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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

In this charming tale, The Jester awakes one morning to find laughter missing in his kingdom and he and his helpmate, Pharley, set off on a quest to find it. They ultimately discover that not only can laughter redeem a weary world, it also can provide the best tonic for anyone facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

The Jester Has Lost His Jingle

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Martha Bolton

The author of this book is a full-time comedy writer and the author of three books. She has been a staff writer for Bob Hope for 15 years along with writing for Phyllis Diller, Ann Jillian, and many others. She has received two angel awards and an Emmy nomination.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Living, Laughing, Loving Life after Forty!

THE BODY MAY GO, BUT THE LAUGHTER IS HERE TO STAY!Yes, it's true. There's no fountain of youth -- no pool of water that will grant us sharper memories or tighter skin. But even if there were such a place, we wouldn't be be able to get near it, says Martha Bolton. Parking would be horrendous. Plus, who really wants a world in which no one grows old?Martha's attitude is that when you can't stop the crow's-feet from walking all over your face, it's time to laugh about it. And that's her goal in this humorous yet insightful book on life after forty. After all, aging has its benefits: -- MEMORY LOSS -- think of all the new cars you get to drive home-- HOT FLASHES -- keeps the heating bill down-- AGE SPOTS -- someday they might connect and look like a tan-- EXERCISE -- climbing stairs qualities as a complete aerobics workoutSo don't let all those birthdays get you down. The longer you live, the more there is to laugh about!

Didn't My Skin Used to Fit?

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Texas

Here’s Treasure Everywhere 

#paperback #humor #laughter #life #motherhood #women 

Virginia

Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits

Hang on to your hats! We're in for some fiercely funny weather and crackling-sharp observations from Celia Rivenbark, of whom USA Today has said, "Think Dave Barry with a female point of view." With her incomparable style and sassy southern wit, you'll hear from Celia on:

- The joys of remodeling Tara
- How Harry Potter bitch-slaps Nancy Drew
- Britney's To-Do list: pick okra, cover that thang up
- How rugby-playing lesbians torpedoed beach day
- Why French women suck at competitive eating
- The truth about nature deficit disorder
- The difference between cockroaches and water bugs
- The beauty of Bedazzlers
- And much, much more!

Whether she's doing her taxes or extolling the virtues of Madonna's mothering skills, Celia Rivenbark will keep you laughing until the very last page.

Belle Weather

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#paperback #love #loss#laughter #relationships

Alabama

The first novel by the author of acclaimed national bestseller The Sunday Wife, now reissued in paperback.

In a small Alabama town in Zion County, life is finally looking up for 20-year-old Donnette Sullivan. Having just inherited her aunt's old house and beauty shop, she's taken over the business. Her husband, Tim, recently crippled in an accident, is beginning to cope not only with his disability but also with the loss of his dreams. Once a promising artist who gave up art for sports, Tim paints a sign for Donnette's new shop, Making Waves, that causes ripples throughout the small southern community.

In a sequence of events -- sometimes funny, sometimes tragic -- the lives of Donnette, Tim, and others in their small circle of family and friends are unavoidably affected. Once the waves of change surge through Zion County, the lives of its people are forever altered.

Making Waves

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Utah

The Fledgling 

#ellen #humor #comedy #nonfiction #hardcover #laughter

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The stand-up comedian, television host, best-selling author and actress candidly discusses her personal life, her professional career and describes what it was like to become a judge on American Idol. 750,000 first printing.

Seriously... I'm Kidding

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Susan Breen

Pennsylvania

Read Susan Breen's posts on the Penguin Blog.

A witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let's face it, that's practically everybody . . .

On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she's a writer herself; she's passionate about books; she's even named after the heroine in a Georgette Heyer novel.

On the other hand, she's thirty-eight, single, and has been writing the same book for the last seven years. And she has been distracted recently: on the same day that Arabella teaches her class she also visits her mother in a nursing home outside the city. And every time they argue. Arabella wants the fighting to stop, but, as her mother puts it, "Just because we're family, doesn't mean we have to like each other." When her class takes a surprising turn and her lessons start to spill over into her weekly visits, she suddenly finds she might be holding the key to her mother's love and, dare she say it, her own inspiration. After all, as a lifelong lover of books, she knows the power of a good story.

The Fiction Class

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#hardcover #laughter #friendship #animals #nonfiction 
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California

The True Value of Friendship

A witty narrative, complemented by evocative animal photographs, celebrates the special qualities and implications of friendship, in an inspirational volume that covers such themes as the different types of friendship, how friendships change and grow, and why we cannot live without friends. 250,000 first printing.

