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The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Guide to Dining Etiquette
The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Guide to Dining Etiquette

“As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unacquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood — a circumstance at all times unpleasant.”

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A Moving Meditation on Gender Identity
A Moving Meditation on Gender Identity

“This culture wants little boys to dream only of baseball, trucks, and trains. This culture has no room for little boys who want to be gorgeous.”

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If William Shakespeare Had Written <em>Star Wars</em>
If William Shakespeare Had Written Star Wars

“In time so long ago begins our play / In star-crossed galaxy far, far away.”

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Outer Space Humor: Vintage Illustrated Astro-Jokes from the Zenith of the Space Race
Outer Space Humor: Vintage Illustrated Astro-Jokes from the Zenith of the Space Race

“A visitor from Jupiter, watching a typical Western on television, remarked to a friend: ‘How come the hero has a biped riding on his back?'”

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