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  • You’re Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

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    A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, and what it really means to be alone, from everyone’s favorite TikTok oracle, Devrie Donalson.

    Dear Read

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    • Author: Donalson, Devrie Brynn
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 244
    • Publish Date: October 03 2023
    • ISBN10: 9798212186452
    • Language: English
  • Happy-Go-Lucky

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    David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso

    Back when restaurant menus were still printed on p… [more below]

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: May 30 2023
    • ISBN10: 031639243X
    • Language: English
  • Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    “In fact very funny.” —Cosmopolitan
    “[A] hilarious and much-needed book.” –Samantha Bee, Emmy Award-winning comedian, author, and host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

    For fans

    • Author: Friedman, Jena
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: April 18, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1982178280
    • Language: English
  • A Fine and Pleasant Misery

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    “A hilarious compilation” (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edit

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    • Author: Samson, Jack
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 209
    • Publish Date: April 15 1981
    • ISBN10: 0805000321
    • Language: English
  • The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

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    “A masterly book” –Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan
    “A classic” –Simon Kuper, Financial Times

    An economist explains five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do ru

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    • Author: Cipolla, Carlo M.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: April 06 2021
    • ISBN10: 0385546475
    • Language: English
  • Asides: Occasional Essays on Dogs, Food, Restaurants, Bars, Hangovers, Jobs, Music, Family Trees, Robbery, Relationships, Bein

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    “George Singleton is a very funny man. He could write about a tootsie roll and keep me reading,” says Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping and A Three Dog Life, about Singleton’s new collection of pe

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    • Author: Singleton, George
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 196
    • Publish Date: November 07, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1958094293
    • Language: English
  • Meaty: Essays

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    The smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author explodes onto the printed page in her uproarious first collection of essays.

    “Whether she’s writing about her late

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    • Author: Irby, Samantha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: April 03 2018
    • ISBN10: 0525436162
    • Language: English
  • We’re All in This Together . . .: So Make Some Room

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    Stand-up is all well and good, but observational humor that’s funny and warm may work best in books. And Tom Papa, whose loyal audiences are packed with “date night” couples of all ages, has perfected

    • Author: Papa, Tom
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: June 06, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250280095
    • Language: English
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age duri

    • Author: Noah, Trevor
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: November 15, 2016
    • ISBN10: 0399588175
    • Language: English
  • I’ll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain

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    A hilariously-honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD at age 35

    Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shoc

    • Author: Farris, Emily
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: February 06, 2024
    • ISBN10: 0306830310
    • Language: English
  • This Won’t Help: Modest Proposals for a More Enjoyable Apocalypse

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    There’s a lot going on, all the time. It may feel overwhelming. Don’t worry. It will end. This Won’t Help is here for you in the meantime–with 100 short, sharp, satirical essays that skewer a world r

    • Author: Grober, Eli
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: October 24, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1615199993
    • Language: English
  • Quietly Hostile: Essays

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby “engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartf

    • Author: Irby, Samantha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: May 16, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593315693
    • Language: English
  • Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living

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    Parks and Recreation actor and Making It co-host Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in this New York Times bestseller.

    Growing a perfect moustache, g… [more below]

    • Author: Offerman, Nick
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: September 02 2014
    • ISBN10: 0451467094
    • Language: English
  • Solutions and Other Problems

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    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Allie Brosh–beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half–returns with a long-awaited collection of “hilarious

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    • Author: Brosh, Allie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 528
    • Publish Date: September 27 2022
    • ISBN10: 1982156953
    • Language: English
  • How Y’All Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

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    New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

    Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unm

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    • Author: Jordan, Leslie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: April 05 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063076209
    • Language: English
  • Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Time‘s 100 Most Influe[more below]

    • Author: Wong, Ali
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: October 06 2020
    • ISBN10: 525508856
    • Language: English
  • Naked

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    Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and[more below]

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: June 01 1998
    • ISBN10: 0316777730
    • Language: English
  • When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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    “David Sedaris’s ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,” (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: June 02, 2009
    • ISBN10: 0316154687
    • Language: English
  • Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

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    David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother’s wedding. He mops his sister’s floor. He gives directions t

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: May 31, 2005
    • ISBN10: 0316010790
    • Language: English
  • Holidays on Ice

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    David Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy’s elf and the annals of two ve

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: October 20, 2010
    • ISBN10: 0316078913
    • Language: English
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