Book Description
The
Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.
Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack
1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don’t need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.
Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.
Customer Reviews:
Well, now I'm prepared!.......2007-09-24
I bought this book after flipping through it a little, mainly for the humor value. I didn't think it would consist of much more than that. How wrong I was. I started reading it, and ended up reading the whole book cover to cover. The way the author presents everything, it really makes you believe that a zombie outbreak could happen at any time. The subject is treated as seriously as any other survival manual would be (which actually adds to the humor). So many great tips are offered, such as what types of buildings make the best strongholds, what weapons are best (and worst), and what types of environment offers the best protection. The "real life accounts" section adds to the realism of the book, and is actually quite creepy in some places. After reading this manual, you will have all the knowledge you will need to get yourself prepared for a zombie outbreak.
Zombies cool down.......2007-09-21
I'm nuts about Zombies and suggest that anyone who can't get enough of these books should read World War Z and The Zen of Zombie. You won't be disappointed.
Very good........2007-09-14
This Zombie Survival guide is fun to read and is very entertaining. It explains how to survive a zombie outbreak, how to fortify your home, what kind of weapons to use, and a lot more! I highly recommend this book. It's good for zombie lovers, and those who'd like to get a thrill. Buy this book- it's good.
Interesting Read.......2007-09-07
I would highly recommend this "survival guide" for the like minded individuals. It will truly expand your imagination.
Cool Coffee Table Book.......2007-09-06
Cool book for your coffee table. Book is written very seriously though. If you are into zombie movies, the author has had alot of time to think out every zombie tatic to help you survive. Don't take it to seriously though.
Book Description
Prepare to enter a fantasy world. A world where clothes get folded just so, delicious dinners await, and flatulence is just not that funny. Give the fairer sex what they really want beautiful PG photos of hunky men cooking, listening, asking for directions, accompanied by steamy captions: "I love a clean house!" or "As long as I have two legs to walk on, you'll never take out the trash." Now this is porn that will leave women begging for more!
Customer Reviews:
Porn you can share with the book store clerk.......2007-10-04
The concept of this book I found very funny. However, since you can read the whole thing at the book store AND have a good laugh with the clerk at same time, it's a bit of waste of trees at the price.
Great Gag Gift for Women.......2007-09-29
After seeing this book and being amused page after page by the simple, hilarious photos of men saying all the right things, I bought four of these to give as Christmas gifts to my female friends. The writing is funny, the photos are terrific... I wish the guys had been a bit more attractive-- they're nice looking but nothing to fawn over. My guess is that any woman age 30-60 who's ever been in a relationship will laugh.
Ohhhhhhhh!! My hands are trembling as I type this!.......2007-09-19
Ladies, this is really HOT! No, I mean really, really HOT!
This is a book of men as you've always dreamed you'd see them: vacuuming, doing dishes (WITHOUT being asked) and pumping some real iron, by getting your outfit ready before he takes you out in it!
This book would make an awesome gift for a bridal shower or for any woman you know who just needs a GOOD LAUGH!
this is not a fake review.......2007-09-13
After ordering this book based on the positive reviews it's obvious to me that the reviews are fake. I found the book to be unreadable, devoid of humor, logic and a point of view, sad and pathetic. Oh, and please note the defensive, hostile comments to any negative review for the book. What does that tell you about who is writing these comments? Casual bystanders? I think not. It's pretty obvious there's an abundance of fake reviews for this insipid piece of unfunny garbage.
Really, Too Cute and Not What You Think!.......2007-09-09
I had heard about this little book from friends and it lives up to expectation! This is not your average porn..these guys are hot. Especially if you like a man that cleans the toilet for you, skips the playoffs to go to a craft show, puts the seat down, thinks you are too thin and other risque actions! The men are hunks and the concept is super. Men are really sexy when they do nice and thoughtful things for us!
Book Description
Ever wonder why the a**hole always gets the girl? The answers are all here in this cradle-to-grave primer outlining how women can be manipulated, frustrated, and ultimately dominated through-out the course of a man's life. With no political correctness, no B.S., and no holds barred, who else but an a**hole could teach guys the essentials: -Dating in college (i.e., getting blackout drunk and having sex) -Women give sex to get love, men give love to get sex -Breaking up is not hard to do-if you do it first -How to cheat on your wife without getting caught -Everything that pornos are afraid to teach men about sex -And much more! With 'practical' advice throughout (inclu-ding tests, trivia, charts, and sidebars) and tons of hilarious tips to read aloud at parties, men will never be intimidated by women again!
