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  Communist Daze - The Many...

  Vladimir A. Tsesis

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  This darkly comic memoir “reveal[s] much about the poverty, drunkenness, political corruption, anti-Semitism, and fundamental absurdity of rural life in the Soviet 1960s” (Deborah A. Field author of Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev’s Russia).   Welcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible. For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis—inestimable Soviet doctor and irrepressible jester—was stationed in a village where racing tractor drivers tossed vodka bottles to each other for sport; where farmers and townspeople secretly mocked and tried to endure the Communist way of life; where milk for children, running water, and adequate electricity were rare; where the world’s smallest, motley parade became the country’s longest; and where one compulsively amorous Communist Party leader met a memorable, chilling fate. From a frantic pursuit of calcium-deprived, lunatic Socialist chickens to a father begging on his knees to Soviet officials to obtain antibiotic for his dying child, Vladimir’s tales of Gradieshti are unforgettable. Sometimes hysterical, often moving, always a remarkable and highly entertaining insider’s look at rural life under the old Soviet regime, they are a sobering exposé of the terrible inadequacies of its much-lauded socialist medical system.   “To understand the confusing reality of Russia today, it helps to recall the ‘bad old days’ of the late, unlamented Soviet Union. This warm, touching and occasionally hilarious book can assist those recollections.” —Michael Medved, nationally syndicated radio show host

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  Abbott and Costello: Lou's...

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  The opening routine is about leap year and Costello's romance. He's against marriage. Will Costello marry guest Judy Canova?

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  Laugh-Out-Loud Puns Jokes and...

  Rob Elliott

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  Combining over 400 of the best hand-picked jokes, puns, and riddles from three of Rob Elliott's bestselling joke books, this collection is the antidote to boring car rides, hum-drum family dinners, and those moments when kids can't find anything to do (and don't appreciate your suggestions about cleaning their rooms or taking out the trash).  
   
  Perfect for kids ages 9-12 (and, let's face it, those adults you know with that level sense of humor--maybe yourself?), this latest offering from Rob Elliott will have the whole family chuckling, guffawing, snorting milk out their noses, and making various other expressions of glee and merriment.

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  In Search of Nice Americans

  Geoff Steward

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  How one man's mid-career crisis turned into an odyssey into the weirder side of American life.
  Like most of us, Geoff Steward was rocked by 2016's litany of horrors. Unlike most of us, Geoff did something about it.
  Turning his back on his day job as a lawyer - and the requirement to account for every six minutes of his time - Geoff set off across America in hot pursuit of bears, honky-tonk bars and, above all, nice Americans to restore his faith in the world.
  Armed only with his blend of waspish wit and mischievous charm, Geoff roamed from New York to Alaska, meeting ordinary Americans such as Joe le Taxi, the former NYPD police officer who was one of the first on the scene at the Twin Towers; Pam and Bob, a paranoid psychiatrist and a failed actor who once saw the back of Meryl Streep's head; and Sheriff Duke of Calhoun County, who reintroduced Geoff to the long (and armed) arm of the law.
  For anyone at a crossroads, contemplating a temporary or permanent career break, this hilarious travel romp offers a new hope.

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  Vic & Sade

  Original Radio Broadcast

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  On a small street in a small town, there's a small house halfway up in the next block. It's there that you'll find a family unlike any other (except maybe your own). Vic, Sade, and Rush talk about the things that nobody wants to admit they talk about, but everybody does. Art Van Harvey, Bernardine Flynn, and Billy Idelson star as the Gook family.Three people, through disjointed conversation, became a neighborhood, a town and, indeed, a state of mind. For fifteen minutes a day, they came together to create a world of subtle comic genius, bringing to life the brilliant work of scriptwriter Paul Rhymer in Vic and Sade!Episodes Include: Porch Collapses And Rotten Takes Blame 06-13-39; Two Tons of Coal #1 07-05-39; Rush Mad About Preselected School Clothes 08-30-39; Office Invoices Magnifying Glass 09-06-39; Sade Provides Names Of Wildflowers 09-22-39; Vic's Christmas Card List 10-18-39; Five Christmas Card Salesmen 10-30-39; Blue-Tooth Under Gook Davenport 10-31-39; Charlie Razorscum's Fish Picture 11-06-39; Smelly Makes a Speech 11-07-39; Milton's Dirt In Fruit Jars 01-15-40; Y. Y. Flirch Best Looking Man 01-24-40; High School Gossip 02-27-40; Bess Letter Grocery List On Top 03-19-40; Vic Fakes The Coronet 03-27-40; No, Vic, No Trip To Chicago 03-29-40; Rush Must Make A Call On A Girl 04-04-40; Can Blue-Tooth Sue The Bijou? 04-08-40; Nicer To Sleep Over For Two Weeks 04-10-40; Vic's Heart Shaped Face 04-17-40; Engine Cab Ride To Chicago 05-03-40; Working Out Hank's Indebtedness 05-06-40; Vic's Picture Totally Mislabeled 05-15-40; Miz' Scott Getting Too Chummy 05-27-40; Nicer The Goader 05-29-40; Short Bio Of Little Dipper 06-13-40; Freedom Last Day Of School 06-14-40; Mr. Sludge To Sleep Overnight At The Gooks 06-17-40; June Christmas Card Pressure 06-18-40; Vic's Wide Brimmed Hat 06-19-40; Hank's Job Royal Throne Barbershop 06-21-40; Mr. Gumpox Blows Kisses 06-24-40; Ruthie Has Secrets 07-01-40; Mr. Donahue Asks For A Demotion 07-22-40; Sade Shows Razorscum Album 07-23-40; Shake Hands With R.J. Konk 09-18-40; Man Caught In Revolving Door 11-19-40; A Bijou Lifetime Pass 12-17-40; Bess' Letter From 1937 12-23-40; Howard Has A New Harness 12-31-40

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  Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

  Kiran Desai

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  An Indian village descends into comical chaos when a bumbling young man decides to live in a tree in this “enchanting . . . meticulously crafted” novel (The New York Times). 
   
  Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought into a family not quite like other families, in a town not quite like other towns. After years of failure at school, failure at work, of spending his days dreaming in tea stalls, it does not seem as if Sampath is going to amount to much—until one day he climbs a guava tree in search of peaceful contemplation and becomes unexpectedly famous as a holy man, sending his tiny town into turmoil. 
   
  A syndicate of larcenous, alcoholic monkeys terrorizes the pilgrims who cluster around Sampath’s tree, spies and profiteers descend on the town, and none of Desai’s outrageous characters goes unaffected as events spin increasingly out of control.

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