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Author Gondelman, Josh, 1985- author.

Title Nice try : stories of best intentions and mixed results / Josh Gondelman.

Publication Info. New York : Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  818.602 GONDELMAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  818.602 GONDELMAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  818.602 GONDELMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  818 GON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  818.602 GONDELMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 249 pages ; 21 cm
Note HarperPerennial paperback.
Contents If at first you don't succeed. Nice guys finish dessert last ; Just give me a minutes ; A few of my greatest fears, in no particular order ; 1-800-GOOD-PORN ; A technicality ; You don't know, now you know ; Things that make me feel grown-up (in order of increasing adulthood) ; A worthy adversary ; The present-tense conjugation of the Spanish verb nadar, which means "to swim" ; Screech ; I hope these years aren't the best of your lives ; It was funny at the time ; Don't aim, just throw -- ...Try, try again. Weathering the tantrums ; The Thanksgiving dragon ; Some things that I, a childcare professional, was professionally obligated to say to kids ; Good deeds, unrewarded ; Have fun ; The blank postcard ; Things I have tried (with varying degrees of success) at the behest of women I was dating at the time or to whom I am married ; Good Will Hunting isn't science fiction ; Sorry, not sorry ; Gap years -- Third time's a charm?. The three true stories of how we met ; Fish tacos ; Tickle me fancy ; A good game ; The unsung virtue of telling people what they want to hear ; An element of style ; Bizzy ; A partial list of names I call my dog, whose real name is Bizzy ; "I also do Michael Jackson" ; The best moments of my wedding #3-10 ; Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Summary "Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman's collection of personal stories of best intentions and mixed results"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Life skills -- Humor.
Success -- Humor.
Maturation (Psychology) -- Humor.
Gondelman, Josh, 1985- -- Humor.
Life skills. (OCoLC)fst00998359
Maturation (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01012494
Success. (OCoLC)fst01137041
Genre/Form Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
Humor.
ISBN 9780062852755 (paperback)
0062852752 (paperback)
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