Bøger af Mike Ball

There is a communication link that exists in the Spirit World between human beings and God. When the author's wife died suddenly after 54 years of marriage, Chuck Swartwout was devastated and began researching the afterlife. He believes whole heartedly that he will be reunited with his wife in the Spirit World.This book is a journey through time investigating the possibility of a spirit world - a world of endless possibilities, connection and communication.The author looks at the big questions that open our minds to the possibilities that we don't die, we just change channels.It's also an inspiring call to action for more research about the most central questions about what happens to us when we die.The author was trained as an electrical engineer and also worked in films directing a number of well-known Hollywood actors such as Jimmy Stewart, Dick Van Dyke, Kirk Douglas and Lowell Thomas. They won many national and international awards for their films. In addition to films, the author produced several TV commercials. His company was listed in the 2005 Guinness Book of Records for having the world's longest running TV commercial for Discount Tire Company of Scottsdale, AZ. One thing that is common to everything Chuck Swartwout accomplished in his life was "creativity" and he uses that creativity in his life and in his writing.

"The lessons of life never stop coming. Angels, Chimps, & Tater Mitts is a collection of humor as Mike Ball muses about the world around him, facing the tide of anything and everything with knowledge fit for a spell on the old throne. With plenty of knowledge mixed in with the wit, "Angels, Chimps, & Tater Mitts" is an excellent and much recommended pick for general humor and memoir collections." - Able Greenspan, Midwest Book Reviews For years the essays of award-winning humorist Mike Ball, published under the title "What I've Learned So Far..." have evoked laughter and tears in readers all over the world. Mike's sharp wit, blended with his gentle homespun style, has been compared to Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, Dave Barry and even Ernie Pyle. One reader said, "Mike Ball can make me laugh and cry in 400 words." This is second What I've Learned... So Far book. Volume I, Bikes, Docks & Slush Nuggets, was published in the fall of 2009.

Banjos, Boats and Butt Dialing is the third installment in Mike Ball's What I've Learned... So Far series of books. In it the Erma Bombeck Award-winning humorist grapples with topics ranging from becoming a grandfather, to rabbit hunting, to the Zen of a middle-aged guy trying to cope with cleavage. The book is a compilation of 74 entries from Mike's nationally-syndicated column, What I've Learned... So Far. His homespun wit, sharp sense of humor, and ability to connect with readers on an emotional level have been compared to Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, Robert Benchley, and Ernie Pyle.

After losing virtually all their Powers and dozing off for 1,700 years, the Greek Gods wake up in a small middle-American town. They find themselves the owner-operators of the Delphi, a musty old hotel with a locally popular bar and a (go figure) Greek Restaurant. As they struggle to regain control of the universe - or at least the lunch crowd - they can't help re-kindling some ancient feuds. Award-winning humorist Mike Ball takes us on a hilarious trip to a place called Olympus, Indiana, where we discover a whole new side to the dieties of antiquity, meet some new immortal beings, and learn the ultimate power of bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

For years the essays of award-winning humorist Mike Ball, published under the title "What I've Learned So Far..." have evoked laughter and tears in readers all over the world. Mike's sharp wit, blended with his gentle homespun style, has been compared to Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, Dave Barry and even Ernie Pyle. One reader said, "Mike Ball can make me laugh and cry in 400 words." This is the first bound collection of Mike's work, featuring his Erma Bombeck Award-winning column "Just A Little Bike."