{"title":"Andy Borowitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e0\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"profiles-in-ignorance-book-andy-borowitz-9781668003886","title":"Profiles in Ignorance","description":"Named One of 7 Best Nonfiction Books of the Fall by Kirkus Reviews   Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.  The winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a “Swiftian satirist” (The Wall Street Journal) and “one of the country’s finest satirists” (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column “The Borowitz Report.” Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country’s political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation.   Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades.   Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn’t move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509524668689,"sku":"GOR012953858","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724909453585,"sku":"CIN1668003880G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50144190890257,"sku":"CIN1668003880LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50269076357393,"sku":"CIN1668003880A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50921258189073,"sku":"GOR014124679","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51045337334033,"sku":"NIN9781668003886","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106950967569,"sku":"CIN1668003880VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668003880.jpg?v=1751214857"},{"product_id":"profiles-in-ignorance-book-andy-borowitz-9781668003893","title":"Profiles in Ignorance","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER *WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER *   Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly “chronicles our embrace of anti-intellectualism” (Walter Isaacson) in American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.  Andy Borowitz has been called a “Swiftian satirist” (The Wall Street Journal) and “one of the country’s finest satirists” (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column “The Borowitz Report.” Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he delivers “a wittily alarming polemic that tracks the evolution of American politics from grounds for gravitas to festival of idiocy” (The New York Times).   Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades.   Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn’t move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49518909653265,"sku":"CIN1668003899VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49751445537041,"sku":"NGR9781668003893","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50468893229329,"sku":"CIN1668003899G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51045477875985,"sku":"NIN9781668003893","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52466815172881,"sku":"GOR014532377","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53077283307793,"sku":"GOR014730967","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668003899.jpg?v=1751152237"},{"product_id":"50-funniest-american-writers-book-andy-borowitz-9781598531077","title":"The 50 Funniest American Writers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe creator of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker's\u003c\/i\u003e long running satirical column The Borowitz Report, and one of the funniest people in America (CBS Sunday Morning) gives you \u003ci\u003eThe 50 Funniest American Writers\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Library of America's collection of hilarious stories, essays, and articles is an exclusive Who's Who of the very best American comic writing. Classic pieces of American humor appear here, such as The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry and a selection from Anita Loos' \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contemporary writing is well represented, with entries from comedic geniuses like David Sedaris, Larry Willmore, Roy Blount Jr., Sloane Crosby, Bernie Mac, Wanda Sykes, and George Saunders plus laugh-out-loud lesser-known pieces from \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e*according to Andy Borowitz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e George Ade\u003cbr\u003e O. Henry\u003cbr\u003e Sinclair Lewis\u003cbr\u003e Anita Loos\u003cbr\u003e Ring Lardner\u003cbr\u003e H. L. Mencken\u003cbr\u003e James Thurber\u003cbr\u003e Dorothy Parker\u003cbr\u003e S. J. Perelman\u003cbr\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e Frank Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e E. B. White\u003cbr\u003e Peter De Vries\u003cbr\u003e Terry Southern\u003cbr\u003e Lenny Bruce\u003cbr\u003e Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e Jean Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e Hunter S. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e Douglas Kenney \u003cbr\u003e Henry Beard\u003cbr\u003e Bruce Jay Friedman\u003cbr\u003e Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e Nora Ephron\u003cbr\u003e Michael O'Donoghue \u003cbr\u003e George W. S. Trow\u003cbr\u003e Fran Lebowitz\u003cbr\u003e Charles Portis\u003cbr\u003e Donald Barthelme\u003cbr\u003e Veronica Geng\u003cbr\u003e John Hughes\u003cbr\u003e Mark O'Donnell\u003cbr\u003e Garrison Keillor\u003cbr\u003e Bruce McCall\u003cbr\u003e Molly Ivins\u003cbr\u003e Calvin Trillin\u003cbr\u003e Dave Barry\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e writers\u003cbr\u003e Susan Orlean\u003cbr\u003e Roy Blount Jr\u003cbr\u003e George Carlin\u003cbr\u003e Ian Frazier\u003cbr\u003e David Rakoff\u003cbr\u003e Bernie Mac\u003cbr\u003eDavid Sedaris\u003cbr\u003e Wanda Sykes\u003cbr\u003e Jack Handey\u003cbr\u003e David Owen\u003cbr\u003e George Saunders\u003cbr\u003e Jenny Allen\u003cbr\u003e Sloane Crosley\u003cbr\u003e Larry Wilmore","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49562633961745,"sku":"GOR006962114","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49754610794769,"sku":"CIN1598531077G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50240970096913,"sku":"CIN1598531077A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324738507025,"sku":"CIN1598531077VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51696827040017,"sku":"GOR009362289","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1598531077.jpg?v=1751276823"},{"product_id":"borowitz-report-book-andy-borowitz-9780743262774","title":"The Borowitz Report","description":"One of America's top satirists unleashes his irreverent wit in dead-on target essays on the U.S. economy, the international political scene, pop culture, and