"Like the favorite daughters of a Sufi master, these liberating poems love contradiction and whirling, and intimacy?their seriousness is droll, their humor warm and dark, their fables of selfhood are
A bold, gritty and funny play, which explores the universal themes of family, loyalty and ambition. With sharply-drawn characters, crackling dialogue, and plenty of humor, we follow three young people
?Blending poignancy with humor, crafting characters as real and recognizable as your next-door neighbor, Mary Kay McComas weaves stories that brighten the heart.??Nora Roberts ?I love Mary Kay McComas
Super-powered hitman Tommy Monaghan battles mafia soldiers and angry British commandoes in this new volume.Garth Ennis, the co-creator and writer of PREACHER, blends humor with offbeat action in t
This hilarious and inventive drawing book by animator Chris McDonnell features page after page of off-the-wall gags and fillin doodle prompts. McDonnell's infectious humor recalls MAD magazine at its
The definitive collection of South Carolina's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for South Carolina residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
The definitive collection of New Jersey's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New Jersey residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Rahul Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory. The characters in Quarantine?openly gay Indian-American men?are Westernized in some ways, with c
The definitive collection of North Carolina's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for North Carolina residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
The definitive collection of San Francisco's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for San Francisco residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Simon Rich dazzled readers with his absurdist sense of humor in his hilarious collections Ant Farm and Free-Range Chickens. Now comes Rich’s rollicking debut novel, which explores the strangest, most
War is a serious business-or is it? Christopher Anvil turns his sardonic sense of humor loose on the subject and considers what might happen if: Someone devised a computer war
The prodigiously talented Golden Age Master of Illustration lends his distinct humor and romanticism to these enchanting and enduring morality tales. Boasting 13 full-color and 53 black-and-white illu
They're called colloquialisms, idioms, of just good old fashioned, home-grown country sayings steeped in humor and home-spun common sense. These parlances might not fit the modern hoity toity rhetoric
Artist-approved notes and tab for 15 tunes from these Massachusetts alt-rockers adored for their humor and live performances. Includes: Airport Song * Amsterdam * Barrel of a Gun * The Captain * Care
"A lovely coming-of-age tale filled with humor and pathos and unexpected twists...The characters are quirky, eccentric, and lovable." — Kirkus ReviewsHarold "Little" Klein can’t seem to measure up. Su
Compared by Danzy Senna to "the young Philip Roth" for her "lashing, dark humor tinged with deep melancholy," Porochista Khakpour is one of her generation's most outrageously gifted new talents.
Outlaw Style is a collection of narrative and lyric poems, many of them in the tradition of Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues. While gothic imagery, humor, and nineteenth-century diction and refer
Reminiscent of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, Don Metz's Confessions describes the life of a residential country architect with warm wry humor and slapstick pathos. This book will deli
Renowned New Yorker cover illustrater Jean-Jacques Sempe illustrates the quirky charm of France's capital and it's residents with his signature style and gentle sense of humor and irony. His drawings
Presents an instructional guide to SQL which uses humor and simple images to cover such topics as the structure of relational databases, simple and complex queries, creating multiple tables, and prote
Brimming “with humor and charm and youthful animal spirits…There is much true wisdom in Cress Delahanty.” (The New York Times)West writes “gracefully, occasionally poetically, in a voice both innocent
Twelve of the Bard's most famous plays, delightfully adapted for young readers, are filled with stories about kings, queens, ghosts, and witches. Brimming with tragedy, humor, and moral lessons, and t
Rich in drama and humor, this volume of seven dialogues includes the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which conside
"When war comes, you look for certain special qualities in the people you'll be working with. General Tom Franks embodies those qualities: strength, experience, a keen mind, energy, honor, good humor,
With candor and humor, Handler (performing, visual arts and communications, Dutchess Community College) describes the people and places he saw, touched, loved, and hated as he set out to discover hims
"When war comes, you look for certain special qualities in the people you'll be working with. General Tom Franks embodies those qualities: strength, experience, a keen mind, energy, honor, good humor,
Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak. Andrei is a model Soviet citizen, a swaggeringly self-satisfied mogul of the food indus
With an arsenal of historical anecdotes and facts, Joseph Lanza sings seriously, with healthy doses of humor and wit, the praises of this misunderstood musical genre. Lanza traces mood music's mystif
Archie and his pals have been comics' most celebrated teenage humor characters for over 60 years. Now for the first time, selections from Archie's worldwide syndicated newspaper strip are collected i
Amy Bloom has won a devoted readership and wide critical acclaim for fiction of rare humor, insight, grace, and eloquence, and the same qualities distinguish Normal, a provocative, intimate journey in
Contradiction and ambiguity are essential to the poetry of Madeline DeFrees. Her work is concentrated, multi-layered, spliced with humor and characterized by a passionate interest in every aspect of w
With the same winning combination of humor and honesty that marked her recent nonfiction bestsellers, Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott's new novel gives us an exuberant, richly abs
This collection of ten time-honored tales brims with enchantment, whimsy, and sly humor. Assembled by a renowned poet and student of Gaelic language and culture, this illustrated edition includes "The
For first-time grandmas, beloved veterans, or grandmas-in-waiting, this warm, wonderful book captures all the joy and humor of one of a woman's most life-altering experiences. Heartwarming observatio
Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen essays reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in the field of legal philosophy. With a clarity and humor
Artist Bob Censoni's bold, eye-catching, cartoon-like style and droll sense of humor make these lighthearted drawings of seasonal activities perfect accents for communications of all kinds the year ar
"... freaky and fascinating... Cavinder is a storyteller with an engaging sense of humor." —Gary (IN) Post-Tribune"Because the contents of this eminently readable book cover many people, places, and e
"America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire."THE BOSTON GLOBEMadcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull kno
"... a curious mixture of humor and Hoosier horror stories as it relates Hoosier folk tales about everything from a 300-pound turtle to the haunted house of Medora." -- Bloomington Herald-Telephone
