B. J. Novak

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.

A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to follow his heart and throw it all away to be a singer-songwriter. A school principal unveils a bold plan to permanently abolish arithmetic. 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. We learn why wearing a red T-shirt 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 humour, deep heart, inquisitive mind, and altogether electrifying spirit of a writer with a fierce devotion to the entertainment of the reader.

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At once perfectly simple and ingeniously imaginative, The Book With No Pictures inspires laughter every time it is opened, creating a warm and joyous experience to shareand introducing young children to the powerful idea that the written word can be an unending source of mischief and delight.

A is for "AaaaaAAAAaaA."B is for "Ba baba a-baba ba."I is for "I had a big idea, I did. Feed Dad fig ice!"And by the time you get to Z, oh what a zap-zop, zippity-zoppity, zany book you''ll be reading.In this alphabet book that leaves all the fun to the words, not the pictures, kids will discover that reading is as simple as building a tower of letters. As more letters are introduced, the text becomes more enticing. The more letters, the more goofy humorand if anybody knows humor, it''s B.J. Novak, comedian and author of the instant classic The Book With No Pictures. Here he''s using his message about the wonder of words in a new way that again shows kids how much power and joy there is in reading. Even better, the book pours that power right into their eager noggins. Instead of saying "Read it again!", this time kids will be saying "Let me read it to you again!"

A is for "AaaaaAAAAaaA."B is for "Ba baba a-baba ba."I is for "I had a big idea, I did."And by the time you get to Z, oh what a zap-zop-zippity-zoppity, zany book you'll be reading!This is an alphabet book like no other, from the author of the internationally bestselling mega-hit The Book With No Pictures. B. J. Novak is back with a book that is just as clever and even more silly.And, this time, instead of saying "Read it again!" kids will be shouting "Let ME read it again!"

A book in which everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud Even if the words say Blork Or Blurf And even if the words include things like Blaggity Blaggity and My Head Is Made Of Blueberry Pizza That s the rule That s the deal

¡Una experiencia irrepetible de lectura compartida!¡Peligro! ¡Este libro tiene una apariencia muy seria pero, en realidad, es totalmente ridículo! Si un niño te propone leerlo, que sepas que te está jugando una mala pasada. Acabaras diciendo palabras tontorronas y ¡haciendo que todos los que estan a tu alrededor rian y rian sin parar! No digas que no te aviseSorprendentemente simple e ingenioso al mismo tiempo, El libro sin dibujos provoca la risa cada vez que lo abrimos, crea una experiencia agradable e inspiradora, para compartir. Sirve para introducir a los mas pequeños en la poderosa idea de que la palabra escrita puede resultar una fuente inacabable de travesuras y alegria.