In many ways the book is lot like their TV show. It expects that the reader/viewer is politically informed and sophisticated. "America (The Book)" looks like a high school textbook with lots of charts, graphs and illustrations in the margins. The "Daily Show" correspondents have short pieces throughout the book, such as Stephen Colbert angrily explaining why Warren G. Harding sucked.

If you like this selector, order the book. There's no point in waiting for your public library to get a copy. They probably won't. If in the off-chance they did, it will always be checked out. Even if you do get on the waiting list, you can be sure that some of the people before you took the book into the bathroom. So be safe, buy a fresh, clean copy for yourself.