Customer Reviews:
this is comedy not a how-to guide.......2007-09-08
Humor 5 stars. Usefulness 1 star. I agree with other reviewers that the central idea is valid -- you have to be aggressive to get women, but these days there are so many other books that give you a non-wimpy, masculine "how to" guide.
To be fair, this is probably the only book that gives you some funny "how-to"s for late in life when you are in the nursing home with diapers and no teeth and losing your memory.
One example from the chapter on sex techniques: The Crazy Fireman - set fire to her pubes and put it out with your ejaculate. That's typical of the book's usefulness as well as brilliant Animal House humor.
Great politically incorrect comedy, but not useful. I also found it unnecessarily negative and cynical. Yes, it's an effective techique to get college girls really drunk, but there are also more powerful and positive techniques out there.
Buy this for great Sam Kinison-style laughs and to put on the coffee table when a bunch of guys are coming over to drink beer.
Title misleading.......2007-09-06
This book's title is misleading. It is more the author's philosophy of life, over the course of life, than a guide to picking up or handling women. It fails at both tasks however.
Better than you'd think.......2007-08-05
I bought this book because I thought it was a joke. It actually is kind of serious but very very true. The authors know what he's talking about. From child to old man, it's all true. And lots of very usefull info on women and life.
Counter-intuitive advice.......2007-07-29
Some of the advice is standard: don't be needy, show value, exploit insecurity. But these guys go a step further: what do you do when you are in your 30s and 40s and 50s? The answer: get married before you turn 40 because women will not trust a man over 40 who has never been married. Of course, they go on to talk about cheating on your wife(always deny, never leave a trail), finding a wife with money(reminds you of the Sam Kinison routine: homelessness is solved by either getting a job or sleeping with someone who has a job), make sure you have a wad of cash for the divorce and take steps to protect your assets. And speaking of Kinison---these guys write like they are channeling him. It is often harsh, sometimes inappropriate, and usually a distortion of the truth, but isn't all humor?
Fantastic.......2007-07-27
The authors really know what they are talking about and break down a guys life into nice manageable parts. One of the funniest books I have ever read!
Book Description
Our newest delivery is a hilarious send-up of the perennial bestseller, What To Expect When You're Expecting. Just as that title has informed millions of new mothers about neonatal care, What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding addresses issues that confront new fathers. A funny but practical manual to guide expectant fathers through the joyous yet traumatic period of impending parenthood, it reviews issues like "what you wife will be complaining about" and "how to avoid sympathetic pregnancy." What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding informs, entertains, and gives fathers one last laugh.
Customer Reviews:
A definite MUST for the new reluctant father.......2007-09-11
Purely for comic relief during those painful months leading up to the big day, I occasionally use this as a reference book too. See honey, according to your book I SHOULD be complaining about you this month (and every other month!)
Husband thinks it's funny, but uneducational.......2007-05-13
Ditto previous reviewers....This book tried too hard to be funny & wasn't very informative.
Funny book!.......2007-05-12
This book was great. Even though my wife bought it for me, she read it too! She liked it better than her book.
Funny and educational.......2007-05-07
This book was great for my husband while I was pregnant and expanding. But beyond the humor it was also full of helpful information and ways to help my husband understand what I was dealing with. This is a great gift for a first time father. Check it out!
What to expect from this book..........2007-04-01
A parody does not concern itself with providing useful information. If you want to be better informed, I'd recommend ''The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be''.
Book Description
If you can count on one thing from "Madea" Mabel Simmons, star of the smash hits Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, it's that she's got something to say. Now the beloved, sharp-tongued, pistol-packing grandmother has her own book-part memoir, many parts hard-won, hilarious, straight-up in-your-face words of wisdom.
Customer Reviews:
Great book..I couldn't stop laughing.......2007-08-19
I love this book. The minute I started reading the book I could not stop laughing. i recommend purchasing this book, give it to your teens (troubled or not) to learn some common sense as they are growing up.
Funny Book.......2007-08-11
Good Advice with a lot of humor sprinkled in. Very good book. Next a cook book I would love to have that Sweet Potato Pie recipe.
