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The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire
ISBN: 9780802130150 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A selection of short stories and parables dealing with life in Communist Russia by 18 noted Russian writers.
A selection of short stories and parables dealing with life in Communist Russia by 18 noted Russian writers.
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65,51 |
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And Quiet Flows the Vodka: Or When Pushkin Comes to Shove: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Russian Literature with the Devil's Dictionary of Received I
ISBN: 9780810117884 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Russia has fascinated outsiders for centuries, and according to Alicia Chudo, it is high time this borscht stopped. In this hilarious send up of Russian literature and history, Chudo takes no prisoners as she examines Russia's great tradition of unreadable geniuses, revolutionaries who can't hit the broad side of a tsar, and Soviets who like their vodka but love their tractors.
Written in the tradition of 1066 and All That, The Pooh Perplex, and The Classics Redefined, And Quiet Flows the Vodka will, with any luck, be the final word on the ghastly first... Russia has fascinated outsiders for centuries, and according to Alicia Chudo, it is high time this borscht stopped. In this hilarious send up of Russi...
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Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the 20's and 30's and 80's and 90's
ISBN: 9780871317353 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rogers' observations are as stingingly accurate in our post-modern world as they were in the 1920s and '30s. He has inspired two one-man shows and a five-year Broadway hit that is still #1 at the box office because of his humor, compassion and intimate understanding that current events are the logical result of the human condition.
Rogers' observations are as stingingly accurate in our post-modern world as they were in the 1920s and '30s. He has inspired two one-man shows and a f...
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61,81 |
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Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year
ISBN: 9780882892306 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -The political cartoon, like fine art, is the creation of an individual that gives it a singular effectiveness.- - - Jerry Robinson Combine the wit and insight of 130 leading editorial cartoonists with the headline-making events of a year filled with controversial issues, and the result is this provocative volume of wry satire and social commentary. This collection of editorial cartoons is a pictorial history of the yeari1/2s major developments. Included are principal issues such as the Carter Administration, the demise of the environment, the taxpayeri1/2s revolt, the test-tube baby, and... -The political cartoon, like fine art, is the creation of an individual that gives it a singular effectiveness.- - - Jerry Robinson Combine the wit... |
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89,02 |
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A Right To Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury
ISBN: 9781400048571 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here's the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years and 800 strips of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny comics ever to run in a daily newspaper. "With bodacious wit, in just a few panels, each day Aaron serves up--and sends up--life in America through the eyes of two African-American kids who are full of attitude, intelligence, and rebellion. Each time I read the strip, I laugh--and I wonder how long The Boondocks can get away with the things it says. And how on earth can the most truthful thing in the newspaper be the comics?"
--From the... Here's the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years and 800 strips of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny co...
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84,78 |
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Life of Reilly
ISBN: 9781412088671 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since the inaugural Life of Reilly column appeared in the Drogheda Independent's Drogheda Weekend Extra (now the Drogheda Weekend) on 31 January 2003, life has changed utterly in 'Drawda'.
A lifetime resident, local historian and author Tom Reilly has created a veritable institution with his weekly satirical columns. Reilly insists that his sideways view of the world proves that everybody in the town is completely screwed up, not just him. "The man's a fool." - Cllr Paul Bell This selection of over 100 previously published columns has been carefully chosen for inclusion... Ever since the inaugural Life of Reilly column appeared in the Drogheda Independent's Drogheda Weekend Extra (now the Drogheda Weekend) on 31 January ...
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66,01 |
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Born to Rule
ISBN: 9781425762056 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African president-monarch. He writes about his 30-year reign during which he has been in the driver's seat leading his country on the cobbled road from underdevelopment to underdevelopment. The author points out that as the head of one of the poorest countries on earth, his people and the world must hear from him first-hand about the policies he has been adopting to maintain his country in a permanent state of disrepair and bemused underdevelopment.
The author writes volubly about his background, education, family, and policies in various areas... Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African president-monarch. He writes about his 30-year reign during which he has been in the driver's seat lea...
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80,88 |
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Born to Rule
ISBN: 9781425762087 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African president-monarch. He writes about his 30-year reign during which he has been in the driver's seat leading his country on the cobbled road from underdevelopment to underdevelopment. The author points out that as the head of one of the poorest countries on earth, his people and the world must hear from him first-hand about the policies he has been adopting to maintain his country in a permanent state of disrepair and bemused underdevelopment.
The author writes volubly about his background, education, family, and policies in various areas... Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African president-monarch. He writes about his 30-year reign during which he has been in the driver's seat lea...
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125,39 |
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Conservatives Are from Mars, Liberals Are from San Francisco: 101 Reasons I'm Happy I Left the Left
ISBN: 9781581825718 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For years,"" Burt Prelutsky says, ""the ranks fo the Right were so bereft of amusing people they had to point to William F. Buckley Jr. as their token funnyman. Finally, thank God, P. J. O'Rourke came along. Now he was really funny. I mean, on purpose."" So beings the man who invented political incorrectness. In this delightful social commentary and rant on just about everything the Left does that offends him, he brings a biting wit. In 101 shorty, pithy chapters, Prelutsky applies his wit and wisdom to the big issues of the day. To quote him: ""So Right-wingers, dig in and enjoy. Liberals,...
For years,"" Burt Prelutsky says, ""the ranks fo the Right were so bereft of amusing people they had to point to William F. Buckley Jr. as their token...
