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Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Rodale
July 2005
230 pages
ISBN: 1594862958
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Bill Maher is best known not just for being funny, but for
advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the
political establishment. Maher first came to national
attention as the host of the hit 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 controversial bad boy.
Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real
Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever
before. Particularly one regular segment on the show,
entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing
legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which
Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence,
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 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.") His new book, the first since his bestselling When You
Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden, brings these
brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page.
Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some
of the best of the rules derived from previously written
material and will also contain substantial new material,
including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a
twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.
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