Books tagged: humor and life

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Even Steven    by Wright Forbucks
Price: $2.99 USD. 60330 words. Published on September 16, 2011. .

EVEN STEVEN is a satire. It examines the relationship between science and religion via the story of Hope McCormack and Steven Zangst, two widowers struggling to cope with the loss of their true loves, a twisted tale loaded with comic characters, from the author of THE WALKING MAN and BILLY GRIST.
Going Home and Other Stories    by Sylvia Morice
Price: $0.99 USD. 4580 words. Published on January 23, 2012. .

Going Home is perfect for readers who would like to sample a few of the stories contained in the author's longer collection titled "Postcards From Home". The four stories in this mini-collection deal with overcoming envy, pitting humans against a squirrel, struggling with grocery store warning signs, and returning in memory to a childhood home. A great way to check out an author new to you!
Scenes From A Hundred Morning Drives    by Edward Hotspur
Price: $1.79 USD. 121810 words. Published on February 4, 2012. .

Edward Hotspur thinks of things on the way to work. But really, he's thinking about humor, sarcasm, philosophy, love and life. This is a collection of essays that somehow combine topics as divergent as work, rain, deadlines, fairy tales, evolution and sunsets so that they work together - often within the same essay. He makes you laugh, he makes you wonder, but most of all, he makes you think.
The Three to One Rule    by N. Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 24920 words. Published on February 9, 2012. .

Twenty-eight year old Zoe is in a rut. After three years of university and a failed relationship she finds herself single and doing telephone surveys for a living. That is until one day her coworker, Simon, comes up with an outlandish scheme to make money. With an unpredictable roommate, a man with one arm and the Three to One Rule, how could things go wrong?
The Pithesaurus    by J.A. Cook
Price: $2.49 USD. 7240 words. Published on March 1, 2012. .

In the tradition of the fortune cookie and Bartlett's Quotations comes an original collection of over 700 supposedly pithy, sage, humorous morsels of deep thought. It is the perfect pre-packaged ingredient list for a better life, mind, and spirit in today's hectic self absorbed age. Enlightenment was never more portable. Scroll, read, and enjoy a migraine.
Trucker    by Merlin Sprague
Price: $4.99 USD. 86990 words. Published on March 7, 2012. .

This is the true story of trucking in the United States. It's not like in the funny papers or on TV. It's a way of life that will surprise most people. Follow a year with Merlin and Jo as they drive their semi across the country.
Through My Looking Glass: A View from the Beach    by Jan Bono
Price: $1.99 USD. 48250 words. Published on March 14, 2012. .

A collection of 68 humorous personal experience stories, gleaned from Jan's 11-time Washington Newspaper Association award-winning column.
One Dieter's Diary as Told to Laila Kujala by Oink    by Laila Kujala
Price: $2.99 USD. 3950 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Did you ever wonder why it is so easy to gain weight, but so hard to lose it? In One Dieter's Diary as Told to Laila Kujala by Oink, Oink is struggling with this question in a humorous way. The book is full of funny illustrations. Anybody who has ever tried to lose weight can relate to this story.
Randomisms    by Mark Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 8990 words. Published on April 19, 2012. .

From the Author of "The Book of Sunlight" and "The Art of Mark Wilson", a humorous collection containing original and useful slogans, proverbs, jokes, funny definitions, inspiration, anecdotes and more. A great book to give yourself as a gift to laugh when you need it.
The Unfeeling Wannabe Surgeon: A Med School Memoir    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $5.99 USD. 44430 words. Published by Olo Books on April 19, 2012. .

The hours are inhumane. The people are insane. But you literally hold someone's life in your hands. And the one thing that nobody told me before I plunged hands-first into my surgical rotation, the thing I had to discover for myself, was that, compared to anything else in medicine, every blood-spattered second of surgery is so much fun.