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 »

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 »

Let's face it-we all do geeky things, from checking e-mail obsessively to playing video games to tripping over our own feet. But here's your chance to find out just how much of a geek you really are. With 1,000 questions for every area of your life-from childhood to lifestyle to entertainment to sex ... 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 »

The bathroom read to end all bathroom reads! What does Greece (the country) have to do with Grease (the movie)? And what does Grease (the movie) have to do with greasy food? Plenty, if you ask the folks at mental_floss . Based on the magazine's Scatterbrained section, the mental_floss gang has taken ... more »

« Le presse-purée, c'était un peu le Meccano de ma grand-mère. Et même s'il n'y avait qu'une seule façon de le monter, on réclamait parfois mon père, quand il se trouvait dans les parages, et la puissance de ses pouces pour en bander ou en relâcher le ressort, exactement comme avec notre jeu lorsqu'un ... more »

I can only speak to myself. True -- and yet we must listen. Sometimes his accidental wit speaks louder than any prepared statement. Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. I always jest to ... more »

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 »

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 »

Faith In Love is a lesbian novel for readers of every sexual identity. Written from the point of view of Faith, a wife, mother and football widow who works in a baker's shop in north London and shops in Tesco's in her lunch hour, it is lively, humorous, candid and challenging.   A passionate glance ... more »

   Daryl Stone, a therapist at a mental health center, is feeling burned out at her job. And that's just one of her issues. Among other things, there's also the sudden death of the father she never got to know, the strain which ensues in her relationship with her mom, and meeting a woman who ... more »

Open the pages of But Seriously and you'll see that it is anything but serious. David Jenneson's tight, funny first person wit will keep you reading, smiling and nodding in agreement.. His broad brush covers everything from beating up Spammers to destroying Andy Warhol sculptures in the name of art, ... more »