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Publisher
Mad Cave Bird Games, LLC
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 game (1 wooden game board, 81 wooden balls - 9 different colors, 52 puzzle cards, instructions) : puzzle cards, colored wooden balls, wooden game board ; game board (12" X 12")
Language
English
Description
Play ColorKu alone or with others, using logic and deductive reasoning. To start, choose a puzzle and place the color marbles in each column, row, and 3 X 3 square on the board. Transform any Sudoku and imagine the problem differently by looking at the board from different angles or by counting the number of the same color balls remaining. Over 100 included puzzle cards range from easy to challenging to really tough.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, the narrator, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary and even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, must decide whether chronicling this remarkable life is anact of love or betrayal.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
171 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who spent decades ruffling feathers and drawing laughter with his witty opinion columns, poems, and definitions. Toward the end of his career, he decided to compile these satirical definitions into a book,...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits.
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
Author
Series
Publisher
Balckstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
11 CDs (14 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 126 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joan Didion has always kept notebooks of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays, and copies of articles. "Notes on the South" traces a road trip she took with her husband John Gregory Dunne, in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Her acute observations about the small towns they pass through, her interviews with prominent local figures, and their preoccupation with race, class, and heritage seem to suggest...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
1896,1997
Physical Desc
13 CDs (14.5 hr.)
Language
English
Description
He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...
Author
Language
English
Description
A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Can't Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Any angler who has ever been out-fished by a beginner with a twig and some twine or questioned whether bass are smarter than he is will be in good company here. Hilarious Fishing Cartoons pokes fun at every kind of angling absurdity. Tiers struggling to tie microscopic flies, bass fishermen who catch more boots than bass, weekenders loaded down with every gizmo and piece of tackle in the shop, and fanatical, freezing ice fishermen doomed to drill...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author and cartoonist, Tom Hart, has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and storytelling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and a deep-dive into his own story, Hart encourages readers to hone their signature style in the best way to represent...