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I'm Just a Person
ISBN: 9780062266644 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this devastating barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. Days after receiving her cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an unvarnished set with the words: "Good evening.... One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, an... |
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84,74 |
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Shrill
ISBN: 9780316348461 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
NPR, ESQUIRE, The LA Times, and NEWSWEEK WINNER OF THE STRANGER GENIUS AWARD Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you--writer and... NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
NPR, ESQUIRE, <... |
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61,66 |
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I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places
ISBN: 9781250059987 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said of the fifth book in the series, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, "Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives once again and better than ever. You will identify with these tales of guilt and fall in love with them and fierce (grand) Mother Mary." This seventh volume will not...
Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among...
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96,34 |
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Quotidiandose: 30 Days of Sass
ISBN: 9781537236414 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,38 |
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Winding Down Civilization
ISBN: 9781535212151 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With his ninth collection of commentary, award-winning author and humor columnist Barry Parham continues his good-natured assault on society's odd little angles, toe-stubbing dead-ends, and cultural cul-de-sacs. For over seven years, this popular humorist has been delivering punchline after sucker-punchline via his weekly humor column, the diaTribe. Now, nearly half-a-million words later, Parham is back with another long-awaited bundle of barbs, lobbed observations, and as the author himself points out, ..".not a fact in sight."
With his ninth collection of commentary, award-winning author and humor columnist Barry Parham continues his good-natured assault on society's odd lit...
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CHIT CHATS With My G-Baby: "Hit the Brakes, Hit The Brakes"
ISBN: 9781523203550 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At any given time, at a moment's notice, if an occasion presents itself-kids say the honest things. Granted it doesn't have to make sense, it doesn't need to be phonetically correct, and it doesn't have to be what you know is truth. But one thing for sure is...when they are ready to speak what is on their minds, snap your seat belt, buckle down, and prepare for a parachute jump or roller coaster ride, whichever, because it will happen quickly Now pay attention, your grandbaby is in the room.
At any given time, at a moment's notice, if an occasion presents itself-kids say the honest things. Granted it doesn't have to make sense, it doesn't ...
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Who Knew?
ISBN: 9781475297706 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WHO KNEW? is a book of humorous essays told by two dogs, a cat, and their mistress. You will recognize yourself in the stories' situations-as the writer tries to maintain her sanity by coping with constant changes in technology, health(she is a cancer survivor), marriage, and the foibles of American society.
WHO KNEW? is a book of humorous essays told by two dogs, a cat, and their mistress. You will recognize yourself in the stories' situations-as the writ...
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40,47 |
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Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life In No Way Whatsoever
ISBN: 9780692751978 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1990, Frank Conniff joined the staff of Mystery Science Theater 3000. First he was hired as a writer, then he was called upon to play TV's Frank, the bumbling yet lovable Mad Scientist henchman in Deep 13. And then he was given the sacred duty of finding the films that would be riffed on the show. Thus, because of his actions, the world now knows of Manos: The Hands of Fate, Monster A-Go-Go, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Teenagers From Outer Space, and many other cheesy movies that the world would just as soon not know about. In these essays, TV's Frank focuses on twenty-five of the Mystery...
In 1990, Frank Conniff joined the staff of Mystery Science Theater 3000. First he was hired as a writer, then he was called upon to play TV's Frank, t...
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52,40 |
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Everything Smells Just Like Poke Salad
ISBN: 9781535416955 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a window into to the life of a precocious child born to a poor farm family in the depth of The Great Depression. Financially, she and her family struggle, but live a life rich in hope and joy. Kathleen has ambitious plans that reach far beyond the poor Cuthand, Texas community she is born into, then she meets, Bill, and everything changes, then changes again.
This book is a window into to the life of a precocious child born to a poor farm family in the depth of The Great Depression. Financially, she and her...
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223,87 |
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Everything Smells Just Like Poke Salad: Black and White
ISBN: 9781537089928 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the true, upbeat story of Kathleen, an optimistic child born into a loving, but poor farm family in the depths of The Great Depression. She excels in school and is determined to become an artist and make a better life for herself, then she meets Bill. Everything changes and then changes again.
This is the true, upbeat story of Kathleen, an optimistic child born into a loving, but poor farm family in the depths of The Great Depression. She ex...
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Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living and Laughing with Parkinson's
ISBN: 9780997587180 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Erma Bombeck meets Michael J. Fox in "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living and Laughing with Parkinson's." Vikki Claflin is a writer, humorist, and professional public speaker. After many dark days spent coming to terms with her diagnosis, Vikki's natural comic optimism and irreverence began to surface, and she started writing about the funny side of living with Parkinson's disease. "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It" s a collection of Vikki's honest - and hilarious - essays about the ups and downs of life with a chronic illness. She shows us how to laugh at ourselves by first laughing at her, as...
Erma Bombeck meets Michael J. Fox in "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living and Laughing with Parkinson's." Vikki Claflin is a writer, humorist, and pr...
