Shelley Klein: 8 books

More Senior Moments (The Ones We Forgot) is the hilarious follow-up to the bestselling The Book of Senior Moments, containing all those pearls of wisdom that slipped our minds the first time. If long-term memory means the ability to recall where you put your glasses for longer than thirty seconds, and...

You have to hand it to children. They do have a wonderfully straightforward view of the world, and a way with words that manages to make day-to-day life much more fun. In Out of the Mouths of Babes you'll find a fantastic selection of the side-splitting bloopers, hiccups, innocent misunderstandings and...

A fascinating collection of some of the finest examples of Dickens' wit, humor, and comedy, containing wry reflections and razor-sharp remarks on such subjects as childhood and family, women and love, politics and wealth, and many more   *"Mr. Squeers's appearance was not prepossessing....

Have you ever referred to your oldest and closest friend as 'Thingy'? Reached the top of the landing, only to realize that you have no idea why you came upstairs in the first place? Congratulations - or commiserations - you've had your first senior moment! Fear not, for help is at hand. The Book of Senior...

Comprising the experiences of everyone from politicians to TV talking heads, from the famous to the infamous (and everyone in-between), Senior Moments is chockful of advice, anecdotes, confessions, quotes, tips, and excuses—and dishes it all out without straining its back.

«Eine der großen moralischen Erzählungen der europäischen Literatur.» (Jürgen Kaube, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) Die Faszination des Frankenstein-Mythos ist bis heute ungebrochen. Mary Shelleys spannendes Meisterwerk lotet die Grenzen unserer Fantasie aus und erweckt einen ewigen...

Recent history—the very phrase seems like an oxymoron. Yet historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since printed history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. With subjects as diverse as Walmart and disco, and...

Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga followed in a long trail of media exposures of the more personal details of the lives of public figures. Many commentators have seen stories like this, and TV shows like Jerry Springer's, as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. This increasing...