Model Number: BBR0679647015DLDA
Author: ALFORD, HENRY
Join investigative humorist Henry Alford as he navigates the wild world of internet personalities -- celebrating individuals ranging from the movie reviewer Filthy Critic to the cartoonist Angry Little Asian Girl; from online stack trader Tokyo Joe, who conducts much of his business in the nude, to a ...more »
Model Number: BBR1588363481DLDA
Author: KERMODE, FRANK
In The Age of Shakespeare , Frank Kermode uses the history and culture of the Elizabethan era to enlighten us about William Shakespeare and his poetry and plays. Opening with the big picture of the religious and dynastic events that defined England in the age of the Tudors, Kermode takes the reader on ...more »
Model Number: BBHS0759947864DLDA
Author: Corcoran, Lois
Jest when you thought it was safe, along comes the third in a series of parodies. Jest for Fun leaves you laughing with such thought-provoking essays as Can This Marriage Behave? And it pokes fun at everything from poor posture (You'd swear my spine was surgically removed.) to the joy of cooking (Non ...more »
Model Number: BBR0767910958DLDA
Author: DENNIS, PATRICK
Outrageous, hilarious, ribald, sophisticated, slapsatiric. The Denver Post With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955 -- and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Follow the rollicking ...more »
Model Number: BBR1588364291DLDA
Author: PETRAS, ROSS
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER READ The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head-taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out-by using 100 percent real examples ...more »
Model Number: BBR0767913094DLDA
Author: Rakoff, David
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 »
Model Number: BBAL2867449634DLDA
Author: Gran, Iegor
On le sait, chaque automne depuis cent ans, le Goncourt est attribué au livre le plus insignifiant de la rentrée. Si l'utilité de ce prix-repoussoir n'est plus à prouver - il montre à nos jeunes écrivains les voies littéraires sans avenir -, il ne faut pas oublier trop vite les goncourables, ces malheureux ...more »
Model Number: BBR1588364992DLDA
Author: D'Antoni, Tom
CONFESSIONS OF A TABLOID WRITER WHO DOVE INTO THE CESSPOOL OF HIS OWN MIND AND CAME UP WITH INCREDIBLE TABLOID STORIES "Some people aspire to greatness. A combination of bad parenting and coming of age in Baltimore, Maryland, at the same time as John Waters pushed me in a different direction," ...more »
Model Number: BBHS0759947317DLDA
Author: Corcoran, Lois
Wedding woes...,rude sales clerks...,uninvited guests... It's one darn thing after another! But you can have the last laugh. Filled with outrageous essays, Now Jest a Minute thumbs its nose at life's abundant irritations. Order a copy for the lastest in laugh therapy. See shopping in a new light with ...more »
Model Number: BBHSEBBASE_17746DLDA
Author: Bain, Darrell
If you like real down to earth, all out belly-busting laughter, then try this book. Laughing All The Way is a companion volume to the five star rated Life on Santa Claus Lane and is just as funny--if not more so. Egg-stealing snakes, skunks in kitchen cabinets, a flour-bespattered husband and kitchen ...more »
Model Number: BBR9780307278487DLDA
Author: Anonymous
If a mountain man felt compelled to dance, how would he do it? If koala bears could talk, what would they say? And what's the right pickup line, if you're a necrophiliac? (Maybe "I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get you pregnant.") In the throes of debates like these, we're lucky to ...more »
Model Number: BBR0440334489DLDA
Author: KINSELLA, SOPHIE
This expensive, glossy world is where I've been headed all along. Limos and flowers; waxed eyebrows and designer clothes from Barneys. These are my people; this is where I'm meant to be.--Becky Bloomwood. Universally beloved by readers, Sophie Kinsella's national bestseller, Confessions of a Shopaholic ...more »