Nostalgia Comedy

Kate Kendrick is having an epically bad day when a glowing Blockbuster catches her eye on the commute home. She could have sworn there was an abandoned building there just yesterday, and didn't Blockbuster go out of business years ago? Curiosity piqued, she steps inside the bustling store and whoosh! She's transported back to the year 1999 with no idea how to get back to her old life. Jordan Dale works at the One Hour Photo Processing Shop next to Blockbuster, and he can't believe it when their paths cross. A time traveler himself, he's been living in the '90s for a while now.

This program is read by the author. “One of my favorite books of all time.” ―Amy Schumer A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond―from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh For years, Gary...

Don DeLillo’s pseudonymous comic masterpiece by Cleo Birdwell, “the first woman ever to play in the National Hockey League,” is a cult treasure now republished for the first time in nearly half a century. Meet Cleo Birdwell. She is twenty-four, a schoolteacher’s daughter from Badger...

Firebrand NY Times columnist and bestselling author Lindy West unpacks the beloved rom-coms and cult classics we love in order to dissect the culture we've created. Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal...

An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears. “An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie ONE...

"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." —NPR's "Guide To 2016’s Great Reads" “Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight.” —Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City Named a...

'A wonderful blend of nostalgia, hilarity and personal anecdotes that only Josh Widdicombe could deliver' James Acaster 'If you read only one book by Josh Widdicombe this year, make it this one' Jack Dee 'Beautifully written, cleverly crafted and charmingly funny' Adam Hills 'This is a book...

Reinventing yourself abroad is harder when you bring yourself along. In 1985, Matthew Ranger arrives in Tokyo with bleached hair, a fake British accent, a Walkman, and the belief that a new continent can make him a new person. But the friend he followed across the Pacific has vanished, leaving him broke and stranded. He lands a job writing English user manuals he suspects nobody will read, crashes embassy parties, gets drawn into other people’s family dramas, and becomes complicit in his roommate’s scheme to conquer Japan with pizza. Matthew fabricates a past to outrun a childhood he ...

Kenya Yvette Schumere is an imperial woman. Elijah Sadier, a man from across the tracks, finds himself quite smitten with Ms. Schumere. At a drastic turn of events, they were left with no other choice but to leave everything that they once knew behind to embark on a journey of life together. Trials and tribulations occur putting into question which holds more value between the two. Love or loyalty? Depending on who you ask, love and loyalty go hand in hand. But, which would you rather have?

Peter Kay returns with his most entertaining autobiography yet! The Collector’s Edition: The first hardback print run will feature an exclusive foiled board design. Order now to avoid missing out! ‘Think of this autobiography as a twelve-month subscription to my memories and meanderings...

An effervescent second chance romantic comedy about two former campers who reunite at their beloved sleepaway camp. "Emotional, steamy, and utterly romantic." —Annabel Monaghan, author of Nora Goes Off Script Clara Millen’s life is spiraling out of control: her dream job is a nightmare...

My Years In Middle School: Parts 1 through 6 This is My Years in Middle School: Parts 1 through 6, which is a compilation of all six books in this series. Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends, Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm, as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Jane's nemesis, Lois Talker, and more. This book includes all of the following titles in one book: Book #1: The Summer Before Book #2: Is This Love? Book #3: Scanner In My Neighborhood Book #4: Summertime Memories Book #5: Girl's Revenge Book #6: Lookout High School, Here...

OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast...

Crescent Moon Academy OVA III: You Belong to the City: Metro Racer Welcome to Shin'yume, Japan, where the neon never dies, the supernatural is perfectly ordinary, and common sense is apparently optional. When a mysterious commercial advertises a racing game from the creators of the legendary Polybius, Ryu Kazeyama and his eccentric friends investigate No ReFUNd's Boardwalk Arcade, a gloriously dilapidated establishment filled with flickering neon, sticky floors, and questionable business practices. Their first mistake? Playing the game. Their second? Assuming they could stop. Trapped inside...

It is 2003 – ten years since Spud Milton’s class of 93 matriculated and the boys went their separate ways. Despite their seemingly unbreakable bond, the Crazy Eight – Rambo, Mad Dog, Vern, Fatty, Garth Garlic, Boggo, Simon and Spud – have not kept in touch. Or at least, not as far as...

New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty returns to her roots with this YA coming of age story set in a New Jersey mall. The year is 1991. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. Cassie Worthy is psyched to spend the summer after graduation working at the Parkway...

Read by the author, Agnes Arnold-Forster. ‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and...

Join the heart of the 90’s punk scene where one woman finds her tattoo-covered, bass-playing prince charming in a whirlwind rock star romance--the third spinoff novel after 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN, the book that inspired the hit Netflix original series SEX/LIFE. In 1999, I met my Prince...

Alone among the creatures of the world, man suffers a pang both bitter and sweet. It is an ache for the homecoming. The Greeks called it nostalgia. Post-modern man, homeless almost by definition, cannot understand nostalgia. If he is a progressive, dreaming of a utopia to come, he dismisses it contemptuously, eager to bury a past he despises. If he is a reactionary, he sentimentalizes it, dreaming of a lost golden age. In this profound reflection, Anthony Esolen explores the true meaning of nostalgia and its place in the human heart.

¿Recuerdas la emoción de estrenar un tebeo, los interminables veranos en la playa, el miedo a ir al practicante o la ilusión de un cumpleaños sencillo? Si alguna vez viviste esos momentos, este libro probablemente también cuente parte de tu propia historia; de esa historia que vivimos en los años 70 y 80 y que tanta nostalgia nos ha dejado de nuestra infancia y juventud. “Nostalgias Pretéritas” es una colección de memorias entrañables, donde el autor da rienda suelta a su acostumbrada ironía, pero esta vez recubierta por la ternura y belleza de los recuerdos algo mitificados. ...