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Dogfight: An Occasionally Interrupted Narrative Poem About the Presidential Campaign

By Calvin Trillin

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9780812993684 | Random House Inc, December 4, 2012, cover price $16.00

Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff

Product Description: For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his “deadline poetry” for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isn’t Going Out, in books chronicling his adventures as a happy eater, and in the column USA Today called “simply the funniest regular column in journalism...read more

By Calvin Trillin

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9781400069828 | Random House Inc, September 13, 2011, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his “deadline poetry” for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isn’t Going Out, in books chronicling his adventures as a happy eater, and in the column USA Today called “simply the funniest regular column in journalism.

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9780812982213 | Random House Inc, December 4, 2012, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his “deadline poetry” for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isn’t Going Out, in books chronicling his adventures as a happy eater, and in the column USA Today called “simply the funniest regular column in journalism.

40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering

Product Description: Chez Panisse opened its doors in 1971. Founded by Alice Waters, the restaurant is rooted in her conviction that the best-tasting food is organic, locally grown, and harvested in ecologically sound ways by people who are taking care of the land for future generations...read more

By Michael Pollan (other contributor), Calvin Trillin (foreword by) and Alice Waters

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9780307718266 | Clarkson Potter, August 23, 2011, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Chez Panisse opened its doors in 1971.

Trillin on Texas

Product Description: "Yes, I do have a Texas connection, but, as we say in the Midwest, where I grew up, not so's you'd know it." So Calvin Trillin introduces this collection of articles and poems about a place that turns up surprisingly often when he's ostensibly writing about something else...read more

By Calvin Trillin

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9780292726505 | Univ of Texas Pr, March 1, 2011, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: "Yes, I do have a Texas connection, but, as we say in the Midwest, where I grew up, not so's you'd know it.

Astorians, Eccentric and Extraordinary

Product Description: In 1993, the New Yorker published Calvin Trillin's memorable article on the eccentric Flavel family of Astoria, the descendants of Captain George Flavel, whose ornate Queen-Anne-style mansion is a tourist draw today. With Trillin's gracious consent, "First Family of Astoria" is reprinted in Part One of Astorians, Eccentric and Extraordinary, making its first appearance in book form...read more

By M. J. Cody, Amy Hoffman Couture, John Goodenberger, Nancy Hoffman and Calvin Trillin

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9780870716324 | Oregon State Univ Pr, November 30, 2010, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In 1993, the New Yorker published Calvin Trillin's memorable article on the eccentric Flavel family of Astoria, the descendants of Captain George Flavel, whose ornate Queen-Anne-style mansion is a tourist draw today.

Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme

Product Description: Displaying the form that made bestsellers of Obliviously On He Sails and A Heckuva Job, tales of the Bush Administration in rhyme, Calvin Trillin trains his verse on the 2008 race for the presidency.Deciding the Next Decider is an ongoing campaign narrative in verse interrupted regularly by other poems, such as a country tune about John Edwards called “Yes, I Know He’s a Mill Worker’s Son, But There’s Hollywood in That Hair” and a Sarah Palin song about her foreign policy credentials: “On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok...read more

By Calvin Trillin

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9781400068289 | Random House Inc, November 25, 2008, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Displaying the form that made bestsellers of Obliviously On He Sails and A Heckuva Job, tales of the Bush Administration in rhyme, Calvin Trillin trains his verse on the 2008 race for the presidency.

Miscellaneous:

9781588368720 | Random House Inc, November 25, 2008, cover price $14.00

About Alice

In a memorable, often whimsical tribute to his late wife, Alice, and their relationship, the best-selling author of a Heckuva Job and Remembering Denny celebrates the life of a remarkable woman who played a vital role in the author's life.

By Calvin Trillin

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9781400066155 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, December 26, 2006), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In a tribute to his late wife, Alice, and their relationship, the author celebrates the life of a remarkable woman who played a vital role in his life.

Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater

Product Description: “Trillin is our funniest food writer. He writes with charm, freedom, and a rare respect for language.”–New York magazineIn this delightful and delicious book, Calvin Trillin, guided by an insatiable appetite, embarks on a hilarious odyssey in search of “something decent to eat...read more

By Calvin Trillin

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9780765198310, titled "Alice Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater" | Smithmark Pub, June 1, 1996, cover price $10.98 | About this edition: The man who loves to eat anything that's really good writes about crab in San Francisco, a carry-on gourmet lunch on a Miami flight, oysters in New Orleans, and other dishes in other places

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9780812978063, titled "Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater" | Random House Inc, December 26, 2006, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: “Trillin is our funniest food writer.

9780394741710, titled "Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater" | Random House Inc, September 1, 1979, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: The man who loves to eat anything that's really good writes about crab in San Francisco, a carry-on gourmet lunch on a Miami flight, oysters in New Orleans, and other dishes in other places

A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme

The humorist and author offers a new collection of irreverent verses that takes aim at the Bush administration.

By Calvin Trillin

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9781400065561 | Random House Inc, May 30, 2006, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The humorist and author offers a new collection of irreverent verses that takes aim at the Bush administration.

George W. Bushisms V: New Ways to Harm Our Country

A new installment of the best-selling series features the president's latest malapropisms, gaffes, and verbal contortions, in a collection of faux pas that also includes misstatements by Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and other cabinet members. Original. 100,000 first printing.

By George W. Bush, Calvin Trillin (foreword by) and Jacob Weisberg

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9780743276894 | Touchstone Books, September 27, 2005, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Features the president's latest malapropisms, gaffes, and verbal contortions, in a collection of faux pas that includes misstatements by Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and other cabinet members.

Regards: The Selected Nonfiction of John Gregory Dunne

A collection of key nonfiction works includes the writer's frank observations on the film industry, politics, sports, and other topics; his reflections on raising an adopted daughter; and depictions of Las Vegas and a Hollywood film studio. Original.

By John Gregory Dunne and Calvin Trillin (foreword by)

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9781560258162 | Da Capo Pr, December 20, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of key nonfiction works includes the writer's frank observations on the film industry, politics, sports, and other topics; his reflections on raising an adopted daughter; and depictions of Las Vegas and a Hollywood film studio.

Remembering Denny

Product Description: A reissue of Calvin Trillin's memoir of his relationship with a brilliant but tragic Yale classmate that is also a rumination on social change in the 1950s and 1960sRemembering Denny is perhaps Calvin Trillin's most inspired and powerful book: a memoir of a friendship, a work of investigative reporting, and an exploration of a country and a time that captures something essential about how America has changed since Trillin--and Denny Hansen--were graduated from Yale in 1957...read more

By Calvin Trillin

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9780374226077 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1993, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: The author tries to understand why a former classmate at Yale who showed enormous promise, should have ended his own life

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9780374529741 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 16, 2005, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A reissue of Calvin Trillin's memoir of his relationship with a brilliant but tragic Yale classmate that is also a rumination on social change in the 1950s and 1960sRemembering Denny is perhaps Calvin Trillin's most inspired and powerful book: a memoir of a friendship, a work of investigative reporting, and an exploration of a country and a time that captures something essential about how America has changed since Trillin--and Denny Hansen--were graduated from Yale in 1957.

9780446670326 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, April 1, 1994), cover price $11.99 | About this edition: The noted writer recalls Denny Hansen, a Rhodes Scholar whom he knew at Yale during the 1950s and who committed suicide at the age of fifty-five, and investigates the fall of a college hero

Too Soon To Tell

Product Description: A collection of topical essays revealing the acclaimed writer at his wittiest deals with matters of the family, educational issues, world affairs, and language in short takes that offer a humorous look at the quirks of society. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

By Calvin Trillin

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9780708958216 | Large print edition (Niagra Large Print, January 1, 1996), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: A collection of topical essays revealing the acclaimed writer at his wittiest deals with matters of the family, educational issues, world affairs, and language in short takes that offer a humorous look at the quirks of society.

