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Thorndike Press large print laugh linesGeist, 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 GEIStreeter, Leslie Gray
Summary: "Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite curve-hugging leopard print dress to Scott's funeral; he loved her in that dress! But, here she is, having lost her soulmate to a sudden heart attack, totally unsure of how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STREETER, LESLIE GRAY STRMartin, Steve
Summary: "I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MARSummary: Nonstop laughs are in the house with season four of In living color on DVD! No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit show that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INBarry, Dave
Summary: Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818 BARSedaris, David.
Summary: From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 SEDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 SEDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 SEDHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley here uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons--a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 817 HUGSullivan, Robert
Summary: The author chronicles his family's annual migration across the country from Oregon to New York, documenting the humor, and offbeat experiences of life on the road, wihle reflecting on such nation-crossing predecessors as Lewis and Clark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SULMoore, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 817.54 MOOTrillin, Calvin
Summary: "Calvin Trillin can write just about anything--and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. He has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America" (The Miami Herald), "our funniest food writer" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most brilliant humorists of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 MOOSedaris, David.
Summary: From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2008