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That's Not Funny, That's Sick

The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream

by Ellin Stein ...

"Smart, knowing, and deeply reported, the definitive history of one of modern American humor’s wellsprings." —Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland, host of NPR’s Studio 360Labor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called The National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists including ... Read more

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"Smart, knowing, and deeply reported, the definitive history of one of modern American humor’s wellsprings." —Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland, host of NPR’s Studio 360Labor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called The National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists including
... Read more

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That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick

The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream

by Ellin Stein ...

Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

The untold story behind a revolution in American comedyLabor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called the National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists such as Michael O'Donoghue and P. J. O'Rourke, popularized a smart, caustic, ironic brand of humor that has become the dominant ... Read more

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The untold story behind a revolution in American comedyLabor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called the National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists such as Michael O'Donoghue and P. J. O'Rourke, popularized a smart, caustic, ironic brand of humor that has become the dominant
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How Dante Can Save Your Life

The Life-changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem

by Rod Dreher ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

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10 hours 34 min

Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times bestselling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related ... Read more

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Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times bestselling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related
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Mary Queen of Scots

by Antonia Fraser ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

25 hours 3 min

She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape, and even ... Read more

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She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape, and even
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J. D. Salinger

A Life

by Kenneth Slawenski ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

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19 hours 17 min

One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography that Peter Ackroyd in the Times of London calls "energetic and magnificently researched"—a book from which "a true picture of Salinger emerges." Filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews, letters ... Read more

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One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography that Peter Ackroyd in the Times of London calls "energetic and magnificently researched"—a book from which "a true picture of Salinger emerges." Filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews, letters
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Egghead

Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

by Bo Burnham ...

A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians?Ä¶Bo Burnham was a precocious teenager living in his parents' attic when he started posting material on YouTube. 100 million people viewed those videos, turning Bo into an online sensation with a huge and dedicated following. Bo taped his first of two Comedy ... Read more

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A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians?Ä¶Bo Burnham was a precocious teenager living in his parents' attic when he started posting material on YouTube. 100 million people viewed those videos, turning Bo into an online sensation with a huge and dedicated following. Bo taped his first of two Comedy
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Mark Twain

A Life

by Ron Powers ...

Series series An American Literary History
“Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine." —Los Angeles TimesA magnificent and insightful biography of legendary writer Mark Twain and a great American story.Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“Powers brings to vivid life Twain's America...No biography of Mark Twain could do him full justice. Powers' comes as close as you can imagine." —Los Angeles TimesA magnificent and insightful biography of legendary writer Mark Twain and a great American story.Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his
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A Comrade Lost and Found

A Beijing Memoir

by Jan Wong ...

A "suspenseful, elegantly written" account of the author's return to China after thirty years to search for the woman she betrayed to the authorities ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In the early 1970s, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Jan Wong traveled from Canada to Beijing University—where she would become one of only two Westerners permitted to study. One day a fellow student, Yin ... Read more

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A "suspenseful, elegantly written" account of the author's return to China after thirty years to search for the woman she betrayed to the authorities ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In the early 1970s, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Jan Wong traveled from Canada to Beijing University—where she would become one of only two Westerners permitted to study. One day a fellow student, Yin
... Read more
Plain Secrets

An Outsider among the Amish

by Joe Mackall ...

Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. They are the most traditional and insular of all the Amish sects: the Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned chairs in their homes; and without rumspringa, the recently popularized "running-around time" that ... Read more

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Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. They are the most traditional and insular of all the Amish sects: the Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned chairs in their homes; and without rumspringa, the recently popularized "running-around time" that
... Read more
Lord of Publishing

A Memoir

by Sterling Lord ...

A frank and insightful memoir of a life spent in publishing, by one of literature's most legendary agentsSterling Lord has led an extraordinary life, from his youth in small-town Iowa to his post-war founding and editing of an English-language magazine in Paris, followed by his move to New York City to become one of the most powerful literary agents in the field. As agent to Jack Kerouac, Ken ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A frank and insightful memoir of a life spent in publishing, by one of literature's most legendary agentsSterling Lord has led an extraordinary life, from his youth in small-town Iowa to his post-war founding and editing of an English-language magazine in Paris, followed by his move to New York City to become one of the most powerful literary agents in the field. As agent to Jack Kerouac, Ken
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Almost a Family

by John Darnton ...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father’s shadow.John was eleven months old when his father, Barney Darnton—a war correspondent for *The New York Times—*was killed in World War II, but his absence left a more profound imprint on the family than any living father could have. John’s mother, a well-known ... Read more

$13.99 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father’s shadow.John was eleven months old when his father, Barney Darnton—a war correspondent for *The New York Times—*was killed in World War II, but his absence left a more profound imprint on the family than any living father could have. John’s mother, a well-known
... Read more
Life Around The Gnat Line

Reflections of a Small Town Girl

by Johnnie W. Lewis ...

Growing up as the only daughter and eldest child of five to a Navy Chief Petty Officer may have warped author Johnnie W. Lewis more than she realizes at times. But, as laughter is the best medicine, she uses her finely honed sense of humor to tell tales of nostalgia, childhood with younger brothers, marriage and parenthood, and college days -- all with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek! ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Growing up as the only daughter and eldest child of five to a Navy Chief Petty Officer may have warped author Johnnie W. Lewis more than she realizes at times. But, as laughter is the best medicine, she uses her finely honed sense of humor to tell tales of nostalgia, childhood with younger brothers, marriage and parenthood, and college days -- all with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek!
... Read more

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