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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...
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English
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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...
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Judy Moody volume 3
Language
Español
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En clase de ciencias, Judy se entera de que se están destruyendo los bosques tropicales, de que hay muchos animales en peligro de extinción y de que el planeta entero tiene serios problemas ambientales. Entonces Judy lanza una cruzada ecologista.
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Series
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
A high-jumping frog named Daniel Webster ... A town so boastfully free of corruption that one visitor decides to test its mettle ... A man who buys a burglar alarm only to have it stolen with his other possessions. Such are the results when a traditional American genre, the tall tale, are put into the hands of a true American genius, Mark Twain. A collection of 13 stories.
15) The pig did it
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Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A whimsical first installment of a new trilogy parodying traditional Irish themes finds a notorious porcine instigator wreaking havoc in the lives of star-crossed lovers, perpetuators of family feuds, and melodramatic heroes throughout the wild Irish land and seascape.
16) Leaving home
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
In this collection of stories about small-town life, Dale takes a step toward manhood and Darlene sets off for Minneapolis to begin a new life.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track down the con man. The problem is, Cubbin has disappeared without...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A sequel to the best-selling Nanny Diaries finds Nan returning to New York after 10 years abroad and getting approached by a drunken 16-year-old Grayer X, who describes his parents' brutal divorce and prompts her re-entry into child care for the elite.
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Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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Taking place in an alternate reality, this hilarious and highly sensual story follows American Christina Krabbe who is hired by the King of Alaska to become the wife of his unruly son, Prince David, a business arrangement that leads to chaos, passion, and--eventually--true love. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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