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Eats, shoots & leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation
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.Burnt out and despairing, middle-aged Leah reluctantly agrees to visit 94-year-old Adele once a week in her nursing home, and…
learns that resilient, independent and enthusiastic Adele is, in many ways, younger than she is. She finds the enduring importance of friendship from Adele and her retirement home companions. 1999.Chicken soup for the golden soul: heartwarming stories about people 60 and over
By Jack Canfield. 2000
Divided into chapters on letting go, giving, learning, the lighter side, across the generations, overcoming obstacles, perspective, believing, living your…
dream, reminiscing and ageless wisdom, this book celebrates the myriad joys of living and the wisdom that comes from having lived. 2000.Double exposure
By Linda Cullen, Bob Robertson. 1995
How to be a Canadian: even if you already are one
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.Black to the grindstone
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.Calypso
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.Everybody is awful: (except you!)
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.Go ask Ali: half-baked advice (and free lemonade)
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.Don't worry, it gets worse: one twentysomething's (mostly failed) attempts at adulthood
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.How to be a dictator: an irreverent guide
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.How to be a husband
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.Encore: finding work that matters in the second half of life (Your coach in a box)
By Marc Freedman. 2008
Media commentator and best-selling author Marc Freedman delivers this guide for baby boomers poised to enter the next phase of…
their lives. Freedman notes that most boomers cannot or will not retire in the traditional sense. Instead of a time of leisure, life's second half lets seasoned citizens pursue fulfilling second careers. "Encore" provides step-by-step guidance for understanding and enjoying these opportunities. 2008.How I got this way
By Patrick F McManus. 1995
How to be a woman
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.Funny letters from famous people
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.Heller, a psychologist, has collected hundreds of brief responses from children ages four to ten to queries about "Marriage and…
the Other Mushy Things That Grown-ups Do," "Work and Other Occupational Hazards of Being Grown Up," and similar topics. Consider Carlos on the perils of growing up: "You aren't born with a set of directions the way a computer is." 1991.F.U.B.A.R: America's right-wing nightmare
By Sam Seder, Stephen Sherrill. 2006
The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. But no matter how enormous the crisis - the Great Depression,…
Vietnam, Watergate, Monica Lewinsky, America's always come out looking like, well, America. This time, however, something's different. Things aren't just messed up; they're messed up beyond all recognition. 2006.