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Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities

Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities


Hans Geybels, Van Walter Herck



About the Author Hans Geybels is Associate Professor at the Department of Pastoral Theology in the Catholic University of...
Go the F**k to Sleep

Go the F**k to Sleep


Adam Mansbach



Review “Total genius.” —Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, father of two“A children&...
Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death

Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death


Richard Perez



Review "Ready-made for Russ Meyer— assuming, that is, if Meyer was around and still at his peak."—Jos...
Letters from a Nut

Letters from a Nut


Ted L. Nancy



Amazon.com Review What if you wrote to the Baseball Hall of Fame offering to donate a full set of Mickey Mantle's toenail...
Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP: Informed Revolt, 1996-2007

Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP: Informed Revolt, 1996-2007


Brian Awehali



About the Author Brian Awehali founded and edited the award-winning political magazine, LiP. A former editor for Britanni...
Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome: Philosophical Satire in Xenophon, Varro, and Virgil

Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome: Philosophical Satire in Xenophon, Varro, and Virgil


Leah Kronenberg



Book Description Shows that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics are not simply works on f...
When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism

When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism


Bill Maher



From Publishers Weekly Anybody who has seen Maher's canceled show Politically Incorrect knows that his driving animus is ...
This Is a Book

This Is a Book


Demetri Martin



From Publishers Weekly In this collection of essays, musings, and drawings, Comedy Central host Martin (Important Things ...
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough


Dan Jenkins



Review "A very funny book...It is outrageous; it mocks contemporary American mores; it mocks Madison Avenue; it mocks rac...
Throwing the elephant: Zen and the art of managing up

Throwing the elephant: Zen and the art of managing up


Stanley Bing



Amazon.com Review Stanley Bing's Throwing the Elephant, subtitled Zen and the Art of Managing Up, is a wise and hilarious...
The Fourth Stall

The Fourth Stall


Chris Rylander



From Sixth-graders Mac and Vince have been running an advice and assistance service for fellow grade-school students sin...
Art

Art


Yasmina Reza



Amazon.com Review How would you feel about your best friend if she suddenly did something so colossally stupid, it made ...
The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying


Maria Plaza



Review The book's real strength and unique contribution lies in its apt descriptions of the distinct 'worlds' that the th...
Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)

Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)


Bill Watterson



Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)...
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal


Laurie Notaro



From Publishers Weekly In her latest collection of essays, Notaro (The Idiot Girl's Action-Adventure Club) turns out a do...
Dawn of the Dumb

Dawn of the Dumb


Charlie Brooker



Review "'This belongs on everyone's bookshelf. With a big spotlight pointing at it.' Praise for Charlie Brooker's Screen ...
Screen Burn

Screen Burn


Charlie Brooker



About the Author Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist, TV and radio presenter. He created TV Go...
Cuisine du Moi: The Heart of My Passion

Cuisine du Moi: The Heart of My Passion


Gavin Canardeaux



About the Author Gavin Canardeaux is the alter ego of Ben Canaider, a wine writer and the coauthor of Cooking Under the I...
Africa Zero

Africa Zero


Neal L. Asher



Africa Zero...
The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat


Seuss



Amazon.com Review He may be an old standby, but he never lets us down. When in doubt, turn to the story of the cat that t...
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need


Dave Barry



Amazon.com Review Dave describes the dark side of tourism with such comical precision that you'll wonder why you ever bo...
Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!


Seuss



Amazon.com Review Inspirational yet honest, and always rhythmically rollicking, Oh, the Places You'll Go! is a perfect se...
Gerald McBoing Boing (Little Golden Book)

Gerald McBoing Boing (Little Golden Book)


Seuss



Amazon.com Review "Just suppose," said Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, "there was a little kid who didn't speak words but only w...
Wacky Wednesday (Beginner Books(R))

Wacky Wednesday (Beginner Books(R))


Theo Lesieg



Review "Dr. Seuss ingites a child's imagination with his mischevious characters and zany verses." The Express --This te...
The Black Cauldron (Chronicles of Prydain Series #2)

