Butler Books

The then 87-year-old Wodehouse still had six years of life and writing ahead, but his age does show in this slight, breezy escapade mixing rather cliched Chicago gangsters with their more refined though no less amoral criminal counterparts across the pond. Though Plum lived many years in the USA, he never managed Yankee dialogue convincingly; on the few occasions here when he attempts it, it glares.

Other shortcomings include his relatively weak characterizations of what should be pretty interesting characters, like Mike the reluctant heir to a troubled bank, and his loving wife-to-be, Jill. They are etched with a vagueness that the author would have eschewed in prior years. Also, their willingness to engage in clearly criminal activity to rescue the bank from insolvency makes them somewhat less sympathetic than they ought to be.

The ending is rushed and unsatisfying, smacking of a looming deadline.

Still, there is some fun to be had; you could do worse on a warm summer day at the beach than peruse Do Butlers Burgle Banks.

The subject of this review says it all, really.

Definitely worth reading, if you have never read a Wodehouse novel, or are reading one after a while...

A true Wodehousian romance, complete with chivalrous gangsters, plucky young women and feisty older ones, bank robbers "getting religion," and pious Scotland Yarders getting their comeuppance. A soothing little snack for the mind.

A gentle beautiful fantasy of a book. It's been claimed that Wodehouse is somewhat lacking in variety that if you've read one you've read them all. This book argues against that there is all the feeling and romance that anyone could ask for it is warm witty and wonderful, it maybe lacks the comfortability of a Jeeves or Blandings story or the freshness of Laughing Gas but it is still absolutely brilliant.

To those readers of Wodehouse stuck only on Bertie & Jeeves, I urge you to explore further with this tale. Gently satirical, romantic, timeless, and, of course, complexly and predictably plotted, with the usual dose of P.G.'s silliness. Who needs more? An enjoyable read.

This is one of the later novels in the John Coffin series, and takes place when he is a police Commander. It is probably better to start with an earlier book in the series to establish the characters, but the book reads fairly well as a stand alone novel. It involves two cases, one the problem with the manufacture and sale of counterfeit pharmaceuticals, possible because of the huge markup in the price of patented drugs. The other case is the discovery of the bodies of missing children. The two cases run in parallel.

The case is fiction,using fictional settings and characters, but set among real locations, the practive of many mystery writers since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. It this case we find ourselves in the restored Docklands area of London, with side excursions into Oxford and other cities.

Readers should be advised that the story is set in the UK and written using the King's English. The terminology and sentence structure are a little different than the English used in the US, but if you are used to reading mysteries with UK settings you should have no problem.

This was my first Coffin book. I just found it pretty ordinary and slow.
Didn't feel I got to know John Coffin - perhaps I need to start earlier in the series, which I plan to do.

The mutilated corpse of a peer shakes up the entire London's Second City police force. Detective Harry Seton was allegedly working on the illegal manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, but apparently was actually investigating police corruption. His superiors order Chief Commander John Coffin to serendipitously continue Seton's inquiries into law enforcement official's dishonesty.

While struggling with that distasteful inquest, John works an even more repugnant case. Someone is viciously murdering schoolboys whose link is each one has a parent connected to the police. Unlike the former case that requires him to go at it alone, John uses his full staff of experts as well as his actress-wife to search for a deadly killer.

The twentieth John Coffin tale retains all the freshness of one of the best English police procedural series on the market today. The story line contains two sub-plots that stretch the hero beyond his personal endurance limit. Long time fans will relish John's inquiries into corruption as well as welcome old friends working to stop a brutal killing machine. New readers will gain insight into the series not only from this well written tale, but also from Gwendolyn Butler's insightful brief notes that provide background material.

Harriet Klausner

This is the first book I have read by Ms. Butler and it was very enjoyable. The first thing the reader notices is that this book is very British, not only in the names of people and places but also in the attitudes and nuances of the people.

Commander Coffin is faced with the daunting task of having to solve two cases at the same time. The first is a case involving four young boys that went missing from their private school. The second is a case that Coffin is dragged into involving underground pharmaceuticals and apparent crooked cops.

Coffin is a good Commander as well as a detective. Coffin immediately gets on with the task of solving both cases and in the process becomes the target for murder. Who is behind the disappearance of the boys? Is there a crooked cop on the force? Where is the fake medicine coming from? Join Comander Coffin as he searches for the answers.