9780374278465 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1995, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of topical essays deals with matters of the family, educational issues, world affairs, and language in short articles that offer a humorous look at the quirks of society

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9780374529864 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 30, 2004, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of topical essays revealing the acclaimed writer at his wittiest deals with matters of the family, educational issues, world affairs, and language in short takes that offer a humorous look at the quirks of society.

9780446672306 | Grand Central Pub, July 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of topical essays deals with matters of the family, educational issues, world affairs, and language in short articles that offer a humorous look at the quirks of society

The Food Lover's Guide to the Best Ethnic Eating in New York City: Revised and Updated Edition

A restaurant guide to more than six hundred restaurants in eighty national and cultural groupings is comprised mostly of affordable locations and includes profiles of both famous and hole-in-the-corner eateries. Original.

By Robert Sietsema and Calvin Trillin (foreword by)

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9781559707169 | Rev upd edition (Arcade Pub, July 1, 2004), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A restaurant guide to more than six hundred restaurants in eighty national and cultural groupings is comprised mostly of affordable locations and includes profiles of both famous and hole-in-the-corner eateries.

Obliviously on He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme

The humorist and best-selling author of American Fried sheds new light on the Bush administration in a zany compendium of verses that speaks out on the president, the most prominent members of his cabinet and advisors, policy decisions, and the war in Iraq. 35,000 first printing.

By Calvin Trillin

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9781400062881 | Random House Inc, June 1, 2004, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The humorist and author sheds new light on the Bush administration in a compendium of verses that speaks out on the president, the most prominent members of his cabinet and advisors, policy decisions, and the war in Iraq.

Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco

In a witty compilation of eating adventures around the world, the best-selling author of American Fried chronicles his search for great meals in different locales, from posole in northern New Mexico or pan bagnat in Nice to ceviche in Ecuador or a Greenwich Village restaurant offering some nine hundred items on its menu. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

By Calvin Trillin

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9780375508080 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, May 1, 2003), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: In a compilation of eating adventures around the United States and the world, the author chronicles his search for great meals in different locales, from posole in northern New Mexico and boudin in Louisiana to pan bagnat in Nice.

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9780375759963, titled "Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco" | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, May 1, 2004), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: In a witty compilation of eating adventures around the world, the best-selling author of American Fried chronicles his search for great meals in different locales, from posole in northern New Mexico or pan bagnat in Nice to ceviche in Ecuador or a Greenwich Village restaurant offering some nine hundred items on its menu.

Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel

An ordinary man, Murray Tepper--devoted husband, doting grandfather, and partner in a small business--unwittingly turns New York upside down when he engages in the normal activity of reading the newspaper in his car, which always seems to be parked in the same desirable parking spot in Manhattan. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

By Calvin Trillin

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9780375758515 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, January 1, 2003), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: An ordinary man, Murray Tepper unwittingly turns New York upside down when he engages in the normal activity of reading the newspaper in his car, which always seems to be parked in the same desirable parking spot in Manhattan.

A Few More Pretty Good Jokes

Features all the jokes from National Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion joke shows on April 1, 2000 and April, 6, 2002, covering one-liners, lightbulb jokes, silly third-grade jokes, and classic chicken-crossing-the-road jokes. Performers include Garrison Keillor and Calvin Trillin.

By Garrison Keillor (editor) and Calvin Trillin (editor)

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9781565117297 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, October 28, 2002), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents a compilation of jokes first performed on 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio program's annual joke shows on April 1, 2000 and April 6, 2002.

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9781565117280 | Abridged edition (Highbridge Co, October 28, 2002), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Presents a compilation of jokes first performed on 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio program's annual joke shows on April 1, 2000 and April 6, 2002.

Tepper Isn't Going Out

By Calvin Trillin

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9780375506765 | Random House Inc, January 1, 2002, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: An ordinary man, Murray Tepper unwittingly turns New York upside down when he engages in the normal activity of reading the newspaper in his car, which always seems to be parked in the same desirable parking spot in Manhattan.

