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What the Dickens?!
Distinctly Dickensian Words and How to Use Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Featuring the quirkiest specimens in the Dickensian lexicon and culled from Charles Dickens' classic works, What the Dickens?! is a literary romp through the twisty alleyways of the Victorian vernacular.
What larks! Dive into the world of literature's ultimate wordsmith, Charles Dickens, in...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
From the early explorers to space travelers and holiday jetsetters, those in transit have acknowledged both the benefits and downsides of life on the go. The Little Blue Book of Travel Wisdom is a collection of these musings on travel, be it for research purposes, business, or vacation, via a plane,...
Paisley Goes with Nothing
A Man's Guide to Style
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
The best shoes to dance in are sneakers with no tread left.
Old ski lift tickets are not a fashion accessory.
Nothing is "fun for the whole family" unless the parents are under ten.
There's no such thing as classy luggage as long as you have to carry it.
With...
Non-Essential Mnemonics
An Unnecessary Journey into Senseless Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
From the popular column on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the humor website from the literary darling publisher of the same name
Will be endorsed by McSweeney's web editor Chris Monks, as well as promised promotion on the acclaimed literature and humor site.
Along with collection of...
The Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words
Over 10,000 Common and Confusing Words Explained
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
A fun and enlightening guide to those words you keep hearing—though you’re still not quite sure exactly what they mean . . .
This unique reference book strives to define words and phrases that the average person often encounters, but which may not be immediately familiar. You’ll find...
Halloween Pranks
Seven Pranks for the Week Leading up to Halloween
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
A fully illustrated prank book for the week leading up to Halloween. Quick and easy pranks to pull on your kids, friends or lovers - if they deserve it - during the season of spook.
There is no easier way to say you love someone than to show them, right? And if showing means making them...
Social Mania Mom
Social Mania Mom, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2013
Tracy’s a social media nut, and she’s not afraid to admit it. This book is full of zany posts she’s written over the years, compiled into categories like “Ain’t Got No Maid,” “Toddler Talks,” “Crazy Tracy 101,” and much more. As a housewife and stay-at-home mom, she always has something...
by Christopher Beachum
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Ever wondered why the sky is blue? Why did the chicken cross the road? Why are there no parachutes on an air plane. Me too. I got you covered in this hilarious book that tries to use logic to explain some of the silliest hypothetical questions ever asked.I have been infatuated with hypothetical...
The Wobbit
A Parody
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling parody The Hunger Pains, this fresh take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a hilarious send-up of Middle-earth, publishing just in time for the major motion picture release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
The sequel to the parody...
by Mardy Grothe
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. When Mae West said, "It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men," she was using chiasmus; when...
by John Blackman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
"Brilliant", "Arguably the most important work in its field", "A literary masterpiece" … just a few of the accolades critics didn't shower on John Blackman's first book, The Aussie Slang Dictionary**.**
Despite this, it became a smash-hit success. Don't Come...
Come Again?
Racy Slang, Expletives, and Curses from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
We all swear, whether we admit it or not, but do you know the fascinating origins of the curses and maledictions that we spout out of spite and malice, or simply to entertain? Here is practically every dirty word and foul phrase you’ve ever heard in English, along with a great many that you may...
by Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2001
At last, a compendium of ingeniously insulting words for every occasion.
For anyone who's been stymied by the level of sloth, bad looks and low intelligence of his fellow man (and woman), help is on the way. You can't change the tiresome creatures around you, but now you can describe them behind...
There Was a Young Man from Nantucket
1,001 Lewd Limericks Guaranteed to Amuse and Offend
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Here now is a steamy collection
Of limericks rare. Each selection
Will run for five lines,
Contain marvelous rhymes-
Detailing sex acts of subtle complexion.
Some readers may think that it’s crude
To offer for sale what is lewd
But if you’re offended
By what is appended,
We’ll say what you are; you’re a prude!