A GRAVE COFFIN by Gwendoline Butler is a good read. The book is mostly set in "Second City" (based on Docklands that is "second" after the City of London which is "first"). The Second City of COFFIN seems to be a figment of the author's imagination-at least I could not find any geographic correlation between her "Second City" and Docklands in the A-Z.

COFFIN is filled with scattered literary illusions for which a high school knowledge of English should provide adequate background, including references to Oxford and Lewis Carroll and black holes as well as drugs and Sherlock Holmes.

The setting for COFFIN is not as "British" as that found in books by P.D. James or Minette Walters where one can expect minute geographic details. In fact, the background for COFFIN puts me in mind of the Dalziel and Pascoe series--vaguly familiar but you would not be able to find it on a 7.5" map.

The English in COFFIN is British and Butler has a wry sense of humor, but I enjoy the British sense of humor and am familiar with their terminology so I had no problem. If you know what buggery is you won't either. In fact, the strength of Butler's writing lies in the ironic thoughts of her lead character Coffin (and his dog Augustus, i.e. Gus) for whom he thinks.

The plot of A GRAVE COFFIN involves two tangentially related cases. The first case involves the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, in this instance not illegal drugs for a change but facsimiles of patented drugs that not only rip-off the patent holders but endanger the consumer. The second tale is grisley as it involves the sexual abuse, mutilation and deaths of four boys around age 10.

Butler does a good job of laying out her crimes, leading her detectives onward with clues, and tying up most of the loose ends. Although she is dealing with terrible murders, she does not dwell on the graphic aspects any more than necessary to futher her storyline. In other words, her descriptions of the mutilated corpses are not sensational.

Her cops engage in mostly realistic police work (not an impulsive lone dog in the bunch) although Butler finesses the detailed forensics explanations. Her focus is on the main characters and the behaviour and motivations of suspects. She uses the backdrop of the domestic life of Inspector Coffin and his actress wife Stella and their little Peke Gus. If you enjoy the company of dogs you might enjoy Dectective Coffin and his fluffy white canine companion who manages to become very dirty at times.

This was my first Inspector Coffin mystery and I found it easy to read without having read the earlier books in Butler's series. I'll read others but the series won't go to the top of my list, not because Butler isn't good but because I have so much else to read. I'm still trying to work my way though Dalziel and Pascoe and Janet Evanovich's 1-2-3-4-5-6 series. I bought the hard cover of A GRAVE COFFIN but you might wait and buy the paperback. This is exactly the kind of book to take on a 6-7 hour flight and toss out at the end of your journey.

I just couldn't make it through this one. Terrible story, poor writing (no imagination) on the author's part. I loved "Gone With the Wind", "Scar;ett" was just OK, "Rhett's People" so-so. This one is trading on GWTW names only. Save your $

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I highly recommend it.

The first part of this wonderful book is a tale of coming of age
in the small-town-South. The story line and characterizations are good and the author's observations and metaphoric descriptions are keen and witty but not overdone. Tom Wolff massaged by Sue Grafton. The rest of the book is memoir-like, with the early characters continuing to devlop as the later charaters come aboard, adding breadth to the story without confusing it. We are drawn into their lives with extremely intelligent but very readable prose. As with GWTW, the reader is left wanting more.

Excellent writing, however, it is a book written by a female, about a female, for females. The ladies will enjoy it,

This was a fun book. I enjoyed getting to know these characters and the only bad part about the book for me was that it was over too soon!

This book has been so informational! It has helped greatly in my research. Information I havent been able to locate anywhere. This book has captured the arms and family history of the old Irish Septs. As well as the newer families from Scotland and England! I highly recommend!

Overall this is a very good source on Irish heraldry dating back some time. True it is in black and white and the images seem to be scanned in from other sources, but that is precisely the point. It is a compilation of arms from several Irish sources scanned into one collection and alphabetized for the reader.

It is a worthwhile book for anyone interested in Irish armory at all levels and certainly aids those who do heraldic artwork, such as myself, in finding emblazons from long ago so future clients can create their own arms based off of, though different from, the existing arms of these names from specific places.

Overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars. The only reason it is not 5 out of 5 is that I wish the blazons for some of the arms, which are not included, would have been; i.e., the arms of the Tribes of Galway is an excellent feature, but the blazon for the crests and arms is not there ... you have to dig them out of the text where they are available there, though not all are.

