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1	Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin Returning to the form (and forum) that made bestsellers of "Obliviously On He Sails" and "A Heckuva Job," the putative Bard of the Bush presidency recreates in verse all the lowlights of this year's endless campaign slog. see all copies from $9.40! new only from $9.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	About Alice more books like this by Calvin Trillin In Calvin Trillin's antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had "a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day" and the mother who thought that if you didn't go to every performance of your child's school play, "the county would come and take the child." Now, five years after her death, her husband offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin more books like this by Kenny Shopsin, Carolynn Carreao, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by) The legendary owner and chef of the Greenwich Village restaurant Shopsin's dishes food and philosophy in this collection of more than 120 recipes, including such perfect comfort foods as High School Hot Turkey Sandwiches, Cuban Bean Polenta Melt, and Cornmeal-Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce, plus the best soups, egg dishes, and hamburgers. see all copies from $15.93! new only from $15.93! \| SVS
4	A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin From the author of "Obliviously He Sails On" comes a new, laugh-out-loud roast of the Bush administration. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Obliviously on He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme more books like this by Calvin Trillin Collecting his weekly poems in the Nation magazine, Calvin Trillin passes merciless judgment on the Bush administration, condemning the president and his advisers for everything from lying about the war in Iraq to misusing the English language. But, as always, no matter how great his outrage, Trillin is never without his wry sense of humor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Tummy Trilogy more books like this by Calvin Trillin, Calivin Trillin In the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed us that the most glorious food in an American city was not to be found at the pretentious rooftop restaurant he called La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine. With three hilarious books, he established himself as "our funniest food writer" and, in Craig Claiborne's phrase, "the Walt Whitman of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Great British Cooking: A Wellkept Secret more books like this by Jane Garmey, Calvin Trillin (Designer) Here is the inside scoop on the rich and diverse cuisine of the British isles. see all copies from $2.05! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Tepper Isn't Going Out more books like this by Calvin Trillin Calvin Trillin's comic novel--a small valentine to New York City--is about a man named Murray Tepper, a Manhattanite who has mastered the intricacies of finding a parking place in the city. (Trillin calls it "the first parking novel.") Once Murray gets a spot, he has no intention of leaving it: he parks, then sits in his car. The consequences of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century more books like this by Studs Terkel, Calvin Trillin (Foreword by), Robert Coles (Introduction by) Originally published under the title "My American Century," this anthology collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his magnificent introductions to each work. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.75! \| SVS
10	Family Man more books like this by Calvin Trillin A recollection and guide to family-rearing, written by the well-known polemicist and comic poet. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Messages from My Father: A Memoir more books like this by Calvin Trillin "The man was stubborn", writes Calvin Trillin - the second most stubborn member of the Trillin family - to begin his fond, wry, and affecting memoir of his father. Abe Trillin had the western Missouri accent of someone who had grown up in St. Joseph and the dreams of America of someone who had been born is Russia. In Kansas City, he was a grocer, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater more books like this by Calvin Trillin Across time zones and cultures, and often with his wife, Alice, at his side, Trillin shares his triumphs in the art of culinary discovery, including Dungeness crabs in California, barbecued mutton in Kentucky, potato latkes in London, and a $33 picnic on a no-frills flight to Miami. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Remembering Denny more books like this by Calvin Trillin In the 1950s, Denny Hanson was the "golden boy", a clean-cut, Rhodes Scholar whose bright future and million-dollar smile made him the subject of a Life magazine feature. The bestselling author of Uncivil Liberties chronicles this life that once held limitless possibilities, but ended tragically. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Travels with Alice more books like this by Calvin Trillin This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters. In Taormina, Sicily, they cheerfully disagree with Mrs. Tweedie's 1904 assertion that the beautiful town "is being spoilt," and skip the Grand Tour in favor of swimming holes, table soccer, and taureaux piscine. In Paris, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	If You Cant Say Something Nice more books like this by Calvin Trillin The author of the widely syndicated "Uncivil Liberties" column ruminates on everything from Fidel Castro to the calorie count of his favorite food. "Trillin is a curmudgeon's curmudgeon".--People. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco more books like this by Calvin Trillin Humorist and food nut Calvin Trillin adds to his distinguished body of food writing with this collection of 14 essays that tackle (and ingest) not only the close to home but such farflung products as authentic Louisiana boudin, a real Kansas City barbecue, and the posole of Santa Fe. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Floater by Calvin Trillin see all copies from $2.37! new only from $81.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	American Stories CL more books like this by Calvin Trillin In these, "the sort of stories you might tell in front of a fire", Calvin Trillin brings together twelve funny, troubling, moving and always revealing narratives--extended pieces that have appeared in The New Yorker over the past seven years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
19	With All Disrespect: More Uncivil Liberties more books like this by Calvin Trillin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Too Soon to Tell more books like this by Calvin Trillin Calvin Trillin has selected his favorite columns for inclusion in this volume on subjects such as China's claim to have invented golf, the prospect of the Queen being audited, dog seat belts, and the practice of some businesses to donate campaign contributions to BOTH political parties. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Deadline Poet, Or, My Life as a Doggerelist: Or, My Life as a Doggerelist more books like this by Calvin Trillin "Could there be anyone else who was inspired to write poetry by the presence of John Sununu?" Maybe so, but only Calvin Trillin came up with a piece of verse called "If You Knew What Sununu". Ever since it appeared in print, in 1990, he has been a weekly gadfly in verse for The Nation, delighting readers with his rhyming observations on the news ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Enoughs Enough Pa more books like this by Calvin Trillin A sparkling commentary on our national life--public and private--at the close of the '80s, as seen through the eyes of a fresh, original, provocative, inspiring, and funny writer.People. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Great British Cooking more books like this by Jane Garmey, Calvin Trillin (Designer) Here is the inside scoop on the rich and diverse cuisine of the British isles. see all copies from $4.00! signed copies \| first editions
24	Uncivil Liberties more books like this by Calvin Trillin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $63.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	Third Helpings more books like this by Calvin Trillin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions

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