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  A Knack for Embarrassment

  James D. Beers

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  Have you ever wondered why, when you throw a flat rock, it never flies straight...and accidentally hits your sibling in a vital organ? Have you ever survived a night in a den of 40 snorers intent on rearranging your circadian rhythm...forever? Did you ever blow up cuisine in the microwave and then try and hide it from your clairvoyant mother...by sucking it up in her vacuum cleaner? 
  If so, then these stories are right up your alley! 
  Follow the author and his family and friends in their rollicking adventures sledding down the dreaded Sleddin' Road, riding in a Volkswagen Rabbit that expels more exhaust than a convention of chain smokers, and practicing "Premeditated Bear Situation Thinking" while out in the woods. Just try not to laugh as you hear about the cutthroat cookie-decorating contest of Christmas 2007 or as the author guinea-pigs his younger brother in a game of spit wads. Reminiscent of Patrick F. McManus yarns and Erma Bombeck columns, these stories are sure to get you laughing. 
  Born in Idaho, raised on ice cream, and schooled in calamity and disaster, author James D. Beers tells the "somewhat true" tales of his zany life from a unique and humorous perspective in A Knack for Embarrassment, his first collection of short stories.

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  Rhode Island Blues

  Fay Weldon

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  A move into an old folks’ home marks a new stage of life for both grandmother and granddaughter in this “wry and witty” novel (Entertainment Weekly). 
   
  On one side of the Atlantic, Sophia Moore, an emotionally guarded film editor—troubled by her mother's long-ago suicide and her father's abandonment—overworks, incessantly contemplates her past, and continues an unfulfilling affair with the famous director of her latest movie.  
   
  But when she travels to the other side of the Atlantic to help her octogenarian grandmother Felicity settle into a Rhode Island retirement community, she begins to unravel mysteries about her family history—including the fact that Felicity is not, as she’d thought, her only living relative. Meanwhile, Felicity learns to gamble, falls in love, and uncovers the truth about the residence’s evil nurse Dawn. A hilarious tale of secrets, schemes, and late-life love, Rhode Island Blues is Booker Prize nominee Fay Weldon at her witty best. 
   
  “Smart and funny, Weldon's boldly plotted and finely crafted tale deftly satirizes our infinite capacity for self-delusion.”—Booklist 
   
  “Loaded with lively, appealing characters and satisfying, unpredictable plot turns.”—Elle

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  Twenty Guys You Date in Your...

  Gabi Conti

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  A bitingly funny field guide to modern love from the woman who's dated them all. Read by the Author.Through highly relatable anecdotes from a decade of dating, 20 Guys You Date in Your 20sdives into the joys, frustrations, and hilarity of swiping right on relationships. After a world-shattering breakup in her early twenties, comedian Gabi Conti logged thousands of hours on dating apps, conducting research and gathering intel on our behalf. Real and relatable, this dating guide is laugh-out-loud funny without being prescriptive or cynical.Each chapter focuses on a different type of guy and offers advice on how to deal, from The Guy Who's Great on Paper to The Guy Who Texts "sup" at 2 a.m.Includes charts, quizzes, "Boy Bingo," and a removable, foldout posterCaptures the frustrations, heartache, and hilarity of Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, OkCupid, and all other online dating appsFor the modern, app-using woman, this hilarious dating guide profiles 20 stereotypical men, from their physical appearance and dating style to red flags, tips, and success stories.Filled with charts and quizzes, hysterical anecdotes, and helpful insight from therapists and dating coaches, these pages offer advice and humor in equal measure.Perfect as a funny breakup gift for women or a gift for single friendsOffers sincere advice to cope with dating app horror storiesGreat for fans of How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson, Bye Felipe: Disses, Dick Pics, and Other Delights of Modern Dating by Alexandra Tweten and HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship) by Emily Axford and Brian Murphy

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  The Royalscope Fe-As-Ko

  Randall Platt

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  In The Royalscope Fe-As-Ko, Northwest cattle rancher Royal Leckner finds himself in the middle of another fe-as-ko, this time in 1915 Hollywood. Dreams of stardom for her daughter, Elsie, and for herself entice Royal's wife, E.M., to buy a silent film company. She quickly renames it Royalscope Productions in order to convince her fuming husband it's a gift. When Royal arrives in Hollywood with his two young sons, Chick'n'Tad, everyone gets into the act. There's a nefarious-looking director who might be a crook -- or just a failure. A handsome but shady leading man who might be after Royal's daughter -- or more of his money. A young English professor and scriptwriter who might have dreams -- or designs -- of his own. And then there's Western film star William S. Hart, who happens to look very much like Royal. Or is it the other way around? And whose side is he on? It's hard to tell with all the acting that's going on. Through the homespun storytelling of Royal Leckner, the silent film era of Hollywood takes on a whole new life. Vanity hasn't been this much fun since Thackeray wrote Vanity Fair . Randall Beth Platt has once again taken a fresh, warm, and funny approach to the Old West. And Hollywood to boot.

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  The Girl Who Stole the World

  Lauren Pearson

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  Isabel has always been the most well-behaved girl at Crabtree School, and she's definitely done the most to help the school with the recycling Green planet Award. But when another girl is given the prize, Isabel suddenly isn't sure that being good is the best thing any more. Maybe she should be a little bit naughty for once! And being naughty is fun, until she does something REALLY bad.

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  For Your Consideration: Keanu...

  Larissa Zageris, Kitty Curran

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  For an actor who’s been in so many mega-hits and equally mega misses, it can be tough to track Keanu Reeves's accomplishments. But true fans know that Keanu is so much more than his Bill and Ted persona, both onscreen and off. During his long career—over thirty years, although you wouldn’t know it from his immortal looks—he has constantly subverted Hollywood stereotypes and expectations. He's the type to start his own publishing company, reread Hamlet, write a grown-up children’s book, photobomb people’s weddings, eat lunch alone in the park while looking very sad, and give away his salary to the film crew.For Your Consideration: Keanu Reeves examines the ways in which Keanu strives to be kind and excellent in work and in life. The authors also explore various Internet conspiracies about his age, help you identify which Sad Keanu meme you are, give you the Keanu and Winona Ryder fanfic your heart desires, and much, much more.

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