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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Back Bay Books: June 1995

Seller ID: 241204

ISBN: 0316779423

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date wi...
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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: June 1995

Seller ID: 313073

ISBN: 0316779423

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date wi...
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Calypso

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $19.98

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: June 2018

Seller ID: 307502

ISBN: 0316392383

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a v...
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $14.99

Publisher: Back Bay Books: May 2005

Seller ID: 282561

ISBN: 0316010790

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives -- a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love...
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Holidays on Ice

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2010

Seller ID: 306061

ISBN: 0316078913

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as 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");...
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Holidays on Ice

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2010

Seller ID: 307527

ISBN: 0316078913

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as 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");...
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Holidays on Ice

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2010

Seller ID: 309132

ISBN: 0316078913

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as 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");...
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Holidays on Ice

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $12.99

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2010

Seller ID: 309138

ISBN: 0316078913

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as 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");...
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Holidays on Ice: Stories

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $4.48

Publisher: Back Bay Books: November 1998

Seller ID: 305879

ISBN: 0316779237

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A new holiday classic--six of the most profound Christmas stories by the author of the bestselling Naked and Barrel Fever--is now in a paperback edition perfect for stocking stuffing.
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Me Talk Pretty One Day

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: June 2001

Seller ID: 174925

ISBN: 0316776963

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked," presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback.
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Naked

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: June 1998

Seller ID: 212181

ISBN: 0316777730

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course ) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imminent death. Through it all is Sedaris's u...
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Naked

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: June 1998

Seller ID: 308220

ISBN: 0316777730

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course ) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imminent death. Through it all is Sedaris's u...
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: David Sedaris

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company: June 2014

Seller ID: 232197

ISBN: 1478930233

Binding: Audio CD

Condition: New - New

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.
In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family me...
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2011

Seller ID: 259516

ISBN: 0316038407

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.
In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family me...
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2011

Seller ID: 264913

ISBN: 0316038407

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.
In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family me...
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $15.99

Publisher: Back Bay Books: October 2011

Seller ID: 288062

ISBN: 0316038407

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.
In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family me...
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The Best of Me

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: November 2020

Seller ID: 308828

ISBN: 0316628247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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The Best of Me

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: November 2020

Seller ID: 309240

ISBN: 0316628247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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The Best of Me

By: Sedaris, David

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: November 2020

Seller ID: 309241

ISBN: 0316628247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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