Humor

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Gould (Author)Essays by former editor of Gawker.com--and the new female voice of her generation. In And the Heart Says Whatever, Emily Gould tells the truth about becoming an adult in New York City in the first decade of the twenty-first century, alongside bartenders, bounty hunters, bloggers, bohemians, socialites, and bankers. These are essays about failing at pet parenthood, suspending lust during the long moment in which a dude selects the perfect so...

Pacify Me: A Handbook for the Freaked-Out New Dad

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Mancini (Author)A humorous yet practical collection of essays that look at the one thing that terrifies men the most: Fatherhood. Anyone who's seen Judd Apatow's smash hit Knocked Up knows that many modern men are still clinging to their inner child. So what happens when this man-child finds out that he's an expectant father? The obvious: he freaks out. Written for the new fathers who know more about Mr. Spock than Dr. Spock, My Life Is Over empatheticall...

Poop Tales: The Perfect Reading Material for Any Bathroom A Compilation of Hilarious Stories

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Scott (Author), Jeffery James (Author)Many people say, "You can't judge a book by its cover". That saying definitely doesn't apply in this case, because the title and picture say it all. In this book the vulnerability of us all is humorously exposed as we typically find ourselves trying to hide the human condition, which has been passed down throughout mankind. If you breathe, then you eat, if you eat then you poop. No one is exempt from this natural ac...

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Report copyright infringementby George Carlin (Author), Tony Hendra (With)Now in paperback, this posthumous work by an American classic was a fitting last book, an instant bestseller, and a huge success!One of the undisputed heavyweight champions of American comedy, with nineteen appearances on the Johnny Carson show, thirteen HBO specials, five Grammys, and a critical Supreme Court battle over censorship under his belt, George Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career,...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Wise (Author)An Englishman is plucked from his native land at a young age and sent to the USA by his parents. He transferred to a world which he had previously only dreamt of. With his family he was bombed out during the 1939-1945 war and was brought up in Reading, Berkshire. He would eventually find out that his earlier years had not really prepared him for the wide, new world he was thrust into. His arrival in the United States of America filled him awe a...

Politically Incorrect Female Chauvinist Jokes About Men: A Funny Joke Book For Women Featuring Humor Both Clean And Adult About Men.

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Report copyright infringementby James Buffington (Author)A compilation of hundreds of jokes all about men. Funny humor ranges from the clean to the dirty and will have you laughing for hours. Great for yourself or as a Christmas or birthday gift!Author BiographyJim has been collecting jokes and humor for over thirty years. Having graduated Cleveland State in 1974, he spent the next 23 years in a variety of positions while pursuing the lifestyle of a bridge bum. Currently Jim operates the popu...

A Humorous History Of The United States: From The Magic Lamp Classic Humor Series

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Report copyright infringementby Edgar Wilson Nye (Author)As the biography of Mr. Nye to the right side of this page indicates, it's very possible that he might have been an influence on the producers of humorous history films like Mel Brooks' "History of the World." Nye starts the book with a letter delivered to Queen Isabella of Spain, advising her that if she grows tired of her current staff 'discover, ' that a new one named Chris is recommended. Ultimately, she decided to put up a couple o...

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Report copyright infringementby Patton Oswalt (Author)Now in paperback, from a "multi-faceted, medium-hopping, culture skewering performer" (SPIN), this is a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, best known for his roles in film (Big Fan and Ratatouille) and television (The King of Queens and The United States of Tara), but also beloved for his ascerbic, highly eloquent, and wildly funny standup comedy.Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most cr...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Kreider (Author)"Kreider locates the right simile and the pith of situations as he carefully catalogues humanity's inventive and manifold ways of failing" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn't change you? Why do we fall in lo...

My Custom Van: And 52 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Ian Black (Author)Get ready for the read of your life. Never before has a single book combined awesome vans, unicorns, Billy Joel, and erotic fiction in such a potent combination. A writing tour de force? Perhaps. A reading experience that will sear itself into your consciousness like a red-hot branding iron? Without question. Comedian and basic cable superstar Michael Ian Black unleashes the full fury of his astonishing intellect in this collection of...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Rasbury (Author)Things Better than BOOBS is creative, suspenseful, sarcastic, and laughter provoking all at once. It's hilarious and clever take-home message campaigns loudly for an agreeably timeless yet generally unspoken notion. It is a brilliant gift idea for any humorous occasion and a must have on any book shelf or coffee table where sarcasm meets intellectual wit. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Rasbury (Author)Things Better than BOOBS is creative, suspenseful, sarcastic, and laughter provoking all at once. It's hilarious and clever take-home message campaigns loudly for an agreeably timeless yet generally unspoken notion. It is a brilliant gift idea for any humorous occasion and a must have on any book shelf or coffee table where sarcasm meets intellectual wit. Author Biography At an early age Rasbury became widely recognized as the informa...

