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Amphigorey Tooby Edward John GoreyISBN 0399504206 (0-399-50420-6)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey Too'Book summary:Sept., 1977 G.P. Putnam/Berkley Windhover over-sized softcover, third printing. Humor and illustrations by wonderfully quirky Edward Gorey. [via]
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Languageby Richard Lederer, Bill ThompsonISBN 0941711048 (0-941711-04-8)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language'Book summary:An anthology of over 1000 genuine, original, untampered and undoctored blunders, bloomers, malapropisms, grammatical gaffes, inspired gibberish and classic student howlers, has been compiled with one aim in mind - to make the reader laugh and laugh again. [via]
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Softcover, Gibbs Smith - Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language: ISBN 094171103X (0-941711-03-X)
Hardcover, Gibbs Smith - Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language: ISBN 0941711048 (0-941711-04-8)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
- Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon the English Language: ISBN 0941711811 (0-941711-81-1)
Archy and Mehitabelby Don MarquisISBN 0899665969 (0-89966-596-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Asterix and the Gothsby L. GoscinnyISBN 0340184914 (0-340-18491-4)
Hardcover, French & European Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asterix and the Goths'Book summary:The Adventures of Asterix (French: Asterix or Asterix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic books written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo (Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977). The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959. As of 2008, 33 comic books in the series have been released.
The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. The protagonist, the titular character, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix have various adventures. In many cases, this leads them to travel to various countries around the world, though other books are set in and around their village. For much of the history of the series (Volumes 4 through 29), settings in Gaul and abroad alternated, with even-numbered volumes set abroad and odd-numbered volumes set in Gaul, mostly in the village.
The Asterix series is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages, and it is popular in most European countries.
The success of the series has led to the adaptation of several books into 11 films; eight animated, and three with live actors. There have also been a number of games based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Asterix, is themed around the series. To date, 325 million copies of 33 Asterix books have been sold around the world making co-creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo France's bestselling authors abroad. [via]More editions of Asterix and the Goths:
Asterix and the Roman Agentby R. GoscinnyISBN 0917201590 (0-917201-59-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Asterix En Hispanieby Goscinny, UderzoISBN 0340104546 (0-340-10454-6)
Hardcover, Dargaud
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Asterix in Spainby GoscinnyISBN 0340183268 (0-340-18326-8)
Softcover, Charles River Books
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Asterix, Obelix and Companyby Rene De GoscinnyISBN 034025307X (0-340-25307-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Bachelor Brother's Bed & Breakfastby Bill RichardsonISBN 0312171838 (0-312-17183-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Basket Caseby Carl HiaasenISBN 044661193X (0-446-61193-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basket Case'Book summary:Take one dead rock & roll star, his Courtney Love-type widow, the mysterious deaths of his former bandmates, and the lost tracks of a comeback album. Stir in Jack Tagger, a middle-aged investigative reporter obsessed with death since his banishment to the obit desk; a fetching young editor with a yen for our hero; and a boss looking for a reason to fire him. Put them in the hands of a master like Carl Hiaasen, who adds his trademark flourishes (who else would use a frozen lizard as a weapon?) to a creaky plot like this one, and the result is a winner. Florida is full of caper writers with journalistic credentials, and plenty of them have a deft hand with quirky characters, but no one in the genre is better than Hiaasen. --Jane Adams [via]
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The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milliganby Spike MilliganISBN 0140239707 (0-14-023970-7)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan'Book summary:Publisher: Penguin Books Reprinted Edition 1994 ISBN-10: 0140239707 Binding: Paperback: 186 pages [via]
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Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Recordby Berke BreathedISBN 0316107298 (0-316-10729-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Record'Book summary:The most daring -- and deadly -- terrorist plot of all time is about to unfold aboard the supercarrier USS United States. If it succeeds, the balance of nuclear power will tilt in favor of a remorseless Arab leader. And it looks as if no one can stop it - except navy "jet jock" Jake Grafton. "Cag " Grafton is one helluva pilot. His F-14 Tomcat is one helluva plane. But some of Jake's crewmates have already vanished. A woman reporter who boarded the ship in Tangiers may not be who she claims to be. And Jake may have to disobey a direct order from the President himself for one spine-tingling, hair-raising Final Flight
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Bimbos Of The Death Sunby Sharyn McCrumbISBN 0345483022 (0-345-48302-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bimbos Of The Death Sun'Book summary:"Sharyn McCrumb is a born storyteller."
