Humor Books: Not for the Easily Offended
This fall's humor books are not for the faint of heart. If you have delicate sensibilities and a mild sense of humor, turn back now. If you can laugh at religious irreverence, lewd suggestions, and a potty-mouthed rant, then perhaps I've got just the books for you.
Religious Irreverence.
Are the end times near? Is the Rapture really just around the corner? Could Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson possibly be right? About 1 billion people among us believe, yes, absolutely. And that means one thing: investment opportunities!
Taking the familiar form of a how-to investment guide, Steve and Evie Levy delivers unto us HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE, a book that instructs those readers who will certainly be left behind on how to exploit the inevitable demise of the world in order to make a tidy profit. Sure, the rivers and seas will run with blood, locusts will swarm, mountains will move all over the place, and famine will strike. But for the five billion of us left behind, the post-Rapture world will be a time of even more unique investment opportunities.
Lewd Suggestions.
Being a professional athlete isn’t easy. Sure, they have money, ice-sculpture busts of themselves, and free use of team whirlpool facilities for their extramarital liasons. But they also have obnoxious fans, conniving groupies desperate to get pregnant, and hardass coaches.
MEN WITH BALLS gives would-be pros the advice they really need, including tips on how to:
- Showboat using classical pantomime techniques.
- Figure out whether or not a stripper actually fancies you.
- Cope from the emotional fallout of rookie year hazing games.
- Find out which free locker room amphetamines will give you a shot of energy, and which will cause you to run down terrified schoolchildren with your Escalade (NOTE: Some do both).
- And much, much more.
Drew Magary is the co-founder of the website Kissing Suzy Kobler and a columnist for Deadspin.com. Read his article about writing MEN WITH BALLS: How to Write a Nonbook.
Potty-mouthed Rants.
IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT?
It isn’t just you.
Written by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur, with Brendan Hay, this is an encyclopedic attack on modern culture so hilariously bitter that it actually becomes uplifting. If you hate chick lit, Che Guevara merchandise, pop Kabbalah, cosmetic-surgery-gone-wrong-as-TV-programming, DVDs with ads you can’t skip, or any of a few hundred other insanely annoying modern things, then this book will finally lend credence to your frustrations.
If you think any or all of these books are your brand of humor, let me know and I'll send you a review copy by sending me your maling address via ning-box (friending required!) or by emailing me at anna.balasi@hbgusa.com
You can give away up to 5 copies of each book. All winning copies will be sent directly to winners unless you request otherwise. Only residents of the U.S. or Canada are eligible to win. No P.O. Boxes please.
Religious Irreverence.
Are the end times near? Is the Rapture really just around the corner? Could Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson possibly be right? About 1 billion people among us believe, yes, absolutely. And that means one thing: investment opportunities!
Taking the familiar form of a how-to investment guide, Steve and Evie Levy delivers unto us HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE, a book that instructs those readers who will certainly be left behind on how to exploit the inevitable demise of the world in order to make a tidy profit. Sure, the rivers and seas will run with blood, locusts will swarm, mountains will move all over the place, and famine will strike. But for the five billion of us left behind, the post-Rapture world will be a time of even more unique investment opportunities.
Lewd Suggestions.
Being a professional athlete isn’t easy. Sure, they have money, ice-sculpture busts of themselves, and free use of team whirlpool facilities for their extramarital liasons. But they also have obnoxious fans, conniving groupies desperate to get pregnant, and hardass coaches.
MEN WITH BALLS gives would-be pros the advice they really need, including tips on how to:
- Showboat using classical pantomime techniques.
- Figure out whether or not a stripper actually fancies you.
- Cope from the emotional fallout of rookie year hazing games.
- Find out which free locker room amphetamines will give you a shot of energy, and which will cause you to run down terrified schoolchildren with your Escalade (NOTE: Some do both).
- And much, much more.
Drew Magary is the co-founder of the website Kissing Suzy Kobler and a columnist for Deadspin.com. Read his article about writing MEN WITH BALLS: How to Write a Nonbook.
Potty-mouthed Rants.
IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT?
It isn’t just you.
Written by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur, with Brendan Hay, this is an encyclopedic attack on modern culture so hilariously bitter that it actually becomes uplifting. If you hate chick lit, Che Guevara merchandise, pop Kabbalah, cosmetic-surgery-gone-wrong-as-TV-programming, DVDs with ads you can’t skip, or any of a few hundred other insanely annoying modern things, then this book will finally lend credence to your frustrations.
If you think any or all of these books are your brand of humor, let me know and I'll send you a review copy by sending me your maling address via ning-box (friending required!) or by emailing me at anna.balasi@hbgusa.com
You can give away up to 5 copies of each book. All winning copies will be sent directly to winners unless you request otherwise. Only residents of the U.S. or Canada are eligible to win. No P.O. Boxes please.
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Permalink Reply by Ruthie @ Ruthie's Book Reviews on -
I'd like to host Is It Just Me or is Everything Shit? I'd also love a copy of the book for myself.
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Permalink Reply by Anna Balasi on -
Sure thing, Ruthie. :) I got your address so I'll get your copy to you.
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Permalink Reply by Steven at Book Dads on -
We'd like to do a giveaway of:
Men With Balls and Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit
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Permalink Reply by Anna Balasi on
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Will send your review copies. :D
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Permalink Reply by Robert McCoy on -
I`d love to review all 3 books but i do not have the blog traffic to host a contest yet. Is there anyway i could just review these for you
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Permalink Reply by Anna Balasi on
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A review would be perfectly welcome. Send me your mailing address and I'll send you the books.
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Permalink Reply by Anna Balasi on
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I'll send you all three books, then.
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Permalink Reply by Carrie - the book girl on -
I would love to host a giveaway for 5 copies of each book on my blog, www.thbookgirl.net! Also, would love to review all three. I have a guy that has been waiting to do reviews of something "guy", lol. I get a lot of romance and not much in the way of anything else.
Thanks! I'll DM you with my mailing address!
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Permalink Reply by Anna Balasi on
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Got it!
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Permalink Reply by Dusty on -
I'd like to review a copy of IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT? and would like to host a giveaway on my blog as well!
I'll email my addy but here's my blog: http://vintagedm.wordpress.com/ -
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BloggerPermalink Reply by Karen Haney on -
Believe it or not, Anna, AND since these are FALL books, it gives me time to review this summer, correct? I would like to do all three and giveaways for each. I also have a male friend who is an avid reader who could have written any of these books and may ask him to review with me for his perspective. I love the Is It Just Me description of things that annoy you as I am at that age where everything like that annoys me. Men with balls---frat boys, please I have a son who brought home 22 frat brothers on spring breaks to our home!..and as for the Rapture book, I don't want to offend anyone so just will say, yes, I can see where you could definitely be making some money. This will be a fun summer laugh and no pressure to do it right away! Thanks, I will email you..Karen
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