This book taught me alot. Nothing else explains the old Irish and also the families that settled in Ireland from Scotland, England and Wales etc... It includes the Roll of Arms for Irish septs..circa 1690 and also 300 years of Arms issued in Ireland under the British. Lots more to read, genaology notes can run from one sentence to serveral detailed paragraphs. I recommend it!

If you are thinking of buying this book, save your money. Neither the research into this subject nor the quality of the printing is worth it. The book appears to be a cut-and-paste collection of images that appeared in antique books. The quality is so poor that many of the black-and-white images are blurry (low resolution on computer scanner?)and show black lines at the edges like a poor photocopy. Nor is the book comprehensive. All in all this book seems to have been published at home....

This book has salvaged original arms from works as early as the 1700s in Ireland, and ties many of the arms to specific individuals - seldom done in other works. Some originals were from the 1700's, it is no wonder that they are not 'perfectly' glossy. They are very real. Those unfamiliar with the printing process may not understand that ink will fade over the centuries. All the originals have been reproduced exactly as they appeared in the dusty, salvaged volumes in the Irish Archives. Many appear nowhere else in print. Some novices may like arms that have been redrawn by a modern 'artist' in modern colors- this book includes over a hundred of those, but also includes hundreds of orginals that are found in no other work today- which makes it very unique

In addition - genealogy notes which appear nowhere else in print appear in several hundred entries. They name the holder of the arms, the name of father or descendant, and the SOURCE from which the information is taken, i.e. the Peerage of Ireland, The Irish Compendium, etc...dating back to 1722 a.d.. It is, bar none, the largest collection of Irish arms with commentary.

In short, any serious student of Irish heraldry will appreciate this work and its historical context.

This box set is a masterpiece, lighting up the histroy of Toril for all to explore. The realm of Nethril is a magical paradise in particular the spellcasting charicter classes, but excels for those who enjoy playing wizards. It at last gives DM's an open campaign expansion with scope, not basing the entire area around a singular advennture, and giving the DM several Thousand years of development to play with. I recommend this supplement in particular for high level players, allowing characters to become truly powerful and legendary figures, shaping the future of Toril (Who knows, your character could have been the inventor of the stoneskin spell, eh?)
But don't despair, it's also fun for low levels, and is a great way to show magic in a new light, and design stories which span the centuries in a truly epic way.
A must for those who want to explore the age of magic!

I have this boxed set, and a considerible amount of other Forgotten Realms boxed-sets as well. They don't seem to give you enough important information and data in it, and seem to be really vague. The idea of the game is great and everything, I just wish they could have been a bit more precise. The maps are wonderful along with everything else... I just wish that they would have stayed on one path and gone with it.

Published during the hayday of TSR and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition, this Arcane Age supplement takes us back through time to the days of ancient Netheril, an empire of loosely connected city-stated ruled by god-like archwizards. The setting material is brilliantly written, as is a unique system for taking magic to epic levels. Before there was an Epic Level Handbook, folks, there was Netheril: Empire of Magic.

Two booklets come with the box set, along with assorted maps. The thicker of the two books is a setting book, covering character creation rules and huge gads of setting material. You get a complete timeline of Netheril, from its humble origins as a collection of villages ruled by a priest of Tyche to it's final death at the hands of a supremely arrogant young archwizard. The ten gods of Netheril are also described herein, and a true Forgotten Realms fan will have tons of fun figuring out which deity survives to the modern days, and which do not.

The second booklet, much thinner than the first, details the magic of Netheril. New spells are included, along with an assortment of other magical doodads.

A map is included: One side shows Netheril at its height, green and verdant; the other side shows Netheril as a barely living desert, right before the Folly of Karsus.

All in all, I give this box set five stars. It's well worth the time for any dedicated 2nd edition D&D player to pick up.

This boxed set (easily coupled with the Cormanthyr expansion) is an excellent starting point for a creative DM who wants to unfold the history of the Realms with the PCs involved.

The boxed set includes the history of Netheril, magical items and spells of the era, and two high-quality maps. The materials offer excellent adventure hooks, great detail of the era, and modern-day issues (racism, slavery, et cetera).

If you're an imaginative DM, and want to shed some light on the mysteries of the Realms' past, definitely pick this boxed set up. It's worth it.

I don't know if I liked this campaign expansion or not. The good points are it is an good setting, with some fun and interesting new rules. The bad part is the over all lack of focus. This campaign setting forces DM's to simply pick a year they want their Netheril campaign to take place. Oh but there is only about 3520 + years of history to pick from. Also for $25 it seemed a little pricey coming with only two maps (Well done maps BTW), and a source book. Over all slightly better than average, but you might want to think before buying. I should have.

