by Bridget Christie (2015)
Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, idiot and feminist. On the 30th of April 2012, a man farted in the Women's Studies Section of a bookshop and it changed her life forever. A Book For Her details Christie's twelve years of anonymous toil in the bowels of stand-up comedy and the sudden epiphany that made her, unbelievably, one of the most critically acclaimed British stand-up comedians this decade, drawing together the threads that link a smelly smell in the women's studies section to the global feminist struggle. Find out how nice Peter Stringfellow's fish tastes, how yoghurt advertising perpetuates rape myths, and how Emily Bronte used a special ladies' pen to write Wuthering Heights. If you're interested in comedy and feminism, then this is definitely the book for you. If you hate both then I'd probably give it a miss. "Christie is adept at turning on a sixpence between being comical, or serious, or both at once, and at pricking her own earnestness." (Telegraph). "Christie piles derision and tomfoolery upon everyday sexism, while never pretending that jokes alone will solve the problem." (Guardian).
E.R. Beachy
Both storytelling and the Amish are deeply rooted in America. In a world without television or video games, in a world where men gather at the general store and neighbors visit on farmhouse porches, storytelling is an art. Out of this tradition come these amusing tales, enjoyed by many who just happen to go to church in a buggy.Welcome to the life of the Amish....and the humanity we all share.
B. Kliban
This is a illustrated humor book, with the them of cats in each cartoon. There are 150 illustrations with some having captions or word balloons and others that are just site jokes. It's humor is a mixture of The Far Side', and Garfield having been written three years before Garfield, and five years before Far Side. It's art varies with each drawing, from caricature outlined cats to realistic cats. Although the author is listed as B. Kliban some of the drawings are signed "Burton Rustle," and "Nort", who are along with others, in the dedication page mentioned as being "formerly unrelated but now family." Some of the illustrations are such as; A cat getting it's paw prints taken at the police station; A cat with lowered eyebrows walking by a picture of Mickey Mouse; A artist painting with a cat on his lap, drawing a woman, and the cat on his lap is painting the cat on the woman's lap.
Mark Peters
"This three part novel roams the wildernesses of Manitoba and Minnesota during the 1960s. Young Archie, having grown up without a father, stumbles through his teenage years and is given direction by his unusual Uncle Emil. One-eyed Emil, having survived an explosion, near death in the recapture of the Philippines, and the recent loss of his wife, has not lost his sense of humor. While on their canoe journey to an unnamed Manitoba lake, the building of Emil's cabin, and Emil's hike through the Boundary Waters while Archie is in Vietnam, Emil occasionally sidetracks onto tales he has only recently made up. His encounter with Elvis, the true story of Moses, the extinction of the dinosaurs; nothing is off limits for Emil: "While I was reading I got to thinking about what it would have been like if the stories had been about real animals instead of toy ones. You know, Pooh as a grizzly, eight foot tall, three inch claws and teeth like razors. I don't think his little pig buddy would have lasted very long ... ""--Amazon.com
Margaret Woodhouse
Styled on a real acupuncture guide book, this guide informs the reader on the ways in which cats respond to being stroked, tickled and squeezed in the right places. It should bring smiles of recognition to anyone who enjoys coaxing a purr out of their cat. If you have ever petted a cat, then you know technique is everything. Stroke a cat too forcefully and your subject will shrink from your touch, too lightly and your subject will barely acknowledge your attentions. At last, Know Your Cat's Purr Points takes the guesswork out of pleasuring your pet. This lighthearted guide to the art of cat massage identifies the precise locations of the classic "purr points" and the best ways to activate them. With the aid of humorous instructions and delightful illustrations, learn such techniques as the Inter-Whisker Sidestep, Knuckle Dusters, the Flamenco Guitar, and the Full Fluff, the application of which is said to take both subject and applicant to a new level of contentment. Each technique is rated on both the "Purr Register" for visual response, and the "Purrometer" for auditory effect ranging from a moped to a dump truck, which leaves few, if any, practitioners sitting.