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From the highly entertaining and global online phenomenon, Brother, comes a perfect how-to for millennial men everywhere.Let’s face it – life can be complicated. From the classroom to the office, the bar to the bedroom, it’s hard to know quite what to do to be the perfect modern gentleman. But not to worry; The Truth will set you free.Brother provides simple solutions to complex social interactions in the ultimate guide for gentlemanly etiquette. Unflinchingly direct, honest, but always...
| Автор | Brother |
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, a wonderfully funny collection of twelve monologues.In the tradition of Alan Bennett's ‘Talking Heads’ come Lynne Truss's twelve bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family. Her six men and six women each have very different stories to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the swimmer who can't escape the shadow of her sister…but all are funny,...
| Автор | Lynne Truss |
Weiss Cracks, how it began: Upon moving to Palm Springs in the summer of 2012, standup comedian Richard Weiss hooked up with the talents of wacky artist Bart E. Slyp. The two immediately hit it off and launched their hilarious comic strip, Weiss Cracks, which was picked up and published by the CV WEEKLY newspaper, where it received rave reviews from residents of the Coachella Valley in California. “It was Bart’s idea to include me in many of the strips,” said Richard, “something I had not...
| Автор | Richard Weiss |
In Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night, Lewis Grizzard once again confirms his reputation as the «William Faulkner of just plain folks» using colorful storytelling to tackle such Grizzardian subjects as: Fashion: «Don't wear anything that features a picture of a pelican, a pink flamingo, or a beer can.» The Future: «I'm predicting the world isn't going to come to an end anytime soon. There's too much unresolved, like whether or not Elvis is still alive, Jimmy Swaggart can stay...
| Автор | Lewis Grizzard |
They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat, first published in 1982, has sold more than 100,000 copies. Without skipping a beat, one of America's favorite humorists, the late Lewis Grizzard, tells of the early stirrings of his wayward heart in the backseat of a '57 Chevy and the ominous murmurings that led him at age thirty-five to major surgery and the real answer to his question, «How much is this going to hurt?» In the process he discovers all the ways a heart can break....
| Автор | Lewis Grizzard |
A delightful new book from Tom Brandon, «2013 Steve Harvey Bus Driver of the Year,» reminds us of the wisdom of children and their uncanny ability to teach adults a thing or two. Mr. Brandon's School Bus, published by NewSouth Books, collects in one volume the insightful and often humorous conversations children have had while riding on Brandon's big yellow school bus over the years. You know the things your child hears at home that you don't want repeated elsewhere? Tom Brandon...
| Автор | Tom Brandon |
Lewis Grizzard got his first newspaper job when he was ten years old. Thirty-odd years later (thirty-very-odd years) he’s still in the newspaper business—and he’s still infuriated by it, still tickled by it, and still very much in love with it. If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I’m Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground is all about that anger, that great humor and that even greater passion for something that affects every single one of us: the daily newspaper. Grizzard begins with his first writing job...
| Автор | Lewis Grizzard |
The 1950s were simple times to grow up. For Lewis Grizzard and his buddies, gallivanting meant hanging out at the local store, eating Zagnut candy bars and drinking «Big Orange bellywashers.» About the worst thing a kid ever did was smoke rabbit tobacco rolled in paper torn from a brown grocery sack, or maybe slick back his hair into a ducktail and try gyrating his hips like Elvis. But then assassinations, war, civil rights, free love, and drugs rocked the old order. And as they did, Grizzard...
| Автор | Lewis Grizzard |
Wayne Cope has TV to blame for starting him on his long career as an officer of the Vancouver Police Department. He grew up watching gunslingers like James Arness and Richard Boone, inspiring him to join up even before he finished college—and his real-life working career has turned out to be more exciting than he could have hoped. In his years on the force from 1975 to 2006, Cope has seen practically everything on the ever-changing streets of Vancouver—he’s worked as...
| Автор | Wayne Cope |
"Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears.”—Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle "Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere.”—Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times "…Offers hilarious, gender-bending comedy that will spread much mirth among your LGBT friends.”—Tucson Weekly Through the unusual vehicle of...
| Автор | Lynn Breedlove |
Eavesdroppings recounts life in the small towns of Ontario before sin arrived on the Internet – a time when churches were never locked and parents, not wishing to be disturbed while they listened to the radio, shooed their children out to play in the dark, unguarded streets without fear. Here you’ll find comedy, outrage, and tragedy but no disguise. Included are actual events and the names of all persons involved. The author tracks the quaint immorality of smalltown sin in the 1930s and its...
| Автор | Bob Green |
Why write in the first place, other than your grocery list? Eric Nicol believes it’s the second-most satisfying thing you can do lying down. But it’s not enough to want to write. You must need to write. Now, after more than seventy years of scribbling – he wrote for the school newspaper at Lord Byng High School in Vancouver, British Columbia – Eric holds forth on dangling participles, punctuation, and literary jargon. What’s more, he answers the burning question: «How much should creative...
| Автор | Eric Nicol |
’This fun and feminist series of humour books celebrates the sisterhood with a wry smile.’ – RedHave you ever…?A) Asked yourself whether dying alone would really be that bad, when compared to the alternative?B) Invented a boyfriend so you don’t have to withstand any more concerned questions at family parties?C) Shaved only to the knee?If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes!’, the Mills & Boon Modern Girl’s Guide to Happy Endings is for you: an honest guide to dating – with a feminist...
