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"Rex Menudo and Satellites" is an adult comic novel in a similar vein as my first,, "The Adventure of the Knight Terrors". Rex tells of his wives, hepcats, friends Natasha Portmandu, Mike Drop, and Oscar LaWaigeau. There is anecdote about the superhero Les Moore. Rex meets other colorful characters over the course of his life.
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"Perfect summertime reading-preferably with a friend nearby who can be constantly interrupted with unsettling facts." -Daily Mail (UK )
Benjamin Franklin was a pioneering scientist, leader of the Enlightenment, and a founding father of the United States. But perhaps less well known is that he was also the first person to use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on an electric-shock victim. Odder still, it was actually mouth-to-beak resuscitation on a hen...
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To really bond with our much-loved dogs, we need to understand what they're trying to tell us
From the position of their ears to the wag of their tails, dogs are skilled communicators and they're eager to let us know how they feel. While we mostly rely on words to express ourselves, dogs mainly talk to us, and each other, through a series of facial expressions, body language, and doggie behavior.
This beautifully illustrated book of canine communication...
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Curious, cute, and seriously quirky, cats are a conundrum wrapped in fur. Do you want to learn more about your feline friends?
Often a confusing mixture of affectionate and aloof, spending much of the day snoozing yet being right there where a can of food is opened, cats are the definition of unknowable-or are they? Some things you may not have known about your cat:
• Cats have a reputation as discerning eaters but they actually have very few...
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The book you hold before you is no ordinary Haggadah. If you've ever suffered through a Seder, you're well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. There are countless stories, dozens of blessings, and far too many handwashings while the meal turns cold. Now prepare to be entertained by another version of the book that's responsible for this interminable tradition.
With this hilarious parody Haggadah...
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Have you ever been at work, and someone did something that pissed you off? Like being in a meeting and it's always that one person who thinks they are smarter than everyone, but they really aren't, annoying the heck out of everyone with their irrelevant questions? Or what about the person who uses the bathroom but does not wash their hands after they are done! They want to shake everybody's hands, but they didn't care enough to run those hands through...
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Dog and Cat probably are friends, but they'll never admit it in public. Living in the same house, they have similar interests, such as bodgering in the garage or gardening when the weather is fine.
They could watch it for hours, offering critical advice and being in the way. They really do enjoy any mistakes or clangers which may happen.
Their best mates are a gang of unruly hedgehogs who live in the garden shed, however there is a bunch of blackbirds...
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Bienvenidos al mundo de mamá...
A papá le gustan los artilugios; al pequeño Peter y a la pequeña Jane les gusta provocar incendios, intentar matarse el uno al otro y hacer que mamá tenga que tomarse unas copas; y lo que necesita mamá es tomarse un descanso y desconectar...
Mamá ha cumplido 39 años. Lo que ve ante sí es un deprimente futuro lleno de invitaciones a asistir a clases avanzadas de yoga, y de educadísimos clubes de lectura donde...
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Même si les réseaux sociaux constituent d'importants outils de communication avec les amis et la famille et qu'ils sont un moyen indispensable de recherche de savoir et d'informations, leur utilisation 24/7 n'est pas conseillée pour la santé mentale. Aujourd'hui, des personnes sont devenues dépendantes des réseaux sociaux, entraînant une baisse considérable de l'activité physique chez celles-ci. Si vous êtes devenus dépendants des réseaux...
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¿Qué tienen en común un taxista llorón, una mujer dejada por wasap, un aprendiz de ladrón y una camarera aspirante a actriz? Que a todos ellos les va a cambiar la vida. En un solo día, y gracias a un sobre de azúcar.
Si alguna vez has sentido que el destino ha sacado la patita y ha confabulado en tu contra, prepárate porque este libro es para ti.
La popular guionista Marta González de Vega crea, a través del humor, esta adictiva historia...
11) Um
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"'Um ...', an entertaining collection of poems by Ellie. From meetings with Yahtzee-playing aliens to dogs with detachable velcro opposable thumbs, you are transported into Ellie's Phantasy World. Her shaped poems are outrageously humorous and designed with witty illustrations." Diane Scott, Books from the Valley. "Ellie Phant's joyfully anarchic style sticks two fingers up at overly moralistic views of human habits and delivers a bundle of belly...
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One of Canada’s top comedians shares the funniest stories from his life and career in this collection of hilarious essays
For more than two decades, Gerry Dee has made audiences laugh, first as a hard-working stand-up comedian, and then as the star of his own CBC television program, Mr. D. Dee became a physical education teacher, thinking he would have it made: coaching, summers off and a good pension. But he found himself dreaming of a career...
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They're Going to Heaven . . . and They Know It
At last, a complete, unsparing guide to evangelical Christians. This hilarious and highly useful manual, written by an insider, illuminates this rapidly growing and unique segment of America and offers a thoroughly entertaining, no-holds-barred, laugh-out-loud survey of evangelical culture. See inside for the scoop on:
• What Evangelicals Believe -- Plus a Master List of Who Is Going to Hell
• How...
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The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world-for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch
It started as a friendly wager: two old friends from The Harvard Lampoon, Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran now hotshot Hollywood scribes, challenged each other to a race around the globe in opposite directions. There was only one rule: no airplanes. The first...
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El Súper Mega Gran Libro Gordo de los ChistesMás gordo que el libro Gordo de Petete, más Súper que el Mercarrona y más Mega que el Chirincirco del Pedredrol. El Súper Mega Gran Libro Gordo de los Chistes recopila cerca de cinco mil chistes de todos los tiempos para aquellos que desean partirse la caja, el ojete, el culo o el esternón a base de risas. Risas garantizadas, si no te ríes te devolvemos el dinero en tu próxima vida. Palabrita del...
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A Is for Armageddon is a stunningly illustrated, eye-openingly informative, and wickedly entertaining catalog of disasters that may possibly culminate in the end of the world as we know it. Richard Horne-author of 101 Things to Do Before You Die and illustrator of the blockbuster New York Times bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys, as well as the covers for J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter School Books for Comic Relief,Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find...
17) Dear Intern
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Everyone makes mistakes-especially in their first job. Cringe and commiserate with the everyday missteps and epic workplace screwups in this collection of self-confessed blunders from disaster‑prone‑yet‑good‑intentioned interns finding their footing in professional settings.
All tenured professionals know that detours and mishaps are an essential rite of passage en route to a successful career-but that doesn't make them any less funny. This...
18) The Plague and I
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"Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands. You can't even remember where you were going."
Thus begins Betty MacDonald's memoir of her year in a sanatorium just outside Seattle battling the "White Plague." MacDonald uses her offbeat humor to make the most of her time in the TB sanatorium-making...
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"No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy." – Amy Schumer
From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, a concise, funny, and thoughtful polemic on the current assault on comedy, that explores how it is undermining free speech and a fundamental attack against the integrity of the art.
From Mae West and Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor and Howard Stern to Kathy Griffith...
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Warning: the truth can be shocking, seductive, offensive, outrageous...even disgusting!
Are you perplexed by the mysteries of the universe, confounded by the workings of the human body, prone to pondering the great imponderables? At long last, the answers are here for every inquiring mind that's not afraid to face up to the cold, hard facts of life. The author who brought you That Book . . . of Perfectly Useless Information now addresses the quirky,...
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