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Die Känguru-Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSensation, Sensation: Archäologen haben in einem Geheimfach in Marc-Uwes Schreibtisch neue Geschichten vom Känguru und seinem Kleinkünstler gefunden! Dies ist nicht die Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Känguru-Chroniken. Triologie bleibt Triologie. Aber ein anständiger Kleinkünstler hat natürlich eine Zugabe vorbereitet... -
![Incidences by Daniil Kharms]()
Incidences by Daniil Kharms
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis wonderfully inventive collection of stories presents the writing of Russian absurdist Daniil Kharms at its vibrant, perplexing best. The book is composed of short miniatures: strange, funny, dream-like fragments ? many of which the author called ?incidents? ? that tend to feature accidents, falling, chance violence and sudden death... -
![Bossy Grump Next Door by Ava Nichols]()
Bossy Grump Next Door by Ava Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI slept with the HOT grump next door… then learned he’s my new boss. Simon Chaucer is a handsome, arrogant, Billionaire CEO playboy, who’s also my cousin’s grumpy neighbor.While I’m house sitting for my cousin, Simon’s noisy home renovation disturbs my sleep.So, I show up at his house and give him a piece of my mind... -
![The Pitch Queen by Karin Gillespie]()
The Pitch Queen by Karin Gillespie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hilarious send-up of the publishing business and a delight for readers who love books about books. If "Yellowface" and "Book Lovers" had a baby, it would be named "The Pitch Queen.". Claire Wyld, a literary agent, is the queen of the flashy pitch and is fighting to be the number one dealmaker in debut novels... -
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![Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe]()
Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOffering all the qualities of his general bestselling fiction, this is Tom Sharpe's blazing satire of South African apartheid, companion to Indecent Exposure... -
![Relativity by Ben Adams]()
Relativity by Ben Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarry Erickson believes he’s disproven Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. Dennis Drysdale is in love with a woman he knew from high school. Timothy Henderson wants to professionally play video games.When Harry accidentally burns his house down in a freak chicken Kiev accident, it sets events into motion that allow the three friends to pursue their individual dreams... -
![The Curious Case of Sidd Finch by George Plimpton]()
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch by George Plimpton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn April 1985, Sports Illustrated published an article that stunned the sports community. George Plimpton's 13-page profile of Sidd Finch, a mysterious pitcher who had been signed by the New York Mets and reportedly threw 168 mph, came complete with photos from spring training, scouting reports, and interviews with Mets players and management... -
![November by David Mamet]()
November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
![Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow]()
Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting tale of three oddball characters romping around space and time. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences... -
![They Eat Puppies, Don't They? by Christopher Buckley]()
They Eat Puppies, Don't They? by Christopher Buckley
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese... -
![Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum]()
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide by acclaimed author Courtney Maum... -
![Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro]()
Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed booksFor the first time in his long career, Robert Caro gives us a glimpse into his own life and work in these evocatively written, personal pieces... -
!['Toons for Our Times: A Bloom County Book of Heavy Meadow Rump 'n Roll by Berkeley Breathed]()
'Toons for Our Times: A Bloom County Book of Heavy Meadow Rump 'n Roll by Berkeley Breathed
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![Billy and the Boingers Bootleg by Berkeley Breathed]()
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg by Berkeley Breathed
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith the release of this Bloom County book and the Billy and the Boingers Theme Song, chosen from the most bone-shaking, kidney-curdling entries from rock bands nationwide, Springsteen and Van Halen will become as distant a memory as Michael Jackson. 300 black-and-white and 44 color comic strips... -
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![The Children by David Halberstam]()
The Children by David Halberstam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s & went on to lead the revolution... -
![Sois jeune et tais-toi: Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse by Salomé Saqué]()
Sois jeune et tais-toi: Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse by Salomé Saqué
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChanger de regard sur la jeunesse.Les jeunes seraient « paresseux », « incultes », voire « égoïstes et individualistes ». J'ai entendu mille fois ces accusations à l'égard de la jeunesse : dans des dîners de famille, à la volée chez un commerçant ou portées par des éditorialistes remontés à la télévision... -
![Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman]()
Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring four years of war in Bosnia, over 100,000 people lost their lives. But it was months, even years, before the mass graves started to yield up their dead and the process of identification, burial, and mourning could begin... -
![To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope by Jeanne Marie Laskas]()
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from constituents. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This is the story of the profound ways in which they shaped his presidency... -
![Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk]()
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccount of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade... -
![Mafalda 2 by Quino]()
Mafalda 2 by Quino
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMafalda is a comic strip written and drawn by the Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado (pen name Quino). The strip features a girl named Mafalda (5 years old at the time of the comic's creation) who is deeply concerned about humanity and world peace and rebels against the world as it is. The brilliance of Mafalda lies foremost in the quirkiness of this little girl... -
![The Bloom County Library, Vol. 3: 1984-1986 by Berkeley Breathed]()
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 3: 1984-1986 by Berkeley Breathed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBloom County: The Complete Library Volume 3 collects every strip from July 1984 through February 1986. Many fondly remembered strips are in this volume, including the classic 1984 presidential elections featuring possibly the finest running mates ever for such a campaign: Opus and Bill the Cat... -
![Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz]()
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAndy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump... -
![Bloom County: Loose Tails by Berke Breathed]()
Bloom County: Loose Tails by Berke Breathed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe words that you are reading here replace a cockamamie publisher's blurb that appeared on the original printing of this tome. It's an acknowledged bit of wisdom that authors all learn at one time or another: Don't let your publisher write the promotional material... -
![Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things by Berkeley Breathed]()
Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things by Berkeley Breathed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEnter the bizarre, profound, hilarious and peculiar world of Opus the Penguin. These newspaper comics were stand-alone funny in their time and, almost always, topical and thought provoking... -
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![Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media by Michael Parenti]()
Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media by Michael Parenti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis study looks at the role of the print and electronic media in defining "respectable" political discourse in the United States. From a critical perpective, Parenti looks at the economics and politics of "presenting" the news and argues that the media systematically distort the news. This manufactured reality deprives the public of necessary information for effective participation in government... -
![Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai by Jim Colucci]()
Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai by Jim Colucci
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe complete, first-ever Golden Girls retrospective, packed with hundreds of exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes and never-before-revealed stories, more than two hundred color and black-and-white photos, commentary, and more... -
![Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures by Michael Goodwin]()
Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures by Michael Goodwin
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStimulus plans: good or bad? Free markets: How free are they? Jobs: Can we afford them? Occupy Wall Street . . . worldwideEverybody's talking about the economy, but how can we, the people, understand what Wall Street or Washington knows--or say they know? Read "Economix... -
![Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution by Tucker Carlson]()
Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution by Tucker Carlson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution, Tucker Carlson tells the truth about the new American elites, a group whose power and wealth has grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has withered. The people who run America now barely interact with it... -
![How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee]()
How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. This book details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain... -
![Mafalda 3 by Quino]()
Mafalda 3 by Quino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMafalda is a comic strip written and drawn by the Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado (pen name Quino). The strip features a girl named Mafalda (5 years old at the time of the comic's creation) who is deeply concerned about humanity and world peace and rebels against the world as it is. The brilliance of Mafalda lies foremost in the quirkiness of this little girl...
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