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  Me Talk Pretty One Day

  by David Sedaris

  A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as... (more)
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  When You Are Engulfed in Flames

  by David Sedaris

  "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 this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously... (more)
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  Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

  by David Sedaris

  Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a 2004 collection of 22 autobiographical essays by American humorist David Sedaris. The essays address the author's upbringing in Raleigh, North Carolina, his relationships with family members, and his work and life in New York City and France.
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  Naked

  by David Sedaris

  The author recounts hitchhiking across the country with an odd cast of quadriplegics and deadbeats, working as a migrant worker in North Carolina, and other adventures.
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  Holidays on Ice: Stories

  by David Sedaris

  A new holiday classic--six of the most profound Christmas stories by the author of the bestselling "Naked" and "Barrel Fever"--is now in a paperback edition perfect for stocking stuffing.
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  Barrel Fever

  Stories and Essays

  by David Sedaris

  Short stories and essays by an apartment cleaner and a popular commentator for National Public Radio highlight the absurd behavior of modern Americans, such as the suburban dad who saves money by performing surgery at home. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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  Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

  by David Sedaris

  'When apple-picking season ended, I got a Job in a packing plant and gravitated towards short stories, which I could read during my break and reflect upon for the remainder of my shift. A good one would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit ...Once, before leaving on vacation, I copied an entire page from an Alice Munro story and left it in my typewriter, hoping a... (more)
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  David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall

  by David Sedaris

  If you are driving, pull over. If you are at work, close your door-unless you don't mind your colleagues seeing you doubled over, in tears, on your office floor. With this CD, taped before a delirious sold out audience at Carnegie Hall, you are there as David Sedaris performs new stories from his upcoming book. A parrot who mimics an ice maker, lovers quarreling over a rubber hand, and a Santa Claus who... (more)
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  The Book of Liz

  by Amy Sedaris

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  When You Are Engulfed in Flames [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED]

  by Sedaris David

  Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From... (more)
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  When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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  When You Are Engulfed in Flames [LARGE PRINT]

  by Sedaris David

  "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 this remarkable new book.Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a... (more)
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  Nachtprogramm

  by David Sedaris

  Erinnert sich noch jemand? Daran, dass die Jugendzeit eben nicht voller Verheißung sondern voller grausamer Missverständnisse war? Spätestens nach der Entdeckung des ersten Pickels geht einem ein Licht auf, so grell, dass man die Wahrheit nicht mehr ignorieren kann: die Mutter lebt in ihrer eigenen Welt und hat dich sowieso nie verstanden; der vergötterte Vater ist in Wirklichkeit ein peinlicher Wicht; alle... (more)
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  Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tale)

  If you think you know what's the worst than can happen while traveling, the essayists in Not So Funny When it Happened will set you straight. In over 30 scathingly funny pieces, a diverse array of authors shows just how quickly a pleasant vacation can turn into an embarrassing anecdote. In Vietnam, John Wood invents increasingly elaborate fictions to explain his ex-wife's "accidental death" in order to avoid... (more)
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  Ich ein Tag sprechen hübsch.

  by David Sedaris

  Auch in "Ich ein Tag sprechen hübsch" wirft der Autor einen Blick zurück in die Kindheit: Wir erleben den Vater und seine Jazz-Leidenschaft, die zu dem übermenschlichen Versuch führt, aus den Familienmitgliedern ein zweites Dave-Brubeck-Quartett zu formen.Wir gehen mit Klein David zur Logopädin, um dem Lithpeln den Garauth thu machen und betreten mit dem Kuststudenten David, bewaffnet mit Rötelstift und... (more)
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  Sleepaway

  by Eric Simonoff

  Margaret Atwood tells of a girl swallowed up by the woods and lost forever. Mark Oppenheimer experiences leftist utopia in a nature camp. David Sedaris avoids having a bowel movement for a month. ZZ Packer teaches a lesson in black and white to the girls of Brownie Troop 909. These are among the stories and essays in this anthology featuring eighteen diverse writers remembering with nostalgia--as well as... (more)
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  Barrel Fever

  by David Sedaris

  David Sedaris's readings on National Public Radio made him one of US radio's most popular storytellers. With pitch-perfect sarcasm mingled with an underlying empathy, this collection of his best stories captures the essence of our secret preoccupations and delusions. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything can happen.
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  The David Sedaris Box Set

  by David Sedaris

  All of David Sedaris' best in one box set, now on CD and at 20% off the combined CD prices of individual titles! The set includes ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY with a full hour of bonus tracks not available on cassette; NAKED; HOLIDAYS ON ICE; and BARREL FEVER AND OTHER STORIES. This timeless collection combines poignancy, humor, and the sparkling imagination of one of America's best-loved humorists.