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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Anyone-even you!-can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Many people understand humor's power intuitively. But when it comes to using it with intention, far fewer know how. As a result, humor is vastly underleveraged in most workplaces today, impacting our performance, relationships, and health, and contributing to a permanent and unsightly frown known...
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Français
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Petit traité pour ne pas se faire avoir par la société de consommation. Spots télévisés, affiches surdimensionnées placardées à tous les coins de rue, bons de réduction à foison..Nous sommes bombardés d'annonces publicitaires. Non, Madame la ménagère de moins de 20, 30, 40 ou 50 ans, on ne vous prendra plus pour une idiote! Ce petit guide de survie en territoire publicitaire va vous armer, avec humour et dérision, contre les cruelles...
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English
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Are you ready to #RateASpecies?
Zoos and aquariums have poked wild fun at their animal friends-and their "product reviews" will leave your pack howling! Packed with adorable animal photos and laced with wit and humor, Animals Reviewed is a must-read for animal lovers of all ages. All proceeds benefit the Association of Zoos and Aquarium's mission to advance animal welfare, public engagement, and conservation.
Zookeepers hilariously review the...
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Language
English
Description
A thought-provoking and provocative challenge to consumerism (with plenty of name-dropping and celebrity antics).
Sassy and satirical, “Shopomania” is an economic, environmental and social study. This light-hearted, dark-souled dictionary of coined words, or "shoponyms," takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of avaricious antics and outrageous profligacy.
Shopping in one form or another has existed for millennia but, aside from a few slumps,...
10) Z is for Moose
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.
12) Bunny and Clyde
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Tired of being good, Bunny and Clyde, a rabbit and a chipmunk, set out to be baddies--rotten to the core--but their best attempts at mastering dastardly deeds and becoming criminals go hilariously awry.
15) The best of Iggy
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Language
English
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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read A Book with a Red Cover
Nutmeg Book Award Elementary Nominees 2025
Spring Into a New Series!
Summer Reading 2022: 2nd to 3rd Grade
Nutmeg Book Award Elementary Nominees 2025
Spring Into a New Series!
Summer Reading 2022: 2nd to 3rd Grade
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Relates three times that nine-year-old Iggy got into trouble, two of which he does not regret and one for which he is very, very sorry.
17) Superfudge
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Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Peter Hatcher's mother is pregnant, his four-year-old brother, Fudge, is a constant embarrassment to his family, and his parents want to move to New Jersey for a year, could life get any worse?
19) The Twits
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English
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Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage....
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