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Faster than you can dial 9-1-1, author Leland Gregory delivers his follow-up to What's the Number for 911 with more real-life calls to the country's emergency operators. What's the Number for 911 Again' answers the urgent call for more of these wacky conversations. "Can you unplug my coffeepot I left on at my house" "Where can I get rid of my Christmas tree" Amazing and hilarious!
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"Perfect summertime reading-preferably with a friend nearby who can be constantly interrupted with unsettling facts." -Daily Mail (UK )
Benjamin Franklin was a pioneering scientist, leader of the Enlightenment, and a founding father of the United States. But perhaps less well known is that he was also the first person to use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on an electric-shock victim. Odder still, it was actually mouth-to-beak resuscitation on a hen...
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From the wildly popular Instagram account, Disappointing Affirmations hilariously counters the culture of relentless toxic positivity with a realistic take on a disappointing world where failure is always an option, but that's okay.
Pairing lovely vacation photos taken by the author himself with sayings that are amusingly self-critical, encouraging, disillusioned, or all three at once, Tarnowski points to feelings commonly...
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To really bond with our much-loved dogs, we need to understand what they're trying to tell us
From the position of their ears to the wag of their tails, dogs are skilled communicators and they're eager to let us know how they feel. While we mostly rely on words to express ourselves, dogs mainly talk to us, and each other, through a series of facial expressions, body language, and doggie behavior.
This beautifully illustrated book of canine communication...
5) Who Is She
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People around her, however, don't want that to happen. They just want to upset her because they like to compare. They don't know that they're killing her emotionally when they're comparing like that. She hates being compared, and she hates it when they keep doing that. They keep telling her that she is no good. What is her response? Her response is silence.
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Because I Was a Failure"I've failed you. I know I couldn't make you proud, mom and dad. I failed that goddamn exam. It's my fault. Because I didn't try hard enough. I'm sorry. I made everyone disappointed. I made my Gods (father & mother) cry. The tear from your eye, it's telling me that I've let you down. I'm sorry. There is nothing I can say instead of 'sorry.' "I'm truly sorry for being a terrible kid. I know I am not perfect. I ain't doing any...
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Curious, cute, and seriously quirky, cats are a conundrum wrapped in fur. Do you want to learn more about your feline friends?
Often a confusing mixture of affectionate and aloof, spending much of the day snoozing yet being right there where a can of food is opened, cats are the definition of unknowable-or are they? Some things you may not have known about your cat:
• Cats have a reputation as discerning eaters but they actually have very few...
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Have you ever been at work, and someone did something that pissed you off? Like being in a meeting and it's always that one person who thinks they are smarter than everyone, but they really aren't, annoying the heck out of everyone with their irrelevant questions? Or what about the person who uses the bathroom but does not wash their hands after they are done! They want to shake everybody's hands, but they didn't care enough to run those hands through...
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Même si les réseaux sociaux constituent d'importants outils de communication avec les amis et la famille et qu'ils sont un moyen indispensable de recherche de savoir et d'informations, leur utilisation 24/7 n'est pas conseillée pour la santé mentale. Aujourd'hui, des personnes sont devenues dépendantes des réseaux sociaux, entraînant une baisse considérable de l'activité physique chez celles-ci. Si vous êtes devenus dépendants des réseaux...
10) Tenderloin
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Can killing be an act of love? Hypnotic, gruesome, and exultant, Joy Sorman's macabre ballet whirls from industrial slaughterhouses to the boutique butcher shops of Paris.
Pim is a delicate youth-stringy, solemn, and prone to bouts of unexplained weeping. When he enrolls in trade school as an apprentice butcher, his mentors have low expectations, but his lanky body conceals a peculiar flame: a passionate devotion to animals. In an industry that strives...
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Fear!!! Scary, right? But what if the only thing we shouldn't fear is fear itself?
In this era of economic turmoil, climate catastrophe, and cliques of cool teens just waiting to make fun of your shoes, we live in a heightened state of fear. We're afraid of the world and afraid of each other-but not nearly as afraid as we should be! And this absurdly hilarious survival guide demonstrates that being afraid of literally everything is the only guaranteed...
12) Splitsville
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Jem and Nai may be twins, but as two halves of a split soul, they are as different as night and day. After losing their lives in a boating accident, the teens are recruited by Order to replace the recently departed Guardian of Blackbird. Their job? To protect and save the souls of the lost before they fall to the Discordant. A simple task under ordinary circumstances, but the town of Blackbird is far from ordinary.It would be bad enough if their arrival...
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El Súper Mega Gran Libro Gordo de los ChistesMás gordo que el libro Gordo de Petete, más Súper que el Mercarrona y más Mega que el Chirincirco del Pedredrol. El Súper Mega Gran Libro Gordo de los Chistes recopila cerca de cinco mil chistes de todos los tiempos para aquellos que desean partirse la caja, el ojete, el culo o el esternón a base de risas. Risas garantizadas, si no te ríes te devolvemos el dinero en tu próxima vida. Palabrita del...
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From the author of funny classics like "How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes" and "The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody." Here in "How to Be a Hermit" are humorous essays and stories discussing house cleaning, cooking, sardines, spinach, clams, lettuce, cabbage, beans, coffee, budgets, entertaining, and the holidays. Will Cuppy (1884-1949) wrote extensively on his life as a hermit, the natural world, and just about anything else that proved...
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The best baby shower, gender reveal, or just-because gift for new grandmothers!
Congratulations, you are going to be a grandmother! And the fun begins with you getting to choose your unique grandmother name. Many of today's grandmas are vibrant, active women-not the "grannies" of yesteryear! From Bubbe to Mimi, Nana to Glamma, The Best Grandmother Names Ever features more than 400 grandma names, along with other fun and enjoyable elements to help...
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"A couple tries to rekindle their relationship through a romantic weekend getaway . . . but everything goes awry. . . . Dark and extremely funny." -Scots Magazine
Struggling with their marriage, midlife empty-nesters Colleen and Andrew plan to spend a week in an isolated cottage-just the two of them. But with a landlord named Wolf who lives next door and won't leave them alone, the couple start to feel like there are three people in their...
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"It's a bit disappointing that zucchini noodle salad has absolutely no noodles in it whatsoever." For fans of life, a humorous, irreverent look at life itself. Dive into a score of original wit and witticism in this collection of honest, contemporary humor in the form of important observations about our everyday world. Comedic quotes and wry perspectives wrapped up in uncommon wisdom leave readers tickled pink-or green, depending on whether you suffer...
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Une énigme est un type particulier de test mental, de jeu ou d'intérêt, dans lequel quelqu'un se voit proposer une énigme/un puzzle, planifié rapidement et explicitement dans le but qu'il puisse tenter de découvrir sa réponse. Cela nécessite régulièrement de la réflexion, de l'instinct et un esprit créatif, souvent excentrique. Un type de détournement ne repose pas sur des informations antérieures, mais sur un exercice psychologique...
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NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER • An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy’s family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico
“One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it.”—Victoria Jamieson, creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered
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“One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it.”—Victoria Jamieson, creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered
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From Rabbis to Relationships, Latkes to lawyers, marriage to miracles, and from chazans to chutzpah, here is a feast of over 1,000 old and new Jewish jokes and witty anecdotes-- and you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy them. The book includes an appendix of terms for those who need to brush up on their kvetching.
"...this clever kosher compilation generates giggles galore." - Publishers Weekly
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