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  <title><![CDATA[Cosbyology: Essays and Observations From the Doctor of Comedy]]></title>
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  <default_description>ith more than 200,000 hardcover copies in print, Bill Cosby's Cosbyology has landed on bestseller lists nationwide, including the New York Times and USA Today. In this wonderfully funny collection of stand-up material that touches on everything from childhood and marriage to school, sports, and work, Bill Cosby returns to his early days of comedy to give us a look at the funny side of life. Fusing his classic jazzy timing and edgy humor with the intelligence and perception that have made him a huge star, Cosby writes about his first experiences skiing, lying to his mother as a child, and fretting about ingrown hairs in midlife. Fans young and old will be eager to add this paperback edition to their collection, while new fans everywhere will delight in this sampling of great comic genius.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill Cosby]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 09 07:12:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bill Cosby's distinctive voice comes through loud and clear in this autobiographical collection of essays and schtick.  The little narrator voice in my head was definitely his.  <br/><br/>I read this to fulfill the part of the Spring 2009 challenge.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 05:13:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 05:14:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have always enjoyed Bill Cosby's humor but as he gets older he gets wordier. Some of these stories were short and enjoyable but the longer ones could have been edited a bit.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 20:07:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 20:30:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is no one funnier in my book than Bill Cosby.  This book has a few hilarious stories, although none I can recall right now, but anything by Cosby is cool in my book.]]></body>
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    <review id="43780988">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jan 20 23:13:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was great fun to read, but I think I was so tired I couldn't really get into what the point was.  ]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 27 14:25:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 27 14:27:49 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some essays were funny, some were not. I read it just for a change in pace. Ehh just ok...]]></body>
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    <review id="72426198">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very funny book. Cosby's little tales are always great to read or listen to. <br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="45900595">
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was okay.  This is a collection of some of his stand up comedy but it's not funny.  It's better watching him present it instead of read it.]]></body>
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    <review id="20515280">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Bill Cosby. Always have. I think he's funny, without being crass, which is a commodity in short supply with many of today's comedians. Cosby has never been (to me) a laugh-out-loud comedian, but more of the smile-cause-ya-know-its-true kinda guy. As I read, I could hear The Cos telling the st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20515280">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 05 08:51:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 05 08:53:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that teaches young couples, old couples any kind of couple how to fall back in love and stay in love with each other, and he expresses the joys of his own relationship which makes the book more tangible than ever... he really touches some deep areas and with simplicity to iron out the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23766245">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13113259">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are only two essays that have an impact on me: the one about Bill's early comic days. And the one explaining why old folks are pure. Both made me laugh for several seconds and then think for several minutes. <br/><br/>The others, however, are forgettable. ]]></body>
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    <review id="8143081">
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 23 13:55:24 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[They are entertaining stories, but only if you imagine them being narrated by Cosby himself.  Otherwise, they are poorly structured and grammatically terrible, like someone took shorthand of Cosby's standup.]]></body>
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    <review id="20911319">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 24 13:59:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought this would be a good cheer me up book, but reading Bill Cosby is alot different than listening to or watching him.  Didn't really like it.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 07 20:10:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 07 20:10:52 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my goodness... one of my favorite books.  This is a must read.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="4061961">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slow and tedious at first, but quite funny nearing the end. ]]></body>
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    <review id="6477678">
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVE IT!!!  I can read it over and over and over...]]></body>
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    <review id="12832314">
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    <body><![CDATA[I expected better from mr cosby.]]></body>
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    <review id="32810541">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 05 22:09:05 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just for Fun!!!]]></body>
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