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Digital Cameras - Camcorders - When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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List Price: $34.98
Our Price: $14.54
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Manufacturer: Hachette Audio
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9781600241826
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1600241824
Label: Hachette Audio
Manufacturer: Hachette Audio
Number Of Items: 8
Publication Date: 2008-06-03
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Release Date: 2008-06-03
Studio: Hachette Audio
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Summary: Funny, yet poignant
Comment: I am a big fan of David Sedaris. His writing style is easy to read and his topics are real life as you would hope it would never happen to you. He tells stories about his adventures while traveling with his partner and of his difficulty learning a new language, among other things. A great book for anyone who enjoys Sedaris' sense of humor and a wonderful book to introduce his comedic genius to someone who hasn't discovered him yet. I read the book in two days of traveling over the holidays and passengers near me all asked about it. You need to read this book.
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Summary: Engulfed in Laughter
Comment: This CD set was great for my roadtrip. I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes! It also still has that special sentimentality that David Sedaris's voice adds extra meaning to. However, there are parts that are downright gross and it is not for the faint of heart, I now have a phobia of boils.
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Summary: Very entertaining.
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This is the first book I have read by David Sedaris. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am a big fan of his sister Amy, and enjoy her writing too.
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Summary: The Wildness...
Comment: funny stuff, Sedaris book isnt what i expected, but it was my 1st Sedaris
practically every magazine I read reviewed the book and said it was absolutely hilarious and I've always read good reviews for his other stuff
i have to agree with some other reviewers, the essay "The Smoking Section" was awesome, the only bad part was that it was 83 pages long......, very, very funny though
the guy has a way with words, awesome descriptions of every day things
"This Old House", "The Understudy", "That's Amore", "April in Paris" & "Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool" along with "The Smoking Section" were my favorites to read
if you want to read a HILARIOUS collection of stories, check out Michael Ian Black's "My Custom Van" , now that is funny stuff
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Summary: it's okay
Comment: A little dissappointed in this. His concert version in New York has his best stuff. I hate to say this but it is a little to GAY for me. Every character , he goes on and on about every piece of clothing they are wearing, who would even notice this except for a flamer? I only mention it because it detracts from his story. It was only semi-funny, more of a gay guy's observations of daily life and growing up with a bunch of sisters.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny (and never before published) account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated. (2008)
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