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Product Description: This is an indispensable cross-reference manual to the 1950’s that brought a wealth of music that still remains popular on the radio today. It was a transitional period from the orchestral hits of Guy Lombardo and the vocal stylings of Frank Sinatra and Perry Como to the folk music of the Weavers to the early rock of Bill Haley and the Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard...read more

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9781503303911 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 29, 2014, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This is an indispensable cross-reference manual to the 1950’s that brought a wealth of music that still remains popular on the radio today.

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Hardcover:

9781439199558 | Simon & Schuster, November 20, 2012, cover price $25.00

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9780715649213 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, October 23, 2014, cover price $15.30
9781439199565 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, November 19, 2013), cover price $15.00

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• An ingenious mix of facts and flights of fancy: The history of golf begins in 732 AD, when a relic of St. Andrew—patron saint of Scotland and of golf—was found wearing a copper arthritis bracelet. And who could forget 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered the birthplace of Tiger Woods. Golf is the perfect gift for the serious—and not so serious—golfer. .• Bestselling humorist: Henry Beard has authored or coauthored ten parodies, five of which are New York Times bestsellers, as well as more than two dozen other humor books, including French for Cats and The Official Politically Correct Dictionary . .• Golf is Beard’s game: In a New York Times interview, Beard once said “It’s the most insidious of sports because once in a while you have a day where you do extraordinarily well and you think you can do very well—and you can’t. It’s just a tease. Even a Zen monk would be driven crazy by golf.” Beard has written seven other golf humor books, including Golfing: The Duffer’s Dictionary and The Official Rules of Bad Golf ..

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9781439169933 | 1 edition (Simon & Schuster, December 8, 2009), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: • An ingenious mix of facts and flights of fancy: The history of golf begins in 732 AD, when a relic of St.

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9781451692556 | Simon & Schuster, April 6, 2012, cover price $14.99

Miscellaneous:

9781439102800 | Simon & Schuster, December 8, 2009, cover price $9.99

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By Henry Beard and Phil Scheuer (illustrator)

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9781402747755 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2007, cover price $9.95

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By Henry Beard and Phil Scheuer (illustrator)

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9781402747762 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2007, cover price $9.95

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Product Description: Everyone who plays golf dreams of long drives, below-par scores, and holes-in-one. Unfortunately, not everyone succeeds. But there is an easy way for golfers to knock a dozen strokes off their handicap. No, it doesn’t require new clubs—just new rules, designed for the game mortals actually play: Bad Golf...read more

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9781402740299 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, January 1, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Everyone who plays golf dreams of long drives, below-par scores, and holes-in-one.

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Offers a hilarious compilation of feline humor for the Francophile in an omnibus edition containing the best-selling French for Cats and Advanced French for Exceptional Cats. Original.

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9780812975789 | Bilingual edition (Villard Books, November 1, 2005), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Offers a hilarious compilation of feline humor for the Francophile in an omnibus edition containing the best-selling French for Cats and Advanced French for Exceptional Cats.

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A whimsical parody of Clement C. Moore's classic holiday poem brings the experience of Christmas Eve to life as seen through the eyes of the family cat. 35,000 first printing.

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9780767918534 | Broadway Books, October 25, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A whimsical parody of Clement C.

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The family dog offers its own hilarious take on Christmas Eve in a zany, illustrated parody of Clement C. Moore's holiday classic. 35,000 first printing.

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9780767918527 | Broadway Books, October 25, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A whimsical parody of Clement C.

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A guide to dieting feline style discusses the importance of discriminatory taste, ambiance, portion control, preparation, exercise, and the essence of beauty and style for cats.
By Henry Beard and Susann Ferris Jones (illustrator)

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9780307337801 | Crown Pub, September 13, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A guide to dieting feline style discusses the importance of discriminatory taste, ambiance, portion control, preparation, exercise, and the essence of beauty and style for cats.

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In a parody of The Da Vinci Code, William Franklin, professor of American Popular History, Urban Mythology, and Supermarket Tabloid Science, joins forces with beautiful Sandra Damsel of the CDC to investigate the murder of her uncle and uncover a plot by the Republican Party to prevent the discovery of a long-lost document that could have dramatic repercussions for the presidential election. Original. 100,000 first printing.

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9780743270021 | Simon & Schuster, August 31, 2004, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In a parody of 'The Da Vinci Code,' William Franklin and Sandra Damsel uncover a plot by the Republican Party to prevent the discovery of a document that could affect the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.

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The best-selling humorist and author of Miss Piggy's Guide to Life provides an updated collection of Latin equivalents for a variety of everyday phrases, divided into such categories as Occupational Latin, Sales Latin, Sensual Latin, Pop-Cultural Latin, Familial Latin, and Celebrational Latin. Original. 20,000 first printing.
By Henry Beard, Mikhail Ivenitsky (illustrator) and J. Mark Sugars (trans)

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9781592400805 | Rev upd edition (Avery Pub Group, August 19, 2004), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The best-selling humorist and author of Miss Piggy's Guide to Life provides an updated collection of Latin equivalents for a variety of everyday phrases, divided into such categories as Occupational Latin, Sales Latin, Sensual Latin, Pop-Cultural Latin, Familial Latin, and Celebrational Latin.

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Product Description: Featuring Bill Murray, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Christopher Guest, Harold Ramis + + +.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781929243648 | Uproar Entertainment, May 30, 2004, cover price $16.98 | About this edition: Featuring Bill Murray, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Christopher Guest, Harold Ramis + + +.

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A hilarious glimpse inside the Latin language provides a collection of useful Latin phrases--including quips, comebacks, wisecracks, put-downs, and other zingers--that can be used to deal with road rage, psych out golf opponents, give backhanded compliments, talk back, and evade awkward questions.

Hardcover:

9781592400140 | Bilingual edition (Gotham Books, March 1, 2004), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: A humorous glimpse inside the Latin language provides a collection of useful Latin phrases that can be used to deal with road rage, psych out golf opponents, give backhanded compliments, talk back, and evade awkward questions.
9789990017694 | Bilingual edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 2004), cover price $0.02

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Readers can help President George W. Bush in his search for Saddam Hussein by opening flaps to reveal answers to such questions as 'Is he in France?' and 'Has he moved to 'the burbs'?'
By Ron Barrett (illustrator), Henry Beard, John Boswell and Gary Hallgren (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780767917179 | Broadway Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Readers can help President George W.

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Paperback:

9780761128205 | Workman Pub Co, September 28, 2002, cover price $7.95

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A dictionary of fishing terminology includes more than two hundred whimsical definitions for words and phrases, ranging from abalone to zero

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9780761126423 | Workman Pub Co, April 1, 2002, cover price $7.95
9780894803550 | Workman Pub Co, January 6, 1983, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A dictionary of fishing terminology includes more than two hundred whimsical definitions for words and phrases, ranging from abalone to zero

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Pokes fun at the sport of golf by providing humorous definitions for golfing terminology

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9780761123705, titled "Golfing: A Duffer's Dictionary" | Revised edition (Workman Pub Co, May 1, 2001), cover price $7.95
9780894803222 | Workman Pub Co, April 1, 1987, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Pokes fun at the sport of golf by providing humorous definitions for golfing terminology

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