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Don't Vote It Just Encourage...P.J. O'Rourke
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Put the country’s big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks which are the Senate and the House.Having had a lot of fun with what politici… more |
Don’t Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards |
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The Best American Sports Wri...The Best American Series®First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazine… more |
The Best American Sports Writing 2011: The Best American Series |
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Eat the Rich (O'Rourke, P. J.)P.J. O'Rourke
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In P. J. O’Rourke’s classic best-seller Eat The Rich, he takes on an elusive subject, but one that is dear to us all—wealth. What is it? How do you get it? Or, as P.J. says, “Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?”… more |
Eat the Rich (O’Rourke, P. J.) |
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Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Y...P.J. O'Rourke
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A collection spanning thirty years, chronicling famed humorist and gearhead P. J. O’Rourke’s love affair with the automobile from mid-twentieth century to now—from heyday to sickbay. |
Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It’s Supposed To Be — With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac … of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn |
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Wild Stories: The Best of Me...The Editors of Men's JournalFor the past decade, Men’s Journal has set the standard for travel and adventure writing by publishing the work of America’s finest authors and literary journalists. Wild Stories collects thirty-two of the best pieces to appear in the magaz… more |
Wild Stories: The Best of Men’s Journal |
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The Time of Our Lives: A con...Tom BrokawWho we are, where we’ve been, and where we need to go now, to recapture the American dream Now with a new Foreword by the author. “The best presentation of the challenges facing the country—and the possible solutions—I’ve ever seen.”—P…. more |
The Time of Our Lives: A conversation about America |
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture:...Josh KarpThe ultimate biography of National Lampoon and its cofounder Doug Kenney, this book offers the first complete history of the immensely popular magazine and its brilliant and eccentric characters. With wonderful stories of the comedy scene i… more |
A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever |
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Fly Fishing with Darth Vader...Matt Labash“Gonzo Journalism’s New Heir” ( Roll Call ) Matt Labash chronicles the outrageous characters who populate America’s murky periphery, shedding light on everything from Al Sharpton’s eating habits to Dick Cheney’s favorite fishing hole. • Mas… more |
Fly Fishing with Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys |
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Peace KillsP. J. O'RourkeAs the Los Angeles Times has hailed, -when it comes to scouting the world for world-class absurdities, P.J. O-Rourke is the right man for the job.- In his classic best-sellers, O-Rourke has reported from the front lines of world history, br… more |
Peace Kills |
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture:...Josh Karp
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The ultimate biography of National Lampoon and its cofounder Doug Kenney, this book offers the first complete history of the immensely popular magazine and its brilliant and eccentric characters. With wonderful stories of the comedy scene i… more |
A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever |
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On The Wealth of Nations: Bo...P. J. O'RourkeIn On The Wealth of Nations, America’s most provocative satirist, P. J. O’Rourke, reads Adam Smith’s revolutionary The Wealth of Nations so you don’t have to. Recognized almost instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of… more |
On The Wealth of Nations: Books That Changed the World |
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The Hip Hip Debate: Hip Hop ...Matthew Hawkins
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Inspired by the first global Hip Hop debate, which took place on June 26th , 2012, featuring KRS-One, Jesse Jackson, Michael Eric Dyson, Estelle, P.J. O’Rourke, ?uestlove, Q-Tip, Tricia Rose, Isaiah Thomas, Toure, and others, this short boo… more |
The Hip Hip Debate: Hip Hop and the Cultural Mainstream |
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Best Business Crime Writing ...James SurowieckiA year ago it would have been difficult to conceive of an anthology of stories soley devoted to corporate malfeasance. Today, the challenge has been to keep it confined to one volume. From P.J. O’Rourke’s hilarious “How To Stuff A Wild Enro… more |
Best Business Crime Writing of the Year (Vintage) |
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Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acc...Rick Bragg, Janis Owens, var...
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Contributory autobiographical essays by: John Grisham, Pat Conroy, Howard Bahr, Rick Bragg, Larry Brown, Connie May Fowler, Tom Franklin, Tim Gautreaux, William Gay, Winston Groom, Silas House, Suzanne Hudson, Joshilyn Jackson, Barb Johnson… more |
Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs they Quit |













