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Backside of the Moon: Keeping Your Zen, One Smile At A Time
By Tango Gao. 2017
The first book by Shanghai-born visual artist, cartoonist, social media phenomenon, and advertising executive Tango to be published in the…
United States, MADITATION is a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek dissection of the everyday insanities of 21st-century urban living--and a witty guide to how to keep one's calm in the midst of the craziness. Tango's doodles have a simple, fluent, and funny style. His humor is obvious without words and explanation. Everything he draws has its own expression. Even air has a shape and a piece of bread can be a protagonist. Tango celebrates finding joy and surprise in our daily life. No matter how small we are and how frustrating life can be, we shall endeavor to feel “alive." Tango's playful line drawings may just help you attain inner peace and tranquility--but at the very least they will make you smile.Journey: A Western
By Stephen H. Foreman. 2017
Set in the early eighteen hundreds in the wild desert wilderness of New Mexico Territory, Journey follows the lives of…
three distinctly different characters whose destinies are one: Journey, a fiercely independent, sixteen-year-old of mysterious origins; Reuben Moon, the stoic half Mexican, half Apache hunter who raises her; and Esau Burdock, a brutal, pragmatic, and wealthy slave trader.The story opens on a November night in 1833, the sky on fire with meteors, each character alone, experiencing the storm. The narrative then delves into their individual histories. But Journey, Reuben, and Esau’s stories soon collide in the summer of 1834 when Esau holds a rendezvous of horse racing and trading. Despite being only sixteen, and a girl at that, Journey joins the race. She doesn’t win, but she’s caught the attention of Esau. A year later, a mountain lion is terrorizing the area and Esau comes across Journey and Reuben in the desert as he hunts for it. Journey has tamed a wild colt. The lion had killed its mother then attacked the colt, but Journey rescues it and nurses it back to health. Esau claims the colt is his by the law of the land. Journey refuses to give him up and so Esau threatens to hang her on the spot. Instead, they make a deal: Journey can work at Esau’s stables for six months to earn the horse.And so she does. All the while the mountain lion continues to kill and Esau broods. He is a successful man, but he is a lonely one too, haunted by the death of his first slave and lover, Livy, and by their daughter Lilly Rose, both of whom betrayed him and are now dead. The story comes to a fever pitch when Esau spots a necklace Journey has worn her whole life, given to her by her mother, a necklace once worn by Esau’s dead daughter, Lily Rose. From there, the story races to an end, as Esau, Journey, and Reuben are tested in ways they never dreamed imaginable. Brimming with action and panoramic in scope, in Journey Foreman provides a breathtaking narrative with a heroine you’ll never forget.T. H. Elkman: A Western Novel
By Eric H. Heisner, Al P. Bringas. 2016
1800’s American West-a place where men find themselves in harsh and cruel circumstances and where lives are short lived. Where…
women are hard as the steel of a gun, and the sweet burn of whiskey eases the rough, ratted edges. Where death is a pill that must be swallowed, and senses are developed beyond true human comprehension . . .Honest work on the frontier was sometimes hard to acquire. Traveling independently on the expansive road through the west, cowboy and westerner Tomas H. Elkman is a man of the times. To ease the loneliness of the trail while searching for gainful employment, Elkman warily teams up with a fight-prone, good-timing gambler by the name of Jefferson McGredy. This strange pairing of men is hired to deliver an assemblage of horses to a ranch in the untamed northern territory. The rancher sends his young son, Kent Martin, to accompany the horsemen on their travels through mountains and rivers, across primitive landscapes, and into remnants of mining boomtowns. The journey becomes a constant challenge to their moral fiber as they face the overwhelming hardships of hostile weather, rustlers, and natives . . .T. H. Elkman is a story of frontier grit, moral simplicity, individuality and consequential violence in the American West.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns-books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians-are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L’Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.West of the Pecos: A Western Story
By Zane Grey. 2017
From one of the bestselling western novelists of all time, comes another classic story.Templeton Lambeth had so desperately wanted a…
