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The Ridiculous Race

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The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world—for bragging rights and a...
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Fighting for Air
The Battle to Control America's Media

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An “admirably researched and lucidly written” investigation of the corporate takeover of the media—and what it means for Americans —that “should serve as a...
  
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Making Documentary Films and Videos
A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries

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The classic guide to making documentaries, now revised and expanded for today’s filmmaker The second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos...
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Smile When You're Lying
Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer

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From Bangkok to Bogotá, a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows...
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I Heart My In-Laws
Falling in Love with His Family--One Passive-Aggressive, Over-Indulgent, Grandkid-Craving, Streisand-Loving, Bible-Thumping In-Law at a Time

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A practical, laugh-out-loud guide to adopting your man’s family—from your first date to your firstborn Girlfriends, fiancées, and wives rejoice! Here, at...
  
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Crafty TV Writing
Thinking Inside the Box

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A professional TV writer’s real-world guide to getting paid to write great television "No need for me to ever write a book on TV writing. Alex Epstein has...
  
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Faith in Carlos Gomez
A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation

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A writer's all-consuming passion for salsa opens the door to an unexpected world in a nonfiction tale with all the sexiness and humor of the best chick...
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How Tough Could It Be?
The Trials and Errors of a Sportswriter Turned Stay-at-Home Dad

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"How does a man go from interviewing superstar athletes to planning the elementary school talent show? Or more specifically, how does he survive it? There is...
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The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling
Fourth Edition

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The definitive guide to the best strategies at the gambling table-now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition Long recognized as the gambler's bible,...
  
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The Bear in the Attic

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Now in paperback, the beloved humorist’s latest and funniest collection of essays ever—“McManus at his curmudgeonly best” (Spokane...
  

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They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?

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McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in such outdoor recreations as camping, hunting, and...
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A Fine and Pleasant Misery

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More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus.
  
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Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!

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Bestsellers by America's favorite humorist: -A Fine And Pleasant Misery They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? Never Sniff A Gift Fish The Grasshopper...
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Never Sniff A Gift Fish

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More humerous observations and insights into the agonies and ecstacies of hunting, fishing, and camping by the author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?and...
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The Grasshopper Trap

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The bestselling author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? is at it again with more of his zany spoofs of The Great Outdoors.
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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw

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More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus.
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Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs

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America's favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers...
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The Good Samaritan Strikes Again

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More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus.
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The Art of Adaptation
Turning Fact And Fiction Into Film

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Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations...
  
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How I Got This Way

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Patrick McManus, the bestselling author of such hilarious books as A Fine and Pleasant Misery and Never Sniff a Gift Fish, now offers readers solid thoughts on...
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Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos
A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries of Real Events

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Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos is the perfect text for students of filmmaking who would like to make a documentary. Barry Hampe, who has made more...
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Dave Barry's Bad Habits
A 100% Fact-Free Book

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If you're not already acquainted--nay, infatuated--with the works of the man who the New York Times calls "the funniest man in America," you can get cracking...