Michael Ian Black
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English
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A provocative, personal, and useful look at boyhood, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love
With hope and with humor, Michael Ian Black skillfully navigates the complex gender issues of our time and delivers a poignant answer to an urgent question: How can we be, and raise, better men?
Part memoir, part advice book, and written as a heartfelt letter to his college bound son, A Better Man offers...
Author
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English
Description
New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Michael Ian Black delivers a frank and funny memoir about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his forties. Whether it's family history, religion, aging, or his parents, Michael Ian Black always has something to say in the dry, irreverent voice that has captured a fan base of millions. When a medical diagnosis forces him to realize he's not getting any younger, he reexamines his life as...
4) Noted Expert
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Language
English
Description
Veteran of sketch, television, and film, comedian Michael Ian Black has mastered a delivery that's equal parts dapper and deadpan, whether he's discussing the pro-choice debate or the Tilt-A-Whirl. Taped at John Jay College in New York City, Black's special includes his wry take on the human experience, from parenting and gender roles, to guilty pleasures of all shapes and sizes.
Author
Language
English
Description
Veteran of sketch, television, and film, comedian Michael Ian Black has mastered a delivery that's equal parts dapper and deadpan, whether he's discussing the pro-choice debate or the Tilt-A-Whirl. Taped at John Jay College in New York City, Black's special includes his wry take on the human experience, from parenting and gender roles, to guilty pleasures of all shapes and sizes.
6) I'm sad
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Flamingo learns that it is okay to be sad sometimes and that her friends, the little girl and Potato, will stand by her no matter how she feels.
7) I'm worried
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Potato is worried about what might happen in the future, causing Flamingo to worry, too, but their friend, a little girl, encourages them to focus on enjoying the present, instead.
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Publisher
Santillana
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations. She comes to the conclusion that there is nothing boring about being a kid, but finds it difficult to explain to a potato.
9) I'm bored
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When Mel the rooster gets tired of his boring old cock-a-doodle-doo he decides to shake things up with something brand new--the cock-a-doodle-doo-bop! But not everyone on the barnyard is a fan of the new tune"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"You're not doing it right." Writer/comedian Michael Ian Black has been hearing these five words all his life. And now--on the eve of his fortieth birthday--he is finally beginning to wonder why. As a husband and father living in the suburbs, Michael asks the question so many of us ask ourselves at one point or another: How did I end up here? (And also: If Fat Kevin Federline succumbs to his own wasted potential, what does that mean for the rest of...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A frank and funny-because-it's-true memoir from New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black, about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his 40s--the alt-comedy answer to Brad Garrett's WHEN THE BALLS DROP"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Michael Ian Black takes a poignant look at manhood, written in the form of a heartfelt letter to his teenage son before he leaves for college. Black offers a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love"-- Provided by publisher.
16) I'm sorry
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Potato hurt Flamingo's feelings a friend helps him realize the power of an apology.
17) Sorry/not sorry
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Through candor and surprising humor, Sorry/Not Sorry sheds new light on the nuanced experiences of three women who spoke up about comedian Louis C.K.'s sexual misconduct over the years. By reexamining Louis C.K.'s behavior and his unprecedented comeback, alongside the testimonies of these women, this documentary invites viewers to question whose stories and whose art we value, and at what cost.
18) Run, fatboy, run
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dennis is a clueless and slightly overweight guy. Five years ago, he left Libby, his pregnant fiancée, on their wedding day. Realizing he made a mistake, Dennis tries to persuade her that he loves her and wants her to accept him back into his life, but he meets with failure at every turn. When he discovers that Libby has found Whit, the new man in her life, the frustration Dennis feels grows. Denise vows, that for once in his life, he will finish...
19) Linoleum
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cameron Edwin, the host of a failing children's science TV show called "Above & Beyond," has always had aspirations of being an astronaut. After a mysterious space-race-era satellite coincidentally falls from space and lands in his backyard, his midlife crisis manifests in a plan to rebuild the machine into his dream rocket. As his relationship with his wife and daughter start to strain, surreal events begin unfolding around him a doppelgñger moving...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
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She is a single, twentysomething, gun-loving, Christian, Republican writer and blogger, the daughter of a Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee. He is a married, forty-year-old, gun-fearing, atheist, Democrat comedian, the son of a lesbian former Social Security employee. Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black barely know each other. But they are about to change the way politics is discussed in America.
Or at least the...