Humor

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Report copyright infringementby Nada Tim Snavely (Author)Nada Dr. Tim Snavely spent 3 years and 3 weeks being not a doctor, as a mental health technician, on 3rd shift at a mental health hospital. While he was writing his 3 previous books in those often peaceful halls, he often found himself inspired by his environment, writing short stories, poems, miscellaneous silly thoughts, and recollections of his times as an orderly watchman of a madhouse of a highly esteemed caliber. Within these page...

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Report copyright infringementby John Branning (Author)Among the topics covered in this delightful read, John explains diacritical marks in a way that doesn't clarify their use at all; reveals how yoga makes him mindful of the time he could be spending doing something else; recasts popular love songs with lyrics revised by certain public servants who have been caught with their pants down (in some cases, quite literally); reflects on the aging process and how he plans to file an exemption from...

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Tea (Author)"A gutsy, wise memoir-in-essays from a writer praised as 'impossible to put down'"--People From PEN America Literary Award-winning author Michelle Tea comes a moving personal essay collection about the trials and triumphs of shedding your vices in order to find yourself. As an aspiring young writer in San Francisco, Michelle Tea lived in a scuzzy communal house: she drank; she smoked; she snorted anything she got her hands on; she toiled f...

Tiger, Meet My Sister: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Said

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Reilly (Author)In this hilariously funny essay collection, ESPN columnist Rick Reilly compiles the best of his sports columns--essays that include his expert opinion on athlete tattoos, NFL cheerleaders, and even running with the bulls in Pamplona. Rick Reilly has no compunction telling readers, in his quick-witted style, how he really feels about some of the most popular sports figures of our time. Wondering about quarterback Jay Cutler? "Cutler is the ...

Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things about Women and Notes on Media

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Report copyright infringementby Nora Ephron (Author)From the bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck two classic collections of uproarious essays tackling everything from feminism to the media, from politics to beauty products, with her inimitable charm and distinctive wit.This edition brings together some of Ephron's most famous writing on a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now, and on events ranging from the Watergate scandal to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. I...

Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

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Report copyright infringementby Al Franken (Author)The #1 New York Times bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of Giant of the Senate Al Franken, one of our "savviest satirists" (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of "slander," "bias," and even "treason." He has examined the GOP's policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He's even watched Fox News. A lot.And, in this fair and balan...

The Big Book of Useless Knowledge: 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable Facts You Won't Be Taught in School

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Report copyright infringementby Neon Squid (Author)An encyclopedia of mind-bogglingly random facts that will lodge in your brain and refuse to leave. Heard about the lizard that shoots blood from its eyes? Or the ancient Romans who used pee as mouthwash? Did you know that going on a roller coaster can cure kidney stones? In this compendium of obscure facts readers will be treated to baffling knowledge they would never learn at school. Broken into chapters including geography, space, and histo...

The Lots of Jokes for Kids: A Funny, Laugh Out Loud Busy Book for Children with Over 250 Jokes, Riddles, Tongue Twisters, and Puns

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Report copyright infringementby Whee Winn (Author), Zondervan Publishing (Author)Lots of Jokes for Kids is the perfect collection of over 250 kid-friendly jokes that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! Whether you're stuck in the house, on a road trip, or gathered for the holidays, these jokes will have everyone cracking up.This collection of jokes is hilarious, clean, and family-friendly and includes everything from knock-knock jokes, to Q&A jokes, tongue twister...

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Price (Author)"This clever collection of travel advisories lists all the places that are definitely not worth a trip, including a rendering plant, Times Square on New Year's Eve, and, bien sûr, Euro Disney." -- Entertainment WeeklyA spirited, ingenious, tongue-in-cheek guide to some of the least appealing destinations and experiences in the world.From the Grover Cleveland Service Area to the Beijing Museum of Tap Water to, of course, Euro Disney, 101 ...

Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

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Report copyright infringementby Mara Wilson (Author)"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." --NPR's "Guide To 2016's Great Reads" "Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight." --Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad CityNamed a best book of the month by GoodReads and Entertainment Weekly A former child actor best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Power Dudden (Editor)The paramount question answered in this absorbing collection of essays is: What's so funny about American humor, and why? What are American humor's characteristics? How have they evolved and displayed themselves? Which characteristics are distinctively, or even uniquely, American? Originally appearing as an issue of the American Quarterly, these essays take a close look at American humor from revolutionary times to the present day, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald L. Baker (Author)" . . . extremely valuable . . . enthusiastically recommend[ed] . . . " --Western FolkloreThese hilarious and slightly off-color stories, although gathered in Indiana, reflect the ancient origin and universality of the joke. The chuckle, the grin, the uncontrolled belly-laugh evoked by Jokelore attest to the popularity of this ancient form of folk literature.Back JacketThese hilarious and slightly off-color stories, although gathered in ...

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Klaus (Author)The information about the book is not available as of this time. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.52 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 21, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Klaus (Author)The information about the book is not available as of this time. Number of Pages: 268 Dimensions: 0.7 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 21, 2023

Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Holland (Author)The minute the alarm clock punctures our dreams, we go to work. We have convinced ourselves that productivity is the name of the game and that leisure is a notorious sign of laziness. In Endangered Pleasures, Barbara Holland insists that enough is enough. It's time to kick back, relax, and relish the truly good things in life. Delightfully quirky.--The Boston Globe. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.88 x 8.76 x...

