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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You
Book SynopsisMeet Benjamin Franklin as you’ve never met him before—this hilarious collection includes the Founding Father’s satirical writings on farting, adultery, and other irreverent subjects you won’t find in your history books. A mention of flatulence might conjure up images of bratty high school boys or lowbrow comics. But one of the most eloquent—and least expected—commentators on the subject is Benjamin Franklin. The writings in Fart Proudly reveal the rogue who lived peaceably within the philosopher and statesman. Included are “The Letter to a Royal Academy”; “On Choosing a Mistress”; “Rules on Making Oneself Disagreeable”; and other jibes. Franklin’s irrepressible wit found an outlet in perpetrating hoaxes, attacking marriage and other sacred cows, and skewering the English Parliament. Reminding us of the humorous, irreverent side of this American icon, these essays endure as both hilarious satire and a timely reminder of the importance of a free press.
£13.99
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back
Book SynopsisSpanning regions, eras, religions, and philosophies, Paper Lanterns is a thoughtful collection of quotations that have appeared in The Sun magazine, which boasts a loyal readership of 70,000 people. With quotes by writers, artists, mystics, humorists, philosophers, and others, the book takes readers on a journey through innocence and experience, love and loss, disillusionment and awakening, by turns delighting readers and giving reassurance to those experiencing tough times. Divided into sixteen chapters, the book is organized by themes that include romantic love, family, education, travel, creativity, life challenges, compassion, social justice, nature, spirituality, and death. Unlike many books in this genre, Paper Lanterns avoids well-worn quotes, and the contributors are an eclectic group: from Hafiz to Emma Goldman; from John Lennon to the Buddha. Offering wisdom in a nutshell, Paper Lanterns respects the glory and the heartache of being human.
£14.39
Little, Brown & Company Naked
Book Synopsis*A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist.
£17.76
Steerforth Press I'd Rather Not: Essays
Book SynopsisA decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling. — Kirkus ReviewsAn endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairsThe unlikely story of how a failed dishwasher, tour guide, cabinet maker, bus driver, bookseller and literary journal publisher became one of Australia's hottest humor essayists Perfect for fans of humorous, thought-provoking authors like Sloane Crosley, Jenny Lawson, Samantha Irby, and David SedarisThis wryly subversive book of adventures (and misadventures) offers an original and utterly hilarious take on work, escape, and that something more we all need. Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he's sleeping rough and trying to run a literary magazine out of a dog park. His quest for meaning keeps being thwarted, by gainful employment, house parties, ill-advised love affairs, camel trips, and bureaucratic entanglements.The book's 14 essays/stories can be savored one at a time, or binge read: War and Peace The Perfect Host Cinderella Pays the Rent Lessons from Camels How to Make It in Business The Stopover Kings of Sweden House Party Car Sick I Fought the Law Always Coming Home The Art of Tour Guiding A Fisherman’s Lament Epilogue: Dying Art of Hitchhiking Robert's distinctive voice possesses uncommon immediacy, at once humorous and soulful, self-effacing and wise. Perhaps most important of all, he is endlessly entertaining.
