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What do readers say about The Angel Experiment?
young adult thriller fun and exciting kind of written loved every secondMax soars above the world . . . but in James Patterson's thrilling adventure, fantasy can come crashing down to reveal the nightmares of the Angel Experiment.
Maximum Ride and her "flock" - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordin... More details on The Angel Experiment
1 The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. Take right now, for instance. Run! Come on, run! You know you can do it. I gulped deep lungfuls ...
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What do readers say about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
large number of illustrations rolling southern beauty all the characters tom and huck's adventures"Mark Twain is the true father of all American literature."
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1850 Sam’s brother Orion, ten years his senior, returns to Hannibal and establishes the Journal; he hires Sam as a compositor. Steamboats become the primary means of transport on the Mississippi River...
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What do readers say about Friday's Child?
entertaining and amusing comedy of errors very lighthearted and funny comic-sentimental heyer novel'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
Hero Wantage is de... More details on Friday's Child
Her companion, a tall young gentleman who had gone romantically down upon one knee before her chair, appeared put out by this faltered request. ‘Damn it – I mean, dash it, Isabella!’ he expostulated, ...
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What do readers say about Life, the Universe and Everything?
saving the galaxy when they're all together forced and erratic fast paced, action drivenNow celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!
"Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes."-Chicago Tribune
The unhappy inhabitants of... More details on Life, the Universe and Everything
He was stranded in prehistoric Earth as the result of a complex sequence of events which had involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy than he ev...
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What do readers say about The Table of Less Valued Knights?
an amusing entertainment clever, clever writing an all-out medieval romp touches of historyFrom Marie Phillips, author of the #1 national and international bestseller Gods Behaving Badly , comes a charming, funny story about a down-on-his-luck knight of Camelot, his eccentric band of misfits and their madcap quest to restore order to thei... More details on The Table of Less Valued Knights
It was the feast of Pentecost at Camelot, and the air thrummed with anticipation. All of King Arthur’s knights had gathered together to re-speak their vows, to celebrate the successes of the year, and...
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What do readers say about Midnight Riot?
long rambling paragraphs humorous and witty police procedural meets fantasy clever and funny"Midnight Riot is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper."-Diana Gabaldon
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his su... More details on Midnight Riot
IT STARTED at one thirty on a cold Tuesday morning in January when Martin Turner, street performer and, in his own words, apprentice gigolo, tripped over a body in front of the West Portico of St. Pau...
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What do readers say about Mapp and Lucia?
delicious, unmatched humor a comic classic an omnibus edition a wicked pleasureAt last they meet - the two most formidable ladies in English literature collide in genteel and deadly enmity. Lucia shakes the dust of Riseholme from her elegant feet and, with Georgie Pilson as devoted courtier, prepares to conquer the high society... More details on Mapp and Lucia
Though it was nearly a year since her husband’s death, Em-meline Lucas (universally known to her friends as Lucia) still wore the deepest and most uncompromising mourning. Black certainly suited her v...
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What do readers say about My Not So Perfect Life?
funny, cute, and entertaining pure chic lit consistent sense of humor funny, enjoyable, and uncomplicatedNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world.
"Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving... More details on My Not So Perfect Life
First: It could be worse. As commutes go, it could be a lot worse, and I must keep remembering this. Second: It’s worth it. I want to live in London; I want to do this; and commuting is part of the de...
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What do readers say about The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks?
intriguing and creative omniscient third person boarding school and pranks young adult literatureThe hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud.
* National Book Award finalist *
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Frankie and her mother went to the Jersey Shore for a four-day weekend with Frankie’s two divorced uncles and three cousins. They rented a creaky five-bedroom house on a tiny plot of cement, two block...
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What do readers say about Death and Relaxation?
entertaining urban paranormal book creative investigative urban fantasy ordinary magic series moderately well-plotted murder mysteryMonsters, gods, and mayhem...Police Chief Delaney Reed can handle the Valkyries, werewolves, gill-men and other paranormal creatures who call the small beach town of Ordinary, Oregon their home. It's the vacationing gods who keep her up at night. Wit... More details on Death and Relaxation
The night of his death was still embedded in my mind. My sisters and me responding to the emergency call. His truck crumpled at the bottom of the cliff. Ben Rossi and Jame Wolfe in their fire-fighting...
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