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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

Published: 2007-06-05

Paperback: 232 pages

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A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like...

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Fun, Cheap, & Easy: My Life in Ohio Politics, 1949-1964 (Series on Ohio History and Culture)

by Frances Mcgovern

Published: 2009-06-11

Hardcover: 162 pages

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Frances McGovern gives an entertaining account of her life and the colorful people she knew in local, state, and national politics, from her start as a young lawyer in 1949 through 1964 when she quit politics after an unsuccessful run for Congress. An insightful memoir from an era when the...

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The Fund

by Wes DeMott

Published: 2012-01-01

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DeMott, a former FBI/SWAT agent has garnered international acclaim for his political thrillers, incl. 'Walking K' and 'Heat Sync' which center around the common theme of government corruption. In 'THE FUND', IPPY Gold Medal Award Recipient for Best Fiction/Thriller, aerospace engineer Pete...

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The Funeral Makers

by Cathie Pelletier

Published: 1997-05-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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This is the story of the trials that beset the McKinnons, the first family of Mattagash, Maine, when they try to arrange a funeral for the family matriarch. Bubbling with quirky humor, this marks a dazzling debut for a gifted and richly talented young writer.

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The Funnies

by J.Robert Lennon

Published: 2000-03-06

Paperback: 301 pages

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From the author of the highly acclaimed novel, The Light of Falling Stars, comes the sad and hilarious story of a family tyrannized by a newspaper comic strip."You don't have to read the daily comics page to appreciate The Funnies...Lennon's delicate, moving, and yes, funny novel is about ...

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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

by Firoozeh Dumas

Published: 2004-01-13

Paperback: 240 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/MemoirThis Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled ...

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The Funny Man

by John Warner

Published: 2011-09-27

Hardcover: 288 pages

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"America's favorite comedian is on trial for manslaughter, and 'the funny man''s lawyer, Barry, has a unique defense: not guilty by way of celebrity.... [An] equally sickening and humorous portrait of the celebrity as a delusional man."—Publisher's Weekly The funny man is a middling...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned

by Michael J. Fox

Published: 2010-04-13

Hardcover: 112 pages

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Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities, m...

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Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, Book 1)

by Jim Butcher

Published: 2005-06-28

Paperback: 688 pages

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For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir. Ambitious High...

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Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

by Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger

Published: 2010-06-01

Hardcover: 512 pages

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The definitive story of Hollywood's most famous couple He was a tough-guy Welshman softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman; she was a modern-day Cleopatra madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Bur...