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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck," taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten. A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated...
3) Bossypants
Author
Description
From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
Author
Description
From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
Armed with her beloved illustrations, popular Instagram artist Beth Evans tackles a range of issues, from whimsical musings to deeply personal struggles, in this imaginative anti-guide to a listener being their own person.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedy veterans, Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, use their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke. The joke is an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public. It's called The Aristocrats.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kevin Hart follows up his 2013 hit stand-up concert movie Let Me Explain, with this record-setting performance filmed in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.
9) Calypso
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you...
10) Picture this
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
224 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
A series of portraits features a myopic monkey protagonist and the author's most beloved character, Marlys, in a collection that follows her everyday and fantastical routines of preparing food, waiting for the bus, and associating with her elephant-eared imaginary friend.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 382 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
The actress and daughter of comedian Danny Thomas shares her stories of growing up surrounded by funny people and laughter, and includes conversations with contemporary comedians sharing childhood memories of what made them laugh.
13) Amelia rules!
Author
Series
Amelia rules! volume 7
Publisher
Renaissance Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
A collection of comic stories featuring nine-year-old Amelia, who has moved from Manhattan to a small town in the wake of her parent's divorce, and her fourth-grade friends, the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals, otherwise known as G.A.S.P.
14) A life in comedy
Author
Publisher
Highbridge
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 CDs (2 hr., 30 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On three consecutive Monday evenings in April 2002, humorist Garrison Keillor appeared on stage at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Performing before sold-out-crowds, he read personally chosen favorite selections from his many works, both published and unpublished: stories from The New Yorker, chapters from his bestselling novels, news from Lake Wobegon, essays from Time magazine, letters, and even a few pretty good poems.
Author
Series
Complete Peanuts volume 21
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
c2004-
Physical Desc
v. : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 22 cm.
Description
Collects all the "Peanuts" comic strips published for a range of 2 years in newspapers, including both daily and Sunday strips.
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