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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries: Volume Two by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between t ...Show more
Calypso by David Sedaris
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. ...Show more
Calypso by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: Literature
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you ...Show more
Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
38.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunn ...Show more
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask-or not-was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to ...Show more
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper and wearing a mask - or not - was a decision mostly made on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy Go Lucky opens, h ...Show more
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: General Adult
A new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new collection of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. F ...Show more
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Hachette Essentials) by David Sedaris
20.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: HACHETTE ESSENTIALS
A hilarious collection of essays from 'the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses,' New York Times bestselling author David Sedaris (Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt) Anyone who has heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a collection from him is cause ...Show more
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the ...Show more
Theft by Finding: Diaries Vol 1 by David Sedaris
38.00 NZD
Category: Literature
'He's like an American Alan Bennett, in that his own fastidiousness becomes the joke, as per the taxi encounter, or his diary entry about waiting interminably in a coffee-bar queue' Brian Logan, Guardian review of An Evening with David Sedaris. The point is to find out who you are and to be true to th ...Show more
Theft by Finding: Diaries: Volume One by David Sedaris
28.00 NZD
Category: Literature
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations ...Show more
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