*Mary Higgins Clark
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD!
"Sharyn McCrumb has few equals and no superiors among today's novelists."
*San Diego Union-Tribune
For one fateful weekend, the annual science fiction and fantasy convention, Rubicon, has all but taken over a usually ordinary hotel. Now the halls are alive with Trekkies, tech nerds, and fantasy gamers in their Viking finery *all of them eager to hail their hero, bestselling fantasy author Appin Dungannon: a diminutive despot whose towering ego more than compensates for his 5' 1" height . . . and whose gleeful disdain for his fawning fans is legendary.
Hurling insults and furniture with equal abandon, the terrible, tiny author proceeds to alienate ersatz aliens and make-believe warriors at warp speed. But somewhere between the costume contest and the exhibition Dungeons & Dragons game, Dungannon gets done in. While die-hard fans of Dungannon's seemingly endless sword-and-sorcery series wonder how they'll go on and hucksters wonder how much they can get for the dead man's autograph, a hapless cop wonders, Who would want to kill Appin Dungannon? But the real question, as the harried convention organizers know, is Who wouldn't ?
"I loved BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN . . . Beautifully observed, funny, nicely constructed, even compassionate."
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Can You Keep a Secret?by Sophie KinsellaISBN 1587247089 (1-58724-708-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Can You Keep a Secret?'Book summary:Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: Ive always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Secrets she wouldnt share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.&Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the companys elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her... [via]
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Cat's Cradleby Kurt VonnegutISBN 038533348X (0-385-33348-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Cradle'Book summary:Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature. At one time, this novel could probably be found on the bookshelf of every college kid in America; it's still a fabulous read and a great place to start if you're young enough to have missed the first Vonnegut craze. [via]
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Cautionary Tales for Childrenby Edward Gorey, Hilaire BellocISBN 0151007152 (0-15-100715-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cautionary Tales for Children'Book summary:For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidanceMost notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction for all types of mischief makersfrom a certain young Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," to the tale of Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death and add up to a delightful read for any fan of Roald Dahl or Shel Silverstein.[via]More editions of Cautionary Tales for Children:
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The Clicking of Cuthbertby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585672785 (1-58567-278-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Clicking of Cuthbert'Book summary:This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. [via]
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark HaddonISBN 1400032717 (1-4000-3271-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'Book summary:Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. [via]
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The Dalkey Archiveby Flann O'BrienISBN 0140045163 (0-14-004516-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Damsel in Distressby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585674303 (1-58567-430-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Damsel in Distress'Book summary:A full cast of Wodehouse creations--including tyrannical relatives, beastly acquaintances, demon children, and literary fatheads--return for further near catastrophes and sparkling comedy Overlook is proud to present four more antic selections from comic genius, P.G. Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress is an early novel about Belpher Castle, the idyllic home of the aristocratic Marshmoreton family and a precursor to the Blandings series. Leave it to Psmith is a comedy adventure involving crime and gunplay, all set into motion by an umbrella in the Drones Club and Mulliner Nights is a series of stories about the inimitable Mr. Mulliner, his extraordinary relations, and the tipsy bishops, angry baronets, lady novelists, and haughty dowagers who frequent the bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest. Meanwhile, Lord Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves in Thank You, Jeeves, while pursuing the love of his life, but when he finds out that Jeeves's employer, Bertie Wooster, was once engaged to Pauline himself, fearsome complications develop. [via]
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A Death in Chinaby Carl Hiaasen, William D. MontalbanoISBN 0375700676 (0-375-70067-6)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Death in China'Book summary:An American investigating his mentor's murder finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and treachery in China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret. From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger. [via]
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Decline and Fall of Practically Everybodyby Will CuppyISBN 1586637339 (1-58663-733-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody'Book summary:So you think you know most of what there is to kow aboyt people like Nero and Cleopatra, Allexander the Great and Attila the Hun, Lady Godica and Miles Standish? You say there's nothing more to be written about Lucrezia Borgia? How wrong you are, for in these pages you'll find Will Cuppy footloose in the footnotes of history. He transforms these luminaries into human beings, not as we knew them from history books, but as we would have known them Cuppy-wise: foolish, fallible, and very much our common ancestors.
