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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 ...
In a review for Los Angeles Review of Books, Dan Hassler-Forest wrote that the title story of The Memory Librarian is a "play on Philip K. Dick’s thematic obsession with anxieties about the reliability of memories." In addition, Monáe's exploration of race and sexuality as "markers of social deviance" are a method to explore the way in which ...
The Librarian of Basra: Jeanette Winter: Violence, unsuited to age group, promotion of Islam, "un-American" content [14] 2005 96 — — Life is Funny: E. R. Frank: Sexual content 2000 — 40 — A Light in the Attic: Shel Silverstein: Violence and encouraging disobedience 1981 — — 51 Little Bill (children book series) Bill Cosby, illus. by ...
An edition of American humor magazine Crazy, Man, Crazy from 1956. A humor magazine is a magazine specifically designed to deliver humorous content to its readership. These publications often offer satire and parody, but some also put an emphasis on cartoons, caricature, absurdity, one-liners, witty aphorisms, surrealism, neuroticism, gelotology, emotion-regulating humor, and/or humorous essays.
The book analyzes more than 2000 jokes and folk tales in terms of social, psychological, and historical significance. It was first published by Grove Press in 1968, was later reprinted in hard-cover by Indiana University, and was years out of print until reissued by Simon & Schuster in 2006. [ 1 ]
Unshelved was a daily comic strip set in a public library. [1] Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian, [2] [3] and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes, [4] and appeared at the rate of a strip per day from February 16, 2002, through November 9, 2016, with a virtual circulation in excess of 45,000 readers via RSS feed, website and email subscription.
3. “Life’s a journey and I’m just a passenger — until the bills come.’” 4. “I asked what the meaning of life is, and someone told me, ‘It’s just a cosmic joke with no punchline ...
The Pocket Book of Boners contains 22 illustrations of boners (howlers, blunders), drawn by Dr. Seuss. The rest of the volume consists of short jokes and humorous observations with most being no more than four lines long. It is notable for being an early example of Dr. Seuss' distinct illustration style. [citation needed]