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Introducing Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, September 2008) by award-winning journalist Lisa Alcalay Klug.

WATERMELON MAGIC is talk from the soul using watermelons as a metaphor for life. Watermelons symbolize the slurpy happiness of life for Wally Amos (formerly known as "Famous Amos").

Just in time for the 20th anniversary of Spy’s creation comes the definitive anthology, inside story, and scrapbook.

Seriously Funny Writing By Today's Most Celebrated Authors At last, a premier showcase of fifty-four great literary humorists and masters of the journalistic jab, the social spoof,

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They say the Army makes a man out of you—but for 18-year-old SPC Michael Anthony, that fabled rite of passage proved a very dark journey.

How the Harmonica Can Make You More Playful

The Imbible is the definitive guide to drinking games by Alex Bash, a recent college graduate, therefore an 

My newspaper columns - closing in on 1000 of them - are based on whatever makes one laugh, groan, cry and take pause.   The column is titled Still Amazed because I am still amazed, on a daily ba

DISH & FLO - Funny and entertaining with delicious recipes and party tips, this illustrated book is a hit with the cooking impaired and gourmet alike!

As Cyndi Lauper succinctly put it in the early '80s, "Girls just wanna have fun!" In 

A witty guide for women in the workplace

Twenty-four-year-old Daniella is an architecture student living with her narcissistic artist boyfriend in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I take the 101 most-picked-on grammar and usage choices and look them up in 14 different reference works.

Grammar for people who'd rather be watching Beavis & Butthead.

“Carpe Scrotum. Seize Life by the Testicles.”

Five Readers, Five Writers, Five Friends, and One Story of Reaching Together for Our Dreams!

A selection of more than 150 of the best daily strips from Brian Crane's hugely popular cartoon Pickles.

A second collection of comic strips from the wildly popular Pickles.

Pickles is about growing old and keeping your sense of humor, but never forgetting what it's like to be a child.

Growing old is great fun when you keep your sense of humor and never forget the wonder and energy of childhood.

A tongue-in-cheek look at modern childrearing

For those of us who do not enjoy reading an entire novel off a computer or e-reader screen

The Book of Terns was a collaboration with artist Michael C. Witte--an exhibition of Witte's extraordinary virtuosity more than anything else.

A newly enlarged Second Edition of the book now includes 77 (count 'em, seventy-seven!) unique, humorous, and insightful essays about people, places, and cultures around the world.

Elf lives a dog's life--most of the time--with hapless Dan McCoy and his wife, June, in Harrington, a quiet suburb of New York City.

Two short comic stories for a small comic publisher anthology.  Black Rider was a supernatural western, the story of a sherrif shot in the back and was empowered by ancient native spirits to retur

Forced to give up her name, her friends, her boyfriend, and everything she's ever known, April feels like her life is over when her father's undercover work for the FBI forces t

A rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician.

A unique and humorous—and also uniquely practical—approach to the increasingly popular study of Qabalah. This is a seriously funny book! Learn the basics of Qabalah in spite of yourself!

Consulting oracles used to be difficult and dangerous. You had to make a pilgrimage plagued with hardship, trudging through the desert to a holy place or person.

With the sacred cows of American politics practically begging for someone to puncture their pomposity, Will Durst hits them in the funniest places.

Would you eat your best friend if your parents told you to?  Better known as Dbrrrksh on the Home World, Deborah is a 6th grade alien girl living with her family´s secret: they eat people. 

The Elephant Talks to God is an endearing collection of whimsical tales in which a young elephant forages for answers to that age-old existential puzzle: What is the meaning of life?

Salty Dogs by Jean M. Fogle is packed with photographs of dogs living in the moment as they frolic on the beach.

The publication of Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me in 1998 launched a fresh, vital voice in comedy.

In a time of global turmoil, economic malaise, and impending crisis, Leonard Bentwood, a desert hermit who spends his days making "sculpture" and other "artwork" out of the detritu

17-syllabet Japanese poems about human foibles, sans season (i.e., not haiku), were introduced a half-century ago by RH Blyth i

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Irreverent, provocative, hip -- and always funny -- this guide to power and attitude offers women an intelligent alternative to the negative messages we hear everyday from the media and our relatives.

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE

Fifteen-year-old Shifty knows all about moving around and next to nothing about where he came from.

