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  Humour in the Horoscope - The...

  Frank C. Clifford

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  Which areas of the horoscope reveal our sense of humour?
  Do certain planets link with particular types of comedy and comedian?
  Are there specific factors that stand out in the horoscopes of famous
  comedians and those friends and colleagues who make us laugh?
  With the help of numerous horoscopes of well known comedians, Frank Clifford has put together a unique volume of charts, observations and wicked one-liners that well and truly hit the astrological funny bone.

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  Global Village Idiot - Dubya...

  John O'Farrell

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  In this collection of acid-tongued essays, “the U.K.’s answer to Dave Barry” skewers his American cousins (Publishers Weekly).   Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars’ Awards and Britain’s finest satirist, John O’Farrell takes dead aim at cell phones, awards ceremonies, genetic sheep splicers, America’s right-wing cabal of dunces, dunderheads, dimwits, and the Big D himself. “Just when we thought the lawlessness in Iraq was over,” O’Farrell observes, “even more blatant incidents of looting have begun. With handkerchiefs masking their faces, two rioters roughly the height of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld kicked in the gates of the largest oilfield and grabbed the keys of the gasoline trucks. ‘Yee-haw! It’s all ours! Millions of barrels of the stuff,’ they laughed. ‘Yup!’ added the leader, ‘and this mask guarantees my anonymousinity!’ So after all these years there really is such a person as the Thief of Baghdad. Except strangely his accent sounded vaguely Texan.”   A writer for the groundbreaking television show Spitting Image and contributor to the screenplay for the hit movie Chicken Run, O’Farrell meticulously researched his conclusions by spending five minutes on the Internet and then giving up. And while O’Farrell’s sharpest barbs and stingers have often been written to come out of the mouths of grotesque puppets and Claymation chickens, this time around he keeps the best lines for himself: “With the election of the 43rd President of the United States, the global village is complete,” O’Farrell writes. “It has its own global village idiot.”

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  The Diaries of Adam and Eve -...

  Mark Twain

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  Adam had a fine life. He had all the food he wanted, a fine garden to live in, and miles and miles of peace and quiet. Until one day, a woman entered his life. And amongst her other garrulous qualities, she says that his beautiful garden doesn't really look like a garden at all. She thinks it looks more like a park.

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  Spa - A Novel of Love in the...

  Olivia De Grove

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  Seeking rejuvenation and rest, six very different people converge at a lush Caribbean spa on the island of St. Christoph and find more than they had bargained for: mystery, intrigue, and romance. Successful and single journalist Joyce Redmond, who is on assignment to root out the nitty gritty on the other guests, has been so busy working on her career that she has forgotten to work on her life. Cliff Eastman, the romantic over-the-hill movie star and heartthrob, is watching his career fade through the bottom of a bottle. Cathy Stewart, the overweight, frustrated housewife, who cringes each time her husband calls her his “big mama,” is intent on finding a way to shed that image. Maxine Kraft, married for twenty-five years needs only a little more courage to face the world as a single woman. Finally, there is Belle Taylor and her famous teen idol daughter, Regina, who both need to find a way to stop hating each other.   Fortunately, the Spa at St. Christoph has something for everyone. Yet, behind the luxurious façade of this retreat awaits a mystery for which they had not bargained.

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  NPR Driveway Moments for Dads -...

  NPR

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  Funny, comforting, and nostalgic—kind of like Dad—DRIVEWAY MOMENTS FOR DADS is over 100 minutes of NPR at its finest. You’ll want it for your father and yourself, and for those you know who frequently finds themselves in their driveways, tuned to NPR, listening to the end of a story.Contents:Introduction by Scott SimonHappy with PappyStay-at-Home DadCalifornia ‘Fathers at Work’My Father’s Borrowed HousesA Boy and His Dad’s Life: ‘Scout’s Honor’Father’s DayNapkins of LoveMemories of the Civil Rights MovementA ‘Danny Boy’ for My FatherListening to My Father‘Tormorrow Will Be a Better Day’Passing Sayings Along to a New GenerationBehind the Counter at Dad’s LuncheonetteDad’s CookingFather’s IdentityMy Fashionless DadOde to a Father’s SnoringDad and SamA Better FatherWorking Around the ‘D’ WordFrom Scott Simon’s Father, the Gift of Laughs

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  Clean Up on Aisle Stupid

  Darby Conley

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  Welcome to the quirky—and always eccentric—household of human Rob Wilco. While his existence as an ad executive would be bland under normal circumstances, one mangy, temperamental cat and one docile dog make it anything but. In this Get Fuzzy collection, the ever-popular pairing of mischievous Bucky Katt and tolerant pooch Satchel return to comically define the separation between animal instinct and human nature.

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