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    Last Words

    George Carlin

Actor Biographies
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I Drink for a Reason
I Drink for a Reason
by David Cross
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David Cross, the stand-up comedian, sketch-comedy genius (I heart you, Mr. Show), and actor (I heart you also, Arrested Development), offers a book of ephemera that is sometimes insightful, often sharp-edged, and always hilarious. B.Y.O. beer.... (read more)

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    Paul Newman: A Life

    Shawn Levy
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    The Avengers

    Toby Miller
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    Fiasco

    James Robert Parish
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Pokemon Ultimate Handbook
Pokemon Ultimate Handbook
by Pokemon
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Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh. Ash's Pokemon journey has taken him through some incredible regions, and now they're all in one book! This deluxe handbook includes facts & figures for every Pokemon ever. That's over 480 entries--packed with inside info... (read more)

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Comedians
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I Am America (and So Can You!)
I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert
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Congratulations--just by looking at this webpage, you became 25% more patriotic. From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. I Am America (And So... (read more)

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TV Programs
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Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
by David Bianculli
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A behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- the provocative, politically charged program that shocked the censors, outraged the White House, and forever changed the face of television. Decades before The Daily... (read more)

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Novelization
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Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books)
Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books)
by Sapphire
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Includes a Reading Group Guide Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more... (read more)

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Mommywood
Mommywood
by Tori Spelling
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If you thought Tinseltown was tough... Tori Spelling might have grown up with everything a girl could wish for, but these days she's just another suburban working mom...whose toddler regularly recognizes her in the pages of Us Weekly. Welcome to... (read more)

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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (Widescreen)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (Widescreen)

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Monty Python reunites in this outrageous comedy and also features some of today's biggest comedians including Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Izzard, Dan Aykroyd, and Seth Green. The Pythons are matched against their contemporaries: rock stars, comedians... (read more)

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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists
Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists
by A. V. Club
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The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more)

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Ricky Gervais Presents the World of Karl Pilkington
Ricky Gervais Presents the World of Karl Pilkington
by Karl Pilkington
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When The Ricky Gervais Show free podcasts were first launched this past winter, they racked up a record-setting 4 million downloads. And when the creators started charging for the podcasts, they went straight to number 1 on bestseller lists in the US and... (read more)

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I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
by Bob Newhart
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The first book ever from an icon of American comedy — a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life. That stammer. Those basset-hound eyes. That bone-dry wit. There has never been another comedian like Bob... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
I Drink for a Reason
  1. I Drink for a Reason
    by David Cross
  2. I Am America (and So Can You!)
    by Stephen Colbert
  3. Last Words
    by George Carlin
  4. Curious George and the Firefighters
    by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey
  5. Mommywood
    by Tori Spelling
Review-a-Day | October 24, 2009

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