son- an heir to ride by his side through the vast, wild ranges just west of the Pecos River. But to his disappointment, his wife bore a girl. His hopes crushed and in denial, he decides to raise his daughter as if she were a boy. In honor of Lambeth’s more successful brother, they named her: Terrill.Upon the arrival of the Civil War, Lambeth enlists in Lee’s army, leaving behind his wife and tomboy daughter, with hopes to reconcile living in the shadow of his brother. By the time the war ends, Lambeth returns a colonel and his wife has passed. Tired of his old life as a cotton planter, he packs up with his tomboy daughter, Rill, and heads for the alluring western frontier to start anew.After they arrive in the West, the Colonel is brutally murdered. Rill, disguised as a youth of eighteen who rode with the toughest, is left to fend for herself in the Wild West swarming with outlaws. Enter the one they called Pecos Smith-a rugged desperado with a mysterious past and one bad reputation. Though, he may not be what he seems. Filled with adventure, bandits, and the beautiful landscape of America in its formative years, West of the Pecos is a classic tale by one of the greatest novelists of the American west.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns-books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians-are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L’Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.Moby Dick is regularly hailed as one of the greatest works of American literature. But suppose Ishmael had instead shared…
his tale in tweets? #Moby-Dick or The Whale in Tweets hilariously reimagines Herman Melville's classic whaling novel in just 200 tweets, each 140 characters or less. Ishmael here! Went broke in NYC, Super bored with land (damp drizzly soul,) I'm going to sea! #callme #whalingvoyage In this witty abridgment, mad captain Ahab's quest for vengeance upon a white whale is retold with Internet acronyms. The plight of the Pequod and its motley crew is punctuated by the occasional emoji. And Ishmael ponders whaling and humanity with hashtags. Including an appendix that presents the original passages upon which each tweet is derived, #Moby Dick offers modern readers an entertaining and accessible companion to a great American classic.The Miracles of Jesus: The Brick Bible for Kids
By Brendan Powell Smith. 2017
As in all the Brick Bible books, Brendan Powell Smith creates a magical “brick” world—all in LEGOs—to illustrate stories from…
the Bible that are then photographed and accompanied by a simple text.In this book, there are many stories to tell. After being baptized, and in the company of his twelve disciples, Jesus began performing many great acts, including giving a blind man sight, raising a young girl from death, feeding five thousand people with two fish and five loaves of bread, and, perhaps the most famous of all, walking on water.Mi Monstruo - Libro 2 - Félix... el Monstruo Travieso
By Kaz Campbell, Cinta Garcia de la Rosa. 2017
Mi Monstruo entretendrá a niños pequeños con edades entre 4 y 10 años con una divertida historia sobre un niño…
de 8 años llamado Bobby, quien tiene un amigo monstruo invisible. Boris el Monstruo ayuda a Bobby con sus malos sueños y le encanta ir al colegio con Bobby. Cuando Bobby invita a Boris a la fiesta de cumpleaños de una amiga, Boris está muy excitado... hasta que recuerda que tiene que cuidar de su hermano pequeño Félix. Bobby permite que Félix vaya a la fiesta también, ¡y ahí es cuando las cosas empiezan a ir mal! Éste es el segundo libro en la Serie Mi Monstruo. El Libro 1, Boris al Rescate, también está disponible en Amazon. Consíguelo ahora y léeselo a tus hijos... Estoy segura que les encantará.Mi Monstruo - Libro 1 - Boris al Rescate
By Kaz Campbell, Cinta. 2017
Es un primer libro de capítulos cortos ideal para niños y niñas de edades entre 5 y 9 años. Es…
divertido y muestra como los niños buenos ganan al final. A tus hijos les encantará esta historia. Bobby tiene un amigo especial. No se lo digas a nadie... ¡pero es un monstruo! Su nombre es Boris y es rojo, peludo, con dos cuernos dorados. Boris ayuda a Bobby cuando tiene malos sueños. En el Libro 1, Boris va al colegio con Bobby. A él no le gusta como Jack el Abusón trata a su amigo Bobby. Jack no sabe que Boris le va a tender una trampa para avergonzarle. El Libro 2... Félix - El Monstruo Travieso, ya está a la venta.Mein Monster - Buch 2 - Felix – das freche Monster
By Kaz Campbell, Beatrice Pires-Stadler. 2017
Mein Monster amüsiert kleine Kinder im Alter von 4 bis 10 Jahren mit einer lustigen Geschichte über einen 8-jährigen Jungen…