When it was first published in 1950, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody spent four months on The New York Times best-seller list, and Edward R. Murrow devoted more than two-thirds of one of his nightly CBS programs to a reading from Cuppy's historical sketches, calling it "the history book of the year." The book eventually went through eighteen hardcover printings and ten foreign editions, proof of its impeccable accuracy and deadly, imperishable humor. [via]More editions of Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody:
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The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbledby Will Cuppy, Fred Feldkamp, William SteigISBN 088029809X (0-88029-809-X)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled'Book summary:Ever wonder what Nero did before he began fiddling about in Rome, or wanted the bare facts about Lady Godiva? Maybe you've found the story of Lucrezia Borgia a bitter pill to swallow, or wanted the straight skinny on corpulent King Henry the Eighth, but you haven't the stomach for stuffy history books. Now these and twenty-two more of history's most famous personages are brought brilliantly to life, in this collection of unfailingly accurate yet undeniably hilarious biographies. You'll laugh while you learn about the very real people behind the legendary names, including why Montezuma was so vengeful, and why Catherine was so Great. You'll even finally lay to rest the rumor that Charlemagne was called "Chuck" by his friends.[via]More editions of The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled:
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The Devil Wears Pradaby Lauren WeisbergerISBN 0307275558 (0-307-27555-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil Wears Prada'Book summary:It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alix Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Eggs, Beans and Crumpetsby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0140033513 (0-14-003351-3)
Hardcover, Penguin
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El Ventanalby Lemony SnicketISBN 9685958327 (968-5958-32-7)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themby J. K. Rowling, Newt ScamanderISBN 0439295017 (0-439-29501-7)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'Book summary:If you're a Harry Potter fan and are desperate to fill the gap between Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the next instalment (sorry folks, no date as yet but as soon as we know we'll tell you), then this JK offering could be the answer to your Potter prayers.
JK Rowling takes her enviable ability to turn paper into gold to the next level by cleverly teaming up with Comic Relief 2001 to bring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (a set text during Harry's first year at Hogwarts) and Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry's favourite book), to the masses--and all the money goes to charity.
To be one of the first to lay your hands on these books, simply order now. And on Friday, March 16 just watch as the money you pay goes into the Comic Relief coffers... --Susan Harrison [via]
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French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour De Franceby Tim MooreISBN 0312316127 (0-312-31612-7)
Softcover, Griffin
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Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marxby Groucho MarxISBN 030680607X (0-306-80607-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx'Book summary:No personage is too big, no nuance too small, no subject too far out for Grouchos spontaneous, hilarious, and ferocious typewriter. He writes to comics, corporations, children, presidents, and even his daughters boyfriend. Here is Groucho swapping photos with T. S. Eliot ( I had no idea you were so handsome! ); advising his son on courting a rich dame ( Dont come out bluntly and say, How much dough have you got? That wouldnt be the Marxian way ); crisply declining membership in a Hollywood club ( I dont care to belong to any social organization that will accept me as a member ); reacting with utmost composure when informed that he has been made into a verb by James Joyce ( Theres no reason why I shouldnt appear in Finnegans Wake. Im certainly as bewildered about life as Joyce was ); responding to a scandal sheet ( Gentleman: If you continue to publish slanderous pieces about me, I shall feel compelled to cancel my subscription ); describing himself to the Lunts ( I eat like a vulture. Unfortunately the resemblance doesnt end there ); and much, much more. That mobile visage, that look of wild amazement, and that weaving cigar are wholly captured, bound but untamed, in The Groucho Letters.[via]More editions of Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx:
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Geniusby Dave EggersISBN 1568959095 (1-56895-909-5)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'Book summary:Dave Eggers is a terrifically talented writer; don't hold his cleverness against him. What to make of a book called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story? For starters, there's a good bit of staggering genius before you even get to the true story, including a preface, a list of "Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book," and a 20-page acknowledgements section complete with special mail-in offer, flow chart of the book's themes, and a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of a stapler (helpfully labeled "Here is a drawing of a stapler:").
But on to the true story. At the age of 22, Eggers became both an orphan and a "single mother" when his parents died within five months of one another of unrelated cancers. In the ensuing sibling division of labor, Dave is appointed unofficial guardian of his 8-year-old brother, Christopher. The two live together in semi-squalor, decaying food and sports equipment scattered about, while Eggers worries obsessively about child-welfare authorities, molesting babysitters, and his own health. His child-rearing strategy swings between making his brother's upbringing manically fun and performing bizarre developmental experiments on him. (Case in point: his idea of suitable bedtime reading is John Hersey's Hiroshima.)
