A Book and a Chat with James Straight

James Straight is my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat”. He always knew he wanted to fly, since his early years watching planes land and take off from the small airstrip next to his family farm in rural mizurrah (Missouri).

From these early years where his favorite smells were fresh cut grass and warm aviation exhaust he migrated via becoming the youngest recruit to graduate Special Forces Training Group to the dreamed career in aviation.

Thirty years later after a distinguished career as a professional pilot, which included flying over one hundred different types and categories of airplanes, James embarked on a new career which has ultimately lead to him becoming an author.

His debut book “Weird Missouri” is one of the “Show-Me State” series of offbeat travel guides, that shows readers where to find local legends, craziest characters, oddball curiosities and bizarre roadside attractions. You’ll learn about “Goober Burgers” and “brain sandwiches” as well as meet characters such as “Catfish George” and a farmer in Southern Missouri and his UFO parties.

His new career started James has now gone on to write an adventure novel “Déjà vu All Over Again” an action packed adventure taking place in the final 57 hours prior to the calendar turning 12-21-2012.

About “DejaVu All Over Again” (Taken from James web site)

It had long been debated that the end of days for planet earth was set in concrete as December 21, 2012. Mathematical savant Ana Christensen was merely following her instincts when working a theorem in a direction and style that could never have been accepted by traditional mathematicians. As a result she stumbled upon an ancient Mayan creation, a time loop beginning in 3114BC and ending on the long contested twenty first century date. In a dynamic race against time, Ana and her male compatriot battle the forces of individual evil, bureaucracy, paramilitary mercenaries, and most powerful of all…destiny.

With another book “Thomas Jefferson is Missing” ready to be launched at the start of 2013 I am sure his books will continue to fly off the books shelves.

So listen now and share an interesting,and entertaining thirty minutes with my guest James Straight

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Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Annie Greer

Originally I was going to have Tim Vandehey one of the co-writers of “The Chimp Who Loved Me” instead it went one better when I had on tonight’s “A Book and a Chat” the other co-authors whose real life stories go to make up a truly humorous and enjoyable book, Veterinary Chiropractioner, Farmer and chat show host… “Annie Greer”.

Let’s face it, when you read under your guests description that they have “always been English” and the first question they ask you on your show is “PG Tips or Typhoo” (that tea), followed by “love or hate marmite” you know it’s going to be a show that would be filled with a lot of laughter and so it was.

The Chimp Who Loved Me is a collection of very funny real-life accounts of Annie's strange life with animals. The stories are “laugh out loud” funny, with some slightly strong language, but then these are true stories from real life… it shows the wonder of animals from the dogs and cats we're all so familiar with to the cougars and wolves and chimps that come into our lives from time to time

You know it's going to be a fun read, when for instance you read from the first story about Sammy the chimpanzee…

"All I could think was, 'Oh God! I'm going to be sexually assaulted by a chimp!' I pictured the 911 call. I saw the operator laughing so uncontrollably that she forgot to send help. I tried to peel Sammy's pinching, prying hands off my naked, wet body and realized that I had to get some clothes on."

The show as you can expect is full of laughter, English humour and stories about Annie’s animals, including how a person tried to steal her flying squirrel by stuff it down the front of their trousers.

About The Chimp Who Loved Me

The Chimp Who Loved Me is a collection of true stories from the life and times of Annie Greer, a veterinary chiropractitioner, animal healer, radio host, speaker, farmer's wife and all-around magnet for bizarre animal behavior. When Annie and Tim Vandehey, a professional writer, met in 2006 and began talking about Annie's endless trove of strange and pants-wettingly funny tales about drill sergeant sheep and insane veterinary clinic customers, a book was born.

Infused with Annie's trademark dry English wit and Tim's storytelling panache, The Chimp Who Loved Me is a sort of twisted love child of Dave Barry, David Sedaris and James Herriot of All Things Bright and Beautiful fame. If you're sick of the treacly sweetness of animal books like Marley and Me or Dewey and crave twisted tales of sex, poop, pee and death, where apes throw donuts at chefs during dinner parties and stoned veterinary students dispense bizarre advice to puzzled dog show contestants, then you won't be able to put The Chimp Who Loved Me down...until it hits you in the nose because you're reading in bed, silly.

It is a great book, a must to be left in the bathroom for visitors, whom you know are enjoying the stories when you hear the sounds of laughter coming from the smallest room.

So listen to an interesting and hugely entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Annie Greer"

Barry

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"A Book and a Chat with Annie Greer".

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"Annie Greer - The Chimp Who Loved Me"

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