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Riley lives in TropeTown, where everyone plays stock roles in novels. Riley, a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, is sent to group therapy after going off-script. Riley knows that breaking the rules again could get him terminated, yet he feels there must be more to life than recycling the same clichés for readers' entertainment. Then he meets Zelda, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Geek Chic subtype), and falls head over heels in love. Zelda's in therapy too, along...
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Devilishly funny'.God has spent far too long tolerating the humans he created, so he feels like it's time for a change. It won't be quite as easy as he'd hoped, as Satan is quite happy enjoying life on Earth, and there is the small problem of his son with a drug problem, and an angel-turned-human who can't stop eating.The eternal battle between good and evil has been turned on it's head - Heaven Vs Earth - who will triumph?
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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year... Unless you're a bachelor. Holden Parks shows up to Christmas with KFC and cheap communist gifts, after being dismissed by his family, that same night his girlfriend gives him the pink slip too. A journey of plowing snow, tracking deer, obscene amounts of gingerbread houses, and a heavily guarded front yard Christmas tree takes Holden on a journey to find himself and the meaning of Christmas.
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Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work...
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The Ambassadors, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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Scared to death
Scared to look
They shook… and that might get them killed!
The nation he once fought for, has fallen. The woman he once loved, is gone. The dead have risen and all Robert Briggs has left is a few bullets and a broken family to protect.
After losing his wife on day one of the outbreak, Robert and his young son, Jordan, have battled their way through the war zone that is Georgia to unite with his brother and elderly mother in Savannah....
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Meet your new favorite undead character!
(She's not dead yet, but she's getting there...)
A sixteen-year-old girl wakes up in somebody's front yard, and cannot remember a single thing. All she knows is that she was abandoned, has a bite wound on her shoulder, and a hankering hunger for meat.
Why would someone bite her? Who bit her? Are they still out there? Will they come back to finish their meal? And, really, honestly, most importantly, who is...
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Go on a series of murderous adventures where you decide the story and get to meet and kill Trixy's friends! The more you slaughter, the more points you get! NOT FOR KIDS!Trixy the Hamster is crashed out after a night of heavy partying. His doorbell rings. Who can that be? He holsters up, goes to his door and spots a mysterious egg on his doorstep. Ashes fall from his cigar. What does he do? Find its mother? Hatch the egg? Shoot it with an AK-47? You...
10) Hunted
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Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures. A perfect evening for her includes a good book, a glass of wine and, of course, a great meal, preferably straight from the jugular.
Raised to eat ethically, Amber dines only on delicious cold-blooded killers. But confirming that her chosen victims deserve to die takes time. And patience. So it's a good thing Amber is studying to be a librarian. Her extraordinary research skills help her hunt down her prey,...
11) Thirsty
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All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate. He needs help, but whom can he trust? A savagely funny tale of terror, teen...
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Fans of Undead Girl Gang and The Babysitters Coven will love Breakup from Hell, a witty YA rom-com with a supernatural twist, starring horror novel obsessed Mica Angeles, who discovers the guy she fell for comes straight out of one of her beloved books.
Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she's known forever....
13) Deadhead
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The story starts with the death of Constable Garrett... and continues with his resurrection as a conscious cyborg initially controlled by Spencer Langley aged 13, inventor, entrepreneur and car thief. Things get even more complicated with the introduction of sinister criminals and Garrett's ex partner. Includes graphic replays every third chapter for the entertainment of all.
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This booklet is a brief introduction to which weeds you can use to help you and your people survive after the Zombie Apocalypse, including hints and tips on a few survival necessities. What will be your basic needs? Do you think Stinging Nettle can save your life in a Zombie attack? This book has one or two answers, you'll have to sort the rest out yourself.
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2018
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In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house...
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Mean Girls meets Life of Pi in this darkly humorous, compulsively readable teen novel that's perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Andrew Smith. A hilariously dark and twisted story that sparkles with a remarkably fresh voice, The Lifeboat Clique is Kathy Parks's irreverent yet insightful novel about how to survive in the most unthinkable circumstances. Some people might say that Denver has a death wish. Why else would she dare to sneak into a Malibu...
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Pour éloigner sa mère de son nouveau compagnon, Damien est prêt à beaucoup de choses... Jusqu'o osera-t-il aller?
L'univers de Damien bascule le jour o il apprend, d'une part, que les Américains ont élu Donald Trump à la tête des États-Unis et, d'autre part, que sa mère envisage de refaire sa vie avec un psy qui anime une émission de radio destinée aux adolescents.
Entouré de ses amis proches, des lycéens connectés en permanence,...
18) Frost Bite
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Midwestern Mayhem!
Remember the '90s? Well...the town of Demise, North Dakota doesn't, and they're living in the year 1997. That's because an alien worm hitched a ride on a comet, crash-landed in the town's trailer park, and is now infecting animals with a memory-loss-inducing bite-and right before Christmas! Now it's up to nineteen-year-old Realene and her best friend Nate to stop the spread and defeat the worms before the entire town loses its...
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Hieronymus Jones and Gertrude Green, embark on their greatest adventure... since the last one.
What do those glyphs carved into millennia old rock mean? What is the ancient mystery the island protects? Why must the hideous slime covered, viciously mutated, uproariously evil, tentacle covered monsters be sooooo obnoxious?
Hiero and Gerty have always kept a part of themselves hidden, afraid the truth would drive others away but in a sea of secrets,...
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Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
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