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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

W KAMAU BELL - DUTTON
Format: Print book

You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in The New York Times, which called him, "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."...
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Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

Franchesca Ramsey - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In this sharp, funny, and timely collection of personal essays, veteran video blogger and star of MTV's Decoded Franchesca Ramsey explores race, identity, online activism, and the downfall of real communication in the age of social media rants, trolls, and call-out wars. Franchesca...
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Falling into the Mob

Steve Zousmer - The Permanent Press
Format: Print book

At fifty-nine, facing a dull and lonely future, Phillip Vail yearns for a way to put vigor and purpose into his remaining years. Then he finds the Mafia.While riding a commuter train, enjoying a chat with a younger woman sitting next to him, he encounters three violent drunks. Phil is powerless...
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We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy

Kliph Nesteroff - Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill's stand-up routine, the line almost always guaranteed to get a big laugh: "I'm from Wisconsin, of the Oneida Nation. My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York, but we had a little real estate problem."...
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From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium

JUSTIN SAYRE - ?Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

This illustrated compendium celebrates LGBTQIA history and culture, written by and according to culture icon Justin Elizabeth Sayre!Based on Sayre's five-part show in New York City, From Gay to Z is a humorous collection of the rich legacy of gay culture, told through the letters of the alphabet....
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Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and other Food Myths in the Lab

PAUL DAWSON - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Is the five-second rule legitimate? Are electric hand dryers really bacteria blowers? Am I spraying germs everywhere when I blow on my birthday cake? How gross is backwash?When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there...
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Dead Even

Annelise Ryan
Format: Hardcover


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Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition Strategy Guide

Doug Walsh - DK/BradyGames
Format: Print book

A Massive Book That Covers Everything in the Borderlands 2 Game Of The Year Edition! This huge, hardcover book can hardly contain all of the information included inside it! Stuffed full of walkthroughs, strategies, and stats for the complete game and all of the extra content in Game of the Year...
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Zero Gravity

WOODY ALLEN - Arcade
Format: Hardcover

His 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 readers have savored since his classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, Side Effects, and Mere...
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One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Kate Kennedy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeistOne In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member...
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