Perhaps the best bon mots ever penned about literature have come from the minds of its greatest creators. Take Faulkner's rhapsodies on the author's moral duties...more details Format:Paperback
Graydon Carter famously pronounced it dead after 9/11. David Foster Wallace decried it as "an agent of despair and stasis in U.S. culture," but admitted liking it anyway. Jon Stewart uses it daily to engage a jaded generation in politics. Yet irony is less understood now than ever. Enter "The Big Book of Irony"...more details Format:Hardback Pages:224
This is an irreverent A-Z guide to the tics, twitches and safety-valve nuttiness of modern life. Acquired Situational Narcissism or Psychological Phlegm? Readers will be able to discern their every psychological quirk in this enthralling guide to the maladies of the modern age...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
Here at last is a guide to winning at golf that tells you how to dominate your opponents- not by out-playing them but by out-thinking them. Golf is so complex and demanding a game...more details Format:Paperback
Curmudgeon: definition 1. A crusty, ill-tempered churlish old man. 2. (modern) Anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone who points out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner. This anthology contains 2...more details Format:Paperback Pages:640