Simon & Schuster, New York, 2004, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7432-4763-9.  Trade soft cover, 177 pages.  Very good; unread copy, no remainder mark, upper corner bends to two pages; pages tanned.  ‘After years of painstaking, round-the-clock research, surviving on a mere twenty minutes of sleep a night, and collaborating with lexicographers, plumbers, and mathematicians, DeGeneres has crafted a work that is both easy to use and very funny.  Along with her trademark ramblings, … contains hundreds of succinct insights into her psyche and offers innovative features …’ (from rear wrap)