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"George Singleton is a very funny man. He could write about a tootsie roll and keep me reading," says Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping and A Three Dog Life, about Singleton's new collection of personal essays. Readers of his celebrated short story collections (The Half-Mammals of Dixie, You Want More, and The Curious Lives of Non-Profit Martyrs, among others) know just what a master storyteller Singleton can be. Yet in this collection of essays, readers will discover Singleton's best kept secret: he also has a keen eye for the well-told and hilarious truth.His subjects range widely: dogs, food, restaurants, jobs, music, family, and the benefits and challenges of, as he puts it, "a questionable upbringing." ¿Frequently published in magazines like Oxford American and Garden and Gun, Singleton explains in these essays how he came to be a writer (he blames barbecue), why he still writes his first draft by hand (someone stole his typewriter), and why he ran marathons (his father gave him beer.) He also will tell you why Aristotle would have been a failed philosopher had he grown up in South Carolina, how Laugh-In's Henry Gibson is to blame for his education in literature, and what was in the most delicious soup he has ever eaten. Readers are invited to join George Singleton as he gets his dogs to promise they won't use his new garden as a Porta-Potty, learns about his not so famous relations, and generally charms anyone sensible enough to read this delightful book.

Bestselling chronicler of village life Dan Needles (author of the Wingfield Farm stage plays) leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today’s Canadian small town.Modern literature has not been kind to village life. For almost two centuries, small towns have been portrayed as backward, insular places needing to be escaped. But anthropologists tell us that the human species has spent more than 100,00 years living in villages of 100 to 150 people. This is where the oldest part of our brain, the limbic system, grew and adapted to become a very sophisticated instrument for reading other people’s emotions and figuring out how we might cooperate to find food, shelter and protection. By comparison, the frontal cortex, which helps us do our taxes, drive a car and download cat videos, is a very recent aftermarket addition, like a sunroof. And it is the village where almost half the world’s population still chooses to live.Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads.

Get ready to laugh until you cry! Wanda Argersinger has created a masterpiece with Slices of Salt. This is a collection of anecdotal short stories filled with Southern charm and humor. Take a break from the madness of the world to enjoy the hilarity of bad drivers, unusual parties, and strange rules of society. You're guaranteed to enjoy this book.

The world's most famous gay icons share everything you need to know about life in this bright and lively illustrated book of pithy preambles and indispensable quotes from Liza to Lil Nas X.If life had its own GPS system, navigating it would be a far less stressful slog. Alas, we suffer this pothole-filled dirt road alone… guideless. Thankfully, there’s one thing more knowledgeable and dependable than a GPS, and that’s a Gay Icon! From Beyonce to Betty White, and RuPaul to David Bowie, no one understands the highs and lows, loves and losses quite like a gay icon. Featuring inspiring and entertaining quotes and dynamic illustrations of the icons who said them, you'll find these musings priceless, refreshing, and relatable... even if they're coming from Oscar-winners, music legends, and fashion royalty. MORE THAN 70 ICONS are featured in this all-star collection of quotes and illustrations, including Judy Garland, Madonna, Cher, Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, Bowen Yang, and Leslie Jordan. ACCLAIMED ARTIST: Peter Emmerich has worked with such clients as Dreamworks and The Walt Disney Company, and provides his signature style to the illustrations in The Gay Icon’s Guide to Life. PITHY PREAMBLES: Michael Joosten, the author of My Two Moms and Me and Pride 1 2 3, provides hilarious context to each of the icons’ impactful quotes. “So perfect and Gay!!!” - Eric Williams, host of That’s a Gay Ass Podcast (@ericwillz / @gayasspodcast) “This little book of iconic-ness . . . I love it so much!” - Frank Socha of @franksforeword "I love encouraging quote books - Brave Enough and What I Know for Sure are two faves - and I'm adding The Gay Icon's Guide to Life. This was great! Very fun and uplifting, and I loved the art!" - Hunter Mclendon of the Instagram account @shelfbyshelf

From Academy Award-nominated writer and acclaimed standup comedian Jena Friedman, an uproarious and insightful collection of essays on the cultural flashpoints of today.

