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Based on a beloved ten-part series in the San Francisco Chronicle, Come Back, Como is Steven Winn’s tender and hilarious memoir of his uncommonly rich experience with a dog who wanted nothing whatsoever to do with him. With humor and pathos, Winn describes the...
“Vonnegut’s life was a fascinating tragicomedy worthy of his best novels . . . A superbly researched and above all very entertaining biography.” —Blake Bailey, New York Times–bestselling author of Philip Roth: The Biography A New York Times Notable Book A Washington...
This hilarious book confronts every aspect of a flight attendant's absurd world--from the endless array of passenger demands, to the secret language of flight attendants, and a unique version of the Safety Demo Shuffle. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself for a...
From the author of Kitty Cornered comes “a laugh-out-loud chronicle” of household pets who slowly but surely overrun the house (Marty Becker, DVM, Good Morning America).When Bob Tarte and his wife Linda brought a rabbit into their rural Michigan home, they didn’t...
In this “engrossing peek into a little-known chapter of World War II, and one family’s harrowing tale of finding the lost pieces of its own history” (Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Liar Temptress Solider Spy), a woman sets out to track down the...
A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters—and the inescapable effects of time—from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L’Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family...
An NPR Best Book of the Year:“A heady hybrid of science, history, how-to and memoir” about a great composer, a common bird, and our bond with nature (Los Angeles Times). On May 27, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who...
WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION“Playful and poignant . . . will be enjoyed by readers of the best dog tales, such as The Art of Racing in the Rain, for its ability to evoke both the aggravation and deep love that dogs foster.”—BookPageIn this...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a celebration of the aging process. Not just Dave's, but that of the whole Baby Boom Generation--those millions of us who set a standard for whining self-absorption that will never be equaled, and who gave birth to such...
“Written with a gentle, wry humor that recalls Bill Bryson,” (The New York Times), this international bestseller about a modern pilgrimage by one of Germany’s most popular comedic entertainers has struck a nerve.Overweight, overworked, and physically unfit, Kerkeling...