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What do readers say about Let's Pretend This Never Happened?
self deprecating humor disturbing and hilarious hilarious and outlandish high-energy and high-dramaThe #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.
"Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate."-O, The Oprah Magazine
When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream wa... More details on Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Call me Ishmael. I won’t answer to it, because it’s not my name, but it’s much more agreeable than most of the things I’ve been called. “Call me ‘that-weird-chick-who-says-“fuck”-a-lot’” is probably m...
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What do readers say about Naked?
self deprecating humour sharp, sarcastic, and biting dry, self-deprecating humour dry sarcastic humorIn Naked, David Sedaris's message alternately rendered in Fakespeare, Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek is the same: pay attention to me.
Whether he's taking to the road with a thieving quadriplegic, sorting out the fancy from the extra-fancy in a ... More details on Naked
I'm thinking of asking the servants to wax my change before placing it in the Chinese tank I keep on my dresser. It's important to have clean money — not new, but well maintained. That's one of the te...
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What do readers say about Watching the English?
self-effacing yet perceptive with self-deprecating humour certain aspects of englishness fascinating and informativeUpdated, with new research and over 100 revisions
Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weath... More details on Watching the English
Any discussion of English conversation, like any English conversation, must begin with the weather. And in this spirit of observing traditional protocol, I shall, like every other writer on Englishnes...
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What do readers say about Spanking Shakespeare?
too crude and vulgar ya fiction novel boy raunchy humor laugh-out-loud, quick witted novelSHAKESPEARE SHAPIRO HAS ALWAYS hated his name. His parents bestowed it on him as some kind of sick joke when he was born, and his life has gone downhill from there, one embarrassing incident after another. Entering his senior year of high school, Sha... More details on Spanking Shakespeare
It’s hard to imagine what my parents were thinking when they decided to name me Shakespeare. They were probably drunk, considering the fact that my father is an alcoholic and my mother gets loopy afte...
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What do readers say about Bossypants?
entertaining and illustrating self deprecating humor insightful and sarcastic sharp, funny, and perceptiveSpirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," be... More details on Bossypants
As I nauseously perused “How Shall I Tell My Daughter?” I started to suspect that my mom had not actually read the pamphlet before handing it off to me. Here is a real quote from the actual 1981 editi...
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What do readers say about A Very Punchable Face?
witty and engaging truly laugh-out-loud funny self-deprecating humor celebrity memoirsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.
"I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls... More details on A Very Punchable Face
“If you don’t want to be great, then step aside and let someone else be great.” —ANTHONY DAVIS, LOS ANGELES LAKERS “On your first Update, whatever you do, don’t take an awkward moment to introduce you...
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What do readers say about Between Silk and Cyanide?
light and engaging memoir of public interest lively and funny a well-known storyIn 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), w... More details on Between Silk and Cyanide
In January 1942 I was escorted to the war by my parents in case I couldn’t find it or met with an accident on the way. In one hand I clutched my railway warrant – the first prize I had ever won; in th...
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What do readers say about Bird by Bird?
elegant and simple self deprecating humor captivating and motivational laugh out loud funnyFor a quarter century, more than a million readers-scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities-have been inspired by Anne Lamott's hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne'... More details on Bird by Bird
The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice d...
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What do readers say about Trick Mirror?
feminism, patriarchy, and capitalism self deprecating humor weddings and marriage a set of essaysNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"From The New Yorker's beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television."-Esquire
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In the beginning the internet seemed good. “I was in love with the internet the first time I used it at my dad’s office and thought it was the ULTIMATE COOL,” I wrote, when I was ten, on an Angelfire ...
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What do readers say about Storm Front?
noir detective mystery a good light thriller crime noir style my style of humorIn the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden's investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago…
As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that ... More details on Storm Front
I heard the mailman approach my office door, half an hour earlier than usual. He didn’t sound right. His footsteps fell more heavily, jauntily, and he whistled. A new guy. He whistled his way to my of...
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