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A Million Is Not Enough: How to Retire With the Money You'll Need

By P. J. O'Rourke (foreword by)

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9780446511742 | Springboard Pr, March 5, 2008, cover price $11.99

On the Wealth of Nations: Books That Changed the World

An upbeat dissemination of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments condenses and illuminates the key points of the original works while discussing how their messages remain relevant to modern readers. Reprint.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871139498 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, December 4, 2006, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: An upbeat dissemination of Adam Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations' and 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' condenses and illuminates the key points of the original works while discussing how their messages remain relevant.

9780802118332 | Grove Pr, October 28, 2006, cover price $19.95

Paperback:

9780802143426 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, December 21, 2007), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: An upbeat dissemination of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments condenses and illuminates the key points of the original works while discussing how their messages remain relevant to modern readers.

On the Wealth of Nations

Product Description: "Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations" was first published in 1776 and almost instantly it was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long and as P. J. O'Rourke points out, to understand The Wealth of Nations, the cornerstone of free-market thinking and a book that shapes the world to this day, you also need to peruse Smith's earlier doorstopper, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments"...read more

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9781843543886 | Atlantic Books, July 12, 2007, cover price $25.25 | About this edition: Shows us why Smith is still relevant, and how the division of labour, freedom of trade and pursuit of self-interest espoused by Smith are not only vital to the welfare of mankind, they're funny too.

9780126480351, titled "Streptococci" | Academic Pr, November 1, 1978, cover price $188.00 | also contains Streptococci

Paperback:

9781843546269 | Atlantic Books, July 12, 2007, cover price $18.60 | About this edition: "Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations" was first published in 1776 and almost instantly it was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781400103867 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 28, 2007), cover price $24.99

9781400153862 | Mp3 edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 28, 2007), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Recognized almost instantly upon its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long: the original edition totaled over 900 pages in two volumes-including the blockbuster 67-page "digression concerning the variations in the value of silver during the course of the last four centuries," which, according to P.

The Wealth of Nations: Library Edition

Product Description: Recognized almost instantly upon its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long: the original edition totaled over 900 pages in two volumes-including the blockbuster 67-page "digression concerning the variations in the value of silver during the course of the last four centuries," which, according to P...read more

By P. J. O'Rourke and Michael Prichard (narrator)

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9781400133864 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 28, 2007), cover price $49.99 | About this edition: Recognized almost instantly upon its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long: the original edition totaled over 900 pages in two volumes-including the blockbuster 67-page "digression concerning the variations in the value of silver during the course of the last four centuries," which, according to P.

The Northern Front: A Wartime Diary

By Charles Glass, Don McCullin (photographer) and P. J. O'Rourke (foreword by)

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9780863567704 | Al Saqi, December 4, 2006, cover price $16.95

Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism

The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871139191 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

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9781423315667 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, August 28, 2006), cover price $16.99

9781593353223 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, June 30, 2004), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Having unraveled the mysteries of Washington in his classic best-seller Parliament of Whores and the mysteries of economics in Eat the Rich, one of our shrewdest and most mordant foreign correspondents now turns his attention to what is these days the ultimate mystery â Americaâs foreign policy.

9781593354831 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 30, 2004), cover price $39.25 | About this edition: Having unraveled the mysteries of Washington in his classic best-seller Parliament of Whores and the mysteries of economics in Eat the Rich, one of our shrewdest and most mordant foreign correspondents now turns his attention to what is these days the ultimate mystery â Americaâs foreign policy.

9781593557140 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 1, 2004), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781423315605 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, April 28, 2006), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Having unraveled the mysteries of Washington in his classic best-seller Parliament of Whores and the mysteries of economics in Eat the Rich, one of our shrewdest and most mordant foreign correspondents now turns his attention to what is these days the ultimate mystery â Americaâs foreign policy.

9781593557126 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 1, 2004), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

National Lampoon: 1964 High School Yearbook: 39th Reunion Edition

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9781590710579 | Rugged Land, May 31, 2005, cover price $17.95

National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody

With stories and photos that are as plausible today as they were in 1978, the Dacron, Ohio, Republican-Democrat, returns with a complete Sunday edition, including National News, a Parade Magazine Parody, and Eight Pages of Comics.

By John Hughes (editor) and P. J. O'Rourke (editor)

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9781590710371 | Rugged Land, November 4, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: With stories and photos that are as plausible today as they were in 1978, the Dacron, Ohio, Republican-Democrat, returns with a complete Sunday edition, including National News, a Parade Magazine Parody, and Eight Pages of Comics.

Peace Kills

O'Rourke travels to Kosovo where he meets KLA veterans, Albanian refugees and peacekeepers, and confronts the paradox of 'the war that war-haters love to love'. He visits Egypt, Israel and Kuwait, where he witnesses citizens enjoying their newfound freedoms. He concludes that the war was justified for one reason: criminal interior decorating.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780330437813 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, October 7, 2005), cover price $13.45 | About this edition: O'Rourke travels to Kosovo where he meets KLA veterans, Albanian refugees and peacekeepers, and confronts the paradox of 'the war that war-haters love to love'.

9780802141989 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, May 10, 2005), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: One of the nation's most controversial journalists and humorists offers another hard-hitting survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo, where 'NATO tried to start World War III without hurting anyone.

9781843543619 | Atlantic Books, September 23, 2004, cover price $21.40 | About this edition: Having unraveled the mysteries of Washington in his classic best-seller Parliament of Whores and the mysteries of economics in Eat the Rich, one of our shrewdest and most mordant foreign correspondents now turns his attention to what is these days the ultimate mystery â Americaâs foreign policy.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781593557157 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 1, 2004), cover price $74.25 | About this edition: The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781593557133 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 1, 2004), cover price $62.25 | About this edition: The humorist offers a survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security-obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo.

Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Injustive and Alcohol-Free Beer

The author of Parliament of Whores takes a look at freedom around the world, discussing the Gorbachev-Reagan summit, the Berlin Wall, elections in Paraguay and Nicaragua, Russia after the aborted coup, Saddam Hussein, liberals, and more. Reprint.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Paperback:

9780802140319 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 2003), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: The author of Parliament of Whores takes a look at freedom around the world, discussing the Gorbachev-Reagan summit, the Berlin Wall, elections in Paraguay and Nicaragua, Russia after the aborted coup, Saddam Hussein, liberals, and more.

National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook

In honor of the thirty-ninth reunion of the class of 1964 of C. Estes Kefauver High School in Dacron, Ohio, a new edition of their hilarious yearbook brings back such zany characters as Chuck U. Farley, Maria Teresa Spermatozoa, Purdy 'Psycho' Lee Spackle, and Larry Kroger, accompanied by a 'Where are they now?' addendum and a DVD of the popular film Animal House. 100,000 first printing.

By Douglas C. Kenney (editor) and P. J. O'Rourke (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781590710128 | 39 edition (Rugged Land, September 1, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In honor of the thirty-ninth reunion of the class of 1964 of C.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U. S. Government

By Andrew Ferguson (foreword by) and P. J. O'Rourke

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9780802139702 | Grove Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $16.00

The Great Life: A Man's Guide to Sports, Skills, Fitness, and Serious Fun

Provides over 150 essays designed to advise men on such topics as cigar ettiquette, brewing beer, prison escapes, climbing mountains, tightening abdominal muscles, and picking the right wine. (view table of contents)

By Sid Evans (editor) and P. J. O'Rourke (foreword by)

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9780140296266 | Penguin USA, October 1, 2000, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Provides over 150 essays designed to advise men on such topics as cigar ettiquette, brewing beer, prison escapes, climbing mountains, tightening abdominal muscles, and picking the right wine.

Holidays in Hell

Having traveled to hot spots around the world in search of trouble, truth, and a good time, the author humorously recalls his experiences in Lebanon, Korea, the West Bank, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Poland. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871132406 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 1, 1988, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: Having traveled to hot spots around the world in search of trouble, truth, and a good time, the author humorously recalls his experiences in Lebanon, Korea, the West Bank, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Poland

Paperback:

9780802137012 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, July 1, 2000), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Having traveled to hot spots around the world in search of trouble, truth, and a good time, the author humorously recalls his experiences in Lebanon, Korea, the West Bank, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Poland.

9780679724223 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $13.00

The Enemies List

Compiled with the help of readers of The American Spectator an acerbic blacklist of some of the most disliked people of the 1990s includes such varied individuals as Sting, Gore Vidal, William Kuntsler, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. Original. 100,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

By P. J. O'Rourke (editor)

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9780871136329 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: An acerbic blacklist of some of the most disliked people of the 1990s includes Sting, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, and Ralph Nader

All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death

From the author of 'Give War a Chance' and 'Parliament of Whores', this book offers P.J. O'Rourke's view of all the trouble in the world - but with the goal of answering some tough questions.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780330331777 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, November 10, 1995), cover price $14.20 | About this edition: From the author of 'Give War a Chance' and 'Parliament of Whores', this book offers P.

All the Trouble in the World

Product Description: The political humourist turns his attention to fashionable worries, death and the end of the world. Opening with "One Week of Worrying", he then takes each worry and examines it. He questions overpopulation, famine, the environment and "Helpless Victims: If Meat is Murder, are Eggs Rape?...read more

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780786108732 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 1995), cover price $56.95 | About this edition: The political humourist turns his attention to fashionable worries, death and the end of the world.

9780679437420 | Abridged edition (Random House, October 1, 1994), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Offers a satirical view of the world's worries, comparing overpopulation in Bangladesh and in California; multiculturalism in higher education and in Yugoslavia, and other issues.

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut: 25 Years of P.J. O'Rourke

An anthology of twenty-five years of writing, collected for the first time, by the nation's best-selling satirist--author of Parliament of Whores--shows his transition from hippie to neo-conservative. Simultaneous.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780679447788 | Random House, October 1, 1995, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Presents an anthology of twenty-five years of the conservative political humorist's essays.

All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

In a national best-seller, the right-wing humorist skewers the liberal media's fashionable concerns, traversing the globe to reveal the absurdities behind such problems as overpopulation, pollution, and ethnic hatred. Reprint.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871135803 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Offers a satirical view of the world's worries, comparing overpopulation in Bangladesh and in California, multiculturalism in higher education and in Yugoslavia, and other issues

Paperback:

9780871136114 | Reprint edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 1, 1995), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: In a national best-seller, the right-wing humorist skewers the liberal media's fashionable concerns, traversing the globe to reveal the absurdities behind such problems as overpopulation, pollution, and ethnic hatred.

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut: Twenty-Five Years of P.J. O'Rourke

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871136091 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, August 1, 1995, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Presents essays by the conservative political humorist, from his days as a member of the counter-culture in the 1970s to an essay on the Republican control of Congress published in the 'American Spectator' in 1995

Very Seventies: A Cultural History of the 1970S, from the Pages of Crawdaddy

Articles discuss significant aspects of American culture and politics during the 1970s

By Peter Knobler (editor), Greg Mitchell (editor) and P. J. O'Rourke (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780684800691 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1995, cover price $25.01 | About this edition: Articles discuss significant aspects of American culture and politics during the 1970s

Holidays in Hell/Cassettes

Having traveled to hot spots around the world in search of trouble, truth, and a good time, the author humorously recalls his offbeat experiences in Lebanon, Korea, the West Bank, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Poland. Book available.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780679419389 | Abridged edition (Random House, October 1, 1994), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Having traveled to hot spots around the world in search of trouble, truth, and a good time, the author humorously recalls his experiences in Lebanon, Korea, the West Bank, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Poland.

The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig

The author of Give War a Chance offers a hilarious guide to domestic life, covering the arts of cooking, cleaning, and housekeeping for people who do not know how to do any of these things and who refuse to learn. Original.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871134899 | Revised edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 1993), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Describes the tasks that bachelors must perform to maintain a household, including tricking other people into cleaning for them, turning the cat into a sweeper, and others

Paperback:

9780871136862 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 1997, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Describes the tasks that bachelors must perform to maintain a household, including tricking other people into cleaning for them, turning the cat into a sweeper, and others

9780330331753 | Pan Macmillan, December 3, 1993, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Looks at cooking, cleaning, and housekeeping for people who don't know how to do any of those things and aren't about to learn.

9780671617462 | Pocket Books, April 1, 1987, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A tongue-in-cheek survival guide for single people reveals the quintessential secrets of no-fuss housekeeping

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9780679422464 | Random House, April 1, 1993, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The author of Parliament of Whores describes the tasks that bachelors must perform to maintain a household, including tricking other people into cleaning for them, turning the cat into a sweeper, and others.

Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice and Alcohol-Free Beer

Provides comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines and an account of the Gulf War. Beginning with a history of the Middle East, it delivers a chronicle of the tedium of waiting for war in the Saudi desert, ending with an account of the victory march into Kuwait city.

By P. J. O'Rourke

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Hardcover:

9780871135209 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 1992, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: Looks at freedom in Russia, Berlin, and Nicaragua, the Gulf War, Africa, drug testing, and pokes fun at people such as Dr.

Paperback:

9780330325363 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, September 10, 1993), cover price $12.05 | About this edition: Provides comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines and an account of the Gulf War.

9780679742012 | Vintage Books, May 1, 1993, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Looks at freedom in Russia, Berlin, and Nicaragua, the Gulf War, and Africa, and pokes fun at such people as Lee Iacocca and Dr.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

A humorous look at the U.S. government attacks the government's inanities, taking aim at the political parties, foreign policy, and more. Reprint. 150,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. NYT. (view table of contents)

By P. J. O'Rourke

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9780871134554 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A popular satirist leads readers on a humorous guided tour of the United States government

Paperback:

9780679737896 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: The author aims his barbed commentary at the American political system, discussing farm subsidies, American foreign policy, and more

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