--- product_id: 8204146 title: "This Is a Book" price: "S/.88" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8204146-this-is-a-book store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # This Is a Book **Price:** S/.88 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** This Is a Book - **How much does it cost?** S/.88 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8204146-this-is-a-book) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This Is a Book [Martin, Demetri] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This Is a Book Review: Smart Silliness. Loved It! - This is a very silly and funny book. I loved it. This is the kind of book I'm always looking for but so rarely find--one chock-a-block full of smart silliness and intellectual goofiness. (It gave me the same joy as reading Woody Allen's Without Feathers or Side Effects.) It was love at first browse. I first saw the book at an airport book store. I thought to myself "Demetri Martin. Is that the guy from The Daily Show?" I picked up the book to see if it was (it was) and started paging through. From the very first page of the introduction called "How To Read This Book," I was hooked: If you're reading this sentence then you've pretty much got it. Good job. Just keep going the way you are. Flipping to the next page, I started reading the first essay called "Announcements." Thank you for coming to the show. Before tonight's performance begins there are a few announcements. Please pay attention. Flash photography is not permitted at any time during the show. Also, there is no recording of any kind allowed during the show. This includes both audio and video recording, as well as sketching, journaling, documenting, making mental notes, reminiscing, reviewing, or remembering anything at all with your mind. Any recording devices that we find will be taken away from you and juggled recklessly by the clown you see standing near the left exit. Too well trained by Mr. Jenners to buy the book for full price from an airport bookstore (sorry, Mr. Martin), I waited until I got home and ordered it from desertcart. It was fun from beginning to end. This is the kind of book that will either grab your funny bone or it won't. So, to give you a better idea of the kind things you'll find inside, here are a few excerpts. From "Palindroms For Specific Occasions" (Seriously, how can you not love a book that includes five full pages of palindromes?) GENTLY INFORMING A DJ THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM: No music is, um, on. THE HEAD BAKER AT A BAKERY INSTRUCTING A NEW EMPLOYEE ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS AND THEN SUDDENLY NOTICING WHAT THE NEW BAKER HAS MADE: Snub no man. Nice cinnamon buns! A GUY EXPLAINING TO HIS FRIEND HOW HE FEELS ABOUT OPERAS AS HE ACCIDENTALLY RUNS INTO A BEEHIVE: See, bro, operas are poor--Bees! From Honors & Awards (for Which I Would Qualify) National Champion at being the ex-boyfriend who is most consistently awkward around his ex-girlfriend and/or anyone who is even a casual acquaintance of hers. A scholarship awards to Greek Americans who have done very little for the Greek American community but definitely look Greek American, no matter what outfit they are wearing. Top 40 people under 40 who live in my apartment building Award for Perfect Attendance on Earth for Whole Life So Far Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Very Cute Women Who Turn Out To Already Have Boyfriends I could sit here and type excerpts that cracked me up all night long but that would be silly. Hopefully, you've gotten a feel for the book. (You could also watch him on The Daily Show or his stand-up comedy act.) But let me just share a few of the essay titles with you: Optimist, Pessimist, Contortionist; Frustrating Uses of Etc.; A Capella Group Freak Accidents; Confessions of a White Guy with Dreadlocks; Excerpts from My Often-True Autobiography. Plus there are funny drawings and charts included. So, to sum up, this is a very funny book and you should read it. Review: Brilliiant and funny. - This is one of the most brilliant, intelligent, and hilarious books I've read in a while. It shows Demetri's myriad creative talents. This is not something to read if you're just looking for a quick, cheap laugh. This makes you think and put the pieces together at times. The palindromes along with the massive poem were astounding. His art and drawings made me laugh each time. Fans may be caught off guard by some material in here. Don't think of it like a comedy standup; it's a book of creative writing and comic musings of different ideas spanning a myriad of eras from the past to future. Some of them are only one line, others are stories that take several pages. Some may even take the form of a short play! It's uplifting, funny, even dramatic and thought-provoking. It's not your standard comedy book. It's something fresh and different, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #947,038 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #269 in Jokes & Riddles (Books) #423 in Humor Essays (Books) #2,411 in Fiction Satire | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (457) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0446539694 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0446539692 | | Item Weight | 12.