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1) Calypso
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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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"Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown,...
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Our feline friends have spent eons observing, napping, pondering, napping, and taking notes about the human condition. In between naps, they've realized that we humans could use some catlike guidance when it comes to handling the ups and downs of life. In this book they've condescended to share their invaluable wisdom in short advice columns such as "Always Stay at Least 30 Feet from a Loved One" and "Never Let Anyone Dress You." Whether it's coping...
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...
7) Space jokes
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"A humorous, well-researched pop history of the disastrous love lives of prominent historical figures, from Lord Byron to Elizabeth Taylor. If you are lying in bed right now, a pint of ice cream in one hand, a bottle of scotch in the other, and this book clenched between your teeth (one tooth is missing from last night's bar fight), with tears streaming down your face over how much you loved, loved, loved your ex, let me commend you on how well you...
9) Why not me?
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it's falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you're constantly reminded that no one looks like you. In "How to Look Spectacular: A Starlet's Confessions,"...
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"The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed,"--Amazon.com.
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a...
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In 2001, the government was seized by a ne'er-do-well rich boy and his elderly henchmen. Our great economic expansion unraveled, our water was poisoned, and SUVs advanced like a plague of locusts.
Michael Moore has a lot to say and isn't holding back. The powerful are the target - particularly a group that laid waste to the world as we know it - and still are: stupid white men. In this bleakly funny work, Moore reveals how the great and the good...
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Description
"From the bestselling authors of How to be Parisian, what smart, savvy, fabulous French women think, feel and advise as they hit forty on life, love, and everything else Older, but Better, but Older has the playful wit, self deprecation and worldly advice we have come to expect from these bestselling authors, but now that advice is focused on the French woman's mindset as she hurtles towards forty. Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas are back to amuse...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In the tradition of Randall Munroe's What If?, Doughty's new book, Will My Cat...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
The author offers a caveat at the beginning of the book: "I don't know much about real cars, but I'm an expert on made-up cars, so this book is a big traffic jam of mostly made-up cars." He recounts a history of cars that involves prehistoric cavemen, ancient Egyptians, Vikings, and two horses named Winnie and Nay.
17) Baseball jokes
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
18) Holiday jokes
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Simple jokes and riddles about common holidays.
19) School jokes
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24cm.
Description
Presents a collection of jokes and riddles about school, including "Why did the kids get wet going to school? They were in a car pool."
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Description
"Get ready to LOL! This collectible little book is packed with 300 silly kid-friendly jokes paired with photos of laughing animals and funny people. It's a hilarious party-starter or "quiet-time" entertainer, perfect to read alone or aloud with friends and family. It's also a great book to toss into a backpack to share at school or camp"--
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