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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren...
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast: The Book, Scott Aukerman transports readers inside the zany world of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. The book features brand-new anecdotes and opinions from the show's wild cast of recurring characters, and matches the show in tone and wackiness, with essays, lists, plays, nods to running bits, and four-color illustrations throughout, helping to bring the zany, satirical, undefinable world of Comedy Bang! Bang!...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"World you rather ride on the back of a T-Rex or fly on the back of a Pterodactyl? Choose your fun in this hilarious collection of would you rather jokes that are sure to keep the whole family laughing"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hell hath no fury like an ex-Bible-Belter-turned-New-Yorker. To see the world through comedian and writer Zach Zimmerman's eyes is to be reminded of the many ways in which love, religion, family, sex, money-or often lack thereof-lay bare our most elemental and embarrassing humanness. From meditations on heartbreak to not-so-helpful how-tos, this laugh-and-cry-out-loud essay collection documents one man's navigation through queerness, climbing the...
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Fa la la la la, la ha-ha-ha! Welcome to The Jokiest Joking Christmas Joke Book Ever...No Joke!-where you will find a jolly sleigh ride of jokes, giggles, gags, and Christmas joy that will have you snickering along with good ol' St. Nick and all his reindeer friends. Get ready for the Santa season with enough laughs to shake your belly like a bowlful of jelly! This Christmas companion can fit just as easily inside your stocking as it can in your sleigh-so...
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics. For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Written by proud Missourian Taylor Kay Phillips, A Guide to Midwestern Conversation is the definitive handbook on Midwestern mannerisms. Phillips' tongue-in-cheek prose provides a humorous and humanizing look at the culture she calls home. Each section is illustrated with simple-yet-striking graphics by Jovaney Hollingsworth. Together, they provide an engaging, entertaining look at the idiosyncrasies of the Midwest, covering everything from dialect...
Author
Publisher
Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Este libro contiene una visión de México distinta de la versión que se nos enseñó. Desde esta otra perspectiva, Armando Fuentes Aguirre, Catón, nos recuerda que nuestros héroes no son de bronce ni de mármol sino hombres sujetos a la grandeza y a las miserias de la condición humana. Este consumado escritor y ameno periodista va más allá de la impasibilidad de Juárez, profundizando en sus errores, aciertos, aliados y adversarios, al tiempo...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This hilarious book has more than seventy jokes featuring Pencilmate, Pencilmiss, and all their Pencil friends. There are plenty of knock-knock jokes, punchlines, and silly puns for everyone to enjoy that will keep you laughing for hours!" -- page [4] of cover
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"NOT FUNNY is a FUNNY, whipsmart essay collection on gender, politics, the entertainment industry, and work. Jena Friedman is an acclaimed writer and performer, with multiple credits to her name in the fields of tv comedy (The Daily Show and The Late Show with David Letterman), film (an Academy Award nomination for writing on Sacha Baron Cohen's 2020 blockbuster Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), humor writing (The New Yorker), and live performance. More...
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Jokiest Joking Spooky Joke Book Ever...No Joke! is a haunted library full of ghoulish guffaws and giggles that will have you and all your favorite goblins laughing like jack-o'-lanterns! No nightlights necessary, this kid-friendly joke book is a puntastically playful tomb of fun. Take this cauldron companion anywhere, and you can bring even the most dead-boring situations howling back to life!"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Would you rather be able to fly or be able to turn invisible? Eat rotten eggs or drink expired milk? Have hands for feet or have feet for hands? Containing hundreds of devious dilemmas and curious questions on all things silly, smelly, and more, this is a game book like no other. Grab your friends and family and start playing!"--
Author
Publisher
Voracious/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"100 Animals That Can F*cking Kill You is your guide to the creatures that will activate your life insurance and put and R.I.P. in front of your name"--
"A wittily informative field guide to the deadliest animals on earth. Discover the ultimate countdown to merk by animal, according to Mamadou Ndiaye, creator of the viral @mndiaye-97 TikTok account. Featuring everything from tiny bugs that can turn you into a hashtag to animals so massive they can...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and laugh-out-loud funny essays about the lifelong search for community and returning home. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas is ready to live his best life. Or, if not, at least his best-ish life. Now, in this collection...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Want to write your own jokes? This book shows you how! Packed with fun-filled illustrations, easy-to-follow exercises, and sample jokes, this humorous how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL. Covering everything from surprise to wordplay to visual jokes - plus tips on how to perform a joke so it lands - LOL 101 is the approachable and (of course) funny guide for any kid...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of the best and funniest jokes and cartoons about fishing, with special emphasis on bass fishing (and gear) and fly fishing.Companion outdoor book to Laughing it Up in Deer Camp, Hook, Lyin' & Sinker is an unusually rich collection of fishing humor not found elsewhere. A good humor book for those of good humor, smartly curated for all ages and genders. It's for people who may or not fish who need a laugh or want to give a laugh to friends...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Showing off their trademark humor and writing chops that have made them a viral sensation, Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold provide a collection of startlingly funny short stories that will keep readers laughing. Naked in the Rideshare is a riotous collection of comedic short stories, bursting with the safe spaces, shrooms dealers, and Notes app apologies that define growing up right now. The essays take a drunken cannonball into this generation's...
20) You broke it!
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Parents will be parents, but the joke is on them in this clever collection of subversive parent-child interactions by acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck"--Publisher.
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