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The truth: a novel of Discworld
By Terry Pratchett. 2000
William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils…
of a journalists's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. 2000.The Origin story series: The amazing Spider-Man ; The courageous Captain America ; The incredible Hulk ; The invincible Iron Man ; The mighty Avengers ; The mighty Thor ; The uncanny X-Men (Marvel Origins)
By Disney Book Group, Rich Thomas, Disney Book Group. 2011
Series of seven books explains how Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and the Hulk became legendary superheroes. In The…
Uncanny X-Men Professor Xavier assembles a team of mutants called the X-Men to protect mankind from evil--even though humans are afraid of them. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2011Flying high (Step into Reading)
By Dc Comics, Nick Eliopulos. 2008
When the birds of Gotham City create havoc across town, it appears to be the work of the Penguin, who…
has his feathered friends to distract the Super Friends while he plucks Gotham's biggest bank clean. For grades K-3These are the Avengers (Marvel World of Reading #Level 1)
By Thomas Macri, Dbg, Dbg. 2012
The unofficial Harry Potter joke book: great guffaws for Gryffindor (Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book)
By Brian Boone, Amanda Brack. 2017
Hundreds of jokes and riddles highlighting the world of witchcraft and wizardry at Hogwarts. Includes categories such as all things…
quidditch, jokes for dark lords, and Tom Riddle's riddles. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2017The unofficial Harry Potter joke book: stupefying shenanigans for Slytherin (Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book)
By Brian Boone, Amanda Brack. 2018
Hundreds of jokes and riddles a Slytherin would love. Includes categories such as Draco's Burn Ward, Knock-Knockturn Alley, and jokes…
that will make you want to self-obliviate. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2018Bumblebee at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
By Lisa Yee. 2018
When the world's honey supply starts to drop and some of her old tech disappears, super student Bumblebee enlists her…
friends Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, and Beast Boy to help her find out why. For grades 4-7. 2018Katana at Super Hero High
By Lisa Yee. 2017
In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. When…
an unknown source gives her the responsibility of guarding one hundred ancient Samurai swords, her super friends plan to help. For grades 4-7. 2017Harley Quinn at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
By Lisa Yee. 2018
Fun-loving Harley Quinn is unable to resist getting involved in a battle of the bands that is to be held…
during a rare cosmic carnival. She dons her big mallet and uses her indefatigable sense of humor to tackle a tricky mystery that overshadows the festivities. For grades 4-7. 2018Wonder Woman at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
By Lisa Yee. 2016
Homeschooled on Paradise Island, Wonder Woman applies to Super Hero High School in order to finish her world-saving training. Once…
enrolled, she juggles friendships, intensive training, a roommate obsessed with social media, and a new experience for Wonder Woman--meeting boys. For grades 4-7. 2016The Murdstone trilogy
By Mal Peet. 2015
Philip Murdstone's literary agent convinces him that his career is stalled and that he needs to change genres and try…
to write a fantasy novel. Unenthused, Philip struggles until, while walking on the moors, he meets a strange, small man named Pocket Wellfair. Some strong language. 2014Great-Grandpa's in the litter box (The zack Files Ser. #1)
By Dan Greenburg. 1996
Ten-year-old Zack goes to the animal shelter to find a pet. He returns with a scruffy tomcat, who not only…
talks but claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's great-grandpa Julius. For grades 2-4. 1996Seize the story: a handbook for teens who like to write
By Victoria Hanley. 2008
Presents creative-writing tips and exercises, from freewriting to understanding the elements of fiction. Provides examples for character development, motivation, and…
perspective. Assesses difficult aspects of writing fiction, such as creating the setting and mood, and infusing your style and voice into the story. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Gulliver in Lilliput
By Margaret Hodges. 1995
Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
By Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
By Winsor Mccay. 1973
From the creator of Little Nemo comes this pioneering cartoon strip, a world of dreams and nightmares, fraught with episodes…