£13.59
St Augustine's Press Jokes, Life after Death, and God
Book SynopsisJokes, Life after Death, and God has two main tasks: to try to understand exactly what a joke is, and to see whether there are any connections between jokes, on the one hand, and life after death and God, on the other hand. But it pursues other tasks as well, tasks of an ancillary sort. This book devises a general and comprehensive, but brief, theory of jokes. The author begins with critiques of other writers’ views on the subject. 1) Ted Cohen thinks that such a theory is impossible. 2) Ronald Berk, on the other hand, provides just such a theory. And 3) John Morreall provides a general theory of laughter, which may include some things which can be used in a general theory of jokes. 4) Neil Schaeffer, too, provides a general theory of laughter, which makes a big point out of what he calls the “ludicrous context”; but he does include a chapter on jokes. 5) Christopher Wilson offers a general theory of jokes in which he focuses on form and content. And 6) Thomas Werge, in reflecting on the comic, suggests a general theory of jokes which identifies their matter, form, agents, purposes, and beyond these, the underlying shared relational context, which makes it possible for jokes to arise. 7) Bill Fuller’s message is that there is more funniness coming out of two or more heads than out of one, just as Socrates’ message was that there is more clarity coming out of two or more heads than out of one. 8) Umberto Eco feels that monks should laugh, just as ordinary people do; for laughter not only refreshes our seeking spirits, it also illuminates the truth we seek. 9) Simon Critchley, in his reflections on humor, notes that jokes bring on a kind of everyday anamnesis, that they are anti-story stories, that they are like prayers, that they are like philosophy; and that they require a certain underlying context, which is implicitly recognized by both teller and listener, and which renders possible the tension needed to make the punch line work. 10) Martha Wolfenstein, pursuing a psychological analysis of children’s humor, proposes that the underlying motive for telling jokes remains the same from childhood to adulthood, i.e., to transform painful and frustrating experiences so as to extract pleasure from them; and that the agent or productive cause of jokes is the repressing unconscious, as suggested by Freud. As John Morreall has argued, neither the Superiority Theory (as in Plato, Aristotle and Hobbes), nor the Relief Theory (as in Spencer and Freud), nor the Incongruity Theory (as in Kant, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard) appears to work as a general and comprehensive theory. Moreover, these writers talk more about humor and laughter than about jokes. To be sure, a joke is a type of humor. Thus, to say something about humor is to say something, though of a generic sort, about jokes. Similarly, to say something about the laughter caused by humor is to say something, though generic, about the laughter caused by jokes. Most of the authors considered in chapter one are concerned with jokes, and not only with humor as such. Section 11 of chapter one puts together, out of the combined contributions of these authors, what can be considered the beginnings of, some thoughts toward, a general and comprehensive theory of jokes. This task the author illustrates in a concrete way, by looking at individual jokes of different sorts; not, however, without inviting the reader to enjoy these jokes. The author looks particularly at Jewish jokes, Christian jokes, and Islamic jokes (jokes in three major religious traditions), jokes about philosophy and philosophers (philosophers ought to be able to laugh at themselves and at what they do), yo mama jokes (out of a healthy curiosity), Italian jokes and Slovak jokes, all of which makes for a clearer understanding of exactly what a joke is. The analysis of general theory is then followed by some views on the morality of jokes and joke-telling, and an analysis of the connection between jokes and life after death, on the one hand, and God, on the other. Throughout the book Bobik offers innumerable examples to heighten our understanding and entertain us.
£30.40
St Augustine's Press Where Were We? – The Conversation Continues
Book SynopsisFrederic Raphael, the English novelist, screenwriter, and man of letters, and Joseph Epstein, the American essayist, short-story writer, and literary critic, exchanged e-mails sporadically over the years, usually commenting on each other’s various writings. Then one day in 2009, Raphael wrote to Epstein to suggest that, since they enjoyed a benevolence toward each other unusual among literary men, they begin an exchange of e-mail correspondence on a regular basis. His thought was that, at the end of a year or so, the result might be an interesting book. Epstein, who had long admired Raphael’s writing, agreed. The two men had never met, nor had they even spoken over the phone. Their friendship was conducted entirely online. Each week they exchanged e-mails of roughly 2,000 words. They discovered a great many things about each other they hadn’t previously known. They shared, for example, a common birthplace in Chicago, where Raphael was born, though his family moved to England in 1938, and his education after that was exclusively English. Each man belongs to that dolorous fraternity of those who have buried a child. Their literary tastes vary, though not widely, since both grew up admiring the great modernist writers and both had an enduring love for Greek and Roman culture. Both men share a fundamental agreement about what, in artistic and intellectual realms, is serious. Raphael and Epstein are artists who happen also to be intellectuals. The result is that few subjects are off limits to them. They are of an age when they have long ceased to worry about their reputations. Wherever else they may look, it is not over their shoulders. Candor reinforced by comedy is the reigning note of Where Were We? as it was of Distant Intimacy, their earlier volume of e-mail correspondence. Writing about other writers, actors, politics, the movies, intellectual fashions, the writing life, and much else, both men say precisely what they think, and say it in high style. Readers may or may not agree with their strong views, but they will never find their thoughts other than fascinating.
