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How Proust can change your life How Proust can change your life Alain De Botton The starting point of How Proust Can Change Your Life is that a great novel can be nothing less than life-transforming. This is an unusual claim: our education system, while stressing that novels are… OL107929W
I'll Mature When I'm Dead I'll Mature When I'm Dead Dave Barry In eighteen hilarious pieces, Dave Barry tackles everything from fatherhood, new fatherhood (?Over the next five years, you will spend roughly 45 minutes, total, listening to songs you like, and roug… OL15032852W
My life as an experiment My life as an experiment Jacobs, A. J. A.J. explores the big issues of our time--happiness, dating, morality, marriage--by immersing himself in eye-opening situations. In his role as human guinea pig, Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series o… OL15457930W
I shudder I shudder Paul Rudnick A humorist trains eye on a range of subjects--from living in a series of increasingly bizarre, yet fabulous apartments in New York City to dealing with some of the most perplexing yet endearing perso… OL16288914W
I hate everyone--starting with me I hate everyone--starting with me Joan Rivers "Joan Rivers, comedienne, actress, jewelry monger, lives by the golden rule: Do unto others before they do unto you--and for God's sakes, do it funny! During the past two hundred years Joan has gaine… OL16558230W
Holidays in heck Holidays in heck P. J. O'Rourke A follow-up to "Holidays in hell" collects classic travel pieces written throughout the author's post-retirement years, a period marked by his haphazard journeys with and without family to such regio… OL16597222W
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls David Sedaris From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the A… OL16921842W
Yes Please Yes Please Amy Poehler Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer an… OL17358374W
Driving Like Crazy Thirty Years Of Vehicular Hellbending Celebrating America The Way Its Supposed T… Driving Like Crazy Thirty Years Of Vehicular Hellbending Celebrating America The Way Its Supposed T… P. J. O'Rourke A collection of O'Rourke's writings about cars for Car and Driver, Automobile, Esquire, Forbes, and other publications. OL17413440W
Vacationland Vacationland John Hodgman Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn’t seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Ever… OL17998109W
Disquiet, please! : more humor writing from the New Yorker Disquiet, please! : more humor writing from the New Yorker David Remnick A compendium of literary humor from the pages of "The New Yorker" features essays and articles by S.J. Perelman, Dorothy Parker, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, David Sedaris, and Ian… OL18157570W
You'll grow out of it You'll grow out of it Jessi Klein "YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsid… OL19668431W
Dance of the Reptiles Dance of the Reptiles Diane Stevenson,Carl Hiaasen "A collection of Carl Hiaasen's best columns from the past twelve years, covering topics, like hurricanes, off-shore drilling, voting rights, and political corruption, that have become national issue… OL19706804W
Paddle your own canoe Paddle your own canoe Nick Offerman The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussion… OL19970443W
Food Food Jim Gaffigan ""What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here's why: I'm a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I'd highly recommend… OL19984626W
Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) Dave Barry A latest collection of previously unpublished writings by the New York Times best-selling satirical author of You Can Date Boys When You're Forty reflects on his granddaughter's learning permit, the … OL19995258W
The uncollected David Rakoff The uncollected David Rakoff David Rakoff Bestselling and Thurber Prize-winning humorist David Rakoff was one of the most original, delightfully acerbic voices of his generation. Here, in one place, is the best of his previously uncollected … OL20010394W
Shrill Shrill Lindy West Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you--writer and humorist Lindy West quickly discovered … OL20028150W
Hungry heart Hungry heart Jodi Picocell "A collection of essays on womanhood that dives deep into the heart of female experience with wit and candor about yearning and longing, love and loss, and a woman who searched for her place in the w… OL20040842W
Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of “Naked”, presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn Fr… OL2693077W
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