Books tagged with 'essays': 38

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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

by...David Sedaris     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...comedy essays humour
shelved by...alyi baberahamlincln
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entry by...alyi     updated...Jan 01, '09     spoilers...none

It's David Sedaris - it's a win.

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Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington

by...Karl Pilkington     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...british essays humor
shelved by...rychusfeminist
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by...David Sedaris     average rating...3.3 / 5
tags...6708 essays humor nonfiction short stories
shelved by...Jess jo10999 Lauralulu mclauer picklemommy
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entry by...mclauer     updated...Nov 10, '08     spoilers...n/a

As always, David Sedaris entertians with his short essays.

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Three Guineas (Annotated)

by...Virginia Woolf     average rating...none
tags...british economics essays feminism peace_studies
shelved by...rychusfeminist
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Shiksa Goddess: Or, How I Spent My Forties

by...Wendy Wasserstein     average rating...3.0 / 5
tags...broadway essays newyork
shelved by...jill
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Me Talk Pretty One Day

by...David Sedaris     average rating...4.6 / 5
tags...audiobook autobiographical essays france fun humor language love memoir newyork nonfiction shortstories wishlist
shelved by...baberahamlincln cverge dmdurgan heike6 Jess jo10999 mclauer oceanlistener Retrogirl ritta_lynn sanctionedmadness sarahbethUNT seekingblue wvrunna221
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entry by...Retrogirl     updated...Jan 03, '07     spoilers...n/a

Me Talk Pretty One day is an extremely funny book. It's hard to pick a favorite story, but I remember liking the one where he clogs a toilet at a friend's party.

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entry by...oceanlistener     updated...Feb 08, '08     spoilers...n/a

I've always thought that David Sedaris is only funny when listened to, and reading him is never as good. When I borrowed t his book from Justin, he said it wasn't very funny. I read it on the trip to Mexico, and laughed out loud so many times Justin decided he might need to reread it. Only the abridged version is available in audiobook, but I think I'll listen to the ones that are available.
I wonder if his life is really as absurd as he makes it sound, or if he just has a knack for making normal things sound absurd.
I loved it and can't wait to read more of his books.

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entry by...mclauer     updated...Sep 09, '08     spoilers...none

The essays about trying to learn and speak French were hilarious, but the rest of the book was not as good (or as funny) as Sedaris' "Dress You Family in Corduroy and Jeans."

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entry by...sanctionedmadness     updated...Dec 19, '08     spoilers...none

Funny and fast to read. Not something to read more than once, but Sedaris is someone I'd read again if something he wrote appeared in my hands.

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Orthodoxy

by...Gilbert K. Chesterton     average rating...none
tags...essays fairytale
shelved by...thejulester
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Fates Worse Than Death

by...Kurt Vonnegut     average rating...none
tags...autobiography essays
shelved by...roach808
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'Interesting . . .'

entry by...roach808     updated...Jul 11, '08     spoilers...minor

Well, it is Vonnegut, but being a collection of essays and autobiographical material it was certainly very different than his novels. Almost sad though, to think about some of what was going on behind the scenes with Kurt himself.

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She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana

by...Haven Kimmel     average rating...3.5 / 5
tags...essays humor memoir
shelved by...jayebee rychusfeminist
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The Spirit of Terrorism, New Revised Edition

by...Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...911 essays philosophy
shelved by...rychusfeminist
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