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The only thing worse thanwaking up with the hangover from hellis waking up with a hangover in hellWhen literary reprobate Foster James wakes up in a strange country house, he assumes he' s been consigned to rehab (yet again) by his dwindling band of friends and growing collection of ex-wives.But he soon realises there' s something a bit different about this place after he gets punched in the face by Ernest Hemingway.Is Foster...
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In the halls of Congress, on the streets, in the media, the war on fast food is on. Tofu may be topical, but bacon is eternal. Bacon and Egg Man, Ken Wheaton's second novel, is a sly send-up of a politically correct food establishment, where the Northeast has split off from the rest of the United States. The new Federation is ruled by the electoral descendants of King Mike, a man who made it his mission to form a country based on good, clean living....
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Poet Kahlil Gibran has said, Your children are not your children. In this collection of short-shorts, Kevin Brennan (Parts Unknown) turns that simple idea on its head with five case studies in bad parenting. From a father who won't pull over to let his boy pee on the roadside to a couple who unwisely lock their twin toddlers in a closet all day while they're at work, these parents embody the adage that it takes a village -- to save innocent kids from...
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In a world torn apart by never-ending political debates, a coalition of violent zombies emerges, seeking to save the Earth from mankind by force. Once bitten, humans are converted to eco-friendly zombies. Enter Zander, a peaceful, vegetarian zombie defies the way of zombies by kissing humans instead of violently biting them. Frustrated by his disobedience, they assign Zander the impossible mission of converting Crystal, a mysterious woman residing...
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A witty and wry satire of New Age searchers, our spiritual longings, and our earthbound natures Martha is thirty, and her life has stalled. Her last boyfriend turned cruel long before he left her, her fact-checking job is underpaying and unfulfilling, and the aimlessness of her twenties-which she thought was just a phase-has become her defining characteristic. She is wandering along the beach when she spies a group of women performing a strange spiritual...
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HE LOST, HE LOST! features four major reasons that Trump lost - not just the election but popular support, based on a series of cartoons with a spirit of levity. The commentary is written in this same spirit, while providing some background to explain the comparisons made in the cartoons. The four reasons Trump lost are these: - Trump is Bats in that he is like a bat flying in the dark so he can't see what's real very well, and he's running...
7) The Red Room
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This nineteenth-century Swedish classic that satirizes Stockholm society is "a scathing attack on every aspect of modern life" (Rosalind Porter, The Guardian, "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read").
Disillusioned with chasing such meaningless achievements as wealth and influence, Arvid Falk leaves his career as a civil servant to embark on a life of artistic pursuits. He longs for the freedom that becoming a writer will offer him, much to the chagrin...
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A New York love story as seductively neurotic as the city itself At thirty-two years old, Lynn Gallagher is one of the five most influential contemporary-art gallery owners in Manhattan. Too bad her face is dead. Not so, says Lynn's assistant, but that is how it feels when she compares it to her stalker's face. Alan Morton may be a plump, goofy-looking accountant, but his face glows with life when he peers at Lynn through her gallery window. The...
9) Heart Sutra
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From "China's foremost literary satirist" (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the unlikely love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priestAt the Religious Training Center on the campus of Beijing's National Politics University, disciples of China's five main religions-Buddhism, Daoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam-gather for a year of intensive study and training. In...
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When Lucy Faas' agent convinces her to stay at a secluded home near Santa Barbara owned by someone named Alexander Murphy, she comes with the sole intention of rekindling her abandoned music career, hoping that this time she can write songs without having to mine personal trauma for their subject. Lucy never expected that she would be joining a makeshift family of celebrities there hiding from the bored, scandal-hungry populace and the paparazzo's...
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In the not-so-distant future, Gabe Owens, a reclusive introvert grappling with a rare genetic disease, embarks on a groundbreaking journey to change his life forever. Through a fusion of AI and nanotechnology, Gabe undergoes a transformative experience, awakening as Gabriela-a vivacious embodiment of female stereotypes crafted from Gabe's eclectic internet history.As Gabriela, with a persona that ranges from a Reality TV Drama Queen to a Chocolate-Obsessed...