namens Bobby und seinen unsichtbaren Monster-Freund. Boris, das Monster, hilft Bobby bei bösen Träumen und begleitet ihn gern zur Schule. Als Bobby Boris auf die Geburtstagsparty einer Freundin einlädt, ist Boris begeistert ... bis er sich daran erinnert, dass er seinen jüngeren Bruder Felix Monster-hüten muss. Bobby erlaubt Felix, auf die Party mitzukommen, und damit beginnt alles schief zu laufen! Das ist das zweite Buch in der Mein Monster Serie. Buch 1 - Boris zur Hilfe Boris - ist auch bei Amazon erhältlich. Greifen Sie jetzt zu und lesen Sie es Ihren Kindern vor ... Ich bin sicher, dass es ihnen gefallen wird.Cyanide & Happiness: A Guide to Parenting by Three Guys with No Kids (Cyanide & Happiness)
By Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, Dave McElfatrick. 2018
Finally, a definitive and reliable manual that demystifies the complicated world of parenting while delivering crucial tips and sage advice—all…
from three guys who make comics instead of children. This informative guide for breeders tackles all the big parenting issues: Finding messages in your alphabet soup, drawing the perfect hand turkey, getting away with kidnapping, telling your kids you don't love them anymore, and making out with your kid's best friend's dad. Cartoonists Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick combine all their knowledge and experience—or lack thereof—for a laugh-out-loud, labor-inducing look into the world of parenthood through the sick and twisted lens of Cyanide & Happiness comics.The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel
By Peter De Vries. 1958
An irresistible comedy about faith, desire, and middle-class morality from the man described by Kingsley Amis as "the funniest serious…
writer to be found on either side of the Atlantic" Pity the poor reverend Andrew Mackerel of the People's Liberal Church of Avalon, Connecticut. His is the first split-level church in America, a bastion of modern thought and sophisticated virtue, yet even his prosperous parishioners are not immune to the backsliding evangelism infecting other parts of the country. One misguided congregant wants to sing hymns to hospital patients. Another goes so far as to put up a billboard with the message "Jesus Saves" written in phosphorescent green-and-orange letters. How is Mackerel supposed to write sermons with a vulgarity like that staring him in the face? Worse yet, the recently widowed pastor has fallen in love with Molly Calico, a former actress turned city hall clerk, well before the church is ready to stop mourning Mackerel's saintly wife. Plans are under way for a shopping mall and memorial plaza commemorating the dear departed, and Mackerel must go to ever-greater lengths to keep his new romance a secret and his new paramour happy. Meanwhile, it is becoming clear that his devoted sister-in-law, Hester, has plans of her own when it comes to the reverend's matrimonial future. As Mackerel twists and turns to get what he wants and avoid what he does not, the plot of this rollicking portrait of suburban piety kicks into high--and hilarious--gear.Diary of an Ugly, Recently Divorced Man
By Félix Gálvez. 2017
“Diary of an Ugly, Recently Divorced Man” is the fun, sarcastic and at the same time sensitive narrative of a…
divorce as seen through the eyes of a Spanish man trying to survive the biggest calamity of his life with the unreliable help of his friends and a sense of humor. But love…ah, love is a hard thing to escape.Diario di uno sventurato neo divorziato
By Félix Gálvez. 2016
Il divorzio non è facile per un uomo di trenta e qualche anno abituato a vivere in compagnia. Uscire nel…
mondo reale comporta i suoi rischi. Confidare nell'aiuto degli amici è uno di quelli. Questa storia, romantica e divertente allo stesso tempo, è nata in un blog ed è cresciuta grazie all'impulso delle lettrici, che non sempre hanno capito che si trattava di finzione...T-Rex Tries Again: Return of the King
By Hugh Murphy. 2019
A hilarious gift and perfect stocking stuffer, the third installment of the T-Rex Trying series features simple, charming, and hilarious…
illustrations depicting the hapless T-Rex and family doing their best in a world made for creatures with smaller heads and longer arms.For the last six years, the lovable, hilarious T-Rex family--T-Rex himself, his partner She-Rex, and their adorable child, Wee-Rex--have charmed readers and dinosaur lovers throughout the nation. With a sweetly funny tone and truly adorable illustrations, the new collection will include all-new material, featuring T-Rex and family in situations like these: T-Rex trying to hail a cab... T-Rex trying to shear a flock of sheep... T-Rex trying to grab the toys at the bottom of his pool... T-Rex trying to put a comforter inside a duvet cover... T-Rex trying to play the bagpipes... T-Rex trying to cut down a tree with a two-person saw... T-Rex trying to feed a horse through an electric fence... T-Rex trying to plug in a lamp behind the bed...This book will leave you applauding (like T-Rex can't) and wiping tears from your eyes (like T-Rex wishes he could), but most of all, it will leave you wondering how on earth this animal survived a day, let alone the entire Cretaceous Period.The Goldblum Variations: Adventures of Jeff Goldblum Across the Known (and Unknown) Universe
