Longtime candy-lover Steve Almond investigates the candy business, visiting factories, interviewing candy moguls and fans, reminiscing about Halloweens past, and waxing nostalgic on the subject of his personal favorite, the Caravelle bar (r.i.p.). He also bemoans the fact that three giant manufacturers (Mars, Hershey, and Nestle) have a corner on the market, and have forced many smaller ones out of business.

To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared.
Chapters include:
- The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding
- The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times
- Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly
- What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment
And, of course:
- The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World
From tales

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best-sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of modern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place names like Farleigh Wallop

On the heels of George Carlin's number one "New York Times" bestseller "Napalm & Silly Putty" comes "When Will Jesus Bring The Porkchops?" Infused with his trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations, this book offers Carlin's opinion on everything from evasive euphemistic language to politicians to the media to dead people. Nothing and no one is safe. 1-40130-134-7$23.95 / Time Warner Book Groups

The comic superstar and "New York Times" bestselling author returns to the page with another hilarious tour de force--published to coincide with the launch of her new, nationally syndicated talk show.

Only Molly Ivins can write about redneck politics in her native Texas and the discreet charm of the Bushwazee and manage to be both brutally honest and unabashedly affectionate.

One of America's most celebrated writers takes you home to a family and a small town so funny and unpredictable, you'd wish it were your own. "As warm as it is hilarious and believable . . . Never has the state of domestic chaos been so perfectly illuminated".--The New York Times Book Review.

Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic at hand, this audiobook's pieces, some of which first appeared in "The New Yorker," feature Martin at his finest. Unabridged. 2 CDs.

Featuring scads of new material, this smash "New York Times" bestseller captures Michael Moore at his irrepressible best, taking on soulless corporations, mindless government bureaucracies, spineless politicians, and a host of other natural enemies of America's working people in a hilarious screed on the real State of the Union. 25 photos.

Features a generous selection of hilarious stories about men, women, children, parents, modern problems, and life before remote control.

In this national bestseller, Bailey White--whose accounts of Southern eccentricity have enchanted millions of listeners to National Public Radio--offers a humorous, touching, story-filled memoir of her home in south Georgia. "Bailey White's sketches evoke a sort of real-life Lake Wobegon".--The New York Times.

A BookPage Notable Title