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How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto
ISBN: 9780060779696 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) From the founding editor of The Idler, the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, comes not simply a book, but an antidote to our work-obsessed culture. In How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson presents his learned yet whimsical argument for a new universal standard of living: being happy doing nothing. He covers a whole spectrum of issues affecting the modern idler--sleep, work, pleasure, relationships--while reflecting on the writing of such famous apologists for it as Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Nietzsche--all of whom have admitted... From the founding editor of The Idler, the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, comes not simply a book, b... |
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57,44 zł |
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Blank: The Power of Not Actually Thinking at All (a Mindless Parody)
ISBN: 9780060875763 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) A smart, hilarious parody of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling Blink. Stop Don't think You already know what this book is about. That is the power of Blank: the power of not actually thinking at all. Using what scientific researchers call 'Extra-Lean Deli Slicing' (or would, if they actually bothered to research it), your brain has already decided whether you're going to like Blank, whether its cover goes with your shirt, and whether it will make you look smart if somebody sees you reading it on the train. Chances are you and your shirt are both liking it a lot, you're going... A smart, hilarious parody of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling Blink. Stop Don't think You already know what this book is about. That is the... |
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59,73 zł |
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How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up
ISBN: 9780060936754 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Universal and timeless, Delia Ephron's How to Eat Like a Child is a delightful revisiting of the joys -- and tricky ploys -- of childhood. Made into a children's television special and a musical theater revue performed across the country each year, How to Eat Like a Child offers advice beyond the artful etiquette of food consumption. Ephron also teaches us "How to Laugh Hysterically," "How to Have a Birthday Party," "How to Torture Your Sister," and much, much more. As the Washington Post Book World noted, After the giggles of recognition have subsided, one thing... Universal and timeless, Delia Ephron's How to Eat Like a Child is a delightful revisiting of the joys -- and tricky ploys -- of childhood.... |
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73,52 zł |
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A Million Little Lies
ISBN: 9780061171468 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) James Pinocchio wakes up in the back of a New York City taxi with a combination lock piercing his left ear and no idea how it got there, or what the combination is. The following day, his wealthy parents decide they've had enough, and they send him off to Sleepy Hollow, the famous rehab facility in Upstate New York. While there, Mr. Pinocchio meets all sorts of Fascinating Characters, one more Unbelievable and Amazing than the next, and they challenge him to confront his Deepest, Darkest Fears. The experience leads Mr. Pinocchio to the very edges of despair, but at a critical... James Pinocchio wakes up in the back of a New York City taxi with a combination lock piercing his left ear and no idea how it got there, or what th... |
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61,37 zł |
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The Best of Bad Hemingway: Choice Entries from the Harry's Bar & American Grill Imitation Hemingway Competition
ISBN: 9780156118613 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) The rules of the competition are simple: sound like Hemingway and be funny. A "Trophy Room" section here includes Papa parodies from the past by F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. B. White, Raymond Chandler, et al. Introduction by George Plimpton; caricatures.
The rules of the competition are simple: sound like Hemingway and be funny. A "Trophy Room" section here includes Papa parodies from the past by F. Sc...
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65,48 zł |
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The Fruited Plain: Fables for a Postmodern Democracy
ISBN: 9780300092905 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) The beleaguered Joad family of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath struggled in an era of disappointed dreams and empty pockets. But how might the grandchildren of that Dust Bowl generation fare in today's more promising times? In this boisterously inventive book Alvin Kernan sends various descendants of the original Joad family on a postmodern journey out of California and into the excesses of American culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The experiences of today's Joads are as hilarious as they are discomfiting: they encounter in Kernan's America a world of democracy gone...
The beleaguered Joad family of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath struggled in an era of disappointed dreams and empty pockets. But how might the gran...
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379,90 zł |
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The Boston Driver's Handbook: The Almost Post Big Dig Edition
ISBN: 9780306813269 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) An entertaining survival manual for drivers facing the treacherous streets of Boston or for those wanting to drive like a Bostonian
An entertaining survival manual for drivers facing the treacherous streets of Boston or for those wanting to drive like a Bostonian
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65,65 zł |
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English as a Second F*cking Language: How to Swear Effectively, Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken from Everyday Life
ISBN: 9780312143299 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. In this hilarious and illuminating guide, you will learn just how to do it - no f*cking problem. Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social circles, a strong command of vocabulary is absolutely necessary. Just imagine a stranger to our shores, trying to comprehend the following conversation: John: Mary, would you like to attend the opera this evening? In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. In this hilarious and illuminating guide, you will learn just how to ... |
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49,22 zł |
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So You Want to Be a Lesbian?
