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Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another...

Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence

by Ross Mathews, Gwyneth Paltrow & Chelsea Handler

As a young kid growing up in a farm town, Ross Mathews might as well have wished for a pet unicorn or a calorie-free cookie tree to grow in his front yard. Either of those far-fetched fantasies would have been...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

by Jerome K. Jerome

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.

People Are Unappealing: Even Me

by Sara Barron

Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal....

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

by Chelsea Handler

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE

When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power -- vodka. You...

Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me

by Friends, and Other Vic Chelsea's Family & 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...

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

by Chelsea Handler & Digby Diehl

WHAT . . . A RIOT!

Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this...

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

by Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a...

The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

by Bill Maher

From the New York Times bestselling author and host of HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher’s latest collection of political riffs and savagely funny suggestions for preserving sanity in an insane world.

New Rule...

I Feel Bad About My Neck

by 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...

The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius

by David Thorne

"There is usually a fine line between genius and insanity, but in this case it has become very blurred. Some of the funniest and most clever writing I have read in years." (Terrance Fielding, WIRED magazine)...

All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me

by Jeff Dunham

The most popular standup comic in the U.S." --Time

Whether he's breathing life into Walter, an old curmudgeon; Peanut, an over-caffeinated purple maniac; or Achmed, a screaming, skeletal, dead terrorist, comedian...

At Wit's End

by Erma Bombeck

"America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire."

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Madcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that...

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

by David Sedaris

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories...

Holidays on Ice

by David Sedaris

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive...

Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!

by Erma Bombeck

"She goes a long way with her book to prove that humor is the best -- possibly the only -- way to keep the world on an even keel."

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Remember the things Mother used to say? Erma Bombeck remembers...

I'm Not High: (But I've Got a Lot of Crazy Stories About Life as a Goat Boy, a Dad, and a Spiritual Warrior

by Jim Breuer

A hilarious memoir from comedian Jim Breuer, with inside stories from his career in comedy as well as deeply personal moments from his life.

With his goofy smile, sleepy eyes, and stoner's laugh, Jim Breuer...

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss

The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to’s to show how important punctuation is in our world—period.

In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor...

Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between

by Thomas Cathcart

Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex?

A. Because they both scare the pants off us.

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously...

I Remember Nothing

by Nora Ephron

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