Essays & Memoirs Audiobooks | Comedy

George Foreman fought Jimmy Young in 1977 in Puerto Rico. Immediately after, he retired from boxing to devote his life to spreading the word of Jesus Christ. "Thank You Jesus!" is a live recording of George from 1979 that captures the energy and vitality of the former heavyweight champion. Foreman also details the 1977 fight that changed his life forever.

George Foreman (Author), George Foreman (Narrator)

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Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their

Ali G: How many words does you know? Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them. Ali G: What is some of 'em? - Youtube.com After forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is "over the counter" and concentrates more on questions such as these: Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Three and a half centuries ago, Sir Thomas Blount produced Blount's Glossographia, the first dictionary to explore derivations of English words. This Blount's Glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels. It rejects the standard linguistic notion that the connection between words and their meanings is "arbitrary." Even the word arbitrary is shown to be no more arbitrary, at its roots, than go-to guy or crackerjack. From sources as venerable as the OED (in which Blount finds an inconsistency, at whisk) and as fresh as Urbandictionary.com (to which Blount has contributed the number-one definition of "alligator arm"), and especially from the author's own wide-ranging experience, Alphabet Juice derives an organic take on language that is unlike, and more fun than, any other.

Jr. Roy Blount, Roy Blount Jr. (Author), Jr. Roy Blount, Roy Blount Jr. (Narrator)

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The Dog Says How

Kevin Kling is a master storyteller, as anyone knows who has seen him perform or heard him on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Drawing on his memories—an eventful Christmas at the Klings, taxidermy class, hopping freight trains, getting struck by lightning, joining a circus, eating things before knowing what they are—he invites us into his life of growing up in Minnesota, traveling the world, and relying on the strangeness of others. He also shares tales of overcoming personal tragedy, including a congenital arm disability and a near-fatal motorcycle accident. As a result of the accident, he could no longer type and had to learn to use voicerecognition software. The computer translated the barks of his dog into "How," hence the title, The Dog Says How. Hilarious and tender, comical and deeply poignant, these 29 tales will please anyone who loves a good story.

Kevin Kling (Author), Kevin Kling (Narrator)

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The Best of News of the Weird

Chuck Shepherd, John J. Kohut, Roland Sweet (Author), A Full Cast, Various (Narrator)

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The Men Commandments

'Women have Bridget Jones. Men have no one. Until now.' Ricky GervaisIn the best-selling tradition of Clarkson and Moyles, this is TV and Radio personality Christian O'Connell's take on all things men.For ten years Christian has dispensed his wisdom and advice to millions of lucky radio listeners on every topic conceivable. It was when he saw his wife reading and laughing at a book 'How to Kill Your Husband' that he realised he had to write this book.In his sage opinion, men need to be saved from themselves. Women need to understand men better and stop hating them and men need to make sense of why they are they way they are.'The Trouble With Men' reveals some hard but hilarious truths about the male race. Who do men actually look to for inspiration? The Hoff? Simon Cowell? James Blunt? Why do men behave in that odd way at barbecues? Why can a man have his heart broken a thousand times by his football team and yet still forgive them more than he would a woman?With his outspoken humour and his ironic take on life, Christian explores male-dom, celebrating all that is great about being a man and unravelling the mysteries of masculinity that have stumped women for centuries.Includes: Superheroes - all of them let us down. Here's why. The Ultimate History of Men... from caves to Ikea. The Man Test - a highly unscientific flow chart to determine just how confused you are right now. The Perfect Man - if Apple designed men... Men and Cooking - the most important part of nutrition. TV snacks. What We Want from Women - show up naked. Bring beer. Rules and Codes - the unwritten, never discussed rules about how to behave in bathrooms, cars and out and about Men and Sex - 'touch them there and they love it.' Imagine a World Without Us - heaven or hell? Communication - friend and foe. What's the Point of Us? - enough with the slagging off. Here's what we rule at...

Christian O'Connell, Christian O’connell (Author), Christian O'Connell, Christian O’connell (Narrator)

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Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits

No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on, you will find Celia Rivenbark's hilarious observations about Southern living as easy as a tall drink of sweet tea on a hundred degree day. In this latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays, you'll experience: *The joys of Remodeling Tara *Harry Potter Bitch-slaps Nancy Drew *Britney's To Do List: Pick Okra, Cover That Thang Up *How Rugby-playing Lesbians Torpedoed Beach Day *Why French Women Suck at Competitive Eating *The Truth About Nature Deficit Disorder *The difference between cockroaches and water bugs *The beauty of Bedazzlers *And much, much more!