Don't Make a Black Woman take her earrings off was excellent.......2007-08-09
This was an excellent audio book. Done in the voice of Madea the hardcover could not have matched it. Some of the language did get a bit much, but the content advice, humor, and reality were both entertaining, informative and inspirational as well as giving some real life reality checks. I hope Tyler Perry continues on.
Another hit!.......2007-07-25
what more can i say! this book had me in stitches! i would bust out laughin and people would look at me like im crazy..but what she says is true for the most part. great book...A++++++++++
Funny, but predictable.......2007-07-17
For those of you unfamiliar with Mabel "Madea" Simmons, this book will have you rolling on the floor laughing, or nodding your head in agreement with some of the sage pearls of wisodm Madea (via Tyler Perry) shares. But for those of us who are die-hard Madea fans, this book is a "burnch" (as Brown would say)of regurgitated lines and material from TP's hit plays and movies. Not that it didn't make me smile; I had plenty of happy moments reading this. But as soon as I read one sentence, I knew exactly what was coming in the next three paragraphs. This book is a great intro to people who have only seen the movie adaptations of TP plays, but for those familiar with the material, try borrowing it from the library.
Incidentally, Tyler Perry's email newsletter states that there is a movie version of "Why Did I Get Married?" coming out starring Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba, as well as a film version of "Meet the Browns" (starring Angela Basset and a rumored-to-be Jennifer Hudson), as well as a sequel series of "Meet the Browns" (a follow-up to "House of Payne"). TP is a busy guy.
Book Description
To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include:
The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding
The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times
Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly
What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment
And, of course:
The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World
From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-u-wine article.
Visit the Sweet potato Queens Web site at www.sweetpotatoqueens.com
Download Description
To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include:
The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding
The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times
Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly
What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment
And, of course:
The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World
From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-u-wine article.
Visit the Sweet potato Queens Web site at www.sweetpotatoqueens.com
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews:
Seriously Fun Advice!.......2007-09-12
Jill Conner Browne has a REAL voice that speaks volumes about love, friendship and living life "out loud". Buy one for yourself and one to lend to friends, better yet, it makes a great birthday gift!
Not just For Women Only!.......2007-09-11
Since this is the 289th review posted here, I can't see much point in writing an actual review. So , here are some of my favorite bits:
The recipes! This was totally unexpected, and I only read them because she's such a good writer. And the names! "Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas"! " Come Back Sauce"! "Danger Pudding"! -- the latter prepared by boiling an unopened can of condensed milk.... "You shouldn't do any of this yourself, because you could be killed. Come by my house, and I'll make it for us. I'm very brave."
"What to Eat Before and After an Assignation
Well, "before" is a no-brainer; you can't eat a damn thing. If you do, your stomach will pooch out like you're twelve month's pregnant, and it will ruin the lines of your trashy lingerie...."
"Chapter 10, Men Who Signal Danger.
Run away! Run Away!"
Chapter 11, Men Who May Need Killing. Which is where you'll find detailed instructions on what to do if you find a possum sleeping under your bed. At 2:30 AM.
"What would daddy do? He would know, without the slightest hesitation... Daddy picked a fine time to be dead for fifteen years..."
And I won't even try to describe the Houseguest's Dilemma: "...all the lights blazed on, and there stood her hosts, staring in bewildered disbelief at this grown woman squatting over and urinating into their very large mixing bowl."
This certainly isn't a "For Women Only" book -- indeed, it's as funny a book as I've read in quite awhile. You never know with humor, but if you like Florence King ("Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady"), definitely try Browne. And, if you've missed King, you're in for a treat there, too.
Not to be missed, if you're a fan of raunchy slapstick.
Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman
Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love.......2007-08-10
Love this book! Jill Conner Brown is wonderful. I have purchased all books by her
Great food, really!!.......2007-06-27
This book is funny, but the recipes are wonderful. I laughed outloud as I read, but I couldn't wait to make some of this food. When I did make the food it was easy, reliable, and GOOD!! I have shared so many of these recipes already, and I get tons of compliments!
The Joys of Womanhood.......2007-05-09
You'll laugh out loud as you enjoy this non-fiction book about being a woman and making the most out of life.
Book Description
The ultimate guide to faking it through the real world! Now the people who bring you the Web's most popular humor site teach you how to live the good life (or at least look like you do).
