Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> General

In "I Love Japan," Craig Briggs gives you uncommonly insightful yet amusing insights into living, working and playing in Japan. In this collection of short and witty essays, Briggs brings you Japanese culture real and unfiltered--through the eyes of a keenly observant, sensitive, and often times smart-assed foreigner.

About traditional Japanese cuisine: "Part of the enjoyment of eating soba is the 'slurping'--taking air in rapidly over the soba and enhancing the dining experience. Choking on soba,...

Drawing from literally thousands of his countless private journals and personal scribblings, author Sir Gentleman Brock LaBorde, Esquire, this century's self-proclaimed Master of Social Etiquette, painstakingly outlines his complex and erroneous guidelines for the impossible attainment of the ambiguous title of "gentleman."

Impolitely...

Author Nancy Berk pairs her humor and psychological training to address the common social and parenting dilemmas related to bar and bat mitzvah preparation and party planning. From religious school carpools to the just-in-the-nick-of-time home renovation, this book will take you down the winding...

Suddenly, I became aware of the spectacle we had created. All around, there were people quietly staring at us. Everywhere I...

We could put forth several hypothesis on the subject, but the bottom line is that "We were Nuts " However...we did manage to convince ourselves that it was "Time for," and that we "Needed a Change." And after all...neither one of us were, "Afraid of Hard Work." (Heaven forbid any mention of the unmentionable..."Mid Life Crisis")

As is turns out is was hard work. But the upside if the venture went far beyond our wildest dreams. What an...

With these stirring words, Rover Khayyam, the barking bard of Philadelphia, commences his spellbinding masterpiece, a canine counterpart to the well-known "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." In seventy-five carefully crafted stanzas, Rover creates an indelible impression of what it means to be a dog and a mortal being. Translated from the original Dalmatian and insightfully annotated by Edward FitzHound, Rover's "Rubaiyat" is destined to be an instant classic to be cherished by anyone who is a dog or loves...

When was the last time you delighted in a hearty laugh, cracked a smile, or shared a joke with your coworkers? Take a moment to indulge in a little mirth with author Melody Fleming's hilarious and inviting look at the benefits of laughter.

Melody Fleming, M.A., is a CLL (Certified Laughter Leader), an author, and a teacher who has spent the past ten years,...

Gorgeous blond women, subarctic temperatures, liberal socialism, and...

Do cannibal Confederate zombies raise the hairs on the back of your neck? How about a maniacal Santa with a deadly serious naughty-or-nice list? If Karate Pete shows up wanting a piece of whatever action you've got going, will you have the fortitude to put him in his place? I hear he has a phobia of nooses.

The door to a radical new experience...

Each page features a different Message, gathered into curious subcategories such as, "Fun with Advertising," "It's A Thinker," and "Religious Shmreligious." Prefaced by an analysis of the creative process and the author's personal writing philosophy, this...

In this madcap romp through the life of a typical senior citizen, author S. L. Varnado discusses his problems with telephone menus that fail to connect him with a living person, computers that refuse to compute, and HMOs that motivate him to seek assisted suicide.

As Varnado shares his difficulties with a "satanic" television set that brings in the Beverly Hillbillies speaking French, diets that lead to slow death by starvation, "aerobic exercises" that take the wind out of you, and "ghetto blasters" that wake the neighborhood at midnight, it becomes apparent that an elderly person's...

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. Eliciting chuckles galore, the short stories in "Mischief: A Collection of Juvenile High-Jinx" will renew your appreciation for the impulsive creativity of yesterday's youth. Based on author Stephen W. Wasz's childhood escapades, these tales of adolescent tomfoolery in sophisticated and unsuspecting suburban Piedmont California and then suburban Chicago may stir up similar memories from your own past. After all, what inquisitive little boy could resist the temptation to lob mud balls down his backyard and watch them explode on the neighbor's enticingly pristine beige...

""Jane is fun, spunky, and tenacious and radiates an inner beauty born of a deep yet very simple faith, which has sustained her through the many ups and downs of life. Jane also possesses a special awareness of the humor found in everyday life. Her keen observations coupled with her varied experiences (many of which I have shared) and her unique way of expressing them have endeared her to many. Just hearing her name brings a smile to my lips. Now, through the pages of this delightful book, you too will soon discover a smile on your face. Happy reading.""-Gigi Graham (oldest daughter of...