I've read this book three times in the past several months in preparation for giving a talk on post-structural perspectives on early childhood gender and sexual development in psychoanalysis. As always, I find the effort it takes to understand Butler's writing to pay off richly in the brilliance of her arguments. In particular, I was drawn to two sections in this book: the first a reconsidering of who it is that turns to become a subject in Althusser's model of interpellation, and the second an exchange of papers with psychoanalyst Adam Phillips in which both grapple with how her work might be informed by psychoanalytic practice and the practice might be informed by her work. Having read this book both prior to and after immersing myself in Freud, Lacan and some of their major commentators, I found that I got far more out of Butler's book with a stronger background in the language and assumptions of psychoanalysis.

In *The Psychic Life of Power* Judith Butler provides a critical inquiry into the process of subject formation that reveals the self-conscious subject as necessary paradox. Her main argument is that the emergence of the subject depends on subjection to power and yet the subject that is inaugurated exceeds this power, because subjection can never fully totalize the subject. In order to elaborate her theoretical movements Butler draws on Hegel, Nietzsche, Foucault, Althusser, and Freud. The main metaphors for understanding the works of subjection are the turning of the subject on itself and the interpellation of the subject by the other. Consciousness and desire function as guiding categories for the analysis. Taking on the much discussed question of the possibility of agency Butler shows that the normalizing effect of social norms always produces an inassimilable remainder in the subject from where resistance against those norms becomes possible. *The Psychic Life of Power* provides a very powerful rethinking of the question of subjectivity and self-consciousness, even though - or maybe because of - the individual chapters' appearance as separate essays. In the introduction, however, Butler reveals how the various explorations all fit together in her thinking. A new stage of Butlerian lucidity - in and on Butlerian terms, though.

This is a contituation from her earlier publications, "Gender Trouble," "Bodies That Matter." Those who read these two texts would find this book extremely interesting. Butler seems to move her theorization of subjectivity from the materiality of the body (in previous texts) to the psychic realm of subjectivity. Please note that this is NOT a reflection of Cartesian dichotomy of mind/body. Rather, I understand her move as strategic choice, in order to deepen her analysis of power and its relation to psychic realm, before delving into the inextricable reality of psyche and body. Here Butler draws on the works of various philosophers, such as Hegel, Althusser,Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault and so on, to explicate the complex process through which power engenders a psychic form (see intro), and constitutes a self. As always, her eloquent rhetorical style and brilliant epistemological turns are amazing enough.

Are you a man who is attracted to women? Did you know why? It's because when you were an infant, you wanted to have sex with other men but your parents told you not to. Then you wanted to have sex with your own mother, but your parents forbid you to do that as well. So, unable to HAVE your objects of desire, you have to BECOME your father (the first one you were forbidden to have) so that one day you will get to HAVE your mother. Or...a suitable stand in for her.

Yes, this is psychoanalysis at its best, which is about as good as doing a few Tarot card readings as a means of gaining greater insight into human development. Butler seems stuck on the theories of Freud which have long ago been disproven by scientists around the world. In her world, there are no people, only objects of sexual desire. There is no human connection, no love and no common sense. It is ashame that this is required reading in some humanities departments these days. If you can get through this without falling over laughing then you either have no sense of humor or are afraid to upset the academic powers that be who have dubbed Butler worth reading. I choose to keep on laughing.

This Butler is her best yet. It is imaginative, provocative, and excellently argues. She moves through a number of theories and discourses including Althusser, Freudian psychoanalysis, Foucault, and Hegel in order to argue out a VERY important concept: passionate attachments. This concept of Butler's represents a major intervention and contribution for radical politics. The basic idea is the subjects becomes attached to the conditions of their own subjectivity EVEN if these conditions are oppressive one. Very interesting and suggestive point. This book is well worth the buy just to see how Butler will argue this point out. If I have one criticism of Butler is that her discussion ultimately resonates with a number of Lacanian concepts, but she still maintains her skeptical distance from Lacan--these Lacanian criticisms can be found in Zizek's excellent "The Ticklish Subject."

This small book presents a great deal of information that can be helpful to the reader searching for locations and facts about minerals and gems. Using the instructions i was able to find the locations on Google Earth even though the book did not give give coordinates. the instructions are well written and clear. in only a few instances did I find ambiguous directions.

For some materials it is the only description of the source, something very sadly missing for many purchases.

