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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
x, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A new...
Author
Publisher
Oliver Arts & Open Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
George Haskel, a retired professor of German literature, decides to found an institute to promote dullness, as a counterpoint to the hustling celebrity culture of contemporary America. The venture soon attracts a number of brilliant misfits, who transform the project into a political movement, the Authentic Party, that ultimately swells to 8 million members. Events begin to overtake George and his merry band, as luminaries such as Bill Maher, Woody...
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 8
Publisher
Maverick Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hank the cowdog goes to the rescue as a wild, one-eyed horse creates havoc on the ranch but some of his outrageous stunts get him into more trouble than he bargained for.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
North Archer, Andie Miller's ex-husband, asks her to become the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already--and live in a haunted house! What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law, and, of course, her jealous fianc.̌ And just when Andie thinks things couldn't get more complicated, North shows up...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Authentic Cajun touches (and recipes) spice up Wheaton's delightful debut yarn about faith and the yearnings of the flesh. Fr. Steve Sibille, the reflective protagonist, is re-evaluating his vow of celibacy after being tempted by Vicky Carrier, the sinfully conceived but beloved daughter of St. Peter's church's former padre. Father Steve considers the repeated advice of his family friend Miss Rita, a scene-stealing African-American centenarian who...
Author
Publisher
Opus
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jean Shepherd, the great American humorist, radio raconteur, master storyteller, and bestselling author, has left his indelible imprint on American culture. This collection of Jean Shepherd army stories was selected and transcribed from radio programs by Shepherd biographer Eugene Bergmann and is in print for the first time.--Publisher.
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
157 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a humorous spoof on the novel The Hunger Games, which follows the efforts of a young girl who is roped into a survival contest in order to save her community in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
231 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Approaching what she believes will be the most interesting period of her life, nearly sixty-year-old curmudgeon Marie Sharp eschews the trend-oriented activities of her peers in order to enjoy her relationship with a new grandchild and a new gentleman friend.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 23
Publisher
Gulf Pub
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vii, 117 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xi, 364 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada finds Andy Sachs and her partner, Emily, blossoming throughout eight years at the head of a wildly successful high fashion bridal magazine only to be haunted by memories of their former boss on the eve of Andy's wedding.
19) The humans
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Regarding humans unfavorably upon arriving on Earth, a reluctant extraterrestrial assumes the identity of a Cambridge mathematician before realizing that there is more to the human race than he suspected.
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