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73,03 |
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Common Nonsense
ISBN: 9781586482008 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Andy Rooney's Sunday evening observations on 60 Minutes are an American institution, shaping the way people see everything from coffee percolators to the state of the nation."
"Andy Rooney's Sunday evening observations on 60 Minutes are an American institution, shaping the way people see everything from coffee percolators to...
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84,74 |
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Out of My Mind
ISBN: 9781586485054 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every Sunday evening, millions of viewers tune in to "60 Minutes" to hear Andy Rooney riff on everything from coffee percolators to the state of the union. Millions more read his weekly newspaper column. Why? Because Rooney tells it like it is. But Rooney fans have never seen him quite like this. Andy Rooney is plain frustrated by what's going on in America and the world. Why can't Americanslet alone our presidentspeak English anymore? How do we expect to fight a terrorist enemy that we can't even locate? And when did capitalism go so terribly wrong? This book isn't all heady stuff, though....
Every Sunday evening, millions of viewers tune in to "60 Minutes" to hear Andy Rooney riff on everything from coffee percolators to the state of the u...
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No Regrets: Reflections of a Presidential Spokesman
ISBN: 9789799589842 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Gus Dur, you need some help. You are facing political sabotage and a hostile media. You need some kind of spokesman to explain and clarify your views so ordinary Indonesians can understand. You need someone like Wimar Witoelar." "No," Gus Dur replied, "I don t need someone like Wimar Witoelar. I need Wimar Witoelar." With those words, well-known media personality Wimar Witoelar found himself in the line of fire for a tumultuous ten months as Gus Dur's Chief Presidential Spokesman. Now, after the dust has settled, Wimar is able to say all the things he always wanted to but couldn't. He...
"Gus Dur, you need some help. You are facing political sabotage and a hostile media. You need some kind of spokesman to explain and clarify your views...
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86,95 |
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Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)
ISBN: 9780425221655 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize?winning humorist.
Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck? That didn't happen. Right? But what did happen? To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian's robe (it's plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments in our country's recent history?from the Bush years to?jeez, it's still the Bush years As an added bonus, Barry quickly?we?re busy here?tosses in the complete history of... A brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize?winning humorist.
Remember when everything was going to go ... |
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92,48 |
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When the Senate Cared
ISBN: 9780595427093 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Hildenbrand is as close to the total Senate man as I've ever met. -Former Majority Leader, Senator Howard Baker, as quoted in "The New York Times."
In this memoir one can find a refreshing sense of good humor injected into some of the most important episodes of our national history...and be glad that our distinguished good friend, the former Secretary of the United States Senate, took the time to write it. -Senator Thad Cochran. ... one of the honest "old pros" who smoothed my path in early Senate years. Dad [former Senator Milward Simpson] always referred to Bill as "one of... Bill Hildenbrand is as close to the total Senate man as I've ever met. -Former Majority Leader, Senator Howard Baker, as quoted in "The New York Times...
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When the Senate Cared
ISBN: 9780595697069 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Hildenbrand is as close to the total Senate man as I've ever met. -Former Majority Leader, Senator Howard Baker, as quoted in "The New York Times. "
In this memoir one can find a refreshing sense of good humor injected into some of the most important episodes of our national history...and be glad that our distinguished good friend, the former Secretary of the United States Senate, took the time to write it. -Senator Thad Cochran. ... one of the honest "old pros" who smoothed my path in early Senate years. Dad [former Senator Milward Simpson] always referred to Bill as "one of... Bill Hildenbrand is as close to the total Senate man as I've ever met. -Former Majority Leader, Senator Howard Baker, as quoted in "The New York Times...
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Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes & Asides from National Review
ISBN: 9780465002436 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. National Review has always published letters from readers. In 1965 the magazine decided that certain letters merited different treatment, and William F. Buckley, the editor, began a column called "Notes & Asides" in which he personally replied to the most notable and outrageous correspondence.
Culled from four decades of the column, Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription includes exchanges with such well-known figures as Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, John Kenneth Galbraith, A.M. Rosenthal, Auberon Waugh, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and many others. There are also hilarious exchanges... National Review has always published letters from readers. In 1965 the magazine decided that certain letters merited different treatment, and W...
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108,21 |
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Love All the People: The Essential Bill Hicks
ISBN: 9781593762018 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love All the People, a collection of controversial comedian Bill Hicks' stand-up routines, notebooks, journals, and letters, traces his evolution from brilliant conventional stand-up to something far more interesting and dangerous: a comic speaking without fear. The result is a radical philosopher masquerading as a comedian, plumbing the American psyche with challenging (and side-splitting) conclusions. Hicks, who died of cancer in 1993, didn't go the easy way with his humor. He attacked the lies that justified the carnage of the Gulf War, the preposterous power of the mainstream media...
Love All the People, a collection of controversial comedian Bill Hicks' stand-up routines, notebooks, journals, and letters, traces his evoluti...
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69,17 |
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Best Editorial Cartoons of 1972: A Pictorial History of the Year
ISBN: 9781565545106 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the past decade--ten eventful, epochal years--the Best Editorial For the past decade--ten eventful, epochal years--the Best Editorial |
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89,02 |
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We've Got to Stop Our Wars - Or Else!
ISBN: 9781436305709 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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We've Got to Stop Our Wars - Or Else!
ISBN: 9781436305716 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 |
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