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The Awful Truth About Publishing: Why They Always Reject Your Manuscript and What You Can Do About It

Explains the nature of the book publishing business and provides would-be authors with tools to help increase the chances of getting a manuscript published

By John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9780446512084 | Grand Central Pub, September 1, 1986, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Explains the nature of the book publishing business and provides would-be authors with tools to help increase the chances of getting a manuscript published

Better Dead Than Red: A Blue States Manifesto

By Henry Beard and John Boswell

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Paperback:

9780767921985 | Broadway Books, October 30, 2006, cover price $9.95

Bill Gates' Personal, Super-Secret, Private Laptop: A Microspoof

A humorous look inside the computer guru's supposed personal PC reveals his inner-most thoughts and schemes, pictured as though it were appearing on an actual laptop screen covered with fingerprints and a Coke-stained keyboard. 150,000 first printing.

By Ron Barrett (illustrator), Henry Beard and John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9780684854649 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1998, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Offers a humorous look inside the computer guru's supposed personal PC

A Cat's Night Before Christmas

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.

By Henry Beard, John Boswell and Susann Ferris Jones (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

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

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

A comprehensive study of homosexuality in medieval Europe examines the interaction of social reality and moral argument and traces changes in public attitudes

By John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9780023061615, titled "Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences" | 6th ed. edition (Dellen Pub Co, November 1, 1992), cover price $62.00 | also contains Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences

Paperback:

9780226345222 | 35 anv edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, December 10, 2015), cover price $29.00

9780226067117 | Univ of Chicago Pr, July 1, 1981, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A comprehensive study of homosexuality in medieval Europe examines the interaction of social reality and moral argument and traces changes in public attitudes

Chuck and Di Have a Baby

Product Description: Paperdolls... Chuck & Di Have a Baby

By John Boswell

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Paperback:

9780671452292 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1982, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Paperdolls.

A Dog's Night Before Christmas

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.

By Henry Beard, John Boswell and Susann Ferris Jones (illustrator)

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

Dysfunctional Family Christmas Songbook

A hilarious holiday songbook for the entire dysfunctional family features a a wide array of Christmas song parodies that includes 'Grandpa Fell,' 'Slutty Night,' and other soon-to-be classics. By the authors of Where's Saddam? 75,000 first printing.

By John Boswell, Charles S. Pyle and Lenore Skenazy

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9780767919074 | Broadway Books, November 2, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A holiday songbook for the entire dysfunctional family features a wide array of Christmas song parodies that includes 'Grandpa's Drunk,' 'O Holy Fight,' and 'Silent Wife.

The Education of an Accidental Ceo: Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office

Product Description: David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade. He sold encyclopedias door to door, worked as a hotel night clerk, and took a job as a $7,200-a-year advertising copywriter with the hopes of maybe one day becoming a creative director...read more

By John Boswell and David Novak

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9780307451798 | Crown Pub, April 28, 2009, cover price $16.00 | also contains The Education of an Accidental CEO: Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office | About this edition: David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739354766 | Unabridged edition (Random House, October 2, 2007), cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Chronicling his own path from trailer park upbringing to success in the corporate world, the CEO of Yum Brands, the world's largest restaurant business, shares his wisdom about the importance of motivation and recognition, management style, and the meaning of success.

The Education of an Accidental Ceo: My Journey from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office

By John Boswell

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Miscellaneous:

9780307405654 | Crown Pub, October 9, 2007, cover price $15.00

Fenway Park: Legendary Home of the Boston Red Sox

A minutely detailed, blimps-eye view, pop-up model of Fenway Park rises out of an illustrated history of the oldest baseball stadium in existence. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.

By John Boswell and David Fisher

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Hardcover:

9780316103374 | Little Brown & Co, October 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A pop-up scale model of Fenway Park is accompanied by text and photographs that recreate the stadium's history and lore

Five Rings, Six Crises, Seven Dwarfs, and 38 Ways to Win an Argument: Numerical Lists You Never Knew or Once Knew and Probably Forgot

Numerical lists in various categories

By John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9781578660087 | Bbs Pub Corp, November 1, 1997, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Numerical lists in various categories

9780670832408, titled "Five Rings, Six Crises, Seven Dwarfs and 38 Ways to Win an Argument: Numerical Lists You Never Knew or Once Knew and Probably Forgot" | Viking Pr, October 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents 350 numerical lists organized into categories ranging from anatomy to sports

Paperback:

9780140131956 | Penguin USA, September 1, 1991, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Numerical lists in various categories

French for Cats: All the French Your Cat Will Ever Need

A humorous bilingual guide to the world of cats

By Henry Beard, John Boswell, Henri De LA Barbe and Gary Zamchick (illustrator)

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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

Healing Your Inner Core: How to Rewrite Your Life Script and Change Your Destiny

Product Description: Do you want to change yourself and your life? Many people believe it s impossible to accomplish profound personal change. They re wrong. I say that with absolute confidence, because this book is the result of my own experience, recovering from an extremely damaging childhood and saving my own life...read more

By John Boswell

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9780981554105 | Parra Grande Pr, May 1, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Do you want to change yourself and your life?

How to Dad

Provides light-hearted instruction for fathers on activities they can do with their children, from riding a bicycle, playing games and making things to opening a bank account

By Ron Barrett and John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9780440503026 | Dell Pub Co, May 1, 1990, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Provides light-hearted instruction for fathers on activities they can do with their children, from riding a bicycle, playing games and making things to opening a bank account

The Insider's Guide to Getting Published: Why They Always Reject Your Manuscript and What You Can Do About It

By John Boswell

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Paperback:

9780385479363 | Main Street Books, January 1, 1997, cover price $12.00

The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance

Offers a study of how previous societies dealt with the phenomenon of abandoned children (view table of contents)

By John Boswell

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Hardcover:

9780394572406 | Pantheon Books, January 1, 1989, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers a study of how previous societies dealt with the phenomenon of abandoned children

Paperback:

9780226067124 | Reprint edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, September 1, 1998), cover price $32.00

9780679724995 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, February 1, 1990), cover price $14.25 | About this edition: Offers a study of how previous societies dealt with the phenomenon of abandoned children

A Man and His Pan

Ranging from easy breakfast dishes to one-pan meals, more than 150 recipes for meals to be cooked in a skillet are drawn from the four major male food groups: chicken, shrimp, steak, and chops.

By John Boswell and Susan Wyler

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Hardcover:

9780836278545 | Andrews McMeel Pub, April 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of recipes created to be prepared in a twelve-inch nonstick skillet includes Japanese fried chicken, gaucho steak with chimichurri sauce, challah french toast, white pan pizza, and spaghetti pie

Manual De Supervivencia/the U.S. Armed Forces Survival Manual

Information on map reading, finding direction, orienteering, first aid, and hunting and trapping are included in a comprehensive guide to survival

By John Boswell

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Paperback:

9788427007574 | Martinez Roca S A Ediciones, June 1, 1984, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Information on map reading, finding direction, orienteering, first aid, and hunting and trapping are included in a comprehensive guide to survival

Never Make the First Offer: And Other Wisdom No Dealmaker Should Be Without

By John Boswell, Donald Dell and Sean Pratt (narrator)

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9781596593770, titled "Never Make the First Offer: (Except When You Should) Wisdom From a Master Dealmaker" | Unabridged edition (Gildan Audio, March 10, 2010), cover price $29.98

Never Make the First Offer: (Except When You Should) Wisdom from a Master Dealmaker

By John Boswell and Donald Dell

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Hardcover:

9781591842651 | Portfolio, August 20, 2009, cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9781591843467, titled "Never Make the First Offer: (Except When You Should): Wisdom from a Master Dealmaker" | Reprint edition (Portfolio, July 26, 2011), cover price $16.00

Nunca Hagas La Primera Oferta/ Never Make The First Offer: (Excepto Cuando Conviene)/ (Except When You Should): Consejos De Negociacion Del Mejor Representante De Deportistas/ Wisdom from a Master Dealmaker

Product Description: Se trata de un libro facil de leer y muy ameno en el cual el autor relata cuales han sido y son los secretos de la negociacion. Lleno de anecdotas que involucran a estrellas del deporte mundial al cual el autor represento, tales como los jugadores de baloncesto Michael Jordan o Patrick Ewing, o los tenistas Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl o Andy Roddick, entre otros, el lector aprendera no solo los secretos de la negociacion, sino muchas de las anecdotas de la creacion de toda una nueva industria como es la representacion de deportistas, de la cual se habla cotidianamente en la prensa, pero que practicamente no existia hace 40 anos...read more

By John Boswell and Donald Dell

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9788492452446 | Italian edition edition (Spanish Pubs Llc, May 15, 2010), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Se trata de un libro facil de leer y muy ameno en el cual el autor relata cuales han sido y son los secretos de la negociacion.

The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf, Centennial Edition: The Hacker's Bible

A revised edition of the best-selling book of golf humor features twenty new additional, compensatory loopholes to the rules of the game designed to put lousy players on a par with their superiors. Original. 50,000 first printing.

By Henry Beard and John Boswell

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Paperback:

9780679741237 | Revised edition (Villard Books, December 1, 1997), 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

O.J.'s Legal Pad

A darkly humorous parody of the trial includes O.J. Simpson's instructions to his lawyers, ideas for alibis, caricatures of Judge Ito and the prosecutors, and marketing ideas

By Ron Barrett, Henry Beard and John Boswell

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9780679768838, titled "O.J.'s Legal Pad" | Villard Books, May 1, 1995, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A darkly humorous parody of the trial includes O.

Rationalizations to Live by

By Henry Beard, Andy Borowitz, John Boswell and Roz Chast

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Paperback:

9780761116363 | Workman Pub Co, March 1, 2000, cover price $5.95

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