How to Make Peace in the Middle East in Six Months or Less: Without Leaving Your Apartment

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory Levey (Author)Gregory Levey's modest goal is to solve the Middle East conflict--all by himself. After returning to North America following a stint in his midtwenties writing speeches for the Israeli government--first at the United Nations and then for the prime minister in Jerusalem--he thinks he is leaving the madness of the Middle East conflict behind. But nothing could be further from the truth. Levey soon discovers that everyone on this side of the ...

Pogey, Poutine and Warm, Furry Beavers: Plus Twenty Other Reasons to Enjoy Being Canadian

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Report copyright infringementby David Townsend (Author)A frenetic celebration of all things Canucky ... the sort of thing you might get if you pumped Dave Barry full of maple syrup and Moosehead, then left him tied up in a sack for a week with Ron James and the Littlest Hobo. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 09, 2009

In Search of Diddly Squat: or: The Mall Walker's Guide to the Universe

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Oliver (Author)Who are the Curmudgeon Virgins and how are they related to Diddly Squat? Or Sheryl Crow? Or Yankee Doodle? What do mullets have in common with fired football coaches? Or Facebook? Or mall walkers? In Search of Diddly Squat provides answers to those questions. It could be called a quest for truth, justice, and the America way, even though there is very little truth and almost no justice in it. Just humor. And satire. And sarcasm. And short, c...

Politically Correct My Ass...: A collection of random, irrelevant thoughts, humorous anecdotes and the occasional poem from the mind of a disillusion

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Report copyright infringementby Bsn Kevin L. Hogan (Author)As we begin our journey down the path of enrichment, enlightenment and empowerment, let us pray for deliverance from the forces of ignorance and stupidity that rise up before us, and seek to destroy us: "Dominus ominus, exodous en massicus, afarious fromicus, all ye dumbassicus." Do you like that? I wrote it myself...and would you believe that I've never even studied Latin...Author BiographyRead the damn book, the smart ones will ...

Bigfoot Declassified: The official government manual for co-existing with the now documented species

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Report copyright infringementby M. P. Raymond (Author)Bigfoot is Real... and quickly becoming a part of American Culture. This is the only approved government text (recently declassified) on understanding/controlling the Bigfoot creature. Learn how it all started and why this manual is a mandatory read. Learn new facts connected with the scientific validation of classic Bigfoot stories. Gain a complete understanding from recent studies conducted at a secure state-of-the-art natural habitat ...

What's New, Doc?: a collection of funny, poignant, and even scandalous medical stories

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Report copyright infringementby F. R. C. P(c) Elaine Myrie-Richards (Author)"Medicine can be raunchy!" is the comment a friend made when I shared some of my stories with her. Another friend stated, "These stories are outrageous!" and his statement gave me an idea for the subtitle. My reply to these friends is, "But they are all true. In fact, you should have heard the ones I rejected, in the interest of propriety." According to my three children, belonging to a family in which both parents ar...

Little Johnny Sarcasm and Wit: A Collection of Little Johnny Jokes

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Report copyright infringementby John Laird (Editor)For those not familiar with Little Johnny, he cleverly exemplifies some of the more sarcastic qualities of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, Bart from The Simpsons, or any one of the South Park characters. While a casual observer might mistake his sarcasm as youthful ignorance, a closer look reveals just how calculated his wit can be. And it's this wit that has yet to be made collectively available to humor enthusiasts...until now. Little Johnny...

Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld

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Report copyright infringementby Hart Seely (Editor)Until now, the poetry of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been hidden, "embedded" within comments made at press briefings and in interviews. His preferred medium is the spoken word, and his audience has been limited to hard-bitten reporters and hard-core watchers of C-SPAN. Just as The Iliad and The Odyssey were spoken aloud by many bards, in many variations, before Homer captured them on paper, the Rumsfeld improvisations have finall...

Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Hartley (Author), Chuck Klosterman (Foreword by)Let the debate begin... The Advanced Genius Theory, hatched by Jason Hartley and Britt Bergman over pizza, began as a means to explain why icons such as Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Sting seem to go from artistic brilliance in their early careers to "losing it" as they grow older. The Theory proposes that they don't actually lose it, but rather, their work simply advances beyond our comprehension. The ramific...