of wish fulfillments and exaggerations in size and perspective. This facsimile of the rare 1905 first edition recaptures Winsor McCay's imaginative brilliance and his influence on latter-day animation with 60 cartoon sequences.El Viaje de Walter
By Alex Montrasio, Daniel Rosales. 2018
Walter y su pandilla son un grupo de criminales centrados en los suburbios de niebla de Milán hasta que encuentran…
un par de extraños que les ofrecen una tentadora, aunque misteriosa, misión. Aceptan el trabajo ignorando que dejarán su tierra e irán un extraño nuevo mundo, donde experimentarán una aventura para recordar toda la vida.The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure
By C. D. Rose, Andrew Gallix. 2014
A darkly comic, satirical reference book about writers who never made it into the literary canonA signal event of literary…
scholarship, The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure compiles the biographies of history's most notable cases of a complete lack of literary success. As such, it is the world's leading authority on the subject.Compiled in one volume by C. D. Rose, a well-educated person universally acknowledged in parts of England as the world's pre-eminent expert on inexpert writers, the book culls its information from lost or otherwise ignored archives scattered around the globe, as well as the occasional dustbin.The dictionary amounts to a monumental accomplishment: the definitive appreciation of history's least accomplished writers. Thus immortalized beyond deserving and rescued from hard-earned obscurity, the authors presented in this historic volume comprise a who's who of the talentless and deluded, their stories timeless litanies of abject psychosis, misapplication, and delinquency.It is, in short, a treasure.Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman
By Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Thomas Andrae, Mel Gordon. 2010
Here is a kaleidoscopic analysis of Jewish humor as seen through Funnyman, a little-known super-heroic invention by the creators of…
Superman. Included are complete comic-book stories and daily and Sunday newspaper panels from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creative fiasco.Siegel and Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland, sold the rights to their amazing and astonishingly lucrative comic book superhero to Detective Comics for $130 in 1938. Not only did they lose the ownership of the Superman character, they also agreed to write and illustrate it for ten years at ten dollars per page. Their contract with the DC publishers was soon heralded as the most foolish agreement in the history of American popular culture.After toiling on workman's wages for a decade, Siegel and Shuster struggled to come up with a new superhero, one that would right their wrongs and prove that justice, fair-play, and zany craftsmanship was the true American way and would lead to ultimate victory. But when the naïve duo launched their new comic character Funnyman in 1947, it failed miserably. All the turmoil and personal disasters in Siegel and Shuster's postwar life percolated into the comic strip.This book tells the back story of the unsuccessful strip and Siegel and Shuster's ambition to have their funny Jewish superhero trump Superman.Mel Gordon is the author of Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.Thomas Andrae is the author of Batman and Me.El reino de Ira y fuego
By Stephen Cowking. 2018
Una divertida historia de un cazador inmigrante llamado Dickie Cowbell Vive de cazar monstruos y criaturas peligrosas pero…
desar a llevar una vida confortable La caza no tiene buena paga y los riesgos son elevados Hasta que un d a es contratado por una agencia y se convierte en el guardaespaldas del nuevo rey Un Rey que es un mago y cuyo nombre es Bonald Trump El Rey Bonald es un imprevisible tiene la habilidad para invocar muros y no le gustan los inmigrantes Quiere solucionar los problemas de su reino pero no tiene ninguna experiencia en pol tica No obstante podr Dickie ayudar al nuevo rey y conseguir de esta forma completar sus propios sue os Acomp anos a la divertida historia de Dickie Cowbell y c mo enfrenta cada nueva amenaza y aprnede cosas sobre los problemas de violencia con armas de fuego el mercado y la pol tica en el barro Nota Esta es una comedia fant stica con mero inter s de entretener Todos los personajes osn ficci n o caricaturas de pol ticos y celebridades La historia completa est llena de s tira parodia humor pol tico y un poco de groser as Trata la historia como un universo alternativo al nuestro pero lleno de giros y complots y descubre que no tardar en hacerte re r