ISBN: 9780312144234 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) So you've heard that lesbians are chic, hot, and the "next big thing" but you still wonder what is all the fuss about a Middle Eastern country? Well, So You Want to Be a Lesbian? is here to rescue America from its confusion. It is the essential travel guide to the Sapphic landscape, illustrating key terms, "coming out" (how to do it without having your aunt collapse in the strudel), and much more. A mix of history, culture, little-known facts about the lesbian nation (hint: don't look for it in an atlas), and dating tips for the confirmed, the soon-to-be-out, and just plain-curious,... So you've heard that lesbians are chic, hot, and the "next big thing" but you still wonder what is all the fuss about a Middle Eastern country? Wel... |
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82,07 zł |
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Complete A**hole's Guide to Handlin
ISBN: 9780312310844 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Congratulations, man By picking up The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks, you are just pages away from finally understanding: - How a five-dollar date can get you laid Congratulations, man By picking up The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks, you are just pages away from finally understanding: |
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77,96 zł |
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Encyclopedia Neurotica
ISBN: 9780312325015 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without being overcome by neuroses is a practical impossibility. Enter: the comic safety valve. Encyclopedia Neurotica is a delightful garden of the ills that beset modern man. Entries include excerpts from both popular and arcane published works, as well as original definitions, essential terms and the occasional cutting-edge concept, such as "celebriphilia, the pathological desire to sleep with a celebrity, suffered chiefly by groupies." We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without bei... |
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94,38 zł |
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Yiddish with Dick and Jane
ISBN: 9780316159722 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Jane is in real estate. Today is Saturday. Jane has an open house. She must schlep the Open House signs to the car. See Jane schlep. Schlep, Jane. Schlep. Schlep, schlep, schlep. In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read--manage to express shades of feeling and...
Jane is in real estate. Today is Saturday. Jane has an open house. She must schlep the Open House signs to ...
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61,58 zł |
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Deng Xiaoping Is a Chain-Smoking Communist Dwarf: The Sayings of Pat Buchanan
ISBN: 9780345407832 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Here is Pat Buchanan in his own words: "Someone's values are going to prevail. Why not ours? Whose country is it, anyway? Whose moral code says we may interfere with a man's right to be a practicing bigot, but must respect and protect his right to be a practicing sodomite?"--Right from the Beginning, Pat Buchanan's autobiography "My good friend Bob Dole, basically, is the bellhop of the Business Roundtable."--Campaign appearance, Clearwater, SC, February 28, 1996 "I think God made all people good, but if we had to take a million immigrants in, say,...
Here is Pat Buchanan in his own words: "Someone's values are going to prevail. Why not ours? Whose country is it, anyway? Whose moral cod...
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61,58 zł |
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Creepy Susie: And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children
ISBN: 9780345433008 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Creepy Susie. Mary Had a Little Chainsaw. Milo's Disorder. Rosie's Crazy Mother. The Siamese Quadruplets. Emily Amputee. Your mother never told you these stories. She didn't want to scare you. But Angus Oblong is not your mother. If Edgar Allan Poe and David Lynch wrote a book, it might be as warped, wicked, and perversely funny as this treasury of twisted tales from childhood's Twilight Zone. So don't be alarmed if you find yourself screaming . . . with laughter . . . until the day you die. Which may be very soon . . . From the Hardcover edition.
Creepy Susie. Mary Had a Little Chainsaw. Milo's Disorder. Rosie's Crazy Mother. The Siamese Quadruplets. Emily Amputee. Your mother never told yo...
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65,69 zł |
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The Dark Voyage and the Golden Mean: A Philosophy of Comedy
ISBN: 9780393003574 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Professor Cook develops his philosophical exploration of comedy from the ideas of the probable and the wonderful. These two profoundly different approaches to human experience imply the related poles of rationalism-idealism, society-individual, concept-symbol, and reason-imagination. In discussing the implications of these symbolic attitudes, Professor Cook casts new light on the nature of both tragedy and comedy, their subjects, goals, and techniques.
Professor Cook develops his philosophical exploration of comedy from the ideas of the probable and the wonderful. These two profoundly different appro...
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77,79 zł |
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Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired
ISBN: 9780425133651 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) A national bestselling collection of comedian Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts"--short, funny observations on life that were shown in between sketches on Saturday Night Live.
A national bestselling collection of comedian Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts"--short, funny observations on life that were shown in between sketches ...
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40,85 zł |
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I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations by Stuart Smalley
ISBN: 9780440504702 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) 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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65,69 zł |
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Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest, and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever
ISBN: 9780446696562 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER. In the hallowed literary tradition of The Darwin Awards and Headlines comes this mind-boggling collection of the most outrageous warning labels ever slapped onto perfectly good products. Before you try to dry your hair with a blowtorch or iron a shirt while you're wearing it, read this hilarious collection of crazy caveats. You'll be surprised how far frightened manufacturers (and their lawyers) must go these days to protect themselves from frivolous lawsuits
WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER. In the hallowed literary tradition of The Darwin Awards and Headlines comes this mind-boggling colle...
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65,65 zł |
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How to Speak Southern
ISBN: 9780553275193 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) A tongue-in-cheek dictionary of Southern words and phrases offers an hilarious spoof of the Southern accent.
A tongue-in-cheek dictionary of Southern words and phrases offers an hilarious spoof of the Southern accent.
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28,70 zł |
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Fractured Fairy Tales
ISBN: 9780553373738 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 14-20 dni roboczych (bez gwarancji dostawy w 2019 r.) Long before Politically Correct Bedtime Stories invaded bookstores, Americans were getting their giggles from Fractured Fairy Tales, those delightfully twisted parables brought to us between the cliffhanger adventures of our favorite cartoon heroes, Rocky & Bullwinkle. This collection, illustrated with classic art from the animated series includes the comical retelling of 25 classics such as Pinocchio (who starred in his own variety show "The Pinocchio Doody Show"), Jack and the Beanstalk (did you know that Jack grew a beanstalk in the outfield so he could catch fly balls for his...
Long before Politically Correct Bedtime Stories invaded bookstores, Americans were getting their giggles from Fractured Fairy Tales, those deli...
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65,69 zł |