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"A hilarious story of jumping into new experiences with both feet and a surprisingly poignant tale of a working mother raising three kids"--
"'Is there a secret to happiness?' asks comedian Paula Poundstone. I don't know how or why anyone would keep it a secret. It seems rather cruel, really ... Where could it be? Is it deceptively simple? Does it melt at a certain temperature? Can you buy it? Must you suffer for it before or after? In her wildly...
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Part memoir, part monologue, with a pinch of self-deprecation and a dash of startling honesty, this surprisingly unique laugh-out-loud book features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Poundstone can't help digressing to tell her own. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Charles Dickens, Joan of Arc and Beethoven, among others, the eccentric and utterly inimitable mind of Paula Poundstone dissects, observes,...
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Award-winning comedian Paula Poundstone is legendary for her spontaneous wit and razor-sharp humor. She is a popular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and tours regularly, keeping audiences laughing in her one-woman shows. In North by Northwest, Paula is at her best in two memorable performances, one recorded in Bayfield, Wisconsin, at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua and the other at the historic Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon....
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p2000
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Each April, people across the country tune in to A Prarie Home Companion's annual Joke Show and laugh themselves silly. Host Garrison Keillor and guests delight listeners with jokes old and new - puns, one-liners, knock-knocks, bar jokes, lightbulb jokes, regional humor, and more. This tape gathers the best of the best: knee-slappers, side splitters, and groaners from several live broadcasts, featuring the talents of comedian Paula Poundstone, humorist...
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With readings by some of stage and screen's most talented performers (including Bryce Dallas Howard, Paula Poundstone and Margot Rose), and music by renowned composer Laura Hall, these tales of Women of Wonder will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From England to Siberia and New Zealand, from the United States to Cambodia and East Africa, listeners will be transported as legendary heroines and goddesses seek and struggle, win and lose, laugh and cry,...
