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Quirk has incredibly high standards of good taste-which is why most of the content in Dirty Jokes Every Man Should Know cannot be reprinted in this catalog. You’ll just have to trust us when we pledge that this book contains more than 100 premium grade-A dirty jokes, including

    * The One About Paris Hilton and the Himalayan Snow Leopard
    * The One About the Octogenarian Hooker and the Box of Raisins
    * The One About the Used Condom Salesman
    * The One About Your Mom

And many, many more. Packaged in the same elegant format as Jokes Every Man Should Know (50,000 copies sold), this raunchy companion volume makes the perfect stocking stuffer for brothers, uncles, grandfathers, and anyone who appreciates a dirty joke.

DOOGIE HORNER is a stand-up comedian and graphic designer based in Philadelphia. He’s also the author of The First-Timer’s Kit (Quirk, 2008) and Everything Explained Through Flowcharts (Collins, 2010).

Like Moses delivering forth the Ten Commandments, Henry Owings brings music fans The Rock Bible—an insider’s guide to living the rock ’n’ roll dream. This hilarious rulebook is full of dos and don’ts for musicians, wannabe musicians, and rock fans of all ages. Here’s what The Rock Bible has to say about

Singers: “When you feel like stage-diving, make sure the people in the front row like your music enough to catch you.”

Backstage antics: “Couches at rock clubs have never been cleaned. Think of the crazy things that have been done on these couches, and then proceed at great personal risk.”

Lifestyle: “If you want to die while in a famous rock band, there are four options. 1. Suicide. 2. Car or plane crash. 3. Drug overdose. 4. Murdered by a crazy relative. Just pick one and stick with it.”

Complete with faux-biblical illustrations and parables and essays from comedian Patton Oswalt, drummer Brian Teasley, and professional smartass Andrew Earles, The Rock Bible is a rude and raunchy look at the best and worst of rock ’n’ roll.

Grammy Award winner HENRY OWINGS is the publisher of Chunklet magazine, a no-holds-barred chronicle of the music industry. At various times a DJ, promoter, record producer, and booking agent, Owings has toured with rock bands for nearly a decade.

The Book Where You’re the Star!
 
Every scene in Penis Pokey has one thing missing—and you have to complete the picture. Are you up to the challenge?

Of all the strange books Quirk has published, few are stranger than Penis Pokey-the illustrated board book with a large die-cut hole in its center. Every page features a full-color illustration with one thing (a banana, a hot dog, a sea serpent) missing-and male readers are challenged to complete the picture.

Now Quirk is raising the bar even higher with the Penis Pokey Activity Book. Here are all-new pokey illustrations, a dry-erase marker, and a host of challenging new activities-including a maze, a connect the-dots, complete-the-pictures, and more. If you loved the original Penis Pokey, the all-new Penis Pokey Activity Book will take your breath away!

CHRISTOPHER BEHRENS’ previous book, Penis Pokey (Quirk, 2004), was featured in The Village Voice, The Advocate, Time Out NY, Boing Boing, and countless other websites. He lives in California.

In the beginning, there was The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis. And it was good. Then Brendan Powell Smith created The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas. And it was even better.

Now, just in time for Passover and Easter celebrations, Smith brings us the story of The Ten Commandments. With verses from the Book of Exodus and a series of elaborate LEGO® dioramas, this full-color volume chronicles the adventures of Moses-from the burning bush and the parting of the Red Sea to Mount Sinai and the Ark of the Covenant.

BRENDAN POWELL SMITH is the creator of The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis and The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas. His work has been profiled in Time, People, Entertainment Weekly, and Spin. He lives in Mountain View, California.

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO® group of companies, which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this book. And while we’re at it, Quirk does not sponsor, authorize, or manufacture tiny plastic bricks. So there.