Category: Humour

Based on the results from Dave Barry's monumental survey, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a compilation of some of the worst songs ever written, including such special categories as Teen Death Songs, Songs That People Always Get Wrong, Songs Women Hate and, of course, Weenie Music.
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Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

By: Barry, Dave

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Putnam Adult : September 2007

Seller ID: 35923

ISBN-13: 9780399154379

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Thucydides, Gibbon, Tuchman, McCullough-to the names of the world's great historians must now be added the name of Dave Barry, who has taken a long, hard look at our new millennium (so far) and, when he stopped hyperventilating, has written it all down, because nobody would believe it otherwise. In November 2000, the skies darken over Florida as hundreds of thousands of lawyers parachute into the state from bombers, while in 2002, the federal budget surplus mysteriously disappears ("Everybody looks high and low for it, but the darned thing is gone "). In April 2003, no WMD have been found, but...
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Insane City

By: Barry, Dave

Price: $8.50

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons : September 2013

Seller ID: 53555

ISBN-13: 9780425264720

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Seth Weinstein always knew Tina was way, way, way out of his league. Which is why he's still astonished that he's on a plane heading for their wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse has already pulled an airport prank on him--and he's survived It should be easy going from now on. But Seth has absolutely no idea what he's about to get into. A simple drink or two with the boys sparks a series of events that will pit Seth and his friends against everything and everyone imaginable, from his very powerful, very disapproving soon-to-be father-in-law to the federal government to a love-struck orangutan...
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada

By: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Portable Press : October 2013

Seller ID: 63652

ISBN-13: 9781607108917

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That's just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John's quirky celebration of Earth's second largest country. You'll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he'd just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock's birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt...
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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4', African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

By: Bell, W. Kamau

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Dutton : August 2018

Seller ID: 75572

ISBN-13: 9781101985885

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

A memoir and manifesto from the comedian, hit podcast host, and star of United Shades of America You may know W. Kamau Bell from his critically acclaimed hit show on CNN United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in the New York Times, which called him the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years. Or maybe in the New Yorker, fawning over his brand of humor, writing, Bell's gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and women's issues as inseparable. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell is a humorous, well-informed take on the world today, ...
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It's Happy Bunny: Life, Get One

By: Benton, Jim

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Scholastic Inc. : April 2005

Seller ID: 58248

ISBN-13: 9780439693462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

It's all about the bunny. Deal with it.Just in time for graduation, Scholastic presents a full-color gift book based on the most successful art brand of 2003, It's Happy Bunny Everyone's favorite bunny with attitude presents words of wisdom for all life's endeavors, like: When life gives you lemons, squirt lemon juice into the eyes of your enemies. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? Who cares? Learn to focus on the things that truly matter--like yourself and money. In this charming collection of ancient bunny wisdom, you'll find painfully honest twists on age-old advice as Happy Bunny shar...
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The Jumbo Duct Tape Book

By: Berg, Jim,Nyberg, Tim

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company : September 2000

Seller ID: 70457

ISBN-13: 9780761121107

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Did you know that duct tape can turn any item of clothing into rainwear? That duct tape over a computer screen will keep your kids from surfing naughty sites on the Web? That a perfect solution for those easy-to-lose TV remotes is to duct tape them to your arm? (Not only won't you lose it, you'll never have to relinquish control over it, either ) But can you also believe that Jim and Tim's creative ideas for duct tape spawned not just one bestselling book, but three, plus a calendar? And now the ultimate collection? With two-thirds of the material drawn from their previous books and calendars ...
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Farewell to the Twentieth Century: A Compendium to the Absurd

By: Berton, Pierre

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Doubleday Canada : May 1996

Seller ID: 12990

ISBN-13: 9780385255776

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this compendium of the absurd, Pierre Berton looks back on some of the fads, follies, and fancies of his century--a period his grandchildren are already calling the Olden Days. In close to fifty essays, fables, and pseudo-documents, Berton covers a variety of twentieth-century customs, from modern funeral practices to Hollywood's immutable rules for movie car chases. He covers everything from TV talk shows that feature nutty female clairvoyants to James Bond's appalling lack of political correctness. He looks into the future and faces up to the problem supersonic airliners will soon have tr...
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The History Man (Arena Books)