£25.20
Pelican Publishing Co Joy of Y'at Catholicism, The
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Pelican Publishing Co Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2009 Edition
Book SynopsisOne book, in fact the only one we know of, where you can enjoy the best of the year in one place. Hollywood Inside Syndicate. A plummeting global economy, a worldwide energy crisis, and the historic election of Barack Obama as the countrys 44th president were the major issues in 2008. This annual compilation of more than 400 cartoons by some 165 editorial cartoonists showcases their finest works in exploring and offering pithy commentary on a wide range of political and cultural topics. From Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to John McCain, from Joe Biden to Sarah Palin, these thought-provoking examples of the cartoonists art span the spectrum from liberal to conservative and include the years major award-winning cartoons.
£14.39
Pelican Publishing Co Great MoonPie® Handbook, The
Book SynopsisThis humorous book filled with cartoons describes how the MoonPie affects all aspects of life, such as courtship, childrearing, construction, television, magazines, and movies. It explains MoonPie etiquette and how the treat should be used on social occasions, such as birthdays and anniversaries. Also included are the history, vast folklore, and 'noble' traditions associated with this great American institution.
£13.59
Pelican Publishing Co Yat Wit: Chicken Gumbo for the New Orleans Soul
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£11.89
The New York Review of Books, Inc The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse
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£15.96
The New York Review of Books, Inc Alphabetabum
Book SynopsisA New York Review Children’s Collection Original An ALPHABET book? An ALBUM of old photos? We named it ALPHABETABUM. Here celebrated artists and authors Vladimir Radunsky and Chris Raschka put a delightful new old-fashioned spin on the alphabet book. Radunsky has selected portraits of children from his spectacular collection of antique black and-white photographs. Raschka has given the children names and written deliciously teasing rhymes about them. The result is ALPHABETABUM, a book of letters and pictures to which readers will happily return again and again both to look and to learn.
£16.19
The New York Review of Books, Inc Almost Completely Baxter: New And Selected
Book SynopsisOver four decades and a multitude of books, “Colonel” Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own—slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you.Baxter’s drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow hjinks, and outright absurdity: lonesome cowboys confront the latest in modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard hashish, and the world’s fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound.This new selection of Baxter’s work brings together highlights from the full sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those in dire need of an introduction.This NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.
£18.90
Select Books Inc The Fame Game: A Superstar's Guide to Getting
Book SynopsisHollywood is where even the wildest dreams can come true no matter who you are, where you come from, or even what you know. In Hollywood, everyone is a potential star and newsstands overflow with gossip about the latest celebrity mishaps, conflicts, and achievements so that millions can live vicariously through the lives of their favorite movie stars. Starting today, you no longer have to live through the gossip news of your favorite celebrities because you can turn your own life into the same star-driven celebrity marketing machine through The Fame Game. Seen through the eyes of an experienced Hollywood talent manager, The Fame Game will guide readers past the carefully crafted public relations images splashed across the pages of their favorite gossip magazines to reveal how today's hottest celebrities live, thrive, and flourish in the glamorous world of show business where the cameras are always on, the fans' gossip ricochets through all the popular social media networks, and the money flows in multi-million dollar deals based on nothing more than notoriety instead of talent. If you want to learn how Hollywood really works and how you can use the techniques of show business to market yourself into the next Hollywood sensation or just to promote yourself within your own line of work, you need to learn the secrets told in The Fame Game. This book will rip away the mystery behind the glitzy world of celebrities and expose the deliberate strategic planning designed to maximize the social and cultural impact of celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Charlie Sheen, the Kardashians, the Hiltons, the Olsen twins, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, along with The Situation and Snooki from Jersey Shore. The authors of The Fame Game know how many of these stars turned their fame into fortune because the authors are the masterminds behind some of today's biggest celebrity brands and business empires in the history of show business. The Fame Game will reveal the carefully constructed scaffolding behind celebrity branding and show how the public lives and images of today's top celebrities are a deliberate strategy and intricate dance between celebrities, the media, the general public, and the big business interests directing the ultimate movie called Life in the Spotlight. While the huge fan base of celebrities will enjoy reading The Fame Game for its fascinating stories about their favorite and most hated celebrities, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, and business students will enjoy The Fame Game as a unique textbook, survival guide into the new world of digital media and social networks. Most importantly, kids with their own big dreams of conquering Hollywood will find The Fame Game a book of empowerment that provides concrete steps they can take to turn their own dreams of fame and fortune into reality.
