Garrison Keillor
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English
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A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider...
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English
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Astonished to learn that her impeccable mother led a secret life marked by her passionate love for a Las Vegas man and a private commitment to pleasure, Barbara elects to end destructive patterns in her own life while honoring her mother's final wishes.
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Viking
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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A wealthy and depressed man bound for Christmas in Hawaii is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. During his stay, he reaches an epiphany worthy of the season and resolves to simplify his life.
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Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted forty-two years,...
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HighBridge
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Even more of a good thing: the latest collection of knee-slappers, toe-tappers, and groaners from A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows. "What does IDK stand for?" "I don't know." "OMG, nobody does!" . . . What is a hippie's wife called? Mississippi . . . What is the recipe for Honeymoon Salad? Lettuce alone without dressing." Jokes are made for sharing, and everyone loves to laugh. This nonstop collection gathers the best jokes from the most recent...
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HighBridge Co
Pub. Date
p2011
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English
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Lady Wobegon has been Garrison Keillor's fictional home town and America's for almost 40 years. The Chatterbox Cafe, the Sidetrack Tap, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, the Bunsens are places and people we know and love, thanks to Keillor's ability to weave a story. Never before collected, these expertly crafted tales are full of gentle humor, genuine emotion, and surprising insights into family, relationships, community, faith,...
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"From beloved New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein, Footnotes from the Worlds Greatest Bookstores invites you into the heart and soul of every community: the local bookshop, each with its own quirks, charms, and legendary stories,"--Amazon.com.
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Complete Peanuts volume 1
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Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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"This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of the strip, will be of particular fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from the series' first two or three years have never been collected before in large part because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new strip and include some characterizations and designs that...