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2 Kinds of People: A Visual Compatibility Quiz
by João RochaHow do you roll? Ketchup on the fries, or ketchup on the side? Bed made—or why bother? Night owl, or early bird? And about that toilet paper roll . . . Over? Or under? This visual personality quiz, which doubles as a game, is the easiest way to discover if you and your friend/date/loved one/spouse/future roommate/coworker/person-you-just-met-in-a-bar are destined to be soul mates. Or mortal enemies.
2,000 Sure-Fire Jokes for Speakers: The Encyclopedia of One-Liner Comedy
by Robert OrbenLooking for that snappy, just right touch of humor to enliven a speech, give zest to a sales meeting, punch up a memo, or gain the attention and interest of all types of audiences? Then search no further than this sparkling collection of timely, topical one-liners compiled by the well-known comedy writer Robert Orben.
2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off: A Catalog of Insults and Intrusions That are Sure to Ruin My Day
by Herb ReichComplaining, psychologists assert, is good for the soul. It acts as a relief valve to help dispel the pent-up energy generated by our frustration. If we weren't able to complain, we would no doubt exhibit more physical violence and engage more frequently in destructive behavior. Our neighbors outrage us, our children mock us, strangers insult us, government agencies mistreat us, unscrupulous entrepreneurs victimize us, and even inanimate objects conspire to screw up our lives. Compelling inner voices harass us, the crowd in the Agora thwarts us, and irrationality surrounds us everywhere. It's enough to make someone paranoid! 2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off demonstrates that misery loves company, and that we are the company that misery loves. Intended as a catalog of everything irksome in our lives, 2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off reviews the broad spectrum of affronts, annoyances, nuisances, grievances, vexations, mortifications, and molestations that disrupt our equanimity and that daily pervert the simple pleasures of living. It gives voice to the time-honored practice of people everywhere in the world-griping. Within these pages the reader will find items of anger, reflection, humor, social comment, and even the occasional non sequitur. For its octogenarian author, it is pure catharsis, but it is also the author's intention that the reader be entertained, and, with a little luck, enriched by the realization that the demons that confound him confound the rest of us as well. That he is not alone in his Weltschmerz.
20 Relationship Secrets for Your Twenties: A Portion from 101 Secrets for Your Twenties
by Paul AngoneWhat happens when you graduate high school (or college) and your friends scatter? Do you lose touch or keep in contact? Do you make new friends or hide out in your dorm/apartment until you run out of shows in your Netflix queue? Is it possible to keep friendships after college?To quote one of the secrets: Making and keeping friendships after college is harder than G.I. Joe&’s abs.What about romance? Should you go on a date with that person? Do you need to break up? What constitutes a date anyway?To quote another of the secrets: A date is a date is a date is a…date. It&’s not a marriage proposal. It&’s not a death sentence.These twenty secrets, pulled from Paul Angone&’s book: 101 Secrets for Your Twenties, will give you insights into the relationships in your twentysomething life. The secrets cover everything from friendship dynamics to romantic interests, from being friendless in a new city to being uncertain who/what/when/where/why you will marry.Moody Collective Portions are short pieces of content taken from our full-length books. Our goal is to introduce our readers to a complete idea in a brief, concise, and inexpensive format. Most portions will take about 20 minutes to read.
20 Relationship Secrets for Your Twenties: A Portion from 101 Secrets for Your Twenties
by Paul AngoneWhat happens when you graduate high school (or college) and your friends scatter? Do you lose touch or keep in contact? Do you make new friends or hide out in your dorm/apartment until you run out of shows in your Netflix queue? Is it possible to keep friendships after college?To quote one of the secrets: Making and keeping friendships after college is harder than G.I. Joe&’s abs.What about romance? Should you go on a date with that person? Do you need to break up? What constitutes a date anyway?To quote another of the secrets: A date is a date is a date is a…date. It&’s not a marriage proposal. It&’s not a death sentence.These twenty secrets, pulled from Paul Angone&’s book: 101 Secrets for Your Twenties, will give you insights into the relationships in your twentysomething life. The secrets cover everything from friendship dynamics to romantic interests, from being friendless in a new city to being uncertain who/what/when/where/why you will marry.Moody Collective Portions are short pieces of content taken from our full-length books. Our goal is to introduce our readers to a complete idea in a brief, concise, and inexpensive format. Most portions will take about 20 minutes to read.
