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Family - The Ties that Bind...And Gag!

by Erma Bombeck

A cherished family reunion sets the stage of Erma Bombeck's predictably hilarious recollections of raising a family. Her conclusion: you can't live with them, you can't live without them...or can you...?

Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

by Ian Stewart

Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart’s legendary cabinet. Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability—like how to extract a cherry... (more)

The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank

The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank

by Erma Bombeck

Lake Wobegon Days

by Garrison Keillor

A collection of humorous stories which focus on the fictional American Midwestern town of Lake Wobegon. From the author of WOBEGON BOY, LEAVING HOME and WE ARE STILL MARRIED.

If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

by Erma Bombeck

"See if you can read a paragraph without laughing out loud." Art Buchwald The enchanting lady of laughter has done it again--this time taking a hilarious swipe at husbands, honeymoons, tennis elbow, marriage, lettuce, the national anthem, and a host of other domestic dilemmas. "It's fun from cover to cover." THE HARTFORD COURANT

The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke

The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke

by Angela Nissel

“People always say I’m going to look back on these days and laugh — why put it off?” When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. Written with humor and intelligence, her “Broke Diary” quickly found an audience as people wrote to Angela to... (more)

I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression

I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression

by Erma Bombeck

"A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you cry book." LIBRARY JOURNAL Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our... (more)

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Running Press Miniature Editions)

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Running Press Miniature Editions)

by Jill Conner Browne

To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love , their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious... (more)

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruiatingly Correct Behavior

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruiatingly Correct Behavior

by Judith Martin, Gloria Kamen

An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move. Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your father-in-law insists that married women have to take their husbands' names. Your guests plead that asking them to commit themselves to attending your party ruins the... (more)

The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 1: Single-Sitting Summaries of All Time Great Books

The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 1: Single-Sitting Summaries of All Time Great Books

by Steven Anderson

The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide

The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide

by Jill Conner Browne

You are cordially invited to attend... The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning your own nuptials, surely you have dreamt about your perfect day, regardless of whether you've met Mr.... (more)

Europeana: A Brief History Of The Twentieth Century (Eastern European Literature)

Europeana: A Brief History Of The Twentieth Century (Eastern European Literature)

by Patrik Our?edni?k

Juxtaposing East and West and blurring Barbie and Buchenwald, Ourednik's stream of historical consciousness shreds familiar narrative trajectories and compresses 100 years of still-fresh history into a roughly equivalent number of pages. The result is a self-consciously absurd melange of grandiose vision, junk science, and casually quantified atrocity, an autistic narration of sociological fact with the barest... (more)

Please Don't Eat The Daisies

by Jean Kerr

Please Don't Eat the Daisies has sold millions of copies since its original publication in 1957. It became a film in 1960 starring David Niven and Doris Day, and a television series in 1965. Now you can hear why many consider Jean Kerr to be one of America's funniest writers. In this unique collection of essays, Kerr captures the perils of motherhood, wifehood, selfhood, and other assorted challenges. Listen and... (more)

Paul Harvey's the Rest of the Story

by Jr. Harvey, Paul, Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey is the most listened-to radio personality in America. Millions of loyal listeners tune in every week to hear his unique blend of news and views. Now, in Paul Harvey's The Rest Of The Story you'll find eighty-two astonishing true stories of the famous and infamous, the outrageous and the unknown. Each unforgettable tale has for its startling punch line the wild and wonderful solution to a real-life... (more)

The Blue Day Book

by Bradley Trevor Greive

A wonderful collection of amusing, poignant animal photos and inspirational text designed to lift the spirits of anyone who's got the blues.

Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs

by Cheryl Peck

A gay Erma Bombeck meets A Girl Named Zippy in this delightful debut about the misadventures of a woman of size.Cheryl Peck has stories to tell--about her cats, about her family, and about what it's like to be a gay woman of size living in the heartland. There's the story of the time she hit her kid sister in the head with a rock. Then there's the time her father gave her swimming lessons--by throwing her into the... (more)

Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents

by Cormac O'Brien

Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You'll discover that: - George Washington spent a whopping 7% of his salary on booze - John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac... (more)

The Cartoon History of the Universe: Sticks and Stones

The Cartoon History of the Universe: Sticks and Stones

by Larry Gonick

An entertaining and informative illustrated guide that makes world history accessible, appealing, and funny.

Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men: Every Man I Love Is Either Married

Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men: Every Man I Love Is Either Married

by Jill Conner Browne

If the Nobel committee offered awards in Gender Relations, the Sweet Potato Queens would have the prize all locked up. These fine ladies have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of love, marriage, and great sex, and they’re just bursting to share their stories. Now their royal ringleader, bestselling author Jill Conner Browne, brings you The Sweet Potato Queens’ Field Guide to Men , a... (more)

Kiss and Tell: A Trivial Study of Smooching

Kiss and Tell: A Trivial Study of Smooching

by Kevin Dwyer

What makes French kissing "French"? Who played the first game of Spin the Bottle? What compels millions of tourists to kiss the Blarney Stone? And—most importantly—what does Julia Roberts look for in a good kisser? The answers to these questions can be found in Kiss and Tell—an irreverent miscellany of trivia drawn from science, art, ancient history, pop culture, and more. Here's everything you ever wondered about... (more)

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by Erma Bombeck

by Ian Stewart

by Erma Bombeck

by Garrison Keillor

by Erma Bombeck

by Angela Nissel

by Erma Bombeck

by Jill Conner Browne

by Judith Martin, Gloria Kamen

by Steven Anderson

by Jill Conner Browne

by Patrik Our?edni?k

by Jean Kerr

by Jr. Harvey, Paul, Paul Harvey

by Bradley Trevor Greive

by Cheryl Peck

by Cormac O'Brien

by Larry Gonick

by Jill Conner Browne

by Kevin Dwyer