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Hardcover:

9780399173547 | Putnam Pub Group, November 17, 2015, cover price $27.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9781611764635 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, November 24, 2015), cover price $40.00

Library:

9781628998917 | Large print edition (Center Point Pub, March 1, 2016), cover price $35.95

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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including Julie Andrews, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression. In The Garner Files, this revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal-and proud of it," and much more.This audiobook features an introduction by Julie Andrews read by Wanda McCaddon.

Hardcover:

9781410443373 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, November 2, 2011), cover price $32.99

CD/Spoken Word:

9781452634913 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, November 1, 2011), cover price $83.99 | About this edition: After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen.
9781452654911 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, November 1, 2011), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen.
9781452604916 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, November 1, 2011), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen.

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Product Description: The author of the wildly successful Portable Curmudgeon and Portable Curmudgeon Redux outdoes himself in the biggest collection yet of acid wit and wisdom cunningly collected from sardonic savants of every stripe. A curmudgeon is defined as 1...read more
By Everett Peck (illustrator) and Jon Winokur (editor)

Paperback:

9781579126971 | Black Dog & Leventhal Pub, May 30, 2007, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The author of the wildly successful Portable Curmudgeon and Portable Curmudgeon Redux outdoes himself in the biggest collection yet of acid wit and wisdom cunningly collected from sardonic savants of every stripe.

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The author of The Portable Curmudgeon defines and explores the various uses of irony in history and the modern world, providing a wealth of demonstrative quotes while sharing tongue-in-cheek observations about how irony is applied by politicians and celebrities. 30,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780312354831 | St Martins Pr, February 6, 2007, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: The author of The Portable Curmudgeon defines and explores the various uses of irony in history and the modern world, providing a wealth of demonstrative quotes while sharing tongue-in-cheek observations about how irony is applied by politicians and celebrities.

Paperback:

9781250029713 | Griffin, February 6, 2007, cover price $16.99

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An irreverent, A-to-Z guide to the manifestations of neurotic behavior in today's society defines such conditions as 'retail therapy,' in which people comfort themselves by shopping; 'cell yell,' in which people compromise their own privacy by talking loudly on cell phones in public; and 'cyberchondria,' in which people become paranoid after reading about health disorders on the Web. 17,500 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780312325008 | St Martins Pr, December 1, 2004, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: An irreverent, A-to-Z guide to the manifestations of neurotic behavior in today's society defines such conditions as 'retail therapy,' in which people comfort themselves by shopping; and 'cyberchondria,' in which people become paranoid after reading about health disorders on the Web.

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An irreverent, A-to-Z guide to the manifestations of neurotic behavior in today's society defines such conditions as 'retail therapy,' in which people comfort themselves by shopping; 'cell yell,' in which people compromise their own privacy by talking loudly on cell phones in public; and 'cyberchondria,' in which people become paranoid after reading about health disorders on the Web. Reprint. 25,000 first priniting.
By Richard Lewis (foreword by) and Jon Winokur

Paperback:

9780312325015 | Reprint edition (Griffin, January 10, 2006), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: An irreverent, A-to-Z guide to the manifestations of neurotic behavior in today's society defines such conditions as 'retail therapy,' in which people comfort themselves by shopping; 'cell yell,' in which people compromise their own privacy by talking loudly on cell phones in public; and 'cyberchondria,' in which people become paranoid after reading about health disorders on the Web.

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Product Description: The Romans called it Taedium vitae, “the tedium of life,” and Nietzsche described it as “that disagreeable, windless calm of the soul.” By whatever name it’s known, ennui has reached epidemic proportions. The good news? Ennui causes all sorts of fascinating behavior — and lots of terrific quotes collected in this surprisingly fun book...read more
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9781570614446 | Sasquatch Books, October 10, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The Romans called it Taedium vitae, “the tedium of life,” and Nietzsche described it as “that disagreeable, windless calm of the soul.

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Product Description: This provocative guide offers bite-size wisdom from East and West, from such intuitive Zen masters as Henry Miller, Albert Einstein, Yogi Berra, Woody Allen, and Joan Didion. It conveys the essence of Zen with an eclectic mix of pithy ponderings on life, death, art, nature, reality, time, and nothingness...read more
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9781570614477 | Sasquatch Books, September 7, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This provocative guide offers bite-size wisdom from East and West, from such intuitive Zen masters as Henry Miller, Albert Einstein, Yogi Berra, Woody Allen, and Joan Didion.

