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Bossypants

Tina Fey

Before there was Liz Lemon, before there was "Sarah Palin," before there was "Weekend Update"--there was a woman with a dream. A dream that one day she would write a book about how she got here. But she had to get ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2011

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside,...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2008

I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other T...

Nora Ephron

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the ...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2008

I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflect...

Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling w...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2010

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

A new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new collec...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2013

Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: T...

Lisa Scottoline

A hilarious collection of stories from the life of the New York Times bestselling author of Look Again At last, together in one collection, are Lisa Scottoline's wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns. In her column, Lisa lets h...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2009

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,' (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2009

Yes Please CD

Amy Poehler

In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), like when ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2014

Made in America: An Informal History ...

Bill Bryson

In Made in America, Bill Bryson de–mythologizes his native land—explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say "lootenant" and "To...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2013

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bes...

David Sedaris

This collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's trademark blend of hilarity and goodnaturedness. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny r...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2010

Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: Tr...

Lisa Scottoline

The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the bea...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2016

Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me

Chelsea Handler

"My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate."--Chelsea Handler, ...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2011

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Sloane Crosley

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her ...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2008

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (...

Mindy Kaling

Comedy's fastest-rising star takes to the page in a book of essays, personal anecdotes, and impassioned pleas. Multi-hyphenate Mindy Kaling is an Emmy-nominated writer, the actress famous for playing the beloved Kelly Kapoor on The Of...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2011

Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting...

Dave Barry

Following the bestselling success of Dave's novel, Big Trouble, here is a hilarious new collection of columns from the writer critics have called "the funniest man in America." What's been getting Dave Barry all worked up...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2005

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman ...

Lena Dunham

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls—as one of the brigh...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2014

Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Def...

Dave Barry

A New York Times bestseller -- a brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry.We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, s...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2017

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply pers...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2016

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: ....

Adam Carolla

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks is Adam Carolla's comedic gospel of modern America. In his signature balls-out style, Carolla rips into the absurdity of the culture that made Steve Miller a rock star, demonized the peanut butter an...

Abridged CD
Published: Nov 2010

You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't ...

Celia Rivenbark

From the author of the bestselling classics We're Just Like You, Only Prettier, and Bless Your Heart, Tramp, comes a collection of essays so funny, you'll shoot co'cola out of your nose. Topics include such gems as: • Why Miss North...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2009

Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Ch...

Celia Rivenbark

No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on,  you will find Celia Rivenbark's hilarious observations about Southern living as easy as a tall drink of sweet tea on a hundred degree day. In this latest collection of laugh-o...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2008

I'll Mature When I'm Dead

Dave Barry

Unabridged CDs, 5 CDs, 6 hours Read by TBA A brilliantly funny exploration of the treacherous state of adulthood by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist.

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2010

Sh*t My Dad Says Low Price

Justin Halpern

After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is "like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair," ha...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2010

Half Empty

David Rakoff

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 ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2010

Napalm And Silly Putty

George Carlin

He's the inventor of Past-Tense TV (featuring "Got Smart," "Father Knew Best," and "It Was Left to Beaver"); the tireless crusader for such charities as the Center for Research into the Heebie Jeebies, Ch...

Abridged CD
Published: Mar 2001

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist....And based, on this latest collection, he's getting only better." ---Los Angeles Times A guy walks into a bar car and...From here the story could take many tu...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2014

The Princess Diarist

Carrie Fisher

The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher’s intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first StarWars movie.  Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2016

The Man Who Ate Everything

Jeffrey Steingarten

Winner of the Julia Child Book Award A James Beard Book Award Finalist When Jeffrey Steingarten was appointed food critic for Vogue, he systematically set out to overcome his distaste for such things as kimchi, lard, Greek cuisi...

Paperback
Published: Oct 1998

Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventure...

Jennifer L. Leo

Button your blouse, here comes a sandstorm of laughs! Travel isn't always what we dream it will be, but oh, the stories that follow. Share in the hilarious, bizarre, and unforgettable misadventures of 29 women whose trips went comi...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2003

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply pers...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2015
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