Jokes Riddles category: 1216 books
Egghead
Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians...**
"Like Walt Whitman, Bo Burnham has made the transition from an internet comedy sensation to a soulful poet....
by Steve Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Why Did Steve Allen Cross the Road?
Steve Allen is a legend among comedians and entertainers. He's been playing to audiences on stage, radio, film, and television for more than fifty years, gaining acclaim for his unique wit and energy. Now for the first time, he shares more than a thousand...
The Deeper Meaning of Liff
A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
A rollicking, thought-provoking dictionary for the modern age, featuring definitions for those things we don't have words for, from the New York Times bestselling author behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, and TV producer John Lloyd.
Does the sensation of Tingrith(1)...
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2004
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne...
Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary
Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
Hey, you! The one holding the book. Have you ever seen a volume like this? Well, whether you realize it or not, it’s the one you’ve been waiting for. Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck Dictionary will teach you how to speak this unique Southern dialect fluently. Whether you’re blue-collar or hoity-toity,...
Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary
All the Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
There’s no such thing as too much redneck. And it’s easy to understand why. A veritable gumbo of indigenous ingenuity, this deliciously distinct dialect rolls off the tongue like drool in the presence of a barbecue sandwich. Now, just in time for no time in particular, Jeff Foxworthy’s three...
The Titanic Awards
Celebrating the Worst of Travel
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Read Doug Lansky's posts on the Penguin Blog.
"In a nutshell, the Titanic Awards are the Darwin Awards for travel- only nobody dies." -Los Angeles Times
Everyone who's ever checked (and lost) their luggage or discovered that their hotel misplaced their reservation knows there...
by Lawrence Dorfman, James Michael Naccarato
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
From the author of the bestselling Snark series comes the premiere guide to satire, sneering, jeering, and mockery in their finest forms. A surviving knight of many a verbal joust, Larry Dorfman has become an expert at backhanded sass and cathartic banter.
Featuring life lessons from the master...
by alex trostanetskiy, vadim kravetsky
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
"100 of the" series books brings you yet another exciting book on the 100 of the Dumbest Celebrity Quotes. Read this book and many other 100 of the Best, Most, Ugliest, Top, Coolest and more books.
What You Don't Know About Turning 50
A Funny Birthday Quiz
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
A funny 50th birthday quiz
Q: Is 50 too young to be worried about bladder control problems?
A: Depends.
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 50-year-old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant.
Here is an outrageous quiz that can ease the pain of turning 50 and provide entertainment for any 50th birthday party. Keep those bifocals handy.
Abridged Classics
Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn’t
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied with funny color illustrations.
Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read...
Wretched Writing
A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it’s very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad.
It’s also...
Words from the Wise
Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2007
A compendium of quotes for every occasion—from love to dogs to politics—by the finest wits of history and the modern day.
In Words from the Wise, Rosemarie Jarski has collected six thousand quotes that offer sage advice—or at least a good laugh—on a wide range of subjects. Whether you...
by Robert Lanham
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
hip•ster - \hip-stur (s)\ n. One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part...