From New York Times-bestselling author Therese O'Neill, a quippy and irreverant collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren't attractive, well-spoken, demure, and sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history at the time, and that the world didn't know what to do with until now.

This book is a collection of many substantial and fascinating quotations about life and old age. It is mainly written for senior citizens, many quotes can apply to others as well.

"From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. When celebrity chef Mario Batali sent out an apology letter for the sexual harassment allegations made against him, he had the gall to include a recipe-for cinnamon rolls, of all things. When Geraldine DeRuiter decided to make the recipe, she happened to make food journalism history along with it. Her subsequent essay, with its scathing commentary about the pervasiveness of misogyny in the food world, would be read millions of times, lauded by industry luminaries from Martha Stewart to New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, and would land DeRuiter in the middle of a media firestorm. She found herself on the receiving end of dozens of threats, when all she wanted to do was make something to eat...and maybe take down the patriarchy. In If You Can't Take the Heat, DeRuiter shares stories about her shockingly true, painfully funny (and sometimes just painful) adventures through gastronomy. We'll learn how she finally got a grip on her debilitating anxiety by emergency meal-planning for the apocalypse ("You are probably deeply worried that in desperate times, I would eat your pets. And yes, I absolutely would."). Or how her hanger distorts her reality-and not in a fun, trippy way ("On any given day, I am faced with a philosophical conundrum: Am I the worst person who ever existed...or do I just need to maybe have a snack?"). And how she inadvertently caused another international incident with a negative restaurant review (she made the cover of The New York Times! And she also got more threats!). Deliciously insightful and bitingly clever, If You Can't Take the Heat is a fresh look at food and feminism from one of the culinary world's sharpest voices"--

..de Bunsen, de Burgh, and de Butts. But it is time that I returned to our hero, Dr. Wallis Budge. Although Budge is a golfer of world-wide experience, having "conducted excavations in Egypt, the Island of Meroe, Nineveh and Mesopotamia," it is upon his mental rather than his athletic abilities that the author dwells most lovingly. The fact that in 1886 he wrote a pamphlet upon The Coptic History of Elijah the Tishbite, and followed it up in 1888 with one on The Coptic Martyrdom of George of Cappadocia (which is, of course, in every drawing-room) may not seem at first to have much bearing upon the tremendous events which followed later. But the author is artistically right in drawing our attention to them; for it is probable that, had these popular works not been written, our hero would never have been encouraged to proceed with his Magical Texts of Za-Walda-Hawaryat, Tasfa Maryam, Sebhat-Le'ab, Gabra Shelase Tezasu, Aheta-Mikael, which had such a startling effect on the lives of all the other characters, and led indirectly to the finding of the blood-stain on the bath-mat. My own suspicions fell immediately upon Thomas Rooke, of whom we are told nothing more than "R.W.S.," which is obviously the cabbalistic sign of some secret society. One of the author's weaknesses is a certain carelessness in the naming of his characters. For instance, no fewer than two hundred and forty-one of them are called Smith. True, he endeavours to distinguish between them by giving them such different Christian names as John, Henry, Charles, and so forth, but the result is bound to be confusing. Sometimes, indeed, he does not even bother to distinguish between their Christian names. Thus we have three Henry Smiths, who appear to have mixed themselves up even in the author's mind. He tells us that Colonel Henry's chief recreation is "the study of the things around him," but it sounds much more like that of the Reverend Henry, whose opportunities in the pulpit would be..

"Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shockingly) a mortgage, Emily Farris could never get her sh*t together. To her, being bad at staying organized was just one of her many character flaws--that is, until she was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 35. Like many women and girls with undiagnosed ADHD, Emily spent her life internalizing criticisms about her lack of follow-through and carrying around a lot of shame as she tried to fit into a world designed for neurotypical brains. "I'll Just Be Five More Minutes" is a collection of honest, humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking personal essays about Emily's experiences as a woman with ADHD. Far more than simply classic ADHD stories about being too energetic at school or being called too scatterbrained, "I'll Just be Five More Minutes" is a portrait of modern American life in a neurodivergent brain. It's about complicated relationships with family and friends (including celebrity stalker). Feminism and a woman's right to control her own body. Sleeping too little and drinking too much. Starting a side hustle--and then starting another one (and another and another). Finding the love of your life and then fighting to keep him. And, of course, self-acceptance. These are the deeply relatable, possibly secondhand embarrassment-inducing, wide-ranging stories about not quite fitting into the world without understanding why--a feeling we can all relate to whether we're neurodivergent or not. An essay collection both entertaining and enlightening, "I'll Just Be Five More Minutes" is for people who have ADHD, for the people who know and love them, and for anyone looking for a good laugh as well as a good cry. But it's also more than that--it's a book on how to exist as a woman, a mom, and a person in this fast-paced, overwhelming world we (somewhat begrudgingly) call home"--