Well this is a pretty cool book with some great general descriptions of various areas in the big california district. Another key buy would be gem trails of socal more focused on the socal region.

A friend of mine recently got me interested in rockhounding and we went and purchased this book... Anyway, we went to a random site and the maps, although detailed with mileage, don't show distance to site from areas in california. Example, distance from Barstow to Ludlow? YOU have to go there to see the mileagle sign. Secondly, there needs to be better markers on where to turn for these dirt roads. A few sites were passed due to not being where they "should be". I really would hate to take some unmarked road for 10 miles only find it leads nowhere and then have a problem getting back. The lore and history of the sites was nice along with hints of how to dig or uncover rocks but the maps do leave a bit to be desired. Finally, and most annoyingly, all of the photos were black and white and of low quality. How can one tell what green jasper looks like with a black photo? Blooodstone? Rose quartz? This one portion of the book really was what made me not want to purchase my own copy. Maybe future editions will have better maps and at least a few color photos of the rocks,etc. Thanks for your time, Dean

got the book last night, found crystals the next day. I am going for jasper tommorrow. great book!

This book really is solid. It's got some of the best information on everything you'll need to be right in the middle of all that this great big state of California has to offer. I have traveled to 14 sites so far, and almost all of them have been productive and well worth the trip. What I like most is the extra types of information given; like the best season to look for gems and minerals at a particular site, and the specific tools you'll need. Especially appreciated are the alternate maps that are recommended, like the USGS and the BLM, which match up right to the book. Way to go and thank you very much!

Like a wonderful dream, the story sharpens and spins in wonderful directions and unexpected climaxes. A book the stirs every emotion. No passive reading here! Don't read this novel in a hurry, rather find a time and place to enjoy it.

I picked this book up on the recommendation of a friend in Seattle. As I read it, I kept thinking "Berlin Alexanderplatz" and also "Homeboy", although I can't put my finger on exactly why. Perhaps because I so entered the main character's somewhat dark and brooding world, which is a tribute to the author. Perhaps the way the author bowls over the reader with a raw talent that is evident in the aforementioned works. Then again the novel is held back by seemingly endless talking heads type dumping of dialogue, which seems to be a common thread in the current flood of print on demand books like this one. But this book merits at least 3 stars for its reference to the actress Julie Newmar as "Catwoman" in connection with the main character's earliest sexual experiences- "purrrfect!"

This man Butler maintains a power over the imagination, seduces with sweet words, spins amusing fictions. I found myself bedfellow to the surreal and fantastic. An imperfect book, but, surely, if one can overlook the imperfections of Dr. J or John F Kennedy or Louis Armstrong one can grant this book its due, for it contains the same compelling genius that provokes us in these men.

This curious and contemporary Don Juan novel is truly wonderful. As the protagonist Joseph Vidich wades through his world of desires he comes across a mysterious book of Russian folktales that ultimately challenge Joseph's percieved reality. The device of a fiction within a fiction is used to great effect (in no small part due to the marvelous Russian folktales themselves!) to challenge the line between fiction and reality in the ways Nabokov or Borges do. This novel by D.E. Butler is a great achievement and a strong step for the modern novel. Readers who are willing to invest a bit of effort in the literature they read, who want an author to challenge them, who have the highest expectations of literature, will not be dissappointed.

DE Butler is one to watch.

ALW

Well, for those of you who of know him, this work will come as no surprise, but for those who don't, expect a story that will blow you away. Butler is already well known in Seattle as a writer, but he's also an aclaimed photographer, actor (he's the star of the wonderful mock-documentary film "Puppet Show", now showing on the Independent Film Channel), and world-class raconteur. In addition to my adoration of his work in films, I've always been a huge fan of his storytelling abilities, and waited eagerly for this book. And I've been waiting a long time for this to be published - let's face it, the publishing community has had their heads up their a** on this one. But it's finally available, and the wait was worthwhile. This is a book of surprising insight, sexual revelation, and corageous honesty. It's one of those rare books that moves the American Novel a giant step forward. Expect to read it with a sense of joy, rage, horror, bliss, and satisfaction. Happy reading...

Jeffery Aguirre - The Independent Film Channel

This book is very helpful for the architects understanding of structures with its companion CD, is a unique problem-solving tool and provides solutions to difficulties as they arise on the job.

