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John Cleese Saved My Life!: ...And Other True Tales of Pop, Politics, and Prayer

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Berndt (Author)So, how did a legendary British comedian known for silly walks save the life of an awkward, midwestern, suburban teen? Find out when you read John Cleese Saved My Life!...And Other True Tales of Pop, Politics, and Prayer-a Gen X mash-up where memoir meets history book.Set in Ronald Reagan's America, Berndt reexamines his adolescence and unravels the political and pop culture forces that shaped his character and transformed his religious fai...

What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I've Learned

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Report copyright infringementby Merrill Markoe (Author)Award-winning comedy writer Merrill Markoe, the slightly warped mind behind Stupid Pet Tricks, is an old hand with dogs. She knows who's boss (they are) and the myriad ways a loving pet can make you feel guilty twenty-four hours a day. This new edition of Merrill Markoe's classic collection of humorous essays gives readers the choicest selections along with brand-new material. In these razor-sharp essays, Markoe recounts her dogs' phone c...

Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Drucker (Author)*An Inside Hook Book You Should Be Reading This April*A "funny, genuine and knowledgeable" (Ben Schwartz) memoir about the video games that entertain and inspire us, and even hold the power to transform our lives, from an Emmy(R)-nominated television writer, stand-up comedian and former writer for Nintendo.At the ripe age of three, Mike Drucker got his very first Nintendo console--the Nintendo Entertainment System--and he was hooked. Every ...

We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction: Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Tess Sanchez (Author), Max Greenfield (Foreword by)A "funny, relatable, honest" (Mindy Kaling, actress and New York Times bestselling author) essay collection about navigating a career change in Hollywood, rediscovering your identity, and overcoming the relatable messiness that ensues from unforeseen circumstances. Tess Shanchez, wife of well-known actor Max Greenfield, the mother of two, and former Hollywood casting director, lived a life that felt like a hit ...

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'...

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Report copyright infringementby Claire Parkinson (Author)#1 Best Seller - A laugh-out-loud memoir for anyone who's ever made a bad decision, or 500.If you love Fleabag, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridesmaids, or stories where the underdog comes out swinging, this book is for you.What are readers saying? "This book made me laugh so hard I snorted my red wine." "Raw, hilarious and impossible to put down." "Brutally honest and outrageously funny." "Couldn't stop reading - equal parts chaos, heart an...

Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire

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Report copyright infringementby Christine Wenc (Author)Discover the real truth behind the original fake news with this in-depth history of beloved humor publication, The Onion. In 1988, a band of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergrads and dropouts began publishing a free weekly newspaper with no editorial stance other than "You Are Dumb." Just wanting to make a few bucks, they wound up becoming the bedrock of modern satire over the course of twenty years, changing the way we consume both...

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Report copyright infringementby Rosanne S. McHenry (Author)Rosanne S. McHenry worked as a California State Park Ranger at Folsom Lake and the Auburn State Recreation Area in the late 1980s, when the life of a patrol ranger could get extremely rough and tumble. From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display; from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, she regales her readers with madcap adventures.Within the pages of this book is the madness and gladness of the profe...

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Carolla (Author)Now in paperback, Adam Carolla takes us back--before Loveline and The Man Show, before the Guinness World Record-breaking podcast and the New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks--to reveal all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today. Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabb...

Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over: My Guide to Life

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Caine (Author)The Hollywood screen legend brings his wit, insight, entertaining stories and wisdom to answer questions about every aspect of his long life - inspiring us all to Be More Michael Caine. I'm always asked questions - by fans, by other actors and friends, by my grandchildren. They want to know how I've lasted so long, how I handle fame, why I chose to do some of my films, which films and actors I like best and so forth. They also want to kno...

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Report copyright infringementby David Orner (Author)This book will take you back to a time before the great unwashed thought the world was desperate to see photos of their latest meal-or worse.It's a story about growing up in Africa, a land full of things that could kill you but usually didn't-.While life is often filled with sadness and stress, you'll find little of that here. The world needs less gloom and more humour. Everyone grows up, though some take longer than others, and a few never ...