By: Bradbury, Malcolm

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Arrow Books : January 1994

Seller ID: 67697

ISBN-13: 9780099149101

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Mother Tongue : English & How It Got That Way

By: BRYSON, BILL

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harpercollins : January 0001

Seller ID: 80782

ISBN-13: 9780380715435

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book." --Los Angeles Times With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries....
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Lost in the Wilds of Canada

By: Cadiz, John

Price: $4.95

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart : October 1997

Seller ID: 50653

ISBN-13: 9780771018282

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Confessions of a Bad Mother

By: Calman, Stephanie

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Pan Publishing : January 2005

Seller ID: 38381

ISBN-13: 9780330506625

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Funny, acutely observed, and drawing on her own and hundreds of other mum's real experiences, Stephanie Calman presents this honest guide to motherhood.
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8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And other tips from a beleaguered father [not that any of them work]

By: Cameron, W. Bruce

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company : March 2002

Seller ID: 43868

ISBN-13: 9780761126331

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Fathers may suspect it's not easy for their daughters to become women, but those same daughters have no idea how hard it is for fathers to stand by and watch. According to W. Bruce Cameron, Having a child mutate into a teenager is a bit like being an airline passenger who must suddenly take over for a stricken pilot and land the plane. And in this case, the passengers are all yelling, 'I hate you I hate you ' and slamming the door to the cockpit. Cameron has two daughters, so he is doubly aware that raising teenage girls is well, impossible. He's been through braces (the most expensive metal ...
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Napalm & Silly Putty

By: Carlin, George

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Hyperion : April 2002

Seller ID: 62126

ISBN-13: 9780786887583

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The #1 New York Times bestseller with more than 450,000 copies in print offers up a hilarious and "entertaining" Chicago Sun-Times] collection of razor-sharp observations--now available in paperback Spending more than 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover, George Carlin, the thinking person's comic, has made it very clear how successful he is at the transition from stage to page. In Napalm & Silly Putty, Carlin's characteristically ironic and hilarious take on life shines through. He asks: How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on TV that it's a spy satellite...
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In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy

By: Carolla, Adam

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Crown Archetype : November 2010

Seller ID: 80638

ISBN-13: 9780307717375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A couple years back, I was at the Phoenix airport bar. It was empty except for one heavy-set, gray bearded, grizzled guy who looked like he just rode his donkey into town after a long day of panning for silver in them thar hills. He ordered a Jack Daniels straight up, and that's when I overheard the young guy with the earring behind the bar asking him if he had ID. At first the old sea captain just laughed. But the guy with the twinkle in his ear asked again. At this point it became apparent that he was serious. Dan Haggerty's dad fired back, "You've got to be kidding me, son." The bartender r...
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America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't

By: Colbert, Stephen

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing : October 2012

Seller ID: 41971

ISBN-13: 9780446583978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Book store nation, in the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. You could say we're the #1 nation at being the best at greatness. But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken And we can't exchange it because we're 236 years past the 30-day return window. Look around--we don't make anything anymore, we've mortgaged our future to China, and the Apologist-in-Chief goes on world tours just to bow before foreign leaders. Worse, the L.A. Four Seasons Hotel doesn't even have a dedicated phone button for the Spa. You have to dial an extension ...
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Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane

By: Colbert, The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : November 2018

Seller ID: 72400

ISBN-13: 9781982121082

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

100% of The Late Show's proceeds from this book go to disaster relief. Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane is a picture book made entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. It is the first children's book that demonstrates what not to say after a natural disaster. On September 19, 2018, Donald Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," said ...
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Bean: The Script Book

By: Curtis, Richard,Driscoll, Robin

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Perennial : October 1997

Seller ID: 76993

ISBN-13: 9780067575109

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Hundreds of photos and the movie's full shooting script are only the beginning of this must-have for Mr. Bean fans old and new. An Introduction by director Mel Smith charts the progress of the film from conception to release. 125 color photos.
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Category: Humour