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American wit and humor Authors, American 19th century Biography Humorists, American Humorists, American 19th century Biography Humorists, American 20th century Biography Humorists, American 21st century Biography Journalists United States Biography Lawson, Jenny 1973- Notaro, Laurie Twain, Mark 1835-1910Anderson, Peter
Summary: Follows the life of the cowboy of Cherokee Indian descent who became a popular performer on stage and screen and a noted humorist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ROGERS ANDBirbiglia, Mike
Summary: "Mike Birbiglia never wanted to be a father. In fact, there are seven very specific reasons he never wanted a kid, including his aversion to sticky surfaces and his less-than-ideal genes: he's had Lyme Disease, a bladder tumor, diabetes, and dangerous sleepwalking, to name a few. Not to mention the fact that Mike generally doesn't think people (including himself) are really all that great. Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIRBIGLIA, MIKE BIRLawson, Jenny
Summary: "As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWSON, JENNY LAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWSON LAWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio LawsonLawson, Jenny
Summary: "As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LAWEdwards, Susan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 BOMShelden, Michael.
Summary: Drawing heavily on Twain's own letters and journals, Shelden illuminates Mark Twain's twilight years in this account of the legendary author's life, recounting both Twain's private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 TWAIN, MARK SheLitt, David
Summary: "A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump. Like many twentysomethings, David Litt frequently embarrassed himself in front of his boss's boss. Unlike many twentysomethings, Litt's boss's boss was President Obama. At age twenty-four, Litt became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LITT, DAVID LITRogak, Lisa
Summary: Shel Silverstein's drawings and comic poems are bedtime staples of millions of children, and biographer Rogak tells the story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations. A man with an incurable case of wanderlust, Shel kept homes on both coasts and many places in between--and enjoyed regular stays in the Playboy Mansion. Everywhere he went he charmed neighbors, made countless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SILVERSTEIN, SHEL ROGLawson, Jenny
Summary: "In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.As Jenny says: "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWSON LAWLawson, Jenny
Summary: In an illustrated memoir, the creator of the Bloggess blog shares humorous stories from her life, including her awkward upbringing in Texas and her relationship with her husband.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWSON, JENNY LAWPowers, Ron.
Summary: Mark Twain's works are a living national treasury, yet somehow, beneath the vast river of literature that he left behind, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the man who became Mark Twain, has receded from view, leaving us with only faint and often trivialized remnants of his towering personality. Here, author Powers recreates the 19th century's vital landscapes and tumultuous events while restoring the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TWAIN, MARK POWTwain, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.409 TwainHalpern, Justin
Summary: Presents a humorous collection of stories about the author's relationships with the opposite sex told chronologically, from his first kiss to getting engaged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: It! books 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.6 HALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit HalpernHodgman, John
Summary: Presents a memoir of the author's cursed travels through the woods of Massachusetts and coastal Maine, describing his midlife transformation from an idealistic youth to an eccentric family man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 HODCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HODGMAN, JOHN JODSedaris, David.
Summary: The author recounts hitchhiking across the country with an odd cast of quadriplegics and deadbeats, working as a migrant worker in North Carolina, and other adventures
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 818.54 SEDNotaro, Laurie
Summary: "...Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husband's not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune in the domestic arts, including cooking, cleaning, and putting on Spanx while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOTHalpern, Justin
Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.6 HALBlount, Roy.
Summary: An autobiographical account of the life of Roy Blount that discusses his childhood, his relationship with his mother, his desire to be funny, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 BLOWard, Geoffrey C.
Summary: A colorful portrait of the well known author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.409 WARHalpern, Justin.
Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ItBooks 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 818 HALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 HALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 HalCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit HalpernPflueger, Lynda.
Summary: A biography of the American humorist and writer whose writing greatly reflected the events of his life, particularly his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB TWAIN PFLSedaris, David.
Contents: A plague of tics -- Get yer ya-ya's out -- Next of kin -- Cyclops -- True detective -- The drama bug -- I like guys -- Ashes, parts 1 and 2 -- Naked.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner Audiobooks 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Notaro, Laurie.
Summary: Focuses on the author's haphazard efforts to fit into her ultra-liberal Oregon community, an endeavor marked by everything from stolen trees and a ban from the post office to dental implants and closed neighborhood parties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Trade Paperbacks
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit NotaroHill, Mike
Summary: "Before Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, and "Doonesbury," there was Art Buchwald. For more than fifty years, from 1950 to 2006, his Pulitzer Prize-winning column of political satire and biting wit made him one of the most widely read American humorists and a popular player in the Washington of Ethel and Ted Kennedy, Ben Bradlee, and Katharine Graham. Dean Acheson, former U.S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022