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Directions to the outskirts of town: Punk Rock Tour Diaries

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Report copyright infringementby Welly Artcore (Author)In 1994 punk rock fanzine writer Welly Artcore jumped in the van with legendary British punk band CHAOS U.K. for a two month tour around the U.S. Four years later he did it all again with his own band, FOUR LETTER WORD, this time also travelling across Canada. From the impossible drives, to scrapes with the authorities and the bands they shared stages and floors with along the way, with often nothing more than the name of a club on a piece...

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Report copyright infringementby John R. Scannell (Author)When two enthusiastic little boys, Conway and Weston, ages five and three, make a late summer visit to Grandma and Grandpa's country home, they discover something fascinating, something wonderful. Children and dogs can talk to one another. Really talk! As the two youngsters play fetch and eat berries with Grandma's three dogs, Grandma's kind, redheaded Chow Chow, Wolfie-the Guardian of Wutherwood-tells them that every dog needs a foreve...

Excuse Me While I Slip Into Someone More Comfortable: A Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Poole (Author)"Eric Poole's journey of self-delusion and self-discovery had me laughing one minute, crying the next, and rooting for him every second." --George Takei In 1977, Eric Poole is a talented high school trumpet player with one working ear, the height-to-weight ratio of a hat rack, a series of annoyingly handsome bullies, and a mother irrationally devoted to Lemon Pledge. But who he wants to be is a star . . . ANY star. With equal parts imaginati...

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Report copyright infringementby Roslyn Nelson (Designed by), Molly Rice (Co-Producer), Katherine Hayes (Designed by)This book offers glimpses into the rich history of Bayfield, Wisconsin's most eclectic restaurant, Maggie's. From its inception as a corner bar with really good food to an expanded eatery, its days have been filled with ribald pranks and humor accompanied by fresh bright salads, juicy burgers, the famous spicy Flamingo Tenders (to name just a few), and the best Bloody Mary in th...

AIEEYAAA! Learn Chinese the Hard Way: The English-Chinese Cartoon Dictionary

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Feign (Author)Don't be fooled by books which promise you that learning Chinese is "easy", "easier", "simple", or "instant". Learning Chinese is a pain in the pìgu!AIEEYAAA! is the first book since China invented paper which offers Chinese language learners some well-deserved laughs amidst the suffering.Featuring 150 topical cartoons about life, love and culture clash in China, this hilarious satirical dictionary sends up many of the ironies, delights, and...

Midlife Misadventures in Cuba: Comedy Travel Memoir Series

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin J. D. Kelly (Author)Their relationship is failing. Will an adventurous vacation explode into chaos or bring them closer together? Kevin Kelly is desperate to save his relationship with the woman of his dreams, which is hanging by a thread. Disheartened by numerous splits and reconciliations and faced with an ultimatum-Cuba or split-he decides that a Christmas jaunt abroad will fix all their problems. And so, despite his friends' warnings, he jets off to C...

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Aylett (Author)With Aylett's surreal satire at full blast, HYPERTHICK collects the 3-issue comic series that Alan Moore described as "a new dimension of poetic genius." Follow Benny the Hen, Su Pesto, Biloxi Blake and Fox Grave as they lurch from one fulfilling fiasco to another. Wall-to-wall trickster figures face off in a lateral drench of comedic honesty. What is the Memphis Conjecture? Are owls to blame? Where do characters go when they run out of ben...

Necessary Nonsense: Aesthetics, History, Neurology, Psychology

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Report copyright infringementby Irving Massey (Author)What is nonsense? How has it permeated our day-to-day speech and thought processes in order to become a vital part of the way we interpret the world? In Necessary Nonsense: Aesthetics, History, Neurology, Psychology, world-renowned expert Irving Massey commits nearly forty years of scholarly musings on the topic of nonsense to the page. Employing a writing style of overlap, repetition, discontinuity, and contradiction in order to describe ...

The Stuffed Owl Returns: Newly Collected Poetical Mishaps and Absurdities

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Report copyright infringementby Lindsay Crane (Author)A hilarious new collection of the worst poetry ever composed, by authors both eminent and obscure. Walt Whitman enigmatically wrote, "Did you fear some scrofula out of the unflagging pregnancy?" And Keats actually exclaimed, "I am wound up in deep astonishment!" Extracts both short and extended are by poets from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Included are an introduction, commentary on each poet, and a daffy index to the biza...

The Dictionary of 1980s Slang: Stranger than Fiction! The Totally Awesome Guide to Rockin' '80s Lingo

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Carlile (Author), Rick Carlile (Illustrator)STRANGER THAN FICTION! Ideal for any '80s kid, and anyone who wants to discover what made the '80s great! From the author of the USA #1 best-selling (unofficial) Scrabble book "The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words." Packed with over 800 scrupulously-researched entries. Over 500 citations from '80s movies, music and books. Incisive, humorous definitions examining etymology, history, and more. Numerous explanator...