The book is also, perhaps less successfully, about being young and hip and out to conquer the world (in an ironic, media-savvy, Gen-X way, naturally). In the early '90s, Eggers was one of the founders of the very funny Might Magazine, and he spends a fair amount of time here on Might, the hipster culture of San Francisco's South Park, and his own efforts to get on to MTV's Real World. This sort of thing doesn't age very well--but then, Eggers knows that. There's no criticism you can come up with that he hasn't put into A.H.W.O.S.G. already. "The book thereafter is kind of uneven," he tells us regarding the contents after page 109, and while that's true, it's still uneven in a way that is funny and heartfelt and interesting.
All this self-consciousness could have become unbearably arch. It's a testament to Eggers's skill as a writer--and to the heartbreaking particulars of his story--that it doesn't. Currently the editor of the footnote-and-marginalia-intensive journal McSweeney's (the last issue featured an entire story by David Foster Wallace printed tinily on its spine), Eggers comes from the most media-saturated generation in history--so much so that he can't feel an emotion without the sense that it's already been felt for him. What may seem like postmodern noodling is really just Eggers writing about pain in the only honest way available to him. Oddly enough, the effect is one of complete sincerity, and--especially in its concluding pages--this memoir as metafiction is affecting beyond all rational explanation. --Mary Park [via]
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The History of England: From the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1stby Jane AustenISBN 1565120558 (1-56512-055-8)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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Home from the Vinyl Cafe: A Year of Storiesby Stuart McLeanISBN 1594482748 (1-59448-274-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Hot Waterby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585673897 (1-58567-389-7)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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Hound of the Far Sideby Gary LarsonISBN 0836220870 (0-8362-2087-0)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusionsby Francis WheenISBN 0007140967 (0-00-714096-7)
Hardcover, Fourth Estate
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vetby James HerriotISBN 0330443461 (0-330-44346-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Knitting Rulesby Stephanie Pearl-McPheeISBN 1580178340 (1-58017-834-0)
Softcover, Storey Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Knitting Rules'Book summary:Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, best-selling author of At Knits End and celebrated blogger and humorist of the knitting world, is back! Funnier than ever, Pearl-McPhee continues her running dialogue with her knitting compatriots cheering them on to ever-greater heights in the climb to make knitting universally recognized as THE peak life experience.
Both a celebration of knitting and a sourcebook for practical information, this book is a collection of useful advice and emotional support for the knitter. Pearl-McPhee examines essential truisms of knitting, side by side with tongue in-cheek warnings, realities, and fantasies about the act of knitting and the people who do it.
In chapters on everything from yarn needles, gauge, and knitting bag essentials to hats, socks, shawls, and sweaters, Pearl-McPhee unravels the mysteries of what it is that makes knitting click, from the inside out. She dares to question longstanding rules and uncover the true essence of what makes a hat a hat, a sock a sock, and so on. Insights into why certain techniques work encourage knitters to take control and knit in the way that works best for them. As she says, There are no knitting police.
The result is an illuminating, liberating (and hilarious!) look at knitting that will comfort the experienced knitter, surprise the mainstream one, and entice the beginner. [via]More editions of Knitting Rules:
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LA Habitacion De Los Reptilesby Lemony Snicket, Nestor Busquets, Brett HelquistISBN 0307209350 (0-307-20935-0)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Habitacion De Los Reptiles'Book summary:Book 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The three unluckiest children in the world return for another misfortunate adventure. The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve. [via]
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Lanterns and Lacesby James ThurberISBN 006090884X (0-06-090884-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Le Petit Nicolasby Goscinny Sempe, Rene GoscinnyISBN 2070524272 (2-07-052427-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Nicolas'Book summary:A priori, le petit Nicolas est un enfant comme les autres. Pourtant, le récit de ses aventures n'en finit pas de surprendre par le nombre de bêtises que lui et sa petite bande de copains déclenchent en permanence ! Et il faut être drôlement patient et avoir beaucoup de mérite, comme sa maîtresse ou ses parents, pour vivre avec un pareil petit diable !
Aucun adulte ne semble pouvoir résister à Nicolas et ses copains, Agnan le chouchou, ou Eudes le costaud, ni le photographe de l'école, ni l'inspecteur en personne, ni même le directeur ou le pauvre surveillant, M. Bouillon. Bref, le petit Nicolas et toute sa bande sèment un joyeux désordre et une belle zizanie partout où ils passent.
L'écriture, proche du langage oral, rehausse le comique des situations et l'on ne peut s'empêcher de rire lorsqu'on écoute le petit Nicolas raconter ses multiples aventures, avec la naïveté et la candeur d'un enfant qui semble ne pas très bien saisir l'importance de tous ses actes et les réactions qu'ils entraînent auprès des adultes. De bonnes rigolades en perspective, même si la spécificité de cet humour nécessite quelquefois l'explication des grands ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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Little Peopleby Tom HoltISBN 1841491853 (1-84149-185-3)
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The Loved Oneby Evelyn WaughISBN 1568493584 (1-56849-358-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
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Matildaby Roald DahlISBN 1417753064 (1-4177-5306-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda est une petite fille très intelligente. Très, très intelligente. Elle apprend à lire toute seule à l'âge de trois ans, et elle adore ça. Cela n'est malheureusement pas du goût de ses parents, deux abrutis qui préféreraient que leur fille regarde, comme eux, des émissions stupides à la télé. À l'école, la petite Matilda n'est pas au bout de ses peines, puisque la directrice de l'établissement déteste les enfants et leur inflige les pires cruautés. Heureusement, il y a aussi une gentille institutrice. Et puis, Matilda a des talents vraiment exceptionnels...
Quand on s'engage dans une histoire de Roald Dahl, on emprunte un chemin de traverse pleins de détours inattendus. On croise une foule de personnages cocasses. On vit les situations les plus folles. L'humour féroce de l'auteur est tout à fait à la portée du jeune lecteur, qui se laisse embarquer sans problème dans le monde de Matilda. Un monde où, pour une fois, ce sont les enfants qui ont raison et où l'intelligence et la justice triomphent de la bêtise. En plus, c'est très drôle. --Pascale Wester [via]
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Mulliner Nightsby P. G. WodehouseISBN 039472027X (0-394-72027-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mulliner Nights'Book summary:Each evening at the Anglers Nest, sipping scotch and lemon, Mr. Mulliners tells his stories. His narratives showcase Wodehouses genius for fetching whimsy and eccentric shenanigans. [via]
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Myth-Ing Personsby Robert AsprinISBN 044101416X (0-441-01416-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Myth-ing Persons'Book summary:Skeeve is in a real pickle this time. His partner Aahz has disappeared, and it looks like foul play. Finding Aahz ought to be a snap for a talented magician like Skeeve, especially with a sassy apprentice and a dumb-but-brawny bodyguard along for the ride. The trouble is, they're sleuthing in another dimension. [via]
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0307261581 (0-307-26158-1)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'Book summary:5 Books in Very Good Condition. All Paperbacks. [via]
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyby R. A. McCall SmithISBN 0375423877 (0-375-42387-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'Book summary:Penzler Pick, July 2001: Working in a mystery tradition that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths as Melville Davisson Post's Uncle Abner or Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective, Precious Ramotswe, who's their full-fledged heir.
It's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. If Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against any conventional notion of what an unmarried woman should do, spending the money she got from selling her late father's cattle to set up a Ladies' Detective Agency--then you have an idea of how Precious sets herself up as her country's first female detective. Once the clients start showing up on her doorstep, Precious enjoys a pleasingly successful series of cases.
But the edge of the Kalahari is not St. Mary Mead, and the sign Precious orders, painted in brilliant colors, is anything but discreet. Pointing in the direction of the small building she had purchased to house her new business, it reads "THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT."
The solutions she comes up with, whether in the case of the clinic doctor with two quite different personalities (depending on the day of the week), or the man who had joined a Christian sect and seemingly vanished, or the kidnapped boy whose bones may or may not be those in a witch doctor's magic kit, are all sensible, logical, and satisfying. Smith's gently ironic tone is full of good humor towards his lively, intelligent heroine and towards her fellow Africans, who live their lives with dignity and with cautious acceptance of the confusions to which the world submits them. Precious Ramotswe is a remarkable creation, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency well deserves the praise it received from London's Times Literary Supplement. I look forward with great eagerness to the upcoming books featuring the memorable Miss Ramotswe, Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls, soon to be available in the U.S. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Number 10by Sue TownsendISBN 1569473757 (1-56947-375-7)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archivesby Robert Siegel, Tim Harrod, Todd Hanson, Carol Kolb, John Krewson, Maria SchneiderISBN 140004961X (1-4000-4961-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives'Book summary:All The News Thats Fit to Reprint
Get ready for another year of award-winning journalism from The Onion, Americas Finest News Source. The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 14 collects every article that The Onion published between November 2001 and October 2002, including opinion pieces, horoscopes, and your favorite columns from all of the Onion regulars.