Friends to the End

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Carol Kelly-Gangi

The Essential Wisdom of the Irish

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Colorado

"Soak up the sun with this delightful novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer! Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself caught between two lifestyles and two very different men. Because this summer has taken an unexpected turn and now she must decide what she really wants"--

The Island House

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All Things Bright and Beautiful 

#paperback #easyread #ya #friends #women #girls #adventure #relationships #laughter  #sadness 


Tennessee

A Novel

Katherine Givens, a corporate attorney and divorced mother of one, finds her uneventful life turned upside down when she receives an unexpected bequest from her late friend, Annie G. Freeman, taking her and four other women on a wild and life-transforming road trip from the deserts of New Mexico to the shores of Lake Superior, as they celebrate the bonds of female friendship. Reader's Guide available. Original. 100,000 first printing.

Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral

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Oklahoma

New York Times Bestselling author

Two magnolia-and-mistletoe-inspired holiday stories from the bestselling author of more than thirty romantic, humorous novels.

Laughter and love combine in Sandra Hill's BLUE CHRISTMAS-with a touch of Elvis magic. Wealthy Wall Street businessman Clayton Jessup III has only one reason for arriving in Memphis a few days before Christmas-to sell off his inheritance, an embarrassingly kitschy hotel named The Blue Suede Suites. His feelings for the Land of Elvis are dark: his long-dead Memphis mother abandoned him and his dad when Clay was a baby, and now Clay wants nothing to do with a southern legacy that couldn't be more different from his sophisticated big-city life.

But then he steps in trouble-literally-when he confronts the bizarre group of Elvis impersonators who've set up a living Nativity scene on his property. One slip of a wingtip in some sheep poop lands Clay in the care of gorgeous Annie Fallon, whose big-haired Elvis-girlfriend get-up can't hide her wholesome, sexy appeal. Annie and her brothers have set up the Nativity scene to earn some badly needed money for their struggling dairy farm.

The last thing she needs is an angry Yankee with a concussion and a come-hither smile . . .

In JINX CHRISTMAS, sexy NASCAR star Lance Caslow makes a last-ditch effort to win back his ex-wife Brenda. Five years ago, his reckless pursuit of racetrack fame tore them apart and broke Brenda's heart. Now Lance shows up in Louisiana determined to make things right this Christmas, not just for himself and Brenda, but for their young daughter, Patti.

He's got his work cut out for him, and desperate measures are needed. Lance will do anything to prove he's worthy of Brenda's trust again-even join the Cajun Christmas show starring a raucous Cajun family whose menfolk dance for charity events in little more than a smile . . .

A Dixie Christmas

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Michigan

Stories, Quips and Quotes to Lift the Heart

A followup to the bestselling "Humor for the Heart, "these short, humorous writings will brighten the day of any reader.

Humor for the Heart

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Backlist titles from Christopher Moore. Well loved copies in good condition!

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New Hampshire

Christopher Moore Backlist Bundle

Reads like a modern Flannery O’Conner, powerful!

Georgia

Crazy Ladies

Richard Austin

Filled with quotes from famous people and darling photos of little pigs in quite an assortment of costumes and backdrops, this little book will inspire and delight. 

Illinois

The Pocket Pigs' Guide to Living Your Best Life (Inspiration Book, Gift Book, Life Lessons, Mini Pigs)

Put your best hoof forward. Combining the irresistible sweetness of the Pocket Pigs of Pennywell Farm with words of wisdom about embracing all that life has to offer, It’s the Little Things is a book filled to the brim with inspirational mantras and adorable animal appreciation. On spread after spread we see heart-melting, full-color images of these mini pigs—lounging on tiny beach chairs, getting creative with paint, nuzzling with other farm animals, popping out of flower bushes—paired with their favorite words on creativity and fearlessness and relishing all of the small things that make life great. Small in stature but mighty in joy, here are the Pocket Pigs to remind us in the most playful and unassuming way to be grateful, stay curious, and keep ourselves open to the magic of life.

It's the Little Things

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Editors of Editors of Reader's Digest

Reader’s Digest Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine hardcover book in excellent, like new condition. 

New York

America's Funniest Jokes, Stories, and Cartoons

Collected from one of the omst popular features of Reader's Digest magazine, this compliation of more than 1,000 all-new jokes, quotes, anecdotes, quips, and cartoons is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud each day.

