New: $25.99 Hardcover available June 3, 2008 add to wish list |
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris Publisher Comments "David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art" (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee...
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New: $100.00 Hardcover available May 2008 add to wish list |
The Official Filthy Rich Handbook
by Christopher Tennant Publisher Comments How the Other .0001% Live It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed over-class, the lucky .0001 percent sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets. But sadly, most of the newcomers joining their ranks are simply not prepared to make...
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New: $12.95 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
Guidos' Credos: The Paisan Point of View on Everything from Marriage to Macaroni
by Vinnie Penn Publisher Comments Ostensibly a romp through all things Italian, Guido’s Credos offers a seriocomic subtext about stereotypes and the societal emphasis on political correctness. In his 39 credos — one for each year he’s lived — author Vinnie Penn...
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New: $14.00 Trade Paper available July 2008 add to wish list |
Some Assembly Required
by Lynn Bonasia Publisher Comments Thirty-nine-year-old Rose is content with her safe life: both her job writing manuals for appliances and her long-term boyfriend are reasonably satisfying. But when Mr. Almost Right betrays her, Rose decides there has to be more to it than writing...
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New: $18.95 Trade Paper available July 2008 add to wish list |
You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values
by Win Mccormack Publisher Comments Shocking, illuminating, profoundly disturbing…You Don't Know Me details over one hundred cases of sexual misconduct by Republican officials, office holders, and ideological supporters. In addition to augmenting the public's knowledge of...
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New: $18.00 Hardcover available July 2008 add to wish list |
Awesome
by Jack Pendarvis Publisher Comments A new American tall tale from the author of Your Body Is Changing and The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure in which giants, whales, and robots abound. A giant strides this land. A giant who builds robots, sweats mescaline, and kisses like a...
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New: $18.00 Hardcover available August 5, 2008 add to wish list |
Best Thought, Worst Thought: On Art, Sex, Work and Death
by Don Paterson Publisher Comments “Contentious, rude, hilarious, moving, and truthful. A book you’ll dip into for the rest of your life.” —Ian Rankin The male genitals are worn externally as evolution is in the process of expelling them from the body. Another...
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New: $11.99 Calendar available June 2008 add to wish list |
Smart Ass Page-A-Day Calendar
by Workman Publishing Company Synopsis Think trivia with a twist and with a healthy dose of attitude. Think Smart Ass, the edgy and addictively entertaining Australian board game--recently launched in the United States by University Games--that's now a calendar. Winner of the Australian Game...
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New: $12.95 Trade Paper available August 2008 add to wish list |
From Schlub to Stud: How to Embrace Your Inner Mensch and Conquer the Big City
by Max Gross Publisher Comments Knocked Up revealed that schlubs really can become studshere's how! For years after college, Max Gross was a schlubby ne'er-do-well sporting an unwieldy Jewfro. He fought off double-chins and man-boobs. His style of dress was reminiscent of a...
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New: $14.00 Trade Paper available August 2008 add to wish list |
Erotomania: A Romance
by Francis Levy Publisher Comments "Although one can trace bawdy influences-from Rabelais to Henry Miller-all over the place, Erotomaniais unlike anything I've ever read. I applaud it."-Daphne Merkin Erotomaniais an absurdist portrait of a modern-day romance. It follows James and Monica...
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New: $19.95 Hardcover available June 2008 add to wish list |
Executricks: Or How to Retire While You're Still Working
by Stanley Bing Publisher Comments People in the high flush of a successful but sometimes frenetic business career often look with envy at those who have entered their golden years. Ah! they think. To be retired! Free to wake when you wish, to have the time to reflect on the deeper things...
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New: $24.95 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
Man of Steel: A Cartoon History of the Howard Years
by Russ Radcliffe Publisher Comments Investigating the most dominant figure on the Australian political landscape for more than a decade, this biography takes a closer look at the country’s former prime minister, John Winston Howard. Contemplating Howard’s legacy and his...
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New: $24.95 Hardcover available June 3, 2008 add to wish list |
Me of Little Faith
by Lewis Black Publisher Comments From the hilariously mad-as-hell Daily Show regular and New York Timesabestselling author comes a ferociously funny exploration of religion and faith. What do we believe? And in Godas name why? Lewis Black has the answers. Or at least his answers. He...
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New: $13.95 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
The Official Filthy Rich Handbook
by Christopher Tennant Publisher Comments How the Other .0001% Live It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed over-class, the lucky .0001 percent sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets. But sadly, most of the newcomers joining their ranks are simply not prepared to make...
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New: $14.95 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
Too Many Curses
by A. Lee Martinez Publisher Comments The wizard Margle the Horrendous takes special pride in never killing his enemies. Instead, he transforms them into various accursed forms and locks them away in his castle. His halls are filled with his collection of fallen heroes and defeated villains,...
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New: $13.95 Trade Paper available July 2008 add to wish list |
Stuck in Downward Dog
by Chantel Simmons Synopsis In this charming first novel, the dueling worlds of yoga and cosmetic enhancement, gourmet dinners and Frankenberry cereal, self-help books and too-helpful loved ones all conspire to nearly unravel 25-year-old Mara Brennan. Dumped by her boyfriend, stuck...
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New: $15.95 Trade Paper available July 8, 2008 add to wish list |
Mathematicians in Love
by Rudy Rucker Publisher Comments Reality is never more unpredictable than when two mathematicians are in love with the same girl, and can change the world to get her. Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and both are in love with Alma, Bela’s...
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New: $18.99 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952
by Hank Ketcham Publisher Comments Now in paperback! The first two years of Hank Ketcham's classic! Dennis the Menace began on March 14, 1951 (four months after Ketcham's friend and colleague Charles Schulz started his own historic comic strip) and Dennis went on to become the second most...
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New: $33.26 Hardcover available July 2008 add to wish list |
Write Your Own Graphic Novel
by Natalie M. Rosinsky Synopsis - Writing/Brainstorming/Creativity Exercises - Writer's Timeline - Case Studies - Tips and Techniques - Writing Excerpts - Research Activities - Book List - Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index - Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.co - National...
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New: $16.99 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Brevity Remix: A Brevity Treasury
by Guy Endore-kaiser Publisher Comments "A terrific comic now becomes a terrific book." --Larry King Did you know that da Vinci sketched the prototype for the iPod? Or that before settling on cookies, Chinese restaurants experimented with putting fortunes in broccoli? Learn more about life in...
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