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This is a fabulous book. It contains incredible poetry and prose about human rights issues and feminism from Latin American women - a minority within a minority. Latin American literature is not to be overlooked - its magic realism and powerful symbolism make its artistic value, if not its popularity, easily equal to more well-known American-British literature (or any other literature, for that matter) with which our society seems to be so obsessed. Any lover of poetry or believer in the rights of all human beings should read this book.

You Can't Win Them All, Charlie Brown, originally published in 1971, consists of the second half of the book Ha Ha, Herman. The pages aren't numbered, but I would guess there are somewhere around one hundred pages of cartoons here. I picked this book up when I was just a wee little darkgenius starting out in the world. Not only is this collection of Peanuts cartoons funny (but that goes without saying) but it features some pretty historically significant material. For example, here you get to relive Snoopy's first fight with the cat next door. Snoopy and Woodstock have a big fight over Snoopy reading War and Peace just one word at a time, but when Linus comes up screaming that the cat next door has Woodstock, Snoopy leaps into action. Eventually reunited (and, in Snoopy's case, recovered), Snoopy and Woodstock engage in an interesting game of football. Later on, Snoopy joins forces with Lucy in preparation for the big Christmas ice skating show only to get a bad case of stage fright at the last minute. He's much more comfortable hanging around "campus" as Joe Cool, cruising for "chicks" in his turtleneck.

There are two significant storylines about Peppermint Patty (whose real name can actually be found in these pages, and that's a bit of trivia I never knew before picking up and rereading this old paperback recently). The weird kid from camp, better known as Marcie, enter Patty's everyday life, thereby introducing the whole "sir" thing to the Peanuts tradition; when the girls invite "Chuck" over for a rousing game of Ha Ha, Herman (which is basically hide and go seek), Patty accidentally hurts a still-hidden Chuck's feelings after Marcie asks if she is in love with him. Peppermint Patty also faces the horrible ordeal of having to wear a dress to school, thanks to a new dress code. When she decides to defy the code, she hires Snoopy as her lawyer.

Any Peanuts book is a guaranteed winner, but You Can't Win Them All, Charlie Brown is particularly appealing given its insight into some of the earlier years of Charlie Brown and friends. Just remember that this little book is really just the second half of the larger volume Ha Ha, Herman.

Charlie Brown just can't win, which is why we like him so much, and how everything around him affects him. For example, Schroeder turned in his uniform, glove, and cap and went home to play the piano. However, he sparked a reaction that caused everybody else on Charlie Brown's team to quit, too. Charlie just can't win. Linus gives up his blanket in a bet with Miss Othmar. He lost the bet. Will Linus get his blanket back, or will it be lost forever? Speaking of Linus, Halloween is rolling around. The Great Pumpkin will surely rise out of HIS pumpkin patch to fly through the air on his appointed rounds--or will he? Will this be the one time he comes? Find out!

No review needed...All the books by Charles Schulz are wonderful and sure to put a smile on your face.

I purchased this book about a year ago and it still cracks me up on a near daily basis. If you want something that you can pick up, glance at for a few minutes, and have a laugh (while also having the sense of accomplishment for having read something), this book is for you. "Real News" is so serious and disheartening these days. The Onion News, however, just feels warm and cuddly.

there was a wad of chewed gum stuck to the top of the pages, and the book as a whole was shrink wrapped. I am still disgusted.

It sounds so incredibly good that you don't know sometimes if what they are saying is true or false. You really need a strong background in the subject on some of the information to get it.

I've read several of The Onion's books, and this one stands out as the funniest. A few of my favorite headlines: "Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons,"; "Stalin Announces Five-Year 'Everybody Dies' Plan"; and "World's Largest Metaphor Hits Ice-Berg". Hopefully we can all learn something from The Onion's version of history, or we'll be condemned to repeat it!

Smaller than a 3X5 card, it has a big book price. Hardbound, it'll last a while. History of the last 100 years. Cute gift idea. Decent read. Nothing extra special about it. Kind of gimmicky.

