Bibliograph

Thrown under the omnibus, a reader, P.J. O'Rourke

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Label

Thrown under the omnibus, a reader, P.J. O'Rourke

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thrown under the omnibus

Oclc number

910569039

Responsibility statement

P.J. O'Rourke

Sub title

a reader

Summary

"Ranging over five decades, Thrown Under the Omnibus is the definitive anthology of the journalist the Wall Street Journal has called 'the funniest writer in America'"--Flyleaf

Table Of Contents

Modern manners (1983, revised edition 1989). What are manners? ; The fundamentals of contemporary courtesy ; Important people -- The bachelor home companion (1987, revised edition 1993). We are all bachelors now ; How I became a bachelor housewife ; Bachelor entertaining -- Republican party reptile (1987). Myths made modern ; Ship of fools ; How to drive fast on drugs while getting your wing-wang squeezed and not spill your drink ; A cool and logical analysis of the bicycle menace ; The king of Sandusky, Ohio -- Holidays in hell (1988). A ramble through Lebanon ; Among the Euro-weenies ; At sea with the America's cup ; Seoul brothers ; The holyland, God's monkey house ; Third world driving hints and tips -- Parliament of whores (1991). Preface ; The mystery of government ; The winners go to Washington, D.C. ; Agricultural policy ; At home in the parliament of whores -- Give war a chance (1992). The death of communism ; Return of the death of communism ; Dispatches from the Gulf War -- All the trouble in the world (1994). Multiculturalism ; Famine ; Environment ; Plague -- Age and guile beat youth, innocence, and a bad haircut (1995). A few thoughts on humor and humorists ; The Welsh national combined mud wrestling and spelling bee championship ; Fly-fishing ; Bird hunting ; Deep-sea fishing ; Golf -- Eat the rich (1998). Love, death, and money ; Bad capitalism ; Bad socialism ; From beatnik to business major ; How to make nothing from everything ; How to make everything from nothing ; Eat the rich -- The CEO of the sofa (2001). "It's a person!" ; Kid pro quo ; What you learn from having kids ; Summer ; 35th anniversary of Elaine's restaurant ; Venice vs. Vegas ; Blind (drunk) wine tasting ; The memoir ; Excuses for Republicans ; Unpublished introduction to the 25th anniversary edition of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- Peace kills (2004). Why Americans hate foreign policy ; Kosovo ; Israel ; 9/11 diary ; Kuwait and Iraq -- On the wealth of nations (2007). An inquiry into An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ; The Wealth of Nations, book 1 ; The Wealth of Nations, book 2 -- Driving like crazy (2009). Sgt. Dynaflo's last patrol ; A better land than this ; Reincarnation ; Big love -- Don't vote, it just encourages the bastards (2010). Politics makes us free, and we're worth it ; A digression on happiness ; The purgatory of freedom and the hell of politics ; Taxes ; More taxes ; Why I'm right -- Holidays in heck (2011). Introduction ; Republicans evolving ; A horse of a different color ; A journey to ... let's not go there ; The seventy-two-hour Afghan expert -- The baby boom (2014). Prologue ; In the doldrums of fun ; The prelude ; Ripeness is all ; Big damn messy bundle of joy

Target audience

adult

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