Is There Life After Birth?

The 60 essays found in Is There Life After Birth? are real gems! They’re full of laughs, keen insights on human nature, and insightful observations on historical events. They combine wisdom with charm and charisma. They mix concern with compassion and energy with enthusiasm. They’re fun to read. They sparkle! These brief essays include such intriguing topics as “Class Reunions and Resurrection Morning,” “Deriving Pleasure from Pain,” “A Love Letter from Alex Haley,” “Two-for-a-Penny Sermons,” “How a Cow Milker Became a Bishop,” “Heads that Swell and Shrink,”  “Jefferson and the Idiocy of Kings,” “Railroad Barons on Snob Hill,” “Learning Cards From a Pro,” “More Sexual Harassment Please,” “Mister Marriott I Presume,” and “Butch Cassidy’s Unique Charity.” This book is fun, thought-provoking reading entertainment at its best!

 

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by John J. Stewart

They combine wit and The  essays found in Is There Life After Birth? are real gems! They’re full of laughs, keen insights on human nature, and insightful observations on historical events. wisdom with charm and charisma. They mix concern with compassion and energy with enthusiasm. They’re fun to read. They sparkle!

These brief essays include such intriguing topics as “Class Reunions and Resurrection Morning,” “Deriving Pleasure from Pain,” “A Love Letter from Alex Haley,” “Two-for-a-Penny Sermons,” “How a Cow Milker Became a Bishop,” “Heads that Swell and Shrink,”  “Jefferson and the Idiocy of Kings,” “Railroad Barons on Snob Hill,” “Learning Cards From a Pro,” “More Sexual Harassment Please,” “Mister Marriott I Presume,” and “Butch Cassidy’s Unique Charity.”

And there’s an added bonus. As the book went to press, the editors couldn’t bring themselves to cut any of the articles, as was originally planned, so there are sixty, rather than fifty, fun-filled essays included for your enjoyment. This is reading entertainment at its best!

Chapters include:

  1. Is There Life After Birth?
  2. Class Reunions and Resurrection Morning
  3. Never Marry a Birder
  4. If It Tastes Good Spit It Out
  5. Playing Tennis at Ninety-One
  6. A Happy Compromise with Self Control
  7. Deriving Pleasure from Pain
  8. A Love Story Worth Telling
  9. Midnight Escape at Ninety-One
  10. Goodbye Old Maids
  11. Yes Santa, There Is a Virginia
  12. Gone with the Wind Nearly Wasn’t
  13. The Resurrection of Stonewall Jackson
  14. A Love Letter from Alex Haley
  15. The Prodigal Son
  16. Two-For-A-Penny Sermons
  17. Things I Am Grateful For
  18. How I Learned Not to Dance
  19. With Faith of a Mustard Seed
  20. Confusion of Tongues
  21. Learning Scripture from an Ant
  22. How a Cow Milker Became a Bishop
  23. Yukkies and Yummies
  24. Robots to the Rescue
  25. Heads That Swell and Shrink
  26. Love Making and Dying on the Tennis Court
  27. Abou Ben Adhem Revisited
  28. Learning from Thomas Paine and Laban
  29. The Worth of a Urine Sample
  30. How Fat Bear Rescued Jimmy Fisher
  31. The Unnatural Death of Historic Persons
  32. An American Prophet
  33. A Most Memorable Performance
  34. The Worth of Being a Millionaire
  35. Financial Help on the Tennis Courts
  36. Selling Europe for a Buck Knife
  37. Jefferson and The Idiocy of Kings
  38. Railroad Barons on Snob Hill
  39. Learning Cards from a Pro
  40. Of Course Feel Free to Do Things
  41. Why Professors Are Not Absent Minded
  42. Just Seconds Away from Fame and Fortune
  43. Theft of a Tie and Tapestry
  44. A Spectacular Hair Piece
  45. Blessed Are the Printers of the Earth
  46. Hereford Bull Becomes University President
  47. More Sexual Harassment Please
  48. How Our Son Greg Became an Artist
  49. The State Flower of Colorado is the Concubine
  50. A Natural Born Actor at Work
  51. Square Dancing at Ninety-Eight
  52. The Trouble with Traveling
  53. How I Got Home from Arkansas
  54. Saved by Southern Hospitality
  55. Mister Marriott I Presume
  56. Butch Cassidy’s Unique Charity
  57. From Grasshopper to Ant
  58. Disaster in the Bathroom
  59. An Uncomfortable Mix-up

6” x 9” paperback

127 pages