Margaret



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Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small (Paperback)

By John Cook, Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126244
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 9/2009
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Let's just put away our lives -- they'll keep -- and found Merge Records. It's all I want, and that's just from reading the intro. The story of the adorable indie label that houses the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, M. Ward and Dinosaur Jr.

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Momofuku (Hardcover)

By David Chang, Peter Meehan
$40.00
ISBN-13: 9780307451958
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Published: Clarkson Potter, 10/2009
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This book really gives me the urge to boil an entire pig's head. A fascinating story paired with intensely and aggressively gorgeous dishes and also sometimes the authors say cusses.

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Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection (Paperback)

By Bill Watterson
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780836217698
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Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 9/1994
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This is not necessarily the best Calvin & Hobbes book, but the cover is great, and really you can't go too wrong with any Calvin & Hobbes book. I love you, Calvin and Hobbes.

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And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft (Paperback)

By Mike Sacks
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781582975054
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Published: Writers Digest Books, 7/2009
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Interviews with twenty-one of the smartest and best humor writers around, including creators of The Office (UK), Mr. Show, and my personal favorite, Arrested Development.

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John Dies at the End (Paperback)

By David Wong
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780312659141
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 9/2010
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There are a lot of genuinely hilarious moments in this book, rivaled only by the number of horrifying ones. An excellent sprint to the heart of a terrifying subject, dealing with drugs, monsters, the time-space continuum, and love.

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The Graveyard Book (Paperback)

By Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780060530945
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Published: HarperCollins, 10/2010
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Reading this book was like going somewhere delicious with someone you don’t know that well, so it’s kind of scary in a really pleasant, fizzy way. Also, it won the Newbery Medal, so I guess other people like it too.

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