Excellent resource for professionals who need ready access to common architectural design issues. Provides excellent emperical techniques not available in academic texts. Real time saver. One disappointment - the computer disk of calculations was for the P. C. computers and not usable by the MacIntosh community which I am a part. Even without the computing aid, the book was well worth it's price.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU ARE STUDYING FOR THE NEW ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING PE EXAM - IT IS NOT USEFUL AT ALL. I bought this book as reference to study for and take the newly established Architectural Engineering PE exam and was sorely disappointed. The author fails in his self-proclaimed attempt to distill engineering design formulations into an easy-to-read format. The equations throughout the book are simply "dumbed down" linear statements of esoteric symbols with next to no regard to engineering notation conventions. The example problems may resemble some types of common design problems, but are rarely general enough to apply to varying situations. I didn;t refer eveon one time to any equation or example problem in this book when studying for or taking the actual PE exam in April 2003.

Excellent resource for professionals who need ready access to common architectural design issues. Provides excellent emperical techniques not available in academic texts. Real time saver. One disappointment - the computer disk of calculations was for the P. C. computers and not usable by the MacIntosh community which I am a part. Even without the computing aid, the book was well worth it's price.

Me gusta mucho la manera como se expresa el autor, y las muchas posibilidades de investigacion que se pueden encontrar en ese libro

This is really a funny funny book! It is amazing just how DUMB some crooks can be!! Would like to read more like this one!

This book is absolutely a compilation of the same lies! ,
For example they start an history happening in a desert in Syria !, it happens that I went on vacation to Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Syria HAS NOT DESERT! The rest of stories are all created by the "stupid authors" they should qualify themselves as the worlds Dumbest authors.

The title's sort of self-explanatory, isn't it? No matter where you go in the world, be it America, the Congo, Japan, the Netherlands, etc., there are stupid people committing stupid crimes - and going immediately to jail without passing Go or collecting $200. These aren't just spontaneous acts of stupidity, either - some of the crimes described in this book were the result of careful, detailed planning.

The stories recounted here run the gamut from petty thievery to armed robbery, with bank robbers supplying some of the funniest goofs. Take the guy who was apprehended after going back to retrieve his car keys from the teller counter, or the thieves who tried to tunnel into a bank and almost drowned after cutting through a water main. You've also got geniuses who signed their names (and addresses) to such things as petitions and passport applications before turning and demanding money. Leading in the category of "getting their just rewards" are the robbers whose getaway took them right in the path of the oncoming men and bulls in the Running of the Bulls at Pamplona. My pick for unluckiest crook is the dope who broke into a nondescript white van, only to find it was a police surveillance van filled with four policemen. My favorite story, though, concerns the kid who tried to siphon gas out of a motor home one night - only to accidentally put his hose in the sewage tank.

These are highlights from just a few of the book's many entries in the annals of dumb criminals from all across the world. It makes for light reading, to be sure, but it's also quite entertaining.

I just got this book and I got to tell you, this is one of the funniest books I have ever read! I was expecting a little more like pictures but hey you could read. They only have drawings so no actual pictures, and not alot either. These stories are so unbelievable, because you could see how stupid people are. I mean wow criminals are so freakin stupid! This book is hilarious and cool to show off. Like to show people how stupid people are. If you are a criminal I suggest you read this book so you cant make the stupidest mistakes. This book is pretty long too, and hilariously funny. You might want to hold your stomach first before you read this hilarious book. This book is cheap to like on half ebay and stuff. Or Amazon heheheh(hope I don't get sued). Anyways you got to get this ruthless comedy book that will make you laugh and just maybe, maybe a little dumber but you learn criminals mistake so it kind of makes you smarter. One of my favorite stories are "I arested myself"Its about this guy who tries to steel plywood sheets and he fel and got stuck untill an employee found him in the morning. Then theres the canadian bank robber who left his keys in the counter of the bank. There are more great funny stories in this histarical book. Very well written but I recommend "AMERICAS DUMBEST CRIMINALS". It shows a story in that book that beats em all. Its about these guys who rob a mcdonalds tell'em to give them all there money and 12 big mancs. They eat the big macs there and wait for the cops to come. Crimminals are so dumb.

You'd be shocked to see how stupid people can be. This book was really funny. I read every story and they were all great. This book is kind of like a combo of "COPS" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" (but on paper, not tv). These stories aren't just in the U.S.A. but all around the world (as the title implies). Just to give you a sample of a funny one... this one guy broke into a display case at a shoe store and he only stole right shoes, no left at all. Duh. If you enjoy comedy this is the book for you. -_-