The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 14 is packed with material no longer available online or anywhere else. Look for a new volume every year. [via]More editions of The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives:
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Quidditch Through the Agesby J. K. Rowling, Kennilworthy WhispISBN 0439295025 (0-439-29502-5)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quidditch Through the Ages'Book summary:Grade 4-8-These slim paperbacks are made to look like actual Hogwarts tomes, complete with creased covers and plenty of marginalia scribbled by Harry and other students. Fabulous Beasts, a facsimile of Harry Potter's very own textbook, contains descriptions of 75 magical beasts, written in a wonderfully dry yet droll style by a renowned magizoologist. Quidditch is the facsimile of a Hogwarts library book, which had to be literally pried from the hands of librarian Madam Pince. It gives a comprehensive history of the game and its rules, as well as a rundown of each of the 13 league teams of Britain and Ireland. Harry Potter fans who pride themselves on knowing every minute bit of Hogwarts trivia will devour both books. From Professor Dumbledore's introductions to the price listed on the back cover (14 Sickles 3 Knuts), readers will find a wealth of detailed magical lore and laugh-out-loud humor. Neither book is as gripping as the actual series, of course, but fans who are waiting for the fifth installment will be entertained by these volumes in the meantime. Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. [via]
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The Reptile Roomby Lemony Snicket, Brett HelquistISBN 0061146315 (0-06-114631-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Reptile Room'Book summary:The Reptile Room begins where Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning ends... on the road with the three orphaned Baudelaire children as they are whisked away from the evil Count Olaf to face "an unknown fate with some unknown relative." But who is this Dr. Montgomery, their late father's cousin's wife's brother? "Would Dr. Montgomery be a kind person? they wondered. Would he at least be better than Count Olaf? Could he possibly be worse?" He certainly is not worse, and in fact when the Baudelaire children discover that he makes coconut cream cakes, circles the globe looking for snakes to study, and even plans to take them with him on his scientific expedition to Peru, the kids can't believe their luck. And, if you have read the first book in this Series of Unfortunate Events, you won't believe their luck either. Despite the misadventures that befall these interesting, intelligent, resourceful orphans, you can trust that the engaging narrator will make their story--suspenseful and alarming as it is--a true delight. The Wide Window is next, and more are on their way. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Reptile Room: ISBN 0060758074 (0-06-075807-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Reptile Room: ISBN 0064407675 (0-06-440767-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Reptile Room: ISBN 0061146315 (0-06-114631-5)
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Sick Puppyby Carl HiaasenISBN 0446604666 (0-446-60466-6)
Softcover, Vision
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sick Puppy'Book summary:Carl Hiaasen's characters ride and flail on little verbal hurricanes, and his literary storm shows no signs of dying down. Sick Puppy shares Dave Barry's giddy gift for finding humor in South Florida horrors, and a bit of Elmore Leonard's genius for pitch-perfect dialogue spouted smartly by criminals who are dumb as stumps. The title of Hiaasen's eighth novel could apply to most of its characters, but it chiefly refers to an ebullient Labrador retriever named Boodle and the millionaire eco-terrorist Twilly Spree. Let's just say that Twilly has a singular affliction: poor anger management in the face of environmental irresponsibility. When he spots Boodle's owner, Palmer Stoat, tossing litter from a car, Twilly goes to Stoat's home and removes the glass eyeballs from the animals that the bloated lobbyist had shot and mounted on his walls. Boodle gulps down the eyeballs, sustaining no small amount of digestive difficulties.
Soon Boodle and Stoat's wife, Desie, are fugitives from Florida's nature despoilers (who include the Governor, a "gladhanding maggot," the amusingly slimy Stoat, the human bulldozer Krimmler, the cocaine-importer-turned-developer Clapley, and the hit man Mr. Gash, who's fond of sex with multiple beach bimbos in iguana-skin sex harnesses to the tunes of The World's Most Blood Curdling Emergency Calls). Desie, who has a knack for calamitous romance, is smitten with Twilly, but urges him not to kill any litterbugs or pelican molesters: "Jail would not be good for this relationship." What keeps pure farce at bay in a novel that romps with the abandon of a scent-crazed Labrador is the otherwise charming Twilly's creepy edge of implacable fanaticism. And what redeems the funny/ugly violence from cliché is its colorful bad guys (they're as iridescent as oil slicks), Hiaasen's excellent wit, and the music of his prose. To evoke a drunk asleep on the beach, he adds a pungent detail: "a gleaming stellate dollop of seagull shit decorated his forehead."
Hiaasen is not unflawed. His original eco-terrorist character, ex-Florida governor Clinton "Skink" Tyree, seems like an interloper from the earlier books. But Hiaasen's the master of madcap ensembles (which is partly why the star-vehicle film of his fine book Strip Tease flopped). And even when you can see a chase scene's denouement coming for a beachfront mile, each paragraph packs descriptive delights to keep you going at breakneck pace. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Skinny Dipby Carl HiaasenISBN 1587248271 (1-58724-827-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skinny Dip'Book summary:Charles "Chaz" Perrone fancies himself a take-charge kind of guy. So when this "biologist by default" suspects that his curvaceous wife, Joey, has stumbled onto a profitable pollution scam he's running on behalf of Florida agribusiness mogul Red Hammernut, he sets out right away to solve the problem--by heaving Joey off the deck of a luxury cruise liner and into the Atlantic Ocean, far from Key West. But--whoops!--Joey, a former swimming champ, doesn't drown. Instead, as Carl Hiaasen tells in his 10th adult novel, Skinny Dip, she makes her way back to shore, thanks both to a wayward bale of Jamaican marijuana and lonerish ex-cop Mick Stranahan (Skin Tight, 1989), and then launches a bogus blackmail campaign that's guaranteed to drive her lazy, libidinous hubby into a self-protective frenzy.
You've got to hand it to Hiaasen: He's perfected a formula for crisply written, satirical crime fiction that makes the best use of imaginatively repulsive villains, as well as less thoroughly venal scoundrels and victims who ultimately overcome their antagonists, all while stumping for the preservation of Florida's environment, particularly the Everglades. In Skinny Dip, we find Chaz (who'd rather be golfing than puttering around the "hot, buggy, funky-smelling and treacherous" reaches of nature) falsifying water samples to help Hammernut turn the 'Glades into "Gods septic tank." That scheme, though, is endangered not just by Joey's sudden disappearance, but by the suspicions of a python-loving police detective and Chaz's own outstanding inability to tame his Viagra-enhanced tumescence. Even by assigning Chaz a baby-sitter--the hulking, hirsute, and painkiller-addicted Tool--Hammernut can't keep his pet biologist out of trouble. As Joey and Stranahan unfold their revenge plot, and Tool's conscience grows in competition with Chaz's ego, the reader can only marvel at the extent of the train wreck ahead.
As much fun as Hiaasen has delivering Chaz his climactic comeuppance, what's missing from Skinny Dip is a more complex, more credible development of Mick Stranahan's character and the relationship he builds with the much younger Joey Perrone. Like Erin Grant, from Strip Tease, Joey has far more going for her than her bra-cup size; but "hero" Stranahan is of far less interest here than any of his fellow players. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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Tales Too Ticklish to Tell: Bloom Countryby Berke BreathedISBN 0316107352 (0-316-10735-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseasesby Jeff VanderMeer, Mark Roberts, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Alan MooreISBN 1892389541 (1-892389-54-1)
Hardcover, Night Shade Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases'Book summary:From Delusions of Universal Grandeur to Twentieth Century Chronoshock, this amusing pocket guide to concocted diseases - designed and illustrated by John Coulthart - features an anthology of slightly morbid, darkly humorous ailments and prognosis srved up by such renowned luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Gahan Wilson, Brian Stableford, and Michael Bishop. [via]
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Ukridge: Library Editionby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585674796 (1-58567-479-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ukridge: Library Edition'Book summary:The ten stories in Ukridge revolve around Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge's none-too-successful schemes to make some money. [via]
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Undead and Unreturnableby Maryjanice DavidsonISBN 0425210812 (0-425-21081-2)
Softcover, Berkley Sensation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Undead And Unreturnable'Book summary:Though she's the vampire queen, Betsy Taylor is much more like a princess. In MaryJanice Davidson's novels, this high-maintenance monarch is finally coming to terms with her new status.
They say Christmas is a time for friends and family. But with a half-sister who's the devil's daughter, an evil stepmother, a fiend living in her basement, assorted spirits and killers running amok, and a spring wedding to plan with the former bane of her existence, Eric Sinclair, Betsy is not sure she'll survive the holidays.
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Unnatural Selections: A Far Side Collectionby Gary LarsonISBN 0836218817 (0-8362-1881-7)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unnatural Selections: A Far Side Collection'Book summary:1991 FarWorks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Far Side and the Larson signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc. [via]
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Valhallaby Tom HoltISBN 1841490423 (1-84149-042-3)
Softcover, Orbit Books
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Vintage Stuffby Tom SharpeISBN 0330269828 (0-330-26982-8)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vintage Stuff'Book summary:In this novel, Sharpe turns his attention to a very minor public school, taking hilarious pot-shots at the public school system. The humorous and wild incidents include hoaxes, chases, car crashes, shootings and general mayhem. [via]
Waiting for Godalmingby Robert RankinISBN 0385600577 (0-385-60057-7)
Hardcover, Transworld Publishers Limited
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?by George CarlinISBN 140130821X (1-4013-0821-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?'Book summary:On the heels of George Carlin's #1 New York Times bestseller Napalm & Silly Putty comes When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops -- infused with Carlin's trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations. Here we go again . . . George Carlin's hilarious When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops offers his cutting-edge opinions and observational humor on everything from evasive euphemistic language to politicians to the media to dead people. Nothing and no one is safe! Despite the current climate of political correctness, Carlin is not afraid to take on controversial topics: --Carlin on the media: The media comprises equal parts business, politics, advertising, public relations, and show business. Nice combination. Enough bull for Texas to open a chain of branch offices.--Carlin on the battle of the sexes: Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.--Carlin on hygiene: When did they pass a law that says the people who make my sandwich have to be wearing gloves? I'm not comfortable with this. I don't want glove residue all over my food; it's not sanitary. Who knows where these gloves have been?--Carlin on evasive language: Just to demonstrate how far using euphemisms in language has gone, some psychologists are now actually referring to ugly people as those with "severe appearance deficits." Hey, Doctor. How's that for "denial"--Carlin on politics: No self-respecting politician would ever admit to working in the government. They prefer to think of themselves "serving the nation." To help visualize the service they provide the country, you may wish to picture the things that take place on a stud farm. The thinking person's comic who uses words as weapons, Carlin puts voice to issues that capture the modern imagination. For instance, why are there Ten Commandments? Are UFOs real? What will the future really be like? This brand-new collection tackles all that and more. [via]
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Le Petit Nicolasby Jean-Jacques Sempe, René GoscinnyISBN 2070364232 (2-07-036423-2)
Softcover, Gallimard, Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Nicolas'Book summary:A priori, le petit Nicolas est un enfant comme les autres. Pourtant, le récit de ses aventures n'en finit pas de surprendre par le nombre de bêtises que lui et sa petite bande de copains déclenchent en permanence ! Et il faut être drôlement patient et avoir beaucoup de mérite, comme sa maîtresse ou ses parents, pour vivre avec un pareil petit diable !
Aucun adulte ne semble pouvoir résister à Nicolas et ses copains, Agnan le chouchou, ou Eudes le costaud, ni le photographe de l'école, ni l'inspecteur en personne, ni même le directeur ou le pauvre surveillant, M. Bouillon. Bref, le petit Nicolas et toute sa bande sèment un joyeux désordre et une belle zizanie partout où ils passent.
L'écriture, proche du langage oral, rehausse le comique des situations et l'on ne peut s'empêcher de rire lorsqu'on écoute le petit Nicolas raconter ses multiples aventures, avec la naïveté et la candeur d'un enfant qui semble ne pas très bien saisir l'importance de tous ses actes et les réactions qu'ils entraînent auprès des adultes. De bonnes rigolades en perspective, même si la spécificité de cet humour nécessite quelquefois l'explication des grands ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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La Zizanieby Goscinny, UderzoISBN 2205004581 (2-205-00458-1)
Hardcover, Dargaud
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El Curioso Incidente Del Perro A Medianocheby Mark HaddonISBN 8478889108 (84-7888-910-8)
Softcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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Matildaby Not AvailableISBN 8420464546 (84-204-6454-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda es una lectora empedernida con sólo cinco años. Sensible e inteligente, todos la admiran menos sus mediocres padres, que la consideran una inútil. Además tiene poderes extraños y maravillosos... Un día, Matilda decide desquitarse y empieza a emplearlos contra la abominable y cruel señorita Trunchbull. [via]
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