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Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities

Humour and Religion: Challenges and Ambiguities


Hans Geybels, Van Walter Herck



About the Author Hans Geybels is Associate Professor at the Department of Pastoral Theology in the Catholic University of...
Go the F**k to Sleep

Go the F**k to Sleep


Adam Mansbach



Review “Total genius.” —Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, father of two“A children&...
Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death

Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death


Richard Perez



Review "Ready-made for Russ Meyer— assuming, that is, if Meyer was around and still at his peak."—Jos...
Letters from a Nut

Letters from a Nut


Ted L. Nancy



Amazon.com Review What if you wrote to the Baseball Hall of Fame offering to donate a full set of Mickey Mantle's toenail...
Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP: Informed Revolt, 1996-2007

Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP: Informed Revolt, 1996-2007


Brian Awehali



About the Author Brian Awehali founded and edited the award-winning political magazine, LiP. A former editor for Britanni...
Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome: Philosophical Satire in Xenophon, Varro, and Virgil

Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome: Philosophical Satire in Xenophon, Varro, and Virgil


Leah Kronenberg



Book Description Shows that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics are not simply works on f...
When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism

When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism


Bill Maher



From Publishers Weekly Anybody who has seen Maher's canceled show Politically Incorrect knows that his driving animus is ...
This Is a Book

This Is a Book


Demetri Martin



From Publishers Weekly In this collection of essays, musings, and drawings, Comedy Central host Martin (Important Things ...
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough


Dan Jenkins



Review "A very funny book...It is outrageous; it mocks contemporary American mores; it mocks Madison Avenue; it mocks rac...
Throwing the elephant: Zen and the art of managing up

Throwing the elephant: Zen and the art of managing up


Stanley Bing



Amazon.com Review Stanley Bing's Throwing the Elephant, subtitled Zen and the Art of Managing Up, is a wise and hilarious...
The Fourth Stall

The Fourth Stall


Chris Rylander



From Sixth-graders Mac and Vince have been running an advice and assistance service for fellow grade-school students sin...
Art

Art


Yasmina Reza



Amazon.com Review How would you feel about your best friend if she suddenly did something so colossally stupid, it made ...
The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying


Maria Plaza



Review The book's real strength and unique contribution lies in its apt descriptions of the distinct 'worlds' that the th...
Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)

Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)


Bill Watterson



Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Collection 1985-86)...
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal


Laurie Notaro



From Publishers Weekly In her latest collection of essays, Notaro (The Idiot Girl's Action-Adventure Club) turns out a do...
Dawn of the Dumb

Dawn of the Dumb


Charlie Brooker



Review "'This belongs on everyone's bookshelf. With a big spotlight pointing at it.' Praise for Charlie Brooker's Screen ...
Screen Burn

Screen Burn


Charlie Brooker



About the Author Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist, TV and radio presenter. He created TV Go...