Humor

Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen

RAZOR GIRL begins with a woman set on a scam intentionally running into the car in front of her. Before concluding, the usual tongue-in-cheek Hiaasen characters show up including an ex-cop, the owner of  a crooked erosion company, and even a few giant Gambian rats. 

 

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Carrying Albert Home Homer Hickam

CARRYING ALBERT HOME: THE SOMEWHAT TRUE STORY OF A MAN, HIS WIFE, AND HER ALLIGATOR is a fun tale based on some facts. Before the author's mother met and married Homer Hickam, Sr., her boyfriend was Hollywood song and dance man and star of The Beverly Hillbillies, Buddy Ebson. For a wedding gift, the ex...

The World's Largest Man Harrison Scott Key

THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAN reads more like a novel than a memoir, with a son attempting to be just like his larger-than-life father, but falling short. Along the way, the reader is treated to dynamite humor and finally the realization of a grown man understanding his father, although it took a lifetime to do so.

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Razzmatazz Christopher Moore

RAZZMATAZZ is set in 1947 San Francisco and features a ragtag bunch on a hustle that includes a cool bartender and a local madam taking her girls to the State Hospital. In other words, Christopher Moore has a new novel!

 

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Shakespeare for Squirrels Christopher Moore

SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS picks up where Moore's earlier novel, The Serpent of Venice, ends, finding King Lear's former fool washing up on the shores of Greece, hoping to become Prospero's new jester. Featuring an assortment of classic characters from many of Shakespeare's most beloved plays, including The...

Holidays on Ice David Sedaris

HOLIDAYS ON ICE is a hurt-your-tummy collection of Christmas stories for bad little girls and boys. This is the book that defined David Sedaris.

 

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Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 David Sedaris

THEFT BY FINDING: DIARIES 1977 - 2002 must be the funniest diary on record. This book needs to be read in a sound-proof room to avoid embarrassment! This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last several decades. We will ship it free anywhere...

Calypso David Sedaris

CALYPSO is another fantastic and funny collection of stories from one of the world's finest and twisted comedy minds. This time David sets his razor-sharp wit toward an examination of the foibles of middle age, triggered by the introspections brought on by buying his dream beach house.  This title has...

Dimestore: A Writer's Life Lee Smith

DIME STORE: A WRITER'S LIFE is a delisious look at America's recent past, and the delightful biography of one of the South's most beloved writers. Lee Smith tells all in a manner that is poignant and wise, and most of all enlightening and humorous. his title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic,...

Spelling It Like It Is Tori Spelling

SPELLING IT LIKE IT IS truly is as the title states, a no-holds-barred open book on the television star's life. Included are her own issues bared for all, but there is also a glimpse into her relationship with her father, the famous producer, Aaron Spelling.

 

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