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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
The Writers of The Daily Show
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Grand Central Publishing
September 20, 2004
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Amazon.com ExclusivesFeaturing a foreword by Thomas Jefferson, a Dress the Supreme Court layout, and, oddly enough, a profile of George "The Iceman" Gervin, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, from Jon Stewart and the writers of the Emmy ...
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Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category
John Warner
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Knopf
August 10, 2004
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Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category, a collection from the clever young writers that bring us the McSweeney's literary journal and Web site, and co-edited by their leader, Dave Eggers, is funny from the first page. And by "first page," we mean the ...
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The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker
Robert Mankoff
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
October 5, 2004
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From Publishers Weekly
What could be better than a gigantic 656-page collection of 2,004 (get it?) of the best cartoons published in the...
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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Box Set
Charles M. Schulz
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Fantagraphics Books
October 1, 2004
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Good grief! The Complete Peanuts is the most ambitious and most important project in the comics and cartooning genre: over a period of 12 years, Fantagraphics Books will release every daily and Sunday strip of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts," the best-known and best-loved series in the world. ...
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Molvania: A Land Untouched By Modern Dentistry (Jetlag Travel Guide)
Santo Cilauro
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The Overlook Press
September 2, 2004
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From The New Yorker
The Republic of Molvanîa, known as the birthplace of whooping cough and the Molvanîan Sneezing Hound, has been largely ignored by the backpacking set in its sweep through post-Communist Europe. This may have something to do with the country's miserable landscape, miserable weather, miserable food, and miserable, surly populace; ...
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Get Your War On II
David Rees
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Riverhead Trade
September 7, 2004
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Rees began assembling his comic commentary on U.S. politics after 9/11, and since then he's remained faithful to his simple, remarkably powerful style. In each strip, anonymous office workers (portrayed as one-dimensional clip art figures) discuss the day'...
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Magical Thinking: True Stories
Augusten Burroughs
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St. Martin's Press
October 5, 2004
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It’s best to know this from the start: Augusten Burroughs is mean. Augusten Burroughs is also outrageously X-rated. If you can get past those two things, Burroughs might just be the most refreshing voice in American books today, and his collection of acerbic essays will have you laughing out ...
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Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
Davy Rothbart
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Fireside
April 27, 2004
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In the tradition of NPR's National Story Project comes this funky collection of letters, flyers and other miscellany from the pages of ...
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Change Your Underwear Twice a Week: Lessons from the Golden Age of Classroom Filmstrips
Danny Gregory
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Artisan
April 1, 2004
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In the pre-Internet, pre-VCR—oh, go ahead, call them prehistoric—days of baby boomers' grade school, the high art of audiovisual classroom programming was the filmstrip. If you're old enough, you remember the darkened room, the hum of the projector, and the beeep that signaled the teacher to turn to the ...
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris
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Little, Brown and Company
June 1, 2004
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Whether by nature or by nurture, Ma and Pa Sedaris certainly knew something about raising funny kids. Amy Sedaris has built a cult following for her Comedy Central character Jerri Blank, and David, the more famous of the two siblings, continues to spin his...
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