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The Baby Train: And Other Lusty Urban Legends
ISBN: 9780393312089 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The eponymous episode--"The Baby Train"--sheds light on certain predawn activities that have linked unusually high birth rates to the whim of train schedule makers. Other stories offer a revealing peek behind the story of "The Exploding Bra," expose the embarrassing source of "The Hairdresser's Error," resurrect a "Failed Suicide" Buster Keaton would have died for, and show why adults are better off not bringing their comic book fantasies out of the closet. From "Superhero Hijinx" to "The Shocking Videotape" to "The Accidental Cannibal,"The Baby Train uncovers the mysteries behind...
The eponymous episode--"The Baby Train"--sheds light on certain predawn activities that have linked unusually high birth rates to the whim of train sc...
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107,10 zł |
Disorderly Conduct: Verbatim Excerpts from Actual Cases
ISBN: 9780393319262 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This assortment of unintentionally amusing courtroom exchanges ranges from the testimony of expert witnesses to jury selection to cross examination to creative defense, closing argument, and sentencing -- a rollicking guide to America's legal system.
This assortment of unintentionally amusing courtroom exchanges ranges from the testimony of expert witnesses to jury selection to cross examination to...
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81,19 zł |
The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu
ISBN: 9780393326765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical. Created in the spirit of anarchy, unuseless inventions are not allowed to be patented or sold. Fans of the unuseless will love this completely absorbing collection of 200 Chindogu, including:
In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosop... |
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64,05 zł |
You're Only Old Once!: A Book for Obsolete Children
ISBN: 9780394551906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With his unmistakable rhymes and signature illustration style, Dr. Seuss creates a classic picture-book ode to aging in You're Only Old Once On a visit to "the Golden Years Clinic on Century Square for Spleen Readjustment and Muffler Repair," readers will laugh with familiar horror at the poking and prodding and testing and ogling that go hand in hand with the dreaded appellation of "senior citizen." Though Dr. Seuss is known for his peerless work in books for children, this comical look at what it's like to get older is ideal for Seuss fans of advanced years. In his own words, this...
With his unmistakable rhymes and signature illustration style, Dr. Seuss creates a classic picture-book ode to aging in You're Only Old Once O...
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77,07 zł |
Motel of the Mysteries
ISBN: 9780395284254 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one...
It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imag...
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77,07 zł |
Amphigorey Too
ISBN: 9780399504204 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This follow-up to the darkly humorousAmphigoreyis wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than ever. Master illustrator and iconic gothic storyteller Edward Gorey gives his fans 20 more nonsensically and mind-bending tales that draw fans and unsuspecting newcomers into a world only he can create. Gorey s pen-and-ink drawings spur the imagination and satisfy fans of art and the good storytelling.
Some of the 20 stories in this collection include: The Beastly Baby The Pious Infant The Evil Garden The Inanimate Tragedy The Osbick Bird The Deranged... This follow-up to the darkly humorousAmphigoreyis wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than ever. Master illustrator and iconic gothic stor...
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107,10 zł |
Overheard in New York Updated: Conversations from the Streets, Stores, and Subways
ISBN: 9780399534089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Updated with sixteen new pages of quips, remarks and exchanges from the creators of overheardinnewyork.com.
The streets of New York are full of characters who don't mince words-or care who hears them. This collection presents some of the most outlandish real life conversations overheard on the sidewalk, in the subway, and at the next table. It's the Big Apple peeled, a hysterically unvarnished portrait of the city that never sleeps-and often neglects to think before it speaks in public. Updated with sixteen new pages of quips, remarks and exchanges from the creators of overheardinnewyork.com.
