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What does it feel like to find yourself in the grip of a 15-foot Great White shark? To be struck not once but twice by lightning? Here are 40 incredible true-life stories of people who lived through the most harrowing experiences you could imagine. In some cases, they stared death right in the face; in others, they wished they could die but somehow found the strength to go on. A remarkable group of survivors explain, in their own words, what it's...
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Stress, inconsiderate people, sweat, delays, really strange smells, massive crowds, wearying bureaucracy, funny conversations overheard, and startling things seen…these "joys" and more are the unavoidable facts of life for millions of commuters. Author Mike Lewis – writer, people person, observer of mankind, and fellow commuter – has regularly chronicled his adventures and gathered them into a collection of snarky, humorous, and informative...
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Whether you lust after it, loathe it, or feign apathy toward it, fame is in your face. Cintra Wilson gets to the heart of our humiliating fascination with celebrity and all its preposterous trappings in these hilarious, whip-smart, and subversive essays. Often radical and always a scream, Wilson takes on every sacred cow, toppling icons as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Ike Turner, Michael Jackson, and-for obvious reasons-Bruce Willis. She exposes events...
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“How I Slept My Way to the Middle” winningly combines never-before-heard stories featuring A-list entertainers with fan favorites and Kevin's own thoughts about how he made it. He turned down his first invitation to do stand-up on The Tonight Show because he knew that he'd make a bigger impact if he sat on the couch next to Johnny. That huge risk, which paid off in spades, was just the beginning. Find out how he brought John Belushi to his knees,...
1525) Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases
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Discover hundreds of entertaining and often hilarious etymological journeys, by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?
English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:
• Read between the Lines
• Cat Got Your Tongue?
• Put a Sock in It
• Close, but No Cigar
• Bring Home the Bacon
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The third installment in Sam Miserendino and Mike Odum's Addicted Animal Series, If You Give a Kitty a Cocktail is a children's book for former children.
Following the success of other adult-themed parodies of children's books, author Sam Miserendino presents a delightful tale that will entertain readers with its charming combination of innocence and lack thereof. A humorous play off of the famous If You Give a Moose a Muffin, the book tells the...
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Author and playwright Dan Needles has long delighted readers and audiences alike with his insightful and laugh-out-loud perspective on small-town life, published in such bestselling books as Wingfield's World (Random House, 2011), Wingfield's Hope (Key Porter, 2005), With Axe and Flask (McFarlane, Walter and Ross, 2002) and Letters From Wingfield Farm (Key Porter, 1988). In 1988, Needles and his wife left the city to start a family in a country community...
1528) Overthinking My Novel
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Writing a novel is tough.There's always so much to second-guess, over-analyze, and revise for clarity. Overthinking My Novel plays out a handful of these scenarios to humorous effect, letting you peer inside an author's mind as the creative process meets the meat grinder of self-doubt.
1529) An explosive friendship
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After her friend Pyro makes an indelicate comment about her weight, Glucosina's feelings are hurt. The little orphan dragon would sure like to try and apologize, but the fire in his belly is dying out, and he's starting to freeze. Will the little witch be able to overcome her bitterness and help her friend out?
1530) A Gamer Logs into a Bar…
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Gaming just got a whole lot funnier. What was the console gamer's New Year's resolution?1280x720. Why did Frogger cross the road?
Because you've been playing the game for an hour and you've finally beat this level. Why would a grown-ass person want to play Pokemon Go?
Wynaut? This is a joke book for anyone who knows that AAA isn't just a battery type, you don't need scissors to do some crafting and that you don't have to go outdoors to try camping....
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Le meilleur des blagues sur les belles-mères enfin en numérique ! Effet sourire et franche rigolade garanti ! 100 blagues à déguster, parmi lesquelles :
• celles que vous ne comprendrez pas du premier coup...
• celles que vous trouverez nulles mais qui vous arracheront tout de même un sourire...
• celles qui vous feront pouffer...
• et puis, surtout, celles qui vous feront franchement éclater de rire !
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THE GENIUS NATIONAL BESTSELLER ON THE ART OF CARING LESS AND GETTING MORE--FROM THE AUTHOR OF GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER AND YOU DO YOU.
Are you stressed out, overbooked, and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? It's time to stop giving a f*ck.
This brilliant, hilarious, and practical parody of Marie Kondo's bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations,...
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Extrait : "Dès lors qu'une royauté est établie, c'est au peuple à la loger, et le bon peuple tout ensemble magnifique et désintéressé, s'il se contente presque toujours pour lui d'une demeure humble et tombant en ruine, ne manque jamais d'élever à son souverain une ou plusieurs maisons somptueuses et surtout chères, qualifiées tour à tour du titre de palais ou de château, selon la localité..."
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A hilarious exploration of male-female communication and other momentous topics Men don't tell women things for various reasons. 1. The things in question may not be true. 2. It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a pig than to open it and oink. 3. There is a certain pleasure in holding certain considerations close to the chest. 4. When there is a topic that might complicate a situation in which...
1535) Small Change: A Casebook of Scherer and Miller, Investigators of the Paranormal and Supermundane
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While chain-smoking Roy Scherer might aspire to fill loafers better worn by Marlowe, Hammer and Spade, reality wears such a whim thin. His clients veer from immortal to monster-brow-beaten, and he's up against foes that howl at the moon, one case of Lazarus Syndrome, dismembered talking heads, and a vengeful Japanese spirit. Scherer's only allies? Ditzy, bookish assistant Suzie Miller, her gung-ho, mostly inebriated father Art, an ageless ballet dancer...
1536) Pyro Runs Away
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Pyro is disappointed after Glucosina breaks a promise to go on vacation with him. Disgruntled, the little orphan dragon decides to head out on his own. But as night falls, things start going south quickly. In the dark of night, all cats are grey, and the shy little dragon could really use the help of his witch friend in order to conquer his fears.
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“Say What?”, a perfect Mother's Day gift, is a compilation of 670 of the most memorable things that should never have been said. You'll find, of course, quotes from dictators, drug lords, and murderers, but much more shocking are the entries by Nobel Prize winners, religious leaders, and beloved icons.
Doreen Chila-Jones has collected hundreds of extraordinary quotes, and everyone is fair game-even Mother Teresa: "I think it is very beautiful...
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Let the squeamish beware!
Watch Your F*cking Language takes, a no-holds-barred, approach to taboo words and expressions. It shows you how to use them to your advantage, and have fun doing so. Building on the lessons learned in English as a Second F*cking Language, this book emphasizes traditional English swears as well as powerful (and hidden) expressions from other cultures and languages.
Through numerous examples, it puts the real language of...
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The hilarious adventures of two very small baby teeth in a very big world . . .
When two baby teeth came knocking at her door, artist Inhae Lee did what anyone would do: she invited them to live with her and started photographing their hilarious, miniature antics. The resulting blog phenomenon captivated legions of devoted fans. Featuring brand-new stories alongside classic adventures, My Milk Toof follows two baby teeth named ickle and Lardee...
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It's amazing where the dreams of your childhood will take you. It's even more amazing the places you'll go and the experiences you'll have that you never could have dreamed of. From my childhood farm to Mali … from the Canadian prairies to Kenya for a safari … from the cold and snow of Edmonton to the sun and sand of Mexico ... from a career in teaching to writing … from under the wheels of a car to months of rehab … I've had the extreme good...
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