20 Times a Lady: A Novel
by Karyn Bosnak“Bosnak writes with a charming and original voice.”—Chicago Sun-TimesA smart and bubbly romp, soon to be a major Hollywood motion picture starring Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto, and Andy Samberg, What’s Your Number? by Karyn Bosnak asks—and answers—the provocative question, how many men are too many? When Delilah Darling exceeds her magic number of twenty ex-lovers without finding “Mr. Right,” she sets out on a hilarious road trip to discover what went wrong. Originally published as 20 Times a Lady, Bosnak’s What’s Your Number? has got the number of chick lit romantic comedy fans who are looking for a sassy read with true wit as well as brains.
2002 Things To Do On A Date
by Cyndi Haynes Dale EdwardsYou've visited every restaurant in town--and you're tired of going to the movies. What are you supposed to do when you go out on a date these days? Well, how about hosting a co-ed volleyball party? Getting to know each other better by playing Twenty Questions? Catching some local scenery by renting a moped for the day? Sharing the cooking for a luxurious gourmet meal? Or test-driving a luxury car you know full well neither of you can afford? From the purely romantic to the unusual and exotic, these adventurous suggestions will add up to plenty of fun for people who want to try something new.
2002 Things To Do On A Date: From Fun, Sometimes Silly, Romantic, to the Unique
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2002 Things to do on a Date
by Cyndi Haynes Dale EdwardsBored with the usual dinner/movie date routine? Has the miniature golf course lost its charm? Why not take a CPR class, rent a moped, or test-drive a luxury sports car neither of you can afford? Just a sampling of the 2002 fun, silly, romantic ideas to be found in this unique guide.
2007-Eleven
by Hart Seely Frank CammusoFrom the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Slate stagger Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely, restoring a cheerful sanity to our deranged lives and times.Every now and then, funny writing somehow manages to retain full possession of literary quality. Please see Twain, Heller, Benchley, Parker, Frazier, Geng. And now please see Cammuso and Seely. If you're not some famous person in our hyped, commodified, three-screen (movie, TV, computer), celeb-ridden society, count your blessings. Because if you are, Cammuso and Seely will probably get you sooner or later. They got Martha Stewart--they have her planning gracious plans for her version of the Son of God's final repast: "Jesus has indicated--against my better wishes--that He intends to gird Himself with a towel and wash everybody's feet. So be it. But beforehand, I'll run his terry cloth for five minutes in the dryer, making it toasty and soft." They (fondly) postu-late how Phil Rizzuto might have written a characteristically fractionated version of "Casey at the Bat": "'Fraud!' cried the maddened thousands, and the echo murmured 'Fraud.' / Hey, Murcer! Look! Bea Arthur! Didn't she play Maude?" The Flintstones become the Clintstones, Quentin Tarantino directs The Three Little Pigs, and Dr. Seuss collaborates poetically with Rod Serling.Even when the targets of these pieces are of the moment, Cammuso and Seely's humor will endure. What's more evanescent than pop-music stardom? Sex, maybe, but not much else. But who won't laugh, even years from now, as Cammuso and Seely--in "Six Degrees of Chuck Berry"--introduce some of the record industry's often interchangeable personages to each other: "Tanya, Enya. Enya, Shania. Shania, Mariah. Mariah, Wynonna. Wynonna, Fiona . . . " Nobody.From the Hardcover edition.
2011 Daily Calendar: Worst-Case Scenario
by Joshua Piven David BorgenichtBe prepared for the worst with expert advise and survival trivia all year long.
2012: Everything You Need To Know About The Apocalypse
by Manda ScottA pocket compilation of the Mayan legends of 2012, featuring everything you need to know about the Apocalypse in easy to digest facts. The first thing you need to know about 2012 is that it's just like any other year.And the second thing you need to know... is that it really isn't...The Maya didn't make it their 'end date' for nothing...2012 collects everything you need to know about how, why and what is going to happen in this apocalyptic year, as outlined in the ancient Mayan prophesies in a humourous and insightful way, the facts, the fantasties and the frankly extraordinary.
2013 Daily Calendar: F in Exams
by Richard BensonBased on the best seller F in Exams comes a full year of fails, featuring hundreds of brilliantly wrong but incredibly hilarious student test answers, including all-new answers, things you should have learned in high school (but didn't), a gallery of famous failures, and more.
