Earth (The Book) by Jon Stewart

January 3, 2011 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Grand Central, 2010. 246 pgs. Borrowed from my brother. Subtitled “A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race”, this book attempts to summarize what we looked like, what we accomplished, and out achievements in society for the aliens that are bound to find our planet after we disappear (a result of climate change, no doubt). Or, if you look at it another way, it’s a funny way of stating that if the human race disappears off the Earth, […]

Categories: 2011 Reads, Animals, Nonfiction • Tags: Jon Stewart

America (The Book) by Jon Stewart

November 7, 2008 by Christina

Subtitled “A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction”, this book is a dead-on spoof on a high school textbook complete with discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Covering American politics and history, this book is absolutely hysterical. The writing is stellar, clear, and concise, and the book is filled with side-splitting commentary on everything — and everyone — in the American political scene. “Do you know why we call them amendments? Because they amend! They fix mistakes or correct […]

Categories: 2008 Reads, Nonfiction, North America, Reread, United States • Tags: Jon Stewart