The Accidental Plus One: Travel Tales from a Trailing Spouse

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Report copyright infringementby Alison Ripley Cubitt (Author)A burnt-out media executive. A chance to leave it all behind. Can she take that leap into the unknown, or is she doomed to fail?Alison was stuck going nowhere. Her shiny career had well and truly lost its lustre, despite the money her TV bosses were offering. Nothing would make up for the sacrifices she'd made these past fifteen years.When she spotted an opportunity for her other half Down Under, could she leave behind a well-paid j...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter A. Oldham (Author)"This book is about my life-leaving school with no education but finishing up as a mechanical engineer. Keep trying, and you will get what you want. Stand outside a barbershop long enough, and you will get a haircut. This book is for people who want to make it to the top of their game. Bullshit is the name of the game you find out in life that people who are above you are sometimes not as good as they think they are. Either they have jum...

The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State

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Report copyright infringementby Tyler Gillespie (Author)A journey beyond fears and stereotypes The memes. "Because Florida" jokes. "Florida Man" stories. Tyler Gillespie was once embarrassed to call Florida home, concocting fantasies he'd been born somewhere else. In The Thing about Florida, Gillespie faces his Florida denial and takes readers on an exuberant search for the state behind the caricatures, cutting through the media storm with curiosity and humor. Gillespie's journey leads him in...

Confessions of a Recovering Slut: And Other Love Stories

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Report copyright infringementby Hollis Gillespie (Author)The next "screamingly hilarious"(Miami Herald) installment in the wild ride that is the life of Hollis Gillespie. Confessions of a Recovering Slut is the hilarious and often heartrending sequel to Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch, which concludes with Hollis Gillespie, the daughter of a missile scientist and an alcoholic traveling trailer salesman, at last finding a home of her own. Unfortunately that home just happens to be in one of Atlant...

Covet the Comeback: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Found Success, Lost Everything, Then Built a Fashion Empire

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Report copyright infringementby Christos Garkinos (Author)Long before creating Covet by Christos, the world's leading livestreamer of all things luxury, future founder and CEO Christos Garkinos grew up in Detroit as the gay son of Greek immigrants and started working in his parents' diner at the age of four. Seeking a bigger life post-college, Garkinos took a job under Richard Branson in the mid-90's heyday of Virgin Megastores. Beginning to rub shoulders with A-list celebrities, he embarked ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lauren Oyler (Author)"The essay collection everyone's talking about."--New YorkA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Elle, The Millions, LitHub, Nylon, BookPage, PureWow, and moreFrom the national bestselling novelist and essayist, a groundbreaking collection of brand-new pieces about the role of cultural criticism in our ever-changing world.In her writing for Harper's, the London Review of Books, The New Yorker, and elsewhere, Lauren Oyler has emerged as one of the...

My 11th Commaddment: Thou Shalt Not B.S. Thyself or You

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Haber (Author)At the age of seventy-three, Alexander Haber became a born-again Christian and finally bid farewell to his demons. In My 11th Commandment, Haber shares how his faith in God ultimately set him free from evil. Through God's saving grace, he was able to overcome a dependency on prescription drugs and discover true happiness and contentment for the first time in his life. A wild ride from start to finish, Haber's persona calls to mind notabl...

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Report copyright infringementby Fawn Germer (Author)Fawn Germer did not climb Mount Everest, hike the Pacific Crest Trail, or eat, pray, and love her way around the world. All she did was get a van and go for a really long ride with her dog. People do that all the time. It doesn't seem special; you wouldn't say it was extraordinary.But it was.Fawn woke up one day feeling like time was running out. Having seven friends die in their 50s and 60s will do that to you. She wondered how many years s...

The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance

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Report copyright infringementby Elna Baker (Author)"A wickedly funny debut. Baker is both self-absorbed and generous, whip-smart and naïve; she apologizes for none of it."--People It's lonely being a Mormon in New York City. Every year, Elna Baker attends the New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. This year, her Queen Bee costume (which involves a funnel stinger stuck to her butt) isn't attracting the attention she'd anticipated. So once again, Elna finds herself alone, standing ...

