The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way (And It Wasn’t My Fault) (And I’ll Never Do It Again)
P.J. O’Rourke began writing funny things in 1960s underground” newspapers, became editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, then spent 20 years reporting for Rolling Stone and The Atlantic Monthly as the world’s only trouble spot humorist, going to wars, riots, rebellions, and other Holidays in Hell” in more than 40 countries. Now O’Rourke, born at the peak of the …
Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our …
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 …
The U.S. of EH?: How Canada Secretly Controls the United States and Why That’s OK
Canadians are peaceable, friendly, unassuming, and adorable. They’re also secretly in control of nearly every aspect of life in the Southernmost Canadian territory known as the United States. This hilarious illustrated compendium of real facts and wild assertions traces a vast, maple-leaf conspiracy that plays up Canada’s self-effacing second fiddle image to the U.S. while it creates and …
No one skewers public servants of all political stripes like Uncle John! Here’s a no-holds-barred look at the history and lunacy of our govern-mental machine. Starting with the birth of democracy in the western world, you’ll learn how today’s political landscape was shaped and get an inside look at how government works (and doesn’t work)–from Main Street to …
WHEN DAVE BARRY IS ON THE LOOSE, NO ONE IS SAFE!What Dave Barry did for the men’s movement in his Complete Guide to Guys and for foreign relations when he did Japan he now does for . . . everything in America. The rapacious observer of Tupperware ladies and leisure concept salesmen sounds off on:Football–Football is more than …
Hillary Says!: An Off-Color Hillary Clinton Coloring Book (Off-Color Books)
Pick your pantsuit color and grab a marker! In this good-naturedly satirical coloring book, acclaimed artist Tom F. O’Leary presents Hillary Clinton uttering 20 of her most eye-popping statements. From “We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good” to “I wish I had some stock in a scrunchie company,” …
An irreverent take on the national bestseller 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush, 45 is a no-holds-barred tell-all written in the voice of former president George W. Bush as he stumps for his brother Jeb–perhaps doing more harm than good. In 45: A Portrait of My Knucklehead Brother Jeb, George W. Bush takes …
Put the country’s big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks which are the Senate and the House.Having had a lot of fun with what politicians do, P.J. O’Rourke now has a lot of fun with what we should think about those …
“Richly illustrated, edifying and expertly curated… [a] mesmerizing compendium of full-color political caricature.” – The Wall Street Journal “Many of Puck’s issues remain bang up to date, if sometimes mutated.” – The Daily Beast “What Fools These Mortals Be!,” is a glorious compilation of some of the magazine’s best cartoons of a distinctly (wait for it) …