Title: “That Is All”

Author: John Hodgman

Rank: 2,036

Blurb: “You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered!”

Review: “Worth your money and time, as if you’ll have either when the supercollapse begins and the Ancient and Unspeakable Ones return.”

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Footnote: “May 21, 2012: The moon explodes.”

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Title: “Head Figure Head: The Search for the Hidden Life of Rick Perry”

Author: Glen Maxey

Rank: “#1,364 Paid in Kindle Store”

Blurb: “On June 23, 2011 a national reporter called Glen Maxey, the first and only openly gay state legislator in the history of Texas. Rick Perry was making noises about running for president, and the reporter asked about rumors that Perry possibly may have had homosexual sex. Glen had heard the rumors before but never investigated them. Now curious, Glen sent out messages to his wide network of gay and political contacts. Within hours, he received astonishing information from multiple sources. For the next five months, Glen’s life was consumed with investigating the rumors and stories about Perry. Did Rick Perry have sex with men? Read this remarkable book and decide for yourself.”

Review: “Maxey clearly has a vast network of connections in the gay community that no ordinary journalist could hope to match. The direct evidence he recites is strong (though, as he says, it’s still hearsay) — the stories of the gay hustler and the Craigslist guy are amazing.”

Footnote: Hiring Herman Cain!’s lawyer is not an admission of guilt.

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Title: “Spontaneous Happiness”

Author: Andrew Weil

Rank: 75

Blurb: “Everyone wants to be happy. But what does that really mean? Increasingly, scientific evidence shows us that true satisfaction and well-being come only from within.”

Review: “This is a great book for a fan of the good Doctor and a truly fantastic book for anyone who needs real practical help finding contentment in this world without joining a cult or taking another antidepressant.”

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Footnote: How nice of modern science to catch up with Aristotle.

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Title: “The Oxford Companion to Beer”

Editor: Garrett Oliver

Rank: 36

Blurb: “The first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer, The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world’s most prominent beer experts.”

Review: “Mr. Oliver had given me a copy of this book as a friend and a colleague. I was initially awed at the sheer magnitude of information gathered and presented. My awe was so great that, for a few days, I could only run my hand across the satiny book jacket, as if this volume were a virgin and I was about to violate its purity.”

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Footnote: Remind us never to borrow that reviewer’s books.

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Title: “Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You’ve Never Seen Him”

Author: Glenn Beck

Rank: 30

Blurb: “If Washington had been perfect, then there would be no way to build another one.”

Review: “George Washington is America’s hero who belongs to us all regardless of your political persuasion. The only exclusion to the Washington hero rule would be Kenyan born, Indonesian trained Marxists and people with names like Piven, Sunstein and Jones amongst some other sad-sack pinkos.”

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Footnote: The 1776 Glenne Becke would more likely use a blackboard to show how the subversive domestic terrorists were backed by a foreign power with a suspicious religion.

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Title: “Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be”

Authors: Rich E. Dreben M.D., Murdoc Knight M.D., Marty A. Sindhian M.D.

Rank: 17

Blurb: “How exactly did that cell phone end up there? Was it on vibrate? And is the rectum truly the best place to store your bronzed baby shoes? It is at least somewhat understandable to find a rectal thermometer in its intended place, but how about your six-year-old daughter’s Barbie doll?”

Review: “Some of the photos of the x-rays are hard to view on my kindle.”

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Footnote: Where are the gerbils? Where are the gerbils?

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Title: “Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story”

Author: Jerry Sandusky

Rank: 136,194

Blurb: “Jerry Sandusky retired as defensive coordinator of the Penn State University football team following the 1999 season. He spent 32 years at Penn State, all as an assistant to legendary head coach Joe Paterno, including the last 23 as defensive coordinator. Sandusky is the founder of The Second Mile, a charitable foundation that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 children.”

Review: “I cannot wait to see the upcoming motion picture adaptation by Roman Polanski.”

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Footnote: Or you can just download the Grand Jury Report for free.

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