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1) Cheerfulness
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In Cheerfulness, veteran radio host and author Garrison Keillor reflects on a simple virtue that can help us in this stressful and sometimes gloomy era. Drawing on personal anecdotes from his young adulthood into his eighties, Keillor sheds light on the immense good that can come from a deliberate work ethic and a buoyant demeanor. "Adopting cheerfulness as a strategy does not mean closing your eyes to evil," he tells us; "it means resisting our drift...
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"Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Nurse Hadley shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments, offering powerful lessons on facing death, recovering from loss, and how to live your life in this deeply personal memoir. Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in popular culture, even in the medical field. Our understanding of death is riddled with misconceptions: memories flashing...
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A collection of humorous essays chronicle the author's pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite.
Is it possible to be universally beloved? In this collection of humorous essays, Stone chronicle her pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite. In doing so she takes a wry look at the chaos that ensues when we contort ourselves into an ever-changing assortment of socially acceptable shapes-- only to ultimately realize...
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"Layers of pattern bring serious style to any interior and the pages of every shelter magazine currently feature this well-loved look. This bright, lively interior design book is like no other: it shows readers how to choose and use pattern (whether on upholstered furniture, walls, and floors, or in curtains, rugs, and accessories) to create gorgeous room designs. It also teaches readers how to layer pattern for fresh, exciting, personalized spaces....
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and laxative on the same night.
Aunty Acid is the sassy senior created to give "the crazy old lady in all of us" a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away. With her long-suffering husband Walt, Aunty Acid tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything.
Her fanbase is growing by over 1,000 a day as word on her wit and sassy sayings spreads across the internet where she reaches...
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It has been said that providing a fact humorously helps increase the chance of you remembering the facts.
Here I offer you a platter of historical events, hopefully in a humorous way, so that you may either chuckle or say it's ridiculous, boring, or otherwise. I'm willing to bet that you're going to remember some of these humorous facts.
Life is like a train. We can watch the trains go by, or we can get on the train and ride it into the future!
So...
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Fernande habite à Binche, ville de carnaval synonyme de fête, mais elle pourrait aussi bien habiter à Mons, Charleroi, Namur, Liège, Arlon ou dans n'importe quelle autre ville ou village de Wallonie ! Et même à Bruxelles. Fernande, c'est ma voisine. La vraie et la sublimée. La sublime aussi. Fernande, c'est la voisine qu'on a tous un peu. Celle qui nettoie son trottoir à six heures du matin en tablier, celle qui parle plus à son chien qu'à...
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Life is too short to remember to remove a USB safely. Aunty Acid is the sassy senior created to give "the crazy old lady in all of us" a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away. With her long-suffering husband Walt, Aunty Acid tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything. Her fan base is growing by over 1,000 a day as word on her wit and sassy sayings spreads across the internet where she reaches over 3 million people each...
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Kämpften Sie in ihrer Jugendzeit auch mit Föhnfrisuren, modischen Abgründen und beim Musikhören mit dem allgegenwärtigen Bandsalat? Gehörten Sie auch zu den Babyboomern.
Katrin Schäder nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise durch fast fünf Jahrzehnte und quer durch die Republik. Sie streift vor persönlichem Hintergrund typische Lebens- und Glaubensfragen ihrer Generation. Mal zum Schmunzeln, mal leise, immer kurzweilig und mit dem "Genau so war es"-Faktor....
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Wickedly witty and wonderfully wise!
Aunty Acid is the sassy senior created to give "the crazy old lady in all of us" a voice that can be heard from ten blocks away. With her long-suffering husband Walt, Aunty Acid tells it like it is and has her own unique opinions on everything.
Her fanbase is growing by over 1,000 a day as word on her wit and sassy sayings spreads across the internet where she reaches over 3 million people each week.
Aunty Acid...
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Snoopy is the quintessential cartoon dog smile-bringer. From his bantering with Woodstock to his fantasy life, it's no wonder that he's the most popular Peanuts cartoon character! And he's never more endearing than when he's expressing his ultimate joy of life by doing his happy dance (much to Lucy's dismay!).
In the Keep Calm and Carry On tradition of keeping a stiff upper lip, Keep Calm and Do the Snoopy Dance urges you to maintain peace by celebrating...
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From thankless Thanksgiving turkeys and confusing Christmas conundrums, to less-than-happy Hanukkah horrors and New Year's meltdowns, Wreck the Halls has an icing-smeared disaster for every occasion. With additional chapters on Black Friday, family communication, and navigating the murky waters of politically correct cake greetings (Winter!), Wreck the Halls combines Jen Yates's signature blend of wit and sarcasm with the most hilarious frosting fails...
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Great Hollywood Wit rollicks with hilarious movie lines and backstage zingers-smart, tart, and (in Sir John Gielgud's case) wicked: "Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can't act in any of them." Julia Roberts, fashion buff: "I only put clothes on so that I'm not naked when I go out shopping." Retiring Burt Reynolds: "You can only hold your stomach in for so many years."
Great Hollywood Wit is an unequaled cavalcade of hilarity that you'll laugh...
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In the past society had aphorisms, today we have this hilarious yet deeply profound collection of tweets from the hugely popular @NeinQuarterly. Nein. A Manifesto is the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described "failed intellectual" behind @NeinQuarterly, a "Compendium of Utopian Negation" that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life-and finds it bottomless. Stridently hopeless and charmingly...
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"Nacktschnecken sind Schnecken, die noch kein Haus gefunden haben!" Diesen und vielerlei weitere Mitschnitte aus dem unbeschwerten Kinderalltag, sowie die Top 3 Ausreden bringen die Leser zum Schmunzeln und Lachen. Ein kurzer Abschnitt übersetzt Sprachdreher ins Deutsche und ein weiteres Bonuskapitel "Mamas unter sich" kommt der Einen oder Anderen bestimmt bekannt vor.
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F stands for "funny" in this perfect gift for students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test and needs a good laugh. Celebrating the creative side of failure in a way we can all relate to, F in Exams gathers the most hilarious and inventive test answers provided by students who, faced with a question they have no hope of getting right, decide to have a little fun instead. Whether in science (Q: What is the highest frequency noise that...
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Dive headfirst into the pages of this darkly comical memoir, where Mom's sardonic reply to the question of her smoking habits echoes through the narrative: "Not enough, John. Not nearly enough." Prepare for a journey into the heart of a blue-collar neighborhood, where hard work, hard drinking, hard smoking, and hard language were the order of the day. This riveting tale kicks off by setting the stage by offering a concise account of how this waning...
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The world around you is a dangerous place. It's teeming with savages, thugs, angry toddlers, and disgruntled clowns. And every one of them is secretly mulling a scenario that ends with them kicking you square in the junk. What do you do if you want to take on The Batman and live to brag about it to your kids? What do you do if a rabid alligator picks a fight with your little sister? What do you do if the beloved star of "Forrest Gump" tells you to...
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Vous connaissez certainement celui qui, tous les matins, est coincé dans les embouteillages, celui qui a perdu son portable, celui qui change sa photo de profi l tous les jours ou celui qui ne dort jamais. Vous avez ri de celui à qui il manque un bon zoom aux concerts ou qui ponctue chaque commentaire d'un « no comment » ou d'un « Ok, je sors ». Sans parler de celui qui part en vacances toute l'année ou qui utilise encore le « poke ». Aujourd'hui,...