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1	The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes more books like this by Marvin Kaye add to wishlist A reprint of the St. Martin's Press original of 1994. Works by Starrett, Derleth, Barzun. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Martha Stuart's Better Than You at Entertaining: A Parody more books like this by Tom Connor, Jim Downey, J Barry O'Rourke (Photographer) add to wishlist The authors of Is Martha Stuart Living?, the bestselling lampoon of Martha Stewart's Living magazine, are back with a vengeance in this hilarious send-up of the Domestic Diva's exhausting entertainment books. Only slightly more impossible than the Hospitality Guru's own projects, this collection of recipes, dinner party plans, and home decorating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Best of Bad Hemingway: Choice Entries from the Harry's Bar & American Grill Imitation Hemingway Competition more books like this by George Plimpton (Introduction by) add to wishlist Years ago, Harry's Bar & American Grill organized the annual International Imitation Hemingway Competition. The rules were simple: sound like Hemingway and be funny. Now the best of the Hemingway imitators has been gathered in a collection that will win approval of all aficionados of Papa. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.51! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Twisted Tales from Shakespeare more books like this by Richard Armour add to wishlist see all copies from $5.84! first editions
5	Not Exactly the Three Musketeers more books like this by Joel Rosenberg add to wishlist A trip to the Guardians of the Flame universe finds three faithful servants of the Castle Cullinane, after the renunciation of the throne by Jason Cullinane, sent on a difficult diplomatic mission to the Dowager Empress. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Foundations Friends more books like this by Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor) add to wishlist Original tales by such science fiction luminaries as Orson Scott Card, Harry Turtledove, and Connie Willis, written in honor of Isaac Asimov's fiftieth anniversary in the genre, are set in one of his fictional universes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Is Martha Stuart Living? more books like this by HarperPerennial, Southport add to wishlist Two top humorists parody one of the domestic diva's magazines and offer up such easy-to-follow projects as how to make water from scratch. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Best of Bad Hemingway, Vol 2: More Choice Entries from Harry's Bar & American Grill Imitation Hemingway Competition more books like this by Harry's Bar & American Grill, Harry&S Bar & Grill (Editor) add to wishlist For those who considered the original volume a moveable feast but hunger for more, here is an all-new collection of parodies selected from eleven years of entries in the Harry's Bar & American Grill Imitation Hemingway Competition. Hailed by the critics, they include such works as "The Snows Also Fall" and "A Clean Well-Lighted Race". Black-and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions
9	The Annotated Night Before Christmas: A Collection of Sequels, Parodies, and Imitations of Clement Moore's Immortal Ballad about Santa Claus more books like this by Martin Gardner (Editor) add to wishlist Gardner traces the beginnings of this beloved poem and its gradual rise to fame as an indispensable part of America's Christmas celebration. Beginning with a discussion about whether or not to allow children to believe in Santa Claus, Gardner recounts the history of the famous poem. After setting forth the original poem, Martin Gardner proceeds to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.32! \| first editions
10	The Best of Bad Faulkner: Choice Entries from the Faux Faulkner Competition ... more books like this by Dean Faulkner Wells (Preface by) add to wishlist "As I Lay Dieting". "Abstinence! Abstinence!" "Lite in August". Contestants who entered the Faulkner Write-Alike Contest were encouraged to "pound in fury" at their keyboards to write the best bad Faulkner they could. For those who love good parody and those who love good Faulkner--here is the best of both worlds. Black-and-white caricatures ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| first editions
11	Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov more books like this by Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor) add to wishlist On the occasion of Asimov's 50th anniversary, Greenberg has assembled a unique tribute to one of the great popular writers of this century: a collection of original stories, each set in one of Asimov's science fictional universes by those who know him best. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $204.30! \| first editions
12	Return to Lovecraft Country Fiction Anthology more books like this by Scott D Aniolowski, Various, Donald R Burleson add to wishlist This is a journey through the New England of H.P. Lovecraft, visiting many of the locales from his chilling tales of the "Cthulhu Mythos". Tales are contributed by authors such as T.E.D. Kline, Richard Lupoff, Thomas Ligotti and Lin Carter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $68.64! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Horace in English more books like this by D S Carne-Ross (Editor), Kenneth Haynes (Editor), Horace add to wishlist Featuring the work of Horace, this is part of the "Poets in Translation" series which offers the verse translations of major European poets through the ages. see all copies from $6.36! first editions
