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1) The poetics
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Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important figures from classical antiquity. Aristotle was probably the most famous member of Plato's Academy in Athens, whose writings would ultimately form the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. His writings were not constrained to simply one field of inquiry but covered such various subjects as physics, biology, metaphysics,...
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Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating the cathartic power of reflecting on the past; anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.
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Mayhem, mishap, and misadventure combined!
Have you ever wondered why a rock thrown flat never flies straight? Have you ever survived a night in a den of forty snorers? Did you ever blow up cuisine in the microwave and then try and hide it from your clairvoyant mother?
If so, then these stories are right up your alley!
Follow the author and his family and friends in their rollicking adventures as they sled down the dreaded Sleddin' Road, ride in...
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Did you know that ginger is an aphrodisiac? It increases your heart rate, gets your blood flowing through your veins and gets you ready for the night ahead. Other foods with similar properties include blackberries, oysters and watermelon.Packed with a whopping 250+ hilarious and head-scratching adult facts, this brilliant book will open your mind to crazy facts of life, bizarre biology, and all kinds of titbits which you might wish you didn't know.Designed...
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What can you do when the world is pushing you over the edge? More than you think.
For some of us, it's the automated voice that answers the phone when we'd rather talk to a real person. For others, it's the fact that Starbucks insists on calling its smallest-sized coffee "tall." Or, perhaps it's those pesky subscription cards that fall out of magazines. Whatever it is, each of us finds some aspect of everyday life to be particularly maddening,...
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How well do you REALLY know Canada?
Did you know:
• Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen?
• That hockey is NOT the official national sport of Canada?
• That the Canadian passport contains hidden images?
• Canada could have been named Britannia or Borealia?
• Parts of Canada are as cold as Mars?
• A Canadian pharmacist invented peanut butter?
If you're Canadian, know any Canadians, are traveling to Canada, or have ever wanted to know more...
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Welcome to My Life: The Sitcom, featuring the panderings and ponderings of Yours Truly, Chadd Wheat. Believe it or not, many of you have actually asked for this book. I don't know if you intend on using it for the bottom of the birdcage, evidence in impending legal actions, or simply as a guide to living frivolously. Whatever the case, I hope you enjoy it. I started writing My Life: The Sitcom in 2002. Most of my articles, as published in The Lebanon...
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For the first time, bestselling novelist, columnist, and humorist Lesley Crewe's finest newspaper columns are collected in one place. Not merely razor sharp, Lesley's wit is also ocean wide, taking in everything from the humiliations of breast pumping to the indignities of aging, from the frantic excess of holiday preparations to the homey irritations of a long marriage. As precise in her observations as Jane Austen and as fractious on occasion as...
10) I Am Not a Wolf
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You are a HUMAN MAN navigating everyday life, dating, bus etiquette, and other important human concerns. You are definitely NOT A WOLF.
Life is good. You have a job, an apartment in a nice part of town, and an online dating profile that's recently yielded as many as three matches. From the outside, it would appear you're a human man that has all the pieces of a stable and functional life. But you also have a horrible secret. You're not a human man...
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What does it mean to be JUST A GUY?
-A guy doesn't think before he speaks.
-Eating and sleeping always come first. Always.
-A guy may get married, but he doesn't have to like it.
-It's tough to admit, but all guys are exactly the same.
Blue Collar Comedy Star Bill Engvall is JUST A GUY. He's been one his whole life. He can't help it. He was born that way. And that makes him an expert on the subject.
For the record, here's the official definition...
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A laugh-out-loud, adults-only bedtime story for parents familiar with the age-old struggle of putting their kids to bed "Hell no, you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep." Go the Fuck to Sleep is a book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, it captures the...
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When a K-pop boy band shows up to "save Christmas," it's the last straw!
Santa Claus may be getting older, achier, more forgetful over the years, but he is determined to prove to the world he can still do his job without anyone's help.
"On Dasher, on Dancer, on Cupid, on Comet, I must show the world that Santa's still got it!"
Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Maher and New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator have given the timeless tale of saving Christmas...
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A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closetsâas a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy
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âRiotously funny . . . [Marshall's] writing brings to mind early David Sedaris . . . Rare is the book that makes me both laugh out loud and shed actual tears, but Leg made me do both.â âBOOKPAGE, Starred Review ...
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âRiotously funny . . . [Marshall's] writing brings to mind early David Sedaris . . . Rare is the book that makes me both laugh out loud and shed actual tears, but Leg made me do both.â âBOOKPAGE, Starred Review ...
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Bestselling author Queenan explores the world of sports fans in an attempt to understand the inexplicable: What does anyone get out of it?
For Yankee, Cowboy, and Laker fans the answer is fairly clear: the return on investment is relatively high. But why do people root so passionately for tragically inept teams like the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies? Why do people organize their emotional lives around lackluster...
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Ah, Paris! Whether you're talking last tangos, midnights in, red balloons, hunchbacks, French connections, Jean Valjean, Ratatouille, or Amélie Poulain, Paris is the place where it all goes down-and where the it has to be big and heart-stopping, something that never leaves you, that you'll always have, like the Paris of Casablanca. It's a layered pastry of romance, adventure, and elegance, coated with a glaze of chic!
But for humorist Scott Dominic...
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Rachel Levy Lesser can relive almost every significant life event through an accessory. A scarf, a pair of earrings, a bag, even a fleece pair of socks-each contains the elements that put together the story of a life. Life's Accessories is a funny, sad, touching, relatable, shake-your-head-right-along-as-you-laugh-and-wipe-away-tears, coming-of-age memoir. In fourteen essays, Lesser tackles sensitive issues like anxiety, illness, and loss in a way...
19) Duplex
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Mike Nagel is spending too much time in his duplex. Mostly he's hungover. There's a squirrel in the attic, the ceiling's caving in, and he's not sure who to call about it. Not much else seems to happen in Mike Nagel's Duplex, except of course everything happens there: a distinct mind is constantly working over the absurdity, meaninglessness, and mundanity of contemporary life in ways both laugh-out-loud funny and thoughtfully compelling.
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From auto-tune to evites, and TED talks-this compendium of the most annoying people, places, and things will make you roll your eyes and laugh out loud. This revised edition of Things I Want to Punch in the Face includes humor writer Jennifer Worick's newest and most popular diatribes about the incredibly annoying things she encounters in everyday life and modern American society, like: ancient grains, yoga pants, cold-pressed coffee, cosplay, polar...
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