current events. In a book that brings together the sixty most popular columns from THE BOROWITZ REPORT, one of America's favourite political pundits continues his higher calling of misinforming the general public. Borowitz puts his singular spin on the most controversial issues and figures of our times, such as Governor Arnold's election, CIA leaks, Prince Charles' indiscretions, and Saddam's link to terrorists. Featured headlines include: 'New York Times Admits Serious Errors in its Weather Forecasts -Paper to Drop Weather Page Indefinitely' and 'Bush Offers Satellite Photos Proving Economy is Recovering - Aerial Evidence Shows Man Being Hired at Wal-Mart.' Droll, disrespectful, and lethally accurate, Borowitz takes no prisoners in a book that includes dozens of never-before-published pieces featuring his popular 'Correction' section on errors reported the day before, and news bites from the front lines of America's war on evil. A special treat is the photographs that Borowitz is the first to admit have been seriously doctored.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49599472959761,"sku":"GOR004889723","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49651066994961,"sku":"GOR005128320","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50139968340241,"sku":"CIN0743262778A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50179075670289,"sku":"CIN0743262778G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006321164561,"sku":"NIN9780743262774","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51327277203729,"sku":"CIN0743262778VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52584684716305,"sku":"NLS9780743262774","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743262778.jpg?v=1751296282"},{"product_id":"who-moved-my-soap-book-andy-borowitz-9780743251426","title":"Who Moved My Soap?","description":"Enron. WorldCom. Tyco. For many, these names represent the true Axis of Evil'. Now, Andy Borowitz offers a side-splitting send-up of the US's CEO crimewave, written in the form of a classic self-help book for the convicted corporate climber. Many books offer advice for the CEO who aims to survive the cutthroat competition of the corporate jungle, but not a never once assists those same CEO jailbirds when the law catches up with them. This book reassures them that prison is not a setback - it's a career move, with helpful flow charts, diet tips and golf pointers.'","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49605732696337,"sku":"GOR002040125","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49648056860945,"sku":"GOR002610277","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50087247216913,"sku":"CIN0743251423G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362428457233,"sku":"CIN0743251423A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50415142207761,"sku":"CIN0743251423VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006507942161,"sku":"NIN9780743251426","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52147934036241,"sku":"NLS9780743251426","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743251423.jpg?v=1751419604"},{"product_id":"republican-playbook-book-andy-borowitz-9781401302900","title":"The Republican Playbook","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49754607452433,"sku":"CIN1401302904G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50034381422865,"sku":"CIN1401302904VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53192493629713,"sku":"CIN1401302904A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1401302904.jpg?v=1751239961"},{"product_id":"trillionaire-next-door-book-andy-borowitz-9780066620763","title":"The Trillionaire Next Door","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWhen Getting Rich Quick Just Isn't Fast Enough!\u003c\/h3\u003e Many day trading books on the market today contain dubious advice, but never before has there been a book guaranteed to contain 100 percent dubious advice--until now. \u003cp\u003eThe Trillionaire Next Door is that book. Inside you'll find:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe rock-solid, scientific principles of day trading explained in language so clear and concise it's almost insulting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA glossary of key economic terms for the day trader, like \"mousepad\" and \"click\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvice for the long-term investor: which stocks to hold in your portfolio for five, ten, fifteen minutes or more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConfusing, meaningless graphs and charts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBad math\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd much, much more--but since day traders have short attention spans, not too much more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \"If The Trillionaire Next Door were a stock, I'd buy it, sell it, buy it, sell it, and buy it again--it's that good!\" \u003cdiv align=\"right\"\u003e--Stacy Gellman, day trader\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"right\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"right\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50087439302929,"sku":"CIN0066620767G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52627415302417,"sku":"CIN0066620767VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0066620767.jpg?v=1751322661"},{"product_id":"governor-arnold-book-andy-borowitz-9780743262668","title":"Governor Arnold","description":"THE TERMINATOR'S TERM, TOTALLY RECALLED!   The real story of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's first one hundred days in office comes to life in vivid two-color photographs and completely fictitious captions. Governor Arnold tells the story of Schwarzenegger's historic first days in office, in pictures that are evocative, dramatic, and sometimes truly frightening -- especially the ones in which he is wearing no shirt.   New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz, creator of the award-winning website BorowitzReport.com, travels to Sacramento for an up-close, exclusive look at a man with a mission: to reshape California in his own monstrous, bulging-veined image. It's a book for history buffs...about the buffest man in history! Governor Arnold is guaranteed to make the Governator stop groping women...and start groping for superlatives!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50357182169361,"sku":"CIN0743262662G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743262662.jpg?v=1751168977"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-andy-borowitz.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}