Wanda Sykes reduces people to tears -- tears of laughter. She's done so as a stand-up comic, a sitcom star, and a sports commentator for years now, and in the process she's gained a huge fan base nationwide. Now that she's conquered television, she's applying her genius to her first book, Yeah, I Said ... more »

The year is 1978. Saturday Night Fever is breaking box office records. All over America kids are racing home to watch Dance Fever , Michael Jackson is poised to become the next major pop star, and in Hollis, Queens, fourteen-year-old Darryl McDaniels -- who will one day go by the name D.M.C. -- busts ... more »

Say I do to five surprising stories of women grappling with love and marriage and whether to walk down the aisle or run away. In Elise Juska's Perfect Weather for Driving, Megan and Joel's sunset fender-bender makes for a great drunken story at his friend's wedding, but the reality is hardly romantic ... more »

How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof? Why do people have eyebrows? Why do pineapples have spines? How much does a head weigh? What affects the color of earwax? How quickly could I turn into a fossil? Have you ever thought up a question so completely off-the-wall, so seemingly ridiculous, that ... more »

A hilarious spoof of self-help books; instead of telling you what to do to enrich your life, this book tells you 563 stupid things NOT to do. Laugh-out-loud funny, this book is a must for anyone who has ever embraced their inner-child or been part of a twelve-step program. The anti-Oprah. more »

This lightweight yet un-fluffy collection of humorous letters is divided into sections from politicians, writers and show business figures, organized chronologically. Highlights include Fred Allen's 1932 encounter with a barrel of bricks, the bon mots of Robert Benchley about water in the streets of ... more »

A frequent contributor to the New York Times magazine, Outside, Salon, and GQ, and a regular on Public Radio International's This American Life, David Rakoff's debut collection of essays is simultaneously laugh-out-loud funny and take-your-breath-away poignant. David Rakoff is a fish out of water. Whether ... more »

The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth. With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor ... more »

Can we talk? Jest Between You and Me features four chapters that poke fun at life in general and my warped clan in particular. Each tale is short enough to read on the john. The General Observations section thumbs its nose at modern annoyances -- obscene phone calls, construction zones, etc. Is it Just ... more »

Did you ever wonder why you never see baby pigeons? Or why a thumbs-up gesture means OK? At last the solutions to some of life's most baffling questions are gathered here in one volume. Written in an informative and entertaining style and illustrated with drawings that are clearly to the point, Imponderables ... more »

It was Eros Urides, the real Martian behind the scenes, who dictated the contents of this book through the medium to Mr. Kennon.  It was further stated that The medium was held in trance for short periods only, as the medium must necessarily experience the atmosphere of Mars which is more rarified ... more »

For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way. Within the span of twenty-one days, Chuck had three relationships end -- ... more »