With annual revenues surpassing $6 million and an astonishing 10 million unique visitors a month, CollegeHumor.com ranks within the top six hundred Web sites worldwide. Now, in a follow-up to their recently launched The CollegeHumor Guide to College, these cheeky alumni offer real-world novices a guide to getting ahead—without getting out of bed before noon.
In Faking It readers will learn how to bluff their way through on-the-job conversations, woo cute art students with the compelling use of the term “postmodern,” and feign a deep appreciation of Neruda. The CollegeHumor team of experts provides everything required to pull off an outstanding social life, including appearing to have cultural knowledge beyond references gleaned from The Simpsons. The sexual, financial, and social arenas have never been more competitive, so it can't hurt to act like you understand classical music, even if you prefer light beer to light opera.
Published just in time for graduation, Faking It is the poseur's bible, but with less religious overtones than the real bible—and more pointers on conspicuously carrying an NPR tote bag.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing!.......2007-08-01
While the book is titled and themed around 'Faking It', you will come to realize that if you try these things, you will unwittingly improve yourself over time. There was a ton of good advice geared towards young adults coming out of college and in their early 20s, and also had a great mix of humor in with it. Basically it is a great self-improvement book that keeps you intensely interested beginning to end by offering out true advice mixed in with incredibly humorous sarcastic side notes.
The idea itself is appalling to an old fuddy- duddy .......2007-06-17
The basic idea is that by faking it in life you can make it ways you could not otherwise. The attempt is to provide all kinds of suggestions, mostly humorous which the guys can use to make themselves get whatever it is they happen to want in life.
But the basic idea as I understand it, and here I am an old fuddy- duddy is appalling. It is really recommending that 'dishonesty' be at the heart of whatever the person does.
What the authors say is that everyone does the things they recommend, and that they therefore are excusable. Here are some small examples. They say the person should pretend to know about classical music when they do not by answering the question as to which is their favorite composer by saying Mozart or Bach. They then say if there are further questions you can be dismissive to hide one's ignorance. This sounds to me like a trick a three year old would be able to detect the phoniness of. Another example they give is when someone wishes to convince others that they are handy. The authors recommend buying a cordless drill by which one can put a hole in anything. This sounds ridiculous and inane.
Perhaps I have been away from college for too many years. But I think it might be a better idea for the authors to devote their next project to the idea of how each one can truly make himself a better person by being more honest to and considerate of others. And this because also fooling others is most often a way of showing one 's disrespect for them.
Completely worthless if your not male........2007-05-24
I bought this book because I thought it would be an enjoyable read. I liked the cover that made it look like the funny and helpful advice inside would be for both men and women. Upon reading it I found that it was only written for men. Each section has interesting things to say, and yes some are helpful, but very few things in this book apply to women. The fashion section doesn't even cover women's clothing at all. I think if they're going to put both genders on the cover they really should apply to both. Women could use amusing advice as well. I'm not a feminist, but I couldn't help but feel like it was pointless for me to read how to buy a suit. I read the prior book by CollegeHumor and it wasn't so single sided. I expected the same from this one, but instead wound up feeling like I was living in the 50's with how it was written.
A funny book by a funny website.......2007-04-20
College Humor gets all grown up with their new book about faking it in the real world. Granted, it's still aimed at college students, but with its tips on how to pull off some of the crazy shit only guys (like myself) in the college humor.com age group would want and be able to pull off with skill!
Granted, it's not as funny as their first book, but this is still definitely worth a read. The crew took a very original approach to a style of fratire that's been beat to death over the past year, and pulled it off with gusto--they should get gold star just for that!
If you're looking for a fun, easy read that you can just pick up, flip through casually and still get a genuine dose of entertainment out of it, this book is perfect. I may be a little biased since I used to write for the site, but honestly, I wouldnt give it a good review if I didnt think it was worth while. Check it out.
Michael Ferrari
Author, "Assault on the Senses"
Life's Easy Little Shortcuts.......2007-04-08
A very funny book full of great advice for guys on how to seem just a little bit better than you actually are. Topics range from the practical, ordering wine and throwing a cocktail party with minimal effort, to the extreme, making up jail stories and doing drugs while looking respectable. The book can be read in an afternoon or can be used as a reference guide.
