping alive the lore of Arizona. After a long career in journalism, Jim became the Official State Liar of Arizona. He is director of the Wickenburg Institute for Factual Diversity, which is a think tank for recreational liars, and a treatment center for recovering newspapermen. He also edits the institute's organ, The Journal of Prevarication. Long-term readers of Jim's tall tales often complain that they can't tell where truth ends and lies begin. Half a Sack of Cats is factual. It tells of Jim's unlikely childhood in Arizona, as Arizona used to be. Honest.

Half a Sack of Cats: Jim Cook's Version of His Raffish Youth

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Wheatmark

99 Adventuras Cuaderno de conferencias (Spanish Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Independently published

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