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52,56 |
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Writings From My Inner Soul
ISBN: 9781524533564 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Writings From My Inner Soul
ISBN: 9781524533571 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 |
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Hey Kid, You Look Like a Turd!: A Life's Journey of Humility.
ISBN: 9781535342698 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most hard-won pieces of wisdom author and broadcaster Larry Chase learned during his long career is that there are two types of people in the world: those who know humility and those about to meet it. No one is so high on their horse that they can't be kicked off. Now Chase compiles stories of humility from his own life in this biting new collection of humorous tales. "You know, you look just like a turd " An older kid tells young Larry after he debuts a new outfit. In retrospective, wearing a matching brown-and-beige ensemble wasn't the greatest idea. Looking back on... One of the most hard-won pieces of wisdom author and broadcaster Larry Chase learned during his long career is that there are two types of people i... |
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40,47 |
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Meanderings
ISBN: 9781760412159 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Betty McKenzie-Tubb has been scribbling since youth, beginning with contributions to the Sydney Morning Herald and to the ABC radio programme The Argonauts. She was Ancona 49 and wrote regularly to 'Anthony Inkwell'. Degrees in Education and Arts have helped nourish her writing. She spent most of her working life as a teacher of the deaf, for whom the door to literacy is sometimes difficult to open. She is grateful to Montaigne, the father of the personal essay. Reading his works and those of contemporary essayists has been a source of great pleasure and inspiration. ...Betty McKenzie-Tubb has been scribbling since youth, beginning with contributions to the Sydney Morning Herald and to the ABC radio progra... |
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Rural Humor: Slice of Americana... (Life of a Tractor Salesman)
ISBN: 9781771432825 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rural Humor: Slice of Americana... (Life of a Tractor Salesman) by Kevin Schmidt is about a lifetime of rural humor. Dear Readers, things are way too serious these days, time to relax and read (and drink beer) It's not Political, Religious or even Politically Correct. Just plain funny, light hearted look at rural America. This book is real stories from rural America. About the Author: Rural Humor: Slice of Americana... (Life of a Tractor Salesman) by Kevin Schmidt is about a lifetime of rural humor. Dear Readers, things ... |
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73,15 |
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Build-A-Bum and Other Stories of Life and Death
ISBN: 9781530808939 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Build-A-Bum and Other Stories of Life and Death is a collection of 20 short works that is often funny, often absurd, and sometimes has animals as lead characters. (And yes, as you were hoping, this is also where you'll find a sexist cannibal, a homophobic vampire, and a Nazi dentist practicing in Santa Monica.) But then humor is subjective, so there is a teensy weensy chance that when reading these stories, you might not laugh. But that's okay, it's probably not you. Because satire, especially when it has a few bad words and the occasional reference to adventurous sex, can sometimes be...
Build-A-Bum and Other Stories of Life and Death is a collection of 20 short works that is often funny, often absurd, and sometimes has animals as lead...
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The Real Gig: Fantastische Geschichten und Novellen aus den JONATHAN SIMPSON-Universen
ISBN: 9781537431949 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Was, wenn einer sich aus Prinzip immer selbst in Zweifel zieht, sich aber einfach nicht wirklich ernst nehmen mochte? Was, wenn einer sich uber Jahrzehnte daran gewohnt hat, sein eigener Advocatus Diabulus zu sein und mit sich selbst ernsthafte Streitgesprache zu fuhren? Was, wenn einer eine solch unbandige Lust am Fabulieren hat, dass ihm das Thema selbst weniger wichtig scheint als der Diskurs daruber, ob man es sich als Autor nicht mal wieder zu einfach gemacht hat? Ganz einfach: Er befasst sich mit den unglaublichsten Themen und Szenarien - nur um sich selbst dabei zu beobachten, wie er...
Was, wenn einer sich aus Prinzip immer selbst in Zweifel zieht, sich aber einfach nicht wirklich ernst nehmen mochte? Was, wenn einer sich uber Jahrze...
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You Know I Love You Because You're Still Alive: Confessions of a Middle Aged Working Mom
ISBN: 9780692775653 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lori B. Duff, a recovering lawyer/writer/wife/mother/tired person, follows up her hilarious best selling books, "Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza" and "The Armadillo, the Pickaxe, and the Laundry Basket" with her third collection of essays, "You Know I Love You Because You're Still Alive: Confessions of a Middle Aged Working Mom." Lori's relatable and witty stories about every day life will have you snorting with laughter while nodding in recognition. Here's what other authors have to say about her: "Lori Duff fully admits to having a high tolerance for shenanigans and an inability to...
Lori B. Duff, a recovering lawyer/writer/wife/mother/tired person, follows up her hilarious best selling books, "Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizz...
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52,56 |
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Living the Little Things: An Essay Collection
ISBN: 9780997422443 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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24,23 |
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