New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer[SIGNED]

Maher, Bill

Published by Rodale, 2005

About this Item

New condition red boards with black spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped black-and-white photographic dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments and Photo Credits. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Signed by the author, Bill Maher, with thick black Sharpie/marker at the lower section of the full title page. Also dated at the upper right corner of the same page. "Bill Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit Comedy Central and ABC-TV program, Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following as well as a reputation for being a hilarious provocateur. Now, his popular new HBO television show, Real Time with Bill Maher, has put him more front and center than ever. In particular, one of the show's segments, entitled "New Rules," has struck a chord with viewers. With these rules Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ["I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food (No more McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!") to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.") Maher brings these brilliantly conceived riffs to the written page for the first time, along with some singularly Maher-ian "editorials" - editorials nothing like the standard fare found on the pages of the local newspaper." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer[SIGNED]
• Publisher: Rodale
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rhoads, Christopher (book design); Little, Blake (cover photograph
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
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