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Offers facetious definitions of nautical terms, and cartoons that illustrate the perils and procedures of sailing

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9780894801587 | Workman Pub Co, May 1, 1981, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Offers facetious definitions of nautical terms, and cartoons that illustrate the perils and procedures of sailing

Paperback:

9780894801440 | Workman Pub Co, January 4, 1981, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Offers facetious definitions of nautical terms, and cartoons that illustrate the perils and procedures of sailing

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Presents satirical discussions on a variety of plants, garden pests, and the tools and techniques of gardening

Hardcover:

9780894802010 | Workman Pub Co, April 1, 1983, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents satirical discussions on a variety of plants, garden pests, and the tools and techniques of gardening

Paperback:

9780894802003 | Workman Pub Co, January 5, 1982, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Presents satirical discussions on a variety of plants, garden pests, and the tools and techniques of gardening

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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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Product Description: A sidesplitting and thoroughly functional record book for every sailor worth his salt. 88,000 copies in print. Beard & McKie lexicons have over 2.3 million copies in print.

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9780894805745 | Workman Pub Co, June 1, 1983, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A sidesplitting and thoroughly functional record book for every sailor worth his salt.

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A tongue-in-cheek introduction to the ineptiles describes dodosaurs that lived during the Moronic, Idiotic, and the Preposterous periods

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9780517550762 | Crown Pub, November 1, 1983, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: A tongue-in-cheek introduction to the ineptiles describes dodosaurs that lived during the Moronic, Idiotic, and the Preposterous periods

Miss Piggy takes the reader on a tour of her art museum which houses several muppet masterworks including Gainsborough's 'Green Boy.'
By John E. Barrett (illustrator), Henry Beard (editor) and Michael K. Frith (editor)

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9780030007439 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1984, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: A selection of magnificent, previously unknown masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rodin, Picasso, Gainsborough, Degas, and other superlative artists

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The authors mince their way through all the pretension and confusion of cooking jargon to serve up more than two hundred delicious definitions spiced with fifty full-page illustrations

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9780894808432 | Workman Pub Co, January 4, 1985, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The authors mince their way through all the pretension and confusion of cooking jargon to serve up more than two hundred delicious definitions spiced with fifty full-page illustrations

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Provides a complete listing of spare parts procured by the government for actual use in defense installations

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9780894800368 | Workman Pub Co, March 1, 1986, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Provides a complete listing of spare parts procured by the government for actual use in defense installations

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

Paperback:

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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Tongue in cheek definitions offer a child's perspective on allowances, cousins, homework, manners, nightmares, report cards, school, and younger sisters

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9780894805844 | Workman Pub Co, May 1, 1988, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: An illustrated collection of funny definitions of such common words as 'aunt,' 'homework,' and 'vacation.

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Offers a humorous parody of the SAT, including questions on vocabulary, math, and logic

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9780060963118 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1988, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Offers a humorous parody of the SAT, including questions on vocabulary, math, and logic

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Offers tongue in cheek definitions for various skiing terms, from aerials to yodel

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9780894806506 | Workman Pub Co, November 1, 1989, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Offers tongue in cheek definitions for various skiing terms, from aerials to yodel

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Provides Latin equivalents for a variety of everyday phrases, from Hot enough for you? to Make my day!

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9780394586601 | 1st edition (Villard Books, November 1, 1990), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Provides Latin equivalents for a variety of everyday phrases, from Hot enough for you?

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Product Description: The Book of Sequels

Paperback:

9780679732976 | Random House Inc, December 1, 1990, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The Book of Sequels

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A humorous bilingual guide to the world of cats

Hardcover:

9780679406761 | 1 edition (Villard Books, October 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A humorous bilingual guide to the world of cats

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Offers hundreds of useful Latin phrases as well as a pronunciation guide

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9780679406747 | 1st edition (Villard Books, November 1, 1991), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Offers hundreds of useful Latin phrases as well as a pronunciation guide

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Product Description: Brand new

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781555254384 | Nightingale Conant Corp, December 1, 1991, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Brand new

Product Description: It's OK...nay, essential...that you cheat in golf. Finally, a rule book that explains why you're allowed all those do-overs, don't counts, and minor lie improvements you've always felt entitled to. Each rule is illustrated with a helpful line drawing.From the Hardcover edition.

Hardcover:

9780679408864 | 1st edition (Villard Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A humorous guide to the exceptions in the rules of golf, specially created for inept golfers, features drawings illustrating the particular extenuating circumstances the exceptions cover

Paperback:

9780679747796 | Villard Books, May 30, 1993, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: It's OK.

Hardcover:

9780385469982 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, May 1, 1993, cover price $15.00

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A collection of golfing wisdom features hundreds of tongue in cheek insights, proverbs, and tips about the game, the course, and the clubhouse

Hardcover:

9780385469999 | Doubleday, May 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of golfing wisdom features hundreds of tongue in cheek insights, including the fact that a golf bag always contains more than six hundred or fewer than three tees

Paperback:

9780385492775 | Doubleday, June 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of golfing wisdom features hundreds of tongue in cheek insights, proverbs, and tips about the game, the course, and the clubhouse

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Provides humorous explanations and clever illustrations for common conundrums, such as why Chinese food always tastes the same, why the soda machine always eats quarters, and how levers and pulleys actually work. 50,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780670850730 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Provides humorous explanations for common conundrums, such as why Chinese food always tastes the same, why the soda machine always eats quarters, and how levers and pulleys actually work

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Product Description: Now that some American students have to fill in questionnaires for consensual lovemaking, going on a date is more of a minefield than ever before. This book aims to tell readers the truth about politically correct sex and is anecdotal, topical and amusing.

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9780006383772 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1994, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Now that some American students have to fill in questionnaires for consensual lovemaking, going on a date is more of a minefield than ever before.

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A zany parody featuring poetry by the feline companions of some of literature's greatest bards includes 'Do Not Go Gentle to That Damned Vet,' 'Leaves of Catnip,' and 'The Human,' among others. 100,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
By Henry Beard and Gary Zamchick (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780679435822 | Villard Books, November 1, 1994, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A parody featuring poetry by the feline companions of great poets includes 'Do Not Go Gentle to That Damned Vet,' 'Leaves of Catnip,' and other selections

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A hilarious look at the latest trends in sexual correctness answers questions about the baffling dilemmas of dating etiquette--including Why does 'yes' always mean 'no'? and Is Ivana Trump a 'domestic incarceration survivor'? Original. 75,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

Paperback:

9780679756415 | 1 edition (Villard Books, February 1, 1995), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A look at the latest trends in sexual correctness

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787102005 | Dove Entertainment Inc, January 1, 1995, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Cerf's yradition of satire began at Harvard as Vice President of the Harvard Lampoon and continued with the creation of his parodies Not the New York Times and The Book of Sequels.

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A parody on a popular best-seller draws from the actor's personal experiences as a bad golfer, offering fail-safe advice on how to be the worst of the worst on the green. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780385475983 | 1 edition (Doubleday, April 1, 1995), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: A parody on a popular best-seller draws from the actor's personal experiences as a bad golfer, offering fail-safe advice on how to be the worst of the worst on the green

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