Humor Books

What they say is never what they mean - "Every Man Sees You Naked" is a satirical dating handbook taking the view that men are sex crazed pigs and placing it obviously without any regard to subtlety and political correctness. Although satirical, the truth sits alongside it to a degree, mixing the humor and advice aspect throughout, leaving no topic of common relationship problems and how a little bluntness can solve them uncovered. "Every Man Sees You Naked" could do well to find itself on either dating or humor shelves alike, and is highly recommended to fans of both.

It's about time there's an inside look on what goes on "behind the scenes" in the male mind! I sat down to read this book and I was finished in one sitting...it's THAT entertaining...it's THAT funny...I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get an insight into the very straight forward male brain! No more wondering about what he's thinking...GET THIS BOOK!

I think this book should be read by EVERY woman. EVERY WOMAN. Reading it is like listening through a key hole in a men's club or locker room "to hear what men really think and want". Matthews writes `Every Man Sees You Naked' in a very "up and fresh" style - yet in a VERY honest way, too. At certain points he made me literally laugh out loud because of the manner of his humorous way of stating things about dating all the way to certain taboo subjects (especially confusing to the female sex). After they read this book there should not be any more confusion.

Matthews is not condescending at all - but "all telling" with a humor that makes the "medicine go down" very easily for the female reader.
After reading it I was not "mad" at men anymore, but felt as if I understood them much better and even had an advantage over men - which feels great! Based on my own past relationship experience, some things he writes are incredibly shocking - but I would rather know the truth than go around confused and dressed like a crafty sweet Martha Stewart (unless that was what I wanted to be like). Now I know "what men think and want". He cuts to the chase making it easier for the female.

Matthews does not fault women in the book either, nor does he fault men. He just explains with great humor and candor "the secret facts, differences between the two sexes and why that is the way it is"...and writes it in a way I have never heard before. I now have a total new insight to men, my men friends, and my husband. Now I can finally help other females who are always forever plighted with the mystery and woes of men and relationships! I would say to them - "Just buy this book and READ it! Life will get BETTER for you." You may think you know some things, but Matthews let me know and understand things that I just didn't "get" before. Now I do! I feel very empowered after reading this book and cannot wait to "experiment" a bit with his sound advice! I also could not put this book down. I literally turned off the phone, sat and read it with no interruptions. It is not only a fantastic read, it was about the most informative factual book on men I have ever read. His honesty is informative, VERY fresh and different -plus a total page turner! Excellent book!!

All my friends were going on and on about this book, so I had to find out what the big deal was. Wow. I started reading and finished the book in one sitting. That's how riveting it was. I thought I knew a lot about men, but this was like a revelation. And it's written in such a humorous manner, even the really scandalous secrets about men are easier to accept. I love this book!

This book is jam-packed full of insight!! While this author entertains throughout with funny and creative thoughts -- the information provided here is so clear, so useful... such an eye-opener! It's like the first look under the hood of a new car; if nothing in there looks familiar... we feel damn lucky the car comes with a book explaining the location of the basic fluids, right??!! Up until now, it's been women struggling & struggling to understand men without a manual that gives it to us straight. Now we have that manual!

In addition to it being entertaining, this book is in a riot of a fast-moving format; I'm thinking this should be 'Required Reading' for any young woman just entering the dating world; any woman re-entering the dating world after a long time away; or any close friend or co-worker who is driving you crazy talking endlessly about how much she loves her guy, but just can't understand him or the things he does. Enough already, give her a copy of this book -- she'll finally get it too!!

well my kids laked you show. But when I told them that you can read garfield they just said you are lieing to us so the next day later i bought it and read it to my kids they loved it I loved it.

this is a great book it's very funny and great for gafield fans

this is a great book it's very funny and great for gafield fans

Garfield is still alive and tickling funny bones. I bought this for my seven year old son, who has just discovered Garfield and loves him. The great thing about this book is that I laugh with my son!

The 5th Garfield Treasury comes recommended from me, but not without a few problems. As most of you know, these more recent treasuries are cutting out the logos and the very first little box. A shame.

But, that aside, this book certainly has its laughs. I laughed a lot and this book (as long as you bring along EVERY other Treasury and the black and white books) is great for long car rides. People think Garfield is only for the little kids, but he's for the adults, too. The whole family can laugh at the fat cat's hilarious mischief and his practical jokes on Jon, his hapless owner. Some of the colored Sunday strips are from "Garfield Rounds Out," which is one of my favorite Garfield books. Having them in color here is a real treat. An especially funny strip in this one i where Garfield pretends to be a bird-bath, and gets more than he bargained for.

The 5th Garfield Treasury is laugh out loud funny! But then again, what Garfield book isn't?

