J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings meets Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies in this darkly satirical illustrated parody of the Tolkien universe: ‘A is for Arwen broken by sorrows; B is for Bo……続きを見る
著者:Greg Gutfeld
出版社: Grand Central Publishing
発売日: 2010年05月07日
Greg Gutfeld, the acclaimed host of the popular, nightly Fox News show Red Eye, has packed this book full of his most aggressive (and funny) diatribes -- each chapter exploring Unspeakable Truths th……続きを見る
This book is a short, quick, and easy read. It contains 250 music anecdotes, including these:
Hardcore group Black Flag sometimes played shows for very few people. In 1982, Black Flag played a sho……続きを見る
Fritze Lorenz is a blond, curly-haired potato farmer. He wears worn-out, squeaky rubber boots and blue overalls with a large, colorful knitted chest pocket. He is actually a very talented knitter an……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes about opera, including these anecdotes: 1) When Pierre Monteux started working at the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to buy a shiny Ford touring-car. He paid $300 fo……続きを見る
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
Some Sample Anecdotes:
• Actors often know their own limitations. Early in his career, E.A. Southern tried to act the roles of tragic heroes but discovered tha……続きを見る
This is a short, quick, and easy read.
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In the family of Quaker humorist Tom Mullen, as part of the Christmas tradition the youngest child opened her presents first. The youngest child ……続きを見る
This book contain many anecdotes, most of them funny. (I hope.) A Sample: 1) In 1985, Judi Dench appeared in a BBC-TV production of Ghosts. The director decided that the credits would feature a scen……続きを見る
著者:Jimmy O. Yang
出版社: Grand Central Publishing
発売日: 2018年03月13日
Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood.
"I tur……続きを見る
Step into the future with Yuval Noah Harari’s groundbreaking book, "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow." Discover how humanity’s next chapter may be defined by the pursuit of immortality, artifi……続きを見る
Alarms and Discursions by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and……続きを見る
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ー MORE THAN 250,000 COPIES SOLD!
The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be honest, if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway).
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In "The Diary of a Freshman," Charles Macomb Flandrau presents a vivid portrayal of collegiate life at the turn of the 20th century, encapsulated in the format of a personal diary. Flandrau's prose ……続きを見る
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• Simon and Schuster once published a children's book titled Dr. Dan the Bandage Man. As a publicity gimmick, they decided to include a half-dozen band-aids in each book, so p……続きを見る
The beloved Sunday Times bestseller - a touching, hilarious, often outrageous memoir of home-making and family adventures in the world's furthest outposts
'Hilarious, and utterly beguiling - it's a ……続きを見る
From the beloved hosts of the hit podcast I've Had It, an honest, irreverent and inspiring guide to overcoming life's unexpected challenges and finding joy, stability and humor in today's chaotic wo……続きを見る
著者:Phil Hanley
出版社: Henry Holt and Co.
発売日: 2025年03月18日
National Bestseller
An Amazon Best of Biography/Memoir
Comedian and severe dyslexic P****hil Hanley reveals his unlikely path to success in a story that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.
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'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.'
NIGELLA LAWSON
'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.'
JOJO MOYES
'Always funny and fr……続きを見る
From the creative brain behind WE HAVE NO IDEA, an introductory journey into your own mindーif your inner voice had a PhD in neuroscience, cracked jokes, and drew cartoons
Why do you love? Why do yo……続きを見る
著者:Konstantin Kisin
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2022年07月14日
For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he ……続きを見る
著者:Blake Scott Ball
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2021年05月04日
Despite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through ……続きを見る
A candy cane-filled, enemies-to-lovers, festive fake-dating romance to spice up everyone's stockings this Christmas . . .
As his fellow citizens decorate their quaint town, brimming with carols and ……続きを見る
The comics in Happily Ever After & Everything In Between may be inspired by Debbie Tung's marriage to her extrovert husband, but any couple can relate to increasingly relaxed anniversaries and slowl……続きを見る
著者:Nina Stibbe
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2023年11月02日
**From the beloved writer Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina, a warm and funny story of a woman changing her life at sixty.
'A unique comic voice, endlessly funny' – David Nicholls, author of One Day……続きを見る
Pointless Conversations: The Best of Issues 1-6Packed with cartoon laughs, stupid ideas and the utterly ridiculous, this compilation of extracts from the first six issues features the best of Pointl……続きを見る
In "Gullible's Travels, Etc," Ring Lardner employs his signature wit and irony to scrutinize the follies of human nature through a series of engaging short stories and satirical letters. Through a b……続きを見る
Una guía para entender y conocer a un hipster .
¿Eres, has sido o serás un hipster? Todos tenemos un hipster cercano, este es su manual de usuario para entenderlos, respetarlos y aprender a quererl……続きを見る
El libro de historia más vendido de Daniel Samper Pizano vuelve a Aguilar para conmemorar el Bicentenario.
Sería impensable que Daniel Samper Pizano no asistiera a la fiesta de celebración del Bicen……続きを見る
We live in complicated times all that we are and what we do is connected with everything that surrounds us, any action will cause a reaction and no matter how hard you try not to interfere in other ……続きを見る