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A walk in the woods

Author: Bill Bryson
Published: 1999
book: 304 pages
ISBN:0767902521
ISBN:9780767902526
Publisher: Broadway
Subject: Humor

Traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts

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Cheaper by the Dozen

Author: Frank B. Gilbreth
Published: 2005-03-17
book: 224 pages
ISBN:0060763132
ISBN:9780060763138
Publisher: Harpercollins
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

Reveals the family life of the twelve Gilbreth children and their engineer father who runs the household with his unique methodology.

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Candide

Author: Voltaire
Published: 2007-08
book: 132 pages
ISBN:1595478361
ISBN:9781595478368
Publisher: Nuvision Pubns
Subject: Fiction

Candide is about a man who believes in the philosophy that: "what happens, happens for the best in the end." that was taught to him by his personal philosopher ...

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The mother tongue

Author: Bill Bryson
Published: 1991
book: 270 pages
ISBN:0380715430
ISBN:9780380715435
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Subject: Humor

Provides a humorous history of the English language covering such topics as spelling, pronunciation, swearing, and wordplay.

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The authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

Author: Bill Watterson
Published: 1990
book: 253 pages
ISBN:0836218221
ISBN:9780836218220
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Subject: Humor

A large-format treasury of cartoons featuring the mischievous six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes

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Dress your family in corduroy and denim

Author: David Sedaris
Published: 2004-06-01
book: 257 pages
ISBN:0316143464
ISBN:9780316143462
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Subject: Humor

In a collection of whimsical essays by the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, the Rooster gets married at an uproarious wedding, an estrangement occurs over a ...

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Last Shot

Author: John Feinstein
Published: 2008
book: 272 pages
ISBN:0307536955
ISBN:9780307536952
Publisher: Yearling
Subject: Humor

"--Larry King, "USA Today" on "A Good Walk Spoiled" "From the Hardcover edition."

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Author: Bill Bryson
Published: 2007-09-25
book: 270 pages
ISBN:0767919378
ISBN:9780767919371
Publisher: Broadway
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

The best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods and I'm a Stranger Here Myself describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom ...

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I Feel Bad about My Neck

Author: Nora Ephron
Published: 2008-04-08
book: 137 pages
ISBN:0307276821
ISBN:9780307276827
Publisher: Vintage
Subject: Humor

A new collection of witty essays by the author of Wallflower at the Orgy offers a hilarious look at the ups and downs of being a woman of a certain age, ...

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The Calvin and Hobbes tenth anniversary book

Author: Bill Watterson
Published: 1995-09-01
book: 208 pages
ISBN:0836204387
ISBN:9780836204384
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Subject: Humor

In a tenth anniversary celebration, the creator of "Calvin and Hobbes" discusses the art of cartooning, explains how he creates his immensely popular comic ...

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Acceleration

Author: Graham McNamee
Published: 2008
book: 240 pages
ISBN:0307510220
ISBN:9780307510228
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Subject: Humor

Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out ...

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World War Z

Author: Max Brooks
Published: 2007-10-16
book: 342 pages
ISBN:0307346617
ISBN:9780307346612
Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
Subject: Fiction

By the author of The Zombie Survival Guide. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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The Cartoon History of the Universe: Volume 14-19 : from the rise of Arabia to the Renaissance

Author: Larry Gonick
Published: 2002-10-31
book: 320 pages
ISBN:0393051846
ISBN:9780393051841
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Subject: History

A cartoon journey through the history of the universe from the big bang through the rise and fall of civilizations.

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Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul

Author: Jack Canfield
Published: 2001-08-02
book: 384 pages
ISBN:1558749330
ISBN:9781558749337
Publisher: Hci
Subject: Self-Help

An inspirational anthology of true-life stories celebrates the everyday contributions, sacrifices, and commitment of the nursing profession and emphasize the ...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas

Author: Lee Mendelson
Published: 2005-09-15
book: 192 pages
ISBN:006076659X
ISBN:9780060766597
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Subject: Art

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a fitting salute to the artist who forever changed the face of cartooning, and to the annual Christmas event that the Peanuts gang ...

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Calvin and Hobbes

Author: Bill Watterson
Published: 2001
book: 95 pages
ISBN:0740721356
ISBN:9780740721359
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
Subject: Humor

Compiles a selection of Sunday cartoons selected and commented upon by the author.

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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

Author: Joshua Piven
Published: 2006-04-15
book: 240 pages
ISBN:0811853136
ISBN:9780811853132
Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
Subject: Reference

A quick and easy collection of survival tips for a variety of everyday life emergencies features hundreds of solutions to daily crises, ranging from family and ...

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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . .

Author: Thomas Cathcart
Published: 2008-06-24
book: 224 pages
ISBN:0143113879
ISBN:9780143113874
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Subject: Philosophy

Teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks, in an irreverent introduction to the great ...

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The indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

Author: Bill Watterson
Published: 1992-06-01
book: 255 pages
ISBN:0836218981
ISBN:9780836218985
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Subject: Humor

Tegneserie. En række humoristiske historier med den filosofiske dreng Steen og hans talende plystiger Stoffer.

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A Man Without a Country

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Published: 2007-01-16
book: 145 pages
ISBN:081297736X
ISBN:9780812977363
Publisher: Random House Inc
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life "If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in ...

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