Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Form - Parodies

The Ten Commandments may have had a lot going for them, but they don't offer those of us located in the 21st century much in the way of guidance when it comes to our relationship with our food. And Lord knows we need it. Enter our new culinary Moses, the legendary restaurant critic Jay Rayner, with a new set of hand-tooled commandments for this food-obsessed age. He deals once and for all with questions like whether it is ever okay to covet thy neighbor's oxen (it is), eating with your hands (very important indeed), and if you should cut off the fat (no). Combining reportage and anecdotes...

The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but true) people, events, and more from United States history. Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds cover the weird stories you didn't learn in history class, such as 10-Cent Beer Night, the Jackson Cheese, and the Kentucky Meat Shower, accompanied by full-page illustrations...

Motivational sayings are among the most common things you will find appearing in workplaces, shops, on bumper stickers and many other places. They provide wisdom, amusement and inspiration to people, often with the simple use of a few words.

In Slightly Twisted Words of Wisdom and Other Funny Sayings, you'll find hundreds of quotes, some you've probably never heard before, all lighthearted and delivered with a hint of fun.
They are broken down into 16 categories, including family, health and fitness, college, relationships and others, so you can...

New York Times Bestseller (Humor)

"The book everyone is laughing about "--Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe

For two centuries, presidents hoping to secure their legacies have sought out biographers. But who could possibly capture the inspiring yet bizarre reality of the first black man to call the White House his crib, a tenure that brought hope, change, and health care to millions, but also spawned birthers, backlash, and the bewildering rise of Donald Trump? Thankfully, as the end of President Barack Obama's pioneering two terms...

In the tradition of the Lazlo Letters and the Henry Root Letters comes Jackass Letters, a collection of hoax correspondence with corporations, celebrities, and politicians that consistently pushes the boundaries of good taste and polite decorum, always with hilarious results. Now, these irreverent gems are available in a multi-volume book series. Real people, real letters, real jackass.

Saki was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro, an author and playwright best known for his subtle and witty short stories. He wrote these Wonderland-inspired vignettes for the "Westminster Gazette", and in 1902 these were collected and published together as "The Westminster Alice". Saki's stories use Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to criticize and parody early twentieth-century British politics-and do so with great ingenuity and cleverness. Francis Carruthers Gould's astute illustrations add to the enjoyment. A preface and footnotes by John Alfred Spender and afterword by Hugh Cahill...

Isn't That Clever provides a new account of the nature of humor - the cleverness account - according to which humor is intentional conspicuous acts of playful cleverness. By defining humor in this way, answers can be found to longstanding questions about humor ethics (Are there jokes that are wrong to tell? Are there jokes that can only be told by certain people?) and humor aesthetics (What makes for a good joke? Is humor subjective?). In addition to humor in general, Isn't That Clever Asks questions about comedy as an art form such as whether there limits to what can be...