#reference #records #worldrecords #almanac #trivia #quizzing #weird #funny

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

300 + Extraordinary Feats by Ordinary People

Compiles oddball world records submitted by visitors to RecordSetter.com, such as "Most TV Channels Watched in 30 Seconds," and "Most Spam E-mails in an Inbox."

The RecordSetter Book of World Records

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#hardcover #fiction #children #historical #benjaminfranklin #robertlawson #funny #america

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Missouri

An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos! Funny, interesting and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. Once you've met Amos and read his account, you'll never think of Ben Franklin-or American history-quite the same way.

Explore this historical time period even further in this new edition of award-winning author Robert Lawson's classic tale, with additional bonus material, including a map of Ben Franklin's travels!
Did you ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? Benjamin Franklin was one of the most famous inventors in American history, and according to this amusing book, he got most of his ideas--the good ones at any rate--from a mouse! Funny, interesting and wise, Ben and Me is a classic American story that has been read by generations of young people. Once you've met Amos the mouse, you'll always remember Benjamin Franklin a little differently than the history books do.


Ben and Me

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#paperback #fiction #funny #pattyjaneshouseofcurl 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Kansas

Centering around a Minneapolis beauty parlor that also functions as a women's support group, this novel explores the loves, losses, hopes, and victories experienced by Patty Jane and Harriet, two eccentric sisters

Patty Jane's House of Curl

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Michigan

A Novel

"Love matters a little, but luck matters more."
The words of thirty-five-year-old David Melman's Jewish grandmother still haunt him. He's scared to settle down. Instead, he dates twenty-something pop stars that he meets through his celebrity-branding business. But when his niece and nephew inform him that he's hit "rock bottom" with his latest inappropriate relationship, David realizes that change might be in order-so when his sister Marcy, with her own ulterior motive, pushes him to take a film-writing class taught by her friend Laurel, he agrees.
Will writing a movie about a childhood visit to his grandparents in Florida, an unforgettable driving lesson, and a 1977 Cadillac bring David love? Luck? Or both?
Alternating between David's present-day life and his past through his movie script, Chuckerman Makes a Movie is a romantic comedy blended with a comedic coming-of-age.

Chuckerman Makes a Movie

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Virginia

The students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who’s just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth—unless they can kill him first! Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who's doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students' tattered self-esteem?

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1

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#hardcover #funny #comedy #auntyacid #advice #satiricalhumor 

South Dakota

Aunt Acid's Guide to Life

#hardcover #fantasy #fiction #trueblood #humorous #devine #funny #mystery

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

Large Print

After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate.

Dead in the Family

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#paperback #fiction #easyreader #funny #blacklagoonadventures #scholastic #kids #bestseller #series

Florida

Black Lagoon Adventures

Another fun chapter book about field day and sports from the dynamic duo of Mike Thaler and Jared Lee - just in time for summer!The Field Day is one week away, and everyone has to go. But Hubie would rather go home! Crazy Coach Kong is making up all the events, like leaping over lions, hopping over hippos, skipping through snakes, and tiptoeing around tigers. Will it be a field day or dreams or a field day of screams?

The Field Day from the Black Lagoon

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#paperback #nonfiction #humor #autobiography #mindykaling #comedy #funny #celebrity 

New Hampshire

The writer and actress from "The Office" shares observations on topics ranging from favorite male archetypes and her hatred of dieting to her relationship with her mother and the haphazard creative process on the show.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)

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Pennsylvania

278 Outspoken, Indecent, and Overdressed Dogs

Presents photographs of dogs in various settings and costumes, along with quotations describing the intentions and attitudes of the canine subjects.

Bad Dog

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#paperback #fiction #romance #historical #love #funny #romancenovel #sallyMackenzie

Minnesota

When a practical marquis proposes marriage to a vicar's passionate daughter, his unromantic gestures pique her and she decides to teach him that true love is all about pleasure. Original.

The Naked Marquis

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#paperback #dietland #bestbookoftheyear #mustread #humor #funny #satire 

An AMC ORIGINAL SERIES and named Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Amazon, Kirkus Reviews, and others. Dietland is a gutsy, stinging satire of our beauty-obsessed society.



Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House--an underground community of women who reject society's rules--and is forced to confront the real costs of becoming "beautiful."



At the same time, a guerilla group begins terrorizing a world that mistreats women, and Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive.



"A giddy revenge fantasy that will shake up your thinking and burrow under your skin" (Entertainment Weekly), Dietland takes on the beauty industry, gender inequality, and our weight-loss obsession--with fists flying.



"Audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking--Dietland completely blew me away."--Jennifer Weiner

Dietland

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Illinois

One For the Money

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Product Description
Devon Brown won’t eat in the school caf (a germ swamp). He covers his hands before opening doors, eats things in groups of four (his lucky number), and hangs up his shirts (with all their buttons buttoned) by color. Some kids say Devon’s crazy, but he knows better—these are the tricks that keep bad things from happening, and he can’t imagine giving them up. Devon calls it “controlling things.” His doctor calls it obsessive-compulsive disorder. When Devon starts at a new school, his compulsions start to get him in trouble, and before long he realizes that his only choice is to confront his behaviors and the events that trigger them. In a compelling story of growing up different, George Harrar introduces us to a boy who just might change the way we think about “crazy.”

Review
“At once humorous and poignant, frustrating and sympathetic, this will leave readers wondering if they could be a little obsessive-compulsive themselves.” Booklist, ALA

“A novel that may have bibliotherapeutic potential.” School Library Journal

“The novel is a fine and entertaining story of a young man struggling with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder.” VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) —

About the Author
George Harrar is the author of several novels and numerous short stories, one of which was chosen for the 1999 edition of The Best American Short Stories. Harrar lives in Wayland, Massachusetts, with his wife, Linda, a documentary filmmaker. #paperback #novel #funny #strugglingwithobsessive #CompulsiveDisorder #crazy #greatstory

Not as crazy as I seem

#paperback #fiction #romance #romcom #diverseromance #funny #sportsromance 

Intercepted

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Ohio

It’s a day in the life of your average househusband—if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon”! A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but! He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to walk another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1

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Utah

Tess and her opinionated older sister Lauren are spending the week after Christmas at the snowy Evergreen Lodge in Vermont and they aren't happy about it. Their stern grandmother, who owns the holiday resort, is not known for her warmth and good humor. But when shy, straight-laced Tess meets Christopher in the lobby, things are suddenly looking up. And when she decides to get out of her comfort zone and create a bucket list of things to accomplish before the New Year-like singing in public and skiing a black-diamond slope-Christopher is happy to help, even as he keeps a secret that could turn everything upside down. When the ball drops, will Tess and Christopher share a magical kiss-or will Tess start the new year off alone?

New Year's Kiss

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#paperback #floridaman #Floridafiction #florida #funny #wildride


Georgia

Local trivia buff Serge loves inflicting pain. Drug-addled Coleman, his partner in crime, loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with righ dead men's money.

Then there's Sean and David, who love fishing--and helping turtles cross busy thoroughfares. Unfortunately, they're about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen money.

Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs...and the suitcase. A hitman wants Satan to reign supreme. A slimy, insurance-frauding dentist wants his fingers back. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s.

WELCOME TO FLORIDA!

Florida Roadkill

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#hardcover #fiction #stephanieplum #funny The suspenseful #bestseller #evanovich #suspenseful 

Twelve Sharp

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#paperback #fiction #magicrealism #ataleforthetimebeing #funny #adult #humor #depression 

A novelist on a remote island in the Pacific is linked to a bullied and depressed Tokyo teenager after discovering a Hello Kitty lunchbox that washed ashore.

A Tale for the Time Being

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#paperback #juvenilefiction #comics #family #holm #fiction #funny #funread #kids #graphicnovel 

Oregon

Swing It, Sunny

Texas

Just in time for election season, Dan Gutman's hugely popular sequal to THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT is back. Humor, adventure, and excitement will draw kids into the world of white house politics.

Judson Moon has done a big flip-flop. Immediately after being elected President of the United States, he resigned. Now, after a heart-to-heart with his running mate (and ex-babysitter) June Syers, Judd has decided to take office after all: He wants to make a difference.
Being President is anything but easy. Between dealing with a crazed South American dictator and people who are trying to kill him, Judson starts to wonder if it wouldn't be better just to go back to being a kid in Madison, Wisconsin. But with a lot of help from his friends, Judson might just figure everything out.




The Kid Who Became President

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Dog Days 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 

#paperback #waysideschool #childrens #middlegrade #elementary #funny #humor minimal wear, teacher stamp and marker inside front cover 

Corey Henderson, Dan Rollman

The RecordSetter Book of World Records

Robert Lawson

Ben and Me

Lorna Landvik

Patty Jane's House of Curl

Francie Arenson Dickman

Chuckerman Makes a Movie

Yusei Matsui

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1

Get Backland

Aunt Acid's Guide to Life

Charlaine Harris

Dead in the Family

Mike Thaler; Jared Lee (Illustrator)

The Field Day from the Black Lagoon

Mindy Kaling

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)

R. D. Rosen; Rob Battles; Harry Prichett; R. D. Rosen; Rob Battles; Harry Prichett

Bad Dog

Sally Mackenzie

The Naked Marquis

Sarai Walker

Dietland

Janet Evanovich

One For the Money

George Harrar

Not as crazy as I seem

Alexa Martin

Intercepted

Kousuke Oono

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1

Lee Matthews

New Year's Kiss

Tim Dorsey

Florida Roadkill

Janet Evanovich

Twelve Sharp

Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

Jennifer L Holm & Matthew Holm

Swing It, Sunny

Dan Gutman

The Kid Who Became President

Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Louis Sachar

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger