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81) Maid Not For You
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As Bergman becomes dismayed and disillusioned about the realities in the low-waged workplace, she rails against them in sometimes snarky and irreverent tones. She uses her stories to draw attention on how she and her low-waged coworkers play a significant role in shaping the workplace culture as well as the socioeconomic life of this country. Along this winding and revealing path through the low-wage culture of New York City, Bergman is compelled...
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Now available from Grove Press, P. J. O'Rourke's classic, bestselling guided tour of the world's most desolate, dangerous, and desperate places. "Tired of making bad jokes" and believing that "the world outside seemed a much worse joke than anything I could conjure," P. J. O'Rourke traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission, investigating the way of life in the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and Belfast. The result...
83) A Dog's Tale
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Ray Sabatini is a hard-working father who does his best to provide for his family. But do they appreciate the solid roof over their heads and the abundant Italian-American food on their table? To escape the constant demands for a better life from his wife, Kate, the surly criticism of his son, Stanley, and the sarcastic scorn of his mother-in-law Janet, Ray goes for a walk with his best friend-his loyal dog, Clyde-contently smoking his signature cigar...
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This unconventional how-to beauty book takes a hilarious and easy-to-learn approach to the most commonly-asked questions regarding beauty, skin care, aging, and makeup application. From the mind of an inappropriate comedian and makeup artist, and complete with illustrations, you get the best of both worlds.
This isn't your standard beauty how-to book. If you scour social media for the latest beauty videos, or if you love spending your day off browsing...
85) God Is a Hoot!
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Who is this book for? Anyone with a sense of humor, Believer or not, and believe it or not! For maximizing enjoyment, a Bible is indispensable, being the well-spring of this book. The author has been a licensed preacher for over twenty years, and a Bible teacher for twice that long, has written several other books including six on poetry and two humor-fiction works. His already-documented goal is to write one hundred books or celebrate his one hundredth...
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Not a Wayward Goat Too is a continuation of book one, The Wayward Pig and Other Farm Stories. It shares more stories of The wayward farm animals and how they are getting by after the hard year of 2020. It continues to share funny times and can help those who need some healing with laughter. Twenty twenty was a hard year for everyone. This book goes through the year 2020 with the farm animals and all the things they went through. This book will shock...
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In this collection from popular Web comic Yasmine Surovec, fabled characters and fairy princesses are replaced with cat ladies and gents ... and cats. Rapunzel's prince comes to rescue…his cats. Sleeping Beauty's true love's first kiss comes not from a prince but from a curious kitty. Each comic puts a contemporary witty spin on classic stories while continuing Yasmine's brilliant comedic take on cats and their owners. The result is a collection...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview:##1 It's important to remember that choosing a dog is a huge commitment, and one that can last for fifteen years or more. It's crucial to do your homework. Too many people decide to get a dog on a whim, and they wind up having to give their pet away after they realize they just can't handle the responsibility.
#2 If you work a lot, don't get a dog. Dogs require mental...
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Cuba es el tema que nos ocupa y su héroe popular, el personaje de todos los tiempos cubanos, Liborio.
El resumen pasado del ilustre Liborio y apearse en la era revolucionaria donde los humoristas bufos no escapan al ostracismo. El régimen se inicia en juicios drásticos y en silenciar disidencia. Pero Liborio impone el sarcasmo contra el proceso llamado revolución.
Pinceladas por historias que resaltan sátiras neurálgicas, crisis de alimentación,...
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I have been journaling about my Menopause and aging for many years because I was the only one who would listen to my ranting and raving. I've finally reached an age-at 64-where I'm ready to reveal my battle scars. I decided to create an instructional, humorous guide that goes one step further into the abyss of my menopausal years and my aging carcass. I also wanted to make Menopause a conversation and debunk the myth. Yes, hot flashes and mood swings...
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Have you ever been wronged and later realized that you triumphed over your transgressor-possibly years later? Well, this collection of tales of close calls with the law, outlaws, and Mother Nature- and highs and lows with great friends- has nothing to do with righting any such past wrong, but rather, it exists indirectly because of one.
If you're a glass-half-full kind of person, you'll appreciate learning through these short stories that life is...
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You've seen them before. They're in your home, in your office, on the street. You've encountered them at some fine and not-so-fine establishments. They're the new urban animals, and now they've been classified. You know you've met Every Mother's Worse Nightmare ("So what if it says Pussy' on the front, Mom? There's a picture of a cat under the word") and The Simpsons Quoter (Natural habitat: His own private Springfield, no further description necessary)....
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Teddy Ruspin is an absurd, humorous tale written in a rhyming children's storybook style but with humor that is most definitely for adults only. If you like comedy that is a little sick, twisted, and downright wrong then this is the book for you! With colorful, cute, and seemingly innocent photographs (until you look a little closer) this book will make you laugh, even if you think you shouldn't. Hope all you fellow weirdoes out there enjoy it.
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Australia is a wonderful country. It has the second tallest tree species on earth and the oldest, the second largest but fiercest reptile predator, the most venomous and aggressive snake in the world, a full quota of dangerous spiders, the longest man-made structure ever built, fantastic
beaches, magnificent countryside, and our coastal waters are regularly visited by the largest animal ever to have inhabited the earth.
The stories in Part I are...
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The purpose of this book is to make people laugh a little, the world needs to lighten up. Though I realize it will probably accomplish little, I do make some critical, social commentary from time to time. My reasoning is this, why should the joke always be on us? Some of the 'biggies' need to learn to take a joke once in a while. Most of them tend to take themselves much too seriously; they can be replaced. Also, in most cases, we, the general public...
99) The Fart Tootorial: Farting Fundamentals, Master Blaster Techniques, and the Complete Toot Taxonomy
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From the authors of The Book of Beer Pong and The Book of Beer Awesomeness, this illuminating and hilarious volume features everything a person could ever wish to know (and more!) about everyone's favorite bodily function. It's loaded with interesting information, from the history of farts to different types of flatulence ("Much like a fingerprint, no two farts sound-or smell-alike"). Also featuring the best fart techniques, defenses, and pranks,...
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While doing research for a family tree, author Lou Schafer surveyed thousands of headstones across the United States and overseas and amassed a unique collection of, often unintentionally, humorous epitaphs. Along with gravestone inscriptions, this book also includes historical information to give the epitaphs more context. Each chapter highlights traditional death customs, eccentric illustrations as well as numerous bizarre, vengeful, rude and funny...
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