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020			_a9780385351836 (hardback)
020			_a0385351836 (hardback)
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100	1		_aNovak, B. J., _d1979- _eauthor. _9875
245	1	0	_aOne more thing : _bstories and other stories / _cB.J. Novak.
246	3		_a1 more thing.
300			_ax, 276 pages ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tRematch -- _tDark matter -- _tNo one goes to heaven to see Dan Fogelberg -- _tRomance, chapter one -- _tJulie and the warlord -- _tSomething by John Grisham -- _tGirl who gave great advice -- _tAll you have to do -- _t'Rithmetic -- _tAmbulance driver -- _tWalking on eggshells (or: when I loved Tony Robbins) -- _tImpatient billionaire and the mirror for Earth -- _tMissed connection: grocery spill at 21st and 6th 2:30 pm on Wednesday -- _tI never want to walk on the moon -- _tSophia -- _tComedy Central roast of Nelson Mandela -- _tThey kept driving faster and outran the rain -- _tMan who invented the calendar -- _tGhost of Mark Twain -- _tBeautiful girl in the bookstore -- _tMONSTER: the roller coaster -- _tKellogg's (or: the last wholesome fantasy of the middle-school boy) -- _tMan who posted pictures of everything he ate -- _tClosure -- _tKindness among cakes -- _tQuantum nonlocality and the death of Elvis Presley -- _tIf I had a nickel -- _tA good problem to have -- _tJohnny Depp, fate, and the double-decker Hollywood tour bus -- _tBeing young was her thing -- _tAngel Echeverria, comediante superpopular -- _tMarket was down -- _tVague restaurant critic -- _tOne of these days, we have to do something about Willie -- _tWikipedia Brown and the case of the missing bicycle -- _tRegret is just perfectionism plus time -- _tChris Hansen at the Justin Bieber concert -- _tGreat writers steal -- _tConfucius at home -- _tWar -- _tIf you love something -- _tJust an idea -- _tHeyyyyy, rabbits -- _tBest thing in the world awards -- _tBingo -- _tMarie's stupid boyfriend -- _tPick a lane -- _t"Everyone was singing the same song": the Duke of Earl recalls his trip to America in June of 1962 -- _tPleasure of being right -- _tStrange news -- _tNever fall in love -- _tWorld's biggest rip-off -- _tWalk to school on the day after Labor Day -- _tKate Moss -- _tWelcome to Camp Fantastic for gifted teens -- _tThere is a fine line between why and why not -- _tMan who told us about inflatable women -- _tA new Hitler -- _tConstructive criticism -- _tBravest thing I ever did -- _tRome -- _tLiteralist's love poem -- _tJ. C. Audetat, translator of Don Quixote -- _tDiscussion questions.
520			_a"B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A new arrival in Heaven, overwhelmed with options, procrastinates over a long-ago promise to visit his grandmother. We also meet Sophia, the first artificially intelligent being capable of love, who falls for a man who might not be ready for it himself; a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; and post-college friends who try to figure out how to host an intervention in the era of Facebook. Along the way, we learn why wearing a red T-shirt every day is the key to finding love, how February got its name, and why the stock market is sometimes just. down. Finding inspiration in questions from the nature of perfection to the icing on carrot cake, One More Thing has at its heart the most human of phenomena: love, fear, hope, ambition, and the inner stirring for the one elusive element that might just make a person complete. Across a dazzling range of subjects, themes, tones, and narrative voices, the many pieces in this collection are like nothing else, but they have one thing in common: they share the playful humor, deep heart, sharp eye, inquisitive mind, and altogether electrifying spirit of a writer with a fierce devotion to the entertainment of the reader"--
520			_a"Across a range of subjects, themes, tones, and narrative voices, Novak's assured prose and expansive imagination introduce readers to people, places, and premises that are hilarious, insightful, provocative, and moving-often at the same time. In One More Thing, a boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins - turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A school principal unveils a bold plan to permanently abolish arithmetic. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to follow his heart and throw it all away to be a singer-songwriter. Author John Grisham contemplates a monumental typo. A new arrival in heaven, overwhelmed by infinite options, procrastinates over his long-ago promise to visit his grandmother. We meet a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; and post-college friends who debate how to stage an intervention in the era of Facebook. We learn why wearing a red t-shirt every day is the key to finding love; how February got its name; and why the stock market is sometimes just...down. Finding inspiration in questions from the nature of perfection to the icing on carrot cake, from the deeply familiar to the intoxicatingly imaginative, One More Thing finds its heart in the most human of phenomena: love, fear, family, ambition, and the inner stirring for the one elusive element that might make a person complete. The stories in this collection are like nothing else, but they have one thing in common: they share the playful humor, deep heart, inquisitive mind, and altogether electrifying spirit of a writer with a fierce devotion to the entertainment of the reader"--
650		0	_aShort stories, American. _9876
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