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Love Is Not Constantly Wondering If You Are Making the Biggest Mistake of Your Life by Anonymous Staff Pick Everyone has the relationship they look back on and wonder what the hell they were thinking dating and/or staying with this person for so long. This memoir perfectly captures the feelings that come years after that relationship has ended. You knew the... (read more) Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Staff Pick Always a delight, never a disappointment, David Sedaris has come out with his finest offering yet. He has a deft touch, moving between sarcasm and sadness or, in this collection, between redneck babysitters and quitting smoking.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler Publisher Comments self-inflicted wound (n): a spectacularly humiliating, and often hilarious, incident entirely of one's own making. see also: you did it to yourself. Have you ever made a decision you instantly regretted? Humiliated yourself in a room of your peers... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks Publisher Comments Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, "The Zombie Survival Guide"is one's key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking thestreets right now.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris Staff Pick Sedaris diverges from his usual essays to give us a book of fables. Like all good fables and fairy tales, they're pretty gruesome and horrifying, and there's most always a moral to be found. These include a healthy dose of charm and wit, though. Ian... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson Publisher Comments The Essential Calvin and Hobbes is an over-size anthology-type book including an original 16-page story and color Sunday cartoons.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tenth Garfield Fat Cat 3-pack by Jim Davis Publisher Comments THE LORD OF LASAGNA REIGNS SUPREME! There's a lot of action in GARFIELD's life. It just happens to revolve around the refrigerator! So whether he's reviewing the list of things he's not going to do today, testing the first law of physics--"Bodies at... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections (Vintage) by Nora Ephron Staff Pick The essays in Ephron's charming collection range from the very relatable (vignettes covering everything from egg yolks to Thomas Friedman) to the delightful and personal (as in "Journalism: A Love Story," which recounts her post-college days in a largely... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Staff Pick One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... (read more) List Price $24.45 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother by Julia Sweeney Publisher Comments Julia Sweeney, the delightful former cast member of Saturday Night Live, takes readers into the depths of her family in this hilarious and unique parenting book. Since her time on Saturday Night Live, where she created the infamous androgynous character &... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald Publisher Comments The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay Publisher Comments It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Staff Pick Completely autobiographical and, as always, hilarious, Me Talk Pretty One Day is my favorite of all the David Sedaris collections. The first half of the book focuses on his childhood in North Carolina and his very unusual family; the second half details... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sister Mother Husband Dog, Etc. by Delia Ephron Publisher Comments Hollywood screenwriter and bestselling author Delia Ephron returns with a memorable collection of personal and poignant stories and essays, anchored by a remembrance of losing her older sister, Nora Ephron.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman Staff Pick Which state is known for its mustaches? How much should you tip a lullaby singer? Hodgman is a genius. Who knew that complete world knowledge could be so hysterically funny?... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres Staff Pick It's hard to imagine there are people in the world who don't have a tiny, secret crush on Ellen DeGeneres. And for those who are still in denial, $20 says that will change by the time they finish this book. Dripping with her particular brand of endearing,... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart Staff Pick You already know from the title whether you want this book. If you love The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and their first book, America (the Book), then prepare yourself for a hilarious, tear-stained laugh-fest that will send neighbors running with alarm... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sleepwalk with Me: And Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia Publisher Comments Expanded from the sensational hit one-man show produced by Nathan Lane, comedian Mike Birbiglia’s charming, laugh-out-loud funny memoir is a story about first love, denial, and the perils and pitfalls of being…himself. • Beloved by fans... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations by Al Franken Publisher Comments In the grand satirical tradition of Swift, Rabelais, and Twain comes... Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, and Other Observations ...a scathing but uncompromisingly fair look at America's largest talk show host and the rest of the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Write More Good: An Absolutely Phony Guide by Bureau Chiefs Publisher Comments Still clinging to your dog-eared dictionary? So attached to The Elements of Style that you named your rabbits Strunk and White? Maybe you’re a beleaguered reporter, or a type-A newspaper reader who unwinds by e-mailing the editor about whether... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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