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3) Picture this
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Lynda Barry offers an extension of her workshop "Writing the Unthinkable" with a part graphic novel, part how-to, part memoir featuring Marlys, who has appeared in Barry other books, and a new character, the Near-Sighted Monkey.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Crosley's easy, charming voice in the face of minor suffering or potential drudgery has been described as a mix between Dorothy Parker and David Sedaris. In these hilarious and insightful essays, she packs up her sensibility and takes readers with her to Paris, to Portugal (where she falls in with a group of Portuguese clowns), and to Alaska (where she discovers wearing bear bells is a matter of self-defense). Then it's back to New York, where new...
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Language
English
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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...
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English
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Bill Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit program Politically Incorrect, in which he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that garnered him a loyal following. In his popular and long-running HBO television show, Real Time with Bill Maher, his reputation for being a hilarious provocateur continues. One particular segment of the show-"New Rules"-strikes a chord with viewers every week. Within these...
16) Thank you notes
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Comedian Jimmy Fallon presents approximately two hundred sarcastic thank-you notes to people walking in front of him, a lightbulb he is too lazy to change, Miley Cyrus, and other people and objects.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An encyclopedia of all worldly facts in existence, and the last book one need ever purchase. Well, no... really, it's an encyclopedic collection of satirical commentary on world events, human behavior, and journalistic convention, full of the Onion's typical surreal wit.
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