12) Golk: A Novel
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In midcentury America, one man is determined to take over the airwaves with a program as audacious as it is entertaining. Bald, bombastic, and irresistible, Golk is his name and You're On Camera is his show. To "golk" someone is to trick her, on camera, into betraying her true nature. The more combative the personality, the better the joke, and to help trap his victims Golk enlists a team of misfits, including Herbert Hondorp, a scholarly layabout...
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Un periódico digital es la edición de un periódico que utiliza Internet como su principal medio de difusión donde se detalla la cronología de en qué momento se posteo la noticia, mientras que en la escritura creativa, un texto creativo es un escrito original donde la imaginación juega un papel importante y, por lo general, cuenta una historia y genera gran interés. Su principal objetivo es salirse de los estándares profesionales, periodísticos,...
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Note: 2nd edition. Professionally edited by David Gatewood, Post-Technological Metamagician Are you a Gnome? Do you want to be one? Do you know what one is? Do you have magical, technical, or any other talent whatsoever? (1) Do you pine after a non-holographic Omnicron, make design sketches of transmorphic actionable multidimensional exo-robotic systems, create novel subroutines for synthetic intelligences, tinker with Dwarf-proof beard...
15) The Trojan Jew
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This is a mildly poisonous satire from the grave – the intertwined stories of the launch of a Nazi project in WW2 Berlin and its conclusion half a century later in Manhattan. Wallace Markfield published 4 full-length novels (3 satires + 1 thriller) in the 20th century. His 5th was interrupted by his death in 2002. It was nearly done, not that hard to finish, but thoroughly unmarketable in the context of 9/11. Much has changed since then, so...
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Lily, Molly, and Inez are women of a certain age, of a certain bearing, of a certain class. Late one dire night, Molly telephones from Connecticut to catch Lily up with the news: Inez's corpse -- near-naked but wearing boots -- has been discovered propped up "like a broom" in a corner of her Soho loft. It is an occasion ripe for an all-night heart-to-heart conversation, bouncing deliriously from one evasion to the next -- until the pair of talk-crazy,...
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"Unlock the secret to laughter with 'How to Tell Jokes Like a Pro: The Only Joke Book You Need.' This comprehensive guide is filled with expert advice, tips, and a wide array of jokes suited for every occasion. Whether you're a seasoned comedian looking to polish your craft or a novice aiming to bring more laughter into your life, this book provides everything you need to captivate any audience. From classic one-liners to contemporary wit, discover...
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"Mr. Veronesi sustains the opening scene's excitement as he stirs a psychological ferment….The overpowering sense of fragility that touches Pietro and Claudia is superbly conveyed by translator Michael F. Moore. Let's hope more novels from Mr. Veronesi's back catalog join 'Quiet Chaos' in translation." - Wall Street Journal
"Dazzling.... Like a literary Fellini, Veronesi brings to life the larger-than-life human comedy as only an Italian would...
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AN E-BOOK, SAVE A DOG! All proceeds from e-book sales of Ye Gods! go to animal rescue organizations.Author Jack Halliman sails to Puerto Rico seeking a cure for writer's block, but instead finds a dead body. When a second corpse turns up, Jack becomes one of two suspects. The other is the chupacabra. Jack has to find out who--or what--is responsible for the killings before he lands in prison. Again.The death toll is mounting and the mayor is pressuring...
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The Exceptional Advice for Adventurers Everywhere series provides a range of proven (1) advice for professions that don't exist. (2) This complete edition includes all four novellas in the Exceptional Advice for Adventurers Everywhere tetralogy. Included are: Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry Mulogo's Treatise provides a concise summary in plain (well, mostly plain) language for wizards who wish to have a manual for surviving in a harsh world where people...
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