SICK LITTLE MONKEYS BOOK PICKS

 Bonobo likes to read funny books.  These are some of the ones that Bonobo likes.  If you don't see something that will make you laugh, search here.

 

	The Dog Is Not A Toy: House Rule #4 by Darby Conley Andrews McMeel Publishing Paperback - 128 pages (April 15, 2001) On the comics scene of late, Get Fuzzy has made the fur fly. Now syndicated in more than 175 newspapers, this freshly amusing strip has rapidly become the new darling among readers who enjoy pets with an attitude.
	Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht Chronicle Books Paperback - 176 pages (April 1, 2001) Be very, very afraid. When you step through your door for an innocent excursion, grave danger awaits. You might be mugged; tied up; attacked by scorpions, piranhas, or tarantulas; trapped in a falling plane or elevator, a runaway train, a car on a cliff, a sandstorm, a riptide, or a riot.
	Insulting English by Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea St Martins Pr (Trade) Hardcover - 176 pages (June 2001) At last, a compendium of ingeniously insulting words for every occasion. For anyone who's been stymied by the level of sloth, bad looks, and low intelligence of his fellow man (and woman), help is on the way. You can't change the tiresome creatures around you, but now you can call them by their rightful names, and describe them behind their backs with pleasing specificity.
	The Darwin Awards : Evolution in Action by Wendy Northcutt E P Dutton Hardcover - 327 pages (October 19, 2000) Warning: The Darwin Awards are not for the tenderhearted. The vastly popular Web site, now a book, recognizes "individuals who ensure the long-term survival of our species by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion." Who wins a Darwin Award? Terrorists who set their bombs on daylight saving time and delivered them on standard time, blowing themselves up........
	George W. Bushisms : The Slate Book of The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by George W. Bush, Jacob Weisberg (Editor) Simon & Schuster Paperback - 96 pages 1 edition (January 8, 2001) "They misunderestimated me." Or did they? Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg.
	Pooh and the Psychologists : In Which It Is Proven That Pooh Bear Is a Brilliant Psychotherapist by John Tyerman Williams, et al E P Dutton Hardcover - 200 pages 1 Amer Ed edition (April 19, 2001)\ Move over, Freud, there's a new psychologist in the forest, and his name is Winnie-the-Pooh. In this witty book, Williams cleverly explores the psychological depths of the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood: Piglet is compulsively shy, Eeyore is clinically depressed, and so on. In his unobtrusive way, Pooh is at the center of the puzzle, teaching each of his friends a little smackerel about themselves and leading them on the road to recovery.
	Our Dumb Century : The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source by The Onion, et al Three Rivers Pr Paperback - 164 pages (April 1999) Here is just a sampling of the headlines: A New Century Dawns! McKinley Ushers in Bold New "Coal Age" Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Boasts: "No Man Can Stop Me" AWESOME! Nation Wowed by Tremendous Hindenburg Explosion Martin Luther King: "I Had a Really Weird Dream Last Night" And those are just the headlines; the stories themselves are all masterpieces of the journalist's trade. Of course, readers with delicate sensibilities may find some of these accounts a bit too risqué, and perhaps even tasteless.
	Excuse Me While I Wag by Scott Adams Andrews McMeel Publishing Paperback - 128 pages (April 2001) Excuse Me While I Wag marks Andrews McMeel Publishing's 17th Dilbert collection. Dilbert and his look-alike dog, Dogbert, once again provide comic relief to anyone who has ever had to inhabit a cubicle, endure an "initiative of the week," or simply work in an office that has, on occasion, caused them to pull out large clumps of their hair. Scott Adams' dead-on humor in Excuse Me While I Wag is sure to satisfy the hordes of fans worldwide who avidly follow the misadventures of Dilbert, Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, the pointy-haired boss, and the rest of the cast of characters in Dilbert's world - a world that's eerily like the one we work in daily.

Joke Soup : 1,217 of the Funniest Jokes from the Best Comedians by Judy Brown (Editor) Andrews McMeel Publishing Paperback - 288 pages (November 1998) In this outstanding comical volume, jokes by some of the world's funniest contemporary comedians, as well as the old favorites, are gathered together to create one gigantic laughfest. The jokes, and one-liners are arranged according to subject so it doubles as both the freshest joke book for fans, and as a must-have reference for cutting-edge quotes.

Poodle : The Other White Meat : The Second Sherman's Lagoon Collection by Jim P. Toomey Andrews McMeel Publishing Paperback - 128 pages (May 1999) Another collection of the popular strip Sherman's Lagoon, which takes a satirical, sea-floor look at popular culture through the eyes of its namesake character, Sherman the shark, and his fellow water brethren.