The streets of New York are fu... |
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102,82 zł |
Noel Coward in His Own Words
ISBN: 9780413774415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. No one in the twentieth century used language with the same precision and wit as Noel Coward. In his plays, his verse, his song lyrics, stories and in everyday life, he chose his words to uniquely stylish and truthful effect. This affectionate portrait of Coward's life includes not only his best-loved witticisms and lyrics, but also excerpts from private papers and hidden gems from unpublished material. Barry Day Delves into the whole range of Coward's talents, as well as his thoughts on a wide variety of subjects - including the theatre, England, the Arts, religion, love and death -... No one in the twentieth century used language with the same precision and wit as Noel Coward. In his plays, his verse, his song lyrics, stories and... |
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178,06 zł |
Philosophy of Nonsense : The Intuitions of Victorian Nonsense Literature
ISBN: 9780415076531 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text offers a sustained account of an area that is usually hastily dismissed. Using the resources of contemporary philosophy - notably Deleuze and Lyotard - Lecercle manages to bring out the importance of nonsense. Why are we - and in particular, philosophers and linguists - so fascinated with nonsense? Why do Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear appear in so many otherwise dull and dry academic books? Lecercle attempts to show how the genre of nonsense was constructed and why it has proved so enduring and enlightening for linguistics and philosophy.
This text offers a sustained account of an area that is usually hastily dismissed. Using the resources of contemporary philosophy - notably Deleuze an...
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188,18 zł |
Tricky Business
ISBN: 9780425192740 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2003 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Extravaganza of the Seas is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money. In the middle of a tropical storm one night, these characters are among the passengers it carries: Fay Benton, a single mom and cocktail waitress desperate for something to go right for once; Johnny and the Contusions, a ship's band with so little talent they are . . . well, the ship's band; Arnold and Phil, two refugees from the Beaux Arts Senior Center; Lou Tarant, a...
The Extravaganza of the Seas is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida co...
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34,23 zł |
Room for Improvement
ISBN: 9780425209820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Stacey Ballis tackles home improvement and reality TV--and reminds us that sometimes life and love are better left unscripted...
What do you get when you give two hopeful singles fashion consultants and interior designers, allow them four days to perk up each other's homes and get a total style overhaul, then let their single friends celebrate the results at a fabulous party? You get Swap/Meet, the newest reality show on the network block, where major changes are either embraced or embarrassing--and Lily Allen's dream job turned nightmare. At first, Lily was thrilled to appear... Stacey Ballis tackles home improvement and reality TV--and reminds us that sometimes life and love are better left unscripted...
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94,25 zł |
Tied to the Tracks
ISBN: 9780425215326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Angie Mangiamele runs a film company in Hoboken, New Jersey-a long way (in more ways than one) from Ogilvie, Georgia. But a new project has brought her to this small Southern town, where she stands out like a fire truck in a flower garden.
She's been invited to Ogilvie by Miss Zula Bragg, the intensely private literary legend who's agreed to appear in a documentary made by Angie's highly unconventional crew. And there's someone else in own Angie looks forward to seeing: John Grant, a descendant of Ogilvie's founders with whom she had a long-ago summer romance. But John's wedding-to the... Angie Mangiamele runs a film company in Hoboken, New Jersey-a long way (in more ways than one) from Ogilvie, Georgia. But a new project has brought he...
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94,25 zł |
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations by Stuart Smalley
ISBN: 9780440504702 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The ultimate meditation book, not to be grandiose... Take a hilarious, healing journey with Stuart Smalley as he careens down the road to Recovery. For one entire year Stuart recorded an affirmation a day...except when he had taken to his bed (but that's Okay)...and the result is the most entertaining and indispensable meditation book ever. From program wisdom (Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt December 1) to survival tips (When I Go Home to Visit My Family I Will Stay in a Motel September 26) to some good sound practical advice (I am entitled to file for an Extension on my Income...
The ultimate meditation book, not to be grandiose... Take a hilarious, healing journey with Stuart Smalley as he careens down the road to Recovery...
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85,68 zł |
Presidential Indiscretions: The Unofficial, Unexpurgated Guide to Naughty Behavior Kept Under Wraps (or Under the Covers) by the White House!
