Hardcovers: Humor
Edited by Dick Donahue and Skip Skwarek. Compiled by Alia Akkam, Natalie Danford, Diane Patrick, Sarah Robbins, Judith Rosen and Michelle Wildgen. -- Publishers Weekly, 6/29/2009
ANDREWS MCMEEL
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong (Nov., $12.99) by Jen Yates. The creator of the award-winning blog serves up more slices of previously unseen baked disasters. 50,000 first printing.
The Peanuts 60th Anniversary Book (Nov., $75) by Charles M. Schulz. Memorabilia culled from six decades pay tribute to the legendary cartoonist.
CELEBRA
Hot, Passionate and Illegal (Jan., $24.95) by Cristián de la Fuente examines truths and myths about Latinos.
CELESTIAL ARTS
Laugh Lines Are Beautiful: And Other Age-Defying Truths (Oct., $14.95) by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant. Brassy one-liners paired with vintage graphics and photos skewer midlife tribulations.
CHRONICLE BOOKS
Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Cats;...Cars;...Meetings;...San Francisco (Sept., $7.95 each) by David Borgenicht and Ben H. Winters.
CITADEL
The Alphabet of Manliness (Sept., $13.95) by Maddox will renew the man who wants to tap into his masculine roots.
DUTTON
All by My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me (Nov., $25.95) by Jeff Dunham reveals how the comedian retooled an old vaudevillian art form for today's hip audiences.
HAMMOND
Bigger Damner Book of Sheer Manliness (Oct., $29.99) by the Van Hoffman brothers celebrates everything that defines the American male.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit (Nov., $26.95) by Andrew A. Rooney collects the writings of the 60 Minutes commentator. 150,000 first printing.
QUIRK BOOKS
Penis Pokey Activity Book (Sept., $12.95) by Christopher Behrens features all new illustrations, a dry erase market and a host of challenging new activities.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
The Guinea Pig Diaries (Sept., $25) by A.J. Jacobs. Essays including “My Life as a Hot Woman” chronicle the comedian's experiences as a human guinea pig. 250,000 first printing.
What Would Susie Say? (Nov., $25) by Susie Essman. The actress/comedienne and her alter ego Susie Green in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm dispense cut-the-crap advice. 200,000 first printing.
TEN SPEED PRESS
Furry Logic: Don't Worry! (Oct., $12.95) by Jane Seabrook and Ashleigh Brilliant. Seabrook's inspirational watercolors present more animals that get tough—and get going—in troubled times.
THRESHOLD EDITIONS
Arguing with Idiots (Sept., $28) by Glenn Beck. The radio and TV host employs his trademark straightforward approach to influencing everyone within earshot.
TOUCHSTONE
Barack Like Me: The Chocolate Covered Truth (Oct., $24.99) by David Alan Grier. The host of Comedy Central's Chocolate News shares his view of the melting pot that is American culture.
UNIVERSE
(dist. by Rizzoli)
F*ck: The History of the World in 67 Unfortunate Incidents (Sept., $14.95) by Martin Rowson. The cartoonist tells Earth's story in satirical vignettes, each summed up in a single-word speech bubble.
VOICE
Don't Say I Didn't Warn You (Oct., $22.99) by Anita Renfroe. The YouTube sensation offers her spot-on take of all things female. 100,000 first printing.
