Author: Friars Club
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Keywords: stories, lines, straight, gags, roasts, downs, ribs, liners, one, encyclopedia, club, jokes, revised, over, updated, friars
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-02-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1579128041
ISBN-13: 9781579128043

Finally in paperback—with lots of brand-new jokes from today’s top comedians. What could be funnier than a great joke? How about 2,000 great jokes? In this side–splitting compendium, revised and updated and featuring a new introduction by Drew Carey, members of the world-renowned Friars Club and other comedians provide zingers for every occasion, situation, and taste. Organized alphabetically and by topic, this book is made for browsing, but it’s also perfect for finding icebreakers for social occasions, adding a touch of humor to business speeches, and spicing up toasts. Hundr

Author: John Gough Nichols
Publisher: Reitell Press
Keywords: london, friars, grey, chronicle
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2007-10-26
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 140860342X
ISBN-13: 9781408603420

OF THE GREY FRIARS OF LONDON -- PREFACE. -- THE present Chronicle has hitherto remained not merely un- published, but alinost vholly unnoticed. It is now presented to the Camden Society in a full conviction of its value. The Editor has given it the tit

Author: Philippe Denis
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: studies, christian, mission, history, social, friars, southern, africa, dominican
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $193.00
ISBN-10: 9004111441
ISBN-13: 9789004111448

This work gathers the rather disparate stories of Dominican friars in Southern Africa between 1577 and 1990. Dominicans from Portugal and Portuguese India were present in South-East Africa from 1577 to 1835. Patrick Raymond Griffith, an Irish Dominican, became the first resident bishop in South Africa in 1837. A Dominican mission was established in 1917 with the arrival of a group of English friars. A second group arrived from the Netherlands in 1932. The aim of this work is to provide a social history of the Dominicans in Southern Africa, that is, a history that deals specifically with the so

Author: Catherine Odell
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Keywords: solanus, minor, capuchin, friars, casey, story, father, order
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-08-31
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 159276181X
ISBN-13: 9781592761814