| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 268 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"A Perigee book." |
| Contents |
A humble beginning to our humble opinions : Tom's life thus far -- Ray's life thus far -- Cars : It won't be long now ... -- I can't drive 55 -- Enough is enough! -- Blatant ergonomic blunders -- I do love blue hair, but ... -- There aren't nearly enough accidents: are you doing your part? -- Musings : The parable of the panhandler -- Omean aspiavodos -- The Mystic Valley boys -- The committee on student apathy -- The IMM syncrome -- UFOs -- Raising a kid 101 -- A seductive plot of enormous complexity and brilliant subtlety. |
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The theory of abstract cooking -- A taxonomy of humankind -- Progress run amok: a parlor game for the new millennium -- Rants : The penal principle -- A Bronx tale-sort of -- Help us overthrow the tall/short mafia -- The October surprise: "just say no!" ... to 3:00 P.M. sunsets --- ... and they don't even break a sweat! -- Lies, damn lies, and magazine surveys: a surprising result -- And my brother has the Ph. D. in marketing? -- The Hollywood manifesto. |
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The power of 2: wherein the automotive philosopher-king discloses his plan for world peace -- Percival bananas: the zoo rant -- Monica what's-her-face and "responsible" journalism -- Another Microsoft conspiracy -- The deregulation of airline deregulation -- Walking -- Water, water everywhere -- Jock itch? -- Going to the dogs: pit bulls, rottweilers, and testosterone poisoning -- Half-baked science -- Stop the world-I want to get off!: the other side of road rage -- The Andy letter -- Bitch, bitch, bitch -- A man can't just sit around. |
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The wacky way of knowledge -- The founding fathers : The founding fathers: what a bunch of morons -- The founding fathers: counter-rant -- The counter-rant to the counter-rant -- The education trilogy: in four parts : Introduction -- The trilogy -- Part I: the allegory of the epiphany at the fountain -- Part II: a scathing indictment -- Part III: the new theory of learning -- Part IV: the epilogue -- The value of a good education: (Dwayne and the five engineers). |
| Summary |
"Whether you call it a tirade, an outburst, an eruption, venting, or simply a cathartic process by which humans relieve themselves of anger and frustration, no one does it better than those outrageous--and frequently outraged--brothers, the Car Talk guys"--Jacket. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor.
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American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
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| Added Author |
Magliozzi, Ray, author.
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| Added Title |
Car talk (Radio program)
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| ISBN |
0399526005 |
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9780399526008 |
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