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Naked Pictures of Famous People 95 reviews Jon Stewart
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
Rib-tickling
+ Jon Stewart
Funny " essays " by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. I'm a far right wing kinda guy but even I have to admit Stewart is pretty clever and funny. This book was written almost 10 years ago; I'd love to see an updated volume two.
Recommended.
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Ball Four 92 reviews Jim Bouton
Wiley, 1990
the first to expose how players used the groupies
+ Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball + important book + Ball Four was a HIt + Knee Surgery Gift
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Geek Love: A Novel 246 reviews Katherine Dunn
Vintage, 2002
indescribable, amazing,my favorite book of all time. no contest
+ Absolutely Stunning Masterpiece + It IS Different, Thank God + Mesmerizing yet stomach-churning
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Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition 31 reviews Lewis Carroll
Gramercy, 1995
...down the rabbit hole
+ Beautiful! + What a crazy author!
This book is really for the person who is really into Carroll and will read through all of his works. It's a thick volume and is useful to me, but this is because i am writing a book so i'm probably not the best judge since i have to read all of the collected works.
Another astute reviewer ...
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Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck 18 reviews Bill Veeck, Ed Linn
University Of Chicago Press, 2001
A Baseball Storyteller
+ Divine Diamond Madness + The hundredth read's as good as the first + A great gift + Simply the best book EVER written on the inside of baseball
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 313 reviews David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2005
Sedaris knows how to show you a great time.
+ Dress Your Family in Cords or enim + This book is a truly enjoyable read.
I've loved every one of Sedaris' books, and just fininshed re-reading this one. I felt like some good laughs, and his books really deliver. Sometimes a "yikes" rather than a laugh, but always an impact. I have yet to find anyone than has the wit and style and ability to fascinate as well as ...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day 736 reviews David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Best Sedaris collection!
+ Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way.
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Lullaby 267 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
By the balls
+ as good as fightclub + Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist?
This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.
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Paradise Screwed 7 reviews Carl Hiaasen
G. P.Putnam's Sons, 2001
A crusader with a sense of humour
+ Paradise Screwed by Carl Hiaasen + Even Better Than His Best Novels + What Michael Moore is to the nation, Hiaasen is to Florida
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The Hustler's Handbook (Fireside Sports Classics) 3 reviews Bill Veeck, Ed Linn
Simon & Schuster, 1989
great read, albeit with a somewhat wandering focus
+ Hustlers Handbook + A funny, well-written book that entertains while it teaches.
This out-of-print work treats us to the great combination of Bill Veeck's insight and sense of humour as rendered by Ed Linn (recently passed on... rest in peace, and thanks for all the great reading), one of the best authors any baseball figure ever wrote a book 'with'. It is dated about 1966, ...
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Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck 18 reviews Bill Veeck, Ed Linn
University Of Chicago Press, 2001
A Baseball Storyteller
+ Divine Diamond Madness + The hundredth read's as good as the first + A great gift + Simply the best book EVER written on the inside of baseball
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Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition 31 reviews Lewis Carroll
Gramercy, 1995
...down the rabbit hole
+ Beautiful! + What a crazy author!
This book is really for the person who is really into Carroll and will read through all of his works. It's a thick volume and is useful to me, but this is because i am writing a book so i'm probably not the best judge since i have to read all of the collected works.
Another astute reviewer ...
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The Hustler's Handbook (Fireside Sports Classics) 3 reviews Bill Veeck, Ed Linn
Simon & Schuster, 1989
great read, albeit with a somewhat wandering focus
+ Hustlers Handbook + A funny, well-written book that entertains while it teaches.
This out-of-print work treats us to the great combination of Bill Veeck's insight and sense of humour as rendered by Ed Linn (recently passed on... rest in peace, and thanks for all the great reading), one of the best authors any baseball figure ever wrote a book 'with'. It is dated about 1966, ...
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Lullaby 267 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
By the balls
+ as good as fightclub + Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist?
This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.
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Naked Pictures of Famous People 95 reviews Jon Stewart
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
Rib-tickling
+ Jon Stewart
Funny " essays " by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. I'm a far right wing kinda guy but even I have to admit Stewart is pretty clever and funny. This book was written almost 10 years ago; I'd love to see an updated volume two.
Recommended.
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Geek Love: A Novel 246 reviews Katherine Dunn
Vintage, 2002
indescribable, amazing,my favorite book of all time. no contest
+ Absolutely Stunning Masterpiece + It IS Different, Thank God + Mesmerizing yet stomach-churning
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 313 reviews David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2005
Sedaris knows how to show you a great time.
+ Dress Your Family in Cords or enim + This book is a truly enjoyable read.
I've loved every one of Sedaris' books, and just fininshed re-reading this one. I felt like some good laughs, and his books really deliver. Sometimes a "yikes" rather than a laugh, but always an impact. I have yet to find anyone than has the wit and style and ability to fascinate as well as ...
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Ball Four 92 reviews Jim Bouton
Wiley, 1990
the first to expose how players used the groupies
+ Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball + important book + Ball Four was a HIt + Knee Surgery Gift
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Me Talk Pretty One Day 736 reviews David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Best Sedaris collection!
+ Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way.
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Paradise Screwed 7 reviews Carl Hiaasen
G. P.Putnam's Sons, 2001
A crusader with a sense of humour
+ Paradise Screwed by Carl Hiaasen + Even Better Than His Best Novels + What Michael Moore is to the nation, Hiaasen is to Florida
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