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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

A Novel

A cloth bag containing 10 paperback copies of the title, 1 large print edition, 1 audio book, that may also include a folder with sign out sheets.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Observations from Grumpy Cat (Grumpy Cat Book, Cat Gifts for Cat Lovers, Crazy Cat Lady Gifts)

In a world filled with inspirational know-it-alls and quotable blowhards, only one figure is indifferent enough to tell the cranky truth: Grumpy Cat. Following the success of her New York Times bestselling debut, everyone's favorite disgruntled feline is back with this demotivational guide to everyday life, love, friendship, and more. Featuring many new photos of Grumpy Cat's famous frown and packed with uninspiring observations, The Grumpy Guide to Life will help anyone get in touch with their inner grouch.

The Grumpy Guide to Life

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Chelsea Handler

A Collection of One Night Stands

In this raucous collection of true-life stories, Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand. You've either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend's irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. Often embarrassing and uncomfortable, occasionally outlandish, but most times just a necessary and irresistible evil, the one-night stand is a social rite as old as sex itself and as common as a bar stool. Enter Chelsea Handler. Gorgeous, sharp, and anything but shy, Chelsea loves men and lots of them. My Horizontal Life chronicles her romp through the different bedrooms of a variety of suitors, a no-holds-barred account of what can happen between a man and a sometimes very intoxicated, outgoing woman during one night of passion. From her short fling with a Vegas stripper to her even shorter dalliance with a well-endowed little person, from her uncomfortable tryst with a cruise ship performer to her misguided rebound with a man who likes to play leather dress-up, Chelsea recalls the highs and lows of her one-night stands with hilarious honesty. Encouraged by her motley collection of friends (aka: her partners in crime) but challenged by her family members (who at times find themselves a surprise part of the encounter), Chelsea hits bottom and bounces back, unafraid to share the gritty details. My Horizontal Life is one guilty pleasure you won't be ashamed to talk about in the morning.

My Horizontal Life

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Indiana

Ghosts

Chuck Palahniuk

Very close to new condition, only read once! Smoke free home! 

North Dakota

As thirteen-year-old Madison tries to figure out how she died and ended up in Hell, she learns how to manipulate the corrupt system of demons and bodily fluids.

Damned

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Having spent several years in and out of hospitals for a life-threatening illness, pragmatic 16-year-old Cam is relocated by her miracle-seeking mother to a town in Maine known for its mystical healing qualities, a place Cam dismisses until she witnesses unusual phenomena and befriends a boy who encourages her to achieve various milestones before she dies. A first novel.

The Probability of Miracles

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Anna Blandford

Illustrated book for cat lovers! Little bit of damage to the cover which is shown in the photos. I have other cat books so make it a bundle!

The Ultimate Book for Cats and Cat Lovers

How to tell if this book is for you:

* Do you cross the street to pat a cat?
* Do people always tag you in cat pictures on social media?
* Do you have a cat shrine at your house?
* Do you wish you were holding a cat right now and not this book? 



Then this book might just be for you!



Discover the hidden benefit of having a cat sit on your lap, the growing trend of JOKO (the joy of kitting out), and what your cat is thinking when it gives you that look of disdain. This is the ultimate book for all cats and cat lovers: the quintessential cat lover, the extreme cat lover, the digital cat lover, and even the cat lover trapped inside a dog lover's body.

I Touched a Cat and I Liked It

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Maria Semple

Book has no damage or bends. No paper folds or marks.

* Instant New York Times Bestseller * Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by PopSugar, one of EW's 20 Best Books of 2016, one of Glamour's Top Ten Books of the Year, and one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016" A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.

Today Will Be Different

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Tina Fey

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence. Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy. (Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)

Bossypants

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Andrew Clements

This author is so good at writing fun books that keep reading fun for kids. I highly enjoyed all of these books and would recommend them to any younger kid. #paperback #fiction #humor #small #frindle #funny #school #andrewclements 

Minnesota

Nick Allen has has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned the classroom into a tropical island? But now Nick is in Mrs Granger's class, it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over.

Frindle

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Gail Honeyman

New York

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick "Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!" --Reese Witherspoon "This wacky, charming novel. . . draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance. . . Hilarious and moving."--People No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . The only way to survive is to open your heart.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Benjamin Franklin

Discover the witty and entertaining side of Benjamin Franklin with "Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School". This book, published by North Atlantic Books in 2003, is a trade paperback that measures 8.5 inches in length, 5.5 inches in width, and 0.3 inches in height. It contains 128 pages of Franklin's essays and letters, showcasing his humor, intelligence, and revolutionary spirit.

Readers will enjoy exploring various topics through Franklin's eyes, including the United States' Revolutionary Period, history, quotations, and literary collections. This biography and autobiography book is written in English and weighs 8 ounces, making it easy to carry around. Whether you're a history buff or a fan of clever humor, "Fart Proudly" is a must-read book that will leave you entertained and impressed with Benjamin Franklin's brilliance.

Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School

A mention of flatulence might conjure up images of bratty high school boys or lowbrow comics. But one of the most eloquent—and least expected—commentators on the subject is Benjamin Franklin. The writings in Fart Proudly reveal the rogue who lived peaceably within the philosopher and statesman. Included are "The Letter to a Royal Academy"; "On Choosing a Mistress"; "Rules on Making Oneself Disagreeable"; and other jibes. Franklin's irrepressible wit found an outlet in perpetrating hoaxes, attacking marriage and other sacred cows, and skewering the English Parliament. Reminding us of the humorous, irreverent side of this American icon, these essays endure as both hilarious satire and a timely reminder of the importance of a free press.

