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New York Times bestseller • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. “I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David. Named one of the best books of the year by Cosmopolitan, Vulture, and Parade. If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—metaphorically and, occasionally, physically.

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Audie Award Winner, Humor Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unmissable essay collection that echoes his droll, irreverent voice. When actor Leslie Jordan learned he had "gone viral," he had no idea what that meant or how much his life was about to change. On Instagram, his uproarious videos have entertained millions and have made him a global celebrity.

Frances Kuffel wasn’t a Victoria’s Secret model, but she wasn’t so bad. Why couldn’t she find her Mr. Right? As Shakespeare said, the course of true love never did run smooth, but for Kuffel, it seemed like one pothole after another… In this sharp and irreverent memoir, Frances Kuffel recalls her quest to replace her on-again, off-again lover with someone new and preferably less unstable. Fifty-three and never married, Frances opens her mind to all possibilities.

Everyone says they would like to retire early, but Rodney Rothman actually did it—forty years early. Burnt out, he decides at the age of twenty-eight to get an early start on his golden years. He travels to Boca Raton, Florida, where he moves in with an elderly piano teacher at Century Village, a retirement community that is home to thousands of senior citizens. Early Bird is an irreverent, hilarious, and ultimately warmhearted account of Rodney's journey deep into the heart of retirement.

From historical to modern ones, these people can really say the oddest things. Eveybody makes mistakes while speaking, but for the rich and famous, those blunders are kept recorded for people to laugh at for the rest of time. Some of these are just plain weird, while others are, let's just say, unique.

J'ai pas seulement ri à en essuyer mes lunettes, j'ai hurlé au point où ma blonde m'a demandé de quitter la pièce. François écrit vraiment, vraiment bien. – Michel Barrette Je trouvais François Morency drôle, mais ce n'est rien à côté de ses parents. J'attends leur spectacle avec impatience. – Guy A Lepage Il ne manque qu'une chose à ce livre: l'adresse des parents de François, afin qu'on puisse vivre nous aussi ces échanges savoureux et remplis d'affection. Lisez ce livre!

Professeur de philosophie au niveau collégial, Jérôme Cotte s'intéresse à ce que les grands philosophes de toutes les époques ont dit ou écrit sur l'humour; il fait des liens avec ce que font ou disent les humoristes modernes du Québec ou d'ailleurs.

From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong.

New York Times Bestseller - A Glamour Best Book of the Year. A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike" (Parade). "Brilliant and one of the funniest people I've ever read." - Roxane Gay. "The king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread." - Jia Tolentino. "Absolutely hilarious....

National bestseller - The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of "funny and compulsively readable" (Vogue), "hilarious and incisive" (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after. "How is it possible that I liked this book even more than his last one?