ISBN: 9780440507925 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Over 250 outrageous acts, scandalous shenanigans, and risque romps in the Oval Office One president and one vice president died with their mistresses at their side. 32nd president Franklin Roosevelt's mistress had to be whisked away from his deathbed before his wife, Eleanor, arrived, and VP Nelson Rockefeller expired during an intimate moment with his inamorata. When 29th president Warren G. Harding was short of funds during his twice-a-week poker games, he routinely anted up with pieces of White House china. As a joke, 7th president Andrew Jackson sent a...
Over 250 outrageous acts, scandalous shenanigans, and risque romps in the Oval Office One president and one vice president died with thei...
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64,26 zł |
Lea's Book of Rules for the World
ISBN: 9780440508540 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Rule #10: Learn all the rules...then break them. Lea DeLaria has been breaking rules all her life. Now she offers some of her own.... Cross Howard Stern with Sandra Bernhardt, add a one-two punch, and you have stand-up comic Lea DeLaria, who plays to rave reviews on and off the Broadway stage. Now, in this uproarious collection of essays, DeLaria shares her Modern Day Ten Commandments and X-Rated Rules for the World with anyone bold enough to read them. From fashion advice "Never point at anything beige and call it cool"(Rule #4) to the five myths of ex-girlfriends and the facts...
Rule #10: Learn all the rules...then break them. Lea DeLaria has been breaking rules all her life. Now she offers some of her own.... Cross Ho...
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64,26 zł |
Legally Correct Fairy Tales
ISBN: 9780446520751 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jack and Jill went down the hill - and are suing the pail manufacturer for pain and suffering. The mobster known as the Big Bad Wolf, nemesis of little pigs and grandmas everywhere, faces indictment under the RICO Act. Snow White, in violation of the kingdom's nondiscrimination laws, is given forty-five days to hire nonmale, non-Caucasian, nonvertically challenged employees. And guess who the Three Bears are taking to the cleaners for trespassing, damage to real property, and mental anguish... Way beyond the politically correct, this is the perfect book for these litigious times. From the...
Jack and Jill went down the hill - and are suing the pail manufacturer for pain and suffering. The mobster known as the Big Bad Wolf, nemesis of littl...
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85,68 zł |
The New York City Bartender's Joke Book
ISBN: 9780446610919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Having worked in the saloon capital of the world, New York, New York, the author and veteran NYC bartender presents this riotously funny collection of more than 400 jokes that he has heard from patrons.
Having worked in the saloon capital of the world, New York, New York, the author and veteran NYC bartender presents this riotously funny collection of...
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126,19 zł |
The Official Slacker Handbook
ISBN: 9780446670586 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The '90's answer to The Preppie Handbook is a satiric, humorous and comprehensive critique, written by the ultimate slacker, that reveals rules, guidelines and recommendations for being a state-of-the-art slacker. The book features a hip MTV-like format with fast-cut sidebars, cartoons, photos, lists, quizzes and charts.
The '90's answer to The Preppie Handbook is a satiric, humorous and comprehensive critique, written by the ultimate slacker, that reveals rules, guide...
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85,64 zł |
Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess
ISBN: 9780446675772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Irreverent, provocative, hip - this guide to power and attitude offers women an intelligent alternative to the negative messages we hear every day from magazines, TV and relatives. Gilman serves up advice on everything from sex to politics.
Irreverent, provocative, hip - this guide to power and attitude offers women an intelligent alternative to the negative messages we hear every day fro...
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85,64 zł |
English as a Second Language
ISBN: 9780446692861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this wickedly funny first novel-think Legally Blonde in Oxford-a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blokes, beers, and new best friends in graduate school in England.
Alexandra Brennan is fed up with her dead end New York City job-and even more fed up of running into her smug ex-boyfriend. So when he crosses the line by telling her that she'll never get into graduate school in the United Kingdom, that's precisely what she does. Armed with imported cigarettes and extra strength coffee, Alex leaves home and crosses the... In this wickedly funny first novel-think Legally Blonde in Oxford-a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blo...
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94,21 zł |