Coffee Break Collection by Various
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf you find yourself with nothing particular to do in an airport, train or bus or you've got a quiet evening to yourself in a hotel room or you're facing the delicious prospect of an extended lunch or tea break, why not pick up Coffee Break Collection 001 and enjoy the experience?
This anthology has a selection of humorous pieces guaranteed to keep you entertained. Opening with a master of the genre, PG Wodehouse, the first story is a pseudo-scholarly treatise on football captains!
A delightful piece follows – Beyond Pandora by RJ Martin with its memorable opening line, “The ideal way to deal with a pest.... is of course to make it useful to you.” The collection also includes a gem from the inimitable Saki and another from a master of the twist-in-the-tail genre, O Henry.
Published in 1883 and written by an anonymous writer, English As She is Wrote is an amusing compendium of curiosities of the English language that's definitely rib-tickling! Chapters 2 and 3 are included here. Chapter 2 deals with various comical advertisements and sign-boards – to give an example, In the far West a man advertises for a woman to wash, iron and milk a few cows! Chapter 3 provides examples of zany epitaphs like “Here lies John Ross Kicked By a Hoss”
Selections from Robert Benchley, WS Gilbert, Mark Twain, William Makepeace Thackeray and many more witty entertainers are included in Coffee Break Collection 001. A couple of stories, fables, actually, are by the only woman author to be featured here, Lida Brown McMurry.
What makes the collection even more attractive is that all the stories included are short pieces, and would take just about fifteen or twenty minutes to get through, making them ideal for a quick and easy read.
This is really fun on the run!
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Episodes
Aspects of Game Captaincy
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
A Cosmopolite In A Cafe
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
English as She is Wrote – Chapter 2 By Advertisers and on Sign Boards
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
English as She is Wrote – Chapter 3 For Epitaphs
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Journalism in Tennessee
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Life’s Eternal Query
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 2 minutes - 977 KBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Selections from Mr. Punch Awheel
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Noting an Increase in Bigamy from Love Conquers All
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
On University Snobs
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Poppa Needs Shorts
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
A Rash Assumption from Punch 9 Dec 1914
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
The Steam-Roller Man’s Story
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Vaudeville Vs The Legitimate
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
When Papa Swore in Hindustani
December 09, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com