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  <title><![CDATA[Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon]]></title>
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  <default-description>DEADLY NINJA WISDOM FOR THE NON-NINJA&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Carefully consider the joy of your soft-headed ignorance before you begin to run, flip, and jump along the Ninja Path.&lt;br&gt;&#160;&#160;&lt;br&gt;After much debate and in a spirit of morbid amusement, the International Order of Ninjas has chosen to produce &lt;i&gt;The Ninja Handbook&lt;/i&gt;, the first-ever secret ninja training guide specifically designed for the non-ninja.&lt;br&gt;Most non-ninjas who handle these delicate, deadly pages will die&amp;#8211;probably in an elaborately horrific and painful manner. But whether your journey lasts five seconds or five days or (rather inconceivably) five years, all those who bravely take up this text and follow the tenets and trials laid out within will die knowing they were as ninja as they possibly could&amp;#8217;ve been.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the true of heart or the extremely lucky, this powerful and honorable manuscript contains such phenomenal ninja wisdom as:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;How to create and name your very own lethal ninja clan&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;The proper weapon to use when fighting a vampire pumpkin&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;Why clowns and robots are so dangerous on the Internet&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;Easy-to-follow charts showing when to slice and when to stab&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;How to execute such ultradeadly kicks as the Driving Miss Daisy&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;Why pretty much every ninja movie ever made sucks&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;How to make a shoggoth explode using well-placed foliage&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;What the heck a shoggoth is and why you&amp;#8217;ll need to make it explode&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;Death Aide certification&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8226;And much more ninjafied enlightenment on every shuriken-sharp page!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Remember: People do not take the Path, the Path takes people.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Douglas Sarine]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Wed Sep 24 14:02:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you've ever wondered when to slash or when to stab, you're going to need this book.]]></body>
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    <review id="32271589">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 07 14:30:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 14 16:42:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only thing I want to ask a ninja is &quot;How did you get a publishing deal?&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="59156816">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 10:23:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 11 20:11:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Ninja Handbook is interesting and humorous. It follows the same sort of humor found in the &quot;Ask a Ninja&quot; webseries, although it goes much more into the fantastic. In fact, it would be perfectly accurate to describe this book as a fantasy textbook.<br/><br/>There were parts where the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59156816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39271747">
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    <name><![CDATA[Colin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 05:45:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 18 06:02:45 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried. I really did. I love Ninjas. I love satire. I love ridiculous and over the top humor.<br/><br/>I did not love this book.<br/><br/>I think that it was perhaps too over the top and I felt like the whole time I was being excluded by inside jokes, or being thrown ludicrous names and situati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39271747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54281366">
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 28 15:12:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 15:23:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I mean, I was already well versed in many of these techniques, but this is a great refresher course for an already seasoned ninja. This is also a great how-to for a ninja novice.  Not to say that everyone that attempts these skills can properly execute them.  Read up for &quot;ninjafied enlightenmen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54281366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49219046">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 11:15:47 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 22:32:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 16 11:15:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A hilarious guide to becoming &quot;almost a ninja&quot;.  You, too, can progress through the levels of nonja, ninjaish, ninjalike and ITAN (Is That A Ninja?) if you follow the pointers set out in this handbook.  Be prepared to laugh your socks off!]]></body>
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    <review id="49806617">
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    <name><![CDATA[Carrie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 15:39:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 23 22:38:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It started out really funny, and parts of it did stay amusing until the end, but with the last fifty or so pages, it started to dry out. The introduction was hilarious and gave me such high hopes...it didn't completely deliver.]]></body>
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    <review id="58210409">
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 02 13:34:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 09:35:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Never give a dragon an even break, unless it's in the spine :)<br/><br/>Essentially this book is an extended text version of the &quot;Ask a Ninja&quot; video blogs on Youtube.  That's not a bad thing; it's actually good, because it attracts people who might not like Youtube itself.<br/><br/>The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58210409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48106794">
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 03 08:46:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 03 08:48:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to the first couple of chapters presented in audio feed, bought the book and this will be my bedtime read. More to follow...]]></body>
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    <review id="38424116">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 20:43:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 06 17:25:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Ninja's humour does not translate well into book form.  Even imagining the prose delivered in the AskANinja ninja's voice does not always make it funny.  On a scale of Ben Stiller to Demetri Martin, I give it an Eddie Murphy.]]></body>
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    <review id="39282210">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dyanna]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 07:59:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 08:00:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading about the end of the world, it's time for something light!]]></body>
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    <review id="34276522">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chani]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Ninjas and Pirates]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 01 08:38:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 07 07:06:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a funny book.  I felt that it was a little long.  The beginning was hilarious and flew past.  After awhile I got used to the humor and it seemed to drag a little.  This was not helped by the blatant grammatical errors that made reading difficult the further you got through it.  In my opinio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34276522">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67863152">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ichaerus]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 10:22:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was funny, and I'm glad I read it.  Still, I'd rather just watch the webcast.]]></body>
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    <review id="73238007">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wuku]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 15:14:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing. I re-define the world of ninja.]]></body>
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    <review id="42005620">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wade]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 14:28:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[From my wife - Christmas.  LOL]]></body>
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    <review id="47916586">
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    <body><![CDATA[very funny and clever, although occasionally gets repetitive.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's only so far you can take certain jokes, and the authors of this book seem determined to stretch this particular one to (and sometimes beyond) the limits.  There were some entertaining sections, and the overall idea is amusing, but writing a 300+ page book out of what is ultimately a one-note...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41963061">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is humorous, not necessarily something you read straight through, but it is great in lightning the mood after a long day. The jokes are sharp, and fit a certain type of humor that isn't met with warm reception from everyone. Some jokes do seem to reach, but I enjoy it on occasion. ]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 26 11:01:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I love the Ask A Ninja podcast and I liked the book, I didn't love it. It was just too much nonsensical data. Found I couldn't read lots of it in the same sitting.<br/>While some parts are very funny, I didn't give me the laughs that I get from watching the podcast itself.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The humor from the Ask a Ninja website translates to print fairly well (though I imagine an audio book would be better), but even in a fairly short book it can be too much. The humor is so over the top that you need a break every section or so.]]></body>
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