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776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1993
Price: $10.00
A connoisseur's compendium of Freudian slips, spoonerisms, double-talk, and utter bosh from famous and infamous figures past and present -- a complete course in anti-eloquence by the foot-in-mouth champions of all time. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1993
Price: $10.00
A connoisseur's compendium of Freudian slips, spoonerisms, double-talk, and utter bosh from famous and infamous figures past and present -- a complete course in anti-eloquence by the foot-in-mouth champions of all time. Read more >
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Unusually Stupid Americans
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $9.95
A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $9.95
A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Here Speeching American
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $9.95
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out–by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $9.95
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out–by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Unusually Stupid Politicians
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $11.95
Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, bestselling authors of the scathingly funny Unusually Stupid Americans and Unusually Stupid Celebrities, now set their bipartisan sights on the hallowed halls of the United States government. Unusually Stupid Politicians exposes the mind-boggling but true political mishaps, missteps, and miscues that have even the savviest spin... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $11.95
Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, bestselling authors of the scathingly funny Unusually Stupid Americans and Unusually Stupid Celebrities, now set their bipartisan sights on the hallowed halls of the United States government. Unusually Stupid Politicians exposes the mind-boggling but true political mishaps, missteps, and miscues that have even the savviest spin... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Very Bad Poetry
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 25, 1997
Price: $12.00
Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence.
The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 25, 1997
Price: $12.00
Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence.
The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a... Read more >
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Unusually Stupid Celebrities
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $10.95
The Greeks honored Zeus, the Romans revered Juno, but modern civilization worships a different sort of god: Celebrity. Face it, we follow the stars’ every move, fashion choice, and deliciously dishy affairs. Now Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, authors of Unusually Stupid Americans, pull the demanding divas, screwball stars, and celebu-twits... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $10.95
The Greeks honored Zeus, the Romans revered Juno, but modern civilization worships a different sort of god: Celebrity. Face it, we follow the stars’ every move, fashion choice, and deliciously dishy affairs. Now Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, authors of Unusually Stupid Americans, pull the demanding divas, screwball stars, and celebu-twits... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Stupid Sex
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 17, 1998
Price: $10.95
A mother, answering her phone, hears her daughter shrieking and screaming. Terrified, she calls the police who arrive at the daughter's house, batter down the door--and find the daughter, nude, in her bedroom having sex with her boyfriend. Apparently her toe hit the automatic dial button for her mother's number on... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 17, 1998
Price: $10.95
A mother, answering her phone, hears her daughter shrieking and screaming. Terrified, she calls the police who arrive at the daughter's house, batter down the door--and find the daughter, nude, in her bedroom having sex with her boyfriend. Apparently her toe hit the automatic dial button for her mother's number on... Read more >
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Here Speeching American
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $9.95
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out–by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $9.95
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out–by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Unusually Stupid Celebrities
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $10.95
The Greeks honored Zeus, the Romans revered Juno, but modern civilization worships a different sort of god: Celebrity. Face it, we follow the stars’ every move, fashion choice, and deliciously dishy affairs. Now Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, authors of Unusually Stupid Americans, pull the demanding divas, screwball stars, and celebu-twits... Read more >
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $10.95
The Greeks honored Zeus, the Romans revered Juno, but modern civilization worships a different sort of god: Celebrity. Face it, we follow the stars’ every move, fashion choice, and deliciously dishy affairs. Now Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, authors of Unusually Stupid Americans, pull the demanding divas, screwball stars, and celebu-twits... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Unusually Stupid Politicians
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $11.95
Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, bestselling authors of the scathingly funny Unusually Stupid Americans and Unusually Stupid Celebrities, now set their bipartisan sights on the hallowed halls of the United States government. Unusually Stupid Politicians exposes the mind-boggling but true political mishaps, missteps, and miscues that have even the savviest spin... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $11.95
Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, bestselling authors of the scathingly funny Unusually Stupid Americans and Unusually Stupid Celebrities, now set their bipartisan sights on the hallowed halls of the United States government. Unusually Stupid Politicians exposes the mind-boggling but true political mishaps, missteps, and miscues that have even the savviest spin... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Unusually Stupid Americans
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.95
A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.95
A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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