Humor

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Report copyright infringementby Richard R. Booth (Author) Number of Pages: 204 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 17, 2003

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Report copyright infringementby Leopold Auer (Author)Originally published in 1921, this book was written in an attempt to, 'give the serious teacher and student the practical benefit of the knowledge acquired during a lifetime's playing the violin, including mechanical means and technical procedure as well as the ideas and ideals of art'. With a wealth of information on the subject that the modern reader will still find of practical use today, this book is highly recommended for inclusion on ...

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Report copyright infringementby H. L. Mencken (Author)Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below there was only a dulcet twittering from above. Democratic man thus began as an ideal being, full of ineffable virtues and romantic wrongs in brief, as Rousseau's noble savage in smock and jerkin, brought out of the tropical wilds to shame the lords and masters of the civilized lands. The fact continues to have import...

Letters of Edward Lear to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances Countess Waldegrave

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Lear (Author)This vintage book contains a collection of letters written by Edward Lear. A fascinating and enlightening catalogue of correspondences, "Letters of Edward Lear" will appeal to those with an interest in Lear's personal life, and constitutes a must-read for fans and collectors of his work. Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), was an English musician, author, poet, and artist. He is most famous for the literary nonsense contained within his popular poetr...

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Report copyright infringementby Louise Harper (Author)A collection of humorous essays with a few short stories added for good measure. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 12, 2004

Early Bird Special!!! And 174 Other Signs that You Have Become a Senior Citizen

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Piedmonte (Author), Jean Piedmonte (Author) Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9.08 x 6.22 IN Publication Date: April 17, 2003

The Funny Side of Hunting and Fishing: A Cartoonist's Guide to the Sports of the Great Outdoors

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Roberts (Author)Fish. And ducks. And deer. OH MY! This collection of over 100 cartoons spoofs the favorite past times of the outdoor recreationalist... hunting and fishing. A guaranteed chuckle for hunters, fishermen, and the average reader looking for a laugh. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.27 x 11.04 x 8.3 IN Publication Date: April 02, 2003

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Report copyright infringementby Khari J. Nellum (Author) Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.62 x 9.14 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: September 30, 2003

Gay Husbands/Straight Wives: A Mutation of Life

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Report copyright infringementby Bonnie Kaye (Author) Number of Pages: 400 Dimensions: 1 x 8.24 x 5.04 IN Publication Date: August 06, 2003

Wise Cracks and Funny Bones: Fun With the Chiropractor

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Report copyright infringementby Donald McDowall (Author) Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9.02 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: July 25, 2003

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Report copyright infringementby David Mueller (Author) Number of Pages: 212 Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.1 x 5.12 IN Publication Date: September 03, 2003

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Report copyright infringementby Bob Phillips (Author)Phillips' Treasury of Humorous Quotations is a catalog of more than 1,700 famous (and not so famous) sayings on life. This book is designed to be a ready reference for seminar and sermon preparation, and it's just plain entertaining. Inside you'll find entirely new material. Bob draws from a variety of resources throughout history that are sure to give writers, educators, ministers, and public speakers the perfect quote for their speech or ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Hughes (Author)The experiences of a firefighter can be life-changing, sad, exciting, exhausting, frightening and sometimes even funny. The Lighter Side of Firefighting covers firefighting stories that are humorous and memorable. These accounts are based on real life occurrences. The book also includes great fire department jokes, and some gags that the guys have and still do play on each other. So what do you do when you see a fire man?..... Put it out, man...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Brown (Author)A collection of funny, poignant, and autobiographical short stories, Little Things looks at the aspects of daily life -- friendship, illness, death, work, crushes, love, jealousy, and fatherhood -- we take for granted. As each story loops into others, Jeffrey Brown shows how the smallest andseemingly most insignificant parts of everyday life can end up becoming the most meaningful. Brown's first full-length autobiographical book in several...

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Norton (Author)This New York Times bestselling author may hate your guts, but you'll be laughing too hard to care in this blisteringly funny essay collection.What do Steve Martin, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Phil have in common? Jim Norton hates their guts. And he probably hates yours, too, especially if you're a New York Yankee, a Starbucks employee, or his high school bully. In thirty-five hilarious essays, New York Times bestselling author and come...

Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our y

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Report copyright infringementby Judith Viorst (Author)Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother's Day, graduation, Christmas, Chanukah, or at any time of year. Whatever became of Alexander after that famously bad day? And did you know that Jud...

Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government: A Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory Levey (Author)When twenty-five-year-old law student Gregory Levey applied for an internship at the Israeli Consulate, he got more than he'd bargained for. The speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations quit, and Levey was asked to fill the vacancy. The situation got even stranger when he was transferred to Jerusalem to write speeches for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Shut Up, I'm Talking is the startling account of Levey's journey into...

Everything Is Going to Be Okay: A Book for You or Someone Like You

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce Eric Kaplan (Author)It's a terrible world out there and we all know it. But now that we have this delightful picture book for adults by famed New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan, it's just a little bit better. In these pages you will discover a unique story of two people, one graduation speech, and many things you may or may not need to know. This wise and wonderful book is the perfect gift for any graduate. In fact, we promise that anyone who reads i...

I Love You, I Hate You, I'm Hungry: A Collection of Cartoons

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce Eric Kaplan (Author)- Distinctive humor from a well-known artist: Bruce Eric Kaplan is one of the most popular cartoonists at The New Yorker . Known for his observational sense of humor and distinctive design, Kaplan's work plays on modern foibles, juxtaposing droll, slice-of-life dialogue with slightly surreal situations. . - Just in time for Valentine's Day: This latest collection from Kaplan employs his trademark incisive wit on the volatile passions a...

