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Alexandra Petri's US History

Important American Documents (I Made Up)

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**Winner of the 24th Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing"Satire at the highest level.…[A] godsend of a book." —Amy Fusselman, Washington PostA witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!**As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn’t learn from history have ... Read more

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**Winner of the 24th Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing"Satire at the highest level.…[A] godsend of a book." —Amy Fusselman, Washington PostA witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!**As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn’t learn from history have
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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

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Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...*Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.Not Alexandra Petri.*Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for America’s Next Top Model. Afraid of looking like an idiot? Alexandra Petri lost Jeopardy! by answering “Who is that dude?” on national TV. Afraid ... Read more

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Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...*Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.Not Alexandra Petri.*Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for America’s Next Top Model. Afraid of looking like an idiot? Alexandra Petri lost Jeopardy! by answering “Who is that dude?” on national TV. Afraid
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Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

Essays

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**Finalist for the Thurber Prize"Amazing." —Amy Schumer**In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview. In essays both new and adapted from her viral columns, Petri reports that the first Trump administration ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Thurber Prize"Amazing." —Amy Schumer**In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview. In essays both new and adapted from her viral columns, Petri reports that the first Trump administration
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Alexandra Petri's US History

Important American Documents (I Made Up)

by Alexandra Petri ...

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Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri's US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri's "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd ... Read more

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A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri's US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed!Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri's "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd
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Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

Essays

by Alexandra Petri ...

Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the presidency.In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview.In essays both new ... Read more

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These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the presidency.In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview.In essays both new
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Notes From the Bathroom Line

Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy

by Amy Solomon ...

Narrated by Amy Solomon, Multi Cast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

A collection of never-before-seen humor pieces—essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more—from 150 of the biggest female comedians today, curated by Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry, performed by the author and Jo Firestone, Mitra Jouhari, Whitmer Thomas, Lauren Lapkus, Sasheer Zamata, Alise Morales, Sunita Mani, Hallie Cantor, Aparna ... Read more

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A collection of never-before-seen humor pieces—essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more—from 150 of the biggest female comedians today, curated by Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry, performed by the author and Jo Firestone, Mitra Jouhari, Whitmer Thomas, Lauren Lapkus, Sasheer Zamata, Alise Morales, Sunita Mani, Hallie Cantor, Aparna
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The Mirror of Great Britain

A Life of King James VI and I

by Clare Jackson ...

Narrated by Emma Gregory ...

Unabridged

18 hours 20 min

King James, often overlooked or, more often, cruelly stereotyped, presents a fascinating figure: a diplomat whose long reigns encompassed extraordinary dramas. James identified himself with the "Mirror of Great Britain," a spectacular jewel commissioned upon his accession to the English throne, which not only furnished him with one of his favorite metaphors―that of the mirror, with its limitless ... Read more

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King James, often overlooked or, more often, cruelly stereotyped, presents a fascinating figure: a diplomat whose long reigns encompassed extraordinary dramas. James identified himself with the "Mirror of Great Britain," a spectacular jewel commissioned upon his accession to the English throne, which not only furnished him with one of his favorite metaphors―that of the mirror, with its limitless
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Belle Starr

The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend

by Michael Wallis ...

Narrated by Michael Wallis ...

Unabridged

15 hours 4 min

In this definitive biography of the most infamous female outlaw of the nineteenth century, bestselling historian Michael Wallis challenges a notorious legacy.In the annals of legendary Wild West desperadoes, Belle Starr is remembered to this day as the Bandit Queen. Shortly after her murder in 1889, a highly romanticized, sensational book titled Bella Starr . . . The Bandit Queen, or the Female ... Read more

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In this definitive biography of the most infamous female outlaw of the nineteenth century, bestselling historian Michael Wallis challenges a notorious legacy.In the annals of legendary Wild West desperadoes, Belle Starr is remembered to this day as the Bandit Queen. Shortly after her murder in 1889, a highly romanticized, sensational book titled Bella Starr . . . The Bandit Queen, or the Female
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American Nightmare

The History of Jim Crow

by Jerrold M. Packard ...

Narrated by Terrence Kidd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

For a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under a system of legalized segregation called Jim Crow. Together with its rigidly enforced canon of racial "etiquette," these rules governed nearly every aspect of life—and outlined draconian punishments for infractions.The purpose of Jim Crow was to keep African Americans subjugated at a level as close as ... Read more

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For a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under a system of legalized segregation called Jim Crow. Together with its rigidly enforced canon of racial "etiquette," these rules governed nearly every aspect of life—and outlined draconian punishments for infractions.The purpose of Jim Crow was to keep African Americans subjugated at a level as close as
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet

Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb

by Toby Wilkinson ...

Narrated by David Timson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 35 min

In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.In ... Read more

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In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.In
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Krueger's Men

The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19

by Lawrence Malkin ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed—a group of concentration-camp Jews. Only a fortnight after the start of World War II, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, Nazi leaders and officials of the German Reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of British pounds. Now, ... Read more

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The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the Nazis called upon to help it succeed—a group of concentration-camp Jews. Only a fortnight after the start of World War II, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, Nazi leaders and officials of the German Reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of British pounds. Now,
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Forever Nerdy

Living My Dorky Dreams and Staying Metal

by Brian Posehn ...

Narrated by Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

The first memoir by beloved comedian, actor, and writer Brian Posehn, hilariously detailing what it's like to grow up as and remain a nerd, with a foreword by Patton OswaltBrian Posehn is a successful and instantly recognizable comedian, actor, and writer. He also happens to be a giant nerd. That's partly because he's been obsessed with such things as Dungeons & Dragons, comic books, and heavy ... Read more

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The first memoir by beloved comedian, actor, and writer Brian Posehn, hilariously detailing what it's like to grow up as and remain a nerd, with a foreword by Patton OswaltBrian Posehn is a successful and instantly recognizable comedian, actor, and writer. He also happens to be a giant nerd. That's partly because he's been obsessed with such things as Dungeons & Dragons, comic books, and heavy
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