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The awkward thoughts of W. Kamau Bell : tales of a 6' 4", African American, heterosexual, cisgender, left-leaning, asthmatic, Black and proud blerd, mama's boy, dad, and stand-up comedian
by W. Kamau Bell
A memoir and manifesto by the comedian, hit podcast host and star of United Shades of America shares intersectional progressive views on forefront issues ranging from race relations and law enforcement to right-wing politics and parenthood.
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
by Trevor Noah
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time.
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Bossypants
by Tina Fey
The breakout star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock gives a humorous account of her life, as well as behind-the-scenes stories from her hit shows.
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Buffering : unshared tales of a life fully loaded
by Hannah Hart
The star of the award-winning YouTube series My Drunk Kitchen and New York Times best-selling author, stirring up stories from her past, presents a collection of essays about family, faith, love, sexuality, self-worth, friendship and fame.
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Calypso
by David Sedaris
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, David Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself.
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Everything's trash, but it's okay
by Phoebe Robinson
Written in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work. Robinson also gets personal, exploring money problems she's hidden from her parents, how dating is mainly a warmed-over bowl of hot mess, and definitely most important, meeting Bono not once, but twice.
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Fresh off the boat : a memoir
by Eddie Huang
A Taiwanese-American rebel restaurateur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his decision to embrace all he had learned about food in his father's restaurants and his mother's kitchen to create his own culinary identity. Adapted into an acclaimed TV show.
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The girl with the lower back tattoo
by Amy Schumer
An uproarious collection of no-holds-barred personal essays by the Emmy Award-winning comedian reflects on her raucous childhood antics, her hard-won rise in the entertainment industry and her struggles to maintain the courage to approach the world in unstintingly honest ways.
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The greatest love story ever told : an oral history
by Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman
The popular comedic couple trace the story of their relationship, sharing anecdotes, family photos and secrets that reveal how they overcame considerable social differences through their shared values and mutual love of music and laughter.
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Hey mom : stories for my mother, but you can read them too
by Louie Anderson
The Emmy Award-winning actor and stand-up comedian presents a loving tribute to his late mother that shares the wisdom he gleaned from her throughout his life, his ongoing struggles with food and dysfunctional home dynamics and how he learned to laugh at the absurdities that shaped their family.
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Housebroken : admissions of an untidy life
by Laurie Notaro
A new collection of essays from the New York Times best-selling author of The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death describes her personal attempts at mastering the domestic arts, including manners, power outages and entertaining guests.
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How to make white people laugh
by Negin Farsad
Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world through jokes. And yes, sometimes that includes fart jokes. Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of "black," "white," and "Muslim" today-and what it means when white culture defines the culture. Farsad asks the important questions like, What does it mean to have a hyphenated identity? How can we actually combat racism, stereotyping, and exclusion? Do Iranians get bunions at a higher rate than other ethnic groups? (She's asking for a friend.)
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I can't make this up : life lessons
by Kevin Hart
The award-winning actor and comedian presents an inspirational memoir on the importance of believing in oneself, sharing stories about the addiction and abuse that marked his childhood and how his unique way of looking at the world enabled his survival and successful career.
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I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on being a woman
by Nora Ephron
A new collection of witty essays offering a hilarious look at the ups and downs of being a woman of a certain age. The author also discusses the tribulations of maintenance and trying to stop the clock. Her experiences of being a White House intern during the JFK years are also explored.
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I know I am, but what are you?
by Samantha Bee
A Daily Show correspondent turns her unique wit on herself, discussing what it was like to be raised by a Wiccan mother, her parents' uncomfortable sex talks, all the strange jobs she had on the road to The Daily Show and much more.
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I see life through rosé-colored glasses
by Lisa Scottoline
The mother-daughter duo are back, with a collection of essays and true stories about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. This time they're attempting to hike the Grand Canyon, setting up phone calls with their dogs, and learning what adulting means. Told in alternating essays, their take on life is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the funniest moments in life.
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I'm fine...and other lies
by Whitney Cummings
The creator, writer and executive producer of 2 Broke Girls presents a laugh-out-loud personal account of her life and career, detailing her struggles with challenges ranging from anxiety and an eating disorder to relationships and pop therapy.
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Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)
by Mindy Kaling
The Emmy-nominated writer and actress best known as Kelly Kapoor on The Office shares her observations on a wide range of topics from favorite male archetypes, a hatred of dieting, and the haphazard creative process in the Office writers' room.
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The last black unicorn
by Tiffany Haddish
The stand-up comedian and co-star of The Carmichael Show presents a humorous collection of autobiographical essays that reflect her disadvantaged youth as a foster child in South Central Los Angeles, her discovery of her talent for comedy and her struggles with gender, race and class boundaries in the entertainment industry.
