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Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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"In a delightful sequel to the best-selling comedic novel My Italian Bulldozer, we are in a French village where the local restaurant's haute cuisine leaves a lot to be desired--and two books into an astounding ninth series from one of our most beloved authors. Renowned cookbook writer Paul Stuart, renewed and refreshed from his time in Tuscany, has returned to Scotland to work on his new book, The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters. Writing,...
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"Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone, or something, is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher is just as flummoxed as everyone else. He's trapped in the body of a fourteen-inch-tall "meat puppet" waiting for his Buddhist nun girlfriend, Audrey, to find...
5) Dear Beast
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Dear Beast volume 1
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Through a series of letters, Simon, a grumpy and jealous cat, informs Baxter, his boy's new dog, that he is not welcome and should leave at once.
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Clara forgets to remember a lot of things, but she clings fiercely to the memory of Florida, her real home. With best friends Bonnie and Jimmy filling her lapses with Zumba and happy hour tea, Vermont's Milton Manor senior living is almost bearable. Her new friend, Axel, is also a gem, stopping by often to run her errands. But then ousted tenant Willie, who tried to kill Clara's dog, starts lurking around the Manor once again, and the gossip over...
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1200 Chistes para partirse, de Berto PedrosaEste volumen incluye los títulos:1000 Chistes para partirse200 Chistes reducidos a la mínima expresión-¿Cómo es eso que se hace para que no te copien las fotos?-¿Una marca de agua?-Aquarel. Pero dime lo de las fotos.-El camarero dice que nos vayamos, porque le hemos dicho que el vino de 200 euros está picado.-¿Cosecha?-Ya te digo, que nos vayamos dice.-No sé si las agujetas que tengo son de cuando...
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Inspired by a shotgun blast in the seat of his breeches, young Karli Van Cleef quits his native Holland to seek his fortune. He arrives in early Victorian London and soon he is turning a pretty profit. But Karli sees that true opportunity flowers in India's fields of opium poppies and the treaty ports of the China coast. So he takes a berth in an opium clipper hell-bent for the Indies. It is a journey beset with perils. Karli is confronted by the...
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Politics in Australia offers up some very strange characters who become even stranger when elected. This book contains parodies of well-known songs about the weird antics that they get up to and the awkward positions they find themselves in. There has been a revolving door on Prime Ministers. Cabinet ministers seem to forget their oaths of office, and ministerial responsibility disappeared long ago. Australian politicians leave themselves wide open...
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Sometimes Bone King cannot go through doors. He has no physical impairment, but at times his brain and muscles simply can't recall how to walk him through them. Perhaps it has something to do with his being distracted thinking about grammar and etymology all the time, or maybe it's anxiety that his wife is having an affair with the yardman. But then renowned neurologist Arthur Limongello offers a diagnosis as peculiar as the ailment: Bone's self...
11) Love, Just In
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In the vein of Emily Henry's You and Me On Vacation, Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance with just enough spice to heat up the summer.
Sydney TV news reporter Josie Larsen is approaching thirty and coming dangerously close to failing at life. Lost in a vortex of other people's career milestones, engagement parties and baby showers, Josie is perennially single, abandoned by her globetrotting family, and invisible to her boss - except for...
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Names and locations have been changed in order to protect the identities and integrities of all dogs mentioned in this book.After many discussions between Candy Rae, Alex the Dog and Sammy the Cat, it was decided to take some literary liberties concerning the abilities possessed by dogs to make of this book one that both a non-canine and a non-feline might enjoy. We also decided that the abilities of cats should be included in this resolution. Sammy...
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The first novel of English magistrate Henry Fielding, "Joseph Andrews" was written in 1742 as a complete extension of the author's pamphlet "Shamela". The latter contains an impressively coarse parody of "Pamela", the Samuel Richardson novel that rewards a servant girl with marriage for protecting her virtue. Shamela, however, utilizes a coy and artificial modesty to procure for herself a husband of wealth. Fielding went on to write "Joseph Andrews",...
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1899, and was subsequently published by Harper & Brothers in the collection The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Sketches (1900). Some see this story "as a replay of the Garden of Eden story", and associate the corrupter of the town with Satan.
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Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest volume 242
Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest volume 241
Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest volume 244
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Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest volume 241
Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest volume 244
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This time in "the Many Loves of Archie Andrews," Archie has decided to set his sights on Sabrina the Teenage Witch! And, after being dumped by her long-time boyfriend, Harvey, Sabrina's ready to move on-and our red-headed Romeo is just the mortal to do the trick! There's only one person who's standing in the way of true romance-actually, make that two people-Sabrina's aunts Hilda and Zelda! If you think Mr. Lodge and Archie have clashed before…...
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The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousian romantic farce, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with imposters, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers, and conniving aunts.
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Archie Double Digest volume 266
Archie Double Digest volume 269
Archie Double Digest volume 268
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Archie Double Digest volume 269
Archie Double Digest volume 268
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Archie loves spending time with his best furry friend (and wingman!), Vegas. The two are an unstoppable duo: especially when it comes to collecting phone numbers from girls! But Archie's not the only one getting the girl: this time, Vegas has landed himself a date! But when the two wander off together during an impending winter storm, it's up to Archie, his friends and their pets to band together and track down Vegas and his lady. Can they save them...
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Tales From Riverdale Digest volume 3
Tales From Riverdale Digest volume 4
Tales From Riverdale Digest volume 5
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Tales From Riverdale Digest volume 4
Tales From Riverdale Digest volume 5
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Due to the popular demand of Archie Comics' fans everywhere, we're shining the spotlight on Riverdale brighter than ever before. Tales From Riverdale Digest highlights the amazing supporting cast that have entertained generations... from Reggie and Moose to Sabrina and Josie, and every teen in between! Not to mention the hilarious group of adults in Riverdale! Of course, Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead still make appearances, too. "Riverdale High...
19) Killchella
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A group of friends drive up from Los Angeles to attend an ultra-trendy music festival in the Coachella Valley desert. They soon face a bloody night of terror when a reclusive pop star making her big return after five years recruits her most fanatical devotees to assist in a massive human sacrifice ritual.
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Writer: Mario Candelaria
Artist: Serg Acuña
Colorist: Katherine Lobo
Letterer: Matt Krotzer
Editors: James Ferguson & Andrea Lorenzo...
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The Female Quixote (1752) is a novel by Charlotte Lennox. A parody of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, Lennox's novel was an immediate critical and commercial success. Boosted by praise from Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Richardson, The Female Quixote launched Lennox's career as, a leading author of English plays, poetry, and novels. Although she failed to regain her early heights as, an author, Lennox and her work have undergone positive...
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