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 288 pages | | Publication date | April 10, 2012 | | Publisher | Grand Central Publishing | ## Images ![This Is a Book - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71gojpopvaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Smart Silliness. Loved It! *by J***R on October 19, 2011* This is a very silly and funny book. I loved it. This is the kind of book I'm always looking for but so rarely find--one chock-a-block full of smart silliness and intellectual goofiness. (It gave me the same joy as reading Woody Allen's Without Feathers or Side Effects.) It was love at first browse. I first saw the book at an airport book store. I thought to myself "Demetri Martin. Is that the guy from The Daily Show?" I picked up the book to see if it was (it was) and started paging through. From the very first page of the introduction called "How To Read This Book," I was hooked: If you're reading this sentence then you've pretty much got it. Good job. Just keep going the way you are. Flipping to the next page, I started reading the first essay called "Announcements." Thank you for coming to the show. Before tonight's performance begins there are a few announcements. Please pay attention. Flash photography is not permitted at any time during the show. Also, there is no recording of any kind allowed during the show. This includes both audio and video recording, as well as sketching, journaling, documenting, making mental notes, reminiscing, reviewing, or remembering anything at all with your mind. Any recording devices that we find will be taken away from you and juggled recklessly by the clown you see standing near the left exit. Too well trained by Mr. Jenners to buy the book for full price from an airport bookstore (sorry, Mr. Martin), I waited until I got home and ordered it from Amazon. It was fun from beginning to end. This is the kind of book that will either grab your funny bone or it won't. So, to give you a better idea of the kind things you'll find inside, here are a few excerpts. From "Palindroms For Specific Occasions" (Seriously, how can you not love a book that includes five full pages of palindromes?) GENTLY INFORMING A DJ THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM: No music is, um, on. THE HEAD BAKER AT A BAKERY INSTRUCTING A NEW EMPLOYEE ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS AND THEN SUDDENLY NOTICING WHAT THE NEW BAKER HAS MADE: Snub no man. Nice cinnamon buns! A GUY EXPLAINING TO HIS FRIEND HOW HE FEELS ABOUT OPERAS AS HE ACCIDENTALLY RUNS INTO A BEEHIVE: See, bro, operas are poor--Bees! From Honors & Awards (for Which I Would Qualify) National Champion at being the ex-boyfriend who is most consistently awkward around his ex-girlfriend and/or anyone who is even a casual acquaintance of hers. A scholarship awards to Greek Americans who have done very little for the Greek American community but definitely look Greek American, no matter what outfit they are wearing. Top 40 people under 40 who live in my apartment building Award for Perfect Attendance on Earth for Whole Life So Far Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Very Cute Women Who Turn Out To Already Have Boyfriends I could sit here and type excerpts that cracked me up all night long but that would be silly. Hopefully, you've gotten a feel for the book. (You could also watch him on The Daily Show or his stand-up comedy act.) But let me just share a few of the essay titles with you: Optimist, Pessimist, Contortionist; Frustrating Uses of Etc.; A Capella Group Freak Accidents; Confessions of a White Guy with Dreadlocks; Excerpts from My Often-True Autobiography. Plus there are funny drawings and charts included. So, to sum up, this is a very funny book and you should read it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliiant and funny. *by J***Y on April 26, 2011* This is one of the most brilliant, intelligent, and hilarious books I've read in a while. It shows Demetri's myriad creative talents. This is not something to read if you're just looking for a quick, cheap laugh. This makes you think and put the pieces together at times. The palindromes along with the massive poem were astounding. His art and drawings made me laugh each time. Fans may be caught off guard by some material in here. Don't think of it like a comedy standup; it's a book of creative writing and comic musings of different ideas spanning a myriad of eras from the past to future. Some of them are only one line, others are stories that take several pages. Some may even take the form of a short play! It's uplifting, funny, even dramatic and thought-provoking. It's not your standard comedy book. It's something fresh and different, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's laugh out-loud funny *by M***O on July 10, 2011* If you've ever watched "Comedy Central" or a segment of it, "Important Things with Demetri Martin", you already have a hint of the zany humor you'll enjoy if you read this book. It's very name gives a clue of the witty, clever, creative character of its author. Who could envision a 1995 Yale graduate who, while attending law school, served as an intern at Domestic Policy Council during the Clinton administration, would drop out following completion of his second year, to become a comedian extraordinaire? Politics does have some aspects that beg to be incorporated into a comedy routine. Martin's work is unique, unexpected and laugh-out-loud funny. The book is a compilation of two or three sentence ditties: " We were seeing less of each other... we were in quick sand!" to longer, more thought provoking and philosophically challenging ones. I attempted to analyze what it was that made the myriad of selections so extraordinarily funny. After all, I don't usually wipe my eyes because I've been laughing so hard. Written humor is particularly difficult. Visual and audible comedy utilizes voice tone, silences, timing, even facial expressions that are subliminal factors in comedy routines. In the end I scrapped that idea and just enjoyed the book. If you're wondering if Martin made use of his time in DC and included some of the antics that frequent that geographical area in the book, the answer is yes and no. Everyday occurrences that can happen anywhere are fodder for this actor, artist, musician and humorist. Perhaps one my favorite vignettes in the book is a completed crossword puzzle comprised of one letter of the alphabet. Subsequent pages follow with across and down clues. What could possibly be funny about finished crossword puzzle? I guess you'll need to read the book to find out! Be sure to have a box of tissues nearby! I do hope Martin has many other books waiting to be hatched. He's one of a kind! 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