Bøger af A G Sloan

When you're a junior high school English teacher, you need a sense of humor to survive. And for forty-seven years, author A. G. Sloan has not only survived but also thrived-on practicing his comedic skills on captive audiences. Now, he's moved on to cracking up adult audiences from all walks of life. This collection of forty hilarious articles offers his twisted take on topics to which almost everyone can relate. Why forty, you ask? "I stopped there because forty is a significant number: forty winks, forty days and nights of the great flood, Lizzie Borden's number of axe whacks, and the last age that made any sense to me." This book is filled with fatherly, grandfatherly, and fairly snarky advice that might or might not help you navigate the complexities of today's world. Among the useful things you'll learn are: Why people use "there's" with a plural How to save the educational system How to get your grandkids to find your glasses Some catchy headlines for punching up obituaries Whatever happened to Elvis OK, so that thing about Elvis might not be useful, but the answer is funny-and now, you must buy this book to find out!

The title of A. G. Sloan's new book, This, That, and Another Thing, accurately reflects the diverse and engaging contents-truly, there's something for every reader. The section called "This" collects Sloan's observations about everyday life. In these short pieces, he points out the absurdity in everything from the battle of the sexes to reality television. Sloan's observations about marriage, family, politics, and culture will make you laugh and make you think. The "That" section includes a longer-form memoir about Sloan's early childhood in Chicago, Illinois. He chronicles the trials of being a Catholic school student and his adventures as a young man in seminary. Although Sloan's narrative ends before he goes into too much depth about his adult life, it's clear how the smart and perceptive teenager cultivated his curiosity and went on to become a sly observer of American life. The last section, "Another Thing," is, logically enough, about something completely different. In this part, Sloan includes two short stories. One is a tragic look at a failing marriage. The second is based on Sloan's own early work experiences. Together, they reveal a different side of the author and serve as a thought-provoking end to an eclectic collection.