McSorley's Wonderful Saloon

A new edition of Mitchell's most famous work, first published in 1943, captures the lives, eccentricities, and idiosyncracies of the owners and customers of McSorley's, one of the oldest saloon's in New York City. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Joseph Mitchell and Calvin Trillin (foreword by)

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9780375421020 | Pantheon Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A new edition of Mitchell's most famous work, first published in 1943, captures the lives, eccentricities, and idiosyncracies of the owners and customers of McSorley's, one of the oldest saloon's in New York City.

Recipes from Home

Product Description: Home is "everything you could hope for in a quintessentially cozy Greenwich Village restaurant" (Food & Wine). With its "surprisingly fresh interpretations of Middle American dishes" (Christian Science Monitor), this "dreamy little all-American place" (New York) is, in fact, a home away from home...read more

By David Page, Barbara Shinn and Calvin Trillin (foreword by)

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9781885183996 | Artisan, May 1, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Home is "everything you could hope for in a quintessentially cozy Greenwich Village restaurant" (Food & Wine).

Tales from the Tummy Trilogy: Selections from American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; And Third Helpings

Selections from 'American Fried,' 'Let's Eat,' and 'Third Helpings' relate the food writer's search for satisfying American restaurant fare.

By Calvin Trillin

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9781565114050 | Abridged edition (Highbridge Co, February 1, 2001), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Selections from 'American Fried,' 'Let's Eat,' and 'Third Helpings' relate the food writer's search for satisfying American restaurant fare.

Travels With Alice

One of the nation's most-praised writers, the Time columnist traces his jaunts in Europe, where his family visits Sicily's swimming holes and compares Paris's fast-food restaurants, in a lighthearted collection of essays. Reprint. NYT. (view table of contents)

By Calvin Trillin

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9780899199108 | Ticknor & Fields, September 1, 1989, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters.

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9780374526009 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 23, 1999, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: In these fifteen essays the celebrated columnist and his family travel in search of the elusive treasures of Europe and the Caribbean, such as the best gelati in Italy Elysee

9780380712090 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, October 1, 1990), cover price $9.00 | About this edition: In these fifteen essays the celebrated columnist and his family travel in search of the elusive treasures of Europe and the Caribbean, such as the best gelati in Italy or a palatable 'fastfoude' hamburger on the Champs Elysee

Family Man

Praised by reviewers for his prose style as well as his wry wit, the well-known columnist discourses on the great trials and equally great satisfactions of bringing up baby, in his twentieth book. Reprint. NYT.

By Calvin Trillin

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9781568956978 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, March 1, 1999), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Calvin Trillin begins his wise and charming ruminations on family by stating the sum total of his child-rearing advice: "Try to get one that doesn't spit up.

9780374153243 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1998, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The author reflects on the subject of children, discussing changing diapers, directing family movie musicals, marching in local Halloween parades, and helping his daughters move out

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9780374525835 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1999, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author reflects on the subject of children, discussing changing diapers, directing family movie musicals, marching in local Halloween parades, and helping his daughters move out

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780140868005 | Penguin/Highbridge, June 1, 1998, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: The author reflects on the subject of children, discussing changing diapers, directing family movie musicals, marching in local Halloween parades, and helping his daughters move out.

Messages from My Father

The author's best-selling, wry, affecting tribute to his father recalls Abe Trillin's emigration from Russia, his job as a grocer in Kansas City, his amusing eccentricities, and his oblique, gentle advice to his son. Reprint.

By Calvin Trillin

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9780374208608 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1996, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author reflects on the life of his father, an immigrant grocer in Kansas City with a penchant for swearing off his pleasures and encouraging his son to be a real 'mensch'

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9780374525088 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 12, 1997), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: The author reflects on the life of his father, an immigrant grocer in Kansas City with a penchant for swearing off his pleasures and encouraging his son to be a real 'mensch'

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780671573423 | Simon & Schuster, July 1, 1996, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The humorist reflects on the life of his father, an immigrant grocer in Kansas City with a penchant for swearing off his pleasures and encouraging his son to be a real 'mensch.

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