£19.76
Penguin Putnam Inc The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the
Book SynopsisThe illustrated lowdown on the toughest, sexiest and beardiest man to ever stalk the earth.
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd A Practical Guide to Racism
Book SynopsisMeet C. H. Dalton, a professor of racialist studies and an expert on inferior people of all ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual preferences. Presenting evidence that everyone should be hated, A Practical Guide to Racism contains sparkling bits of wisdom on such subjects as:· The good life enjoyed by blacks, who shuffle through life unhindered by the white man's burdens, to become accomplished athletes, rhyme smiths, and dominoes champions· The sad story of the industrious, intelligent Jews, whose entire reputation is sullied by their taste for the blood of Christian babies· A close look at the bizarre, sweet-smelling race known as women, who are not very good at anything - especially ruling the free world· A crucial manual to Arabs, a people so sensitive they are liable to blow up at any time. Literally.Trade Review"Read it with someone you hate."—Jon Stewart
£12.08
Penguin Random House Group How To Make Love To Adrian Colesberry
£16.34
Avery Publishing Group Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who
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£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc Chuck Norris: Longer And Harder: The Complete Chronicle of the World's Deadliest, Sexiest and Beardiest Man
Book SynopsisCollected works of Chuck Norris.
£16.16
Enchanted Lion Books Advice to Little Girls
Book SynopsisYou should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their little whims, and put up with their little foibles until they get to crowding you too much. When Mark Twain wrote the sparky short story "Advice to Little Girls" in 1865, he probably didn't mean for it to be shown to them. Or maybe he did, since we all know Twain was a rascal. Now, author and illustrator Vladimir Radunsky has created a picture book based on Twain's text that adds all the right outlandish touches. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain. He wrote two major classics of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur, and inventor. Whether or not it was Mark Twain's actual intention for little girls to read this humorous short story, it's clear that he did not talk down to children, but rather expected them to stretch themselves in order to grasp sophisticated, adult meaning. Vladimir Radunsky has illustrated many books to great acclaim. Recently, Radunsky has been moving farther and farther away from the traditional picture book and into other more innovative forms. The most recent example is a work published by HarperCollins of hip-hop poetry for children, where the graffiti art has migrated from the walls into a printed book. Radunsky has published more than thirty books for children, mostly in the United States. Many of them were translated and published in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan.Trade ReviewBrain Pickings' Top 13 Children's, Illustrated, and Picture Books of 2013 "Crisply satirical and a little subversive, Twain's short, acerbic sendup slyly exhorts little girls to take a calculating approach to manipulating friends, brothers and elders. [...] An elegant curiosity for admirers of Twain, Radunsky or both." -- Kirkus Review "Radunsky's ink flourishes and adorable, lumpy figures steal the stage." -- Publishers Weekly "Twain did not squat down to be heard and understood by children, but asked them to stand on their tiptoes--to absorb the kind of language and humor suitable for adults." -- New York Review of Books "While frolicsome in tone and full of wink, the story -- like the most timeless of children's books -- is colored with subtle hues of grown-up philosophy on the human condition, exploring all the deft ways in which we creatively rationalize our wrongdoing and reconcile the good and evil we each embody." -- Brain Pickings "it is sharp, a pointed set of admonitions urging girls to think for themselves, which is a message as essential today as it was a century-and-a-half ago." -- The Los Angeles Times "a sharp, charming story suitable for smart girls (and grown ups!) everywhere, and Radunsky's illustrations bring it to scribbled, red-cheeked life. It may just be the best picture book we've ever read." -- Flavorwire
£9.89
Peter Pauper Press Inc,US I am Woman, I am Invincible, I am Tired...
