Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Form - Essays

That's Mr. Faggot to You continues Ford's exploration of contemporary gay life. He does not shy away from personal revelations--he recalls his own traumatic high school experiences but recognizes that, years later, he's happier and, more importantly, a great deal more attractive than his classmates--but also offers insight into more political issues such as religion and politics and Wynonna Judd. Never abandoning his caustic wit, Ford is honest to a fault and does not suffer fools or dog-haters lightly.

George Mikes provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life. Born in Hungary, he eventually spent more than 40 years in the field, and the fruits of his labor include insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude, and how to panic quietly. How to Be a Brit contains Mikes's three major works: How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable, and How to be Decadent. The advice includes such gems as how to plan a town (-Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully-); queuing (-An...

When you're a junior high school English teacher, you need a sense of humor to survive. And for forty-seven years, author A. G. Sloan has not only survived but also thrived-on practicing his comedic skills on captive audiences.

Now, he's moved on to cracking up adult audiences from all walks of life.

This collection of forty hilarious articles offers his twisted take on topics to which almost everyone can relate.

Why forty, you ask? "I stopped there because forty is a significant number: forty winks, forty days and nights of the great flood, Lizzie Borden's number of axe whacks,...

Fasten your seat belts for Terry Sweeney's wild ride from bullied gay kid of blue collar bigots to successful film and television writer/performer. His showbiz horror stories will take you on a delightfully acid-tongued trip to Hollywood Hell and back; and ultimately to the heart of Dixie in the reddest state in the Union. Sweeney peoples his pages with everyone from the certifiably insane to the irritatingly clueless and manages to speak out for all of us against the many petty tyrants that walk all over us all everyday. This book is for anyone who's ever asked themselves can I walk away...