2013 Daily Calendar: VICE Dos & Don'ts
by Vice MagazineFrom VICE magazine--a.k.a. the "hipster bible"--this ebook includes photos from the uber popular DOs & DON'Ts street fashion feature in which candid photos of strangers are accompanied by over-the-top critiques either praising (a "Do") or ridiculing (a "Don't"). Featuring the best Dos and the worst Don'ts, this ebook provides a hearty dose of the most amazing--and appalling--street fashion finds.
2013 Daily Calendar: Worst-Case Scenario
by Joshua Piven David BorgenichtBe prepared for the worst with expert advice and survival trivia all year long.
2017: A Novel
by Olga SlavnikovaAn award–winning &“satirical political thriller follows the . . . adventures of a Russian gem cutter . . . and the consequences of his affair with a virtual stranger.&”(Publishers Weekly) Professor Anfilogov, a wealthy and emotionless man, sets out on an expedition to unearth priceless rubies that no one else has been able to locate. His expedition reveals ugly truths about man&’s disregard for nature and the disasters created by insatiable greed. In 2017, winner of the Russian Booker Prize, Olga Slavnikova stuns with a witty, engaging, and remarkable tale of love, obsession, murder, and the lengths people will go to get what they want. &“Slavnikova&’s characters are magnetizing, and her crystal clear vision of a world in which &‘commercial infinities&’ choke off humanism and art is salubriously caustic.&” —Booklist
2030
by Dani Gove2030 es un cóctel apocalíptico que repasa, desde el humor y la sátira, nuestra evolución como especie en un futuro próximo. En 2030... ¿Podremos clonarnos para echar las horas extras del curro? ¿Mantendremos relaciones sexuales con robots aspiradores? ¿Lograremos detener el avance del cambio climático? ¿Habrán dejado por fin de hacer pelis de superhéroes? ¿Dónde están esos malditos coches voladores?
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
by Albert BrooksJune 12, 2030 started out like any other day in memory -- and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but consider this: millions of baby boomers, with a big natural predator picked off, were sucking dry benefits and resources that were never meant to hold them into their eighties and beyond. Young people around the country simmered with resentment toward "the olds" and anger at the treadmill they could never get off of just to maintain their parents' entitlement programs. But on that June 12th, everything changed: a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake sets in motion a sweeping novel of ideas that pits national hope for the future against assurances from the past and is peopled by a memorable cast of refugees and billionaires, presidents and revolutionaries, all struggling to find their way. In 2030, the author's all-too-believable imagining of where today's challenges could lead us tomorrow makes gripping and thought-provoking reading.
21 Truths About Love: from the bestselling author of Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend
by Matthew Green'Honest, vulnerable, hilarious, and profoundly human' Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the SixFrom the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend comes a wonderful new novel about a struggling man, written entirely in lists.Daniel Mayrock's life is at a crossroads:1. His bookshop is failing.2. He's sick of feeling useless.3. His wife, Jill, is ready to start a family.4. She has no idea about 1 and 2.Dan is scared.Then Jill gets pregnant.And now all Dan knows is:5. Dan loves Jill.Brimming with Dan's hilarious sense of humour and unique world-view, his obsessive list-making paints a picture of a man who's willing to do just about anything for the love (and soon-to-be new love) of his life...Praise for Matthew Green:'A novel as creative, brave, and pitch-perfect as its narrator . . . It has been a long time since I read a book that has captured me so completely, and has wowed me with its unique vision' Jodi Picoult on Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend'A fresh, humorous exploration of what makes us vulnerable and what makes us responsible, and you can't help but root for Daniel Mayrock even when he's at his most mistaken. This is a love story of great pathos and beauty' Sharma Shields, author of The Cassandra'What to know about this novel: 1) It's written entirely in lists. 2) It's about an anxious man struggling with family and financial issues. And 3) It's an unconventional, endearing tale of impending fatherhood' The Washington Post'Reasons we love 21 Truths About Love: 1. It's deeply moving and full of emotion. 2. The protagonist is relatable (he quit his job to open a bookshop!) And so are his struggles. 3. It's a thoughtful reflection about love and what it means to be a good person 4. Did we mention the protagonist owns a bookshop? 5. It's one of the most unique books out today, because: 6. It's written entirely in lists' BookBub
2100 Laughs for All Occasions: Short, Sharp, Topical, and Funny--Arranged in Categories for Reading, Telling, Laughing
by Robert OrbenCompiled by a top comedy writer, a rib-tickling collection of sharp, topical one-liners on every subject under the sun, alphabetically arranged by category for easy use.From the Trade Paperback edition.
