Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Humor
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan MartinezCompiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Natalie Danford, Charles Hix, Diane Patrick, Sarah Robbins, Judith Rosen, Oona Short and Skip Skwarek. -- Publishers Weekly, 1/26/2009
ABRAMS IMAGE
I Lick My Cheese: And Other Notes from the Roommate Frontlines (Apr., $15.95) by Oonagh O'Hagan skewers the behavior of these often combative cohabitants.
ARCADE
How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying (June, $24) by Lyla Ward takes a candid look at life in the later years.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending, Celebrating America as It Ought to Be—An Oil Well in Each Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and All the Mideast Potentates Trying to Rope a Goat for Dinner (June, $24) by P.J. O'Rourke chronicles the humorist's love affair with fuel-injected beauties.
BALLANTINE BOOKS
Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities (Apr., $20) by Kathie Lee Gifford. No subject is off-limits in this gaffes-and-all collection of opinions and anecdotes. 3-city author tour.
CHRONICLE BOOKS
Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guides: New York City,... Breakups,... Retirement,... Dogs (June, $7.95 each). New titles in the series resolve specific situations with how-tos, charts and instant solutions.
GRAND CENTRAL
I Drink for a Reason (Aug., $23.99) by David Cross. The award-winning comedian/actor/producer serves up a collection of essays, faux memoirs and hilarious strangeness. 100,000 first printing.
POMEGRANATE
The Black Doll (Mar., $17.95) by Edward Gorey. This first publication of an unproduced screenplay offers classic Gorey convolutions.
RUNNING PRESS
The South Park Guide to Life (Apr., $12.95) by Trey Parker and Matt Stone delivers twisted insights and questionable advice from the naughty South Park tykes.
SELLERS PUBLISHING
Mother! It's All in the Attitude (Mar., $14.95) by Kathy Alpert. Retro art of domestic divas coupled with wicked contemporary wit help today's moms survive motherhood.
TRANSACTION PUBLISHERS
Loopholes (Apr., $34.95) by John Bruns argues that comedy is not just a literary or theatrical genre but a means of disclosing how the world is organized.
VILLARD
How to Really Stink at Work (May, $16) by Jeff Foxworthy and Brian Hartt advises on having the most fun possible while doing the least—without getting fired.
