Number-one "New York Times"-bestselling author, nationally syndicated radio host, and FoxNews TV host Glenn Beck presents the ultimate handbook for tackling and winning life's most important arguments.
In plain conversational language, not to mention the occasional grunt and/or whistle, the star of Comedy Centrals "Colbert Report" explains his take on the most pressing concerns of our culture: faith, family, politics--and hygiene.
The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.
Al Franken, formerly of "Saturday Night Live," uses his rapier sarcasm to take on conservative politicians and pundits, from Limbaugh to Pat Robertson, from Arlen Specter to Newt Gingrich, as well as Colin Powell and Ross Perot. A sampling: "If you ask me, the man who has the easiest job in America is Rush Limbaugh's fact checker."
In NEW RULES, Bill Maher's standup-comedy roots show as he delivers pithy rants on selected topics from today's culture: cell phones, fast food, Martha Stewart, pretentious Chinese-pictogram tattoos on your lower back (he wonders if they translate as "beef with broccoli")--oh, and George W. Bush. Many of these power-point length riffs are drawn ...
Written by an American humorist, this global economics primer examines the effectiveness of the economic models employed by the United States, Albania, Sweden, Cuba, Russia, Tanzania, and Hong Kong. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
For everyone who was too cheap to buy the hardcover, the #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now in trade paperback with a new introduction and a text corrected by the most reputable college professor the writers could find and afford.
Former Saturday Night Live writer Al Franken directs his satiric skills at two large targets: the George W. Bush administration and the right-wing media embodied by Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and others. While Franken is as outrageous here as he was in his previous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, he was taken very ...
A playwright, stand-up comedian, and correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" includes both his personal history and his observations on current events in this hilarious, informative book.
Political pundit and popular talk show host Al Franken follows his bestselling LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM) with THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES). Since his previous book, the Republicans have won a this-time-uncontested presidential election, and Franken has started up Air America, the liberal radio network. The "truth" part includes the facts, ...
The terrorist attack of September 11 -- one of history's blackest days -- shook America to its core, but at the same time galvanised an aroused nation to action. Leading editorial cartoonists capture in this volume that swift response -- the horror, the grief, the pain, the unity, and, finally, the resolve to crush the scourge of terrorism ...
Social commentary from famously glib liberal Michael Moore, author of ROGER & ME, features his unique takes on politicians, businessmen, and other power players who have put us into the mess we in. Targets here include George W. Bush and the people around him, Bill Clinton, the Supreme Court, the media, and, ultimately, mediocrity.
"Eats, Shoots and Leaves" meets 'Meet the Press' in this hilarious follow-up to the "New York Times" bestselling book "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar"...Politics is the Shangri-La of comedy. Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein are in top form in this rollicking - and revealing - analysis of political doublespeak, flimflam and the alternate ...
In 1988, P.J. O'Rourke moved to Washington to examine the US government and to look at what politicians do and why it costs so much. The author argues that governments make everything complicated, obscure and tedious to confuse members of the general public in what he describes as a "dictatorship of boredom". In this book he examines and explains ...
Written for conservative families who want to expose their children to their own decidedly anti-liberal values, this picture book shares the story of two brothers, Lou and Tommy, who try to open a lemonade stand only to discover that corrupt politicians are against them. The book includes such exciting, educational characters as evil CEO lobbyist ...
Popular radio columnist Hightower takes on government and big business, assessing the degree of deception, corruption, and outright lying. He offers solutions, and he also writes optimistically about selfless, involved people who have made a difference in their communities.
Michael Moore adds a few names to his list of "stupid white men," and takes them indignantly but always humorously to task for corporate malfeasance, "homeland security" excesses, a misguided war, and more.
The 2008 Presidential election is almost here and that can only mean one thing: our days are about to get a lot more entertaining. Beyond their wisdom, skill, and statesmanship, presidents are also famous for their tendency to show off horrendous manners, procrastinate on world affairs, say nonsensical things, and get into wild scandals. Clearly ...
A look at American politics and life through the eyes of Alan Comes--co-host of Fox News Channel's hit primetime show Hannity and Colmes--an unapologetic liberal known for his insight into current events, the people who shape them, and the media that cover them.
Political provocateur Bill Maher tells it like it is in a useful and hilarious guide for the many Americans who want to do more here at home to help the war effort, but are at a loss as to what. Thirty-three dynamic new posters and several classics from our government's archive accompanied by text from one of our leading pundits and cutting-edge ...
The initial stages of B.D.Us recovery from losing a leg in Iraq were dramatically portrayed in "The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time," but his healing journey was far from over. As this powerful sequel shows, the "war within" can be a long and lonely struggle, hardly the life of a "glamorous amputee" imagined by his daughter's jealous classmate.
This pointed political satire in graphic-novel format is a response to the disenfranchisement of African-American voters during the 2000 Presidential election. It's written by Aaron McGruder, the controversial creator of the Boondocks comic strip, and Reginald Hudlin, director of such films as HOUSE PARTY and BOOMERANG, and illustrated by Kyle ...
The expansion of the congestion charge zone, prices going up on the Underground, bendy buses - all ideas brought about to try to make the traffic situation in our capital city run more smoothly. Surely there must be a better way? In fact there is. In Roman times, when the streets were even more crowded, Caesar decreed that all vehicles (except ...
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