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£9.45
Soft Skull Press Pot Stories For The Soul
£15.29
Soft Skull Press Shit You Left Behind: Hell Hath No Fury Like a
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£13.59
Ediciones Universal Antologia de Chistes Cubanos
£12.20
BearManor Media EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE The Psychedelic Firesign Theatre At The Magic Mushroom - 1967
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£23.28
Penguin Putnam Inc I Was Told There'd Be Cake
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£13.60
Penguin Putnam Inc The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer
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£14.40
Penguin Putnam Inc That Is All
Book SynopsisJohn Hodgman—bestselling author, The Daily Show''s "Resident Expert," minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire—brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. In 2005, Dutton published The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, marked by the distinction that all of the fascinating trivia and amazing true facts were completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. At the time, Hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. In short: a nobody.But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred. He became a famous minor television personality. You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered!And so he returned, crashing his Kansas farmhouse down upon the wicked witch of ignorance with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller containing even more mesmerizing and essential fake trivia, including seven hundred mole-man names (and their occupations).And now, John Hodgman completes his vision with That Is All, the last book in a trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. Like its predecessors, That Is All compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes. It picks up exactly where More Information left off—specifically, at page 596—and finally completes COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE.Look out for John Hodgman''s latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.
£14.25
Penguin Putnam Inc The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer
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£21.00
Quirk Books To Quote a Queer: A Compendium of Wit, Wisdom,
Book SynopsisWe're here. We're queer. And we're hilarious - not to mention eloquent, bitchy, poetic, incisive, shrill, luminous, and dead-on brilliant. "To Quote a Queer" gathers in one convenient, comprehensive volume more than 3,000 of the most pert, sinister, and illuminating pearls of wisdom ever uttered ...with a lisp. "To Quote a Queer" brings together the wisdom of Sir Elton John, Virginia Woolf, and Stephen Fry, the wit of Oscar Wilde and Billie Jean King, and the dramatic flair of Noel Coward and Karl Lagerfeld. Covering every known gay standby - from coming out and cruising to grooming, grilling, parents, and pets - this wickedly amusing book catches a host of topics in the queer crosshairs.
£15.29
Quirk Books Jokes Every Man Should Know
Book SynopsisWriter and humorist Don Steinberg was not interested in compiling a thousand gags into a giant paperback, because he knew most of the content would be bland. Instead, he set out to compile the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the "Jokes Every Man Should Know". Here are jokes for business trips, blind dates, and family get-togethers. Here are seven jokes that will make kids laugh and nineteen jokes that are definitely not suitable for children. Here are three jokes about doctors, two jokes about gorillas, eight jokes about heaven, and the world's only truly funny knock-knock joke. When applicable, Steinberg has included history about the origin of the joke and/or alternate versions, along with a visual rating system to indicate the best audience for the joke.
