“Make Air, Not War” is the personal motto of Dan Crane, the musician who decided to put his “there” guitar aside and reinvent himself as Björn Türoque: the take-no-prisoners future of competitive ai……続きを見る
著者:F. Anstey
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2013年09月26日
A mild-mannered fellow striving to make a good impression on his future wife's father purchases a beautiful but mysterious brass bottle. Although he's hoping to use it to project an image of sophist……続きを見る
Did you leave work yesterday and have a stab of fear that you'd forgotten to press save before switching off your computer? Did you then go to the pub, get very drunk, then wake this morning unable ……続きを見る
Aussie Outback Yarns is a worthy collection of short stories gathered over the years during the author's travels throught the great Australian Outback. These tales reflect the typical Aussie humor i……続きを見る
著者:Stephen Shearer
出版社: Butchered Tree Productions
発売日: 2013年07月20日
Welcome to Weird People. There are people that you want to know, people that you like to have as friends, people that you keep at arms length and then there are these people. I have collected photos……続きを見る
The award-winning movie "Argo" takes place in Iran during the Iranian Hostage Crisis (Nov. 1979 to Jan. 1981). This Country Study, first published by the Library of Contress in 1987, covers that per……続きを見る
In Kluger and Slavin's rendition, Christmas is no longer a time of sparkling snow globes and neighborly good will, but rather a celebration of profits, bonuses, and cutthroat competition--complete w……続きを見る
著者:Stephen Shearer
出版社: Butchered Tree Productions
発売日: 2013年07月19日
For almost 10 years I have been gathering the drawings of this artist. I find them amusing and amazing. Most cartoonists last for a short while, they run out of material. But not this artist.
I jus……続きを見る
Collection of 91 stories from 61 graduates of US Naval Academy from 1931 through 1994 relating personal experiences from their Midshipman days. It is humorous, candid, eye-opening and entertaining. ……続きを見る
著者:Robin Cooper
出版社: Michael O'Mara
発売日: 2012年07月26日
For several years, Robin Cooper has been plaguing department stores, hotels, associations, fan clubs and a certain children's book publisher with his letters. From Prince Charles to the Peanut Counc……続きを見る
“If cats had opposable thumbs, they would try to kill us all in our sleep with tiny pistols. They are evil little animals.” And so begins another year of observations from Amazon.com best-seller Bar……続きを見る
Love! Heartbreak! Homeroom! This collection of real junior high school love notes from an incorrigible recess Romeo captures the high drama, low gossip, and emotional rollercoaster ride of dozens of……続きを見る
Club throwing is an art! It relieves stress, burns calories and it keeps the other players on the course on their toes. So there's no need to lie, no need to be embarrassed. You're a club thrower--w……続きを見る
著者:John Updike
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年02月19日
In this collection of nonfiction pieces, John Updike gathers his responses to nearly two hundred invitations into print, each “an opportunity to make something beautiful, to find within oneself a tr……続きを見る
A hilariously funny laugh till you pee realistic look at Internet Dating experiences. It deals with the real-life struggle of finding a worthwhile relationship in the "grass is always greener" socie……続きを見る
Coach Tom Krause is one of those teachers you never forget. His lessons in class or on the court stick with his students for lfe. Now this gifted instructor shares his inspiration and insights on th……続きを見る
著者:Josh Chetwynd
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年05月03日
You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know:
A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs
The race to make better billiard balls led to the inve……続きを見る
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–tak……続きを見る
著者:Rick Reilly
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2003年05月06日
The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfersーand some celebrity duffersーwith hilarious results in this New York Time……続きを見る
Damn You, Autocorrect! brings together some of the laugh-out-loud funny and painfully embarrassing posts from the hit website, which highlight the hilarity that often ensues when text messaging goes……続きを見る
著者:Tim Cahill
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年11月30日
Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.
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Does your pampered Persian princess have a talent for interior design? Does your dapper tabby harbor the soul of an opera diva? Or is your sleek Siamese with the selective palate a restaurant critic……続きを見る
著者:Sam Shepard
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年04月20日
A solitary man digs a hole in the ground, near a dead horse. Amidst the clutter of food and equipment stands Hobart Struther, who has ridden all the way out to the middle of nowhere on a holy missio……続きを見る
著者:Laurie Notaro
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年06月27日
I had been dreading this day for more than a year.
Everyone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is very close to wearing out her welcome in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon. Just a year ago, she was……続きを見る
著者:Howard Marks
出版社: Random House
発売日: 2010年09月30日
Howard Marks was released from Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana in April 1995 after serving seven years of a twenty-five year sentence for marijuana smuggling. It was time for a change of career.
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Those who have naturally kinky hair textures and wear African-inspired styles, will enjoy this arsenal of witty little retorts to be used when anyone makes ignorant comments about their hairstyle ch……続きを見る
著者:Joey Green
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年05月29日
A book that proves idiocy is as old as time
Think civilization has deteriorated and that people these days are dumber than ever? Dumb History proves that we didn’t invent stupidity in the 21st centu……続きを見る
Who’s fault is it when a man crashes into a table, tearing several ligaments and suffering a severed tendon while attempting in vain to improve his base-stealing technique in his den? Apparently, it……続きを見る
An informative look at everything you ever wanted to know about cats ... but were afraid to ask!
One thing we do know for sure about cats is that they rule the household. But other than that, most p……続きを見る