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.Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth

by: The Onion, Brown And Company Ltd. Little

October 30, 2007

Have a quick flick through this book and you might think it was a Dorling Kindersley world atlas. It has all the DK appeal: well produced maps and state flags, interesting photos plus very clean layouts and typography but as soon as you start to read the words you realise your on planet Onion.

The two hundred and two countries mostly get a page each with two pages given to topical (in the American sense) nations like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, North Korea or Cuba for instance. Pages 207-209 covers The Stans: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakstan. Did you know this last nation has a space programme? Probably not but there is a photo of a rocket strapped to the back of a donkey to prove it.
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.Dispatches from the Tenth Circle: The Best of The Onion

by: Robert Siegel, Onion Staff

September 04, 2001
Through blunt and undiscriminating and politically incorrect straightfaced satire, this collection made me laugh loud and often.
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.Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source

by: Onion Editors

September 25, 2007
Through blunt and undiscriminating and politically incorrect straightfaced satire, this collection made me laugh loud and often.
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.Essential ASP.NET With Examples in C#

by: Fritz Onion

February 21, 2003
This book is clear, concise and gives understandable examples. That is not to say it contains entry level information, just the ability to explain complex concepts so an entry level programmer can understand them and start putting them to use. RECOMMEND!!
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.The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

by: G. W. S. Friedrichsen, R. W. Burchfield

1966-05
Other reviewers claim that the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology is a better book than the Oxford Dictionary of Etymology. I must disagree. I was recently in a bookstore that had both in stock, and I was able to compare the two. Overall, I found the Chambers to be less informative than the Oxford book.

Admittedly, I did not have the time to compare a lot of entries, but the few words I did look up showed a pattern that was hard to dismiss. In all of the cases that I saw, the Oxford dictionary included much more of the history of the word and often went back to the Latin root as well as proposing possible alternate developments of the word. The Chambers dictionary, on the other hand, tended to trace a more linear path and often only went as far back ... Read More:
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.A Shakespeare Glossary

by: C. T. Onions, Robert D. Eagleson

1986-05
The Onions Glossary is incomplete and out of date. For real help on the words in Shakespeare, the Lexicon or "Shakespeare's Words" (by the Crystals) is far, far superior.
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.Oxford Shakespeare Glossary

by: C.T. Onions

1997-03
The Onions Glossary is incomplete and out of date. For real help on the words in Shakespeare, the Lexicon or "Shakespeare's Words" (by the Crystals) is far, far superior.
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.Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17

by: Onion Editors

October 31, 2006
The Onions Glossary is incomplete and out of date. For real help on the words in Shakespeare, the Lexicon or "Shakespeare's Words" (by the Crystals) is far, far superior.
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.Embedded in America: The Onion Complete News Archives Volume 16

by: Onion Editors

October 04, 2005
The Onions Glossary is incomplete and out of date. For real help on the words in Shakespeare, the Lexicon or "Shakespeare's Words" (by the Crystals) is far, far superior.
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.Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source

by: Onion Staff, Scott Dikkers

March 23, 1999
"Our Dumb Century" is, simply put, the most entertaining book I've ever had the pleasure of reading. On every page, covering each year of the 20th century, The Onion's crack team of writers bring their devastating sense of irony to every important and not-so-important event that a history enthusiast could ever want to think of. No prominent figure, from Hitler to Stalin to Nixon, is spared as the Onion launches a full frontal assault on lies, hypocrisy, stereotypes, and various misdeeds with the irreverent wit that has made its website an internet mainstay for close to a decade and running. You might think one would have a hard time laughing aloud at news of wars, genocides, and other high crimes, but you just need to take a look at the below headlines to understand what I'm ... Read More:
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