From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic "New York Times"-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a ferociously funny book about his least favorite holiday, Christmas.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. But not for Lewis Bla[...]
Republished in paperback with new material, the personal story of the humorist and correspondent from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart describes his 1950s suburbia childhood, the experiences that formed his political and pop culture beliefs, and his award-winning career. Reprint. 50,000 first printin[...]
The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America's worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame--from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam's surrender on 30 April 1975--has eluded us. Black April addresses that def[...]
We all know what frak, popularized by television's cult hit Battlestar Galactica, really means. But what about feck? Or ferkin? Or foul-as in FUBAR, or "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"? In a thoroughly updated edition of The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower offers a rich, revealing look at the f-bomb and [...]