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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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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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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...
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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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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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"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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Blackjack and the crew of The Blazing Muffin starship explore the galaxy. They meet plenty of wild characters along the way and have lots of adventures. All they want to do is explore the universe in peace. But some life forms they encounter have other ideas, not to mention fancy titles. Like the Coalition of United Planets and Star Systems. Or Lord Emperor President Chancellor Dominus Khan's Grand Universal Empire of The Splat Culture. With...
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In 2002, real-life mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci was convicted of extortion. This is the story of Don "Pally" Dimaio, mayor of La Plata, as his corrupt administration spirals out of control. From the award-winning author of Curse the Names and Fast Eddie, King of the Bees, this is a wildly inventive satirical novel that toggles between adaptations of the language of Cervantes and a narrative of an American mayor's quixotic...
10) The Badass Nuns
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The Badass Nuns got kicked out of the monastery by the Mother Superior for many reasons--the quest to change their calling to help the dearly departed meet Jesus, the pink hair, the fishnet stockings, the stiletto heels and their beloved special order pink Harleys. They love all people and the nuns view of life is not quite like those of other people. They adore Father Jack, the .357 Magnum whiskey carrying priest who really isn't, well, Father Jack....
11) First Hubby: A Novel about a Man Who Happens to Be Married to the President of the United States
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In his first novel, celebrated humorist Roy Blount Jr. chronicles the life and times of America's first-ever First Husband Guy Fox first encountered Clementine on the campus of Dingler College. She was running, stark naked, away from an on-campus protest and the police who were pursuing her. Guy and Clementine's romance wound through turbulent social movements of the '60s and '70s, all the way to Clementine's ascension to the Oval Office. As the nation's...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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An Italian journalist gets wrapped up in the criminality and cultural controversies of modern Turin in this satirical novel.
It's October 2006. The northern Italian town of Turin has been rocked by a series of murders involving Albanians and Romanians, and journalist Enzo Laganà is determined to get to the bottom of the crime wave-even if he must invent a few sources to do so. But first he's been conscripted to mediate the issue of a pig running...
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A humorous retelling for a different generation.Who is Phil Osafa?What do The Dissentry of Magic do?How do you persuade your (drinking, gambling, thieving) weenix to behave like a respectable owl?What is ditchwitch? And why can't girls play?How do you tame the tiny, ugly, vicious - yet strangely desirable - guardian on the third floor?The answers are waiting inside this clever little file of fluid locations...Barry's uncles, Vermont and Patrice, are...
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Welcome to Arima, officially known as The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima-the easternmost and second-largest borough in Trinidad and Tobago.In 1887, the town, in a historic gesture celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, petitioned for municipal status. Queen Victoria granted this request the following year, marking the official establishment of Arima as a Royal Borough on August 1, 1888.Nestled in the heart of Trinidad and Tobago, the Borough...
19) The Wentworths
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Katie Arnoldi's critically acclaimed debut novel Chemical Pink launched her onto the bestseller lists and so burrowed itself into the public's consciousness that its title was the answer to a Double Jeopardy question. Now, seven years later, her second novel, The Wentworths, gives her readers a fascinating, erotic, dark, and savagely funny page-turner that will both thrill her fans and appeal to new readers of all stripes. Arnoldi's searing portrait...
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A brilliant comedy of manners about a Boston Brahmin's search for meaning from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Late George Apley In preparation for the twenty-fifth reunion of his class at Harvard, Harry Pulham is asked to collect and edit the personal histories of his fellow alumni. A glance at the previous year's Class Book tells him just how tedious the assignment will be: "I have been very busy all this time practising corporation...
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