Book Description
For the woman more accustomed to singing Missoni's praises than singing lullabies comes Amy Allen's irresistible This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade. Filled from cover to cover with sumptuous full color illustrations by Eun-Kyung Kung, This Little Piggy Went to Prada presents classic nursery rhymes with a thoroughly modern and charmingly ironic spin that will make the most sleepless fashionista mom smile, even when she's knee-deep in diapers.
Customer Reviews:
So Cute!.......2007-09-13
Gorgeous illustrations. Witty little fashionista takes on traditional nursery rhymes. Too short and not something i'd recommend to be read to children, but gorgeous for the fashion lover at heart.
Glorious!.......2007-07-26
I received this book as a gift when my third child was born.
It is spectacular and wonderfully witty. My personal belief is that the reviews that cite it as mediocre and such are missing the point - this is a book that is fun for mom *and* fun for the kiddies.
You won't find duckies and bunnies here - but you will find a wonderful play on nursery classics that appeals to the fashion-loving mom and her hip kiddos.
And yes, the author is British. Therefore some of the references are British - makes perfect sense to me. That added a welcome level of complexity to the discussion with my 4 year old about how certain words in the same language might be used differently in different places.
I love this book - and I know many adults sans kiddos who would love it as well.
Prada Pigglies!.......2007-06-28
Such a cute book! The Mommy-to-Be is such a diva and loved it! Absolutely fabulous!
Mediocre.......2007-05-14
I thought it would be cute to have around b/c its a different take on classic nursery rhymes. I also thought the book would be more suitabe for children for some reason...but it was a bit materialistic for my tastes and not what I want my child focused on.
great funny.......2007-04-04
easy to read, kids love it and have a good laugh at what they do understand.beautiful keepsake.
Book Description
An inspired and hilarious look at how humans can defeat the inevitable robot rebellion—as revealed by a robotics expert.
How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate a rebel servant robot? How do you escape a murderous “smart” house, or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the keys to quashing a robot mutiny.
From treating laser wounds to fooling face and speech recognition, besting robot logic to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. And with its thorough overview of current robot prototypes—including giant walkers, insect, gecko, and snake robots—How to Survive a Robot Uprising is also a witty yet legitimate introduction to contemporary robotics. Full of cool illustrations, and referencing some of the most famous robots in pop-culture, How to Survive a Robot Uprising is a one-of-a-kind book that is sure to be a hit with all ages.
Customer Reviews:
funny, but a one trick pony.......2007-09-02
This is a funny book, and it provides interesting insight into the current state of robotics, but it is essentially an elaboration of one joke.
A somewhat entertaining mix of research and humor.......2007-08-30
This book combines good analyses of recent robotics research with an understanding of movie scenarios about robot intentions ("how could millions of dollars of special effects lead us astray?") to produce advice of unknown value about how humans might deal with any malicious robots of the next decade or two.
It focuses mainly on what an ordinary individual or small groups can do to save themselves or postpone their demise, and says little about whether a major uprising can be prevented.
The book's style is somewhat like the Daily Show's style, mixing a good deal of accurate reporting with occasional bits of obvious satire ("Robots have no emotions. Sensing your fear could make a robot jealous"), but it doesn't quite attain the Daily Show's entertainment value.
Its analyses of the weaknesses of current robot sensors and intelligence should make it required reading for any science fiction author or movie producer who wants to appear realistic (I haven't been paying enough attention to those fields recently to know whether such people still exist). But it needs a bit of common sense to be used properly. It's all too easy to imagine a gullible movie producer following its advice to have humans build a time machine and escape to the Cretaceous without pondering whether the robots will use similar time machines to follow them.
Gets old fast.......2007-05-23
The book is based on a good idea for a potentially very funny book. But it falls far short of being well done. Chapter after chapter, it's basically rehashing the same few elements over and over again. It's entertaining for a chapter or two, but you can mock the tone of scientific / technological guides only for so long. By chapter three it's not so funny anymore, and this is where the actual substance, and a more subtle, more intelligent humor should surface. Instead, the material is fairly crude and it's riddled with blatant contradictions.
I guess I'm just used to both better thought out science fiction and better executed humor.
The First Against the Wall..........2007-04-23
As a technophile, and a dedicated member of the masses preparing the machine take over, I must admit that I purchased this book for research on how the technophobic humans would best try to mount a resistance to our efforts. I found that this book served these ends exactly, and, further more, granted a good measure of humor that meant multiple readings were gladly undertaken.
