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The Flush of Victory
By Ray Smith. 2007
Author Ray Smith has correlated the recent electronic version of the Dubai Typescript and travelled the world corroborating the sordid…
and highly sensitive details contained within this novel. A lurid tale of murder, buggery and embezzlement, Ray Smith has created in Jack Bottomly perhaps the most despicable anti-hero in Canadian Literature. Sensitive readers (ie: you snivelling politically-correct pansies): be warned.Tatlı Kız
By Dan Alatorre, Remzi Bulbul. 2014
Bu kitap, potensiyel olarak ölümcül bir kalp rahatsızlığı olan Uzun QT Sendromunu (UQTS) anlatıyor. Hem kendisinin hem de kızının bu…
hastalığı asemptomatik olarak taşıması ile, yazar Alatorre okuyucuya, ailede olup bitenleri bazen bir mizah içinde bazen de esinlendirici olarak sunuyor. Bunu yaparken de, kendi kızının etkinlikleri ve günlük yaşamı içine, UQTS ile savaşan diğer insanların öykülerini de serpiştirerek süslüyor. Bu insanların UQTS'li olduklarını nasıl öğrendikleri, bu hastalıkla nasıl uğraştıkları ve yaşamlarını nasıl sürdürdükleri akıcı bir dille anlatılıyor. Bu hastalığı taşıyan kimi insanların, hastalığı taşıdıklarının farkına bile varmadan yaşamlarını normal bir şekilde sürdürüyorlar veya bu hastalıktan ölüp gidiyor. Bazılarına tesadüf eseri UQTS tanısı konuyor ve ilaç ve cihazlarla yaşamlarına devam ediyor. Diğer bazılarının da öbür dünyaya çok kısa ziyaret ettikten sonra geri döndürülüyorlar, büyük ızdıraplardan sonra tanılanabiliyor ve devamında yaşamlarını sürdürüyor. Yazar, bütün bunları, insanların bir mayın tarlasından geçip gitmelerine benzetiyor. Yazarın benzetmesine göre insanlar, mayınlı arazide olduklarını bilmeden geçerken, tesadüfen kıllarına zarar gelmeden geçip gidiyor veya bazıları mayına basıp ölebiliyor, diğer bazıları yaralı olarak kurtuluyor ve bazı müdahalelerle yaşamlarını sürdürüyorlar.Bu hastalığı taşıyan insanlara, potensiyel olarak ölümcül bir hastalık olmasına rağmen, UQTS tanısı konmasının bir umut ışığı olduğunu belirterek kendilerinin şanslı olduklarının altı çiziliyor. Bunu, yaşamı sürdürmek için, tanısı konularak sorunun ne olduğunu bilmek hiç bilmemekten çok daha iyi seçim olduğunu belirterek onların daha mutlu bir yaşam sürdürmeleri için cesaret veriyor.Identidade Trocada
By Giselle Renarde, Luiza Aragón Pedrada. 2016
Quando Brenda é sequestrada por dois agentes secretos que estão convencidos que ela é outra pessoa, as técnicas de interrogatório…
deles se tornam pouco convencionais. Existe um encontro lésbico pela primeira vez, depilação em um quarto de motel velho, um ménage no chuveiro... Ela consegue tudo o que quer, e tudo o que ela quer é ter mais!Expecting Jeeves
By P. G. Wodehouse. 2016
"Good Lord, Jeeves! Is there anything you don't know?""I could not say, sir."That, in brief, is the essence of the…
relationship between aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his dryly superior valet, Jeeves. Originally published in The Strand magazine from 1918 to 1922 and later collected as The Inimitable Jeeves, these ten tales by comedic master P. G. Wodehouse abound in sparkling wit. "Scoring off Jeeves" recounts a lunch with Aunt Agatha ("A pretty frightful ordeal ... Practically the nearest thing to being disemboweled."), who insists that Bertie propose to Honaria Glossop ("simply nothing more nor less than a pot of poison"), necessitating Jeeves' rescue of the perennial bachelor ("and according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that"). Other stories include "The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace," featuring Bertie's frolicsome cousins ("as innocuous as a pair of sprightly young tarantulas"); "Aunt Agatha Takes the Count," involving our hero's formidable relative and her intrusion upon his vacation in the south of France; and "Comrade Bingo," in which Bertie's school chum masquerades as a Bolshevist and Jeeves comes very near to being rattled.Novelists
By C. P. Boyko. 2014
Novelists: the soul of an age, certainly. Brilliant? Perhaps. Yet aren't they also doddering, petulant, pedantic, knockkneed, skittish, and thunderingly…
insecure-resentful, awkward, annoying-demanding, deluded, and vexingly indifferent to reality? New from short fiction devotée C.P. Boyko, Novelists is a comedy of manners (and manuscripts), rivalling Vanity Fair for its satirical wit... though not, mercifully, for its length.The World Afloat
By M.A.C. Farrant. 2014
In The World Afloat, a series of seventy-five "miniatures" that melds narrative with elements of prose poem and farce, master…
of the absurd and expert observer M.A.C. Farrant peers into the complexities of human experience - through the rear window.Inside the linoleum-lined kitchens and lace-trimmed living rooms that drift through these stories, Farrant interrupts the daily routines - doctor's appointments, gardening, mealtimes - of her eccentric yet familiar characters with intensely surreal, laugh-out-loud moments. What happens when a whimsical spirit becomes captive to a middle-aged body? At the end of a Love Your Package workshop, what does the wrap-up dinner look like? Can a soggy tomato salad really end someone's marriage? Brimming with pathos and bathos in equal measure, Farrant's smart prose offers escape and renewal from the monotony of modern life, while at the same time poking fun at her readers' pathological devotion to the technology and interpersonal relationships that leave them feeling bored and empty.Sexuality and depravity, childhood and bad parenting, and love and divorce are all deftly handled in this hot flash of a book that goes straight to the heart of things. As each "miniature" reads stranger (and truer) than the one before, Farrant manages to coax her readers from their well-worn, earthbound narratives and into a world afloat on satire, absurdity, and, in her most brilliant moments, expansive joy.Les aventures de Peter
By Ana Escudero, Belén Escudero, Floriane Risselin. 2018
Peter va faire des courses Il alla dehors. Peter resta immobile, en travers de la porte. Il ne savait pas…
par où aller. Il regarda d’un côté, puis de l’autre, mais n’arrivait pas à se décider. Et soudain, il le vit. Il recula, effrayé. Il lui devait de l’argent. Ce type s’approchait lentement. Il pouvait rentrer chez lui, mais il ne le voulait pas; non, ce n’était pas un froussard. Il respira profondément, réajusta son chapeau, baissa la tête et sortit de chez lui. Il se dirigea directement vers lui, rapidement, sans s’arrêter, avec un peu de chance… L’énergumène continua à descendre la rue. Il semblait ne pas l’avoir vu. Peter poussa un soupir de soulagement quand il tomba sur Vivian.Only Peter
By Ana Escudero y Bel n Escudero. 2015
Peter leaves his house and gets together with his girlfriend, Vivian. Together, they decide to go shopping at a department…
store. But someone is following Peter. He has a debt to pay, but he doesn't have any money. He has an idea: shoplift an item at the department store. The police detain him. Then comes the surprise: Peter has won a trip for being the 10,000th thief. If you'd like to know how his story continues.É Por Isso Que a Vovó Comprou Aquele Carro ...E Outras Histórias e Versos
By Mauricio Goldani Lima, Anne R Allen. 2014
Contos e poemas da humorista e novelista de mistério Anne R. Allen. Algumas dessas histórias são sátiras, como Vive La…
Révolution, que teve sua primeira aparição na revista Opium de humor cáustico; outras são mais cordiais, apesar de retratos cômicos de mulheres rebeldes. Desde a envelhecida Betty Jo, que se sente tão ignorada que cogita assaltar um banco, até a negligenciada Maude, de 10 anos, que busca em um Elvis de fantasia o amor negado por sua família patrícia; e também a versão sanguinária e adolescente de Madame Defarge. Essas mulheres, velhas e jovens, rebelam-se contra os estereótipos e papeis tradicionais que as reprimem. E é por isso, claro, que a vovó comprou aquele carro.Truth or Dare (Disney's Hannah Montana #4)
By M. C. King, Michael Poryes. 2007
Miley Stewart adores all the e-mail that Hannah Montana's fans send her. But when she gets one from a girl…
at her own school, Miley takes things a few steps too far. Will Miley's matchmaking work out? Or will it backfire, and ruin one of her closest friendships?The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose
By Woody Allen. 2007
Comprising the classic bestsellers Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, this definitive collection of comic writings is from a…
man who needs no Introduction. Really-this book has no Introduction. The Insanity Defense reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges ("Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage"); reflects on death ("I don't believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear"); and notes the effect on history wrought by trick chewing gum, the dribble glass, and other novelties. There is also an inspiring story of the futile race to beat Dr. Heimlich to the punch: "The food went down the wrong pipe, and choking occurred. Grasping the mouse firmly by the tail, I snapped it like a small whip, and the morsel of cheese came loose. If we can transfer the procedure to humans, we may have something. Too early to tell. " All Woody Allen fans will cherish this uproarious treasury-and those who don't enjoy The Insanity Defense are just plain crazy. "If you don't care if you break into helpless whoops of laughter on buses, trains, or wherever you happen to be reading it. " -Chicago Tribune, on Without Feathers "Brilliant flights of fancy whose comic detail and inspired silliness are at once dramatic and controlled. " -The New York Times, on Side EffectsThe Flash: The Tornado Twins
By Barry Lyga. 2018
Barry Allen, also known as the Flash, in the third book of this middle-grade series. Featuring adventures not seen on…
TV, Barry continues his mission to protect Central City from sinister plots.The Last Super Hero (Green Lantern)
By Michael Dahl. 2011
Hal Jordan of Earth is recruited to join an intergalactic law enforcement squadron known as the Green Lanterns. He is…
summoned to their headquarters on the planet Oa, which lies at the center of the universe. But before they can finish their training, Hal, and his new teammates are caught up in a battle that will test the very limits of their courage and willpower. A ruthless enemy traps them on a deserted planet.High-tech Terror (Green Lantern)
By Dan Schoening, Michael A. Steele. 2011
While on intergalactic patrol, HAL JORDAN, a member of the GREEN LANTERN CORPS, receives a distress call. A nearby planet…
is under attack . . . by lawn mowers! All of the planet's machines have come alive. Cars, semi-trucks, even television sets, have transformed into deadly robots. Soon, HAL learns that a superpowered robot is behind the mechanical chaos . . . TEKIK, a member of the evil SINESTRO CORPS. To stop his mini machines, the GREEN LANTERN must stop TEKIK first. Unfortunately, pulling the plug on this super-villain won't be so easy.Iron Man: Invasion Of The Space Phantoms (A Mighty Marvel Chapter Book)
By Steve Behling, Khoi Pham, Chris Sotomayor. 2016
DANGER! Menacing mongrels and frightening phantoms ahead! Whether running Stark Industries or suited up as Iron Man, Tony Stark…
has dedicated his life to making sure his technologies do not harm others. When S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Coulson informs Tony that two Avengers went missing while looking into one of his inventions, Tony immediately transforms into Iron Man and jets off to find them! But his simple rescue turns out to be . . . NOT SO SIMPLE. Along the way he must face mutating dogs, robotic sharks, and freaky shape-shifting monsters from another dimension! As Tony tries to take on the problems himself, he realizes he needs help from his fellow Avengers. But will they arrive in time? Or will Tony be left out in the cold against ANOTHER THREAT- THE SPACE PHANTOMS?Big Time: Stories
By Jen Spyra. 2021
The debut collection of raucous, dark, strange, satirical stories from the former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer and New…
Yorker contributor, featuring a foreword by Stephen Colbert &“Jen Spyra&’s stories are shocking, silly, smart, and absurdly funny. Underline both those words, I don&’t care how much it costs!&”—Tina FeyA bride so desperate to get in shape for her wedding that she enrolls in a new kind of workout program that promises the moon but costs more than she bargained for. A snowman who, on the wish of a child, comes to life in a decidedly less savory way than in the childhood classic. And in the title story, a time-hopping 1940s starlet tries to claw her way to the top in modern-day Hollywood, despite being ridiculously unwoke. In this uproarious, addictive debut, Jen Spyra takes a culture that seems almost beyond parody and holds it up to a funhouse mirror, immersing the reader in a world of prehistoric influencers, woodland creatures plagued by millennial neuroses, and an all-out birthday bash determined to be the most lavish celebration of all time, by any means necessary. Welcome, brave soul, to the world of Jen Spyra.Marvel Super Heroes Storybook Collection (Storybook Collection)
By Disney Book Group. 2013
Super Heroes lead very exciting lives protecting innocent people from cunning villains. They also face many challenges as they try…
to live both their real life and the life of a Super Hero. But how did they get these super powers? These folks weren't always mighty crime fighters. The Origin Storybook tells the history of how these Marvel characters became famed Super Heroes. From the tale of a meek high school student who was bitten by a radioactive spider and his transformation into Spider-Man, to the childhood story of Charles Xavier who would later be known as Professor X and lead the powerful team of X-Men. With stories on the She-Hulk, Ant-Man, Iron Man and other beloved characters, the twenty-one stories in the collection will bring readers back to the beginning, while captivating them with incredible tales and exciting battles. These thrilling stories will make a new generation familiar with the origins of these classic characters. Both entertaining and educational, after reading the collection, you are sure to feel like a comic book expert.The Action Heroine's Handbook: How to Win a Catfight, Drink Someone Under the Table, Choke a Man with Your Bare Thighs, and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills
By Joe Borgenicht, Jennifer Worick. 2003
Get Some Action! For every woman who wants to be as tough as Lara Croft, as nimble as the Bionic…
Woman, and as babe-a-licious as Charlie's Angels, The Action Heroine's Handbook shows you the essential skills you'll need to conquer the bad guys and save the day without breaking a sweat. Find out how the real action heroines do it, directly from a host of experts, including stuntwomen, jujitsu instructors, helicopter pilots, detectives, forensic psychologists, survivalists, primatologists, and many others. Learn to: * Profile a serial killer * Outwit a band of home intruders * Navigate white water rapids * Go undercover as a beauty queen * Outrun a fireball, and dozens of other Tough Chick Skills, Beauty Skills, Brain Skills, Brawn Skills, and Escape Skills. Special sections and appendices feature the top action heroine hairdos, handbag essentials, and the best footwear for every action situation. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow illustrations, The Action Heroine's Handbook will prepare you to save the world, one baddie at a time.The Action Hero's Handbook: How to Catch a Great White Shark, Perform the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills
By David Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht. 2002
The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Up with the Indiana Joneses For everyone who's ever wanted to be as smooth as…
James Bond, as clever as Captain Kirk, or as tough as Charlie's Angels, The Action Hero's Handbook is the ultimate guide to the essential skills every action hero needs to survive and thrive in this dangerous but exciting world. This book features dozens of real-life action hero techniques, directly from experts in the subjects at hand: FBI agents, sexologists, stuntmen, hypnotists, karate masters, criminologists, detectives, and many others. Learn how to: * Catch a great white shark * Deliver the Vulcan Nerve Pinch * Spyproof your hotel room * Win a fight when outnumbered * Climb down Mount Rushmore National Monument And dozens of other Good Guy Skills, Paranormal Skills, Fighting Skills, and Escape Skills. With meticulously researched step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow illustrations, The Action Hero's Handbook will get you ready for anything. Good luck--we're all counting on you. From the Trade Paperback edition.Sutton Impact
By Ward Sutton. 2005
A full-color trouncing of the Bush Dynasty from cult-favorite Village Voice cartoonist Ward Sutton, Sutton Impact brings together for the…
first time the artist's hilarious, irreverent social commentary and his vivid poster art. More than two hundred pieces document the flights and folly of an era, from politics to popular music, excoriating the USA PATRIOT Act, John Ashcroft's evangelical songwriting, the Democrats' domestic blunders, and much more.