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Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography | 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
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries: Volume Two by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
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Category: Biography
'Barrel Fever' is a collection of personal essays, surprising, disarming, and funny, from David Sedaris, who Time named America's Favorite Humorist.
Calypso by David Sedaris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | 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
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'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
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveller. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't ...Show more
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | 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, ...Show more
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
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Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Welcome to the wonderful world of America's foremost humorist David Sedaris, where learning French, like life, is littered with idiosyncratic delight . . . 'The Italian was attempting to answer the teacher's latest question when the Moroccan student interrupted, shouting, "Excuse me, but what's an Easte ...Show more
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary by David Sedaris
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Category: Biography
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
The Best of Me by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Genius... It is miraculous to read these pieces... You must read The Best of Me." --Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the MonthFor more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a un ...Show more
The Santaland Diaries by DAVID SEDARIS
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Santaland Diaries collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back se ...Show more