A Few Well Chosen Words: More Wit and Wisdom from Public Radio

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Report copyright infringementby David Bouchier (Author)David Bouchier brings humor and insight to the quirks and puzzles of everyday life, from buying vitamin pills to reading poetry on the subways. These entertaining commentaries were first broadcast on public radio stations in Long Island and Connecticut, where Bouchier's quirky and clever humor has made him the most popular public radio personality in the region. Every week for the past twelve years Bouchier has plucked a topic from the ch...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Ross (Author)One of the world's foremost practitioners of insult comedy, Jeffrey Ross has memorably and uproariously roasted some of our favorite celebrities. Part memoir and part how-to guide, I Only Roast the Ones I Love unveils the irreverent secrets every successful roastmaster should know, such as how to: - Write roast jokes- Turn any event into a roast your friends will never forget- Rip your honoree a new one without hurting their feelings- Save ...

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Report copyright infringementby Fred D. Nancy (Introduction by), Alan Marder (Illustrator), Ted L. Nancy (Author)Ted L. Nancy's Letters from a Nut series documented his correspondence with celebrities, dignitaries, and companies who replied to his outlandish letters. Letters where Ted wanted to check in to a hotel with his own ice machine. Or sell ham sandwiches out of an Indian casino restroom. Then in Hello Junk Mail! Ted and the Kabobby family answered scores of junk mail with more riotous...

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Report copyright infringementby Kelly Kazek (Author)"Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom" is award-winning journalist Kelly Kazek's skewed and hilarious view of various aspects of life, from raising a daughter as a single mom to life in a small town to popular culture ... "I felt I had a lot of wisdom to impart to my daughter, like "Never let a man see you put on control top panty hose (or for that matter, take them off. Someone could get hurt.)" - from the column "Moms ...

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The Amazing Adventures of a Marginally Successful Musician

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Cinque (Author)4200 gigs. 250 Film and TV song placements. 30 years in music. These are some of the bullet points in the resume of author/musician Bill Cinque. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF A MARGINALLY SUCCESSFUL MUSICIAN is an educational and entertaining look at the world of music. Honest, insightful and often humorously brutal, Cinque speaks to the beginner, the seasoned pro, and the non-musician "civilian" in a unique and refreshing voice about the rehear...

The Fiddler in the Subway: The True Story of What Happened When a World-Class Violinist Played for Handouts... and Other Virtuoso Performances by Amer

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Report copyright infringementby Gene Weingarten (Author)GENE WEINGARTEN IS THE O. HENRY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Simply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before revealing how it actually is--in narratives that are by turns hilarious, heartwarming, and provocative, but always memorable. Millions of people know the title piece about violinist Joshua Bell, which originally began as a stunt: What would happen if you put a world-class musician outside a W...

The Quotable A**hole: More Than 1,200 Bitter Barbs, Cutting Comments, and Caustic Comebacks for Aspiring and Armchair A**holes Alike

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Grzymkowski (Author)Whoever said, "sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you" never met an a**hole. Here, you'll find more than 1,200 of the most biting quotes, comments, and comebacks ever uttered, including: "I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence." --George Bernard Shaw"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Alber...

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Report copyright infringementby Alex Carrick (Author)This book contains more than just stories about the family. Some entries are dappled impressions of modern life. Some are comedy bits, with the odd gem of a punch line. Others are lighter than air and rise up like whimsy. Others still have a slightly more serious intent, with surprising twists. These funny, short original stories first appeared on the website: www.alexcarrick.com. Mr. Carrick has been a leading economist in the North Americ...

Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons: Tales of Redemption from an Irish Mailbox

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Fitzsimmons (Author)A memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Irish family by frequent late-night guest and Howard Stern Show veteran Greg Fitzsimmons, as told through a collection of disciplinary letters. PARENTS: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME Greg Fitzsimmons has made a lot of what appear to be bad decisions. It's what he was raised to do. Most parents would hide or destroy any evidence so clearly demonstrating their child's failures, but--lucky for us--Greg ...

Life Al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian-American Family

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Report copyright infringementby Gina Cascone (Author)With the irreverence, gutsy spirit, and warmhearted hilarity that made Pagan Babies a classic, here is the Italian-American experience served up by the author who has been crowned the Patron Saint of Humor. Before the Sopranos, there were the Cascones....Life al Dente, the new memoir from the author of Pagan Babies, brings the same wit and wonder to the telling of Gina Cascone's Italian-American girlhood...well, boyhood actually. In an It...