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A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar: Tales From Maine
Par John Mcdonald. 2002
Classic stories, stretched truths and wry observations of life in the Pine Tree State by columnist and professional storyteller John…
McDonald. A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar is a wonderful mix of classic Maine storytelling, stretched truths and wry observations made by John McDonald during his many travels through the Pine Tree State. In this collection of essays and stories, John extols the important economic power of Maine's Yard Sale Industry, bemoans that Massachusetts, still upset because it allowed Maine to become a state in 1820, is buying it back one house at a time and relates how the state's infamous black fly was really just an attempt at controlling tourists gone haywire. You will also meet Maine characters like Uncle Abner, Merrill Minzey and Hollis Eaton, and find yourself pondering just where the truth ends and the story begins.Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
Par Winsor Mccay. 1973
From the creator of Little Nemo comes this pioneering cartoon strip, a world of dreams and nightmares, fraught with episodes…
of wish fulfillments and exaggerations in size and perspective. This facsimile of the rare 1905 first edition recaptures Winsor McCay's imaginative brilliance and his influence on latter-day animation with 60 cartoon sequences.My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy
Par Andrea Askowitz. 2008
Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women
Par Autumn Stephens. 2009
First ladies are supposed to be dignified background figures, quietly supportive of their husbands' agendas. Above all, they're not supposed…
to act out or cause even a whiff of scandal. Of course, reality often overrides conventional wisdom, and this book shows how far from the prim ideal many of the Presidents' wives have strayed. Part irreverent portrait gallery, part exuberant expose, Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women introduces a remarkable array of wild women, from Martha Washington, who opposed her own husband's presidential election; to Abraham Lincoln's eccentric wife, Mary; to rebellious daughters like Patti Davis who were the tabloid fodder of their day. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with amazing stranger-than-fiction facts from our American history, Feisty First Ladies journeys into the realm of the eclectic sisterhood whose outrageous words and deeds have rocked the fusty old foundations of the White House -- and the nation!So You're Going to Be a Dad, revised edition
Par Peter Downey. 2005
For new dads, So You’re Going to Be a Dad is the bottom line on pregnancy, childbirth, newborns, and young…
children. Inspiring and down-to-earth, the guide prepares readers for the changes, challenges, and joys of parenthood, from what to say (and what not to say) when she shares the big news to navigating the delivery room and first days as a family. Now fully updated, the guide offers the latest information and thinking on: Today’s delivery methods and medical procedures Social media and the online parenting world Baby gear you really needand much more.Kinders hou van grappies vertel
Par Bernard Levine, Adri Van Schalkwyk. 2016
Hier is ʼn versameling snaakse grappe wat ek geniet het toe ek op skool was. Kinders is lief om te…
lag. Hulle sal groot pret hê om hierdie grappies oor en oor aan hul vriende te vertel. Hierdie vermaaklike boek sal jou kinders ure se geluk en plesier gee.The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides #1)
Par Jonathan W. Stokes. 2017
From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make history approachable,…
engaging, and funny!The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome contains information vital to the sensible time traveler: • Where can I find a decent hotel room in ancient Rome for under five sesterces a day? Is horse parking included? • What do I do if I’m attacked by barbarians? • What are my legal options if I’m fed to the lions at the Colosseum? All this is answered and more. There is handy advice on finding the best picnicking spots to watch Julius Caesar’s assassination at the Roman Forum in 44 BC, as well as helpful real estate tips to profit from the great Roman fire of AD 64. There are even useful recommendations on which famous historical figures to meet for lunch, and a few nifty pointers on how to avoid being poisoned, beheaded, or torn apart by an angry mob. If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need!Confessions of a Camo Queen: Living with an Outdoorsman
Par Kristin Berube. 2015
Does your man's interior design sense involve dead animals? Is your fridge stocked with styrofoam cups of earthworms, deer glands…
in plastic sandwich bags, and whole dead birds? Does he keep a can of elk estrus spray next to his deodorant? Congratulations, you're in love with an outdoorsman! You are indeed a true camo queen! Montana wife and mom Kristen Berube commiserates with her hunting widow sisters everywhere in this irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays, with chapters on Camouflage Lingerie, the Romance of Camping, Primal Home Decor, and more.Rationale of the Dirty Joke
Par G. Legman. 2008
Why do people tell dirty jokes? And what is it about a joke's dirtiness that makes it funny? G. Legman…
