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Spring Trade Paperbacks: Humor

-- Publishers Weekly, 1/21/2008

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The Facebook Book (May, $12.95) by Greg Atwan and Evan Lushing takes a satirical tour of this Internet phenomenon. 50,000 first printing.

Andrews McMeel

Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe (Mar., $12.95) by Lisa Alcalay Klug presents the long-awaited Jewish response to the ’80s WASP manual, The Preppy Handbook .

The New Yorker Book for Moms (Apr., $12.95) collects 100 single-panel tributes to moms of all stripes, drawn by the New Yorker ’s cartooning greats.

Black & White

(dist. by Interlink)

Harry the Polis: Aye, That Will Be Right! (Apr., $15.95) by Harry Morris narrates the memoirs of a Scottish policeman.

Cider Mill Press

(dist. by Sterling)

The Entourage Handbook: The Definitive Guide for Building Your Own Social Posse with Special Tips on Handling “Followers” and “Hangers-on” (May, $14.95) by Lou Harry and Todd Tobias captures the fun of the HBO show.

Gibbs Smith

The Pocket Guide to Mischief (Mar., $9.95) by Bart King supplies budding pranksters with a fun-filled how-to.

Kensington

Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin (May, $12.95) by Susan Reinhardt relates food stories, culinary missteps and dining disasters.

Michael O’Mara

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Air Mail: Letters from the World’s Most Troublesome Passenger (Apr., $9.95) by Terry Ravenscroft features letters from a man who played jokes on more than 40 airlines.

Perigee

211 Things a Clever Girl Can Do (May, $15.95) by Bunty Cutler. The author of 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do delivers cheeky advice for girls of all ages.

Portable Press

(dist. by PGW)

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader: Top 100 Classics (May, $17.95). The Bathroom Readers’ Institute bestows classic status on a variety of iconic items.

Red Rock Press

Outrageous Ads (June, $14.99) by Kate Parker celebrates an age of innocence when advertisers could claim anything.

Running Press

Apocalypse How: Making the End Times the Best of Times (May, $12.95) by Rob Kutner advises on living well after current lifestyles are rendered null and void.

Skyhorse Publishing

So You Think You Can Be President? 200 Questions to Determine if You Are Right (or Left) Enough for the Oval Office (Mar., $12.95) by Iris Burnett may considerably narrow the field. 40,000 first printing.

The Vampire Survival Guide: How to Fight and Win Against the Undead (Aug., $12.95) by Scott Bowen reveals everything mortals need to know to remain mortal. 30,000 first printing.

SourceBooks Hysteria

I Hate Hillary: More than 500 Reasons Why Hillary Just Isn’t Right (Apr., $8.95) by Thomas Williams punches up jokes, anecdotes, trivia and stories.

Tow Books

(dist. by F+W)

So You Want to Be President? (Mar., $9.99) by John Warner devises assorted tests to determine wannabes’ fitness for residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Ulysses Press

The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings from a Raging Moderate (Apr., $14.95) by Will Durst. The five-time Emmy nominee delivers humorous political essays.

Workman

The Official Filthy Rich Handbook (Apr., $10.95) by Christopher Tennant reveals the social circuits, vacation spots and clubs so exclusive most people don’t know they exist.

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