£8.54
Quirk Books Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the
Book SynopsisAt the opening of the international bestseller "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", Elizabeth Bennet is already a seasoned warrior-trained in the martial arts, skeptical of romance, and determined to wipe out the deadly dreadfuls. But how did Elizabeth get that way? And where did all of the zombies come from? Readers will witness the birth of a heroine in Dawn of the Dreadfuls - a thrilling prequel set three years before the horrific events of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". This comic-horror novel is an all-new work of fiction from acclaimed novelist, Steve Hockensmith. As our story opens, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the English countryside. They idle away the days reading, gardening, practicing instruments, and daydreaming about future husbands-until a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry. Suddenly corpses are springing from the soft earth-and only one family can stop them. As the bodies pile up, we watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords, and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry. Through it all, of course, readers will be treated to scene after scene of absurd zombie carnage. Complete with 15 dazzling illustrations, "Dawn of the Dreadfuls" invites readers to step back into Regency England-Land of the Undead.Trade Review“Zombie-centric plot required to measure up to standards of both Austen and horror fans—no easy task. Now a New York Times Best Seller, the book seems to have struck a chord with both.”—Techland“It’s a romp of a book.”—McClatchy Newspapers “Mixing taught horror-movie action with neo-Austen meditation on identity, society, and romance, this happy sacrilege is sure to please fans of Grahame-Smith's original mash-up.”—Publishers Weekly “This is a must-read for the growing legion of alternate-Austen fans.”—Booklist
£10.79
Quirk Books Android Karenina
Book SynopsisLeo Tolstoy meets robots in this “creepy, thrilling, and highly enjoyable” sci-fi mashup of the classic Russian novel Anna Karenina (Library Journal). “ . . . lives up to its promise to make Tolstoy ‘awesomer.’”—The Onion AV Club It’s been called the greatest novel ever written. Now, Tolstoy’s timeless saga of love and betrayal is transported to an awesomer version of 19th-century Russia. It is a world humming with high-powered groznium engines: where debutantes dance the 3D waltz in midair, mechanical wolves charge into battle alongside brave young soldiers, and robots—miraculous, beloved robots!—are the faithful companions of everyone who’s anyone. Restless to forge her own destiny in this fantastic modern life, the bold noblewoman Anna and her enigmatic Android Karenina abandon a loveless marriage to seize passion with the daring, handsome Count Vronsky. But when their scandalous affair gets mixed up with dangerous futuristic villainy, the ensuing chaos threatens to rip apart their lives, their families, and—just maybe—all of planet Earth.Trade Review“Literary hybrids of Jane Austen novels and zombie stories? That’s so last year. Quirk Books, which released the best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, has seen the future of the mashup novel, and it is Leo Tolstoy and robots.”—New York Times “Anna’s nightmare, one of the most famous passages in Anna Karenina, clearly anticipates the ‘steampunk-inspired’ atmosphere of Android Karenina… Tolstoy didn’t know about steampunk or cyborgs, but he did know about the nightmarishness of steam power, unruly machines, and the creepy half-human status of the Russian peasant classes.”—Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed, via The New Yorker “Creepy, thrilling, and highly enjoyable!”—Library Journal “Whenever a truly pulpy trend reaches its apotheosis like this, I can't help but wonder if we'll get a new classic out of it.”—io9 “Android Karenina lives up to its promise to make Tolstoy ‘awesomer.’”—The Onion AV Club “Winters, a playwright, librettist, and author of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, connects all of Tolstoy’s dots in the cleverly bizarre world he has created and he transforms a Russian novel into a reasonably demented work of science fiction.”—Galley Cat “With Android, Winters has given Tolstoy's beautiful Russian epic a steampunk edge, filling the book with robots, space travel and yes, even a few aliens.”—Techland
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Quirk Books How to Make Your Baby an Internet Celebrity:
