Category: Humor

Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits -- a merciless American Swift whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this splendid dictionary of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation (The civility of envy), Coward (One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs) and Historian (A broad-gauge gossip). Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Di...
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The Strange Laws Of Old England

By: Cawthorne, Nigel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Piatkus : 2008

Seller ID: 53429D13c

ISBN-13: 9780749950361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

A fun and fascinating tour of the by-ways of British legal history. Did you know that the law requiring a London taxi driver to carry a bale of hay on top of his cab to feed the horse was in force until 1976? Or that Welshmen are not allowed in the city of Chester after dark? Nigel Cawthorne has unearthed an extraordinary (and sometimes hilarious) collection of the most bizarre and arcane laws that have been enacted over the centuries. Some of which, incredibly are still in force It is still illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour
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Sci-fi Western Art Show, San Francisco, January 23, 2003

By: Currator Sunny Buick

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Last Gasp Of San Francisco

Seller ID: 53212D37a-g

ISBN-13: 9780867195606

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good, Clean

Presented By 111 Minna Gallery
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Little Lit It Was A Darkl And Silly NIght...

By: Edited By Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Raw Junior, New York

Seller ID: 46169B44a

ISBN-13: 9780060286286

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good Solid Clean Copy, Wear At Extremities Of Covers

Comics By Lemony Snicket,William Joyce, Neil Gaiman And More
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Flattened Fauna - A Field Guide To Common Animals Of Raods, Streets, And Highways

By: Knuitson, Roger M.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Seller ID: 9945D36e

ISBN-13: 9780898151862

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

A guide to wild animals that are most often seen as flattened specimens along the road also provides information on the eating, mating, and locomotion habits of common roadside animals in North America.
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Growing up Lutheran

By: Martin, Janet Letnes and Nelson, Suzann ( Johnson)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Carangana Press

Seller ID: 52175D37e

ISBN-13: 9781886627055

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good, Clean

What Does This Mean?; Signed By Martin
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National Geographic Field Guide Photography Birds

By: Simmons, Rulon E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Seller ID: 41789D14f

ISBN-13: 9780792268789

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Secrets To Making Great Photographs
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Smyth & Hawk em - A Gardening Parody

By: Tom Connor & Jim Downey

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Harper Perennial Pub.

Seller ID: 48117D13g

ISBN-13: 9780060952396

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good, Clean

The diggerati, as Time magazine christened the '90s gardeners in a recent feature story, do not really want to garden; they just want to have a garden, which means they're more willing to spend money than time outdoors. For these diggerati with more greenbacks than green thumbs, the Smith & Hawken Gardening Catalog is the undisputed king of catalogs. Mailed out to more than 18 million customers, its lavish, four-color spreads hawk everything from outlandishly expensive tools and gardening fashions to river stones. Here to skewer the bible of pretentious gardening are Tom Connor and Jim Downey....
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Category: Humor