New Releases by Jim Dale

Entertainer, actor and songwriter Jim Dale tells anecdotes about his life in show business, and performs several songs.

Author Jim Dale takes readers on a journey of his experiences as a Southerner, how the South has changed, and how some people feel about the changes. The book is a series of edited articles from columns he wrote for his hometown newspaper, published under the titles, "Let Me Tell You a Story" and "Lines from the Lake."

At a time when the forces of evil seem to be gaining the upper hand, Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, and must take on and defeat Voldemort--or be killed himself.

Sometimes you just have to raise your hand and take a chance. With its profound simplicity and vibrant illustrations, The Two of Us: My Teacher and Me collects important truisms shared between teachers and their pupils, and captures the essence of this often special bond. The best day for a test is always tomorrow...but sometimes it has to be today. Everyone, even teachers, looks forward to recess. You may not care what you pack in your lunch in the morning, but you will at noon. People who seem to have all the answers usually have a lot of them wrong. Really good teachers can teach and teach and never run out of things to teach. Some really smart people were a little messy with their homework, like Madame Curie and Albert Einstein. My teacher and I could be friends. In fact, we are. For students looking to celebrate the end of the school year and honor a particularly special teacher, The Two of Us: My Teacher and Me is the ideal way to say, "Thank you for a great year."

A perfect antidote to disparaging over-the-hill humour at birthdays, this gift book illuminates the bright side of baldness, wrinkles, bifocals, waning sex drive and other symptoms of ageing.

Oy! So you''ve got a Jewish mother . . . and you''re not even Jewish. Overbearing? Nagging? Shrugs her shoulders deeply and often? Turns all statements into questions? The master of the sigh? Read more about those characteristics we''ve come to know and love.

The edgy sentiments in this gift book are sure to produce guffaws at the expense of the birthday boy and perhaps serve up a little friendly revenge for barbs of birthdays past. The book includes such ribbing as: Remember when you were a kid and you hunted for fossils? Now you are one. Scientists now have a theory about why you feel bad on your birthday. You''re very old. Don''t get down about getting older. Some lizards live to be over 200 (but no one wants to touch them). Now that you''re older, admit it. You watch the Weather Channel. To reinforce just how old your friend is, a "vintage" black-and-white photo accompanies each tidbit of devilish humor.

Any parent who has helped to raise stepchildren knows that it may very well be the single greatest challenge of getting remarried. It''s hard to know exactly how to handle the uncomfortable, unpredictable, and sometimes seemingly unmanageable situations that accompany the inauspicious title of stepparent. Finally, an easygoing handbook for in-the-dark stepparents is here in StepWiseo?=the no-nonsense, no-psychobabble, down-to-earth, practical, and funny guide to dealing with stepchildren in a friendly, sensible, sometimes funny way. Coauthors James Dale and his stepdaughter, Alex Schapiro, offer their insights in a unique, bite-sized format. One of the most important lessons of their experience is that you''ll need your sense of humor, so they tackle this serious subject with levity. They realize raising stepchildren isn''t world peace. It just sometimes seems as hard to achieve.----------------

Finally! A concise set of practical, ignore-at-your-own risk guidelines that married couples and about-to-be-marrieds can consult for the definitive word on matrimonial relations. Rules for Husbands and Rules for Wives lay down the law in a way that''s both hilarious and so close to the truth it hurts. James Dale covers it all, from "an appliance is not a gift" to "let him hold the TV remote; it makes him feel like he''s in control of something." A gift for all occasions, or just to say "I love you" with a laugh.

An easygoing, storytelling style makes this offering from Tiger Woods''s high school coach a delight. Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like a Genius weaves Don Crosby''s golfing techniques into the story of coaching the champion and how Woods''s own methods meshed with and enhanced Crosby''s approach. Coach Don Crosby has only a 12-week season to turn ragtag teenage duffers into championship contenders. With no time to waste, he focuses on five basics that can take ten strokes off anyone''s score: The Practice Range-good for two shots off your game The Short Game-the surest way to lower your score is to chip away at it Putting-imagine no three-putt greens Course Management-a course you know is two shots easier than one you don''t Stats-you can''t get better unless you know how you''re doing Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like a Genius is a handbook of Crosby''s golfing techniques and strategies, sprinkled liberally with his personal recollections and anecdotes of the good old days when he coached the young Tiger. The stories, "Crosby''s True Tales," bring the mechanics of golf to life, illustrating how these five techniques work and what to expect from them, while offering an intimate look at the evolution of champion Tiger Woods. The book also features an insert with photographs and memorabilia from these special days of coaching.

Written "authoritatively on the ecology of the area and philosophically about winter''s probing of the human spirit."--Cover.

A hilarious collection of birthday humor from Barbara and Jim Dale.

In a series of mother-to-mother phone conversations expressed through prose and cartoons that span the book, the Dales take readers from pregnancy to the kids going to college. Illustrated.

This free adaptation of Moliere''s romantic farce about a rogue''s machinations is set in a present-day dockside Naples cafe.