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By Erma Bombeck. 1973
By Jonathan Goldstein. 2012
The epic story of Goldstein’s journey to find some great truth on his road to age forty. The host of…
CBC’s WireTap recounts the highs and lows of his last year in his thirties. Throughout the year, Goldstein asks weighty questions that would stump a person less seasoned. For instance: What is it about a McRib that drives people crazy? Can we replace extending an olive leaf with extending an olive jar? How much wisdom can we glean from episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter? His friends and family weigh in with hilarious results as Goldstein eats, sleeps, and watches bad TV all the way to his date with destiny. 2012.By Jane Borden. 2011
Jane Borden was reared in a proper Southern home in Greensboro, North Carolina, sent to boarding school in Virginia, and…
then went on to join a sorority in Chapel Hill. She next moved to New York and discovered that none of this grooming meant a lick to anyone. The result of this epiphany is her musings on the intersections of and altercations between Southern hospitality and Gotham cool. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2011.By Jon Stewart. 2010
Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn…
of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: what we looked like; what we accomplished in society, government, religion, science and culture. 2010.By Lynne Truss. 2004
Who would have thought a book about punctuation could cause such a stir? This spirited and wittily instructional little volume…
was a huge bestseller. You don't need to be a grammar nerd to enjoy this book. 2003.By Linda Cullen, Bob Robertson. 1995
By Will Ferguson, Ian Ferguson. 2001
A hilarious insider's look at Canada, covering subjects as diverse as fashion, culture, sports, religion, politics and mating rituals. Sample…
topics include "how to eat like a Canadian", "how to be as romantic as a Canadian", "how to talk like a Canadian", and "you may already be a Canadian - take the quiz and find out". 2001.By Arthur Black. 2007
In this collection of views of modern life, Black campaigns for the adoption of the afternoon nap while also delving…
into the fine art of cow tipping. He shares what he learned at a mushroom class, opines on the obscene amount of ridiculous lawsuits in the courts, and tries to explain why Michelangelo's David makes men feel... less than adequate. 2007.By David Sedaris, Daniel Hart. 2018
David Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. This is beach reading for people who…
detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk, and also Sedaris' darkest and warmest book yet. Bestseller. 2018.By Frances FitzGerald. 2018
This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam--into the traditional villages and the crowded…
cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks--and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. 2018.By Jim Florentine. 2018
Twitter Trolls. Facebook Freaks. Instagram Exhibitionists. These are just a few of the creatures our technology-obsessed culture has spawned in…
its quest to simplify our lives. Thankfully, popular comedian and television host Jim Florentine has a solution for those of us on the verge of bashing our iPhones to bits. In this collection of essays, Florentine attacks awful people and awful situations with the same biting satire and cringe-worthy humor that made him famous on television shows like Crank Yankers, Meet the Creeps, and That Metal Show. 2018.By Alexandra Wentworth. 2018
At once endearing and hilarious, thoughtful and far-fetched, this collection offers Ali at her wisest and wittiest as she delivers…
tips, pointers, and quips on a host of life's conundrums and sticky situations, including the funny yet unforgettable situations that have shaped her inimitable world view. Bestseller. 2018.By Alida Nugent. 2017
Alida Nugent shares what it takes to make the awkward leap from wide-eyed undergrad to "mature and responsible adult that…
definitely never eats peanut butter straight from the jar and considers it a meal." From trying to find an apartment on the black hole otherwise known as Craigslist to the imaginative financial finagling required to pay off student loans and still enjoy happy hour, Nugent documents the formative moments of being a twentysomething with a little bit of snark and a lot of heart. 2017.By Mikal Hem, Kerri A Pierce. 2017
Featuring examples from the most successful leaders and regimes in the business, including Kim Jong Il, Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gaddafi,…
Nicolae Ceauşescu, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, and many others, this handy guide offers ten easy lessons on becoming and acting like a dictator: from how to rig an election and create your own personality cult to the dos and don'ts of dictator fashion and palace architecture; how to become wealthy and spend your fortune the right way; expressing your literary genius; and how to avoid being toppled, exiled, and/or meeting any other dismal end. 2017. Uniform title: Kanskje jeg kan bli diktator.As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, hoping…
to find some guidance on how to live the best life he could. As he revisits the wisdom he relished in his youth, each extract is annotated with Klein's inimitable charm and insights. He tackles life's biggest questions-- and leaves us chuckling and enlightened. 2015.By Tim Dowling. 2015
A personal memoir of Tim Dowling, a columnist for The Guardian, about falling in love, moving to another country, having…
children, and staying together through money troubles and times of grief—that also just so happens to be devastatingly funny. 2015.By Patrick F McManus. 1995
By Caitlin Moran. 2011
Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should you get Botox? Do men secretly hate us? What should you call…
your vagina? Why does your bra hurt? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? Part memoir, part rant, Caitlin Moran answers these questions and more in "How To Be A Woman" - following her from her terrible 13th birthday ('I am 13 stone, have no friends, and boys throw gravel at me when they see me') through adolescence, the workplace, strip-clubs, love, fat, abortion, Topshop, motherhood and beyond. Includes sex and strong language. 2011.By Charles Osgood, Ed Osgood Charles. 2003
Osgood introduces a collection of humorous correspondence from some of the best-loved politicians, authors, and stars of the stage and…
screen. We glimpse Mark Twain squabbling with the gas company, Dwight D. Eisenhower kvetching to Mamie about Patton, and radio personality Fred Allen desperately seeking logic from his insurance carrier. 2003.