What can I say? Scott Adams has been revealing the "Real-Life-In-The-Office" for a long time and with great success. I have been reading his daily comics (in Canada) religiously. This book covers --and uncovers--many harsh and unpleasant facts about the wild-and-crazy world of the office business wonderfully well.

This is one of the books that I reread from time to time to remind myself of its insights, because they are important. In fact, recent events have made this book more topical than I'd like. You can probably skip the articles by the usual financial pundits about why the US banking system has tanked. Scott Adams' model explains the incompetence that permeates so many corporations in simple and plausible terms. His conclusions appear quite applicable to what is currently going on.

When first Dilbert comics started to appear on newspapers I didn't understand them, they were probably only comics I didn't read. After I started to work in IT industry, Dilbert is the only comics I read.

And the book is even better, it's pretty hard to understand these comics without explanation from Scott Adams.

These comics feel so absurd, but even more absurd is how often you can find yourself in Dilbert-like situations in IT industry.

This book is wacky, zany, and humorous. Sometimes impossible, it portrays the picture of the workplace in the future. Workers are non-traditional and sometimes with out-of-this-world attitude. The elderly will have a hard time to accept the would be scenarios. The conversations are not typical of our grandparents' days. A warning to educators and authorities. They have to rethink their policies and programs if they want to avoid a future society like this.

Absolutely hysterically tearfully gaspingly chokingly hilarious. But also a very accurate depiction of how the business world can be - now THAT is scary!

Very fast delivery... book was mailed in the exact condition it was stated... will definitly be purchasing from this seller in the future.

Its so funny you can read it in a few hours. I hope Seinfeld writes another book because this one is very funny. I definetly recommend this book, it can make a good gift.

I'm not a fan of Jerry Seinfeld's standup comedy which I find ironic considering he is the only person on the show Seinfeld who isn't funny. But this book has quite a few laughs and if the stories aren't funny they are interesting. It's worth a penny for sure.

Classic Seinfeld. this is a book anyone can just pick up and read from any page and stop at any page. I am a teacher and sometimes I use the material in this book in my classes. My students love the jokes.

If people truly can be broken into two groups, those who like Seinfeld and those who don't would be a great start. If you are a Seinfeld fan, the only reason I can think of that you would not like this book is if you have seen his standup routine so many times that you just cannot bear it again. Even then, that might not be enough as I have seen every Seinfeld episode at least ten times and still watch amusingly.

Seinfeld presents all his original material in SeinLanguage and it is hilarious. I found further delight from imagining Jerry's voice and expression in my head as I read through his words which put this book over the top for me.

If you want to laugh your butt off, and Seinfeld's witty observations resonate with you, buy this book. You will be very glad you did.

I'm a regular listener to Tony's radio show in Washington DC so I already knew I would like his book. There are some parts of the books that contains articles that are a little boring. BUT, Tony is a great writer and the book will keep you interested.

This is a must read for anyone who will have teenagers, has teenagers or ever had teenagers. Laugh out loud book, proves TK can talk about something besides sports..

but the humor certainly is not in Tony Kornheiser's, "I'm Back For More Money". The material in this book comes from collections of some of Kornheiser's best columns from the Washington Post. Kornheiser's ascerbic wit is at it's best in "I'm Back...". He rants on everything from the battles he has with his teenage children to national politics. A lot of sport topics are thown in but, most of the material comes from Kornheiser's "Style" column and not from "Pardon The Interruption"-type (PTI) topics.

I don't often find myself laughing out loud while reading a book, but I did many times as I progressed this fast-reading book. It's light and entertaining reading that would be great for the airport or the beach (or anywhere in-between). If you're a fan of Tony's writing or his work on ESPN's PTI, then do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this book!

