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Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors ... from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers ... it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.
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Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.
Two-Headed Headlines: Grandmother of eight makes hole in one! Doctor...
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Nine insane short stories with a B-movie flair fill out this anthology. There's a little violence, some adult (18+) content, and some heartbreaking love stories. Polish your fangs, spray on some fresh formaldehyde, and clean the crypt before your date arrives--being a monster doesn't mean you can't fall in love, and a collection of sad, funny tales are coming to an ereader near you.
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Un papagayo fue designado por sus compañeros para que denunciara la destrucción de la selva.Su capacidad para hablar con los humanos lo hacían el indicado, ya que manejaba bien su lenguaje.Llevó evidencias ante un organismo internacional encargado de vigilar y proteger el planeta, para que tomaran cartas en el asunto, ya que había intereses oscuros que impedían que se detuviera la destrucción masiva de árboles, desplazando a las especies a...
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Driving Like Crazy celebrates cars and author P. J. O'Rourke's love for them, while chronicling the golden age of the automobile in America. O'Rourke takes us on a whirlwind tour of the world's most scenic and bumpiest roads in trouble-laden cross-country treks, from a 1978 Florida-to-California escapade in a 1956 special four-door Buick sedan to a 1983 thousand-mile effort across Mexico in the Baja 1000 to a trek through Kyrgyzstan in 2006 on the...
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Even after her death, Erma Bombeck remains one of America's best-loved writers of all time. Eat Less Cottage and More Ice Cream is based on one of her most requested columns.
In 1979, someone asked humorist Erma Bombeck, "If you had your life to live over, would you change anything?" Her immediate answer was no, but once she thought about it, she changed her mind. The result was a classic column full of Bombeck's signature wit and warmth.
Now the...
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This book offers pure hilarious comedy, romance, adventures, and fun entertainment for any reader. It shows everything you always wanted to know about your fart. It is one of the funniest and most entertaining books you have ever read. It talks about how a fart traveled throughout time and how it affected entire human history. It goes without explaining that it brings many hours of pure laughter and fun to you. It is a comic book that takes you through...
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A witty compendium of musings on modern life from two of Britain's best-loved humorists.
Ever unafraid to tackle the great matters of the day-and even more at home in the company of the apparently trivial-he might lament the lost art of how to end a tedious phone conversation, report on his investigations into the world's 'superfruits', or answer such a pressing question as, How does one spot a Bank Holiday? Why do we clap at things that don't...
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Un dron dirigido y enviado de un reino a otro eliminó por error a varias gacelas que deambulaban por un claro de la selva.El gobernante que ordenó lanzarlo se sentía orgulloso de la efectividad en su estrategia para acabar con supuestas hienas terroristas.Se trataba de aviones no tripulados, los cuales eran manipulados por papagayos militares.El mandatario fue criticado por el alto número de víctimas civiles que había causado aquella grave equivocación.Un...
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OUTHOUSE READER
THE OUTHOUSE READER IS THE PERFECT COMPANION for everyone who makes a pit stop at the little wood shack out back! Just don't get caught with your pants down!
FROM SOULFUL LIFE WISDOM:
"Oh, what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to believe."
"Most things get better. In fact, most things get better by the next morning."
"A true friend, if he can't get you out of jail, will get in there with you."
TO DROP-AND-RUN HUMOR: "It's...
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Several years ago, a New York high school teacher began using the Internet to post strange-but-true history and science factoids for his students to read. What began as an interesting Web site for students at Chatham High School soon became an internationally recognized page that garnered numerous awards, including Yahoo's Site of the Week. In 2001, some of the stories were assembled into Einstein's Refrigerator, which has been translated into Korean...
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In this far-ranging collection of aphorisms, adages, and verse, well-known humorist Harry Wayne Addison comments wisely and wittily on a wide variety of topics, from the lessons and joys of a rural upbringing to the heavy-handed whims of big government.
Acclaimed as the Will Rogers of Ouachita Parish, Addison offers here a wealth of wisdom and insight into the problems and pleasures that marked the daily path of twentieth-century man.
Inspirational,...
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This essential phrasebook collects the most colorful, explicit, and outrageous ways to tell people off in every part of the world. Featuring dozens of different languages, the sayings range from everyday swears to family curses to expressions for X-rated relations with animals. Phonetic pronunciation is provided so that readers can curse like a native, and handy illustrations provide visual guides to these foreign exclamations. Perfect for the international...
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George Washington was said to be "First in War, First in Peace." In The Making of the President 1789, humorist Marvin Kitman argues that our first president was also the first American leader to ride his personal foibles to political greatness. Kitman lampoons the modern "campaign insider" books, asking: "How is it possible that a man with no military experience becomes a general? He loses more battles than he wins and becomes a war hero? He has absolutely...
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Lump It or Leave It, Florence King's latest volume of rapier-edged contemplations on American tomfoolery--er, values--takes on everything from the hazards of fame to the joys of menopause, with all of the bile and brio that has made her the nation's most beloved misanthrope. From college professors ("incapable of earning a living with either their minds or their hands") to the South ("if at first you don't secede, try, try, again") to the U.S. government...
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When twins, Grant and Aiden, are separated at birth for their protection and then reunited at the age of 18, they discover more about their past than they could have ever imagined.
They have a journey laid out before them that is not only full of danger at every turn, but of self-control, and saving mankind. Along the way, they learn what they are capable of, who they are, and what their destiny holds.
Engage with them in this fantastic...
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An A-to-Z treasury of dumb, disastrous, and hard-to-believe human behavior from the New York Times-bestselling author of “Stupid History!”
* A doctor's actual diagnostic notation: The patient is married but sexually active.
* "Shooting Reported at Firing Range"-The State, Columbia, South Carolina, August 4, 2006
* Arrested for public urination in Bowling Green, Ohio: Mr. Joshua Pees.-The Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, September 5, 2001
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18) Postmodern Pooh
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A sequel of sorts to the classic (and bestselling) sendup of literary criticism, The Pooh Perplex
Thirty-seven years ago, a slim parody of academic literary criticism called The Pooh Perplex became a surprise bestseller. Now Frederick Crews has written a hilarious new satire in the same vein. Purporting to be the proceedings of a forum on Pooh convened at the Modern Language Association's annual convention, Postmodern Pooh brilliantly parodies the...
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This comedy is a dialog in which the characters Damien and Desha learn about ranked choice voting. Also they learn why a well-designed election system will bring widespread economic prosperity.
A young carpenter named Damien struggles to understand why the worlds of business and politics are upside-down for himself, his fiancé, and for his generation. He flunked out of community college so he gets assistance from Desha who is a wild young woman...
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USA Today Bestseller
From the wildly popular Instagram account, Disappointing Affirmations hilariously counters the culture of relentless toxic positivity with a realistic take on a disappointing world where failure is always an option, but that's okay.
Pairing lovely vacation photos taken by the author himself with sayings that are amusingly self-critical, encouraging, disillusioned, or all three at once, Tarnowski points to feelings commonly...