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Twain (Author) "Arthur Twain was a man of considerable note-a solicitor on the highway in William Rufus' time. At about the age of thirty he went to one of those fine old English places ofresort called Newgate, to see about something, and never returned again. While there he diedsuddenly."-Mark Twain, Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography (1871)Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance (1871) are two short stories by Mark Twain. The first t...

Three Months on an E-Bike: (What Could Possibly Go Wrong)

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Report copyright infringementby Glenn Reddick (Author)Staring up at the two police officers after being stopped for speeding, I knew I was in trouble, and I was. My driver's licence was suspended for three months! To top off the year that was thanks to Covid, how on Earth would I get to work 18 kilometres each way without a car! From this point follows the hilarious journey of a middle-aged non-cyclist E-biking his way through stampeding cattle, deadly snakes, and a multitude of hair-raising ...

The Little Book of Charles Dickens: Dickensian Wit and Wisdom for Our Times

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Report copyright infringementby Oh (Author)'The greatest writer of his time.' (George Orwell) The author of 20 much-loved novels and novellas, Charles Dickens combined humour and pathos to explore Victorian society in all its shades. Widely praised for his rich narratives and larger-than-life characters, he was not only a celebrity author but also an admired social reformer. Moving from the refined drawing rooms of the upper classes to the horrors of the workhouse or the filthy back streets o...

Las peleas que tendrás después de tener un bebé

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Report copyright infringementby Mollie Player (Author), Elizabeth Garay (Translator)Después del nacimiento del primer hijo de Rachel y Matthew, tuvieron un par de peleas. Bueno, está bien, más que un par, se pelearon durante más de tres años. Se peleaban por los horarios. Peleaban por los malos hábitos.Incluso se peleaban por la cortadora de césped.Y además de tener a su hijo, fue lo mejor que les pudo haber pasado.La crónica de sus grandes éxitos, desde el Gran Debate sobre el Control de la ...

Missouri Folklore Society Journal (Vols. 40-41): Emerging Folklorists

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Davis (Editor)Emerging Folklorists showcases outstanding work done by Missouri college students from 2010-19.These projects came primarily from folklore courses and capstones; most were presented at MissouriFolklore Society conferences.These papers represent a range of topics and approaches, from rigorously quantitative analyses tohumanistic studies that ask to be validated by the reader's recognition of sound insight and empatheticunderstanding. They incl...

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Report copyright infringementby Rod Cable (Author)Get Tough or Die is about being raised in a family where excuses were not acceptable. The parents were tough, but lovingly provided for all needs. These stories offer a lot of humor, numerous OMG moments, accounts of amazing successes, and support for parents wanting to make sure their kids can face adversity in life. It details some of the things done right by these parents, however a longer book about what they did wrong will not be forthcom...

Funtastic! 507 Fantastic Fun Facts: Crazy Trivia Knowledge for Kids and Adults Including Information About Animals, Space and More

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Report copyright infringementby Zach Olson (Author)7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows! You don't believe me? Then keep reading...This fact sounds too absurd to be true, right? But according to the Innovation Center of U.S. Dairy, 16.4 million people don't know that chocolate milk is milk, cocoa and sugar.Fun facts like this one are perfect conversation starters. Nobody likes to be in an awkward moment of silence where everyone is just sitting at the table ...

Certified: One Unexpected Birth... One Hapless Wedding... One Bizarre Death

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Report copyright infringementby Roger Wilson-Crane (Author)2021 MARK TWAIN INTERNATIONAL CIBA GRAND PRIZE WINNER IN HUMOUR & SATIRE2022 GOLD MEDAL WINNER, AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS. HUMOR2022 BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, INTERNATIONAL READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD. FICTION- HUMOUR/COMEDY2022 GOLD MEDAL WINNER, THE GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS. HUMOROUS FICTION⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ -"The most striking aspect of Certified is the quality of the writing, which is original, fresh, and unique. Themes of hope, heartbreak, loss...

Beauty Shop Talk: Musings from Behind the Chair

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Report copyright infringementby Rhonda Trosky (Author)Author Rhonda Trosky has been a stylist since 1993, and over the years she has seen many clients leave the salon blessed by their time in her chair. People arrive with great anticipation of coming out looking like a different person, and sometimes the stylist can accomplish that-either by making their styling dreams come true or by terrifying the clients so much that they never return. Cheerful and uplifting, Beauty Shop Talk presents a hu...

Accidental Adventures: The Extraordinary Travel Experiences of Two Ordinary People

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Report copyright infringementby Kathy Fronheiser (Author)Does the idea of exploring foreign cities on your own without a tour guide make you anxious? Do you worry about how you would manage a medical emergency on the other side of the world? Have you ever wondered what it's really like to travel around the world on a cruise ship?This book recounts the tales of the many adventures that Kathy and Ed Fronheiser have shared through more than 30 years together. It's not a travel guide and it certa...