211 Cosas que una chica lista debe saber
by Bunty CutlerEl manual imprescindible, con trucos de la escuela de la vida, para chicas y mujeres de espíritu joven. Consejos para el día a día:Cómo bailar con un hombre más bajo que túCómo bajarte del coche sin enseñar las bragasCómo cambiar una rueda sin romperte una sola uña Si has llegado a la edad adulta sin saber cómo se pierden tres kilos en seis horas, cómo puedes estrangular a un hombre con tus muslos o cómo prever a la manera de tu abuela el tiempo que va a hacer, este es tu libro. Sus lecciones fáciles de seguir y sus consejos impagables harán las delicias de todas las mujeres entre los 9 y los 99 años. Este libro no te subirá la moral, ni te hará oler mejor, pero te tendrá entretenida e informada. Si quieres presumir entre clase y clase, entre plato y plato, o entre copa y copa, con los mejores trucos que te puede enseñar la escuela de la vida, no dudes en hacerte con este ejemplar de 211 cosas que una chica lista debe saber.
211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do
by Tom CutlerIf you've reached adulthood without knowing how to spin a rope like a cowboy, cure a hangover, or make a citizen's arrest, this is the book you've been waiting for. Funny, far-ranging, and surprisingly handy, the book presents tutorials, including: How to Be a Real Man, Bracing Outdoor Activities, and Amusing Diversions.
211 Things a Clever Girl Can Do
by Bunty CutlerAnything boys can do, girls can do better.The hysterical, cheeky, female counterpart to the smash hit 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do.If you've ever wanted to walk on stilts, make sloe gin, ride an ostrich, or forecast the weather like your grandmother used to, this is the book you've been waiting for.This surprisingly handy and delightfully amusing guide includes instructions for:EVERYDAY SURVIVAL SKILLS:How to manage an umbrella in the wind, escape a swarm of vicious bees, spot a love rat, get out of a cab without exposing yourself, and make a little black dress out of a garbage bag.HANDY HOUSEHOLD ADVICE:Learn 17 uses for spare fishnet stockings, how to remove any stain, rescue a meal that's gone wrong, and enforce toilet seat procedure in a shared dwelling place.TOOLS FOR THE HOBBYIST IN THE KNOW:How to groom a horse, read tea leaves, force a cucumber, and bellydance.
211 cosas que un chico listo debe saber
by Tom CutlerEl manual imprescindible, con trucos de la escuela de la vida, para chicos y hombres de espíritu joven. Consejos para el día a día:Cómo pesar tu propia cabezaCómo saber cuándo atraes a una chicaCómo sobrevivir una semana entera con una sola muda Si has llegado a la edad adulta sin saber cómo se lanza una peonza, cómo se mete un barco en una botella, cómo se cura una resaca o cómo se arranca una confesión a un sospechoso, este es tu libro. Sus lecciones fáciles de seguir y sus consejos impagables harán las delicias de todos los hombres entre los 9 y los 99 años. Este libro no te subirá la moral, ni te hará oler mejor, pero te tendrá entretenido e informado. Si quieres presumir entre clase y clase, entre plato y plato, o entre copa y copa, con los mejores trucos que te puede enseñar la escuela de la vida, no dudes en hacerte con este ejemplar de 211 cosas que un chico listo debe saber.
236 Pounds of Class Vice President: A Memoir of Teenage Insecurity, Obesity, and Virginity
by Jason MulgrewJason Mulgrew, popular blogger and author of Everything Is Wrong with Me, continues his depreciating yet hilarious self-reflection with 236 Pounds of Class Vice President. Set in Mulgrew’s high school years, this genuine and honest memoir revisits his teenage antics and escapades as he, while navigating the indignity of puberty, attempts to run for vice president of the student body, displays a penchant for long fur capes, and (naturally) wonders about sex. Mulgrew’s blog, Everything Is Wrong with me, has received more than 200 million hits since its inception in 2004. Complete with awkward, “what was he thinking?” photos—unmitigated proof of Mulgrew’s ungainly adolescence—236 Pounds of Class Vice President is an no-holds-barred yet tender look at the years some of us would rather forget.