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The Catcher In The Rye 1 review J. D. Salinger
Bantam, 1976
Rebel with Humor
I just reread this book after 30 years, and I found it even better than I remember. It's such a great window into the teenage mind, a boy on the cusp of childhood and adulthood, a study of contradictions: both silly and serious, irrational and clear-eyed, exaggerated and stone-cold sober, muddled ...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 508 reviews Mark Twain
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Ole Huck
+ Huck Finn + Eli Sashihara writes: + Required Reading + Perfect for Teachers
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Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic 2 reviews
Lunatic Press, 2008
Still funny after all these years
+ If you like college humor
I grew up reading MAD, Cracked and National Lampoon. I learned how to interact with others not from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People," but from the classic paperback series "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." ('Got a flat tire?' 'Nah, the other three just up and inflated ...
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Our Dumb Century (Running Press Miniature Editions) 208 reviews The Onion
Running Press Miniature Editions, 2004
The Best of The Onion Books
+ Tiny little book, fairly large price + Need to know some history + Bought this for my husband....
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) 32 reviews L. Frank Baum
HarperTrophy, 2001
FOR TRUE OZ FANS
+ Great Book + Wonderful Book Such A Great Read + Wizard of Oz
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Cat's Cradle 372 reviews Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing, 1998
As relevant today as it was in the past
+ WONDERFUL BOOK + The master of Cat's Cradle + Great Read + Wild satire about nuclear arms and the end of the world
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National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook 7 reviews P.J. O'Rourke
Rugged Land, 2005
Brilliant Concept
+ Great blast from the past! + Classic Lampoon but a bit cheap on the reproduction.. + They stole my 1961 Yearbook + Almost as good as the old version
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Catch-22 827 reviews Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting
+ Best Book I Ever Read + Most Brilliant Satire + Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world
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Selling Out: If Famous Authors Wrote Advertising 2 reviews Joey Green
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1996
Funny spoofs of well known commercials using the styles of famous writers
This book is hilarious; the author rewrites well known product commercials using the style of a famous writer. Two excerpts are:
Tony Tiger (in the style of William Blake)
Tony Tiger, goodness sakes,
Eats a bowl of frosted flakes;
What brave artist dared create
The mighty beast who roars ...
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Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ... 35 reviews P. J. O'Rourke
Grove Press, 2000
Now you know where Borat got his storyline!
+ Humorous, sarcastic and profound at the same time. + In History + Irreverent, funny, and dated
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National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook 7 reviews P.J. O'Rourke
Rugged Land, 2005
Brilliant Concept
+ Great blast from the past! + Classic Lampoon but a bit cheap on the reproduction.. + They stole my 1961 Yearbook + Almost as good as the old version
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Cat's Cradle 372 reviews Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing, 1998
As relevant today as it was in the past
+ WONDERFUL BOOK + The master of Cat's Cradle + Great Read + Wild satire about nuclear arms and the end of the world
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 508 reviews Mark Twain
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Ole Huck
+ Huck Finn + Eli Sashihara writes: + Required Reading + Perfect for Teachers
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Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ... 35 reviews P. J. O'Rourke
Grove Press, 2000
Now you know where Borat got his storyline!
+ Humorous, sarcastic and profound at the same time. + In History + Irreverent, funny, and dated
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) 32 reviews L. Frank Baum
HarperTrophy, 2001
FOR TRUE OZ FANS
+ Great Book + Wonderful Book Such A Great Read + Wizard of Oz
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Selling Out: If Famous Authors Wrote Advertising 2 reviews Joey Green
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1996
Funny spoofs of well known commercials using the styles of famous writers
This book is hilarious; the author rewrites well known product commercials using the style of a famous writer. Two excerpts are:
Tony Tiger (in the style of William Blake)
Tony Tiger, goodness sakes,
Eats a bowl of frosted flakes;
What brave artist dared create
The mighty beast who roars ...
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Catch-22 827 reviews Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting
+ Best Book I Ever Read + Most Brilliant Satire + Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world
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The Catcher In The Rye 1 review J. D. Salinger
Bantam, 1976
Rebel with Humor
I just reread this book after 30 years, and I found it even better than I remember. It's such a great window into the teenage mind, a boy on the cusp of childhood and adulthood, a study of contradictions: both silly and serious, irrational and clear-eyed, exaggerated and stone-cold sober, muddled ...
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Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic 2 reviews
Lunatic Press, 2008
Still funny after all these years
+ If you like college humor
I grew up reading MAD, Cracked and National Lampoon. I learned how to interact with others not from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People," but from the classic paperback series "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." ('Got a flat tire?' 'Nah, the other three just up and inflated ...
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Our Dumb Century (Running Press Miniature Editions) 208 reviews The Onion
Running Press Miniature Editions, 2004
The Best of The Onion Books
+ Tiny little book, fairly large price + Need to know some history + Bought this for my husband....
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