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Product Description: This book, like life, is brief. It is a thinking person's condolence card; a speaker's and writer's reference on a subject that sometimes stymies, sometimes inspires the most loquacious; and a counterpoint to nearly every other book about death...read more
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9781570614453 | Sasquatch Books, May 30, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This book, like life, is brief.

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The author of The Portable Curmudgeon offers a witty cautionary tale about the horrors of travel, detailing all the discomforts, petty cruelties, tasteless souvenirs, and foreign strangeness that make travel unpleasant.
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9781570613890 | Sasquatch Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The author of The Portable Curmudgeon offers a witty cautionary tale about the horrors of travel, detailing all the discomforts, petty cruelties, tasteless souvenirs, and foreign strangeness that make travel unpleasant.

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Golf is so complex and demanding a game, so fickle and perverse, that even its masters never truly master it. This guide to winning at golf tells you how to dominate your opponents - not by out-playing them but by out-thinking them.

Hardcover:

9780375407291 | Pantheon Books, May 1, 2000, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: A humorous guide to playing and winning the game of golf offers golfers plentiful tips, quotes, and anecdotes from the game's great artisans

Paperback:

9781862055919 | Gardners Books, September 26, 2002, cover price $7.70 | About this edition: Golf is so complex and demanding a game, so fickle and perverse, that even its masters never truly master it.

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A compelling introduction to world literature features a host of literary trivia, profiles of some of the world's finest writers, and explanations of diverse literary forms, along with tips on starting a book group, reading a book review, browsing a bookstore, and the art of reading for plot, character, theme, and style. Original.

Paperback:

9780764552663 | Howell Book House, December 1, 2001, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A compelling introduction to world literature features a host of literary trivia, profiles of some of the world's finest writers, and explanations of diverse literary forms, along with tips on starting a book group, reading a book review, browsing a bookstore, and the art of reading for plot, character, theme, and style.

An anthology of timeless wisdom and wit on the work and world of writing features the contributions of such notable authors as Euripides, Mark Twain, Cynthia Ozick, P. J. O'Rourke, Annie Dillard, Virginia Woolfe, and many others. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780679443872 | 1 edition (Pantheon Books, May 1, 1999), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An anthology of advice on writing features the contributions of Euripides, Mark Twain, Cynthia Ozick, P.

Paperback:

9780679763413 | Vintage Books, May 9, 2000, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An anthology of timeless wisdom and wit on the work and world of writing features the contributions of such notable authors as Euripides, Mark Twain, Cynthia Ozick, P.

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Product Description: A prolific contributor to Herb Caen's San Francisco Chronicle column, Bruce Bellingham has collected his witcisms to present his first book of topical humor.San Francisco's favorite commentator and comic, Bruce Bellingham tells the story of his arrival in rile Golden West from New Jersey as an 18-year-old, his experiences as a "conscientous objector in the Sexual Revolution, " then quickly moves on to his favorite subject, San Francisco, the city by the Bay...read more
By Bruce Bellingham and Jon Winokur (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9781571780737 | Council Oaks Distribution, September 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A prolific contributor to Herb Caen's San Francisco Chronicle column, Bruce Bellingham has collected his witcisms to present his first book of topical humor.

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Product Description: From stately chauffeured poodles to happy, wind-blown mutts in pick-ups, this charming book offers a delightful compendium of photos and quotes which celebrate the dog's longstanding love affair with the automobile. Contributors include James Herriot, Merrill Markoe, Dave Barry, Ann Beattie, and E...read more

Hardcover:

9780789202864 | Abbeville Pr, August 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From stately chauffeured poodles to happy, wind-blown mutts in pick-ups, this charming book offers a delightful compendium of photos and quotes which celebrate the dog's longstanding love affair with the automobile.

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A quick reference for non-French speakers provides explanations for often-used French expressions that have crept into the English language

Hardcover:

9780525937036 | E P Dutton, March 1, 1995, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A quick reference for non-French speakers provides explanations for often-used French expressions that have crept into the English language

Paperback:

9780452272002 | Reprint edition (Plume, November 1, 1996), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A quick reference for non-French speakers provides explanations for often-used French expressions that have crept into the English language

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A hilarious collection of outrageous quotations, facts, and anecdotes about the very rich explores the follies and foibles of Aristotle Onassis, Doris Duke, William Vanderbilt, Leona Helmsley, and other plutocrats. 40,000 first printing.
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9780679443865 | Pantheon Books, October 1, 1996, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A hilarious collection of outrageous quotations, facts, and anecdotes about the very rich explores the follies and foibles of Aristotle Onassis, Doris Duke, William Vanderbilt, Leona Helmsley, and other plutocrats.

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By Jon Winokur (editor)

Paperback:

9780452270305 | Reprint edition (Plume, September 1, 1995), cover price $12.95

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Product Description: In this warm-hearted, sometimes droll, often poignant collection, a host of men and women reminisce about their fathers. Includes child's-eye views of heroic fathers, (John Wayne), incorrigibly eccentric fathers (Groucho Marx), even mafioso fathers (Sam Giancana), plus excerpts from books by Mona Simpson, Kazuo Ishiguro, and others...read more
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9780525936008 | E P Dutton, May 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Presents reminiscences about famous, infamous, and fictional fathers from their children, with contributions by Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston, Thurgood Marshall, Calvin Coolidge, and other notables

Paperback:

9780452272071 | Reprint edition (Plume, June 1, 1994), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: In this warm-hearted, sometimes droll, often poignant collection, a host of men and women reminisce about their fathers.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780453008921 | Penguin/Highbridge, June 1, 1994, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Presents reminiscences about famous, infamous, and fictional fathers by their children, with contributions by Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston, Thurgood Marshall, Calvin Coolidge, and other notables.

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A collection of quotations, anecdotes, folklore, and essays from the likes of Mark Twain and Emily Dickinson offers a comical and poignant view of man's best friend

Hardcover:

9780525933526 | E P Dutton, October 1, 1991, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A collection of quotations, anecdotes, folklore, and essays from the likes of Mark Twain and Emily Dickinson offers a comical and poignant view of man's best friend

Paperback:

9780452268517 | Reprint edition (Plume, September 1, 1993), cover price $11.00

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First-person-singular quotations reveal the private thoughts of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Sean Connery, Eddie Murphy, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, and others. By the author of The Portable Curmudegeon. Original. 25,000 first printing.
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9780525934660 | E P Dutton, July 1, 1992, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A humorous look at celebrities features the most narcissistic quotes by such figures as Stephen King, Madonna, G.

Paperback:

9780452270015 | Reprint edition (Plume, June 1, 1993), cover price $8.00 | About this edition: First-person-singular quotations reveal the private thoughts of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Sean Connery, Eddie Murphy, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, and others

The Portable Curmudgeon returns with a compilation of more than one thousand brand new crotchety, caustic comments uttered by the world's greatest grumps, from Oscar Wilde to Woody Allen. 100,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9780525934899 | E P Dutton, October 1, 1992, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Presents a compilation of more than one thousand crotchety, caustic comments uttered by the world's greatest grumps, from Oscar Wilde to Woody Allen

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The world's greatest cynics, critics, and grouches--from H. L. Mencken to Groucho Marx--use their wit to cut down every subject under the sun in a compendium of quips, barbs, profiles, and interviews. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
By Jon Winokur (editor)

Hardcover:

9780453007405 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, October 1, 1987), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A collection of cynical and irreverent quotations on a wide variety of subjects such as life, love, sex, children, government, psychoanalysis, and prominent celebrities

Paperback:

9780452266681 | Reprint edition (Plume, October 1, 1992), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of cynical and irreverent quotations on such subjects as life, love, sex, children, government, psychoanalysis, and prominent celebrities

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780453007795 | Highbridge Co, June 1, 1992, cover price $10.95 | also contains Lily of St. Leonards, or the Complete Works of Effie Deans

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The author of The Portable Curmudgeon compiles quotations and forgettable friendly advice from misanthropes, saints, convicted criminals, cynics, and shady ladies. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Paperback:

9780452267671 | Reprint edition (Plume, March 1, 1992), cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Presents a compilation of quotations and forgettable friendly advice from misanthropes, saints, convicted criminals, cynics, and shady ladies

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