By Helen McClory. 2019
“Fantastic!” —the actual Jeff Goldblum (for real)The essential companion for any fan of Jeff Goldblum, Hollywood’s most beloved and otherworldly…
iconYou like Jeff Goldblum. We like Jeff Goldblum. Helen McClory really likes Jeff Goldblum.So lie back, Jurassic Park-style, and prepare to enjoy The Goldblum Variations, a collection of stories, musings, puzzles, and games based on the one and only Jeff Goldblum as he (and alternate versions of himself) travels through the known (and unknown) universe in a mighty celebration of weird and wonderful Goldbluminess.Maybe he’s cresting the steep bluffs of a mysterious planet on an epic treasure hunt, maybe he’s wearing a nice sweater, maybe he’s reading from this very book. The possibilities are endless. Treat yourself . . . because all that glitters is Goldblum.Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
By Pawan Mishra. 2015
Prejudice takes place in a plethora of forms. It sprouts a rare growth when a clerk called Coinman can't stop…
jingling the coins in his pocket. It's a seemingly harmless addiction, but it's one that comes to rule his life and begins to invite the wrath of virtually everyone around him. His work environment becomes increasingly hostile while his life at home begins to suffer as a result of his wife's obsession with acting. When an attempt to remedy the situation goes horribly wrong, it spurs those involved onto unexpected paths. In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that's simultaneously hilarious and tragic. Coinman is a modern-day parable laced with pithy wisdom and psychological insight into human nature - a clever parody of the dynamics of office politics and groupthink. At times, surreal, Mishra's distinctive novel is an overflowing basin of linguistic humor. Eloquently written, this satirical story beautifully depicts how even mature, sensible adults can callously inflict emotional damage upon the most vulnerable. Winner: 2016 eLit Book Awards for Literary Fiction (Bronze) Finalist: 2016 National Indie Excellence Award for Humor Finalist: 2016 IAN Book of the Year (General/ Literary Fiction)The Day of the Donald: Trump Trumps America
By Andrew Shaffer. 2016
Summer 2018: Two years into President Donald J. Trump's first term in office, America has never been greater. The Even…
Greater Wall along the Mexican border is under construction, paid for by Mexico. Americans have more money in their pockets thanks to lower taxes and the president's creative money-raising strategies. (Who else would have thought to pay for FEMA's budget by suing the Catholic Church over property damage caused by acts of God?) And while Trump's detractors may call him a tyrant, the American people love bullies when the victim is Congress: every time they impeach the president, his approval rating skyrockets.Ever conscious of his hugely important historical legacy, The Donald plucks disgraced tabloid reporter Jimmie Bernwood—the man responsible for publishing the infamous Ted Cruz sex tape—from the depths of anonymity to become his official biographer, giving him enviable access to the gold-plated White House and all of its secrets.When Trump's previous biographer turns up dead, Bernwood must do some real investigative reporting, get to the bottom of a long series of murders…and, if it's absolutely unavoidable, save the country. The Day of the Donald is a hilariously hair-raising look at the (possible) future of America.My Life as Crocodile Junk Food (The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #4)
By Bill Myers. 1993
Chased by thieves through roaring rapids, over a killer waterfall, and into the hands of primitive jungle natives!This isn't exactly…
what Dad had in mind when he took his son on a missions trip to the South American rain forest. But he should have known better. After all, we are talking about Wally-If-Anything-Can-Go-Wrong-It-Will McDoogle. My Life as Crocodile Junk Food keeps readers laughing as Wally stumbles into a whole new set of impossible (and man-eating) predicaments . . . Until he finally understands the need and joy of sharing Jesus Christ with others.Bartholomew and the Oobleck
By Dr Seuss. 1976
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?