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Thorndike Press large print Americana seriesBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Inciting a culture war when she suggests that baby boomers should be given government incentives to commit suicide by age seventy-five, a twenty-nine-year-old blogger and political malcontent catches the attention of an ambitious senator seeking the presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner 12 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare when she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, chief among them "an ambitious senator seeking the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: When First Lady Beth MacMann is charged with killing her philandering husband, the President of the United States, during a bedroom argument, she turns for help to notorious defense attorney Boyce "Shameless" Baylor, her former flame.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: When a television judge ends up on the Supreme Court, romance and the fate of a presidential election take center stage in this comic political satire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Florence Farfarletti has a plan for female emancipation in the Middle East, and enlists the help of a diverse group to help her carry out her plan of reaching her audience with TV shows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: B BUCKLEY BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: The attorney general has charged the First Lady of the United States with killing her philandering husband in the midst of a bedoom spat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: "London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored and Charles II sits on the throne. The men who conspired to kill his father are either dead or disappeared. Baltasar 'Balty' St. Michel is twenty-four and has no skills and no employment. He gets by on handouts from his brother-in-law Samuel Pepys, an officer in the king's navy. Fed up with his needy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Christopher Buckley at his best: an extraordinary, wide-ranging selection of essays both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and delightful. In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis, Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Herb Nutterman, a long-time Trump Organization employee, unexpectedly becomes President Trump's White House chief of staff and finds himself entangled in Russian intrigue and leading the president's reelection campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Summary: "The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter: one who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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Summary: When a television judge ends up on the Supreme Court, romance and the fate of a presidential election take center stage in this comic political satire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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Summary: Christopher Buckley provides hilarious insight on what could happen if the president were annoyed by the Senate for refusing one too many Supreme Court nominees. The answer? He would respond by nominating America's most popular TV judge.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BUCSummary: A charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco struggles with the twin demands of being successful at his job and acting as a good role model for his son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THAHeller, Joseph.
Summary: Presents the contemporary classic depicting the struggles of a United States airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II airbase. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HELO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: "When The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1987, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another thirty-five years. Now, for the first time, P.J.'s best quips and riffs have been collected in one volume, edited by his longtime friend and award-winning magazine editor Terry McDonell. The Funny Stuff is organized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 O'ROTy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998