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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

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Report copyright infringementby David Hajdu (Author)The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told -- until The Ten-Cent Plague. David Hajdu's remarkable new book vividly opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority. In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created--in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. N...

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Klein (Author), Robert Baedeker (Author), John Reichmuth (Author)You are cordially invited to celebrate A Parody of The New York Times Wedding Announcements by Kasper Hauser Along with fully illustrated guides to: Wedding-night sex, Honeymoon hot spots, Formalwear malfunctions, and much, much more. At four o'clock in the Afternoon. Or is it three o'clock? Didn't you bring the invitation? Huh? Where the hell is the turnoff? Back there. I think I saw a paper ...

It's Not That I'm Bitter...: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World

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Report copyright infringementby Gina Barreca (Author)In a world where eye cream is made from placenta, Gina Barreca is the lone voice calling out "But wait, whose placenta is it?" In this collection of deliciously quotable essays, Gina asks the big questions: Why is there no King Charming? Why does no bra ever fit? Why do people say "cougar" like it's a bad thing? Why do we call it a glass ceiling when it's just a thick layer of men? Barreca packs a hilarious punch while gleefully rejecting e...

Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek

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Report copyright infringementby Olivia Munn (Author), Mac Montandon (Author)Suck It, Wonder Woman! brings Olivia Munn's unique humor, incredible wit, and lightning-fast costume changes to a world that needs more scrapbooking, sea monkeys, and for the love of God, a freakin' hoverboard! In this hilarious collection you'll find essays like "Thoughts About My First Agent's Girlfriend's Vagina," wherein Olivia skewers what it's like to live in Hollywood. In "Sex: What You Can Do to Help Yourself ...

The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo: A Parody

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Report copyright infringementby Lars Arffssen (Author)Arguably the funniest novel to emerge from Northern Europe since the Black Death A reindeer strangler has struck again; the world's leading authority on Baltic sturgeon has been filleted, and the head of Sweden's only unpublished thriller writer has been discovered some meters from his body. Just a typical day in Stockholm's crime log? Or are the murders the works of a single killer? Chief Inspector Svenjamin Bubbles has a suspect: Lizzy S...

Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

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Report copyright infringementby Dick Cavett (Author)"There's never been a talk show to equal Dick Cavett's... It's a pleasure to relive much of it in this wonderful book."--Woody Allen For years, Dick Cavett played host to the nation's most famous personalities on his late-night talk show. In this humorous and evocative book, we get to hear Cavett's best tales, as he recounts great moments with the legendary entertainers who crossed his path and offers his own trenchant commentary on contempo...

You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl: Observations on Life from the Shallow End of the Pool

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Report copyright infringementby Celia Rivenbark (Author)From the bestselling, award-winning author of You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start In The Morning, comes another collection of hilarious observations that will resonate with women, mothers, and girlfriends everywhere In her newest wickedly irreverent humor collection, Celia Rivenbark cracks up while getting her downward facing dog on, pines for a world in which every mom gets to behave like Betty Draper and wonders why everybody's ...

My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Scottoline (Author), Francesca Serritella (Author)The incomparable Lisa Scottoline, along with daughter Francesca, is back with more wild and wonderful wit and wisdom: My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space.New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline struck a chord with readers, book clubs, and critics with her smash-hit essay collection, Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog. This time, Lisa teams up with Daughter Francesca to give their mo...

How to Profit from the Coming Rapture: Getting Ahead When You're Left Behind

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Report copyright infringementby Ellis Weiner (As Told by), Barbara Davilman (Abridged by), Steve Levy (Author)Are the end times near? Is the Rapture really just around the corner? Could Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson possibly be right? About 1 billion people among us believe, yes, absolutely.And that means one thing: investment opportunities!For those who are not as expertly versed in the Book of Revelation, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buyi...

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Report copyright infringementby Cleveland Amory (Author)In this heartwarming, uproarious sequel to Amory's bestselling The Cat Who Came for Christmas, the cat named Polar Bear finds that being rich and famous is not all it's cracked up to be. A witty, wonderful book with universal appeal.--The New York Times Book Review. (Animals/Pets)Back JacketDespite his hard-knock beginnings, Polar Bear is finicky about his newfound fame. Will nine lives be enough for him to answer all his fan mail? This ...

Friends Like These: My Worldwide Quest to Find My Best Childhood Friends, Knock on Their Doors, and Ask Them to Come Out and Play

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Report copyright infringementby Danny Wallace (Author)Danny Wallace has friends. He has a wife and goes to brunch, and his new house has a couch with throw pillows. But as he nears 30, he can't help wondering about his best childhood friends, whose names he finds in a long-forgotten address book. Where are they now -- and where, really, is he? Acting on an impulse we've all had at least once, he travels from London to Berlin, Tokyo, Australia, and California, risking rejection and ridicule t...

Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness

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Report copyright infringementby Berke Breathed (Author), Michael J. Binkley (Contribution by)An anthology of cartoons from the syndicated comic strip, Bloom County encompasses highlights from the five-year span of the strip. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.47 x 10.98 x 8.28 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 19, 1986

Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate's Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open

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Report copyright infringementby Rocco Mediate (Author), John Feinstein (Author)The U.S. Open in June 2008 produced one of the most unexpected, dramatic, and memorable showdowns in golf history. Day after day, Rocco Mediate, a respected journeyman whose career had been dogged by injuries pushed the seemingly invincible Tiger Woods to his physical and mental limits. Not even Mediate would ever have predicted that for five days, he would match the unbeaten world number one, explosive shot for ex...

The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan: A Portrait in His Own Words

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Jr. Adler (Author), Ronald Reagan (Author)Gathers quotations by President Reagan about his childhood, education, political career, opinions on public issues, and perspectives on coping with illness and retirement.Back JacketWitty, candid, and full of hope for the future, Ronald Reagan was known as "The Great Communicator", a reputation confirmed in The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan, a remarkable collection of quotations that articulates his abiding conv...

Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Traig (Author)Jennifer Traig's memoir Devil in the Details paints a portrait of a well-meaning Jewish girl and her good-natured parents, and takes a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Recalling the agony of growing up an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behavior like tirelessly scrubbing her hands for a full half hour before dinner, feeding her stuffed a...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)Acclaimed humorist David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is a perennial favorite. This updated edition includes six additional pieces, including a never-before-published story. David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy tr...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface....

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist ... And based on this collection, he's getting only better." --Los Angeles Times A guy walks into a bar car and ... From here the story could take many turns. When the guy is legendary essayist David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris rem...

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Report copyright infringementby Tina Fey (Author)Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live...

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Report copyright infringementby David Foster Wallace (Author)Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of America's most daring and talented writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review): Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallace's seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. Never has Wallace's seemingly endless curiosity been more evident than in this compilation of work spanning nearly 20 years of writing. Here, Wallace turns his critical eye ...

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Report copyright infringementby Cleveland Amory (Author)A cat charms its way into a curmudgeon's heart one hilarious holiday season in this "extraordinary" bestselling Christmas classic (Parade), the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life.'Twas the night before Christmas when a bedraggled white feline entered the heart -- and home -- of Cleveland Amory. To say it is a friendly takeover is an understatement. For the cat who came for Christmas is clearly of the Independent Type, and Cle...

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Report copyright infringementby Nina Stibbe (Author), Mark W. G. Stibbe (Author)"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude, and aching with sweetness: Love, Nina might be the most charming book I've ever read." -- Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette In 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to London to work as a nanny to two opinionated and lively young boys. In frequent letters home to her sister, Nina described her trials and triumphs: there's a cat nobody likes, suppertime visits...

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Y. Young (Author)A must-read for nursing professionals, Bedlam Among the Bedpans: Humor in Nursing, includes over 100 of the funniest and most creative stories about nursing collected from nursing journals, books, and the internet that highlight the humor in the situations nurses face every day. Inspired by the experiences of real nurses, the stories relate situations with insights that only nurses who have "been there" in the field could have. Includes som...

Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children

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Report copyright infringementby Therese Oneill (Author)From the author of the "hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating" New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing (Jenny Lawson). Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting . . . a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backwards, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre par...

Danger Is Still Everywhere: Beware of the Dog!

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Report copyright infringementby David O'Doherty (Author), Chris Judge (Illustrator)Now available in paperback, the follow-up to Danger Is Everywhere gives readers even more of the ridiculous danger scenarios they loved in Book 1, and adds a real live puppy to keep Dr. Noel Zone on his toes!This wacky handbook teaches readers how to avoid danger of even more kinds--from dinosaurs to volcanoes to the circus--plus the overwhelming danger of a real live puppy. A little dog called Napkin has come ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation. Sedaris's move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration--"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response t...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludic...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)In "Naked," David Sedaris's message--alternately rendered in "Fakespeare, " Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek--is the same: pay attention to me.Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-...

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Report copyright infringementby David Sedaris (Author)In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe, and no cow is sacred. With the legendary essayist's signature biting wit, this collection skewers family dysfunction, awkward childhood memories, and the absurdities of modern life. A do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery. A man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world. A teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral. A bitter Sant...

Return of the Straight Dope: Still More from the Popular Newspaper Column

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Report copyright infringementby Cecil Adams (Author), Slug Signorino (Illustrator)"When inquiring minds want to know, there is someone to turn to for an answer."--The Wall Street JournalCecil Adams's first two books covered everything from the real lyrics to "Louie, Louie," to whatever became of Einstein's brain. You probably thought you couldn't stand any more genius in one lifetime. Well, fasten your intellectual seat belts! In Return of the Straight Dope, you'll find 100% guaranteed top q...

Deng Xiaoping Is a Chain-Smoking Communist Dwarf: The Sayings of Pat Buchanan

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Report copyright infringementby S. Thomas Colfax (Author)Here is Pat Buchanan in his own words: "Someone's values are going to prevail. Why not ours? Whose country is it, anyway? Whose moral code says we may interfere with a man's right to be a practicing bigot, but must respect and protect his right to be a practicing sodomite?"--Right from the Beginning, Pat Buchanan's autobiography "My good friend Bob Dole, basically, is the bellhop of the Business Roundtable."--Campaign appearance, Cl...