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Smith Street Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Deep-sea Creeps is a taxonomy of those terrible exes that should have been left lurking in the murky depths of your Tinder messages - from The Self-Proclaimed "Nice Guy" to The Egomaniac, and even The Ex Who Wanted To Break Up (But Wanted You To Do It). This hilarious oceanographic expedition is for anyone who's cut a loser from their line, and will (hopefully) help identify the next creep before you reel him in." -- Dust jacket.
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"The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and laugh-out-loud funny essays about the lifelong search for community and returning home. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas is ready to live his best life. Or, if not, at least his best-ish life. Now, in this collection...
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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A rhyming illustrated humor book for moms who feel they're not doing a good job (and that's all moms, right?). Packed with scientifically true examples of terrible parents in the animal kingdom, to remind and reassure any mother that there are way worse moms out there.
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2019
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“Consistently entertaining . . . she writes with unflinching honesty . . . Bridget Jones meets Buddha in this plucky, heartwarming, comical debut memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
For years journalist Marianne Power lined her bookshelves with dog-eared copies of definitive guides on how to live your best life, dipping in and out of self-help books when she needed them most....
For years journalist Marianne Power lined her bookshelves with dog-eared copies of definitive guides on how to live your best life, dipping in and out of self-help books when she needed them most....
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Stripe Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life. "Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie's Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of eleven talks delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007 has become a touchstone for a generation...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But, behind all that new-found glam, Irby is just trying to...
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"Inspired by The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Nobody Wants Your Sh*t will light a fire under your untidy ass with humor and helpful organizing tips that you'll actually want to use. Like a delightfully foul-mouthed best friend, this book dishes out the funny, unpretentious advice you need to hear most. You'll discover how to deal with your sh*t like there's no tomorrow, live in the moment without the f*cking mess, and make your life and your...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate-with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter. The Rest Is History podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, covering everything from the Trojan War to a historical ranking of the greatest dogs. Now, this official tie-in book brings the chart-topping...
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Library of America volume 369
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2023]
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The ultimate Portis: for the first time in one collector's volume, the complete fiction and collected nonfiction of the author of True Grit Summer reading recommendation in THE WASHINGTON POST, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, and THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL "Charles Portis is one of the great pure pleasures available in American literature." Ron Rosenbaum "Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, Charles Portis s True Grit...
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"From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One 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 of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious,...
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Cyanide and happiness volume 1
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
2010
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Introducing the first real, tangible, ignitable collection of the hit online comic Cyanide & Happiness, featuring a selection of your favorite comics and 30 brand-new strips. From the minds of Kris, Rob, Matt, and Dave comes a barrage of irreverent entertainment sure to keep you amused until the day you die.
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New Line Cinema ; Warner Bros. Pictures
Pub. Date
2015, 2013
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We're the Millers: A small-time pot dealer must become a big-time drug smuggler, so he convinces his neighbors - a stripper, a loser and a runaway - to play his fake family as he heads south of the border.
Vacation: Everyone's favorite dysfunctional family creates a new generation of laughts when a grown-up Rusty Griswold takes his family on a cross-country vacation.
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Boom! Box
Pub. Date
2018.
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Finally, a definitive and reliable manual that demystifies the complicated world of parenting while delivering crucial tips and sage advice - all from 3 guys who make comics instead of children. This informative guide for breeders tackles all the big parenting issues: finding messages in your alphabet soup, drawing the perfect hand turkey, getting away with kidnapping, telling your kids you don't love them anymore, and making out with your kid's best...
16) Gaga mistake day
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Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
© 2024.
Description
A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.
17) Don't blow yourself up: the further true adventures and travails of the Rocket Boy of October sky
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Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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In his latest memoir, Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest, baddest game cannon, fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam, became a scuba instructor, discovered sunken U-boats, wrote the definitive account of a World War II naval battle, befriended Tom Clancy, made a desperate attempt to save the passengers of a sunken river boat, trained the first Japanese astronauts, taught David Letterman to scuba dive,...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
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"Calvin Trillin can write just about anything--and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. He has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America" (The Miami Herald), "our funniest food writer" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most brilliant humorists of our time" (Charleston Post and Courier). But one of his favorite...
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Publisher
Summer + Muu
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Brian, a pig in jeans, does not want to move to a new house. He does not want to be at a new school and lose his friends. Little did he realize that moving does not mean losing anything. Instead, friendships can stay the same and you gain a lot more! As long as you're living with the people you love, everywhere will be fun!
20) The one: a novel
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"A razor-sharp and seductively hypnotic debut novel about the very fantasy of falling in love"--
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