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"This hysterical female is teaching us all how to laugh again, be brave again, and live again. Start reading and get ready to be inspired, laugh your face off, and accomplish your dreams." - Jenni Pulos, star of Bravo's Flipping Out Author Kristin Giese proves she can deliver a laugh as effortlessly as she can a lesson in Another Hysterical Female. This book features a collection of mostly funny stories from Kristin's life to fix us, the author included. Her approach is somewhat of a modern-day Mary Poppins - minus the fact that Mary never pulled a vibrator out of her carpetbag. Kristin's brand of humor is the exact spoonful of sugar we need to help our heartache go down. Another Hysterical Female reads like an exploration in what it is to be a woman today. Kristin's stories are real, vulnerable, disarmingly honest, and hysterically funny. The entire book unfolds as if you were seated next to her at a dinner party, conversational and unexpectedly hilarious. You'll start as strangers but by dessert, she'll be the best friend you just hadn't met yet. In Another Hysterical Female, Kristin regales us with stories from her childhood, life in entertainment as a talent manager, publicist, and producer, as well as the things she's learned running her own company - all to shed light on how what has hurt us can also point us toward what could radically heal us. "If trauma had a tagline, it would be: If you don't laugh, I'll make you cry. It's like a bully on the playground, holding us back from our happiness. In reality, we don't have to get over what has hurt us to move forward in life, but we do have to stop believing that we are what has hurt us if we truly want to build our happiness. I'm spilling the beans on what has hurt me in the hopes of doing just that in my own life." WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK:
"Kristin is the best friend you never knew you needed. Her advice is savvy, compassionate, and all told with a wry wit that will have you rolling. A must read for any young woman about to start her adult life. A relatable read for any woman who's tried to balance life. And a fun read for just about any person who's lived life at all. Just read it. You're welcome." - Paige Davis, star of TLC's Trading Spaces "I read Another Hysterical Female in one afternoon. I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop laughing. You won't be able to either." - Katrina B., Florida "I love the way this author tells a story. I follow her on instgram and couldn't wait to read her book. It did not disappoint." - Julie H., California "I laughed out loud. I cried out loud, too. This book is like a survival guide for your soul." - Kristin C, Ohio "I didn't know what to expect, and yet somehow it surpassed my expectations. Read it right now." - Janet W. - Ohio "I bought a copy for me. As soon I turned the last page, I ordered three more for my closest friends. It's that good...and that funny." - Heather A., Colorado "I've worked with Kristin in the past and she shows up just like she does on the page -hilarious, super smart, inspiring, and disarmingly honest. Get this book." - Brooke A., New York "I love this author. She is hysterically funny and radically honest, both of which will fuel you in ways that we all need right now." - Lindsay G., New York "I didn't know this author before I started reading, and now I feel like we're the same person." - Janet W., Chicago "This book changed me. Period." - Anthony G., New York "This author writes like a mom hiding carrots in the pizza sauce. So much goodness is tucked inside each story, you get the vitamins without even seeing them coming. Read it now." - Michelle M., Atlanta
"Kristin is the best friend you never knew you needed. Her advice is savvy, compassionate, and all told with a wry wit that will have you rolling. A must read for any young woman about to start her adult life. A relatable read for any woman who's tried to balance life. And a fun read for just about any person who's lived life at all. Just read it. You're welcome." - Paige Davis, star of TLC's Trading Spaces "I read Another Hysterical Female in one afternoon. I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop laughing. You won't be able to either." - Katrina B., Florida "I love the way this author tells a story. I follow her on instgram and couldn't wait to read her book. It did not disappoint." - Julie H., California "I laughed out loud. I cried out loud, too. This book is like a survival guide for your soul." - Kristin C, Ohio "I didn't know what to expect, and yet somehow it surpassed my expectations. Read it right now." - Janet W. - Ohio "I bought a copy for me. As soon I turned the last page, I ordered three more for my closest friends. It's that good...and that funny." - Heather A., Colorado "I've worked with Kristin in the past and she shows up just like she does on the page -hilarious, super smart, inspiring, and disarmingly honest. Get this book." - Brooke A., New York "I love this author. She is hysterically funny and radically honest, both of which will fuel you in ways that we all need right now." - Lindsay G., New York "I didn't know this author before I started reading, and now I feel like we're the same person." - Janet W., Chicago "This book changed me. Period." - Anthony G., New York "This author writes like a mom hiding carrots in the pizza sauce. So much goodness is tucked inside each story, you get the vitamins without even seeing them coming. Read it now." - Michelle M., Atlanta
David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (Us and Them); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French (Jesus Shaves); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm (Let It Snow); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations (Six to Eight Black Men); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like (The Monster Mash); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry (Cow and Turkey). No matter what your favorite holiday, you won't want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called one of the funniest writers alive (Economist).
If animals could talk, what would they say? Certainly nothing polite, according to this hilarious illustrated book. On these pages, you'll meet over 100 illustrated animals showing the whole range of human emotions and foibles, from sassy to grumpy, arrogant to dejected, glib to nonplused. How old did you say you were? asks the cougar. Rise and shine, assholes, trills the bird. Ball is life, proclaims the hamster. I have zero interest in seeing you later, quoth the alligator. Giggle and belly laugh your way through this definitely not-for-kids, probably not-safe-for-work collection of brilliant insights into the filthy animals all around us.
The nationally syndicated comic strip, Pajama Diaries, details the personal life of Jill Kaplan, a contemporary working mom trying to juggle it all-work life, family life, and sex life (or lack thereof)-without going completely bonkers. The characters age in real time so readers can enjoy and relate to each new challenge that awaits Jill and her family. It contains all-time favorite full-color daily and Sunday strips. Multitasking families everywhere will certainly see themselves in this funny, contemporary cartoon.
I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1929. Second book in the Smitty Series of Walter Berndt comic strips, which were originally published in The Chicago Tribune. Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine; spine frayed, faded, scuffed; covers soiled and scuffed; corners bumped; inner hinges cracked at endpapers, but binding is tight and interior is clean. G
OY VEY!!! My children think I'm Meshugana so before I leave this world I need to prove them wrong. For over 20 years I have collected humorous stories and jokes. My kids would probably just throw them all away after I'm gone. But . . . if I put them in a book, they wouldn't think I was so Meshugana after all. Right? So, here's my second book, "Who Said Jews Aren't Funny?" a compilation of the best of the best of the best Jewish humor I have amassed. This book makes a great gift and belongs in every Jewish home. My first book, "You're Gonna Laugh," published in 2008 is a compilation of general humor. And watch for "Politics Is A Joke" coming out soon."