New Releases by George Burns

This book is a collection of heartfelt prayers that are meant for private reflection and devotion. From prayers for spiritual guidance to those of thanksgiving and supplication, George Burns'' collection provide a wide range of prayers that can be used for any occasion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

2022 Reprint of the 1955 Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Illustrated with Photographs. Burns and Allen, who endeared themselves to American television audiences for decades, were one of the great husband and wife teams in all show business. When people ask George how he could live with such a zany character as Gracie, who puts salt in the pepper-pot and pepper in the, salt- shaker, shortens electric cords to save electricity, etc., he replies quite simply "I love her, that''s why ! " And in telling the story of their thirty years together, a genuinely funny yet very touching story, George has virtually written a love letter to Gracie. This is a warm, laughing, moving experience for everyone who reads it; the story of an Eastside youngster with show business in his blood who one day found a partner for his act and a mate for life, and thereafter never looked back.

Full Length collection of poetry by George Burns. Poet George Burns embodies what Emily Dickinson, at fifty believed, that "Great Hungers feed themselves." If poetic urgency becomes the blessing of "bees in your love affairs" and a "broken water wheel / abandoned in its stony stream," then it is also those great mysteries moving us forward, toward the gladly unanswered "If..." If A Fish is an ignited testimony to a writer wholly alive in his life --and this life, on the page, feels as kaleidoscopic and passionate as language''s "fireflies / blossoming in a field" before us. Take "the very flesh of it" with you on your next voyage home, into the heart, the start of it all. Elena Karina Byrne, author of If This Makes You Nervous In If a Fish, George Burns lands with delicate intensity in moments of pain, redemption and unflinching honesty in this collection of poems that serve as lyrical memoir. These poems turn us, in the end, toward a well-earned wisdom. River Elizabeth Hall, High Shelf Press George Burns is the most natural of poets. We experience his poetic voice as a deep, personal conversation in the American vernacular that Williams told us to write in. Underneath this apparent artlessness, there is a subtle and powerful artfulness-each word is perfectly chosen, absolutely right for the poem. In this new, profound, and generous collection, Burns engages those things in life that engage us all-family and childhood (in all of their complexity), the various moments that make up a life, the beauties and the solitude of nature, the tenderness of intimacy, and much more. We find a rare, careful honesty in these poems, a desire to tell the truth, the whole truth, and only the truth. This is a beautiful collection, a book to read and reread many times. Edward Smallfield, author of The Pleasures of C, equinox, and to whom it may concern

She puts salt in the pepper shaker and pepper in the salt shaker because then if she gets mixed up, she’s right. She shortens the electric cords in the house to save electricity. That’s the character Gracie Allen has played for years. And for all that time people have asked George Burns, “How do you stand it? Why do you put up with it?” And for twenty-eight years George has been answering, “I love her, that’s why!” This story of the life George Burns has led, both B.G. and A.G. (before and after Gracie), is genuinely funny and genuinely moving. Nobody knows more jokes than he—he’s used only his best here; nobody knows so well how far down down can be, while very few have been at the top so long. He tells it all, and he tells it well (he admits unblushingly that he has the best collaborator in the business). And he has succeeded in making this love letter to Gracie a letter that will delight anyone lucky enough to read it.

"Monitoring the wall thickness of a refractory furnace while in operation is a difficult task due to the high temperature environment. Pulse-ultrasound is a nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique that is commonly used to measure the thickness of a sample but is difficult to apply at elevated temperatures due to the lack of a high temperature transducer. An aluminum-nitride (AlN) transducer, that is capable of sustained temperatures up to 800°C in air, was tested. The results obtained from this study indicate that the combination of AlN transducers and pulse-ultrasound shows promise in monitoring a refractory wall at elevated temperatures. It was shown that the AIN transducer determined the thickness of a common glass contact ceramic sample up to ~300°C with a less than an 18% error. One limiting factor preventing higher temperature measurements was the failure of the ultrasonic couplants between the transducer and the ceramic sample. The transducers could be redesigned to improve the signal quality"--Abstract, leaf iii.

A tribute to America''s favorite centenarian provides an in-depth look at the personal and professional life of his nearly 100 years of show business.

The great comedian celebrates his one hundredth birthday with a selection of his favorite and funniest stories that include reminiscences about his own past and anecdotes about friends, family, and colleagues

Suggests simple activities for exploring chemistry, the study of the substances that make up our world.

Suggests simple activities and experiments to observe and learn about the sun, moon, and stars

Suggests simple activities and experiments to examine different types of plant life

With all the crackling wit and humor that have been the trademark of the longest-running career in show business history, George Burns tells what he''s learned about getting ahead, about dealing with others, about life, and about himself. A gem of a book, sparkling with wise observations, sharp insights, and sage advice. Photographs.

Brought together for the first time anywhere, is an oversized, collection of four bestselling titles, full of humorous reflections on life from George Burns.

The story of Gracie Allen, the woman who made America laugh for forty years, by her husband, George Burns.

The story of show business and its legendary stars as told by George Burns'' story of friendship and love, both onstage and off.