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Life-abet
An A to Z of Existence
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
With 35,000 plus followers on Twitter and regular spots on media websites, including the Huffington Post, The Poke and Buzzfeed, 28 year old Aaron Gillies aka @TechnicallyRon is already an established 'voice of a generation' with his popular, sharp and precisioned brand of visual comedy satire. Firmly...
Don't Panic, I'm Islamic
Words and Pictures on How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
‘Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence’ Brian Eno
How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can't trust the media any longer, but there's no need to fret: Don't Panic, I'm Islamic provides you with the answers.
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Miss Fortune
Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
For fans of Jenny Lawson, Sarah Colonna, and Lena Dunham, an acutely-observed and hilarious take on what happens when life doesn’t end up quite as you’d expected.
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“Gloriously smart, deeply funny, and nakedly vulnerable … I laughed. I cried. I thanked...
by Harvey Pitcher
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
By the time he was 28, Anton Chekhov had published more than 500 short works of fiction, about half of them comic stories and farces. Since then, it has been well documented that these works, dashed off while he was "chasing two hares at once" - his medical career and his modest literary pursuits - were...
The Greenfather
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Simon, New York’s top organic grocery store owner has a secret: his dad is the head of one of New York’s biggest mob families. When his dad dies, Simon agrees to head the Family, provided that instead of murder, numbers and other rackets, the mob uses its muscle to enforce green regulations and...
by Orwell Kafka
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
No "real American" should read this book. But that's okay, since real Americans, like Sarah Palin for example, can't read anyway. And this book is banned in Texas. Which is kind of redundant considering the last sentence.
This book is a compilation of satirical and comedic essays...
Heckle
Notes From The Peanut Gallery
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
HECKLE: NOTES FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY is the first real authoritative and comprehensive look at heckling. HECKLE covers the history of heckling and then takes the reader on a journey through sport, politics, and entertainment. Written in a humorous and lively style, this book is for those of us in the...
Stuff White People Like
A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2008
They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees.
They believe they’re...
Bobby Wonderful
An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption.
Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their...
by Simon Rich
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world.
In the nostalgic opening...
by T. Duren Jones
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
T. Duren Jones gets out into the wilderness as often as possible—camping, fishing, hiking, desert trail trekking and “bagging” peaks—and does he have stories to tell! He’s hiked hundreds of trails, completed the nearly 500 miles of the Colorado Trail, and has summited all 54 of Colorado’s...
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses
True Stories and Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
In I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life.
The New York Times bestselling mother daughter duo are back with more hilarious, witty,...
Africanism
Common Sense for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Two hundred and sixty pages of serious thoughts presented in the form of standard comedy A deceptively thoughtful reflection on current affairs affecting African development and identity There is no other single volume as panoramic and down-to-earth on the African situation A must for anyone who cares...
by Corrie Burge
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Usually, change occurs gradually, but there are times when our entire world is altered in the time it takes to say, ‘unpredictability’. The first day I heard the words Multiple Sclerosis associated with myself, I was afraid, shocked and confused. I was in perfect health and in shape, seemingly...