Petri, Alexandra
Summary: "As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.02 PETHolt, Hannah
Summary: From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most private clothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.4 HOLBarry, Dave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5402 BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: An irreverent alternate perspective on recent world events features commentary on such topics as the 2000 election, the non-finding of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the invention of pizza by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 814.54 BARMize, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 MIZSummary: A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010. The influence the magazine has had on our culture through turbulent times, morphing into Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movies, and the stars and sorrows it has produced.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DRULithgow, John
Summary: "While the Trump Era was rife with corruption and abuse of power, it was nothing new. Through Lithgow's cutting humor, you will read about a rogues' gallery of villains that came before Donald J. Trump, powerful men and women who were corrupt, venal, criminal, adulterous, racist, or just plain disgusting. With dark and lyrical stories from across American history, you will learn about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Prism 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 LITBing, Stanley.
Summary: The world's first corporate case study: A family business prospers through a productive series of brutal consolidations and rational growth. Then the rise of an executive class that pits one egotistical senior manager against another in senseless internal conflicts eventually leads to a long line of demented CEOs, excessive expansion, and foolish diversification--and a high cost in shattered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.002 BINStewart, Jon
Summary: Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 EARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 817.54 EARHodgson, Barbara
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.504 HODOfferman, Nick
Summary: The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the best-selling Paddle Your Own Canoe pays tribute to inspiring mischief makers, from George Washington to Willie Nelson, while expounding on such topics as religion, handcrafting and meat.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817 OFFBarry, Dave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1989
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Summary: Presents humorous, but factual sketches of famous men and women from throughout history, including ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Lady Godiva, Peter the Great, Henry VIII, Montezuma, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D.R. Godine 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 CUPWright, Jennifer
Summary: "A humorous, well-researched pop history of the disastrous love lives of prominent historical figures, from Lord Byron to Elizabeth TaylorIf you are lying in bed right now, a pint of ice cream in one hand, a bottle of scotch in the other, and this book clenched between your teeth (one tooth is missing from last night's bar fight), with tears streaming down your face over how much you loved,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WRIDauber, Jeremy Asher
Summary: In a major work of scholarship both erudite and very funny, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing the product of Jews’ comic imagination over continents and centuries into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy—including the satirical, the witty, and the vulgar—he traces the ways...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.7 DAUMeyerowitz, Rick
Summary: Collects the funniest pieces from the humor magazine's golden age and gathers the most revealing and outrageous stories from those who worked on the periodical during its first decade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 051 MEYAusten, Jane
Summary: "History of England..." is an (20 p.) historical satire produced by 16-year-old Jane Austen. It is a spoof on the history of the British monarchy from 1399 to 1649. What you find are brief, opinionated pieces, ranging from two sentences on Edward V who "lived so little a while that nobody had time to draw his picture" to 19 sentences on Elizabeth, of whom "It was the peculiar misfortune . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 AUSGonick, Larry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GONStein, Ellin.
Summary: Goes behind-the-scenes at the start-up of the humor magazine "The National Lampoon" and travels through the publication's growth as it captured and transformed American culture with a unique, biting brand of subversive humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 STEBeaton, Kate
Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEAHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: For more than four hundred years, white America has been safely a majority and has used that power to f*ck with blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans. Now, however, the demographic tide has turned-and a reckoning is coming. On the eve of America becoming a majority-minority nation, D. L. Hughley offers his terms for reparations and reconciliation in this edgy book infused with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 305.89 HUGCrews, Frederick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 CREGeary, James
Summary: "A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom."--Stephen Fry. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there's the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.7 GREHale, Nathan
Summary: "World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2014