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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
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
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
A prairie home companion pretty good joke book A prairie home companion pretty good joke book Garrison Keillor The "Pretty Good Joke Book" includes all of the jokes from the first nine Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows. OL15604086W
Go The F**k To Sleep Go The F**k To Sleep Adam Mansbach A very humorous rhyming book for parents who have had to suffer through too many long nights trying to get a child to go to sleep, in a style similar to other children's books. Many parents will be a… OL15730579W
Ranting again Ranting again Dennis Miller The hilarious sequel to Dennis Miller's bestselling "The Rants" once again unleashes his unique brand of scathing wit, taking on bad drivers, the American educational system, computers, smoking, anim… OL15827948W
The gobble-uns 'll git you ef you don't watch out! The gobble-uns 'll git you ef you don't watch out! James Whitcomb Riley Gobble-uns tales as told by Little Orphant Annie. OL15846750W
Jokes Jokes Paul Dickson Silly shaggy dog stories, light-bulb jokes, non-ethnic racial jokes, Martian jokes, animal jokes, and convoluted puns are among the tasteful quips in this illustrated collection OL15964569W
I shudder I shudder Paul Rudnick A humorist trains eye on a range of subjects--from living in a series of increasingly bizarre, yet fabulous apartments in New York City to dealing with some of the most perplexing yet endearing perso… OL16288914W
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 Emily Raboteau,Rana Dasgupta,Elizabeth Gonzalez,Emmanuel Guibert,Etgar Keret,Kurt Vonnegut,Stephen King,Gene Weingarten,David Rohde,David Gessner,Evan Ratliff,Laurie Weeks,Tamas Dobozy,Paul Hornschemeier,Rutu Modan,Dave Eggers,Andrew Sean Greer,Sherman Alexie,Patrick Tobin,George Saunders,Patricio Pron,Tea Obreht,Amy Waldman,Didier Lefèvre,Bryan Furuness,Laura van den Berg,Lilli Carré,Courtney Moreno,Marjorie Celona,J. Malcom Garcia,Jake Swearingen,Helon Haliba,Raffi Khartchadourian,Malerie Willens,Rachel Aviv,Nora Bonner,Frederic Lemercier,T Ott Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literatue including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects. OL16500767W
I suck at girls I suck at girls Justin Halpern Presents a humorous collection of stories about the author's relationships with the opposite sex told chronologically, from his first kiss to getting engaged. OL16700867W
America Again America Again Stephen Colbert Colbert addresses topics including Wall Street, campaign finance, energy policy, eating on the campaign trail, and the United States Constitution. OL16805354W
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls David Sedaris From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the A… OL16921842W
This giddy globe This giddy globe Peter Simple *Six busy days it took in all* *To make a World and plan its jail,* *The seventh, SOMEONE said 'twas good* *And rested, should you think he could?* *Knowing what the result would be* *There… OL1797957W
Downsize This! Downsize This! Michael Moore Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American is a book by American author and producer Michael Moore. The book is a look at the state of business and industry in the United States and th… OL1806447W
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