14	The Rules for Cats: 4,000 Year-Old Secrets for Controlling Your Owner: An Unauthorized Parody more books like this by Michael Cader, Bradford Telford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Black Beauty according to Spike Milligan. more books like this by Spike Milligan add to wishlist Next was break me to harness. First, a stiff heavy collar on my neck. Then there was a bridle with great side-pieces called blinkers against my eyes. Then there was a small saddle strap that went under my tail: that was the crapper. I hated it, it stopped me having a crap. I never felt more like kicking so I kicked him in the goolies and they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Robinson Crusoe Story more books like this by Martin Green add to wishlist Martin Green traces the lineage of this influential novel and uses its offspring as cultural touchstones, revealing its theme of the white races triumph, guilt, or anxiety over its relations with other races. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $4.50! \| first editions
17 view cover	1994 and After more books like this by Peter Huber add to wishlist George Orwell's "1984" and it's bleak vision of the future has long haunted the imagination. In a move which turns the computer against Orwell's own text, Peter Huber scanned all of Orwell's writings into a computer, using the machine to rewrite the book completely, using Orwell's own language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Sun Tzu's Ancient Art of Golf more books like this by Gary Parker Chapin add to wishlist About 2,000 years ago, the ancient Chinese scribe Sun Tzu wrote a nice little tome entitled The Art of War. Chapin and McDonald now introduce a never-before-seen manual of astounding relevance to golfers everywhere. From time-honored truths to tactical maneuvers, this work proves that, even on the green, it pays to listen to one's elders. 40 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.16! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Pope and Horace: Studies in Imitation more books like this by Frank Stack add to wishlist Pope printed his Imitations of Horace alongside the original Horatian poems on which they were based, and to understand these works fully it is necessary to compare in detail each Imitation with its original. This is the first book to do so. Through a close analysis of each Horatian poem (translated anew, for the many readers of Pope who do not ... see all copies from $50.96! new only from $50.96! \| SVS
20	Private Diary of Scarlett O'Hara more books like this by Cathy E Crimmins add to wishlist On April 1, 1986, in Clayton County, Georgia, an amazing discovery was made. A trunk discovered at the site of a future Taco Bell was found to contain eight leather-bound diaries which belonged to Scarlett O'Hara Butler. From the story of Scarlett's abduction by grits-loving aliens to Mammy's true identity revealed as a white transvestite ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Alternative Alices--Pa more books like this by Carolyn Sigler (Editor), Lewis Carroll add to wishlist Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) are among the most enduringly influential works in the English language. In the decades following their publication, male and female writers on both sides of the Atlantic, radicals as well as conservatives, producer no fewer than 200 imitations, revisions, and parodies ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $15.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Lovecraft's Legacy more books like this by Robert E Weinberg (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Robert Bloch (Introduction by) add to wishlist Thirteen stories including selections by F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Gene Wolfe, and Gahan Wilson pay homage to the great master of the weird tale. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Revenge of the Christmas Box: A Parody more books like this by Cathy E Crimmins, Tom Maeder add to wishlist If you are sentimental about Christmas, then this book is not for you! If you're looking for wicked satire with a Christmas theme, this witty send-up of the mega-bestselling novel The Christmas Box is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Bill and Hillary's 12-Step Guide to Political Recovery more books like this by Glenn Eichler add to wishlist From a former managing editor of "National Lampoon", the original story editor for "Beavis and Butt-head", this book delineates 12 steps for political recovery. Illustrated with photographs featuring the "Spitting Image" puppets. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre more books like this by Anthony D Fredericks add to wishlist This is a collection of 20 reproducible scripts of humorous send-ups of folktales and fairy tales. The book includes guidelines and tips for using readers theatre in the classroom and procedures for turning any familiar tale into a dramatic presentation. see all copies from $12.95! new only from $15.00! \| SVS

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