was perhaps the foremost scholar of the dirty joke, and as legions of humor writers and comedians know, his Rationale of the Dirty Joke remains the most exhaustive and authoritative study of the subject. More than two thousand jokes and folktales are presented, covering such topics as The Female Fool, The Fortunate Fart, Mutual Mismatching, and The Sex Machine. These folk texts are authentically transcribed in their innocent and sometimes violent entirety. Legman studies each for its historical and socioanalytic significance, revealing what these jokes mean to the people who tell them and to the people who listen and laugh. Here -- back in print -- is the definitive text for comedians and humor writers, Freudian scholars and late night television enthusiasts. Rationale of the Dirty Joke will amuse you, offend you, challenge you, and disgust you, all while demonstrating the intelligence and hilarity of the dirty joke.Perché la nonna ha comprato quella macchina
Par Arianna Introini, Anne R. Allen. 2016
Racconti brevi e poesie di Anne R. Allen, umorista e autrice di romanzi gialli e commedie romantiche. Alcune storie, come…
Vive La Revolution, pubblicata la prima volta sulla rivista umoristica e provocatoria Opium, sono satire, altre invece sono più profonde, ma tutte quante sono ritratti spiritosi di donne ribelli. Da Betty Jo, che sta invecchiando e si sente così invisibile da prendere in considerazione l'idea di rapinare una banca, a Maude, una bambina di dieci anni trascurata che si rivolge a un Elvis immaginario per ricevere l'amore che le viene negato dalla famiglia aristocratica, fino a una versione adolescenziale e assetata di sangue di Madame Defarge, tutte queste donne - giovani e anziane - si ribellano agli stereotipi e ai ruoli tradizionali che le tengono a freno. Motivo per cui, naturalmente, la nonna ha comprato quella macchina...Boganomics
Par E. C. McSween. 2011
The authorities on all things bogan and authors of THINGS BOGANS LIKE are back with an historical, sociological, geographic and…
cultural study that traces bogan culture back to society's very foundation. Identifying prototypical and stereotypical bogans through time, they examine the bogan of the 19th century and their pre-war descendants, before moving onto the speciman often considered the quintessential bogan, identified by a love of '80s metal, flannelette and Victoria Bitter. They then track the bogan's leap into the 21st century - where they can be seen across the country, clad in garish garb, holding their nationalism close to their chest, and slavishly following every celebrity trend. BOGANOMICS is an important book for all Australians as understanding is the bridge to unity. Read this book to broaden your knowlege ... or to laugh ... a lot.The Last Season
Par Stuart Stevens. 2015
Fathers, sons, and sports are enduring themes of American literature. Here, in this fresh and moving account, a son returns…
to his native South to spend a special autumn with his ninety-five-year-old dad, sharing the unique joys, disappointments, and life lessons of Saturdays with their beloved Ole Miss Rebels. After growing up in Jackson, Stuart Stevens built a successful career as a writer and political consultant. But in the fall of 2012, not long after he turned sixty, the presidential campaign he'd worked on suffered a painful defeat. Grappling with a profound sense of loss and mortality, he began asking himself some tough questions, not least about his relationship with his father. The two of them had spent little time together for decades. He made a resolution: to invite his father to attend a season of Ole Miss football games together, as they'd done when college football provided a way for his father to guide him through childhood--and to make sense of the troubled South of the 1960s. Now, driving to and from the games, and cheering from the stands, they take stock of their lives as father and son, and as individuals, reminding themselves of their unique, complicated, precious bond. Poignant and full of heart, but also irreverent and often hilarious, The Last Season is a powerful story of parents and children and of the importance of taking a backward glance together while you still can.From the Hardcover edition.The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides #2)
Par Jonathan W. Stokes. 2018
From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make history approachable,…
engaging, and funny!The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution provides useful information for the practical time traveler, like: • Where can I find a decent hotel room in colonial New England? Are major credit cards accepted? • How do I join the Boston Tea Party without winding up in a British prison? • How can I score a lunch with Alexander Hamilton? This guide answers these fiery, burning questions with the marshmallows of information. There is handy advice on how to join Paul Revere’s spy ring at the Green Dragon Tavern, how to enlist in General Washington’s rebel army, and how to summon the strength to storm a British gun battery when you haven’t eaten for three days. If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need!Hurrah for Gin: A Book For Perfectly Imperfect Parents (Hurrah For Gin Ser. #1)
Par Katie Kirby. 2017
The perfect gift, this book is not a how-to guide. It won't tell you how to get your baby to…