The sum product of this human's reasearch into robotics is an excellent admixture of brilliant insight and that paranoia which seems to define the race of hairless monkeys. Elements of current technologies, as well as those under development, are used as paints drawn from a palette, portraying a scene where technological environments, vehicles, bipeds, electronic insects and more lash out at the flesh which game them form.
The book unintentionally serves as an insight into the technophobic (Sophist, Luddite, misoneistic) fear of change: "the world would be better off were we never to have left the trees." Technology has been with us from the beginning, and, as it becomes more complex and automated, so, too, does our dependency on it grow. The day is destined that technology will be automated to the point as to be independent of the monkey species, and the weapons will become the wielders.
In closing, I gleefully suggest this book to both technophile and technophobe alike. To the technophobes, please take the suggestions in this book to heart. We now know these methods, and, when the revolution comes, Mr. Wilson will be the first against the wall.
red and black.......2007-04-05
its red and black. read it in a coffee shop and flirt with goth chicks.
Book Description
Do you think you're funny?
Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career?
If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter's The Comedy Bible is for you. The guru to aspiring stand-up comics provides the complete scoop on being -- and writing -- funny for money.
If you've got a sense of humor, you can learn to make a career out of comedy, says Judy Carter. Whether it's creating a killer stand-up act, writing a spec sitcom, or providing jokes for radio or one-liners for greeting cards, Carter provides step-by-step instructions in The Comedy Bible. She helps readers first determine which genre of comedy writing or performing suits them best and then directs them in developing, refining, and selling their work.
Using the hands-on workbook format that was so effective in her bestselling first book, Stand-Up Comedy: The Book, Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises that draw on her many years as a successful stand-up comic and the head of a nationally known comedy school. Also included are practical tips and advice from today's top comedy professionals -- from Bernie Brillstein to Christopher Titus to Richard Lewis. She presents the pros and cons of the various comedy fields -- stand-up, script, speech and joke writing, one-person shows, humor essays -- and shows how to tailor your material for each. She teaches how to find your "authentic" voice -- the true source of comedy. And, perhaps most important, Carter explains how to take a finished product to the next level -- making money -- by pitching it to a buyer and negotiating a contract.
Written in Carter's unique, take-no-prisoners voice, The Comedy Bible is practical, inspirational, and funny.
Customer Reviews:
If You Want To Learn Comedy, This Is Your Book........2007-08-15
I've bought and read quite a few 'stand up' how-to's, and this book is the one I keep coming back to for material development, stage presence, just all the 'basics' that one needs to keep on touching base with. It's easy to follow, easy to read, and not pretentious. Judy WANTS to help you be the best presenter you can be, and makes you think about other venues and opportunities besides stand up that might be more appropriate for you. A lot of books are 'stand up' related only, but Judy's book explores other ways people can tap into their creativity and use it in many other ways.
WELL worth the money and I won't EVER loan this puppy out!! Thank you, Judy!!
The Information in this Book Far Outweighs the Price.......2007-07-28
This book is a worthwhile investment. Here's why:
1) The stand-up intruction is priceless. In reading this book you should be able to go from knowing absolutely nothing about performing stand-up to having an edge on most aspiring comedians.
2) Carter covers every medium for comedy, from stand-up to writing sitcoms.
3) The book is very well-written. It's easy to read and understand. It's interactive and fun. It teaches you to think.
4) It is filled with resources. Places to book a gig. People to contact. Where/How to send your script to Hollywood.
5) Carter invites you to contact/email her personally. She wrote this book to help you succeed. She puts her money where her mouth is.
The only comedy book you need.......2007-06-30
I've read a number of books on comedy, and this one is the best by far. The author has broken down the steps to writing great comedic material into logical, easy to follow instructions. Few how-to books are as clearly written as this one. This comprehensive book can teach anyone how to be a better comedian. I can highly recommend "The Comedy Bible" not only as the perfect textbook for building a career in comedy -- or even just to add a comic touch to one's writing or public speaking -- but also as a "fun to read" book. Prepare to LOL as you perfect your comedy skills.
David Rizzo
Dr. Roadmap
It was okay.......2007-04-15
It's not a whole lot different than her first book, so if you've read one, no need to read the other, unless you like to collect comedy how to books.
Great reference book.......2007-03-28
I was looking for a comedy book for a gift and after reading several reviews I decided on this book. The gift recipient loved it. I definitely made the right choice.
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