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“martin bilodeau”

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  • Kafka's Hat

    by Patrice Martin ...
    Translated by Chantal Bilodeau ...
    In Patrice Martin’s ticklish tip of the hat to the writing of Franz Kafka, we follow the misadventures of a bureaucrat – aptly named “P.” (pun intended) – as he embarks on the illustrious task of collecting the titular headgear. “P.” expects that the accomplishment of this seemingly simple task will grant him both a professional and a personal promotion. But Martin’s eager protagonist has ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

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    by Laurie Notaro ...
    I had been dreading this day for more than a year.Everyone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is very close to wearing out her welcome in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon. Just a year ago, she was eighty-sixed from the local satellite post office for buying too many two-cent stamps (“The post office lady looked at me like I had just asked her if she wanted to buy my sex tape”).Now Notaro, needing ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Housebroken

    Admissions of an Untidy Life

    by Laurie Notaro ...
    “If Laurie Notaro’s books don’t inspire pants-wetting fits of laughter, then please consult your physician, because, clearly, your funny bone is broken.”—Jen Lancaster, author of I Regret Nothing#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn’t exactly a domestic goddess—unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband’s daily journal, or ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • No Joke

    Making Jewish Humor

    by Ruth R. Wisse ...
    Series series Library of Jewish Ideas
    Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth. At the same time, Wisse draws attention to the precarious conditions that call Jewish ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

  • Filthy Shakespeare

    Shakespeare's Most Outrageous Sexual Puns

    by Pauline Kiernan ...
    Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, an eminent scholar puts the spotlight on the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare?s work.Everyone knows of his matchless understanding of the human condition, but we have been deprived for centuries of the full extent of one of Shakespeare?s most brilliant dramatic devices. Restoring the saucy, often shocking meanings that lie beneath his ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • See John Run

    by Kevin Joslin ...
    Eight million listeners to BBC Radio 2's Wake Up To Wogan were beguiled and bewitched by the naughty but nice adventures of John and his wife Janet. In the style of children's stories of yesteryear, John gets up to all sorts. Then he tells Janet all about his day, by which time every perfectly innocent big end, back passage and stiff one acquires a whole new meaning... After selling over a quarter ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel

    by Don Marquis ...
    Of all the literary genres, humor has the shortest shelf life—except for Archy and Mehitabel, that is. First published in 1916, it is a classic of American literature. Archy is a cockroach, inside whom resides the soul of a free-verse poet; he communicates with Don Marquis by leaping upon the keys of the columnist's typewriter. In poems of varying length, Archy pithily describes his wee world, the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • More Mirth of a Nation

    The Best Contemporary Humor

    by Michael J. Rosen ...

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Novel Life of PG Wodehouse

    by Roderick Easdale ...
    Was PG Wodehouse really a traitor, a naive simpleton dominated by his wife and out of touch with the world around him? This book challenges many of the accepted wisdoms about PG Wodehouse and his work and skilfully entwines details of Wodehouse's life with an analysis of his work to show that, contrary to popular belief, many of the scenarios, characters and issues he wrote about came from his own ... Read more

    $5.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Laugh Out Loud! Book of Funny Pictures all over the World

    Jokes for Kids - Fun for Children

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Joke & Riddle Books
    They say laughter is the best medicine, so this picture book comes as your doctor's prescription. This book is a collection of funny pictures from all over the world. This is the perfect go-to should you feel cranky or too stressed to smile. Open the pages of this book and you'll have a good time! ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature

    by Julie Cross ...
    Series series Children's Literature and Culture
    In this new book, Julie Cross examines the intricacies of textual humor in contemporary junior literature, using the tools of literary criticism and humor theory. Cross investigates the dialectical paradoxes of humor and debunks the common belief in oppositional binaries of ‘simple’ versus ‘complex’ humor. The varied combinations of so-called high and low forms of humor within junior texts for ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Sarah Palin's Expert Guide to Good Grammar

    What You Can Learn from Someone Who Doesn't Know Right from Write

    by Jenny Baranick ...
    A hilarious, informative guide to language and grammar inspired by America’s favorite maverick.It would seem to go without saying that a strong understanding of how to use language properly and effectively is a requisite for success in the 21st century. And yet, increasingly even some of America’s most prominent public figures and leaders seem to have only the most tenuous grasp of how to put ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD