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Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was also one of the Jazz Age's most beloved poets. Her verbal dexterity and cynical humor were on full display in the many poems she published in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Life and collected in her first book in 1926. Now available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist's debut collection--a runaway bestseller in 1926--ranges from...
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A funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America's most cherished humorists First published in 1985, Not Exactly What I Had In Mind is Roy Blount Jr.'s smart and witty examination of the era's most glaring absurdities-from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory–like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In "Testimonial, Head-on," Blount offers a loving...
3) Crackers
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An indispensible guide to southernness from revered humorist and unapologetic curmudgeon Roy Blount Jr. When a simple-talking, peanut-warehousing, grit-eating Southern Baptist Cracker got himself nominated for president of the United States in 1976, it set Roy Blount Jr. to thinking-about the South, about southerners, and about southernness. The result is a collection of savagely funny and insightful takes on redneck heaven, whiskey, blood, possums,...
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He roams New England, Arkansas, the Caribbean, Nova Scotia and the familiar and odd plots of mind and thought. He explores shorelines and climbs "hillish" mountains. He sits on porches and talks to passersby and their dogs. He meets strange and delightful people, most of whom are real.
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Once a columnist for an Italian literary magazine, Eco now shares his acute and highly entertaining sense of the absurd in modern life in these essays about militarism, computerese, cowboy and Indian movies, art criticism, librarians, semiotics, and much more--including himself.
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In this New York Times-bestselling follow-up, JVN voices essays on topics including body positivity, healing and grief, personal style, tales from the hair salon, overcoming imposter syndrome, and issues surrounding systemic racism, cannabis reform, LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS awareness.
In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse...
8) Dear Intern
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Everyone makes mistakes-especially in their first job. Cringe and commiserate with the everyday missteps and epic workplace screwups in this collection of self-confessed blunders from disaster‑prone‑yet‑good‑intentioned interns finding their footing in professional settings.
All tenured professionals know that detours and mishaps are an essential rite of passage en route to a successful career-but that doesn't make them any less funny. This...
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Null, I bring you good news! The Great Nobody in the Sky cares about you! The whole Non-Pantheon is patiently awaiting for your personal arrival into the Great Nothingness that comes After. And whether you become a Non-believer like the Non-Prophet or remain a non-believer, the Truth within this Gospel is undeniable: These Deities have NOTHING IMPORTANT to say to you!
The Gospel of Zilch & Nada is a blasphemously crude religious parody that makes...
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At a young age, author Jerome K. Jerome found a hobby that he was extremely skilled at, and very passionate about-idleness. He was thrilled at the amount of time he could waste doing nothing, frustrating those around him. However, when Jerome falls ill and is ordered to bedrest, this hobby is tested. Then, he learns that doing nothing is only fun when you have other commitments. This relatable sentiment is explored in the title essay of Idle Thoughts...
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Amber Meyer brings together a collection of sardonic essays so uproariously funny and full of heart that fans are sure to fall in love with her voice and unique worldview.
From the delicate use of itching powder to cannibal hamsters, Amber uses life's most painful and bizarre moments to reach new heights in love, family and understanding.
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An eclectic collection from Roy Blount Jr., master of American humor writing I'll tell you what kind of book I believe in: one that makes people say, at first sight, what the first person who ever saw a camel must have said: "What in the world is that?" And then, after a while, "Yet it seems to fit together some way." In this laugh-a-minute assortment of essays, travel writing, poems, and even the occasional crossword puzzle, Roy Blount Jr. covers...
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Horses played such a great part during the development of outback and agricultural Australia. Add them to the determination of those who work with them and there is always a positive outcome.
Here we follow the progress of how men, women, horses and fences played such a roll in the development of Australia, particularly when things don't always go according to plan.
Follow this family as they move with the times.
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Excerpt: ""Moral Statistician."-I don't want any of your statistics; I took your whole batch and lit my pipe with it. I hate your kind of people. You are always ciphering out how much a man's health is injured, and how much his intellect is impaired, and how many pitiful dollars and cents he wastes in the course of ninety-two years' indulgence in the fatal practice of smoking; and in the equally fatal practice of drinking coffee; and in playing billiards...
15) Porch Stories
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Bruce Nelson grew up in a small black community where he pitched watermelons, picked cotton, swam in the neighborhood canals, and attended the segregated Booker T. Washington School, in Mesa, AZ. The neighborhood was known as North Town. In 1994, Bruce stumbled into Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center located in Venice Beach, California. The eclectic atmosphere nudged him into attending their weekly writing workshops and performances. He was always...
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A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush.
You never forget your first crush . . .
CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco,
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Readers of his celebrated short story collections (The Half-Mammals of Dixie, You Want More, and The Curious Lives of Non-Profit Martyrs, among others) know just what a master storyteller Singleton can be. Yet in this collection of essays, readers will discover Singleton's best kept secret: he also has a keen eye for the well-told and hilarious truth.
His subjects range widely: dogs, food, restaurants, jobs, music, family, and the benefits and challenges...
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Extrait : "Tu le veux, provincial honnête... ma longue station dans ce Paris que l'usage du bel air défend, je ne sais pourquoi, de désigner sous la qualification de capitale du royaume, les trente-cinq ans passés à le parcourir dans tous les sens, à l'explorer dans ses monuments, ses mœurs, ses usages, sont en effet mon droit à te conduire o tu voudras aller..."
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Extrait : "Dès lors qu'une royauté est établie, c'est au peuple à la loger, et le bon peuple tout ensemble magnifique et désintéressé, s'il se contente presque toujours pour lui d'une demeure humble et tombant en ruine, ne manque jamais d'élever à son souverain une ou plusieurs maisons somptueuses et surtout chères, qualifiées tour à tour du titre de palais ou de château, selon la localité..."
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A hilarious exploration of male-female communication and other momentous topics Men don't tell women things for various reasons. 1. The things in question may not be true. 2. It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a pig than to open it and oink. 3. There is a certain pleasure in holding certain considerations close to the chest. 4. When there is a topic that might complicate a situation in which...
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