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Smelling Roses Through Broken Noses: A Didactic Compendium From the Irish Riviera to the Irish Kingdom and Back

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Barry (Author)Experience a Lifetime of Laughter with Tales from an Irishman's Life: Discover the Joy, Wit, and Unforgettable Moments That Prove There's Nothing Quite Like Being Irish.Smelling Roses Through Broken Noses is a one-of-a-kind gem filled with humorous escapades, endearing wisdom, and soul-stirring anecdotes that vividly paint a portrait of an Irishman's life. Embark on an unforgettable journey as you dive deep into the heart of the amalgam of I...

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Report copyright infringementby Maureen Anne Meehan (Author)60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck) is a nonfiction book surrounding a personal experience attempting to date at age 58. It didn't start out as a goal to write a book in a new genre, but it's a numbers game requiring note-taking to keep it straight. Upon review over dinner with a girlfriend, it dawned on me that this was funny. In the middle of this journey, I fell and broke my neck and it was serious. Decisions had to be mad...

Life Sucks: Memories and Introspections During The Great COVID Lockdown

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Report copyright infringementby Ps Conway (Author)Discover PS Conway's deeply cynical yet comedic reflections on the Great COVID Lockdown in this collection of satirical essays, perfect for fans of Seinfeld's humor about "nothing" and skeptics of society's enduring absurdities.What happens when a poet with a darkly literate soul turns his attention to the absurdity of a global pandemic? You get PS Conway's unique brand of "literary comedic nihilism." Written during 40 weeks of lockdown, this ...

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Report copyright infringementby Larry J. Namer (Author)OFFSCRIPT ... THE LARRY J. NAMER STORYHow does an assistant underground cable splicer become an international media and entertainment mogul? In his one-of-a-kind memoir, Larry J. Namer shares his journey to becoming the most sought-after media visionary in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and beyond. From his childhood in Coney Island to becoming the founder of E!, Offscript tells the behind-the-scenes stories that marked his astounding success ...

Table Talk & Second Thoughts: A Memoir in Flashes

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Martone (Author)FINALIST, Big Other Book Awards (2025)With wit and humor, Michael Martone writes his life as one of brief bites, effervescent episodes, and meaningful meals illuminated by the luminaries on the other side of the table. In many ways Martone's annotations of a life lived with words and writers, Table Talk & Second Thoughts surges with poignancy while recalling the little moments that make us human. Number of Pages: 160 ...

Dear Boss, Eat A Bag of D!*&$: A Hilarious, Unfiltered Guide to Reclaiming Your Worth in a World that Underestimates You

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Report copyright infringementby Cailean Gysler (Author)This witty and empowering memoir takes readers inside the male-dominated corporate world, where success is hard-won, respect is elusive, and humor is a survival tool. Cailean shares her journey from a respected finance leader to facing office politics, double standards, and the realization that her worth would never be fully recognized in a toxic environment.With stories of resilience, self-advocacy, and a hilarious gummy-dick prank, this...

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Misfits Abroad: Adventures in Love, Language, and Foreign Lands

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Report copyright infringementby Martine Robinson Beachboard (Author)Experiences are unique. Responses are universal.This collection of vignettes introduces colorful people and places encountered in Europe. The stories center on a time spent living and working with military communities in Germany and traveling further abroad. A new environment in the Old World broadened the author's perspectives.The author balances the appeal of an unusual circumstance with the resonance of universal human exp...

Questionable Behavior: Tales from the College Frat House

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Report copyright infringementby Larry H. Chewning (Author)Experience the bond of friendship between fraternity brothers in this real-life version of "Animal House."For anyone who attended college in the South during the mid 20th century, Larry Chewning's amusing anecdotes from his fraternity days at Wake Forest University will prove to be highly relatable. Reminiscent of the 1978 film "Animal House," Questionable Behavior; Tales from the College Frat House is a collection of short stories ins...

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Whisnant (Author)For millions who grew up in ACC territory humming "Sail With The Pilot" and distilling their self-worth down to a three-day tournament in Greensboro, Tar Heel Bred will serve as a warm, poignant and humorous recollection of what it meant to have life milestones marked by North Carolina basketball. Reformed sportswriter Scott Whisnant traces how his fandom guided him through theological crises, awkward puberty, family discord, racial awake...

