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2020., Adult, Little Brown and Company Call No: 814.54 S447b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: David Sedaris's best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career. Handpicked by David himself, these are stories that will make you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, from "the funniest man alive" The collection will also feature an introduction by the author; a never-beforecollected story, "Unbuttoned"; and a new interview with David Sedaris.
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2018., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: 814.54 S447c Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, 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. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best."--From publisher.
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-- Snackery :2021., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: 817.6 S447c Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit. There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party - lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background - new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start, you can't by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.
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-- Happy go lucky.2022., Adult, Little Brown and Company Call No: 814.6 S447h Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The best-selling author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scarred America he discovered when he resumed touring.
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-- Let us explore diabetes with owls2013., Little, Brown and company Call No: 814.54 S447l Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.
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c2000., Little, Brown & Co. Call No: 814.54 S447m Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2009., Little, Brown & Co. Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: 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. -Amazon.com.
![Me talk pretty one day [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT73547.JPG "Me talk pretty one day [eBook]")
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c2010., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: Fic Sed Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales features non-human characters in situations that bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members. With original illustrations by Ian Falconer.
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2010., Hachette Audio Call No: CD Fic Sed Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Acclaimed non-fiction author David Sedaris presents a collection of animal-themed essays.
![Squirrel seeks chipmunk [CD]](/Library/images/~imageCT76863.JPG "Squirrel seeks chipmunk [CD]")
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2008., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: 814.54 S447w Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated.--From publisher description.
