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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...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
ix, 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The writer and actress best known as Kelly Kapoor on "The Office" shares observations on topics ranging from favorite male archetypes and her hatred of dieting to her relationship with her mother and the haphazard creative process in the "Office" writers' room.
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Description
"New York Times author, comedian, actress, and producer Phoebe Robinson is back with a new essay collection that is equal parts thoughtful, hilarious, and sharp about human connection, race, hair, travel, dating, Black excellence, and more. Written in Phoebe's unforgettable voice and with her unparalleled wit, Robinson's latest collection, laced with spot-on pop culture references, takes on a wide range of topics. From the values she learned from...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
304 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Description
With her special brand of humor, Sedaris shows how to make popular crafts, such as crab-claw roach clips, tinfoil balls, and crepe-paper moccasins; how to remember which kind of glue to use with which material; how to create your own craft room and avoid the most common crafting accidents; and, how to cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, and many more recipes.
9) Bossypants
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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
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
6 CDs (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Between hilarious commentaries on American culture, comedian Adam Carolla offers insight into his own life--including his friendship with Jimmy Kimmel and the trials of raising kids.
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...
13) The best of me
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The American humorist, author, and radio contributor shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic, and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
283 pages
Description
Greg Gutfeld, the acclaimed host of the popular, nightly Fox News show Red Eye, has packed this book full of his most aggressive (and funny) diatribes--each chapter exploring Unspeakable Truths that cut right to the core and go well beyond just politics. Greg deconstructs pop culture, media, kids, disease, race, food, sex, celebrity, current events, and nearly every other aspect of life. With an irreverent voice, incredible wit, and a firm take on...
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xii, 321 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"A literary cavalcade ... featuring more than fifty pieces of the greatest comic writing of our time. The book includes such masters of the form as Roy Blount, Jr., Bruce Jay Friedman, Veronica Geng, Jack Handey, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, and Calvin Trillin, as well as work by newer comic stars like Andy Borowitz, Larry Doyle, Simon Rich, George Saunders, and David Sedaris, ... [and] classics by Bret Harte, Elizabeth Bishop, Donald Barthelme,...
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.
Author
Series
Sherman's Lagoon volume 18
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
A collection of comic strips records the adventures of Sherman the shark, Fillmore the sea turtle, and other underwater residents of a remote lagoon somewhere in the South Pacific.
20) 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...
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