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  2. Mark Twain's Library of Humor - Wikipedia

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    The book was published in 1888 by Charles L. Webster & Company. When that firm collapsed in 1894, Harper and Brothers took over the publication of all of Clemens' work. The Library of Humor was a valuable piece, containing many copyrighted works by many distinguished and popular authors. Secretary of Harper and Brothers Frederick A. Duneka had ...

  3. List of major Creative Commons licensed works - Wikipedia

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    science humor book by Eric Schulman: CC BY-ND-NC 1.0: Archimedes Palimpsest: 3rd century BC: 2008: reconstructed and released by OPenn as Free Cultural Works: CC BY [8] [9] [10] Free Culture: 2004: by Lawrence Lessig (the first CC licensed book released by a major mainstream publisher, Penguin Books) CC BY-NC 1.0 [11] Freesouls: 2008: 2010 ...

  4. Twain and Shaw Do Lunch - Wikipedia

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    Twain and Shaw Do Lunch, formerly known as Shaw and Twain Do Lunch, was written by Chambers Stevens [1] and made its world premiere at Miami's New Theatre in December 2011.

  5. Dave Barry - Wikipedia

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    David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic novels and children's novels.

  6. Norman D. Stevens - Wikipedia

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    Norman D. Stevens (1932 - Dec. 15, 2018) was the director of University Libraries at the University of Connecticut and the author of A Guide to Collecting Librariana. [1] [2] [3] He is considered one of the world's greatest collectors of librariana.

  7. A Letter to a Royal Academy - Wikipedia

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    Franklin punned that compared to his ruminations on flatulence, other scientific investigations were "scarcely worth a FART-HING" "A Letter to a Royal Academy" [1] (sometimes "A Letter to a Royal Academy about Farting" or "Fart Proudly" [2] [3]) is the name of an essay about flatulence written by Benjamin Franklin c. 1781 while he was living abroad as United States Ambassador to France. [1]

  8. The Pocket Book of Boners - Wikipedia

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    It is notable for being an early example of Dr. Seuss' distinct illustration style. [citation needed] All boners in the book are anonymous. Harry Hansen writes that "presumably these lines come out of the mouths of babes". [1] Gary K. Wolfe concludes that these are humorous schoolboy mistakes. [3] Some examples: [1] "King James I wrote the Bible".

  9. File:Humor in der Medicin (IA b24850317).pdf - Wikipedia

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    Medical Heritage Library b24850317 (User talk:Fæ/IA books#Fork10) (batch 1751-1899 #85256) File usage. ... File:Humor in der Medicin (IA b24850317).pdf.