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Haslam (Author)With six failures so far and six more properties to see, Beth, her irascible husband, Jack, and their two fat dogs continue their hunt for a country domaine in France. As tensions rise, Beth's anxieties switch from house-hunting failures to fears that Jack is finally going to lose it altogether and come to blows with "yet another incompetent" estate agent.In spite of this and a dog who insists on trying to die, they battle on exhausted but d...

Funny Cat Jokes: Hilarious & Silly Clean Cat Jokes for Kids

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Report copyright infringementby Little Dumpling Press (Author)Packed with silly cat jokes that kids love, it's a hilarious party-starter or quiet time entertainer, perfect to read alone or aloud with friends and family. It's also a great book to toss into a backpack and share on the go for a quick dose of feline comedy. Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 30, 2021

Oh, Lords!: Who We Date, Why We Date Them, and What We've Learned

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Report copyright infringementby Jes Averhart (Author), Terresa Zimmerman (Other)Oh, Lords! is about two women sharing their dating stories, dating glories, and the lessons they've learned along the way. Oh, Lords! Who We Date, Why We Date Them, and What We've Learned is the only book of its kind to discuss dating in the context of archetypes, "Lords", through the eyes and experience of the authors.You will meet the Lords: Lord Journeyman, Lord Contradiction, Lord FOMO, Lord Layaway, Lord Self...

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Report copyright infringementby Justine Avery (Author), Naday Meldova (Illustrator) From the Author of the International Phenomenon EVERYBODY POOPS! Everybody toots-it's true!For the little ones just discovering the mysteries of their own bodies, the bigger ones needing reassurance that the most elusive and spontaneous of their bodily functions is as natural as can be, and the biggest ones who still hold a fondness for toilet humor, Everybody Toots! is overly inflated with barefaced and cheek...

F*ck You, I'm Italian: Why We Italians Are Awesome

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Digerolamo (Author)An entertaining, page-turning overview of Italian-American history and cultureFrom ancient Rome to modern America, we Italians have always been the friggin' best in art, science, culture and--Madonn'--food! Now, this fascinating collection of Italian history, people, facts and trivia will make you proudly say, "F*ck you, I'm Italian," including... Culture (from the Renaissance to The Godfather) Music (from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga) His...

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Haslam (Author)Life is never dull for Beth and her grumpy husband, Jack. In this fifth sparkling episode of the Fat Dogs series, they take on an accident-prone puppy, an impossible forest project and murderous pheasants. Renewed tangles with French authorities and an unexpected animal adoption add to their challenges. Join the pair as they hunt down rampant mushroomers, raise countless critters and build witches with knobbly knees in their eccentric corner...

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Report copyright infringementby Noor de Olinad (Author)It was supposed to be a stress-free holiday... A chance to see Israel's beauty and Petra's magnificence on a normal, safe group tour. That's what Noor thought she was signing up for... but no one told her about passport officers on a power trip. Or about grumpy bus drivers leaving tourists behind. And then, that important detail about border crossing the travel agent forgot to mention. Will this adventure be more than Noor can handle? ...

Memories of the Catskills: The Making of a Hotel

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Report copyright infringementby Alvin L. Lesser (Author), John Conway (Foreword by), Harvey Frommer (Introduction by)Memories of the Catskills: The Making of a Hotel, by Alvin L. Lesser, with a foreword by John Conway, Sullivan County Historian, takes the reader back to a time and place that was like no other. Families wishing to get out of the stifling heat of a New York City summer and other nearby crowded areas, found the perfect escape in "the Catskills". By sharing an insider's view of o...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria D. Reyna (Author)This story is based on an actual person who truly loves animals. It also talks about good eating habits, good hygiene and loving others. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2021

Silly Jokes for Kids: Book of Jokes for Kids, Hilarious Jokes That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud

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Report copyright infringementby Amelia Sealey (Author)This Silly Jokes for Kids Book is filled with lots of jokes for kids to keep them entertained for hours!Our book will have young readers rolling on the floor with laughter! Fun jokes help kids gain confidence, build reading comprehension and vocabulary.Easy to read joke book for pre-school and Kindergarten aged children.Why This Book Is Special: Large 8.5 x 11 inches size 500 jokes for kids and adults too. Keep your child entertained Fun ...

Better Boating Blunders: Sea Going Stuff Ups for Beginners and Experts

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Curtis (Author)Those suffering the merest hint of desire to go seafaring in their own boat will learn from these heart-breaking examples just what can go wrong, Read the secrets of successfully leaving a mooring with topsides unmarked, happening miraculously upon your destination, and then, for the pièce de resistance, dropping anchor with aplomb. Inevitable binocular watchers will murmur appreciatively and even your crew will be impressed. Perfect. For th...

If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now: True Stories from Calabasas

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Report copyright infringementby Via Bleidner (Author)Soon to be the Netflix Series "Calabasas" -- from Kim Kardashian, Marlene King, and Emma Roberts "An unfiltered, thoughtful, and witty insider's perspective on the suburb that birthed the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bling Ring." ―The Daily BeastIf You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now is an insider's collection of funny and warmhearted stories about coming of age in the Los Angeles suburb famed for birthing the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bli...