A collection of outrageous stories by the standup comedian, podcast pioneer, and TV host.Bert Kreischer doesn't know how to say "no." If he did, he wouldn't have gotten himself mixed up with a group of Russian mobsters on a class trip to Moscow, earning him his nickname: "The Machine." He wouldn't have wrestled with a bear or swum with sharks on national television. He wouldn't have (possibly) smoked PCP with a star of Saturday Night Live. And he wouldn't have been named the Number One Partier in the Nation by Rolling Stone or have become one of the most in demand touring comedians in the world, performing to sellout crowds across the country.The stories Kreischer shares in Life of the Party are a guidebook on how not to grow up. From his fraternity days at Florida State University, to his rise as a standup, to his marriage and first brushes with fatherhood, Kreischer shows you a path that may not lead you to maturity or personal growth. But it will lead you to a shitload of fun.

How does a yard full of stinky, steaming, heaping mounds of dog poo teach me about God? Or how does giving a timid Labrador a bath, resulting in a near involuntary vasectomy, better teach me how to approach people with the gospel of Christ? God will use the most unexpected things and the most unsuspecting times in our lives to reveal His heart to us. So often, it's through the simple and ordinary things in life that God shares some of the most profound lessons we will ever come to know. Join me in my journey with one such ordinary and simple life event...the entrance of Reggie, a black Labrador Retriever. Just another dog to most, yet to me a lifelong friend that would reveal some of the most significant life lessons I would ever learn. You'll laugh, cry and be greatly entertained through all the quirky, yet profound and moving life lessons that were gained from an amazing Labrador in the life of an unsuspecting human.

It's human nature to look at something when you have emphatically been told not to look.Those of mythological lore who looked directly at Medusa, the snake-headed creature, were instantly turned to stone.Lot's wife, in the book of Genesis, could not resist to look back even after God had strongly advised her not to. As we know, her one peek instantly and infamously made her the first box of Morton Salt.Similarly, Ethel, in Ray Stevens's 1974 hit song, "The Streak," ignored her protective husband's earnest pleas not to look at a serial streaker.Ethel did not turn to stone or salt, but she did lose her clothes as a result of her looking.My suspect friends, Bacon and Genius, would highly implore you NOT to read this book.However, if you would like quick doses of humor, inspiration, and wisdom, this book just may be what you are looking for.Can you resist? What will your fate be if you do look? The choice is in your hands. Proceed at your own risk!Certainly, it could do no harm to take just one little peek...

"Throughout the summer of 2013, I harbored a secret hankering for a country house. This was a very private manifestation of a very public theory I'd articulated over almost the entire four decades (give or take) I'd lived in Manhattan. That is, if you don't feel the urge to leave town at least three times every two weeks, you're not really living in the City."Thus begins The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles, the story of one intrepid woman's journey from real estate ad to purchase of a little more house (aka cottage) than she really needed. In for the penny, in for the pound, she tells the tales of fixing it up and entertaining house guests, battling bugs, supporting the local economy (rodeo, anyone?) and dealing with the vicissitudes of weather, storage, gardening, yoga and installing an illegal clothesline. And more. Overall, the book is a delightful read that will leave readers with a greater appreciation for the joys and challenges of country living. The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles is a fun read for anyone who loves a book featuring a good story and a good laugh.