I first saw this book and thought, okay, well, it's about some little Canadian hockey players in the eighties, that's weird. But having never played hockey nor lived in Canada or the eighties, I thought, well, I'll give it a try. And I loved it. Stephen Galloway's first novel is a remarkable story of two boys growing up together with a common love. The characters were wonderfully quirky. I've read this book about 3 or 4 times and I cry every time. It would make a beautiful movie as well.

Finnie Walsh. A book not only fun, but informative as well. This book, written by Steven Galloway is an awesome, book. Unlike the usual canadian books, it just great... If you like Hockey you'll love this book. If you don't like hockey you'll love this book. The book has relationships, between family, friends, and beaus. A wonderful, outstanding read.

Finnie Walsh in my opinion was an eye opening experience it is by far the best book I have ever read and everything about it made me feel more interested. There is not a single bad thing I could say about it! The characters alone made the book, how you understood how they felt at diferent times, how they were perfectly described! This book made me laugh, cry and made me feel emotions that have never occured before in my mind! I couldn't put it down and I will continue to read it over and over again because everytime I am sure that I will recieve more and more happiness sadness and information from the text! I am getting it for everyone for Christmas and I hope that everyone will enjoy this story as much as I did!

I picked up this book mainly because of my job working with high school teachers and students and ended up reading parts of it out loud to my own kids during a car trip. My 12 year old son was hooked, he read the book, then I finished it. It was amazing to have that 'secret book conversation' with my son. I/we both loved the book.

Are you looking for a spanky good read? Look no further than this sly little Canadian book about a couple of kids living in the middle of the province of British Columbia who play hockey. This book is a swift, delicious thing that has a devilish way of not letting you free of it. You'll want to read it until you arrive at the last page--it is, in the classical sense of the hyphenated word, a "page-turner". I loved it. It was touching, heartfelt, and uncommon. A novel with an elegant plot, developed synchronously with its characters' motivations. Galloway is a secret talent ready to explode on the scene.

I always hoped that God had a sense of humor, and this visit into His living room proved me right! Mr. Harpe re-writes the Book of Revelations in his FIRE FELL FROM HEAVEN, and we get to watch His Hallowed Holiness make Godly decisions while playing video games (He doesn't approve of cable TV, by the way).

This is by far the most hilarious thing I have read in a long time. A bit irreverent, you say? Well, just remember that God (and Mr. Harpe) has a sense of humor!

Phil Whitley, author of KEECHIE

In this deightful tale, Mr. Harpe displays a unique sense of humor. Combined with a whimsical bit of irreverence, he gives a comedic version of the end of the world. I will be looking for more to come from this writer.

Zada Connaway, author
Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 ISBN # 1-4241-6969-0
Crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

E. Don Harpe really did it this time. Such Imagination. The conversations between Father and Son... I'm in awe of how he crafted this story to border on the irreverant and filled it with such a meaningful message. His treatment of the subject matter is humorous but filled with those read between the line messages. His style is unique. No superficiality here. He deserves to be read over and over again, and on the best seller list. Raleigh Pinskey, author of 101 Ways to Promote Yourself.

I don't know where E. Don Harpe has been hiding, but the more I read of his short stories, the more I am impressed. This guy can write!

Fire Fell From Heaven is hilarious, one of the funniest stories I have read in years, and I am sending the link to all of my friends. Thanks for this one, Amazon Shorts.

Oh, thanks for making it a free download as well.

I enjoy reading Harpe's writing, his books, his shorts. But I must say that this time, and this one - FIRE FELL FROM HEAVEN - is absolutely one of the most comedic and creative of his stories. I see this as a movie, I really do. WOW! Don, thank you for a wonderful read. Made my day!

Rebecca

Being a 3 time breast cancer repeat offender, this book rang more true than any of the others I have read. I was beginning to feel guilty about not having a spiritual experience until I read this book. Also I was getting quite peeved about "the race" because they don't interview people with multiple occurences. They only show happy, happy, happy faces of those with 1 occurence. What are we, chopped liver?
This book has made me rethink my advice to first time offenders. It is certainly the most honest book I have read about this awful disease. I highly recommend it to any breast cancer patient or family member of patient.

Part memoir, part how-to book, "The Five Lessons I Didn't Learn from Breast Cancer" has universal appeal for all sorts of cancers, even the "non-female" kind like my non Hodgkin's lymphoma. Though there are plenty of how-to tips for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, I enjoyed this book because of Lewis' take on the "Tyranny of Positive Thinking" and the pinkapalooza cartel. I respect her choice not to call herself a "survivor," though I wonder if it's really because, as she says, Death wasn't at her door, but rather sent her a "Thinking of You Card." (For me, Death had pulled into the driveway and parked the car.) Never whiny and often downright funny, this book is a must-read for anyone who has been sucker punched by cancer.

