Tony Hendra
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From the bestselling author of Father Joe, a slyly comic, deeply spiritual novel that imagines the Second Coming-and an unlikely, lovably human new savior.
Tony Hendra's Father Joe became a new classic of faith and spirituality-even for those not usually inclined. Now Hendra is back with a novel set in a very reverent future where church and state walk hand in hand. Fade-in as Johnny Greco-a fallen journalist who nurses a few grudges along with his...
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463 PAGES. $29.95. 2004053987. IN 1955 14 YEAR OLD TONY HENDRA WAS TAKEN TO SEE FATHER JOE AND FOUND THAT HE WAS A GENTLE MAN, NOT LIKE THE PRIESTS WHO SPANKED THEM IN SCHOOL, AND TONY DISCOVERED THAT HIS VISITS TO FATHER JOE REAMINED THE ONE CONSTANT IN HIS LIFE---THE RELATIONSHIP THAT, IN THE MOST SERIOUS SENSE, SAVED IT. KD
4) Last words
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This is an autobiography of one of America's preeminent comedic voices recipient of five Grammy Awards and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 1993 George Carlin asked his friend author Tony Hendra to help him write his autobiography. For almost fifteen years in scores of conversations the two discussed Carlin's life times and evolution as a major artist. When Carlin died in June 2008 with the book still unpublished Hendra assembled it as...
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Once upon a time, Spinal Tap had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidentally booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
6) Brotherhood
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Offers a photographic tribute to the New York City Fire Department and the firefighters who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center