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 Mo (Un-Mainstream Mom Reads) on -
Hi Anna,
I just emailed you about How To Profit From The Rapture & Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? Reviewing the books & doing giveaways sounds great. Thanks!
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BloggerPermalink Reply by Bridget Hopper on -
I'm interested.
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BloggerPermalink Reply by Bridget Hopper on -
Posted the giveaway here http://bridget3420.blogspot.com/
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Permalink Reply by Sandie Kirkland on -
I'd love to do a giveaway and review for Men With Balls. My blog is http://booksiesblog.blogspot.com. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Valorie Tucker on -
My giveaways as posted:
Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit? by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/04/05/win-is-it-just-me-or-is-e...
How to Profit From the Coming Rapture by Steve and Evie Levy
http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/04/05/win-how-to-profit-from-th... -
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Lee on -
Is Men With Balls still available to review?
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