Skyhorse: 3546 books
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 Woody Allen, Martin Amis, Maya Angelou
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This “uniquely valuable reference” filled with over five hundred quotations is a bibliophile’s delight (Library Journal).
A room without books is like a body without a soul. —Cicero
This collection of quotations about books captures the wisdom and wit of such legendary figures as: Aeschylus,...
1,001 Pearls of Teachers' Wisdom
Quotations on Life and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
1,001 Pearls of Teachers’ Wisdom is a fun and inspirational book packed with words of wisdom on the art of teaching. With more than three thousand entries, it includes thoughts on the art of teaching from hundreds of teachers, professors, authors, and politicians.
Quotes are drawn from a...
The Cigarette Book
The History and Culture of Smoking
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
From A is for Aardvark—“We’re not allowed to tell you anything about Winston cigarettes, so here’s a stuffed aardvark”—to Z is for Zippo, the iconic American lighter, The Cigarette Book is the ultimate souvenir and celebration of the dying art of smoking. Encyclopedic in both layout and...
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...
The Pornographer's Daughter
A Memoir of Childhood, My Dad, and Deep Throat
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
More than forty years after Deep Throat arrived on the cultural scene and inspired a sexual revolution, questions about the ethics of pornography and its impact on society are still being asked today and remain as controversial as ever. Kristin Battista-Frazee was only four years old in 1974 when...
After 9/11
One Girl's Journey through Darkness to a New Beginning
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
“You are a herald for your generation....Thank you for using your voice to help us make sense of that dark day, and forge a new beginning.”—Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a letter to Helaina Hovitz
Helaina Hovitz was twelve years old and in middle school just blocks away when the World Trade...
Meant to Be
The Lives and Loves of a Jersey Girl
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
When Lauren Pizza was thirteen, she died. Caught under a small sailboat, she struggled to reach the surface, only to find that what she thought was up was actually down . . . and that’s all she remembers. Ever since being resuscitated by two strangers, Pizza has felt a presence in her life from...
Maybe We'll Have You Back
The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A veteran comic actor shares his adventures on and off the sets of sitcoms, from Seinfeld to Everybody Loves Raymond.
“If you want an inside, funny, real look at the life of a working actor, Fred Stoller is the perfect person to tell that story.” —from the foreword by Ray Romano
Fred...
A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother
879 Funny, Funky, Hip, and Hilarious Puns
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
From the author of Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell?: Nothing but puns—from the old to the newsworthy and everything in between.
All puns intended in this book guaranteed to add some laughs into your life. You can count on the so-called “lowest form of humor” to raise your mood, even...
North Pole Legacy
The Search for the Arctic Offspring of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
North Pole Legacy tells the story of two men whose existence was for decades nothing more than a popular legend. But that rumor was finally verified in 1986 when author S. Allen Counter journeyed to northern Greenland, and met this pair of remarkable men.
Counter had long been an admirer of...
How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods
The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Here is the ultimate resource for finally turning your dream into reality. With photos, blueprints, and diagrams, Fears thoroughly covers the process of constructing the cabin you’ve always wanted. From buying land, construction materials, deciding on lighting, the water system, and on-site constructions-such...
Bon Mots, Wisecracks, and Gags
The Wit of Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and the Algonquin Round Table
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A hilarious and witty collection of quotes from twentieth century literary icons.
“Stop looking at the world through rose-colored bifocals.” “His mind is so open, the wind whistles through it.” “You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.” Ever wonder where these sayings came from?...
Grace
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Movie star. Princess. Philanthropist. Icon. The compassionate, revealing, and surprising biography of one of the most admired women in Hollywood history.
She was in and out of Hollywood in six years, making only eleven feature films, but to this day Oscar Award–winning actress Grace Kelly remains...