Recounts the author's journey through France's myriad regions
- & how the journey profoundly changed everything he believed about
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Although most of us have a corkscrew in the kitchen, we remain largely unaware of the many different types & designs of corkscrews that have been developed over the last three hundred years. This book reveals the diverse corkscrews that have been created over the years & aims to spur the reader on to collecting these useful items. ...

Corkscrews appeal to collectors who appreciate the functional beauty of an instrument designed for a specific purpose, namely to remove a cork from a wine bottle. This book traces the history of the corkscrew, illustrates many different ones & explains how they work & how they were made. ...

Oddball veterinarian Corky Romano (Chris Kattan) finds himself in hot water when his mob-boss father (Peter Falk) gets indicted by the FBI & he is called upon to help the old man out. Assuming the identity of a super-cop named Pissant, Corky enters the Bureau's training academy with the intention of stealing the evidence built up against his father. However, the animal-loving eccentric soon finds it's difficult enough living up to his own exaggerated reputation as a top-ranking crimefighter, let alone saving his dear old dad from the slammer. ...

Exploring concepts such as the Southern Gothic novel, the Southwest border, faith & suicide, & father-son relationships, respected scholar Kenneth Lincoln shows how Mc Carthy's canticles of praise, grief, & warning mix classic, biblical, & ballad genres & cross the lyrical with the narrative. ...