| Автор | Ada Adverse |
A charming ebook full of Jane Austen’s wittiest and wisest thoughts and aphorisms.As any schoolgirl knows, ‘It is a truth universally acnowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’ (Pride and Prejudice). However, in a letter to a friend, Jane Austen issues a word of warning: ‘Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection’. For Jane Austen’s views on marriage, the family, money and society are not only ascerbic but both...
| Автор | Michael Kerrigan |
Of course you love being a parent. But sometimes, it just sucks.I know. I’m Amber Dusick and I started my blog Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures because I needed a place to vent about the funny (and frustrating) day-to-day things that happened to me as a parent. Turns out, poo is hilarious! At least when you’re not the one wiping it up. This book won’t make your frustrating moments any less crappy. But these stories about my Crappy Baby, Crappy Boy and my husband, Crappy Papa, will...
| Автор | Amber Dusick |
A loving look at the old ball game, from the cartoonists at The New Yorker America's national pastime engages fans and fanatics across the country and around the world. Across the magazine's eight decades, the artists at The New Yorker have captured the emotional essence of the game, and The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons, Second Edition brings an all-star lineup of cartooning greats together in one delightful collection. Collects over 100 drawings that present a playful view of the...
| Автор | Robert Mankoff |
The riotous world of the classroom, captured by the cartoonists at The New Yorker The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons, Second Edition is a hilarious compilation of cartoons that capture the joy, terror, excitement, anxiety, fun, and bedlam that teachers experience every day, as seen through the eyes of The New Yorker's best-loved cartoonists. A wonderful collection from some of the best and brightest artists in the world, The New Yorker Book of Teacher Cartoons takes a wry look into the...
| Автор | Robert Mankoff |
Family begins with a capital eff.I’m wondering how many more f*cking ‘phases’ I have to endure before my children become civilised and functioning members of society? It seems like people have been telling me ‘it’s just a phase!’ for the last fifteen bloody years. Not sleeping through the night is ‘just a phase.’ Potty training and the associated accidents ‘is just a phase’. The tantrums of the terrible twos are ‘just a phase’. The picky eating, the back chat, the obsessions. The toddler...
| Автор | Gill Sims |
Querida amiga, no estás desocupada, estás sólo ocupada de otra manera. Bienvenida entre nosotras. Has terminado la escuela pero no encuentras trabajo porque te piden un diploma? Y después de lo diploma no te parece lo mismo porque te piden una graduación? Y después de la graduación todavía no puede encontrarlo porque tiene demasiadas especializaciones? Qué cosa no se hace para no emplear a una mujer o para despedirla, si ha tenido la desfachatez de alcanzar una edad para ser mamá. Pero no te...
| Автор | AnarchiColf AnoniMa |
Depois que Sarah assegura as amigas que levará um acompanhante para a festa de Ano Novo, ela tem apenas um mês para encontrar o Sr. Perfeito. Será que um encontro ruim após o outro vai convencê-la a desistir do plano ou o cara perfeito pode estar escondido bem debaixo do nariz dela? Arranjar um acompanhante para a grande festa em quatro semanas quando pensei que poderia ir sozinha? Desafio aceito. Agora, preciso encontrar um cara bonitão e interessante disposto a ir para uma festa de gala a...
| Автор | Brian Quinlan |
Dopo che Sarah aveva assicurato alle sue amiche di aggiungere un posto alla loro festa di Capodanno, lei aveva solo un mese per trovare Mr. Giusto. Un brutto appuntamento dopo l'altro la convincerà a rinunciare allo stratagemma o il ragazzo perfetto si nasconde proprio dietro l'angolo? Trovare un compagno in quattro settimane per il grande gala quando pensavo di poter andare da sola? Sfida accettata. Ora trovare un ragazzo sexy ed interessante che si dovrà travestire per un gala. All'ultimo...
| Автор | Brian Quinlan |
“Questo stato non consiste in una semplice malinconia, ma nel malessere di non ricono-scersi né nel posto da cui sei partito, né in quello in cui sei arrivato. In modo particolare, all’inizio del trasferimento, sei al nord e vor-resti essere al sud, in cambio quando sei al sud vorresti essere al nord. Ti ritrovi a non sopportare i difetti di entrambi i posti in cui vivi e, contemporaneamente, ad amarli en-trambi.”
| Автор | Massimo Longo E Maria Grazia Gullo |
Книга-трансформация, рассказывающая историю одной семьи. Главная героиня иронично проживает самые волнительные для женщины моменты жизни: рождение ребёнка, переезд в другой город, новая работа, параллельно изучая свой внутренний мир, меняя мышление и свою жизнь. Книга содержит нецензурную брань.
| Автор | Тина Бандини |
Странные дела творятся в Тридевятом царстве: пропадает царевна, исчезли богатыри, жар-птица разбрасывает свои перья, разбойники ходят по темным лесам, а на неведомых дорожках притаились загадочные шпионы. В потаенных тавернах прячутся привидения и вампиры. Зреет страшный магический заговор. Расследование возглавляет детектив Сёма Хомсов. А Баба Яга вместе с Кощеем, Змеем Горынычем и котом Баюном отправляются на подвиги вместо богатырей.
| Автор | Кирилл Шакиров |