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Last words
by George Carlin
An autobiography that the late comedian nearly completed before he died chronicles his storied career, during which he pushed the boundaries of comedy and language and influenced several generations of performers.
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Like brothers
by Mark Duplass
The critically acclaimed writers, directors, producers and stars of such hit projects as The League, Transparent and The Mindy Project share the secrets behind their creative partnership, offering insight into their balance between innovation and commercial viability, the dynamics of the Hollywood machine and the challenges of collaborating professionally with a loved one.
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Look alive out there : essays
by Sloane Crosley
A latest collection of essays by the award-winning author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake shares her trademark, laugh-out-loud observations on subjects ranging from scaling active volcanoes and crashing shivas to assisted fertility and playing herself on Gossip Girl.
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Maeve in America : essays by a girl from somewhere else
by Maeve Higgins
A collection of essays from an Irish memoirist, comedian and popular podcaster reflects on her life after moving from the Emerald Isle to New York City and discusses the plagues of over-politeness and expensive clothing.
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The misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
by Issa Rae
Essays on the challenges of being black and introverted in a world that glorifies "cool" behavior, drawn from the author's award-winning social media series, share self-deprecating perspectives on such topics as cybersexing, weight, and self-acceptance.
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My life as a goddess : a memoir through (un)popular culture
by Guy Branum
In this collection of personal essays, Guy talks about finding a sense of belonging at Berkeley--and stirring up controversy in a newspaper column that led to a run in with the Secret Service. He recounts the pitfalls of being typecast as the "Sassy Gay Friend," and how, after taking a wrong turn in life (i.e. law school), he found standup comedy and artistic freedom.
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My squirrel days
by Ellie Kemper
The comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman’s journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed : And Other Things I've Learned
by Alan Alda
A dramatic and entertaining memoir by the award-winning actor and director describes growing up with a schizophrenic mother and renowned actor father, looking at the various turning points in his life and exploring the world around him with humor, adventure, love, and curiosity.
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The princess diarist
by Carrie Fisher
The Hollywood icon best known for her role in "Star Wars" shares interconnected essays exploring her life as the child of Hollywood royalty, adventures on the sets of "Star Wars," and struggles with bipolar disorder.
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Revolution for dummies : laughing through the Arab Spring
by Bassem Youssef
Known as "The Jon Stewart of Egypt," the creator of Egypt's popular incendiary news lampoon, The Program, chronicles his transition from heart surgeon to political satirist while sharing crucial insights into the Arab Spring, the Egyptian Revolution, and the turbulence of the modern Middle East.
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Scrappy little nobody
by Anna Kendrick
A collection of whimsical autobiographical essays recounting memorable milestones from her New England upbringing to the blockbuster films that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses.
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So close to being the sh*t, y'all don't even know
by Retta
The Hollywood star of such hit series as Parks and Recreation and Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce presents an uproarious collection of essays that trace her upbringing by hardworking Liberian parents, the events that shifted her career focus from medicine to comedy and the ways that her successes have been shaped by fear and circumstance.
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There are no grown-ups : a midlife coming-of-age story
by Pamela Druckerman
The best-selling author of Bringing Up Bébé charts the largely unexplored realities of being a 40-something in today's world, in a latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays that examines the decade as a milestone less associated with midlife than by the disconnects of social media, the French perspectives about libido and the challenges of raising kids while caring for aging parents.
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This will only hurt a little
by Busy Philipps
A hilarious, heartfelt, and refreshingly honest memoir by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, and Cougar Town who has become a breakout star of Instagram stories. Imagine I Love Lucy mixed with a modern lifestyle guru.
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Vacationland : true stories from painful beaches
by John Hodgman
The best-selling author of That Is All presents a memoir of his cursed travels through the woods of Massachusetts and coastal Maine, describing his midlife transformation from an idealistic youth to an eccentric family man and his observations on such subjects as the horror of freshwater clams and the evolutionary purpose of the mustache.
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
by Samantha Irby
The woman behind "Bitchesgottaeat.com" shares stories of her life from a failed "Bachelorette" application and awkward sexual encounters to a romantic vacation and ill-fated pilgrimage to scatter her estranged father's ashes in Nashville.
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Yes please
by Amy Poehler
A first-person account by the Golden Globe-winning actress best known for her work on Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live includes coverage of such topics as her relationships with caregivers and her friendship with Tina Fey.
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You're on an Airplane : A Self-mythologizing Memoir
by Parker Posey
Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with Parker as your seat companion, perhaps? Parker's irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting memoir gives you the incredible opportunity. Full of personal stories, whimsical how-tos, recipes, and beautiful handmade collages created by the author herself, You're On an Airplane is a delight in every way.
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