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Urban Dictonary: Fularious Street Slang Defined
by Aaron Peckham  Publisher Comments Urbandictionary.com is a wildly successful site that encourages users to define the world with their own unique terms. In Urban Dictionary, site founder Aaron Peckham culls his more than 170,000 definitions for the funniest, wittiest, and most...
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Forever Fifty
by Judith Viorst Publisher Comments For the next decade, a baby-boomer will turn 50 every seven seconds. What would they do without the wit and wisdom of Judith Viorst's classic exploration of that delicate time in life? 24 line drawings....
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The Best of Ogden Nash
by Ogden Nash Synopsis In this definitive anthology of Nashs poetry, some poems reveal a darker side of the poet, while others are full of fun. But all display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America--and a good part of the world--from the time of the Great...
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Suddenly Sixty and Other Shocks of Later Life
by Judith Viorst Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of Forever Fifty comes a new collection of poems that tickle, console, and offer the pleasure of instant recognition -- the perfect book for any woman anywhere in the vicinity of sixty. Judith Viorst's "decade" books of verse...
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Pocket Book of Ogden Nash
by Ogden Nash Publisher Comments Here, in one volume, are the most popular poems of one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century -- perhaps of the last twenty centuries. Delightfully nonsensical, they in fact make the best of sense, accomplishing what only real poetry can...
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy And 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...
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Archyology
by Don Marquis Publisher Comments Archy and his racy pal Mehitabel are timeless, noted E. B. White in his essay on Don Marquis and his famous creations, and the undimmed enthusiasm of several generations of fans -- who every year buy thousands of copies of Marquis' earlier collections --...
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Edward Lear Complete Nonsense & Other Ve
by Edward Lear Publisher Comments Complemented throughout by Lear's fantastical line drawings, this is the perfect introduction to his world of nonsense....
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Hipster Haiku
by Siobhan Adcock Publisher Comments A trenchant collection of barbed odes to the hipster world utilizes the meters of haiku to offer a look inside the obsessions, fetishes, insecurities, and characteristics of hipsterdom. Original. 35,000 first printing....
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Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis]
by Jon Agee Publisher Comments Eegad, Agee! Not another palindrome book!Well-known author and illustrator Jon Agee has been playing with words again, and now a third collection of clever, absurd, and hilarious reversible phrases is the result. These palindromes and their accompanying...
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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...
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Puns Spooken Here:
by Richard Lederer Publisher Comments Q. What's a skeleton's favorite food? A. Spare ribs. Q. What was the witch's favorite subject in school? A. Spelling. Q. What kind of horse does a ghost ride? A. A night mare. Q. How does an exorcist keep in shape? A. He rides an exorcycle....
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How to Speak Fluent Lovey-Dovey in 11 Languages in 24 Hours
by Karen Salmansohn Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of "How to Be Happy, Dammit" comes the ultimate gift for the jet-set coquette: a charming guide to terms of endearment from around the world. 50 two-color illustrations....
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Smart Feller Fart Smeller and Other Spoonerisms
by Jon Agee Publisher Comments Wordplay master Jon Agee takes some of the more comical examples of these verbal mix-ups and pairs them with his equally hilarious pictures. Illustrations....
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Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington: Nursery Rhymes for the Political Barnyard
by Hart Seely Publisher Comments In the tradition of the bestselling "George W. Bushisms" and "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories," Seelys book revises dozens of famous nursery rhymes to hilarious effect as he aims his razor wit at everything from the latest Washington scandal to...
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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
by Edward Lear Publisher Comments All nonsense limericks, zany alphabets, Owl and Pussycat, songs, nonsense botany, and more. Illustrated by Lear.<BR>...
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Sailing: A Lubber's Dictionary (Bulging Pocket Dictionary)
by Henry Beard Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ".Quite simply the funniest book I have ever read." (William F. Buckley. Jr.) INCLUDING: ahoy: the first in a series of four-letter words commonly exchanged by skippers as their boats approach one another Wooden boat: a hole...
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Holy Tango of Literature
by Francis Heaney
Publisher Comments In Holy Tango of Literature, mad anagrammist Francis Heaney rearranges the letters of a writer?s name (say, William Shakespeare) to create a title ("Is a Sperm Like a Whale?") and renders a perfect parody in that author?s style. The results are...
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So Much Nonsense
by Edward Lear Publisher Comments The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boatThey dined on mince, and slices of quince Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They...
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To My Wife with Love
by Allen Appel Publisher Comments And husbands can thank their wives for... -- Agreeing to marry him even after she met his mother -- Cleaning the house -- Not seeming to mind his lack of hair -- Discussing things reasonably, even when he's not being reasonable -- Being proud of his...
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