Book SynopsisHOW TO MAKE YOUR CAT AN INTERNET CELEBRITY taught cat-owners everywhere the keys to financial freedom. Now, it's time for babies to take the spotlight. From a wobbly first step to an adorably mispronounced refusal to eat bwoccoli, ephemeral moments of childhood joy caught on video are now worth their digital weight in gold-and if you don't cash in RIGHT NOW, you're condemning your child to a downward spiral of obscurity, public schooling, fast-food employment, and expensive psychotherapy.With this handy guide, you'll learn how to spot your baby's potential, document each potentially adorable move, and wring every last advertising dollar out of their viral videos. Plus, you'll get advice for dealing with tantrums (yours or theirs), bad behavior (Baby Star sentenced to time-out), and sticky tax situations (It's for her college fund, I swear!). HOW TO MAKE YOUR BABY AN INTERNET CELEBRITY makes grabbing fame and fortune as easy as taking candy from a babyand because it's your baby, it's perfectly okay to do so.Trade Review“...anyone who’s a fan of The Onion will totally eat [this] up... Pick up this book now and give it to the first new parent you see.”—RedTricycle.com“Finally, a comprehensive guide to getting a positive ROI on your infant! Absolutely hilarious.”—Bunmi Laditan, author of The Honest Toddler: A Child's Guide to Parenting“Stuffed full of laughs masquerading as tips and advice hiding as jokes. How to Make your Baby an Internet Celebrity shares dozens of wacky (but legit) hints for parents to optimize their baby's adorkable charms online. I don't know where else you can find this sage advice.”–Heather Gibbs Flett, co-author of The Rookie Mom's Handbook and Stuff Every Mom Should Know
£11.99
Quirk Books Dad Magazine: America's #1 Magazine for Pop
Book SynopsisThis dad-centric satire looks like a real magazine (complete with fake ads, subscription deals, and letters to the editor), but in fact it's a hilarious and heartfelt satire of fatherhood in twenty first-century America. With hard-hitting feature reporting (What's Up with the Neighbor's Lawn? We Investigate), in-depth lifestyle articles (Buying Shoes on eBay: A Guide), fashion tips (Rumpled Brown Suit: Who Wore It Best), handy how-tos (A Visual Guide to Packing the Car), and insightful opinion pieces (These Smoke Detectors Are Too Damn Sensitive, If You Ask Me), this is the perfect faux periodical for dads of every age, facial-hair style, and sandals/socks combo. Photos, illustrations, and hilarious advertisements throughout showcase all the frustrations, failures, and funny moments that make up the face of modern fatherhood.Trade Review“[A] clever satire.”–People“. . . any papa willing to laugh at himself will adore this delightful and oh-so-loving homage to fathers.” –New York Magazine’s The Cut“the ultimate dad joke—a book-length satire of universal dad behavior, in deadpan magazine form.”– Fast Company
£14.99
Santa Monica Press Redneck Haiku: Double-Wide Edition
Book SynopsisOver 250 redneck poems sure to crack even the most bucktoothed of smiles. The redneck lifestyle gets the black tie treatment in the hilariously contrasting filter of formal Japanese haiku, employing the standard three line, thirteen syllable constraint. The whole spectrum of redneck culture comes under the scrutiny of the imperial poem: RVs; Wal-Mart; beer; pop tarts; pickups; monster trucks; NASCAR; boats; trailers; trailer parks; barns; hunting; shotguns; Las Vegas and everything in between.
£8.99
Santa Monica Press Vanity Pl8 Puzzles: A Puzzle Book Where You Solve
Book SynopsisWith more than 200 puzzles to solve, this hilarious book offers drivers, car passengers, armchair travelers, and puzzle enthusiasts ample opportunities to sharpen word skills while having fun at the same time. Merging the popular pastime of puzzle solving with a unique form of personal expression - the vanity plate - this book includes many innovative brainteasers that will challenge and entertain puzzle-lovers, such as ISHLPKDS (I schlep kids), UEEEEA (Euphoria), AULOCKS (Goldilocks), and HIOFSIR (Hi Officer).
£8.15
Bloomsbury USA Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor
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£17.42
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc What Would Keith Richards Do?: Daily Affirmations
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£20.25
Outskirts Press Humor Theory: Formula of Laughter
£14.36
Gray & Company Publishers Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports: Bottlegate,
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£16.10
The Library of America Peanuts Papers, The: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & The
Book SynopsisA one-of-a-kind celebration of the world's favourite comic strip and the life lessons it can teach us.
£17.99
Penguin Random House Group Crazy Like a Fox
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Penguin Random House Group Cloudland Revisited
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£14.39
The Library of America MAD Files The Writers and Cartoonists on the
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