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

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Report copyright infringementby Nate Bargatze (Author)AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA #1 TORONTO STAR BESTSELLERAN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER From one of the hottest stand-up comedians, Nate Bargatze brings his everyman comedy to the page in this hilarious collection of personal stories, opinions, and confessions. Nate Bargatze used to be a genius. That is, until the summer after seventh grade when he slipped, fell off a cliff, hit his head on...

Trans4mation: Courage Versus Cancer: Game On

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Report copyright infringementby Bernadene Erasmus (Author)What happens when a young successful dentist, soaring to new heights in his career, learns that he has cancer days after his fortieth birthday? Will he be transfixed, torpedoed, or transformed? It's a challenge faced by every cancer patient. Courage brings with it the potential for transformation on many levels. For some, a charred, black landscape can grow into a spring of promise, and ordinary people become extraordinary heroes. In t...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Donovan (Author)Many race drivers aspire to compete in the world's most celebrated sports car race, the legendary Le Mans 24 hours. Few make it. In the 80's and 90's, when Le Mans was still a very dangerous place, Robin Donovan was one of only a handful of drivers to participate in this demanding race an outstanding 14 times.Enduring as many misadventures as adventures enroute, Robin describes his unconventional journey to achieve his personal goal; to co...

Oh So Silly: Zany Tales from an Unconventional Mind

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Report copyright infringementby Sharon Trout (Author)Sharon Trout, a retired psychologist living in Little Rock, Arkansas, recounts funny tales from her zany life in this autobiographical collection of personal stories. The stories are drawn from experiences across her life, from her upbringing in rural Arkansas to the comfort of her retirement. Her quirky sense of humor will delight and amuse readers of all ages. Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Johnson (Author)"Fabulously funny - a real must for lovers of all things Greek."After living in Greece for thirteen years, writer and reluctant olive farmer Rob Johnson has got used to most of the things that he and his wife Penny found so bizarre at the beginning. Most, but not all.A Kilo of String is the story-so-far of this not-particularly-plucky couple's often bewildering experiences among the descendants of Sophocles, Plato and Nana Mouskouri with occ...

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Report copyright infringementby Tracy Flounoy (Author)Think back to when you were a child about 10 years old. If you are young enough now, you had video games, computers, cell phones and hundreds of channels on cable t.v. to entertain you. I'm a kid of the 70's so we had none of that. That left me to my own devices to entertain myself. Here is where I share some of my stories. I hope it makes the reader smile or even laugh out loud. Enjoy my walk down memory lane. Number of Pages...

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This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Zarna Garg (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir, spilling all the chai on her wild ride from escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife."A deeply honest and hilarious book about how you always win if you bet on yourself."--Amy Poehler Throughout Zarna's whole childhood in India, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Bernard Bentley (Author)On The Go! is an exciting book that is suitable for all readers. This book is all about transportation and the wonderful places that it takes us to. Whether you are walking, riding a bike or even driving in your car, these modes of transportation are highlighted like never before. Maybe you are more adventurous and you like to take to the sea, ride the rails on a powerful locomotive or even grace the skies in an airplane, a helicopter or...

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Smith (Author)Fiction or nonfiction? Externally, Erin had plenty going on for her. She was pretty and smart enough, but not enough to compel her to fulfill her potential. All she recognized in the mirror were faults and deep-cutting insecurities. Through debatable luck and questionable life choices she almost lost it all. Or did she? Though the bullet slowed her down she never seems to learn the right lesson. Is this cautionary tale founded in truth, or is...

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Report copyright infringementby Russel DVM Hunter (Author)Dr. Hunter has been collecting these stories for years. Then he started telling them. Now he's writing them down.They come from almost 60 years of being a country vet driving around countless back roads caring for farm animals. Some even come from earlier times as a student, or before.They are all stories of irony.Many are humorous, but certainly not all. Some attest to our ability to solve problems in almost impossible situations. Som...

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Report copyright infringementby Rudy Ridolfo (Author)"A funny, delightful, and incisive tour of working odd jobs." -Kirkus"Wild... Reading this book is a ride." -Independent Book Review"Fast, matter-of-fact, and full of memorable moments." -San Francisco Book Review"Insightful, humorous, and engaging." -The US Review of BooksJob Junky is a bare-bones memoir of work, survival, and everything in between.Told in raw, rapid-fire chapters, it reads more like a barstool confession than a polished l...

Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This Way

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Radke (Author)From the bestselling author of Eat Cake. Be Brave, a love letter to the strong, opinionated Southern women who raised her and surround us all. Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose. Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of them: the women who raised us, taught us to cook and clap back. The ones who prayed for us, raged at us and humbled us a notch or two when we needed it. These are the women who have enco...

Chomp Press Pull: Stories of a Sensory Self

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Report copyright infringementby Elaina Battista-Parsons (Author)"Parsons' writing hits right to the core, conjuring smells of grandma's kitchen and summoning the feeling of scratchy shag carpet on a hot summer's day." Jocelyn Mackenzie, Recording Artist, Righteous Babe RecordsGrowing up in a time when sensory dysregulation wasn't in our vocabulary felt like a daily obstacle course-the victory being not throwing up in the backseat of a hot Buick station wagon, or the pure freedom to dance one'...

Behind Closed Doors: Memoirs Of an American Call Girl

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Report copyright infringementby E. S. Silversmith (Author)Young, broke, in college.What's a girl to do?Dive into this deliciously absurd and darkly humorous peek inside the world's oldest profession.Told through a series of encounters with real clients, this unhinged nonfiction memoir recounts the misadventures of a socially awkward college student as she fumbles her way through the salacious world of escorting.While recalling unforgettable stories, Silversmith shares her unique insight into ...

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Walker Steve Walker (Author)Take a Transit Minibus, a full-sized roof-rack loaded with camping equipment, 14 passengers, plus a driver armed with road maps of Europe, Asia and Africa and you have a phenomenon that was to be a character-forming and life-changing experience for a generation of travellers. That phenomenon was "overland". For the first time, young people had an affordable way to travel in the relative safety of a group to what, for many, had ...

When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories about Awful Moments

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Report copyright infringementby Kelly Oxford (Author)The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford's head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets that lead Rolling Stone to name her one of the Funniest People on Twitter or with pictures of her hilariously adorable family (human and animal) or ...

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Report copyright infringementby Aaron Karo (Author)From Aaron Karo, stand-up comic and acclaimed author of Ruminations on College Life and Ruminations on Twentysomething Life, comes I'm Having More Fun Than You, an irreverent exploration of why guys embrace bachelorhood and love flying solo in their twenties and thirties.This hilarious book finally answers the question every woman asks: Why do guys run from commitment just when it's time to settle down? The Single Guy Perspective: From bein...

Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold on

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Report copyright infringementby Kristin Russo (Author), Jenny Owen Youngs (Author)"[A] joyful ode to the awesome ability of pop-culture arcana to create a solid community." --The New York Times A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer. Kristin and Jenny's marriage started with an ultimatum: to further their relationship, Kristin must watch Jenny's favorite show, Buffy...

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Report copyright infringementby Russel Hunter (Author)I've been collecting these stories for years. Then I started telling them. Now I'm writing them down. They come from almost 60 years of being a large animal vet driving around countless country roads caring for large animals. Some even come from earlier times as a student. They are all stories of irony. Many are humorous, but certainly not all. Some attest to our ability to solve problems in almost impossible situations. Some have sadness ...

Thanks for Coming: One Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm

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Report copyright infringementby Mara Altman (Author)By turns uproarious and touching, the memoir of a young woman's search for an orgasm--and for the elusive connections between sex and loveTwenty-six-year-old Mara Altman wanted to know what all the screaming was about. She'd lost her virginity at seventeen; grown up in southern California with sexually free parents; had lovers in India, Burma, and Peru; and spent a year in Bangkok observing all manner of depravity. And yet she was an attract...

The Real Stories Behind the Pretty Cakes: Cake Maker for the Rich and Famous Shares Her Outrageous Cake Adventures and Oh So Sticky Mishaps

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Report copyright infringementby Sandy Hargrave (Author), Nan Cutler (Author)Go behind the scenes of a high-end custom cake business in Aspen, Colorado, where the "cake maker for the rich and famous" will take you on a rollercoaster ride through cakes and clients that defy the imagination!"What the heck was I thinking?"That is what Sandy Hargrave often asks herself, looking back over some of the more ostentatious designs throughout her twenty-five-year career as a cake decorator for the world'...