Picked up this book after my second breast cancer diagnosis. Shelley describes her experience much as my own, the first time round. Cancer is not a gift, you get through it as best you can and you do what you need to keep it from overwhelming your life. There is much humor and a realistic career woman's world view in her experience. I wish I had had this book as a reference my first time round, instead I had thought myself callous for trying to get through it as undramatic and simply as possible. "Doing" cancer, as you "do" your life never occured to me before, but it will give me resolve this second time round. Great book. Thanks to Shelley for her honesty and for sharing.

Being a recent breast cancer "survivor" the title of this book caught my eye. It is a quick read and funny and, best of all, true. If breast cancer has touched your life in any way, you will enjoy this book.

This is a wonderful book, an intelligent and deeply personal account of one woman's experience with breast cancer. At times poignant, at times laugh-out-loud funny, Shelley Lewis does not hold back in describing her journey from diagnosis to treatment to recovery. With a sharp and cynical eye, she pokes a thousand holes in the breast-cancer-as-essential-on-the-path-to-true-enlightenment script put forward by scribes who would have you believe that breast cancer is a gratifying experience, (chicken soup for the soul, if you will), without which you will never find the true meaning of life.

Shelley also takes on the cause awareness industry that reaps the benefits of breast cancer awareness, (Pink Ribbon Barbie anyone?) and challenges the medical industry and our government to work harder to isolate the causes of breast cancer and to better treat the disease once it's found.

This book is recommended reading for friends and family of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. It will give you great insight in to the best ways to be most helpful while the one you love is going through this cancer.

Most of all, for any woman who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and is overwhelmed by the choices that need to be made, bewildered too, and maybe just a little out of sync with the breast-cancer-will-change-you-make-you-a-better-person crowd, when you are quite sure you were a pretty fine person all along, this book is most certainly for you.

What a fun read. A compilation of short, real-life vignettes, these whimsical musings range from ribald to reverent, from raucous to heart-warming, from hysterical to serene. Do you have a slew of pet peeves, which your family and friends claim are signs of category 5 psychosis? Well, take heart, you're not alone; this book is a manual of self-affirmation. Virtually every conceivable quirk in life is examnined and exposed under Mr. Lamar's piercing observations and disarming wit. So, grab a cold beer, your remote control, this book, and enjoy!

I think this is the funniest book I have ever read. I recommend it to anyone wanting a good laugh.

I loved Five Potatoes. What an appealing mixture of stories--funny, tender, and thought-provoking. A window into the thoughts of a witty and brilliant man!

This book is Dave Barry meets Art Buchwald meets Steve Martin! Funny, touching and definitly entertaining these eclectic short stories are great airplane reading and remind us all of the vagaries of modern American life. Most enjoyable!!

Five Potatoes is well worth reading. Mr. Lamar mixes a cocktail 21st century observations with humor, humility and heartwarming kindness along with the occasional kick in the pants. He articulately documents the complexities of one modern American man, his relationships and the events and epiphanies that shaped his journey.

I just hope he's working on a sequel ... and this one is so visual, it would make a great hollywood adventure!!!

It surprises me how many adults enjoy the ever-popular Harry P., and yet so many of them are unfamiliar with Terry Pratchett ... and now this guy!

"Flowering Jezebel" is as funny as anything I've ever read, and much meatier than Harry P... Even touches the untouchable fantasy of Tolkein now and again...

Read "Flowering Jezebel!"

christ ... why more people aren't buying this book is beyond me. this is funny stuff, and the guy can write too!

Flowering Jezebel was laugh-out-loud hilarious! I read the majority of it during an afternoon flight and found myself so tearful with laughter that neighboring passengers were clearly jealous. This is the type of book that demands a sequel!! I will certainly return to discover what becomes of young Fluid (the protagonist).

I would recommend this novel to anyone in need of a hearty laugh and some truly refreshing, excellent writing!

What a ride! I enjoyed this story from first page to last. The journey of a few unexpected pairs starts off in a small town and continues on through some of the most unbelievable places. The imagery of the book is wonderful! The characters are perfectly complex and the dialogue is hysterical. If you want to lose yourself in a story, this is the one.

This "Treasury" is a collection of Sunday Garfield comic strips from October 1984 through November 1986.

This treasury collection also shows the final morphing by creator Jim Davis of Garfield and his friends into what we see today in the comic strips.

This book is a nice anthology of some of Garfield's funniest moments. Really enjoyable

The first time I read this book I was only 8 years old Garfield has done wonderful things for me. He has given me a companion. Even if he is a cat.

Speaking as a writer of humor/satire/parody (most recently, Scratching the'Net: Web Sites for Cats - a book answering the question, "What would the internet look like if it were run by cats?"), what can I say except that Garfield is truly a cat's cat. And it's all here in this excellent collection.

