Don't miss out on this special Labor Day surprise. The internationally revered Kennedy shares with us her comedic repertoire. “Her stand-up is startlingly good. She works the audience and makes the most of her cleverness with words, her knack for seeing things freshly. She has a great riff about people scraping moss off each other every morning in Scotland, but the audience seems most to enjoy the material about pubic hair." - The Guardian
She's assertive, well-timed, and she will be at McNally Jackson Books for one night only.
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Staff Picks
Everybody Needs a Rock
Written by Adjua
By Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall (Aladdin Paperbacks, $7.99)
My god--what a gorgeous book. In less than 30 pages, this little picture book--a guide for picking a favorite rock--stunned me with its stark, graphic beauty; slowed my city heartbeat down to a country pace and reminded me how wonderful it is to engage with the natural world.
Flawless
Written by David
By Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell (Union Square Press, $24.95)
Are you at all curious about how a small band of Italian thieves were able to steal half of a billion dollars worth of diamonds and loot from what was thought to be an impenetrable fortress in Antwerp's Diamond Center? Or how they were able to do so without setting off a single alarm, or being recorded by any security camera? If so, read this book! Scott Selby and Greg Campbell will tell you exactly how they did it. You won't believe what these safe-crackers had to circumvent to do what they did.
True Grit
Written by Sohaila
By Charles Portis (Overlook, $14.95)
A feminist, western, coming-of-age, wisecracking, Bible-quoting, action-packed, literary classic page-turner! The journey of 14-year-old Mattie Ross to avenge her father's killer in late 1800's Arkansas is riveting, funny and satisfyingly, dramatically violent. Impossible not to root for her - impossible to resist this book.
My god--what a gorgeous book. In less than 30 pages, this little picture book--a guide for picking a favorite rock--stunned me with its stark, graphic beauty; slowed my city heartbeat down to a country pace and reminded me how wonderful it is to engage with the natural world.
Are you at all curious about how a small band of Italian thieves were able to steal half of a billion dollars worth of diamonds and loot from what was thought to be an impenetrable fortress in Antwerp's Diamond Center? Or how they were able to do so without setting off a single alarm, or being recorded by any security camera? If so, read this book! Scott Selby and Greg Campbell will tell you exactly how they did it. You won't believe what these safe-crackers had to circumvent to do what they did.
A feminist, western, coming-of-age, wisecracking, Bible-quoting, action-packed, literary classic page-turner! The journey of 14-year-old Mattie Ross to avenge her father's killer in late 1800's Arkansas is riveting, funny and satisfyingly, dramatically violent. Impossible not to root for her - impossible to resist this book.