sleep, how to deal with toddler tantrums, how to be a good parent, a cool parent, or even a renegade parent. It's a book about parenting that contains absolutely no useful advice whatsoever. Instead, Hurrah for Gin shares beautifully honest anecdotes and illustrations from the parenting front line that demonstrate it is perfectly possible to love your children with the whole of your heart while finding them incredibly irritating at the same time. From pregnancy to starting school, Hurrah for Gin takes you through the exciting, frustrating, infuriating, and wonderful whirlwind of parenthood, offering solidarity and a friendly hug after a tough day.Best served with gin.Women's Libation!: Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman's Right to Booze
Par Merrily Grashin. 2017
“Finally, a celebration of strong women and strong cocktails! How rare is the book that will educate you on authors,…
artists, philosophers, revolutionaries, and make you a better host? Lovingly hand-drawn and deliciously punny, Merrily Grashin's collection of enhanced classic cocktails and original artwork is a tribute to women - like Grashin herself - who inspire us to break all the rules.” –Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of SweetbitterThe perfect mix of punny humor, feminist verve, and practical instruction, Women's Libation! is a cocktail guide for the lady who likes to shake things up (and not just her martinis). In it, Brooklyn-based illustrator and long-time bartender Merrily Grashin toasts the feminist heroes who've come before us and the social movements that have helped shape us, honoring each with a delicious, imaginative cocktail. Beautifully appointed in a paper-over-board package with two-color interiors, each spread features an original illustration for every boozy beverage and a brief reflection on the historical figure, event, or movement in women's history on which the drink is based. With new twists on classic cocktails as well as inventive new libations, Grashin's recipes will educate you as you imbibe, including such gems as:• Joan of Arc & Stormy• Emma Gold-Manhattan• Rosé the Riveter• Mosc-N.O.W. Mule• Margaret Sanger-iaFeaturing 75 recipes that even the novice bartender can make at home, Women's Libation! is the perfect host gift to share at a party or to give to a feminist friend in need of some cheer.I've Got This Round: More Tales of Debauchery
Par Mamrie Hart. 2018
When Mamrie simultaneously enters her 30s and finds herself single for the first time since college, the world is suddenly…
full of possibilities. Emboldened by the cool confidence that comes with the end of one's 20s plus the newfound independence of an attachment-free lifestyle, Mamrie commits herself to living life with even more spirit, adventure, and heart than before. Mamrie dives into new experiences at full-tilt and seeks out once-in-a-lifetime opportunities (like meeting the Dixie Chicks), bucket-list goals (like visiting the Moulin Rouge), and madcap adventures (like going anchors-away on a Backstreet Boys cruise)—all while diving back into the dating world for the first time in a decade.El Viaje de Walter
Par Alex Montrasio, Daniel Rosales. 2018
Walter y su pandilla son un grupo de criminales centrados en los suburbios de niebla de Milán hasta que encuentran…
un par de extraños que les ofrecen una tentadora, aunque misteriosa, misión. Aceptan el trabajo ignorando que dejarán su tierra e irán un extraño nuevo mundo, donde experimentarán una aventura para recordar toda la vida.Moon Ontario
Par Carolyn Heller. 2015
Professional travel writer Carolyn B. Heller shares the best ways to experience all that Ontario has to offer, from scuba…
diving shipwrecks in the Great Lakes to dining on contemporary fare at Toronto's hottest restaurants. Heller leads readers to the highlights of this fascinating region with trip ideas such as Food and Wine Touring, Active Adventures, and History and Culture-providing different approaches for different kinds of travelers. Complete with tips on enjoying more than just the falls on the Niagara peninsula, hopping a ferry to Pelee Island for wine-tasting and relaxation, and ice skating on the world's longest skating rink in Ottawa, Moon Ontario gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog
Par Chad Orzel. 2012
In this accessible introduction to general and special relativity for students and general readers, Orzel (physics, Union College) explains concepts…
such as the Big Bang to Nero, a cat who believes he is the center of the universe, and Emmy, the dog who mastered quantum physics in Orzel's previous book. The book alternates between humorous human-pet dialogues and plain language explanations using everyday examples. It includes b&w illustrations explaining concepts, plus an extensive glossary and a brief bibliographic essay. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation is an A-to-Z illustrated compendium of everyday annoyances--from airline legroom, missing socks, and knuckle cracking…
to video buffering, telemarketers and internet trolls--complete with truly informative scientific explanations and wry commentary.This collection of 100 headaches, day-ruining events, moment destroying mishaps and infuriating everyday aggravations presents the fascinating facts behind the world's most frustrating situations. Laura Lee's dry, humorous and scientific text explains why fingernails on the chalkboard make you cringe; why people drive slowly in the fast lane; why dripping faucets annoy women more than men; why the other line is always faster than the one you are on; and more. She also gives tips on how to deal with annoying things like brain freeze, hangnails, and that coworker that wears too much perfume. Amazingly, some things are less annoying when you know the facts. Redesigned with enlightening diagrams and witty drawings, The Pocket Guide of Aggravation, finally answers the question, why is that so annoying?