I tend to agree with G. Gordon Liddy, who refers to the Washington Post as the Washington Bleep. I will make exception for Tony's articles.
I became familiar with Kornheiser on his now defunct radio program. He started out as a sports columnist, but he branched out into writing a "Style" column. This book is a collection of his "Style" columns. Those columns are comparible to (and better than, in my opinion) Dave Barry.
The editors have placed the columns into six categories, and even in these categories, they are placed in a thematic order. To me, this is the major weakness of this collection; I would find a pot-pouri approach more entertaining.
Another negative to this book, in my opinion, is a couple of sections of irreverant political humor. He has one section on the 2000 election, and another on Clinton's impeachment. I know from the radio program that Kornheiser is more liberal than I am, but he shows no favorites in his jabs. However, I do not like this form of humor regardless of the target or the writer.
So why did I give this book four stars? Because it is hilarious. The weaknesses are not reasons not to buy this book. If you are familiar with Pardon The Interuption on ESPN, you will see what Tony is like, and if you like Tony, you'll like this book.
One last comment -- there are touching moments in this book as well, such as when he talks about losing a couple of relatives. Kornheiser is not just a humorist, he is a person. When he left his radio program, a person commented that he never wondered what Tony is like in real life, because it shows. It also shows in this book.

I have been reading Mr. Tony's columns in the Washington Post sports section for years and always found them very amusing. However I did not read the Style section and had no idea he even wrote articles for anything other than the Sports section.

After listening to his radio show for a few weeks I really started to understand that TK was extremely talented and really brilliantly funny. I decided to get this book for my wife who had also become a huge Satchmo fan and it was a big hit. I was reading a real book (not a compilation of newspaper columns) and I had to leave the room because my wife was laughing so hard reading Mr. Tony.

At least two or three times each article there is a moment where you just laugh out loud. Not a grin or giggle, but a laugh that makes you lose your spot in the book. And then there are tender moments as well when Tony loses a family member or speaks of his childhood and camp. The combination makes this book (compilation) wonderful and a great read for any age.

I don't always agree with McGruder (sometimes I think he goes a little overboard with his Black Panther/commie politics) but I can always respect him artistically. He's always funny, always insightful, and political without being preachy. On a personal note, this is probably my favorite Boondocks volume because it has Mr. Petto struggling to teach Huey and Riley. Hijinks ensue. Fair warning though, I teach, so I'm a tad biased.

McGruder's something cartoonists aren't - very smart. These strips tackle some really dense social issues - the place of biracial children, inequality in school, guilt liberalism, the negative effects of perceptions of black poverty and entitlement, and quite a number of lighter ones - rappers in movies, BET, Star Wars.

Pretty much a must read. I even used it in one of my lesson plans as a prompt.

Dilbert is the only other cartoon since Doonesbury with this kind of staggering social insight. It'll make you think. More importantly, it'll make you laugh. A lot.

What I gathered from this book is that all white people are stupid and / or racist. Wait, isn't that kind of depiction racist? I guess it would be considered as such if it were the other way round. But hey, Mr. McGruder has very good reasons to hate, after all he suffers from the racist white power structure on a daily basis, the same white power structure that allowed him to study at university and attain a degree in African American studies and allows him to make money with his bigotry.