Fart Proudly

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Michelle Rial

This book is pre-owned in good condition with minor scratches and wear on cover if any. Please look at all pictures for more details.

California

How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same

"A book of humorous charts on serious topics, fun distractions from the big issues, and personal essays on the author's struggles with chronic pain, grief, and anxiety"--

Maybe This Will Help

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#paperback #fiction #Romance #beachread #cotswolds #feelgood #humor #romance #vacation 

Pennsylvania

From New York Timesand #1 international bestselling queen of romantic women's fiction Jill Mansell comes a poignant, funny, feel good storyabout second chances and finding your way home. They never thought they'd see him again... Didi Laing met her first love, Shay Mason, on a magical winter visit to Venice. For six months after that they were rapturously happy together and Shay came to work at Didi's parents' hotel in the Cotswolds. One event changed everything, shocking the town, and leading to Shay's disappearance. In the thirteen years after Shay walked out, no one expects ever to hear from him again. Then one day, out of the blue, Shay returns to Elliscombe to fulfill his father's dying wish and unintentionally upends Didi's life.Moving into the best suite in her hotel sparks all kinds of rumors and sets off a chain of events that affects the whole town. The residents of Elliscombe all have their own stories and secrets, more intertwined than anyone could have guessed...

And Now You're Back

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#paperback #fiction #satire #humor #literaryfiction #modernclassic #womens #american #femaleauthor


Texas

Days and nights at Cafe Julien as experienced by its customers and their lives, problems, and futures are given to the reader

The Wicked Pavilion

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Priya worked hard to pursue her premed dreams at Stanford, but the fallout from undiagnosed Lyme disease sends her back to her childhood home in New Jersey during her sophomore year—and leaves her wondering if she’ll ever be able to return to the way things were. 

Thankfully she has her online pen pal, Brigid, and the rest of the members of “oof ouch my bones,” a virtual support group that meets on Discord to crack jokes and vent about their own chronic illnesses.

When Brigid suddenly goes offline, Priya does something out of character: she steals the family car and drives to Pennsylvania to check on Brigid. Priya isn’t sure what to expect, but it isn’t the horrifying creature that's shut in the basement. 

With Brigid nowhere to be found, Priya begins to puzzle together an impossible but obvious truth: the creature might be a werewolf—and the werewolf might be Brigid. As Brigid's unique condition worsens, their friendship will be deepened and challenged in unexpected ways, forcing them to reckon with their own ideas of what it means to be normal.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses 

New Jersey

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

"Hilarious, heart-warming, wise." -- Paula Hawkins

A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman's messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey

Maggie is fine. She's doing really good, actually. Sure, she's broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée(tm).

Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and "get back out there" sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way.

Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call "happiness". This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.

Really Good, Actually

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#humor #cartoons #pets #cats #dogs #giftbook 

Washington

A Collection of Undomesticated Pet Cartoons

Talk to the Tail, 'cause the whiskers ain't listening

Michael Moore

Excellent, collectible condition. With dust cover

New Hampshire

Notes George W. Bush's affiliations with Enron and big oil, presenting a tongue-in-cheek plan for ending his political career while charging political leaders with enabling a growing divide between American classes.

Dude, Where's My Country?

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#hardcover #nonfiction #humor #science #randallmunroe 

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

The creator of the incredibly popular webcomic xkcd presents his heavily researched answers to his fans' oddest questions, including “What if I took a swim in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool?” and “Could you build a jetpack using downward-firing machine guns?” 100,000 first printing.

What If?

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Judd Apatow

Pages perfect, some marks and bends in the paper cover.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Conversations about Life and Comedy

The director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin presents a collection of uproarious and intimate conversations with some of today's most popular comedians, drawing on his teenage radio hosting days to include pieces from the early years, in a book that includes interviews with such names as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Sandra Bernhard. Illustrations.

Sick in the Head

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Wisconsin

Fans will be entertained and kept on the edge of their seats with this reader's consistently informative and funny excerpts on music, history, science and pop culture. Fantastic footers run throughout and comprise a book-within-a-book of strange and stunning facts. Some of this edition's highlights include "The First Star Trek Convention," "The History of Political Parties," "The Story of Garlic," "The History of Chocolate" and "The Origin of the Match and Paperclip."A light-hearted, easy-to-read format makes this captivating compendium of cultural lore accessible to all ages. And, for bathroom convenience, this clever book is organized by content and by length: short, medium, long and, for a leg-numbing experience, the ever-popular "Extended Sitting Section."Readers of this hilarious series have been laughing their pants off for over 13 editions. Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader is an ideal gift and really is a perfect finishing touch for any bathroom.

Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader

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#paperback #fiction #humor #comedy #davidsedaris #nonfiction #enjoyable 

A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked", presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback.

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

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My Horizontal Life

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Ghosts

Chuck Palahniuk

Damned

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The Probability of Miracles

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I Touched a Cat and I Liked It

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Today Will Be Different

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Fart Proudly

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Maybe This Will Help

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And Now You're Back

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The Wicked Pavilion

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Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Really Good, Actually

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Talk to the Tail, 'cause the whiskers ain't listening

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Dude, Where's My Country?

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What If?

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Sick in the Head

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