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The annotated Archy and Mehitabel The annotated Archy and Mehitabel Don Marquis "Archy and Mehitabel is, to my mind, a distinguished work in American letters." -E. B. WhiteGenerations of readers have delighted in the work of the great American humorist Don Marquis, who was frequ… OL11728867W
Horseradish Horseradish Lemony Snicket Lemony Snicket's work is filled with bitter truths, like: 'It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.' Or: 'I… OL118513W
Bart Simpson's Guide to Life Bart Simpson's Guide to Life Matt Groening Starved for the whole truth, man? Take a bite out of this bitsy but beefy package, brimming with flavorized morsels of wit, wisdom, and worldly knowledge brought to you by the one and only Bartholome… OL135566W
Idiot America Idiot America Charles P. Pierce The Culture Wars Are Over and the Idiots Have WonA veteran journalist's acidically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States.In the midst of a career-l… OL13647053W
Stuff white people like Stuff white people like Christian Lander They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie… OL13749021W
How to be famous How to be famous Heidi Montag From braving the wilds of Los Angeles to the Costa Rican jungle, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have learned a thing or two about reality...television, that is. But while dominating the airwaves and… OL13780193W
Credos and curios Credos and curios James Thurber 21 previously uncollected pieces, including 3 short stories and 7 profiles of fellow-craftsmen. Foreword by Helen Thurber. OL14857133W
Thurber's dogs Thurber's dogs James Thurber Stories and drawings by the longtime New Yorker humorist that celebrate man's best friend. Thurber's unpoetic dogs, with their expressive ears and baffled faces, surprise us with a vision of our slop… OL14857156W
Lanterns & lances Lanterns & lances James Thurber Contains 24 pieces in which the well-known humorist is largely concerned with the survival of our English language, currently being subjected to much erroneous use. OL14857160W
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans Dave Eggers Now more than ever, Americans are troubled by questions. As sweaty modernity thrusts itself upon us, the veil of ignorance that cloaked our nation hangs in tatters, tattered tatters. Our "funny bones… OL14957686W
McBroom's almanac McBroom's almanac Sid Fleischman Entries in McBroom's almanac include farm tips, how-to's, McProverbs, nature lore, cartoons, and McBroom's Calendar of Important Dates. OL14957917W
Humorous readings Humorous readings Lewis B. Monroe viii, 326 pages 21 cm OL1501238W
I'll Mature When I'm Dead I'll Mature When I'm Dead Dave Barry In eighteen hilarious pieces, Dave Barry tackles everything from fatherhood, new fatherhood (?Over the next five years, you will spend roughly 45 minutes, total, listening to songs you like, and roug… OL15032852W
Stuffed feet Stuffed feet Mike Thaler Presents a collection of jokes and riddles on a variety of topics. OL15040000W
The Wit & Wisdom of FDR The Wit & Wisdom of FDR James C. Humes In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the greatest rac… OL15054680W
King Henry the Ape animal jokes King Henry the Ape animal jokes Charles Keller A collection of jokes and humor about animals, such as "What do you call a pig's laundry? Hogwash." OL15123261W
The Wizard of Gauze and other gags for kids The Wizard of Gauze and other gags for kids Charles Keller Presents a collection of jokes such as "Did you hear about ... The boy who had Egyptian flu and gave it to his mummy?" OL15123288W
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Chelsea Handler WHAT . . . A RIOT! Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now… OL15176154W
The Dumbest Generation The Dumbest Generation Michael Graham Michael Graham has met the enemy, and they is us. Fifty years after the Greatest Generation fought and died on foreign soil to rescue democracy from fascism, the question facing America is Can we sur… OL15183925W
Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Kerry W. Thornley,Robert Anton Wilson,Malaclypse the Younger.,Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst,Greg H. Hill The Principia Discordia is a Discordian religious text written by Greg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger) with Kerry Wendell Thornley (Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst). The first edition was printed using Ji… OL15331406W
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