There they sat in stunned silence, jaws dropped, staring at me! It was a new group meeting consisting of international couples who had just recently come to the United States. I'd say there were about twenty folks in all. To break the ice for everyone to get to know each other a little better, the leader suggested, "Let's begin by sharing your most embarrassing moment." Chuckles, smirks and soft laughter filled the comfortable home atmosphere. The first brave guy started and recounted his story as people giggled and laughed throughout. "Now, that wasn't so bad," seemed to be what the guests were feeling as they became more comfortable. The next lady began her tale, turning red with embarrassment, which made her story even more funny! In succession, person after person shared a memory from days past, each proudly smiling at the end as the new friends joined in their laughter. Then, lastly, it was my turn. Like the rest, I shared my most embarrassing moment. When finished, no one laughed; rather, they stared at me in stunned silence, seeming a little embarrassed themselves! After some noticeably awkward silence, the leader cleared his throat and continued, "Umm,…okay…quite a colorful embarrassing moment indeed! Umm…moving on . . ." Book length: 96 pages

There are roughly 600,000 words in the English language. Most of the ways in which these words can be arranged make absolutely no sense. Try it. Pick a handful of words out of those 600,000 and see how it goes. Here's a typical result:Polyp the translucent aardvark coconut rather bumpy my stump.See? Nonsense. And yet, within the pages of this book, you'll find that, on average, about 75% of what you read makes sense! It's nothing short of a literary miracle, especially considering the amount of beer involved in writing it. Furthermore, you might actually learn a few things, like:1) How to fail at upgrading computers.2) How to ride a motorcycle (spoiler: don't)3) How to make French toast (even if you're not French!)4) How to almost cut your hand off with a meat cleaver (being young and stupid helps)5) And much, much more!

I Kid You Not! is a follow-up to bestselling author Lesley Crewe's first hit column-and-essay collection, Are You Kidding Me?! Here Lesley is hilarious and insightful as ever, giving us her take on everything from hockey to wildlife to the ache of missing our ancestors in ninety essays. She shares details of her proposal for the Mere Mortal Awards (Best Director goes to the "poor, long-suffering volunteer who organizes the parking lot at the Legion during the annual county fair"), whether she's used the pandemic as an opportunity to write more ("Piss off and leave me alone. I have a family-sized bag of M&M's to finish"), and what it's like to live with anxiety ("I'd much rather say I have the collywobbles or jim-jams.")Threaded throughout the book is the thrum of delight and deep love Lesley feels at becoming a grandmother to "baby blueberry" in early 2020.Lesley's columns have brought joy to readers for decades-I Kid You Not! will ensure that joy sustains for decades to come.

"Welcome to the Coral Lounge, a room in Helen Ellis's New York City apartment painted such an exuberant shade of Sherman Williams that a peeping Tom once left a sticky note with the doorman asking for the color. It is in the Coral Lounge that the magic of Helen's marriage unfolds: shindigs where strangers swap clothing in the powder room, a party game called 'What's in the box?' makes its uproarious debut, the Puzzle Posse pounces on a 500-piece jigsaw of a beheaded priest. Then, when the pandemic shuts down the city, the Coral Lounge becomes a place of refuge, where Helen and her husband eat take-out while sitting on the floor like toddlers, dragging French fries through a ketchup swamp, where they sing to the two enormous cats who chew on Helen's hair while she sleeps, and where they while away the hours with Mexican Viagra and the ensuing neck injury. In these surprising, romantic, sexy, and hilariously frank essays Helen Ellis paints a portrait of true romance for our times"--

Plus de 100 dessins, une vingtaine de photos, des souvenirs, des anecdotes , sur le thème d'un des objets les plus marquants du 20 ème siècle : la 2cv Citroën. Un regard humoristique sur cette drôle d'auto . Un ouvrage indispensable pour tout amateur d'autos anciennes.Un document incontournable pour tous les "deuchistes" de la terre , et ça en fait, du monde !