This collection of laugh-out-loud jokes, one-liners, and other lighthearted glimpses of life-drawn from Reader's Digest magazine's most popular humor columns-is sure to tickle the funny bone. Packed with more than 1,000 jokes, anecdotes, cartoons, quotes, quips, funny things kids say, and stories contributed by professional comedians, joke writers, and readers of the magazine, this side-splitting compilation pokes fun at the facts and foibles of daily routines, illustrating that life is often funnier than fiction
 

 * Did you hear about the Broadway actor who broke through the floorboards? He was just going through a stage
 * What did the ill comic say in the hospital? "I'm here...all weak!"
 * Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender asks, "Olive or twist?"
 * Posted in a dental office: "Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings too."
 * "The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner parties, they think it is their fault." -Henry Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize, 1973
 * As Groucho Marx once said, "A laugh is like an aspirin, only it works twice as fast."

Reader’s Digest Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

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L.E.A.R.N. Your Way to a Healthy, Active and JOY-Filled Life in a Stress-filled World

This book is a must read for those who are fed up with stress and seeking insights into improving overall well-being and joy. Keeping Your Head Above Water introduces five strategies to guide readers to reduce stress and work towards living a healthy, active and joy-filled life. The book is full of personal stories, practical wellness ideas and simple tips to guide readers through Sally's L.E.A.R.N. principles:LaughExerciseAttitude of GratitudeRelax, Reflect and RechargeNutrition

Keeping Your Head Above Water

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Jenny Lawson

A Funny Book about Horrible Things

"Jenny made me laugh so hard I feared for my safety! I think that's how she was able to get past my defenses and make me feel more okay about myself." -Allie Brosh, author ofHyperbole and a Half For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey, and Mindy Kaling-the new book from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1New York Times bestseller LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED... In LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up the daughter of a taxidermist. In her new book,FURIOUSLY HAPPY, Jenny explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. And terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. According to Jenny: "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invitea herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says thatnone is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos." "Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote inThe Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'" Jenny's first book, LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, was ostensibly about family, but deep down it was about celebrating your own weirdness.FURIOUSLY HAPPY is a book about mental illness, but under the surface it's about embracing joy in fantastic and outrageous ways-and who doesn't need a bit more of that?

Furiously Happy

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Indiana

Observations from a Reforming Neurotic

New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster is here to help you chill the hell out. When did USA become shorthand for the United States of Anxiety? From the moment Americans wake up, we're bombarded with all-new terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and stroke-inducing foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media's faceless masses, pressured into maintaining a Pinterest-perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO, and the disparity between the ideal and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel worse. No wonder we're getting twitchy. Save for an Independence Day-style alien invasion, how do we begin to escape from the stressors that make up our days? Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

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Pamela Espeland

Rosemary Wallner

Daily readings to help all kids know themselves better, be more creative, and feel better about themselves.

Daily Readings for Teens on Self-Awareness, Creativity, and Self-Esteem

The first book of daily readings for all kids guides young people through a whole year of positive thinking and practical lifeskills.Each reading addresses an issue important to adolescents and teens--making choices and making friends, laughter and learning, feelings and families. Inspiring quotations, brief essays, and affirmations encourage kids to think more deeply about themselves and their world; to take positive actions and make positive changes; and to grow in self-esteem andemotional health--the keys to making the most of every day.

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The Jester Has Lost His Jingle

Martha Bolton

Didn't My Skin Used to Fit?

Bill Watterson

Here’s Treasure Everywhere

Celia Rivenbark

Belle Weather

Cassandra King

Making Waves

Jane Langton

The Fledgling

Ellen DeGeneres

Seriously... I'm Kidding

Susan Breen

The Fiction Class

Bradley Trevor Greive

Friends to the End

Carol Kelly-Gangi

The Essential Wisdom of the Irish

Nancy Thayer

The Island House

James Herriot

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Kris Radish

Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral

Sandra Hill

A Dixie Christmas

Marilyn Meberg; Chonda Pierce; Max Lucado; Barbara Johnson; Chris Fabry; Liz Curtis Higgs; Dennis Swanberg

Humor for the Heart

Christopher Moore

Christopher Moore Backlist Bundle

Michael Lee West

Crazy Ladies

Marilyn Meberg; Chonda Pierce; Max Lucado; Barbara Johnson; Chris Fabry; Liz Curtis Higgs; Dennis Swanberg

Humor for the Heart

Richard Austin

It's the Little Things

Editors of Reader's Digest

Reader’s Digest Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

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Keeping Your Head Above Water

Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy

Jen Lancaster

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

Pamela Espeland; Rosemary Wallner

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