You Must be Joking, Two!

You Must be Joking, Two!
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Riddles
ISBN: 9780812627527

Includes riddles, jokes, and knock-knocks about monsters, aliens, cyberspace, school, pirates, animals, birds, and bugs.

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

Author: Richard P. Feynman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393355683

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

Author: Richard P. Feynman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393079813

The New York Times best-selling sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!" One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton. Among its many tales—some funny, others intensely moving—we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.

Pretty Good Joke Book

Pretty Good Joke Book
Author: Garrison Keillor
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-08-10
Genre: Humor
ISBN:

Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.

Just Joking 2

Just Joking 2
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012
Genre: Knock-knock jokes
ISBN: 1426310161

Packed with even more of the silly jokes that kids love, including knock-knocks, tongue twisters, riddles, traditional question and answer jokes, and more, Just Joking 2 will be presented in the colourful, photo-driven style, only National Geographic Kids can do. Q: What sound to porcupines make when they kiss? A: Ouch! Q: What do you get from a cow after an earthquake? A: A milk shake! Q: Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? A: In case he got a hole in one. Laughing animals, funny people, and other colourful photos are paired with each joke, adding an extra laugh on each page. National Geographic Kids' signature square trim size and candy-coloured palette make this fun-filled book perfect for tossing into a backpack to share with friends at school or camp. Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding: 978-1-4263-1017-1 , $15.90/$17.95 Can

Mr Tompkins in Paperback

Mr Tompkins in Paperback
Author: George Gamow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-03-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107604680

Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams lead him into a world inside the atom. This classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in physics, from atomic structure to relativity.

How to Be Funny

How to Be Funny
Author: Jon Macks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1451603479

An invaluable guide on how to "lighten up" from a distinguished pro who has provided laughs for JAY LENO, BILLY CRYSTAL, STEVE MARTIN, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BRAD GARRETT, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AND MANY MORE. Who hasn't wished for the perfect withering comeback line, a clever tension-breaking quip, or a winning flirtatious remark? Being funny is hard work and not everyone is a natural. How to Be Funny is a witty guide that teaches readers precisely how to be funnier in everyday life. It's a must-read for anyone who has to speak in public, be engaging and funny at work or at play, or who hopes to one day go out on a date. Jon Macks, a comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, Hollywood Squares, and the nation's top comedians, politicians, and corporate leaders, knows his funny business. Here he demystifies the process of making people laugh, breaks down the basic building blocks and types of humor -- which include self-deprecation, misdirection, deadpan delivery, sarcasm, and "the reverse" -- and reveals the best approaches to use in common situations. How to Be Funny features helpful (and hilarious) tips and anecdotes from the comic legends Mack's worked with -- including Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Gilbert Gottfried, Billy Crystal, Rita Rudner, Dave Barry, and Carrie Fisher -- in his eleven years as one of the nation's top television writers. Whether the goal is to give a memorable public address or deliver a killer line with friends, How to Be Funny is a charming, instructive, and practical read.

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes
Author: Jim Holt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2008-07-17
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0393069443

“Finally I understand what it is I’ve been laughing at all these years.”—Jimmy Kimmel From the best-selling author of Why Does the World Exist? comes this outrageous, uproarious compendium of absurdity, filth, racy paradox, and gratuitous offensiveness—just the kind of mature philosophical reflection readers have come to expect from the ever-entertaining Jim Holt. Indeed, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This is the first book to trace the evolution of the joke all the way from the standup comics of ancient Athens to the comedy-club Seinfelds of today. After exploring humor’s history in Part One, Holt delves into philosophy in Part Two: Wall Street jokes; jokes about rednecks and atheists, bulimics and politicians; jokes you missed if you didn’t go to a Catholic girls’ school; jokes about logic and existence itself . . . all became fodder for the grand theories of Aristotle, Kant, Freud, and Wittgenstein in this heady mix of the high and low, of the ribald and profound, from America’s most beloved philosophical pundit.

The Idea of You

The Idea of You
Author: Robinne Lee
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 125012591X

Now an original movie on Prime Video starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine! When Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of a prestigious art gallery in Los Angeles, takes her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band, she does so reluctantly and at her ex-husband’s request. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things. What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as Solène and Hayes navigate each other’s disparate worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami. And for Solène, it is as much a reclaiming of self, as it is a rediscovery of happiness and love. When their romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fans and an insatiable media, Solène must face how her new status has impacted not only her life, but the lives of those closest to her.

The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!

The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!
Author: Kathi Wagner
Publisher: Castle Point Books
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250238692

A big, bold, unbelievable collection of the world's funniest jokes! A hysterical collection of jokes, puns, and knock-knocks to crack up kids of all ages, this enormous book features all of the best jokes from the wildly hilarious Jokiest Joking Joke Book series. Accompanied by clever illustrations, these sidesplitting wisecracks will keep kids amused for hours!