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Report copyright infringementby Khaya Dlanga (Author)Life is like that sometimes draws readers into the unforgettable personal experiences that have shaped Khaya Dlanga's world. Weaving heartfelt and often hilarious tales, from his rural Eastern Cape childhood to the profound losses he has faced as an adult, Khaya reflects on life's unpredictability with warmth and wit. The vivid stories explore love, loss, loyalty, forgiveness, tradition, chance, mischief, justice, responsibility and resilie...

Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

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Report copyright infringementby Maureen Dowd (Author)"Juicy. . . . Dowd has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights."--Los Angeles Times"A pleasure. . . . Throughout, her experienced journalist's knack for colorful quotes moves her subjects beyond their talking points. She seasons the pieces with additional reporting by those in her subjects' orbits."--Kirkus ReviewsA sly and chatty collection of the revered Pulitz...

Self-Sabotage: And Other Ways I've Spent My Time

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffery Self (Author)"Jeffery takes us on a wild--sometimes shocking--and always funny romp."--Andy Cohen"Excellent . . . Self is a very clever writer . . . and there's never a dull moment in his captivating, extremely well-written stories that will have readers hoping for more."--Booklist (starred review)In the vein of works by Gary Janetti and Danny Pellegrino, an honest, funny, and heartfelt comedian memoir-in-essays about chasing your dreams, making big mes...

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

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Report copyright infringementby Geraldine Deruiter (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. "With charm and humor, Geraldine DeRuiter welcomes us into her personal history and thus reconnects us with ourselves."--Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR When celebrity chef Mario Batali sen...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeanne Darst (Author)"Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."--USA Today Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir. The youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated St. Louis family-- of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other-- Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as a young girl was clear: Wh...

101 Ways I Have Tried to Make Money: or Things I Learned After It Was Too Late

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Report copyright infringementby Diana Dunaway (Author)Beginning at age five, selling rocks to neighbors, to real estate broker, to hot air balloon pilot, to bag lady in a mink coat selling frozen beef, this memoir chronicles a serial entrepreneur's attempts to earn cash to buy the good things in life. The failures and successes recounted, if not always profitable, often have hilarious and unexpected consequences. Although not a financial analyst, the author shares her opinion about why things...

A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape

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Report copyright infringementby Joe Pera (Author), Joe Bennett (Illustrator)A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!The cozy comedy of Joe Pera meets the darkly playful illustrations of Joe Bennett in A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape, a funny, warm, and sincere guide to regaining calm and confidence when you're hiding in the bathroom. "Nothing says 'class' to your dinner guests more than a Joe Pera book next to the can." --Seth Meyers Joe Pera goes to the ba...

Messages from Mooseville: A Year in Alaska

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Report copyright infringementby Leigh Richards (Author)Happily living a suburban matron's life in Texas, Kitty Eppston is shocked when her husband announces that they will be moving--as the Johnny Horton song goes--"North to Alaska." Once settled in the "Last Frontier," Kitty writes to her friends about her many adventures--from mining for gold to getting weighed in front of strangers before boarding a small aircraft, from the dog sled ride that had her dodging frozen flying feces to her perf...

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Report copyright infringementby Fawn Germer (Author)Here Comes the SunThe Hardest Thing About Middle Age is Growing Out of ItFawn Germer did not climb Mount Everest, hike the Pacific Crest Trail, or eat, pray, and love her way around the world. All she did was get a van and go for a really long ride with her dog. People do that all the time. It doesn't seem special; you wouldn't say it was extraordinary.But it was.Fawn woke up one day feeling like time was running out. Having seven friends di...

The Secret to Happiness Is Low Expectations: Living with a Funny Bone, a Wishbone, and a Backbone

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Report copyright infringementby Isabel Bolt (Author)Any way you look at it, life is full of expectations. Those you have for yourself. Those you have of others. Those others have of you. Mine have always been high. Across the board. It's an obsessive struggle. For many years, success to me meant arranging people, places, and situations in a particular order and then keeping all of them together. Like a puzzle, I could force it to fit and then glue it into place. Firmly. But more often than no...

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Report copyright infringementby Artie Lange (Author), Anthony Bozza (Author), Howard Stern (Foreword by)Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show--with a foreword by Howard Stern. When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show's move to the wild, uncensored front...