Humor & Entertainment
Humor & Entertainment
A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen
$16.69
This treasure-trove of stills and portraits brings to life the pictures and the people who transformed the cinema from a curiosity into a beloved institution. From the earliest Edison kinetoscopes of 1889 to Charlie Chaplin's 'City Lights' and 'Modern Times', the rambunctious, ground-breaking days o..
A Short Guide to Writing about Film (Short Guides ...
$8.98
Introduction to Movies, Film Criticism, Film Appreciation. Author: Corrigan, Timothy Publisher: Longman Pub Group Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0321412281 ISBN-13: 9780321412287..
A Short History of Nearly Everything
$9.01
One of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey-into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail-well, most of..
A Southern Belle Primer: Or Why Paris Hilton Will ...
$10.49
Who knows what lurks in the hearts of the women of Dixie A Southern Belle Primer tells us all. In this rollicking guide to survival in a society that has not gone with the wind, the mystique of the Southern belle is exposed. Maryln Schwartz’s cult classic and perennial bestseller returns with a new..
A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown: Ess...
$11.11
1 SOFTCOVER BOOK Author: Robert A. Baker Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0138526087 ISBN-13: 9780138526085..
A Very Serious Thing: Women’s Humor and American...
$20.64
A Very Serious Thing was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions."It is a very serious thing to be a funny woman." -Frances M..
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Notes from a Sec...
$9.63
Essays address such diverse topics as New York City, politics, human perfectability, sex, literature, and the environment Author: Abbey, Edward Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0312041470 ISBN-13: 9780312041472..
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the ...
$8.09
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America-majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find..
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the ...
$14.14
"Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of town."So begins Bill Bryson's hilarious book A Walk in the Woods. Following his return to America after twenty years in Britain, Bryson decided to reacquaint himse..
A World History of Film
$21.89
"A landmark book on our industry."-Clint Eastwood"A delightful book for browsing and sufficiently comprehensive for serious students. . . . Film buffs will appreciate the range and beauty of this well-written and fully illustrated movie compendium."-Entertainment TodayCovering a wide variety of clas..
A Writer's Companion
$8.45
In A Writer’s Companion, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., has drawn on his years of accumulated wisdom as well as the advice of some fifty prominent writers from various fields to put together in a single volume a vast array of information. Organized in such a way as to make it exceptionally easy to use, and en..
Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and A...
$9.37
Gathers jokes and anecdotes about academia, scientists, teaching professors, scientific reputations, academic publishing, women scientists, and popular science Author: Cohen, Joel E. Publisher: Fireside Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0671740601 ISBN-13: 9780671740603..
African American Pride: Celebrating Our Achievemen...
$13.49
Honoring the accomplishments of African-American men and women from the colonial period to the present day, this inspirational study honors the people, places, and events that have transformed America, with profiles of Crispus Attucks, Colin Powell, Zora Neale Hurston, George Washington Carver, Leon..
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
$8.86
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“America’s favorite poet.”-The Wall Street JournalFrom the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines fifty new poems with generous selections from his four most recent boo..
Ainslie's Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing
$13.14
Here is the third edition of the most complete, comprehensive and reliable guide to handicapping and understanding thoroughbred racing. Through twenty best-selling years, "Ainslie's Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing" has taught generations of racing fans how to become expert handicappers and pic..
Alabama: A History (States & the Nation)
$19.55
Product DescriptionAlabama's is a story, believes author Virginia V. Hamilton, that bears scrutiny by Alabamians and outsiders alike if they would understand the present. Pause for a moment before a gallery of fading portraits, and you will sense the beginnings of Alabama's troubled history--homespu..
Alfred Hitchcock - A Definitive Study
$20.77
One is ravished by the density of insights into cinematic questions...Truffaut performed a tour de force of tact in getting this ordinarily guarded man to open up as he had never done before (and never would again)...If the 1967 Hitchcock/Truffaut can now be seen as something of a classic, this revi..
Alice in Puzzle-Land A Carrollian Tale for Childre...
$13.54
A philosopher, logician, mathematician, humorist, and magician presents a collection of puzzles ranging from simple arithmetic puzzles that can be solved by the very young to complex logic puzzles that require the ability to reason logically Author: Raymond M. Smullyan Publisher: William Morrow & Co..
Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a ...
$8.73
Disney meets Lena Dunham in this illustrated humor book featuring your favorite fairy-tale characters dating and finding their way in 21st-century AmericaThe Ugly Duckling still feels gross compared to everyone else, but now she’s got Instagram, and there’s this one filter that makes her look awesom..
Alice K's Guide to Life: One Woman's Quest for Sur...
$10.77
Offers a humorous look at credit cards, bad hair days, jeans, new shoes, fashion, catalog shopping, and modern relationships Author: Knapp, Caroline Publisher: Plume Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0452271215 ISBN-13: 9780452271210..
All New Letters from a Nut: Includes Lunatic Email...
$9.92
** NOTE - THE KINDLE VERSION HAS BEEN FIXED. THIS BOOK IS EASILY READABLE NOW ON KINDLE. TRY A FREE SAMPLE ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. SEE ABOVE. **He's back: the curse of customer service departments everywhere--Ted L. Nancy, letter writer extraordinaire whose imbecilic queries have a way of eliciting e..
Amazing Book of Backgammon
$10.98
Backgammon is the most exciting of all board games, combining skill, speed, and an irresistible element of chance. Using a blend of diagrams and color photographs, this title reveals strategies for success. Full color. Author: Treamaine, John Publisher: Book Sales Binding: Hardcover Language: Englis..
Amazing Number Crunch
$12.39
In 2004 a British newspaper added a new puzzle feature, setting off the modern Sudoku craze. In 2008, a rival British newspaper introduced NumberCrunch, setting off an entirely new numbers-related obsession. Now, these new addictive puzzles will reach American shores with the publication of AMAZING ..
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never ...
$8.30
Book store nation, in the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. You could say we're the #1 nation at being the best at greatness.But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken! And we can't exchange it because we're 236 years past the 30-day ret..
American Amusement Park
$30.36
For more than a century, amusement parks from Brooklyn's Coney Island to Disneyland in Anaheim and today's "chain parks" like Six Flags have been among the most popular destinations for countless Americans in search of fun and thrills. This marvelous photographic retrospective distills more than 100..