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Report copyright infringementby Dick Masterson (Author)Through a process of exhaustive man research he calls "keeping his eyes open," Dick Masterson has compiled a Magnum-size list of the ways men are better than women. It is an infallible compendium of man's greatness, filled with the most egregiously fallacious arguments ever put to words, but with some kind of miraculous, rock-solid man logic dripping like motor oil from every sentence. It is a manifesto more memorable than bullshit like H...

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Report copyright infringementby David Nadelberg (Author)Relive the angst. From starter girlfriends to escapist fantasies to delusional attempts to stand out amongst their peers, Mortified: Love Is a Battlefield revisits the boundlessly embarrassing topic of childhood love, uncovering priceless artifacts of authentic teen angst that tell of unrequited crushes, awkward hookups, odd celebrity infatuations, and all manner of romantic catastrophes. The now older (and allegedly wiser) authors of th...

Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities and Civilians Tell Stories of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Found Items from Around the World

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Report copyright infringementby Davy Rothbart (Author)Hey My name is Davy. I make a magazine called Found. We publish notes & letters that folks find on the street. I asked my favorite writers, musicians, artists & entertainers to tell me about the things they've found. These are the storie Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: May 05, 2009

Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting

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Report copyright infringementby Rene Syler (Author), Karen Moline (With) For every woman who's passed off store-bought cakes as her own at the school bake sale comes an honest look at motherhood. In an ideal world, mothers would have time to hand-sew their kids' costumes for the school play, prepare all-organic meals, and volunteer in the classroom at the drop of a hat. In reality, most moms have to settle for plopping their little ones in front of SpongeBob so that they can prepare yet an...

Manifold Destiny: The One! the Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Maynard (Author), Bill Scheller (Author)Giving new meaning to the term "fast food" Rest-stop grade F meat patty? Nah. Nuggets of reconstituted poultry bits? Pass. Deep-fried fish discus? No, really, thanks all the same. It's time to bid farewell to the roadside meal as you know it. Nearly twenty years ago, Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller opened the world's eyes to the beautym of car-engine gastronomy in the original Manifold Destiny. And now that another ...

Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without

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Report copyright infringementby Francoise Blanchard (Author), Jeremy Leven (Author)SAY CHIC...C'est magnifique Ever wonder why some French words have become so common in English as to be clich s? Or why your witty repartee wouldn't be quite so witty without them? In Say Chic, Fran oise Blanchard and Jeremy Leven collect more than seventy familiar French words and phrases that have become a permanent part of the American vocabulary. In their clever, often amusing style, the authors explain ...

Take This Advice: The Best Graduation Speeches Ever Given

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Report copyright infringementby Sandra Bark (Editor)"BE FREE, AND DANCE THROUGH LIFE." -- YOKO ONO "MAKE THE WORLD BEFORE YOU A BETTER ONE BY GOING INTO IT WITH ALL BOLDNESS." -- SEAMUS HEANEY "REMEMBER ALWAYS TO SIT UP STRAIGHT." -- MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Take This Advice delivers thirty of the most powerful and inspiring commencement speeches given in the past ten years. With grace and humor, this generation's favorite artists and thinkers address graduates to celebrate an incredible achi...

Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Wendell (Author), Candy Tan (Author)The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name...We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a "special place" where we store them. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. Meanwhile, romance continues to be the bestselling fiction genre. Ever. So what's with all the shame? Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan--the cr...

Humor for a Woman's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Various (Author)Humor has the unique power to lift a heart to new heights, to heal the hurts of a bad day, and to infuse the soul with inspiration. Samplings from some of your favorite authors and comedians include Patsy Clairmont, Martha Bolton, Mark Lowry, Carolyn Arends, and many more. This feel-good book will delight your feminine funny bone and tickle your female fancy. Take a deep breath, inhale the joy, soak up the merriment, and you'll surely find tha...

Humor for the Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Various (Author)Humor has the power to transform a down day into a wonderful adventure or a good day into an even brighter one. That's why you and those you care for are sure to enjoy the humorous messages and light-hearted stories in this delightful book. Whether you need relief from stress or some cheerful inspiration, the unique perspectives and fun stories of best-selling authors such as Barbara Johnson, Max Lucado, Marilyn Meberg, Chonda Pierce, Bob Phill...

Humor for a Mom's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Various (Author)Being a mom is a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating joys and pull-out-your-hair frustrations. Sometimes a sweet infusion of humor is just what you need to lift your heart to new heights, to heal the hurts of a bad day, or to instill your soul with inspiration. Samplings from some of your favorite authors -- including Patsy Clairmont, Martha Bolton, Dave Meurer, Nancy Kennedy, and many more -- will energize any worn-out mom and remind you of th...

Humor for a Teacher's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart

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Report copyright infringementby Various (Author)The newest book in the popular Humor for the Heart series, Humor for a Teacher's Heart, is sure to become a favorite. This collection of humorous stories illustrates the lighter sides of the joys, challenges, and adventures of being a teacher. With best-selling authors like Martha Bolton, Marilyn Meberg, Teresa Bell Kindred, and Jeanne Zomes, this hilarious book will lift teacher's spirits on their roughest days and give them a renewed passion...

Humor for the Holidays: Stories, Quips, and Quotes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years

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Report copyright infringementby Shari MacDonald (Author)Celebrate the holidays with the marvelous gift of humor! Holidays can be both fun and frustrating, can't they? All the chaos that goes with the holidays can make you grin or groan. What you need for happy holidays is to have your stocking stuffed with tasty bits of humor. Imagine reaching into your stocking and finding a hilarious story by Patsy Clairmont, pulling out funny-bone ticklers by Martha Bolton, Jack Hayford, and Tim Wildmon, a...