Self-Helpless: The Greatest Self-Help Books You'll Never Read

Self-Helpless: The Greatest Self-Help Books You'll Never Read

Editorial Reviews
Entertainment Weekly, March 26, 1999
They rule the best-seller chart, but self-help books are still wide open to ribbing. In this wickedly droll parody, stand-up comics Bines and Greenberg skewer familiar advice tomes and the people who love them. Our favorite titles: Life's Little Insurrection Book ("Sticks and stones may break their bones, so aim for the extremities") and The Complete and Utter Idiot's Guide to Life ("Take heart, cretin!"). There's also a Further Reading section containing such guffaw-inducing suggestions as Buns of Steely Dan; Eat Bait, Lose Weight; and Martha Stewart Prison Living. Cheaper (and much more fun) than therapy. A-

From the Back Cover
Self-help books are an American obsession and the most popular genre in the history of publishing - an amazing fact considering that nobody will ever admit to reading any of them. Now, two evolved young satirists bring you the definitive send-up of the genre's greatest hits. In Self-Helpless, you'll browse such unforgettable titles as:

* I'm OJ, You're OJ

* When Bad Things Happen to Good Humor People

* What Color Is Your Parasite

* Embraced by the Lite FM

* Women Who Love To Mulch: The Feminist Gardening Guide

...and many more!

Self-Helpless: The Greatest Self-Help Books You'll Never Read,Gary Greenberg,Career Pr Inc,1564144119,American - General,American Satire And Humor,Form - Parodies,Humor,Self-help techniques,Success

Fun Book:

1. Ship's Log
2. Songs and Ballads of Ireland (Vocal Songbooks)
3. Stuck on You : Do-It-Yourself Dating Patches for the Single Girl
4. The Completely and Totally True Book of Urban Legends
5. The Definitive Book of College Football Humor
6. The Definitive Book of Pick-Up Lines
7. The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary
8. The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor (Southern Literary Studies)
9. The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining
10. The Fred Book : Discourses on '57 Chevys, Turquoise Buffaloes, Frontier Salsa, a Four-Legged Dog Named Fred and a Two-Legged Brother Named Don

Fun Book

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