A Life of Joy is a collection of short stories packed with humor, mischief, adventure, reflection, nostalgia, and fond memories of growing up in old Santa Fe in the nineteen sixties. In Part One, a young lad named Thomas tells us about the glorious mischief he and his cohorts concocted growing up. He takes us into the terrifying world of his worst nightmares and he describes the love and kindness shown to him by complete strangers.In Part Two he takes us on an exhausting one-hundred-mile bike ride, a motorcycle journey, a hitchhiking adventure, and a long road trip in a VW Bug with his buddies. Each is filled with humorous anecdotes, unexpected challenges, useful lessons, and plenty of fun. He reflects on the tumultuous 1960s, the Vietnam War, the political assassinations, the protests and the riots. And he recalls his powerful memories of the magic of snow falling on his beloved Santa Fe.Finally, in Part Three he takes us along with him and his wife, Nancy, on a magnificent journey through coastal towns of northern California and into various state and national parks. His vivid descriptions put us right there beside them as we feel the spray of the surf, listen to the whispering giant redwoods, and peer cautiously over the edge of granite cliffs. Turn the pages and join him!

"Edited by comedic performance artist and activist Morgan Bassichis with artist and educator Jay Saper and writer Rachel Valinsky, Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah invites 36 writers, artists, scholars and activists to offer accessible reflections on 36 questions to help young Jews--and anyone else who picks up this book--feel grounded in the Jewish radical tradition, unlearn Zionism and deepen their solidarity with Palestinians."--

First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times.Terrifying and funny at the same time, and with a true sense of the absurd, Belloc brings us the renowned Jim, Who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a Lion and unfortunate Rebecca, who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably.As well as these stories and many more, this edition includes a selection of mischievous poems from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts and More Beasts for Worse Children. This volume includes the original illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, known as B.T.B.

Nichts verunsichert mehr, als während eines flüssigen Gesprächs auf Englisch plötzlich angegrinst zu werden. Dabei haben Sie doch gar nichts Lustiges gesagt. Oder doch? Sprachliche Fettnäpfchen gibt es leider mehr als genug. Don't eat the menu! ( Iss die Speisekarte nicht! ) bewahrt Sie davor, sich den Magen zu verderben. Lassen Sie sich in diesem Buch von Eric T. Hansen auf charmante, liebenswürdige Art anleiten, wie Sie typisch deutsche Fehler im Englischen zukünftig gekonnt umgehen.

The Newer Kid Dictionary is a compilation of original expressions, queries, explanations and utterances, (all off-the-cuff) by kids and adults faced with usually common or surprising circumstances. These have been captured and set down here in their original form, thereby preserving the humor, innocence, joy and curiosity that language can offer. Sometimes the wording may be twisted or incomplete. Often the idea is there but half-baked in its expression. These sayings capture a stage in life and a snap-shot of a moment frozen forever in this book. The contents are not meant to make fun of anyone: on the contrary they glorify the creativity and courage of expression. They summarize in a way the path travelled by two of the Offers (Authors) during their fifty years of marriage.

Throughout the years, I have kept post-it notes, journals, composition notebooks, and even memos in my phone. It's time to put this down in a book so I can share with you what my friends and family had always said was hilarious.

Auguste Detoeuf (1883-1947) est un industriel et essayiste français. Ce grand patron atypique se considérant lui-même comme un «¿petit philosophe de campagne¿» , édite pour la première fois en 1937 son livre le plus célèbre, Propos d¿O. L. Barenton, confiseur. Son ¿uvre est un recueil d¿aphorismes, d¿analyses et de pensées sur le système capitaliste, l¿économie, l¿amour, le monde en général, et bien sûr le monde de l¿entreprise, avec des maximes telles que : «¿Le capital est du travail accumulé. Seulement, comme on ne peut pas tout faire, ce sont les uns qui travaillent et les autres qui accumulent.¿» Découvrez les réflexions acidulées et sucrées du confiseur, qui pour un grand nombre restent contemporaines, qui peuvent faire grincer des dents comme sourire largement. Le texte est illustré par le travail du plasticien et auteur Yoann Laurent-Rouault, maître diplômé des Beaux-Arts de Rennes et auteur de nombreux travaux littéraires. Vous retrouverez dans ses illustrations, les instantanés de nombreux aphorismes du confiseur. Toutes les illustrations sont originales et dédiées à l¿¿uvre.

The observations of a young man with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. He is curious, witty and philosophical. This is a fun and thoughtful read covering his thoughts aged 10-18.