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My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety By Georgia Pritchett Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063206373
Availability: Hard to Find (may be out of print - email to check availability)
Published: HarperOne - February 8th, 2022

“Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflection of her. Its tenderness sneaks up on you and really packs a punch. What a magnificent read!”—Julia Louis Dreyfus


How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question By Michael Schur Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781982159313
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - January 25th, 2022

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world.

Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especiall


The Joy of Photoshop: When You Ask the Wrong Guy for Help By James Fridman Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781787398986
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Welbeck Publishing - November 2nd, 2021

The Joy of Photoshop is the long-awaited book from the social media sensation James Fridman.

Have you ever taken a seemingly perfect picture only to have it ruined by one tiny detail? Photoshop master James Fridman is only too happy to help, even if he sometimes takes requests a little too literally.


Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists By Liza Donnelly Cover Image
$31.95
ISBN: 9781633886865
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Prometheus Books - March 1st, 2022

It's no secret that most New Yorker readers flip through the magazine to look at the cartoons before they ever lay eyes on a word of the text. But what isn't generally known is that over the decades a growing cadre of women artists have contributed to the witty, memorable cartoons that readers look forward to each week.


The Writer's Cats By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator), Maria Guitart (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator), Maria Guitart (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781609457167
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Europa Editions - November 9th, 2021

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes this delightful, delicate tale that pays tribute to the poetry of the everyday, to Japanese philosophy, and to the ingenuity and sardonic humor of cats.

What a mysterious, confounding thing is a writer Yet, spend a little time with the writer's cats and one might just understand her better.


I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing: An Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor By Don Hooper, Bill Mares, Jeff Danziger (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Don Hooper, Bill Mares, Jeff Danziger (Foreword by)
$29.99
ISBN: 9781578690602
Availability: Special Order (email to check availability)
Published: Rootstock Publishing - December 7th, 2021

With brand new cartoons by Don Hooper, and a foreword by Jeff Danziger, I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing is a potpourri of art and words documenting how Vermont humor has evolved over 150 years. While re-telling some stories from previous collections, the authors gather together more than a dozen modern humorists in this exuberant, charming, and affectionate history of Vermont humor.


Garfield Livin' the Sweet Life: His 72nd Book By Jim Davis Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593156469
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Random House Worlds - December 7th, 2021

Garfield's back in this brand-new full-color compilation comic strip book—truly a must-have for fans!

Garfield really gets into desserts. And why not? The best things in life are sweet! The confection-loving cat would gladly quarantine in an ice cream parlor for a month of sundaes! For Garfield fans, this new collection of comics is sure to be a treat!


A Modern Man: The Best of George Carlin By George Carlin, Lewis Black (Foreword by) Cover Image
By George Carlin, Lewis Black (Foreword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780306827099
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Hachette Books - November 2nd, 2021

A new collection of greatest hits from one of the greatest comedians of our time, George Carlin, now the subject of the HBO documentary George Carlin’s American Dream, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

George Carlin was: “a true, true artist” (Chris Rock)…”the master” (Jon Stewart)…“one of the


The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski By Noah Van Sciver Cover Image
$34.99
ISBN: 9781683965145
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Fantagraphics - February 1st, 2022

Collects the entire multiple Eisner Award-nominated series, which skewers a self-important male literary poser.


Olympia By Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, Bastien Vivès Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781683965176
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Fantagraphics - March 1st, 2022

Meet Alex, Carole, and Sam: the most notorious trio of cat burglars of the 21st century, starring in this graphic novel sequel.


Bermuda By John Layman, Nick Bradshaw (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Layman, Nick Bradshaw (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781684057337
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: IDW Publishing - February 1st, 2022

An all-new tale of high adventure and pulpish mystery from John Layman, New York Times bestselling writer of Chew, and superstar artist Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine & the X-Men, Astonishing Spider-Man)!


Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator By Darryl Cunningham Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781770465046
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Drawn and Quarterly - February 15th, 2022

From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Putin’s rise to power comes under the microscope


Come Over Come Over By Lynda Barry Cover Image
$21.95
ISBN: 9781770465459
Availability: Special Order (email to check availability)
Published: Drawn and Quarterly - February 8th, 2022

The classic book featuring Maybonne Mullen and her little sister Marlys is back in print!


Memories from Limón By Edo Brenes Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781913123048
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Nobrow - February 1st, 2022

A wholesome snapshot of reconnecting with generations of one’s family history, Costa Rican illustrator Edo Brenes unearths a trove of stories in his graphic novel Memories of Limón.

"This meditation on the past melds melancholy and jubilation."
—Publishers Weekly


The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place By Creek Stewart Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781507217368
Availability: Usually Available in 2-10 Business Days
Published: Adams Media - January 4th, 2022

A complete, step-by-step manual for safely sheltering-in-place at home so you are prepared for any disaster or disease.

If a disaster forces you to shelter in place, do you think you have everything you need to safely and comfortably stay put in your home?


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