In this classic farce, a young man pretends to be a war hero to impress a pretty girl. As his lies progress, so do his troubles – with hilarious results. Playwright Pierre Corneille’s comedy of manners is considered a groundbreaking work which influenced contemporaries such as the young Molière.Includes a conversation about Corneille and French drama with Larry F. Norman of the University of Chicago.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in April ...

On my way to investigate my aunt’s untimely death, I chance upon a teenager with purple eyes. Her destiny is so vibrant, so intertwined with the essence that fuels all our lives, that I cannot stand to see her caged and crushed.What I don’t know is that rescuing the teen isn’t chance or happenstance at all. It isn’t just another random bit of destiny I can fix. It’s a snag in the weave of the universe that unravels … everything.I am exactly who I am meant to be. I ...

He lost his partner, his career, and his name. Now, he's got one chance to set it right.Former DEA intelligence agent Danny Cortez has spent years hiding from the cartel he helped destroy. His life fits in a single duffel bag—burner phones, fake IDs, and a Glock he sleeps beside. But when a note bearing his dead partner's name surfaces, everything Danny's fought to protect unravels.Within hours, news breaks: the cartel kingpin Danny put away has escaped fro...

One word. Unlimited consequences.The book that inspired the major film starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel'I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I WILL SWEAR TO SAY YES WHERE ONCE I WOULD SAY NO.'Da...

There is a woman in a bar tonight who has been hoping someone like you might come in. You are not coming in. You are at home in a shirt you should have retired in 2019, watching a documentary about volcanoes. This is fine, briefly. It is not a strategy.The rules of modern dating have been comprehensively torn up. Nobody told the men. While the men were waiting for instructions, the women got on with it.In this dispatch from the front line of contemporary adult life, Danny M...

Recently single, Danny Wallace was falling into loneliness and isolation. When a stranger on a bus advises, "Say yes more," Wallace vows to say yes to every offer, invitation, challenge, and chance.In Yes Man, Wallace recounts his months-long commitment to complete openness with profound insight and humbling honesty. Saying yes takes Wallace into a new plane of existence: a place where money comes as easily as it goes, nodding a lot can lead to a long week...

In 1983, at the height of their fame and success, punk band The Clash simply disintegrated. This is the full story of what really happened, as told to film-maker Danny Garcia by members of the band and those who knew them.A Clash fan since his teenage years, film-maker Danny Garcia set out to discover what went wrong between his heroes, the late Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and the rest of the band.It took him two years to win the trust of the key players in this Shakespearian...

Bestselling author Danny Wallace (Yes Man and Join Me) takes on the modern epidemic of lies, conspiracy theories, and disinformation to find out if truth has a chance in the fight.Have your loved ones been pulled into the rabbit hole of online conspiracies? Are they spouting strange theories about secret cabals or admiring authoritarian leaders? How did we become so vulnerable to false beliefs?Wallace’s eye-opening investigation explores t...

'Shocking, timely and - as you’d expect from Danny Wallace - very funny' - Adam Kay'Thrilling, thought-provoking, funny and wise. Danny has an incredible knack for taking the bizarre fringes and rabbit holes of humanity and making them compulsively laugh-out-loud readable.' - Danny Robins, journalist, presenter of Uncanny and writer of 2:22 A Ghost Story'Danny Wallace lightens this dark topic about lies and propaganda with his trade...

Despite progress, the Western higher education system is still largely dominated by scholars from the privileged classes of the Global North. This book presents examples of efforts to diversify points of view, include previously excluded people, and decolonize curricula.What has worked? What hasn’t? What further visions do we need? How can we bring about a more democratic and just academic life for all?Written by scholars from different disciplines, countries, and backgroun...

The Lives Less Ordinary series brings you the most exciting, adventurous and entertaining true-life writing that is out there, for men who are time-poor but want the best. Lives Less Ordinary drops you into extreme first-hand accounts of human experience, whether that's the adrenaline-pumping heights of professional sport, the brutality of the modern battlefield, the casual violence of the criminal world, the mind-blowing frontiers of science, or the excesses of rock 'n' ...

Hast du dich jemals gefragt, wie du wirklich glücklich wirst, selbst wenn das Leben dir hart mitspielt? Vielleicht suchst du nach Erfolg und Erfüllung, spürst aber trotz allem eine innere Leere. In "Mein Bruder Glück und Ich" nimmt dich Autor und Mentalcoach Danny Lombardo mit auf eine tief berührende Reise zur wahren Lebensfreude. Einst ein getriebener Workaholic, wurde Danny durch zwei brutale Schicksalsschläge aus seinem Alltag gerissen: Ein Schlaganfall mit 41 Jahren und eine spätere K...