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Holidays on Ice
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David Sedaris
David Sedaris' beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favourites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris' tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (Us and Them); the difficulties of explaining the Easter bunny to the French ...
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Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters
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Jean Shepherd
A witty and affectionate look at teenage survival in the Midwest from popular humorist Jean Shepherd.
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A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories
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Dr Seuss
This elegantly antic anthology, a companion to "Six By Seuss", consists of complete versions of "Bartholomew and the Oobleck, If I Ran the Zoo, Horton Hears a Who!, The Sneetches and Other Stories", and "Dr. Full color.
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Flawed Dogs: The Year-End Leftovers at the Piddleton "Last Chance" Dog Pound
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Berkeley Breathed
Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed offers his sixth annual publication of the fictional "Last Chance" Dog Pound in Piddleton, Vermont. The cartoons feature the world's most unadoptable dogs, as well as their original, dissatisfied owners.
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Modern Tales for Our Life and Times
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James Finn Garner
This is an original and humorous adaptation of classic bedtime stories to reflect more enlightened times. Garner removes any and all types of bias from these traditionally offensive tales and attempts to develop meaningful literature free from the influences of a flawed cultural past.
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Squids Will Be Squids
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Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator), Molly Leach (Designer)
This is a collection of new and wacky fables with fresh morals - the ones that, according to Jon Scieszka, "Aesop might have told if he were alive today". They are about all kinds of bossy, sneaky, funny and annoying characters and the general moral offeredis, "If you are planning to write fables, don't forget to change people's names AND avoid ...
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Fractured Fairy Tales
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A J Jacobs (As Told by)
Long before there were "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories", Americans were getting their giggles from "Fractured Fairy Tales", a regular feature on "Rocky and Bullwinkle" in the 1960s. Now, for the first time, these delightfully warped parables are available in read-aloud book form, illustrated with classic art from the show.
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Thurber Carnival
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James Thurber
A series of small plays, several of which are adaptations from previously published work. As a performance, "A Thurber Carnival" won a Tony in 1960. Thurber himself appeared in the 1960 production, playing himself, for a total of 88 performances.
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Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays: Volume 1: 1852-1890
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Mark Twain, Louis J Budd (Editor)
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
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Best of Simple
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Langston Hughes
Hughes's most popular and beloved fictional creation was Jesse B. Semple, a Harlem man from Virginia known as "simple" who was based on a conversation Hughes had with a defense-plant worker in 1943. Simple's romantic escapades, the racial indignities he suffered, his sardonic outlook on life, and the humor with which Hughes infused his story, won ...
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My World & Welcome to It
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James Thurber
A collection of 30 stories, essays and musings, first published in 1942, by the distinguished American humorist, James Thurber. Complete with his familiar bizarre drawings, the collection offers glimpses of the world Thurber evoked with his dry humour.
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Santaland diaries
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David Sedaris
"SantaLand Diaries" collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back seat of a police car. It should be read with ...
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5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater, Jules Feiffer (Foreword by)
5 Novels - Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars Slaves of Spiegel The Last Guru Young Adult Novel The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death "Here, in an appropriately fat trade paperback...is a collection of the Master's greatest works: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death; The Last Guru ...
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The Pig Did It
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Joseph Caldwell
The macabre comedy plays out in sparkling dialogue, including some hilarious speeches that are both incantations of Irish mythology and masterful bits of parody. . . . [Caldwell's] perfect ear for the non sequiturs of real conversation is a constant delight.--"Washington Post."
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The Diaries of Adam and Eve and Other Stories
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Mark Twain
The great American storyteller combines wit and tenderness in this "he said/she said" narrative of life among the first humans. Additional stories include "The $30,000 Bequest," "Was It Heaven? Or Hell?" "Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale," "The Californian's Tale," and "A Monument to Adam."
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The Politically Correct Ultimate Storybook: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Politically Correct Holiday Stories, Once Upon a More Enlightened Tim
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James Finn Gardner, James Finn Garner
James Finn Garner wowed the world when he wrote Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, which sold nearly 2 million copies, and then followed it up with two books with the same theme, Politically Correct Holiday Stories and Once Upon An Enlightened Time; the three books together sold nearly 3.5 million copies in the U.S. and were translated into 20 ...
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Humorous Stories and Sketches
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Mark Twain
Eight delightfully entertaining pieces, including "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," "Journalism in Tennessee," "About Barbers," "The Stolen White Elephant," and 3 more.
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Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
This comprehensive volume of all of Twain's shorter works is representative of his vast humor and wit. "The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain" includes the following tales: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Story of the Bad Little Boy, Cannibalism in the Cars, A Day at Niagara, Legend of the Capitoline Venus, Journalism in ...
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28 Barbary Lane: A "Tales of the City" Omnibus
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Armistead Maupin
The first three TALES OF THE CITY novels in one volume, with a foreword by the author.
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Once Upon a More Enlightened Time More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
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James Finn Garner
A quest to liberate our classic fairy tales from archaic sexist, classist, ageist, lookist, and environmentally-unsound prejudices. Garner continues his mission with more humorous tales for readers of evolved consciousness, such as "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid".
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Simpsons comics wingding
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Matt Groening
Prepare to take another decidedly skewed view of family life, courtesy of BBC and Sky TV sensations, The Simpsons. No facet of American culture is left unmauled, as Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie blaze a trail for no-hopers everywhere!
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Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus
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Armistead Maupin
The last installment of Maupin's TALES OF THE CITY chronicles.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
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Anita Loos, Ralph Barton (Illustrator), Prof. Regina Barreca (Introduction by)
The incomparable adventures of Lorelei Lee, a little girl from Little Rock who takes the world by storm. Anita Loos first published the diaries of the ultimate gold-digging blonde in the flapper days of 1925. Now GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and its brunette sequel are together at last in a two-in-one volume, complete with the original hilarious Ralph ...
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life & Times
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James Finn Garner
A hilarious send-up of Political Correctness--in fractured fairy tale form--for our time. "Happily ever after" will never be the same.
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Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that Samuel Clemens (18351910), a. k. a. Mark Twain, started writing as a young reporter for various newspapers and magazines and later saw fit to issue in book form. Many pieces appeared in rare, first printings, only to be dropped in subsequent editions; for ...
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