Dan Barton
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The essential practical reference for both would-be and more experienced Bonsai enthusiasts.
This original and authoritative book is presented in a practical yet inspirational way. Dan Barton shares with us his expert knowledge and two decades of research, giving both detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and a fascinating insight into the creative process of Bonsai, to provide a genuine understanding of the subject.
As well as giving...
2) Heckler
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Hollywood stand-up comedian turned amateur sleuth Biff Kincaid is called at the last minute to headline a comedy club inside a sprawling resort on the Las Vegas Strip. He's thinking big laughs and good times are all that's in store when he boards the next plane to Sin CIty. He has no idea that the real gig won't be just headlining a showroom - it's solving a murder.
It turns out he's filling in for his friend and fellow comic Tiger Moore. Tiger was...
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In this fast-paced novella, when ventriloquist Priscilla Graham has her wisecracking stuffed sidekick Checkers stolen, she turns to her opening act for help-none other than stand-up comedian turned amateur sleuth Biff Kincaid. With just twenty-four hours to go before show time-and the hefty payday he desperately needs-Biff springs into action. It's up to him to track down the dummy-nappers who stole Checkers by uncovering their twisted motives and...
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Danger finds comedian Biff Kincaid once again in this novella set in the high-stakes world of late night talk shows. For years Biff's friend Lonnie Udall has been the sidekick to Doug Easton, host of Last Laughs, television's top-rated late night talk show. When Biff accepts a gig as Lonnie's opening act at a Palm Springs casino, he thinks he's in for a lucrative week of sold-out stand-up shows. The first night goes well, but the next morning Lonnie...
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Some kinds of thievery cause not only material loss but outrage--Great Aunt Annie's cameo brooch, for instance. Or a stand-up comic's routine. So when Bill Kincaid, standing in at the last minute for a friend who unexpectedly cancels his gig, finds that another comic working there that night has taped his act, he is mad!
Turns out there's a lot more involved than the theft of a clutch of hilarious one-liners, no matter how important that can be to...
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Tinker Gordon doesn't want anything to change. He thinks that if he holds on tightly enough, his family, his tiny Cape Breton Island community, his very world will stay exactly the way it has always been. But explosions large and small-a world away, in the Middle East, in the land of opportunity in western Canada, and in his own home in Falkirk Cove-threaten to turn everything Tinker has ever known upside down.
Set variously in the heart of rural...