The Black Cauldron (Chronicles of Prydain Series #2)


Lloyd Alexander



Review "Taran, the gallant Assistant Pig-keeper, and his companions once again fare forth to destroy the evil that threat...
The Witches

The Witches


Roald Dahl



Amazon.com Review This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a ...
Love Lives of the Great Composers

Love Lives of the Great Composers


Basil Howitt



Review Does for young girls what Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth did for their mothers. Written in an upbeat engaging style....
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee


Sarah Silverman



Amazon.com Review Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Sarah Silverman Dear Reader: My name is Sarah Silverman. I was onc...
Spoiled Rotten America: Outrages of Everyday Life

Spoiled Rotten America: Outrages of Everyday Life


Larry Miller



From Publishers Weekly Positioned as a smart volume on modern life in these here United States, these 17 essays from come...
The Sisters Grimm - Book Six: Tales from the Hood

The Sisters Grimm - Book Six: Tales from the Hood


Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson



About the Author Michael Buckley’s previous books include a New York Times bestseller, a Kirkus Reviews Best Fanta...
Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction

Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction


Victoria Rimell



Review '... succeeds in drawing from a wide range of both primary source material and recent secondary scholarship in its...
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary


Ambrose Bierce



Review "Bierce was America's first realist writer, but, unlike realism's later practitioners, he knew something about rea...
Vets Might Fly

Vets Might Fly


James Herriot



Review There are funny cases, sad cases, farm animals and pets, downright farmers, ladies of refinement, hard-bitten NCOs...
Vet in a Spin

Vet in a Spin


James Herriot



Review He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is i...
The Lord God Made Them All

The Lord God Made Them All


James Herriot



About the Author James Herriot grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Sh...
Let Sleeping Vets Lie

Let Sleeping Vets Lie


James Herriot



Review He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is i...
If Only They Could Talk

If Only They Could Talk


James Herriot



Review He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is i...
Oxford Book of Satirical Verse

Oxford Book of Satirical Verse


Geoffrey Grigson



Oxford Book of Satirical Verse...
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes


Daniel Klein, Thomas Cathcart



Review “The zaniest bestseller of the year.”—The Boston Globe “I laughed, I learned, I loved it...
Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black

Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black


Gary Lane



About the Author International Master Gary Lane is one of the UK's most prolific chess writers. An openings expert, he ha...
Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community

Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community


Kenneth Womack



Review ...this book (and the satires it discusses) might be instructive to university faculty, who often take themselves ...
Linguistic Theories of Humor (Humor Research, No. 1)

Linguistic Theories of Humor (Humor Research, No. 1)


Salvatore Attardo



Linguistic Theories of Humor (Humor Research, No. 1)...
Medical Analogy in Latin Satire

Medical Analogy in Latin Satire


Sari Kivistö



Review 'Medical Analogy in Latin Satire charts the long and varied history of the satiric commonplace that the pathology ...
The Last Invasion: 1066 (Dragon Real Life Game Books)

The Last Invasion: 1066 (Dragon Real Life Game Books)


Jon Sutherland, Simon Farrell



The Last Invasion: 1066 (Dragon Real Life Game Books)...
Alice in Puzzle-Land

Alice in Puzzle-Land


Raymond Smullyan



Alice in Puzzle-Land...
Culture Made Stupid (Cvltvre Made Stvpid)

Culture Made Stupid (Cvltvre Made Stvpid)


Tom Weller



Culture Made Stupid (Cvltvre Made Stvpid)...
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (Da Capo Paperback)

My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (Da Capo Paperback)


Buster Keaton, Charles Samuels



About the Author Charles Samuels, a New York newspaperman, wrote biographies of Jody Garland, Lizzie Borden, and Evelyn ...
The Readers' Advisor's Companion

The Readers' Advisor's Companion


Kenneth D. Shearer, Robert Burgin



From Library Journal Packed with information and inspiration, this welcome sequel to Shearer's 1996 Guiding the Reader to...