Celia Rivenbark (Author), Celia Rivenbark (Narrator)

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Swim against the Current

Don't look around, but the corporate and political powers that be want you to put this book down, right now. It definitely is NOT on their approved list. Swim against the Current is one of those books that the power elites don't like seeing in stores, much less in your hands - not merely because it challenges their established order, but especially because our book reveals paths that folks like you can use to escape their rigid, hierarchical structures and discover a bit more satisfaction in life. They prefer that you pick up one of those escapist novels over there across the store, rather than finding out that the greatest escape of all can be from stultifying conventional wisdom. We Americans are constantly harassed into thinking that we can't break the mold that those in charge have made for us. But as a friend of ours puts it: "Those who say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." It's the uplifting stories of mavericks that we tell here. They've broken free of the corporate tentacles, free of business-as-usual politics, free of top-down elites. They're figuring out new ways to do commerce, ways to create political channels that empower grassroots Americans, and ways to live their lives. As these folks show, resistance is not futile . . . it's fertile. Join the fun! Happy listening!

Jim Hightower, Susan DeMarco (Author), Jim Hightower, Susan DeMarco (Narrator)

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I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions-or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character that's aiming for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.

Sloane Crosley (Author), Sloane Crosley (Narrator)

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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In this remarkable new volume, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life--having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds--to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times).

David Sedaris (Author), David Sedaris (Narrator)

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Rosie And The Angels

This original audio program offers seven tales of near-disaster, reminders that youth, strange circumstances, or a moment of stupidity can lead to catastrophe. And yet Rosie evades the frightening consequences of her foolishness and continues, unscathed, on her journey. Rosie's beautifully narrated adventures will linger in your imagination. In every situation, Rosie has a close encounter with disaster. Some of the stories hinge on a faulty vehicle ('Midnight Breakdown'), some involve a faulty driver ('Young Drivers'), and some show Rosie using faulty judgment (Hawaiian Angels). In retrospect, even Rosie would have to admit that she had great luck'or was it angelic intervention? May we all be as lucky as Rosie, or may our own angels be as competent and obliging as Rosie's. The humour and warmth of these beguiling stories make this an ideal CD for the spoken-word market.

Ann Tudor (Author), Ann Tudor (Narrator)

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Car Talk Field Guide to the North American Wacko

A radio road trip across America featuring the wackiest calls from the nuttiest specimens ever to phone the show. A high point of every Car Talk show is the call-in segment, when listeners phone in for advice and regale hosts Click and Clack with tales of their own automotive misadventures. Like Dave from Bemidji, Minnesota, who drives his Chevy Cavalier home from Alaska when it already has 350,000 miles on the odometer. And Dinesh, who strolls across Death Valley. Rather than worry about buzzards, he's concerned about how his car will hold up in the heat. Christy wants to know if she fried her dad's Citation. Adrienne frets that a load of rocks might crush her Saab. Single guy John wonders if he should tidy up his car for a first date or reveal its trashy self. And when Ann's husband travels from Georgia to Florida to get his vasectomy reversed, Ann drives like a banshee to bring him back home. Ever since, their Caravan makes strange grinding noises. It seems that lunatics aren't confined to Car Talk Plaza. They're everywhere, and they're dialing the phone. Four hilarious radio shows celebrate the land of the free, home of the wacko.

Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi (Author), Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi (Narrator)

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NPR Funniest Driveway Moments

What's a "driveway moment"? It's when you're so captivated by a story on NPR that you stay in your car to hear it to the end—even if you're sitting in your own driveway. For years, listeners have written to NPR to describe such moments. Some are serious, some are touching, and some, like the stories included here, are very, very funny. NPR Funniest Driveway Moments includes stories and interviews from your favorite NPR commentators and guests such as David Sedaris, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dame Edna, Larry David, Darryl Littleton, Justice Stephen Breyer, Jonathan Winters, Phyllis Diller, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, and more. Literate, intelligent, and droll, each tale is worth hearing again and again, and now you don't have to stay in your car to do so."

Npr, Various Authors (Author), Robert Krulwich, Various, Various Readers (Narrator)

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