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America is the home of the brave and, apparently, the stupid and gullible. Satirist Leland Gregory teaches us a lesson in historical hilarity with Stupid American History.
From Columbus to George W. Bush (that's a lot of material, people), Leland leads us through American history's myth conceptions, exposing idiocy and inanity along the timeline. He re-educates us by informing us about myths. For example, Samuel Prescott actually was the guy to alert...
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In George Washington's Expense Account - the bestselling expense account in history - Kitman shows how Washington brilliantly turned his noble gesture of refusing payment for his services as commander in chief of the Continental Army into an opportunity to indulge his insatiable lust for fine food and drink, extravagant clothing, and lavish accommodations. In a close analysis of the document that financed our Revolution, Kitman uncovers more scandals...
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Ferociously Close to Home delivers McPherson's trademark take on the absurdities of everyday life. To say that his solutions to these perplexing situations is "out there" is an understatement. Consider Gina, who decides a branding iron will be the ideal memory aid for her birthday date-challenged husband. And poor Lanny, whose treadmill session is interrupted when he inadvertently triggers the health club's offensive odor alarm.
McPherson has long...
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Barbara Johnson reveals her hilarious anti-aging remedy. Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death is your wise and witty guide to the joys and challenges of aging gleefully.
"They say the best way to grow old is not to be in a hurry about it and Lord knows, I've put it off for as long as I could," says Barbara. But old age happens without any effort on our part. If you're alive, you're getting older. So what happens when you find yourself between...
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"Amy Wilson's hilarious, tender memoir…had me laughing out loud with recognition. She captures the small moments of motherhood in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking."
-Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
From the creator and star of the one-woman off-Broadway show Mother Load, comes When Did I Get Like This?, a screamingly funny take on being a modern woman, wife, and mother told with "a level of hilarity that even...
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The Boondocks is a rich, multilayered comic strip that offers a frank yet often funny look at race in America. It starts with a simple premise: Two young boys, Riley and Huey, move from inner-city Chicago to live with their grandfather in the suburbs. The tension increases, however, because the two boys are African-Americans now compelled to adapt to a white suburban world. They must take all they've learned in the "hood" and apply it to life in the...
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If a cartoonist successfully captures life's humorous and ironic moments in three short panels, readers applaud. When Wiley does the same in his single-scene format, they roll on the carpet laughing.
Non Sequitur not only breaks the three-panel mold, it succeeds without regular characters, standard settings, or repeat situations to fall back on. Each piece, in other words, hangs out there as Wiley's snapshot of the worlds of work, leisure, and life's...
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"Whether it's putting the props on backwards for a stinkpot adversary or crashing the Christmas boat parade, Bubba has always found new and clever ways to entertain our readers." --Doran Cushing, editor of Southwinds
"Bubba. Every harbor has one. No matter how humble our hulls, Bubba is the boater who allows the rest of us to feel like yachtsmen. . . . As Bubba would look at it, his boat is not a blight upon the harbor; it just makes all of the rest...
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It's the stuff of Grey's Anatomy, House, and ER-only these events aren't unfolding on a Hollywood soundstage.
Have you ever wondered what's going on inside the ambulance screaming past you during your rush-hour commute? Since 2003, Tom Reynolds (writing under an alias so as not to get sacked from his job), has kept a blog where he chronicles the day-in, day-out realities of his life on the job as an EMT with the London Ambulance Service.
By turns...
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The humor is a wickedly authentic blend of young-professional-bachelor shtick and pets-from-hell high jinks. . . . And, perhaps best of all, the strip keeps getting better." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Get Fuzzy was named Best Comic Strip of the Year in 2002 by the National Cartoonists Society.
Satchel, the Shar-pei-Lab mix in the Get Fuzzy family who actually believes what TV commercials say, and his owner-housemate Rob Wilco, a single, somewhat...
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Get the Summary of Maria Bamford's Sure Ill Join Your Cult in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Sure I'll Join Your Cult" by Maria Bamford is a candid memoir that delves into her personal life, mental health struggles, and family dynamics during the Covid pandemic. Maria and her husband Scott form a whimsical "cult" to cope with the pandemic, prioritizing sleep and humor over structure. Maria openly discusses her...
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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 14,000-ft peaks. He loves the outdoors-and check-off lists. He's kinda crazy that way.
He'll often drag friends and family on his wilderness quests...and most...
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3rd is a series of 4 "Inner Child" dad joke books. Clean jokes for children of all ages. Prepare to moan, groan and hopefully slap a knee or two. Lots of "Knock knock" jokes, the woodpecker's favorite type. Feel your spirits and/or endorphins rise as you peruse these creme de la creme jokes. Guaranteed to please - or your groans cheerfully returned.
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Pooch Cafe‚ is creator Paul Gilligan's first syndicated strip, and this book collects the strips from its successful first year of syndication. When Poncho's beloved master Chazz marries cat lover Carmen and forces them to move in with her and her feline brood, Poncho's world is shaken to the core. Carmen's attempts to bribe Poncho with cheese cannot overcome his inexplicable but undeniable disdain for all things cat, and now that his home has become...
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These funny tall tales are anything but true. This classic collection of homespun humor as told by the two men on the Liar's Bench in Seldon's Barbershop amuses and sometimes astounds the other occupant of the barbershop, Jason Wells. You will laugh at the hilarious tales spun by the rascals on the liar's bench.
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En un país muy lejano donde un dictador había llegado a someter a su propio pueblo hasta el punto de llegar a la hambruna, apareció un activista que comenzó a luchar contra el régimen empleando las redes sociales y ocultándose detrás de una máscara para no ser identificado.Creó una campaña virtual contra los autócratas, con el lema: ¡métanle un clavo en la cabeza a los dictadores, con cianuro y, eso los convertiría en héroes nacionales!.Su...
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Get the Summary of Tom Phillips's Humans in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Humans" by Tom Phillips explores the journey of Homo sapiens from their migration out of Africa around 70,000 years ago to the present, highlighting the species' unique adaptability, social structures, and communication skills that contributed to their survival over other human species. The book delves into the human brain's remarkable...
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Doonesbury continues to entertain, inspire, and provoke with its unique blend of social commentary, humor, and political satire. Chronicling the millennial state of the nation through the interconnected lives of its large cast of characters, the strip offers unusual perspectives on the usual suspects, and asks impertinent questions on the pertinent subjects of the day. In Duke 2000: Whatever It Takes Trudeau's Pulitzer Prize-winning strip tracks the...
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