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Tiny Book of Tiny Stories #01: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 by Hitrecord (cor) Publisher Comments From hitRECord, the immensely popular open collaborative production company, and its founder, Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, comes The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1. The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Hardcover 
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Unexpectedly Eighty: And Other Adaptations by Judith Viorst Publisher Comments What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses marriage, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels— and otherwise—of this extraordinary decade. She describes the wonder of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Broetry by Brian Mcgackin Publisher Comments As contemporary poets sing the glories of birds, birch trees, and menstruation, regular guys are left scratching their heads. Who can speak for Everyman? Who will articulate his love for Xbox 360, for Mama Celeste’s frozen pizza, for the cinematic... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Shut Up You're Fine: Instructive Poetry for Very, Very Bad Children by Andrew Hudgins Publisher Comments The wickedly funny collection of nursery rhymes for the South Park generation-illustrated by the incomparable Barry Moser. Andrew Hudgins, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-nominated author of the critically acclaimed Ecstatic in the Poison, brings... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Book of Nonsense (Routledge Classics) by Edward Lear Publisher Comments One of the world's most loved writers, Edward Lear has delighted whole generations of readers with his verse. Now "The Book of Nonsense is available once again from his original publishers.... (read more) List Price $19.25 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis Publisher Comments A selection of the best of the hilarious free-verse poems by the irreverent cockroach poet Archy and his alley-cat pal Mehitabel. Don Marquis’s famous fictional insect appeared in his newspaper columns from 1916 into the 1930s, and he has delighted... (read more) Your price: $13.50 New - Hardcover
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Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis Publisher Comments The now classic tale of Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat in her ninth life. First published in 1927, this free verse poem has become an essential part of American literature.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shoes, Chocs, Bags, and Frocks by Edward Monkton Publisher Comments A compendium of beautiful thoughts for women of taste and splendor. Edward Monkton, perhaps better known as the U.K.'s top-selling living poet Giles Andreae, pairs a witty and quirky writing style with simple yet elegant illustrations to celebrate the... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pirate Haiku: Bilge-Sucking Poems of Booty, Grog, and Wenches for Scurvy Sea Dogs by Michael P Spradlin Synopsis Come sail the seven seas aboard the notorious "Black Thunder." Readers will have a first-mate seat to the grizzly life of 18th-century pirates--as told by the surprising poetic-if-salty One-Leg Sterling.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vampire Haiku by Ryan Mecum Publisher Comments You hold in your hands a recently discovered poetry journal—the poetry journal of a vampire. William Butten was en route to a new land on the Mayflower when he was turned into a vampire by a fellow passenger, a beautiful woman named Katherine. These... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shrinklits: Seventy of the World's Towering Classics Cut Down to Size by Maurice Sagoff Publisher Comments Reductio ad absurdum! 70 Epic tales and heroic myths, dense theories and windy texts, oral traditions and really long novels-all reduced to 34 minutes reading. Learn Mill's Principles of Political Economy in couplets, Darwin's Origin of Species as a... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton Publisher Comments From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance -- witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Shakespeare: Flush with Verse: Classic Quotations for Times of Deep Thought by Pen Iink Play Publisher Comments For those reflective and quiet times on the throne of one's palace, what better distraction than a selection of quotes from Shakespeare? On book pages made to resemble sheets of toilet paper, each square is printed with a classic quote. These include... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sketches Sartorial, Tonsorial and the Like: A Collection of Light, Humorous Verse by St Claire Bullock Publisher Comments A collection of rhyming couplets, these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Cartoon pen-and-ink drawings by well-known illustrator Barrington Barber accompany the limerick-like lyrics, which capture the ridiculous... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum Publisher Comments In your hands is a poetry journal written by an undead poet, recounting his firsthand experience during the zombie plague. Little is known about the author before he turned into a zombie, but thanks to his continued writings in this journal - even after... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Werewolf Haiku by Ryan Mecum Publisher Comments Dear haiku journal, I think I killed some people. That was no dog bite. This journal contains the poetic musings of a mailman who, after being bitten by what he thinks is a dog, discovers that he is actually now a werewolf. Wreaking havoc wherever he... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade by Amy Allen Publisher Comments For the woman more accustomed to singing Missoni's praises than singing lullabies comes Amy Allen's irresistible This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade. Filled from cover to cover with sumptuous full color illustrations... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew Publisher Comments Childhood is confusing enough, but compared to middle age it is a piece of cake. When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of A. A. Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and foolish as he was. Now Matthew is... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Haiku U: From Aristotle to Zola, 100 Great Books in 17 Syllables by David Bader Publisher Comments Take a hilarious crash course in literatureĀjust three pithy linesĀfrom a bestselling haiku humorist. Why spend weeks slogging through The Iliad when you could just read the haiku? From Homer to Faulkner to Lao Tzu, the Great Books are now within the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wordsworth Limerick Omnibus by Linda Marsh Publisher Comments The Wordsworth Complete Works provide comprehensive collections of great authors in one volume. The series includes William Shakespeare and the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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