Garfield is back in living color for the fourth time and it's funny. In this book, Garfield and Odie run away from home and do several other things in color. Garfield makes me laugh all the time and I'd recommend this book, as well as his mini-books and other treasuries. Funny.

As a nature lover, I appreciate seeing the wildlife around us depicted realistically, both in words and in pictures, for children to understand and appreciate, also. Fredi is a book that does just that. When this author's cat book comes out, I want to be one of the first ones to get a copy! Mr. Anthony Jairus

I'm a librarian, and we've used this book in our Story Hour here at the library. It teaches kids not only about frogs, but the environment around us! A great book for children of all ages!

I say 'little kids' book,' but it is really an educational book for older ones as well, including myself, a retired elementary school teacher. I knew next to nothing about tree frogs until I read Fredi to my grandchildren. It has clear facts, humor, and exceptionally well- metered poetry. A fine book!

I am a day school teacher. My "children" and I loved this book, and learned a lot about tree frogs from it. The coloring book at the back also helps to impress the "frog facts" on the young mind, and the humorous rhyme telling the story is well done.

I am an Amphibian Researcher Here is a book that helps children to understand the relationship of frogs (particularly tree frogs) to the delicate balance that must be maintained in our environment. Frogs are the "indicators" of the future welfare of planet earth, and FREDI is a book that brings this out in an easy-to- understand, poetic, humorous way.

Reading James Lileks after a long, hard day (or even in the middle of one) is like a refreshing drink of cool water. He's that good, and that good for you. Witty, self-deprecating, erudite, observant, mordantly intelligent and yet painfully aware of what a blessing it is to be alive...this guy is about as close as any modern columnist or humor writer can be to a modern Robert Benchley. I've been following him in columns, book collections, and website for years, and he never disappoints.

If you get a chance to get your hands on a copy of "Fresh Lies", go ahead and spent the rent and insulin money to get it. You'll be glad you did, and your pancreas can hold out a little while longer.

James Lileks is like a younger Garrison Keeler--and I mean that in a good way. He has the same smart sense of humor and the same midwestern sensibility. Lileks takes on everyday life writing about his fear of his espresso maker, shampoo, rock music, and all sorts of other things in the world around him in a way that is fresh and frequently hilarious. I read this book on the train and people kept staring at me because I was laughing so hard. The chapter entitled "Turn That Racket Down" (about pop music) in particular brought tears to my eyes. Lilieks writes from the point of view of those of us who missed out on being boomers (thank god), but who are to old to be part of Gen X. If it amuses you that the song "Instant Karma" ws used to sell shoes, but you don't understand rap music, you are the right age to enjoy this book

A few deserving authors on the Right have really made their bones in the wake of 9-11.Ê Bernard Lewis went from being well-regarded in the ivory towers to a prominent place on magazine covers as the leading public voice in the West on Islam.Ê Victor Davis Hanson went from being a distinctive but little known military writer to one of the most popular geopolitical columnists in America.Ê Christopher Hitchens was saved from a life of thralldom to the tenets of Marxism as he became a leading, if improbable, defender of Western values.Ê Daniel Pipes became just as much the celebrated scourge of Islam as his dad had been the scourge of the Soviet Union.Ê And, on the comedic front, we all "discovered" James Lileks.

If you've ever looked at a blog, particularly a war blog, you'll have seen--and hopefully followed-- innumerable links to Mr. Lileks's Daily Bleat.Ê But he's no recent phenomenon, as this collection of columns from 1994 shows.Ê Mr. Lileks has been toiling away in the vineyards for many years now, or in his case the pages of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.Ê The older satire here is just as funny and just as politically incorrect as his writing over the past few months has been, including rants about NPR, women's hair dye, the metric system, and the Taster's Choice couple.

Columnists, especially those who write humor columns, have a tough task, called on not only to be consistent but consistently funny.Ê Mr. Lileks is among the very best.

GRADE : A

He can write. He can dance. And after 2 cans of beers, he can eructate a heart-rending belchadelic rendition of THE WAY WE WERE. I can't believe I'm living in a world where every goddam Salvation Army store contains 937 copies of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and not one copy of FRESH LIES. As Kenneth Tynan said, it's enough to make a Manichean of me.

You have a decision to make, Smedley. You can either buy FRESH LIES---or I can program my Orson Welles android to sit on your face. The choice is yours.

Lileks is one of those guys who can put such a unique top-spin on mundane matters that it's transformed into the most clever, hilarious topic imaginable.

Short and snappy, Fresh Lies' essays and stories embody a respectable variety, from the silly to the artfully sincere. Keep it in your bag, for waiting in line or riding the bus, or the patio. Hell, keep it wherever you want- just keep it!