New: $23.00 Hardcover available May 13, 2008 add to wish list |
I Still Have It . . . I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fiftysomething
by Rita Rudner Publisher Comments I bought a new wrinkle cream. If you use it once a day, you look younger in a month. Twice a day, you look younger in two weeks. I ate it. As the years go by, and the decades begin to pile up, people will do just about anything to reverse the signs of...
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New: $24.95 Hardcover available June 3, 2008 add to wish list |
Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies
by Jules Shell Synopsis The authors of the cultural phenomenon "Bar Mitzvah Disco" pick up the story of their generation's coming of age where that tome left off, painstakingly retelling tall tales of golden summers from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Full-color photos...
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New: $12.99 Trade Paper available July 2008 add to wish list |
Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe
by Lisa Alcalay Klug Publisher Comments "It's never been hipper to be Jewish." --VH1 Cool Jew does for gefilte fish and matzah balls what the Preppy Handbook did for plaid and polo--only with much more chutzpah. Cool Jew covers everything Hebraic from womb to tomb, finally putting an end to...
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New: $15.95 Trade Paper available May 2008 add to wish list |
Worst-Case Scenario Almanac, the .: Politics (Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks)
by David Borgenicht Publisher Comments Leave it to the experts of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series to ferret out the most scandalous, dangerous, incompetent, and downright awful people to ever seek power. The most lavish palaces, the bloodiest coups, the stupidest declarations. . ....
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New: $9.99 Trade Paper available May 2008 add to wish list |
Cruel and Unusual Idiots: Chronicles of Meanness and Stupidity
by Leland Gregory Publisher Comments "Some wonder why and some wonder why not. But it's the latter ones who make you scratch your head and say, 'What in the world were you thinking?'" Former Saturday Night Live writer Leland Gregory skewers cruel crooks and the idiotically inane. From...
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New: $13.95 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man
by Dan Anderson Publisher Comments Who better to unveil the mysteries of the he-man psyche than a woman's best friend, the master of clever and refined thinking, the gay man? He knows exactly when, where, and how to elicit that ultimate ooh-ooh, because he knows all too well what he wants....
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New: $14.95 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Pennsylvania
by Vicky Liley Publisher Comments This endlessly readable book covers every inch — geographically, culturally, and historically — of the Keystone State. Uncle John profiles a wealth of Pennsylvania firsts, including the first U.S. zoo and its rich bounty of junk food (it...
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New: $11.99 Calendar available June 2008 add to wish list |
The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit Page-A-Day Calendar
by Lois Beckwith Synopsis Here's the bottom line: A sellout in its first year, this hilariously snarky calendar--adapted from the bestselling book "The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit"--should go on every cubicle dweller's desktop ASAP. Decipher the myriad meanings of the word...
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New: $24.95 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2007 (Best of Australian Political Cartoons)
by Russ Radcliffe Publisher Comments Australia's funniest and most subversive political cartoonists are at their sharpest and wittiest in the latest entry in this bestselling series. Serving as an alternative pictorial history, this is an indispensable portrait of a momentous year in...
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New: $24.95 Hardcover available June 2008 add to wish list |
The Perfect Book for Dad: The Astonishingly Complete Guide to Fatherhood
by Paul Barker Publisher Comments You hold in your hands a celebration of all things fatherhood. You've earned it. Day after day, you work hard to keep food on the table and a roof over your family's precious heads. Now, finally, you receive the credit and recognition you--and all dads...
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New: $9.99 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
What's the Number for 911: Second Edition
by Leland Gregory Publisher Comments 911 Dispatch: "911, what's your emergency?" Caller: "What were the winning numbers for the Evening Pick Four today?" Lauded as the "911 poster child" by Katie Couric, former Saturday Night Live writer Leland Gregory takes us back to where the funny all...
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New: $11.99 Other available June 2008 add to wish list |
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
by Bathroom Reader's Hysterical Society Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader is a quirky, compulsively readable, and just-plain-fun compendium for the 68 % of Americans who read in the john--and anyone with a wacky sense of humor. Offbeat trivia, riddles, weird-but-true stories. Clueless criminals...
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New: $14.95 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Twin Study: Stories
by Stacey Richter Publisher Comments In the sense that all stories have been written before, a truly startling piece of fiction may be the greatest literary feat possible. Enter Stacey Richter, a virtuoso contender for that very prize, whose offbeat characters manage to toe the line between...
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New: $12.99 Other available July 2008 add to wish list |
Wallace & Gromit 2009 Wall Calendar
by Aardman Animations Publisher Comments The zany misadventures of the much-loved duo, Wallace and Gromit, highlight this wacky wall calendar....
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New: $17.95 Hardcover available May 2008 add to wish list |
Hello Junk Mail!
by Ted L. Nancy Publisher Comments Who is Ted L. Nancy? Is it Jerry Seinfeld as many believe? Or is Ted L. Nancy someone else? Mr. Nancy’s hilarious, notorious Letters from a Nut series documented his correspondence with celebrities and companies, who took his outlandish ideas and...
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New: $17.95 Trade Paper available June 2008 add to wish list |
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards
by Vicky Liley Publisher Comments And the Golden Plunger goes to… Forget about the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes. After two decades of producing interesting, entertaining, and mind-boggling stories, Uncle John has come up with his own unique opinions about what deserves an...
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New: $12.00 Trade Paper available August 26, 2008 add to wish list |
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around-One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher Today
by Robert Wilder Publisher Comments From the critically acclaimed author of Daddy Needs a Drink--hailed by the Los Angeles Times as consistently hilarious--comes a series of irreverent, wickedly observant essays about what it really means to be a teacher today. With his trademark wit and...
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New: $21.95 Hardcover available August 2008 add to wish list |
Trailer Trashed: My Dubious Efforts Toward Upward Mobility
by Hollis Gillespie Publisher Comments Once upon a time, Hollis Gillespie was ashamed about having a hard-drinking, trailer-salesman dad and a missile-making mom with broken dreams of being a beautician. That was then. This is now. Trailer Trashed is a hilarious and heartbreaking collection...
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New: $16.95 Trade Paper available September 2008 add to wish list |
Love All the People: The Essential Bill Hicks
by Bill Hicks Publisher Comments In 1993, network executives abruptly cut the final appearance of comedian Bill Hicks - a scathing tirade of digs on the Pope and the pro-life movement - from an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. His banning from the show, along with a...
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New: $14.97 Leather available August 2008 add to wish list |
Everyday Encouragement 2009 Planner (2009 Planner)
by Pamela Mcquade Synopsis Busy women can always use a little encouragement. . .and now the inspiring and confidence-building words--penned by Pamela McQuade--form the basis of a must-have yearly planner. Ideal for personal, home, business, or school use, the Everyday...
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