A collection of sports-themed stories set at Our Lady of the Gulag parochial school in the 1950's. The stories were originally published in "womenSports" magazine.

Men come and go, but magic is forever, right?

A yogurt parlor in a corner mall somewhere in the city of St.

a collection of wry quotations on what it means to be a writer

We could all use some advice now and then.

Boy does Ms. Lawson know dogs! Fantastic book for dog lovers and anyone who wants to stay in shape and lighten up their lives to boot! --Richard Simmons

Humorous memoir with essays about Paris culture and food from pastry chef David Lebovitz.

In a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes...

Who doesn't love to open the mailbox during the holidays and find a newsletter?

Every page of the book includes simple instructions for a particular activity and black-and-white photos by Mikkel Aaland or illustrations by Kim Dietch.  The book is divided into two parts: 1) How t

As cartoon editor and chief cartoonist for HUSTLER magazine, Dwaine's Tinsley's most notable creation was Chester the Molester, a monthly gag cartoon about a hulking middle aged man, who had a predile

Read about the humorous adventures of the author as she attempts to raise a wolf/coyote hybrid in a house with a number of half-wild cats.

How to Date in a Post-Dating World is a funny, journalistic take on the traditional dating manual, filled with dating horror stories from today's savvy singles, commentary on th

A kick-ass collection of essays by 37 funny, independent women, writin

 With a troll in the basement and a warrior in the bedroom, you wouldn't think pacifist-vegetarian Claire would be the one wielding the sword, but that's how it is when houses talk to you, ghosts

  If you think the world is crazy now, just wait.

Mixing wit with wisdom gained from her own unhappy endings, author Sandra Ann Miller helps the newly single put the pain into amusing perspective.  The Guide’s 10 Steps provide the survival skills

Calling All Superheroes The first encyclopedic reference work that profiles superheroes from all companies and in all media, The Superhero Book is the ultimate A-Z compendium.

Sex may take place in The City, but there’s plenty of sass in the suburbs.

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"You, Me and Morrissey" is a collection of autobiographical short stories capturing snapshots of love, loss, bigotry, violence, artistic birth, and mental illness.

Pregnant and with husband and clingy toddler in tow, Lois sets off from Durban to a sweltering Brisbane, arriving on Australia Day 1997.

When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, he described it as a “comic weekly.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart walks into the sex change clinic, determined to have his “sprouter” ...

Marvellous Hairy A novel in five fractals So hair is sprouting ...

"Whether it's the hacker who caught his own ricocheted drive, the pro who stripped down to his shorts to play a shot, or the caddie who lost a golf bag during a round, one thing is certain: Go

With the Vice President’s recent death and President DeWitt’s health worsening by the day, the precarious balance of power between the Democratic President and a Republican-controlled Congress

The definitive book on how to "write funny" is the first t ...

There’s nothing funny about being vegan, unless you’re humorist Ben Shaberman.

The heartwarming tale of one 'Dungeons and Dragons' playing loser's triumph over an abusive, lecherous karate teacher.

PRAISE FOR SMILEY'S WRITING "Funny, smart and real." - Dave Barry

Defying the code that says it's impolite to discuss God or money, Zacharias does just that.

Our favorite contemporary authors on an irresistible subject: sex.

How To Succeed As St.

Crochet lovers will embrace Hooked for Life: Adventures of a Crochet Zealot, a book that lovingly and humorously explores the craft of crochet and is written by a true crochet zealot. Ma ...

The definitive comedy writing bible for writers from Santa Monica to Scandinavia. "No other book on writing I've read - and I've read a lot!

In this inventive and biting satire, acclaimed novelist and cultural critic Cintra Wilson reimagines America’s Manifest Destiny as helmed by Caligula, the only leader in world history capable of

ERNIE WITHAM DOESN’T HAVE TIME TO LOOK FOR A JOB

Our original theme for Opium5 was Famous Dead Authors. We were aiming to pretend that our authors were dead, and that it was only post mortem in Opium that their work was being lionized.

AFTER THE LAUNCH of Opium3, we left New York. We were tired of drinking too much, of staying up too late, of consuming endless quantities of Original Ray’s Pizza and peach-flavored Chupa Chups.

Opium recently had a sit-down with a book agent. Wetried, unsuccessfully, to spark unpretentious chatter about thestate of modern literature. The agent politely listened as we