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If these tables could talk : worthy tales from soup to nuts
Linda Hepworth
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Have you heard the one about the waitress who came into the restaurant ... and stayed for 40 years? This is a collection of short stories about a waitress' experiences in the restaurant business, meeting great people, and telling them jokes. |
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The Spellman Files: A Novel
Lisa Lutz - Simon & Schuster; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of The Passenger comes the first novel in the hilarious Spellman Files mystery series featuring Isabel "Izzy" Spellman (part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry) and her highly functioning yet supremely dysfunctional family of private investigators.Meet... |
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I've Got Your Number: A Novel
Sophie Kinsella - The Dial Press Format: Hardcover
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"Utterly charming . . . Put Sophie Kinsella's Number on speed dial." - USA Today Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her "happily ever after" begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost... |
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Lunatics
Dave Barry - Putnam Adult; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the League of Comic Justice, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay, we made that line up. What they do form is a writing team of pure comic... |
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One for the Money
Janet Evanovich - Scribner's Format: Hardcover
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Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.
She's a product of the "burg,... |
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The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde Format: Hardcover
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Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice) , and literature is taken very, very seriously. Baconians are trying to convince the world that Francis Bacon really wrote Shakespeare, there are riots between the S |
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Thomas Cathcart - Abrams Image; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Here’s a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It’s Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel... |
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Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
Tim Cahill Format: Paperback
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The Soul of Travel What's it like to be there? For ten years, Travelers' Tales has answered this question through collections of the best travel writing by world-famous authors and new voices in the genre. The stories range from delightful and funny to cautionary and inspiring, an |
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American Wits: an Anthology of Light Verse
John Hollander Format: Book
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Distinguished poet and critic John Hollander offers, for the first time ever, a buoyant guided tour of American light verse-a tradition he delightfully pursues from Ambrose Bierce's sardonic "The Devil's Dictionary" quatrains to the latter-day comic inventions of Edward |
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God Save the Sweet Potato Queens
Jill Conner Browne Format: Paperback
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Hallelujah! The Sweet Potato Queens are back!In 1999, Jill Conner Browne, royal boss of Jackson, Mississippi's own glorious Sweet Potato Queens, introduced them to the world in the hilarious bestseller The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love (which contained everythin |
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Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks Of Later Life
Judith Viorst Format: Book
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Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect |
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Lonely Planet Unpacked
Tony Wheeler Format: Paperback
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Every traveler has a horror story to tell: lost luggage, bad weather, illness or worse. In this lively collection of travel disaster tales, Lonely Planet writers share their worst moments of life on the road.From Kenya to Sri Lanka, from Brazil to Finland, from the Austral |
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Real Ponies Don't Go Oink
Patrick F. McManus - Henry Holt & Co; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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"True-life" tales of man against nature in a collection sure to entertain the most hard-to-please listener. 2 cassettes.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
Neil Strauss - It Books; 1ST edition Format: Paperback
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With the same sharp eye, quick wit and narrative drive that made "The Game" a bestseller, Neil Strauss takes us on a white-knuckle journey through America's heart of darkness as he scrambles to escape the system. As the economic downturn, continuing climate change and the prevailing... |
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I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me
Joan Rivers - Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850"How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?" - Joan Rivers, 2012 Joan Rivers is a groundbreaking, award-winning, internationally renowned entertainment goddess. She's also opinionated... |
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Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern - It Books; 1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," has never minced words, and when Justin moved back home,... |
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Lizz Free or Die: Essays
Lizz Winstead - Riverhead Hardcover Format: Hardcover
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Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and one of today's most hilarious comedians and insightful social critics, pens a brilliant account of how she discovered her comedic voice.In this collection of autobiographical essays, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice,... |
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Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Chelsea Handler - Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate.--Chelsea Handler, from Chapter 10 of Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Its no lie Chelsea Handler... |
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I Am A Pole
Stephen Colbert - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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"The sad thing is, I like it" - Maurice Sendak"The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation.Also Father's Day.Also, other times." - Stephen Colbert |
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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A 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 another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks... |
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