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  • Hail, Hail, Euphoria!

    Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made

    de Roy Blount ...
    Nearly eighty years after its release, the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup remains one of the most influential pieces of political satire in history. In Hail, Hail, Euphoria!, bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the history and making of Duck Soup, examining the comedic genius of the Marx Brothers in their finest hour and nine minutes.In Duck Soup, a slim, agile, quick-witted, self-assured young ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • About Three Bricks Shy of a Load

    A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl

    de Roy Blount ...
    Now celebrating its fortieth anniversary, Roy Blount Jr.'s classic account of the 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers—a team on the cusp of once-in-a-generation greatnessThe Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s are mentioned in any conversation about the greatest dynasties in NFL history. A year before Pittsburgh's first Super Bowl victory launched a decade of domination, Roy Blount Jr. spent a season traveling ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Alphabet Juice

    de Roy Blount ...
    "As if ripped on Old Crow fortified with Adderall, Blount chases letters, words and phrases to their origins, and when stumped he hypothesizes." — The New York TimesDid you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder why so many h-words have to do with breath?Roy Blount Jr. certainly has, and after forty years of making a living ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Alphabetter Juice, or The Joy of Text

    de Roy Blount ...
    Another entertaining look at language from the humorist author of Alphabet Juice and panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me ."Blount's selection of words is particularly 'sonicky' and is accompanied by amusing facts and anecdotes and crazy stories that show the peculiarities of etymology and definitions and the deep and abiding beauty of words. Writers and readers ... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • First Hubby

    A Novel About a Man Who Happens to Be Married to the President of the United States

    de Roy Blount ...
    A funny novel of the first "First Husband," from an author who "writes in the grand tradition of such American humorists as Mark Twain and Will Rogers" ( Library Journal).Guy Fox first encountered Clementine on the campus of Dingler College. She was running, stark naked, away from an on-campus protest and the police who were pursuing her. Guy and Clementine's romance wound through turbulent social ... Leer más

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  • One Fell Soup

    Or, I'm Just a Bug on the Windshield of Life

    de Roy Blount ...
    A collection of short pieces about everything from genius and God to socks and lentils, from one of America's most beloved humor writersOne Fell Soup brings together the reviews, diatribes, investigations, meditations, and poetry of Roy Blount Jr., a writer as insightful as he is funny. Culled from his many columns and magazine writings, this volume offers an unparalleled look at the varied ... Leer más

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  • Save Room for Pie

    Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations

    de Roy Blount ...
    Our best-laid plans will yield to fate.And we will say, "We lived. We ate."Roy Blount Jr. is one of America's most cherished comic writers. He's been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called everything from "a work of art" (Robert W. Creamer, The New York Times Book Review) to "a book to read till it falls apart" ( Newsweek). Now, in Save Room for Pie, he applies ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

    de Roy Blount ...
    A funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America's most cherished humoristsFirst published in 1985, Not Exactly What I Had In Mind is Roy Blount Jr.'s smart and witty examination of the era's most glaring absurdities—from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory–like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Audiolibro

    Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

    de Roy Blount ...
    Narrado por Roy Blount ...

    Completo

    2 hora 59 minutos

    "It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind," says Roy Blount, Jr. in this witty collection of essays. With humor that is wry, dry, and warm, he delights and provokes us by confronting the reality of American life compared to the way we thought it would be. With his characteristic drawl—or "oral resonance," as he calls it—he reflects on John Wayne, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Dispatches Volume One

    What Men Don't Tell Women; One Fell Soup; and Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard

    de Roy Blount ...
    Laugh-out-loud observations from "America's foremost humorist" ( Chicago Tribune).What Men Don't Tell Women: Well, that's just for starters. Roy Blount Jr. realized that nearly all of his writing involved things people don't tell people: what Southerners don't tell Northerners, what the sick don't want to hear from the well, what no one would ever tell their mother, and what authors rarely admit ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • What Men Don't Tell Women

    de Roy Blount ...
    A hilarious exploration of male-female communication and other momentous topicsMen don't tell women things for various reasons.1. The things in question may not be true.2. It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a pig than to open it and oink.3. There is a certain pleasure in holding certain considerations close to the chest.4. When there is a t... ... Leer más

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  • Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard

    de Roy Blount ...
    An eclectic collection from Roy Blount Jr., master of American humor writing*I'll tell you what kind of book I believe in: one that makes people say, at first sight, what the first person who ever saw a camel must have said: "*What in the world is that? " And then, after a while, "Yet it seems to fit together some way."In this laugh-a-minute assortment of essays, travel writing, poems, and even ... Leer más

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