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Zero Gravity
$26.99 Read moreHis first new collection of short humor in fifteen years is classic Woody Allen.
Zero Gravity is the fifth collection of comic pieces by Woody Allen, a hilarious prose stylist whose enduring appeal re- Author: Allen, Woody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1956763295
- Language: English
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On Nobody Famous: Guesting, Gossiping, Gallivanting
$12.95 Read moreDispatches from the everyday adventures of two regular women in New York. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytell
- Series: Atlantic Editions
- Author: Tiffany, Kaitlyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1638930708
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Third-Rate Goddess: Traipsing Through A World Gone Weird
$21.95 Add to cartAt the end of the 20th century, while mainstream media popularized an expensively dressed version of modern adult life, a rawer, and definitely weirder, reality was playing out off-screen. Columnist
- Author: Biehl, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1736432141
- Language: English
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Dawn in the Dooryard: Reflections from the Jagged Edge of America
$42.67 Add to cartWith generous portions of wry Yankee wit and sage wisdom, this new collection from Tim Cotton will leave you laughing, crying, or maybe both at once.
- Author: Cotton, Timothy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1684750024
- Language: English
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The Advice King Anthology: The Advice King Anthology
$21.95 Add to cartSince the fall of 2014, The Advice King has been one of the most widely read sections of alt-weekly the Nashville Scene. The Advice King Anthology contains the best of those columns, with new In-the-M… [more below]
- Author: Crofton, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0826504639
- Language: English
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I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were Me: Modern Blunders and Modest Triumphs (But Mostly Blunders)
$19.99 Add to cartThe Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author of Little Victories takes a humorous and insightful look at life in the face of overwhelming societal change that we never anticipated–from th
- Author: Gay, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 030682857X
- Language: English
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I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Featured as One of Summer’s most anticipated reads by the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, Buzzfeed, and Bitch Media. From the author of I Don- Author: Arceneaux, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1501178857
- Language: English
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We Learn Nothing: Essays
$19.00 Add to cart“Kreider locates the right simile and the pith of situations as he carefully catalogues humanity’s inventive and manifold ways of failing” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In We Learn Nothing, sat- Author: Kreider, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 1439198713
- Language: English
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Detective in the Dooryard: Reflections of a Maine Cop
$24.95 Add to cartTim Cotton has been a police officer for more than thirty years. The writer in him has always been drawn to the stories of the people he has met along the way. Dealing with the standard issue ne’er-do
- Author: Cotton, Timothy A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1608937429
- Language: English
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The Princess Diarist
$18.00 Add to cartThis last book from beloved Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher is the crown jewel of ideal Star Wars gifts. The Princess Diarist is an intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Carrie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 0399185798
- Language: English
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How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
$35.00 Add to cartStandup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO’s Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood.
“I turn- Author: Yang, Jimmy O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 0306903490
- Language: English
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Against the Written Word: Toward a Universal Illiteracy
$17.95 Read more“Wielding the satiric tone of a Gen-X Jonathan Swift or leftist Andy Kaufman . . . Svenonius is an engaging companion . . . and he lands some scathing blows, as when he links internet porn to contempo
- Author: Svenonius, Ian F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140807
- Language: English
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He Kept His Day Job: Fanfare for the Common Musician
$14.95 Add to cartDan Bernstein got his first blat out of a trombone when he was in fourth grade. Now in his seventies, the retired newspaper columnist who lives in Riverside, California, is still playing his ax – stil
- Author: Bernstein, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: January 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889926573
- Language: English
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Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs
$18.99 Add to cartAmerica’s favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers to many exotic locales outdoors and indo
- Series: Holt Paperback
- Author: McManus, Patrick F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0805009124
- Language: English
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What I’d Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats
$33.00 Add to cartJack Handey is one of America’s favorite humorists, from his New Yorker pieces to his Deep Thoughts books and Saturday Night Live sketches. Now, in What I’d Say to the Martians, Handey regales readers… [more below]
- Author: Handey, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 08 2008
- ISBN10: 1401322662
- Language: English
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She Memes Well: Essays
$25.00 Read moreFrom Emmy Award-winning writer Quinta Brunson (creator and star of Abbott Elementary) comes a deeply personal and funny collection of essays about trying to make it when you’re struggling, the importa
- Author: Brunson, Quinta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1328638987
- Language: English
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
$36.00 Add to cartDavid Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother’s wedding. He mops his sister’s floor. He gives directions t… [more below]
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0316143464
- Language: English
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They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They?
$18.99 Add to cartWith tongue pressed firmly in cheek and a gentle but penetrating eye for human foibles, Patrick F. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be fou
- Series: Owlet Book
- Author: McManus, Patrick F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 1982
- ISBN10: 0805000305
- Language: English
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Why Not Me?
$19.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing jo… [more below]
- Author: Kaling, Mindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0804138168
- Language: English
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
$36.00 Add to cartA new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is… [more below]
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0316777722
- Language: English
