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Dave Barry slept here

a sort of history of the United States
1990
A humorous history of the United States, beginning in the days prior to the advent of roads, cities, and shopping malls, and continuing through the "napping toward glory" years of presidents Reagan and Bush.

The Thurber carnival

1999
A selection of humorous stories, fables, cartoons, and drawings by early twentieth-century author James Thurber, most taken from previously published collections.

I am America (and so can you!)

2007
Stephen Colbert offers satirical comments on a variety of topics, including family, the elderly, religion, sports, sex, higher education, Hollywood, the media, race, immigration, science, and more.

Downsize this!

1997
Discusses how Big Business and Fortune 500 companies hid the fact that although the economy was at an all-time high in the late 1990s, companies were downsizing more than they ever had before.

Dude, where's my country?

2004
Michael Moore takes on President George W. Bush, corporate barons, legislators, gun-nuts, and other men and women who seem to be destroying the American Dream.

Yankee Doodle riddles

American history fun
2003
A collection of riddles and puns based on American history.

The 267 stupidest things Republicans ever said

The 267 stupidest things Democrats ever said
2000
Presents quotes by republican and democratic politicians from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries on a variety of issues.

You can fool all of the people all the time

1985
A humorous look at such things as the Reagans, the telephone company, husbands of working wives, teachers' moonlighting and fear of Cabbage Patch dolls.

Tall tale America

a legendary history of our humorous heroes
1987
The stories of American tall tale heroes - Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.

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