AARON IS A TRUE MASTER OF BRINGING ONE OF THE FUNNIEST COMIC STRIPS EVER! THE BOONDOCKS IS SO FUNNY AND SO REALIST THAT YOU CANT HELP BUT TO LAUGH AT THE HONEST AND RAW TRUTH ABOUT OUR SOCIETY. AARON DID A TERRIFIC JOB IN BRINGING RACISM TO THE FOREFRONT AND DID IT A BRUTAL AND FUNNY WAY. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT MOMENTS IN THE BOONDOCKS...WHAT I TRULY LOVE IS THAT AARON MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS AND YOU DECIDE WHO IS RIGHT AND WRONG. IS HUEY OVERLY PARANOID ABOUT PEOPLE AND OUR GOVERNMENT? IS REILY TOO INTO GANGSTA RAP AND THUG LIFE? IS CINDY TRYING TOO HARD TO LEARN ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE? IS JAZMINE ASHAMED TO BE BLACK BECAUSE OF HER HAIR? IS GRANDPA TOO STRICT ON THOSE KIDS? THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT AARON SHOWS US IN THIS CRAZY WORLD OF THE BOONDOCKS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES BUT WHAT MAKE THESE CHARACTERS SO GREAT IS THE REALISM BECAUSE I CAN RELATE TO ALL THESE CHARACTERS ESPECIALLY CINDY AND HUEY I MET PEOPLE LIKE THEM. THANK YOU AARON FOR BRINGING BOONDOCKS TO LIFE. I TRULY HOPE THAT THERE IS A SECOND SEASON OF THE BOONDOCKS BECAUSE REGINA KING IS BRILLIANT AND FUNNY AS HELL AND THE WRITING ON THAT SHOW IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE. I MEAN IF THEY CAN KEEP SOUTH PARK WHY NOT KEEP THE BOONDOCKS!!!

It was a sad morning when I opened my newspaper and found Boondocks gone. Well, I suppose most people really don't read the newspapers, but I do and I miss the ferocious honesty and sardonic humor of my favorite strip since Odd Bodkins.
This is a fine reprint of the early Boondocks. The wit is subtle enough and the art is fresh enough to be enjoyed again and again in book form. If you missed Boondocks as a daily strip, then you're in the lucky position of catching it now. If it's too gritty for you, as Riley might say, it's your loss, sucka.

I liked this book better then I liked the season on DVD. It is a cute comic

Once again, Dave Barry has a hit with this very entertaining book. If you are in the baby boom generation, you'll be laughing out loud. Many of my favorite songs are included in this compact, hilarious book. You'll find yourself humming along as you read the lyrics. A must read!

This is one of Dave Barry's most hilarious books, second only to my all-time favorite, Homes and Other Black Holes, which renders me speechless with laughter every time I read it. Barry makes short work of the endless array of ridiculous lyrics in American songs, and in his inimitable comedic style, provokes great belly laughs throughout the book. I recommended this book to a friend of mine who was going through a difficult time, knowing that she would not be glum for long after laughing her way through Barry's irreverent hilarity. I loved it; I think you will too.

I read this book in about thirty minutes. It would've have made an interesting magazine article, but for ten bucks it feels like an absolute rip-off.

This was another funny one for me! The only reason I gave it 4 Stars is that I was expecting a bigger book with even more reviews. BUT what is there is certainly 5-Star stuff. I loved Dave's remark on the song "Timothy", where he says something to the effect that The Buoys at least had the decency not to call it "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Tim In My Tummy"! LOL!!! Oddly enough, I actually liked some of the tunes mentioned (like 'Timothy' and it's creepy 'Cannibal-Miner-Survival-Tale' subject). But I agree, the ones I kinda liked, I realize, do have STUPID LYRICS! Like Dave says about "Horse With No Name"..."NAME YOUR FREAKIN' HORSE"! If you want to enjoy the silliness of popular music, the misheard lyrics (the skewed 'Achy Breaky Heart' was a hoot) and general silliness, you wont be disappointed!

If you're one of the lucky ones who actually remember what Rock and Roll WAS before Elvis died and immediately thereafter, disco and punk interbred & killed it - GET THIS BOOK!!! Bro Dave has a tendency to hit the nail right on the head, and I especially enjoy his "interpretetion" of the second line in the Beach Boys' song, "Help Me Rhonda" - they (I THINK) yammer, "I've been out doin' in my head." And Dave heard "There's been owls pukin' in my bed." Sorta improves things, doesn't it? And as an ex-playing-4-nights-a-week-musician myself, I really, REALLY appreciate his list of songs that "cover bands hate to cover," because he mentions "A1 & A2 on the Jukebox-in-hell," "Stairway To Heaven" & "Free Bird."