David Bruce: 180 books

This book contains 250 accounts of good deeds, including this one: On 12 October 2013, Australian bride Branka Delic married fiancé Gonzalo “Gonzo” Cladera at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. She wanted to have a special man walk her down the aisle, and that special man was...

This book contains 250 stories about good deeds, including these: 1) Thanksgiving in Canada occurs on the second Monday of October. A little before Thanksgiving of 2012, vandals destroyed the Liftlock Community Garden plot of Jennifer Olauson’s family, a garden that her six-year-old son had worked...

Marlo Thomas once asked her father, the comedian Danny Thomas, if he had ever been in the army. He replied that for a year he had served as an entertainer in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific with Marlene Dietrich. Marlo said, “Oh, so you weren’t a real soldier.” Her father replied, “No,...

Some Samples: 1) The favorite place on Earth for Alan Philipson’s 18-year-old son, Ben, who has autism, was the Snow White’s Scary Adventures ride at Walt Disney World in Florida. His family even moved—from Seattle!—close to the park in 2003 so that Ben could enjoy the ride often. He rode...

A sample: The least qualified athlete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was also perhaps its bravest and most important hero. Although some people from her home country of Saudi Arabia called her one of the “Prostitutes of the Olympics,” Wojdan Shaherkani, age 16 and 241 pounds, became the first...

This book contains 250 stories about heroes and Good Samaritans. For example: In early 2012, 55-year-old Shelagh Gordon died of a brain aneurysm. Her obituary appeared in "The Star," a Canadian newspaper in Toronto, on Valentine’s Day. "The Star" devoted much coverage to her...

This book contains 250 stories about good deeds, including these two: 1) One day, little Nancy Sinatra held a party at home, and one of her little guests accidentally knocked over and broke one of a pair of porcelain birds. The little guest was horrified, but Nancy’s father, the great Frank Sinatra,...

For mature readers. A short excerpt: Honey Badger was careless in crossing the street one day and was almost hit by a taxi, but fortunately a man yelled, “LOOK OUT!” and grabbed her arm and pulled her out of danger. The man was actor Ryan Gosling, who said to her, “Hey, girl,”...

This book contains 250 stories of good deeds, including this one: Comedian Jay Leno once wanted to do something special for Hattie Hannigan, an English teacher he had studied under while attending Andover (Massachusetts) High School. He gave her a videotape, on which 16 Hollywood stars, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Debbie Reynolds, and Linda Gray, sent her greetings.

This book tells 250 stories about heroes and Good Samaritans, including this one: In October 2005, a Buick smashed against a pillar of a highway overpass on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and caught fire. Shawn Reese stopped his truck, ran to the car, saw a head and an arm dangling...

This book contains 250 stories about heroes and good Samaritans, including this one: Tristin Saghin of Mesa, Arizona, is only nine years old, but he is a big fan of the military movie "Black Hawk Down" and has watched it numerous times. Good thing. In April 2011, his two-year-old sister...

This book consists of a number of philosophical arguments about ethics that I find interesting and that I think that some other people may find interesting. May you be struck by philosophical lightning.

This short pamphlet contains Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and a few anecdotes about Jonathan Swift. It also includes a number of questions and their answers about Jonathan Swift and "A Modest Proposal." It also includes some hints about writing humor and satire and some samples of satire.

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy...