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Recipes and food photography from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s assembled with humorous commentary.
Lileks delivers a jaw-dropping retrospective of the worst of the worst rec rooms, dens, bedrooms, and other interior spaces of homes in the years when shag rugs ruled. Everything here is straight out of the pages of 1970s interior design magazines, books, and other supposed arbiters of style and taste.176 pp.
From satirist Lileks comes a hilarious collection of questionable childcare tips from a bygone era.
Fans of Garrison Keillor, Dave Barry and Tom Bodett will cheer for acclaimed syndicated columnist James Lileks, who expounds on everything from airplanes, bras and women to death, taxes and hangovers.
Presents photographs, illustrations, food ads, recipes, and culinary miscellany from the 1950s and 1960s with commentary on an array of the "best of the worst" dishes from the period.
A Fashion Tour-de-Farce! Welcome to The Museum of Kitschy Stitches, the astonishingly awful collection of the finest knitting and crocheting horrors the twentieth century has to offer. From hideous hats and gender-bending sweater sets to a set of bonus patterns that will bring the kitsch home, this gallery of notorious knits delivers it all. Remember, one person’s inspiration can become another’s desperation quicker than you can drop a stitch!
The acclaimed author of Notes of a Nervous Man and Mr. Obvious bares his satirical sword again--and no subject is sacred, no one is safe. From video stores to voice mail, school prayer to swimsuits, this quick-witted collection of columns is sure to entertain.
An all-star team of eighteen conservative writers offers a hilarious, insightful, sanctimony-free remix of William Bennett’s The Book of Virtues—without parental controls. The Seven Deadly Virtues sits down next to readers at the bar, buys them a drink, and an hour or three later, ushers them into the revival tent without them even realizing it. The book’s contributors include Sonny Bunch, Christopher Buckley, David “Iowahawk” Burge, Christopher Caldwell, Andrew Ferguson, Jonah Goldberg, Michael Graham, Mollie Hemingway, Rita Koganzon, Matt Labash, James Lileks, Rob Long, Larry Miller, P. J. O’Rourke, Joe Queenan, Christine Rosen, and Andrew Stiles. Jonathan V. Last, senior write...
From the all-star cast who brought you The Seven Deadly Virtues comes a book with a look at the good life... or the crazy-stressful-overwhelmed life... of a father. The Dadly Virtues is a tongue-in-cheek collection of encouragement and guidance for any stage of fatherhood, from pacifying babies to prepping for senior prom, from cutting the cord to getting the first, “Best Grandpa” t-shirt. P.J. O’Rourke sets the stage with the chapter, “What Do Men Get from Fatherhood? Besides What They Put In ...” and then is followed by: •Matthew Continetti’s, “Newborn Terror: The Moment You Realize that ‘Bundle of Joy’ Is a Euphemism for Something Very Different.” •Stephen F. Hayes...