Marx, Patricia (Patricia A.).

Summary: " "I believe Freud got it wrong when he said that the two basic drives that motivate our thoughts and behavior are 1) sex and 2) death, which he sometimes called aggression, go figure. So what runs the show, then? Fear of embarrassment prevails until theage of thirty, followed by the desire to lose weight, and finally, the need to sit down." In LETS BE LESS STUPID, longtime New Yorker staffer...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2015

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Marx, Patricia (Patricia A.)

Summary: A gift collection of witty one-liners by the New Yorker writer and first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon celebrates the universal advice of her mother and is accompanied by full-color illustrations by a New Yorker staff cartoonist. Illustrations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 818 MAR

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Marx, Patricia (Patricia A.)

Summary: Patricia Marx's neurotic heroine falls for philosopher Eugene Obello during her graduate school days in Cambridge, England; later, the heroine becomes a TV writer on a hit comedy show in New York, and coincidentally, Eugene moves to New York.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007

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Marx, Patricia (Patricia A.)

Summary: "This is the story of Nellie Bee Nightly, who is not tired at all. And swears she never will be! The popcorn is too pooped to pop, and the nightstand is too tired to stand up straight and must lie down--but Nellie? Nope, she's wide awake, and not ready for bedtime AT ALL. Instead, she gives her goldfish a mustache and hangs her bed from the ceiling so that she can install a swimming pool in her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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Marx, Patricia (Patricia A.)

Summary: "The perfect Valentine's Day or anniversary gift: An illustrated collection of love and relationship advice from New Yorker writer Patricia Marx, with illustrations from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Everyone's heard the old advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. Play hard to get. Sexual favors in exchange for cleaning up the cat vomit is a good and fair trade. Okay, not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MAR