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Report copyright infringementby John Hodgson (Author)By reading this book you can learn what creatures exist in a pond and how they survive. Also you can find out how a pond maintains its ecosystem. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2019

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Asimov (Author), John Ciardi (With)Isaac Asimov, one of the world's best-selling authors, a scientist, academic, romantic, and original thinker, here jousts and jests with his old opponent in the war of the words, John Ciardi. Ciardi, of course, is a poet, world authority on and premier translator of Dante, teacher, critic, and formidable manufacturer and wielder of the word-weapon. Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.33 x 8.01 x ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Showalter (Author)The writer and star of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, and Michael & Michael Have Issues brings readers his uniquely absurd humor in his hilarious first book. I was at my wit's end. I'd had enough of this job, this life, and my relationship had broken up. Should I eat chocolate, or go to India, or fall in love? Then I had a revelation: Why not do all three, in that order? And so it was that I embarked on a journey t...

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Report copyright infringementby Various (Author), Jon Winokur (Editor)More than 1,000 outrageously irreverent quotations, anecdotes, and interviews on a vast array of subjects, from an illustrious list of world class grouches. "If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me."--Alice Roosevelt Longworth Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.92 x 6.24 x 5.54 IN Publication Date: October 01, 1992

The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies: A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead

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Report copyright infringementby Mac Montandon (Author)A scientific look at zombies-the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not)How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all-brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you've asked them), with a lively, science-based exploration of every aspect of the undead. First book to examine the possible science of our undea...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary H. Kingsley (Author)This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of o...

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Report copyright infringementby Putz Joe (Author), Joy Editor Aaron (Author), Fields Editor Irving (Author)The world is full of degenerates and Joe has never been afraid to point his finger at them. This collection of comedic odes, songs and pictures covers such topics as Bill and Monica, bodily functions and parts, sex, aging and relationships, and foreigners and the famous through odes, art and cartoons. For a mature reading audience. Written under the guise of downtrodden NYC street poet J...

Do Vegetarians Eat Animal Crackers? And Other Questions You Might Not Think To Ask.

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Bimler (Author)If a book on failure doesn't sell, is it considered a success? Have you ever dreamt you had insomnia? Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase? This book contains hundreds more of these funny, creative and thought provoking, one-liner questions. They can be used as pure entertainment or for enhancing your emails, conversations and writing. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby Randy Woock (Author)sO, this seal walks into a club is a book about "Drunken theodices and halfway stories about selfishness and schadenfreude." Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 19, 2008

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Azout (Author)Sifter Stickers is a collection of essays initially published as blog posts. Random thoughts, briefly developed; sort of like the old Andy Rooney segments on 60 Minutes - without the crusty cantankerousness, of course. This is the stuff that sticks to my mind. Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 03, 2008

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Report copyright infringementby Satire V (Author)They say, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." But fish won't help you get into Harvard. This book will. Satire V presents: How to Get Into Harvard, the most comprehensive how-to guide on college admissions. Are you a bright-eyed high school student? This book's for you! Are you a bored college student, procrastinating for a paper and restless to relive one of the most agonizing ye...

Trump for Principal: A Children's Book for American Grownups

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Schaefer (Author)THE UPDATED 2016 EDITION!!! Donald Trump is elected grade school principal. From the weasel who is his hair to his chocolate milk martini, from the school nurse on his lap to the crowning of Mr. America, from the PTA riot to the deportation of Mexican 2nd-graders: See what chaos ensues! Hilarious cartoons on every page! FULL COLOR. Perfect keepsake for an election year. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.14 x 8.5 x...

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Report copyright infringementby John Saleeby (Author)One Eventful Day In Mississippi - "If only my comic brilliance could be brought to the attention of classy babes like Uma Thurman and Renee Zelweger!" "You gotta quit screwin' around on the Internet and put out a BOOK! That's what the classy babes go for - BOOKS!" John Saleeby wrote for the National Lampoon when he was in High School and was a stand up comic in New York in the eighties. But everybody in New York was a stand up comic in the ...

ShockDecember: 21 Horror Movies in 48 Hours!

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Roxburgh (Author)21 horror movies in 48 hours. Had anything comparable ever been attempted? Would it be possible to absorb such a volume of madness and stupidity? Could WE maintain our sanity after such a barrage of bad taste? Out of these questions an experiment was born an experiment that will forever by known as ShockDecember. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2002 ...

You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill

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Report copyright infringementby Fred Hill (Author)Fred Hill is a most discerning observer who has much to say and who says it impeccably. Noel Carroll, Brewton-Parker College. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 13, 2002

Fahrenheit 9-12: Rebuttal to Fahrenheit 9/11

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Report copyright infringementby Aaron I. Reichel Esq (Author)The film Fahrenheit 9/11 convinces nearly all who see it--and believe it--that George Bush was unfit to lead on 9/11 and beyond. Fahrenheit 9-12--this book--convinces nearly all who read it that a review of the sources of virtually every frame and every claim in the film reveals that virtually everything in Fahrenheit 9/11 is arguably misleading or inaccurate. Fahrenheit 9-12 is not for everyone--it is just for those intellectually ...

Short Stories, Tall Tales And True Confessions

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Report copyright infringementby Shane Gordon (Author)Shane Gordon is the author of two books, Dear Baby Boomers and The Tenth Man. This book is Short Stories, Tall Tales And True Confessions. Something for everyone from 16 to 65 plus, some funny, some serious, some just stories. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2005