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The Zebra Derby

Max Shulman - Pocket Books; First Printing edition
Format: Paperback

The mighty onslaught of postwar women on a vigorous veteran.
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1916 and all that a history of Ireland from back then until right now

Ciara Boylan - History Press Ireland
Format: Book

An irreverent, vibrant, satirical, and largely untruehistory of IrelandIrish history started when people arrived on the island. At least, that is when history really got going. Before that things were rather quiet . . . So begins C. M. Boylan's wonderfully irreverent take on the history...
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Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour

Michael Munro - Birlinn Ltd
Format: NOOK Book

Glaswegians have always enjoyed a good laugh - the home-grown variety best of all - and this new and expanded edition of Michael Munro's bestselling book is a hilarious compendium of Glasgow humor. In addition to classics that never fail to amuse, it also features new jokes and stories,...
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A Life in Parts

Bryan Cranston - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven,...
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Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister

Ruth Pointer - Triumph Books
Format: Print book

Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister is an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer's roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973, they all thought it was the answer to their long-held...
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Potatoes Are Cheaper: A Novel

Max Shulman - Open Road Media
Format: Hardcover

A Jewish freshman searches for love and money at the University of Minnesota in this raucous satire from the author of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Its the middle of the Great Depression and Morris Katz and his cousin Albert are broke. The self-declared "best humpers in St. Paul,"...
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir

Tan France - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France...
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The bitchy waiter : tales, tips & trials from a life in food service

Darron Cardosa - Sterling

Millions of people have, at some point in their lives, waited tables. Some only did it in college, or got out by sheer determination, good luck . . . or suicide. Others took it on as permanent employment. And many remain haunted by nightmare scenarios where they are the sole server in a restaurant...
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Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles Jr.

Fred Rosen - Open Road Media
Format: Paperback

In his account of the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles Jr., also known as the legendary carnival "freak" Lobster Boy, author Fred Rosen explains how Stiles's death was engineered by his wife, Mary Teresa, the carny known as the Electrified Girl. Rosen describes...
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