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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Vol. 2

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Β· back to the book

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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts

Douglas Adams Β· 248 pages

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A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie Β· 240 pages

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Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show

Bob Odenkirk, David Cross Β· 270 pages

"Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, creators of HBO's classic sketch comedy show Mr. Show, present to you this collection of never-before-seen scripts and ideas that Hollywood couldn't find the gumption to green-light. Simply put ... Hollywood said no! Since Mr. Show closed up shop, Bob and David have kept busy with many projects-- acting in fun, successful, movies and TV shows, directing things, and c

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The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Ben Acker, Ben Blacker

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Snuff

Chuck Palahniuk Β· 208 pages

**From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where no American work of fiction has gone before** Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camer

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Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917

Richard Curtis, Ben Elton Β· 480 pages

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews Β· 304 pages

Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

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The Deeper Meaning of Liff

Douglas Adams, John Lloyd Β· 156 pages

Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer? Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn't know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren't--or rather there weren't, unti

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Mostly Void, Partially Stars

Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor Β· 304 pages

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Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey

Richard Ayoade Β· 320 pages

"Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself"--Publisher's description.

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Without Feathers

Woody Allen Β· 210 pages

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John Dies at the End

David Wong Β· 428 pages

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

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The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics

Gideon Defoe, Richard Murkin

Whilst visiting their bank manager on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Pirate Captain and his crew encounter no less than the literary giants of their age: the swaggering Lord Byron, the oddly shifty Percy Shelley - and his beautiful young fiancee, Mary. Together they embark upon a journey that leads them away from Switzerland into the bowels of Oxford, and finally to the forbidding heart of eastern

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Pure Drivel

Steve Martin Β· 130 pages

A collection of Martin's comic writings, some of which first appeared in: The New Yorker.

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Wayside School Is Falling Down

Louis Sachar Β· 179 pages

"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen a

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey Β· 128 pages

When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.

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I Am America

Stephen Colbert

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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe Β· 312 pages

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a

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