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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century1951in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.95 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: $4.95 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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler and Friends Staff Pick Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me is a milk-snorting comic roast of the late-night talk-show mischief. The spectrum of stories (warm, antagonistic, admiring, taunting, sweet, self-protective) are written by those who know her best, "Chelsea's Family... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris Publisher Comments Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro Publisher Comments “Ive changed a bit since high school. Back then I said no to using and selling drugs. I washed on a normal basis and still had good credit.” Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls Action-Adventure Club. Every day she... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bossypants by Tina Fey Staff Pick Readers sometimes lower the bar when it comes to the quality of celebrity memoirs, but, in this case, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Tina Fey is a legitimately talented writer, and the stories from her personal life are just as zany and... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 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 $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tiny Book of Tiny Stories #01: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 by Joseph Gordon Levitt Publisher Comments From hitRECord, the immensely popular open collaborative production company, and its founder, Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, comes The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1. The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson Publisher Comments Building on the unimaginable success of the Web site which propels the debate on evolution versus intelligent design with a new theory--that the universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)--this book explains the world's newest "religion."... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John Callahan Publisher Comments Is it possible to find humor -- corrosive, taboo-shattering, laugh-till-you-cry humor -- in the story of a 38-year-old- cartoonist who's both a quadriplegic and a recovering alcoholic? The answer is yes, if the cartoonist is John Callahan -- whose... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A J Jacobs Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary by Edward Gorey Publisher Comments Goreys naughty, hilarious travesty of lust-now reissued in a special gift edition. “A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman” (New York Times Book Review).... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max Publisher Comments My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brain Droppings by George Carlin Publisher Comments Few comics make the transition from stage to page as smoothly or successfully as George Carlin. Brain Droppings spent a total of 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and this new one is certain to tickle even more ribs (and rattle a few more... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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French for Cats by Henri De La Barbe Publisher Comments One of the hot gift books of '91, '92, and on.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Half Empty by David Rakoff Publisher Comments The inimitably witty David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Get Too Comfortable, defends the commonsensical notion that you should always assume the worst, because you’ll never be disappointed. In this deeply funny (and, no... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Motel of the Mysteries (79 Edition) 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: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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