Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right

The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

Bill Maher · 354 pages

From bestselling author and host of HBO's "Real Time," Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world.

I Am America

Stephen Colbert

Stupid White Men

Michael Moore · 320 pages

"Remember when everything was looking up? When the government was running at a surplus, pollution was disappearing, peace was breaking out in the Middle East and Northern Ireland, and the Bridge to the Twenty-First Century was strung with high-speed Internet cable and paved with 401(k) gold?". "Well, so much for the future. Michael Moore, the award-winning provocateur behind Roger & Me and the be

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Tom Johnson, Rob Kutner, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross · 227 pages

Offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

Hunter S. Thompson · 500 pages

An unorthodox account of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption

A Man Without a Country

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 146 pages

***A Man Without a Country*** is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die—God forbid—I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, ‘Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton wha

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter · 432 pages

Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental bestsellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years--and certainly the most controversial. Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the America

The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage

Greg Gutfeld · 256 pages

Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America

Dana Milbank · 261 pages

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank takes a look at the unsettling rise of silly Fox News host Glenn Beck. The wildly popular broadcaster, with three million daily viewers, perfectly captures the vitriol of our time and the fact-free state of our political culture. The secret to his success is his willingness to traffic in the fringe conspiracies and Internet hearsay that others wouldn't touch

The Obama Diaries

Laura Ingraham · 394 pages

Purports to contain the secret thoughts of Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, and Rahm Emanuel during the first year of the Obama administration.

Wall and Piece

Banksy · 207 pages

From the Publisher: Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. His identity remains unknown but his work is witty, subversive and prolific. And now, he's put together the best of his work in a fully illustrated color volume.

Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus

Matt Taibbi · 352 pages

"Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy's uncertain future, by the country's most perceptive and fearless political journalist. The 2016 presidential contest as told by Matt Taibbi, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion, is in fact the story of Western civilization's very own train wreck. Years before the clown car of candida

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

P.J. O'Rourke · 233 pages

In 1988 the author moved to Washington to take a long look at our government and to find an answer to the question every American asks: What the hell do these guys do all day, and why does it cost so much money? In his Introduction, he proffers the theory that we are suffering under a dictatorship of boredom. Adopting the manner of a high school civics textbook, he covers the three branches of gov

Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway

Dave Barry · 205 pages

The popular humorist takes on American politics as he updates the Declaration of Independence, revises the Constitution, swipes at the tax code, and roasts the current administration.

Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?: The Encyclopedia of Modern Life

Steve Lowe, Alan McArthur · 288 pages

Goodnight Bush

Erich Origen, Gan Golan

A brilliant parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon, built around the coming end of the worst presidency ever.Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody is a hilarious and poignant visual requiem for the Bush administration. In it we see a childlike George W. Bush tucked safely away in the confines of his own room with all of the toys he's willfully destroyed, abused, or defaced. Complete with

This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital

Mark Leibovich · 401 pages

"A book about contemporary political culture in Washington, DC"-- Washington funerals can make great networking opportunities. Disgraced Hill aides can overcome ignominy and emerge with a more potent "brand" than many elected members of Congress. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation's capital, just millionaires. That is the grubby secret of the place in the twenty-first ce

The Braindead Megaphone

George Saunders · 257 pages

George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are Saunders's travel essays based on his trips to seek out the mysteries of the "Buddha Boy" of Nepal; to attempt to indulge in the extravagant pleasures of Dubai; and to join the exploits of the minutemen at the Mexican border. Saunders expertly navigate

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

Jonas Jonasson · 396 pages

The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina

Frank Rich · 346 pages

New York Times columnist Frank Rich examines the trail of fictions manufactured by the Bush administration from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, exposing the most brilliant spin campaign ever waged.When America was attacked on 9/11, its citizens almost unanimously rallied behind its new, untested president as he went to war. What they didn't know at the time was that the Bush administration's highest pr

A Nation Worth Ranting About

Rick Mercer · 284 pages

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay · 360 pages

A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once l

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman · 184 pages

Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.

The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America

Bill O'Reilly · 190 pages