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When You Are Engulfed in Flames Brand: Little, Brown and Company - Part: "David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times). Praise for When ...	In Stock	~~$25.99~~ $13.75
Nothing to Be Frightened Of Brand: Knopf - Part: Two years after the best-selling Arthur & George, Julian Barnes gives us a memoir on mortality that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array o...	In Stock	~~$24.95~~ $14.82
Me Talk Pretty One Day Brand: Back Bay Books - Part: David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of "SantaLand Diaries," a scathing, ...	In Stock	~~$14.99~~ $7.49
Holidays on Ice Brand: Little, Brown and Company - Part: David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a ...	In Stock	~~$16.99~~ $6.75
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments Brand: Back Bay Books - Part: David Foster Wallace made quite a splash in 1996 with his massive novel, Infinite Jest. Now he's back with a collection of essays entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing ...	In Stock	~~$14.99~~ $8.06
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays Brand: Back Bay Books - Part: Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? D...	In Stock	~~$14.99~~ $8.05
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Brand: Holt Paperbacks - Part: “A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer Based on the NPR series of ...	In Stock	~~$14.00~~ $7.77
How Fiction Works Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Part: Best of the Month, July 2008: The first thing you'll notice about How Fiction Works is its size. At 252 pages, it's a marvel of economy for a book that asks such a ...	In Stock	~~$24.00~~ $14.67
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 Brand: Houghton Mifflin - Part: "This great volume highlights the very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction,alternative comics, screenplays, blogs, and more" (OK!). Compiled by Dave Eggers and s...	In Stock	~~$14.00~~ $7.84
Disquiet, Please!: More Humor Writing from The New Yorker Brand: Random House - Part: The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it’s also ...	In Stock	~~$30.00~~ $18.33