Author: Adrienne Miller Publisher: ISBN: Category : American fiction Languages : en Pages : 822
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An anthology of short fiction from the pages of "Esquire" magazine from the early 1930s to the late 1990s showcases contributions by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, Jack Kerouac, Flannery O'Connor, and Saul Bellow.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781588162441 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 200
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Just being a man was never more fraught with confusion and peril. Derived from Esquire's popular feature, this men's manual to life in the 21st century offers more than 500 rules that make for lighthearted reading and manly musings. Accompanied by wry black and white illustrations on each page, the rules are guaranteed to set a guy straight. Here is entertainment to live by: Rule number 28: If there is danger involved, it is fun. Rule number 33: Never trust anyone with a phone number that ends in 00. Rule number 71: The best blind dates are with girls named Kelly or Samantha. Rule number 112: You cut the fat, you cut the flavor. Rule number 117: No movie should have its title incorporated into the dialogue. Rule number 198: When it comes to luggage, men don't pull. Rule number 243: Slow-motion violence goes best with Mahler. Rule number 289:The people who elect to perform karaoke are never the people you wish to perform karaoke. Rule number 311: A man should avoid using the phrase "assume the position" on the first date. Rule number 317: No straws.
Author: Chuck Klosterman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0735217955 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 385
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An instant New York Times bestseller! From the bestselling author of But What if We’re Wrong, a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying too hard, during the greatest shift in human consciousness of any decade in American history. It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. In the beginning, almost every name and address was listed in a phone book, and everyone answered their landlines because you didn’t know who it was. By the end, exposing someone’s address was an act of emotional violence, and nobody picked up their new cell phone if they didn’t know who it was. The 90s brought about a revolution in the human condition we’re still groping to understand. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job. Beyond epiphenomena like "Cop Killer" and Titanic and Zima, there were wholesale shifts in how society was perceived: the rise of the internet, pre-9/11 politics, and the paradoxical belief that nothing was more humiliating than trying too hard. Pop culture accelerated without the aid of a machine that remembered everything, generating an odd comfort in never being certain about anything. On a 90’s Thursday night, more people watched any random episode of Seinfeld than the finale of Game of Thrones. But nobody thought that was important; if you missed it, you simply missed it. It was the last era that held to the idea of a true, hegemonic mainstream before it all began to fracture, whether you found a home in it or defined yourself against it. In The Nineties, Chuck Klosterman makes a home in all of it: the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan. In perhaps no other book ever written would a sentence like, “The video for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ was not more consequential than the reunification of Germany” make complete sense. Chuck Klosterman has written a multi-dimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian.
Author: Arthur Bradford Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0375413855 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 160
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Tender and satiric, hilarious and humane, Dogwalker plunks readers down in a land of misfits and the circumstantially strange–where one young man buys drugs from a dealer who locks his customers in a closet, while another lands a cat-faced circus freak for a roommate, and yet another must choose between his pregnant wife and the ten-pound slug he’s convinced will bring him a fortune. And throughout these stories moves a divinely inspired collection of dogs: three-legged, no-legged, dogs that sing, that talk, and that give birth to humans. Brilliant, perplexing, and moving, this is a daring debut that strolls along society’s fringes and unearths strange beauty among its misfits
Author: Woody Allen Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 232
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Here they are--some of the funniest tales and ruminations ever put into print, by one of the great comic minds of our time. From THE WHORE OF MENSA, to GOD (A Play), to NO KADDISH FOR WEINSTEIN, old and new Woody Allen fans will laugh themselves hysterical over these sparkling gems.
Author: Esquire Publisher: Hearst ISBN: 9781618371867 Category : Etiquette for men Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Times change. Technology changes. And so THE RULES must be updated. Hence this all-new book codifies Eqsuire's 851 rules to live by NOW. From work to style, women to communication, cars to fitness, these are the things successful men need to know to navigate life today." --
Author: Adrienne Miller Publisher: Hearst Communications ISBN: Category : American essays Languages : en Pages : 820
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For seventy years, Esquire has established a reputation for publishing the most innovative nonfiction in the country, and this remarkable anthology of more than fifty articles is a testament to that quality. "This collection is an inspiration," writes Esquire editor in chief David Granger, "as much for the stories contained within, as for the belief that the written word can change and enlighten the world, one story at a time." Book jacket.
Author: Esquire Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 9781579120436 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
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Take an entertaining look back at how to party it up like they did fifty years ago - in the age of 'Lounge.' Now re-introduced for the first time since its original publication in 1949, this book is full of classic advice and guidelines on how to throw a fabulous cocktail party. Complete with everything from directions on how to stock the bar to tips on making conversation to hilarious party games and 400 delightful and useful period illustrations, Esquire's Handbook for Hosts is a delightful reminder that even the most hopeless host can give a terrific party, whether it's New Year's Eve 1949 or 1999. The nostalgic chapters include: Eat - The World's Best Chefs Wear Pants, Foreign Flavors to Win Guest's Favors; Drink - What the Well-Dressed bar Will Wear, Five O'Clock Whistle Whetters; And Be Merry - Games, After-Dinner Witchcraft, How Attractive Are You to Women? and 365 excuses for a Party.
Author: Mag Esquire Publisher: Hearst ISBN: 9781618371843 Category : Esquire (New York : N.Y.) Languages : en Pages : 0
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"This book is about instruction. It's about how one comports himself now that he is successful. It's about guidance in all the areas of life that can be mysteries to the modern man." --Esquire editor-in-chief David Granger No more second-guessing--thanks to the only guide with the power to transform a man into a complete success. Esquire's The Biggest Black Book Ever shows you how to do everything right, in every area of your life. From work and grooming to fitness and sex, it's got 1,037 tricks, techniques, and secrets so you can handle yourself with confidence and style, whether you're meeting the boss, going on a first date, or attending a black-tie event. Includes 875 photos and illustrations.
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