Scottoline, Lisa.
Summary: Lisa Scottoline's "Philadelphia Inquirer" columns are, at last, together in one collection. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a woman's perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 SCOSundquist, Josh
Summary: "Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it's possible to be both very famous and very happy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SUNMullen, Jim (Jim R.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 MULSarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARSundquist, Josh.
Summary: "Why was [Paralympic ski racer and cancer survivor] Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: what went wrong? The results of Josh's semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation are captured here: disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), to a misguided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SUNSegura, Tom
Summary: Segura is known for his twisted takes and irreverent comedic voice, but after a few busy years of work and parenting, he just wants to hide from everything. In this collection of true stories, he takes a revealing look at some of the situations that have shaped him. Readers will be laughing out loud-- and nodding in agreement with his message that, in a world where everyone is increasingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEGURA, TOM SEGKozlowski, Bryan
Summary: For the first time, step behind Palace doors to unlock the little-known strategies behind the Queen's remarkable self-preservation. Investigating the 23 rules of her iconic resilence, you'll learn how to channel your inner royal - at work, at play, or at the table - in this fascinating plunge into the House of Windsor's famous fountain of youth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Publishing Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.085 KOZGeist, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9240 GEIMiller, Larry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 MILBisher, Patrick
Summary: Patrick Bisher’s career as a Navy SEAL should have ended after a parachuting accident nearly crippled him. But overcoming adversity, even an injury as serious as a broken hip, was nothing new for him. He’d spent a portion of his childhood in leg braces. Doctors told him he’d never walk again thanks to a degenerative hip condition. He wasn’t about to give up then, any more than he was in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 BISWestheimer, Ruth K. (Ruth Karola)
Summary: "America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: 921 WESTHEIMER, RUTH WESCourt, Maddy
Summary: "Writer Maddy Court answers letters from queer women and people of marginalized genders about dating, friendship, and love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 COUBalfe, Abigail
Summary: The author-illustrator shares her journey of growing up autistic in a confusing "normal" world, all the while missing some important information about herself, in this illustrated and completely unique book that provides crucial information about autism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BALFE BALDugard, Jaycee Lee
Summary: "In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own. When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was missing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUGARD, JAYCEE LEE DUGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DUGARD DUGHeavey, Bill
Summary: "From a celebrated writer on the outdoors, hilarious stories about the joys and pitfalls of hunting, fishing, family, and adventure" -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.5 HEAOakley, Tyler
Summary: Social rights advocate and prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you his first collection of personal essays. For someone who made a career out of over-sharing on the Internet, Tyler has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book: experiencing a legitimate rage blackout in a Cheesecake Factory; negotiating a tense stand-off with a White...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 818 OAKMercado, Mia
Summary: "Mia Mercado's humorous essay collection exploring the absurd and yet very regular parts of being a millennial woman navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 MERKey, Harrison Scott
Summary: "From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells the hilarious, shocking, and spiritually profound story of one man's journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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Summary: The author attempts to act her age by trying her hand at investment-making, getting a mortgage, and obtaining life insurance, and describes the humorous results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANCASTER, JEN LANNorthrup, Jim
Summary: "Between 1989 and 2001, Indian Country saw enormous changes in treaty rights, casino gambling, language renewal, and tribal sovereignty. Jim Northrup, a thoroughly modern traditional Ojibwe man who writes a monthly syndicated newspaper column, the Fond du Lac Follies, witnessed it all. With humor sometimes gentle, sometimes biting, sometimes broad, these excerpts tally the changes, year by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 NORRosenthal, Amy Krouse
Summary: "In the ten years since her beloved, groundbreaking Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal has been quietly at work on this modest but mighty magnum opus, creating a spectacular literary experience that is unprecedented, unforgettable, and explosively human. Amy Krouse Rosenthal has cultivated a distinct blend of nonlinear memoir, observational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ROSGould, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 GOUHickam, Homer H.
Summary: In the summer of '61, Homer "Sonny" Hickam, a year of college behind him, is dreaming of sandy beaches and rocket ships. But before Sonny can reach the seaside fixer-upper where his mother is spending the summer, a telephone call sends him back to the place he thought he had escaped, the gritty coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. There, Sonny's father, the mine's superintendent, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 HICWong, Ali
Summary: "In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly with viewers that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, working women, and why you never see new-mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. Wong's sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019