Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...and I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book. That book is this book. After years of painstaking ... more »

' The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field ... more »

This caustically funny Webster's of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land. At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won't weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary of Corporate ... more »

To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book ... more »

If you've ever been fired, you're in good company. That's what actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch discovered when she was fired by her idol Woody Allen (You look retarded). She confided her tale of woe to her friend Felicity Huffman, who made Annabelle laugh with her own stories. Annabelle realized ... more »

TWO JEEVES AND BERTIE NOVELS FOR ONE LOW PRICE Here are the first two Jeeves novels, My Man Jeeves and Right Ho, Jeeves, complete and unabridged - over 800 pages of reading pleasure - in one inexpensive ebook. You will howl, you'll laugh, your sides will need stitching, when you read the classic adventures ... more »

The New York Times calls him the funniest man in America, and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide. In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on: The scientific search for the world's funniest joke (you can bet it includes the ... more »

Is There a Doctor in the House? Say you're at a party. You've had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you're introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect time to bring ... more »

Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside--until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force ... more »

This latest work by critically acclaimed historian Jerrold Packard brings fresh light to the most horrifying chapter in the nation's history since the end of slavery itself. For most of the century following the Civil War, a quarter of the nation lived under Jim Crow, a system of legalized segregation ... more »

Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she's never looked better.... Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it--not any ... more »

Product Info Linguistic miscues and misunderstandings pepper this humorous account of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and a mysterious lady in a raincoat. more »