<![CDATA[The Areas of My Expertise]]>

false 13982 24807 1594482225 9781594482229 453 <![CDATA[The Areas of My Expertise]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544225m/24807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24807.The_Areas_of_My_Expertise 3.87 2246 Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge.]]> 13982 3.85 3412 745 3119451 0525950346 9780525950349 129 <![CDATA[More Information Than You Require]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256141122m/3119451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3119451.More_Information_Than_You_Require 3.83 586
Like its predecessor, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE compiles incredibly handy made up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as:
THE PAST (because there is always more)
THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left to discuss)
THE METHOD BY WHICH WE "ELECT" OUR PRESIDENTS (as this will be happening soon)
THE STRANGE OKAPI (an actual animal) GAMBLING: THE SPORT OF THE ASTHMATIC MAN (includes hermit crab racing)
HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (hint: go on television)
PLUS: 700 MOLE-MAN NAMES (and their occupations)

Yes. HODGMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BRIEFLY ABSENT FROM YOUR LIFE, but with this volume he is ready to pick up exactly where THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE left off specifically AT PAGE 237.]]> 13982 3.85 3412 745 1656999 030738733X 9780307387332 69 <![CDATA[The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256141127m/1656999.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1656999.The_McSweeney_s_Joke_Book_of_Book_Jokes 3.67 250 McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes collects the best book-related humor from the humor-laden archives of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Open it and be regaled by such sketches, lists, letters, and spoofs as:

Postcards from James Joyce to his Brother Stan
Winnie-the-Pooh is My Coworker
Ikea Product or Lord of the Rings Character?
Popular Children's Fairy Tales Reimagined Using Members of My Family
The Very Unauthorized Biography of Steven Seagal
Chuck Norris Erotica
John Updike, Television Writer
Jane Eyre Runs for President
Cormac McCarthy Writes to the Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican
Holden Caulfield Gives the Commencement Speech to a High School
Letters from Odysseus's College Roommate

And many more.]]> 9636 3.85 1289 254 13982 3.85 3412 745 5307426 0312380917 9780312380915 5 <![CDATA[Weddings of the Times: A Parody]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255687200m/5307426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5307426.Weddings_of_the_Times_A_Parody 4.09 11 The New York Times<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Wedding Announcements<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>by<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Kasper Hauser<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Along with fully illustrated guides to:<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Wedding-night sex,<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Honeymoon hot spots,<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Formalwear malfunctions, <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>and much, much more.<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>At four o’clock in the Afternoon.<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Or is it three o’clock?<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Didn’t you bring the invitation?<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Huh? Where the hell is the turnoff?<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Back there. I think I saw a paper plate and some balloons.<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>What's wrong? <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>I just need to eat something. I'm fine.<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center>Remind me how we know these people?<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center> “In this collection, Kasper Hauser reminds us that a wedding announcement is a window into the most goofball daydream a couple can have about itself.... These are not parodies, but little human stories, full of want and hope, even when they involve falconry.”---from the foreword by John Hodgman</DIV>]]> 179182 4.43 60 18 13982 3.85 3412 745 179179 4.00 14 7 179180 4.09 11 5 179181 4.09 11 5