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Phoney Phantasma by Sukumar Ray
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA translation of Sukumar Ray’s famous Ha ja ba ra la, which is regarded as a precious gem of Bengali literature... -
Lords and Ladies by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Midsummer Night – no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there's more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down.Unfortunately there's usually a damned good reason for there being walls between them in the first place – to keep things out. Things who want to make mischief and play havoc with the natural order... -
The Legend Of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt, Adam Rex
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors.You’ve played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . -
The Journal of the Two Sisters: The Official Chronicles of Princesses Celestia and Luna by Amy Keating Rogers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs seen on the hit animated series My Little Friendship is Magic !Learn the history of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna by reading the diary they kept when they were younger. PLUS, hidden inside, readers will discover the pages of a bonus book-- The Journal of Friendship... -
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Voidwalker by Actus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war between the Void and the Corruption rages on.Damien and Sylph demolished the competition in the Kingsfront Interschool Tournament, taking home first and second place. Now, summer is upon them, bringing with it the promise of a much needed break.Second isn’t content to sit around while they relax, and he isn't the only one scheming...Categorized as:
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Interuptiing Chicken by David Ezra Stein, Andrew Watts
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAwarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor! A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken's habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head. It's time for the little red chicken's bedtime story—and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt... -
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe prince is hoping to fall for Rapunzel, but since she can't quite hear what he asks for, everything but her hair gets tossed out her window. Instead of her curly locks, she throws her dirty socks. Instead of silky tresses, out go lacey dresses. And you can predict the guaranteed-to-crack-kids-up clothing she sends down when the prince simply says hair. . . -
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question... -
Last Rites by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne knife to take a life. One breath to honor Death. Dustin Graves can’t get a break. Murdering an Old One was only the beginning. Enraged, the Eldest have answered with searing rains of ivory fire from the stars, threatening Valero and the world itself. The madness must be stopped.Ancient gods of prophecy, death, and darkness themselves answer the call for battle... -
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music.'You shouldn't miss this for the world . . . Rambunctiously life-affirming and touchingly beautiful... -
Wordsmith by Nick Spalding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fast-paced fantasy sequel to Max Bloom In... The Cornerstone, by the best-selling author of the smash hit romantic comedy Love... From Both Sides and its sequels Love... And Sleepless Nights & Love... Under Different Skies.From the pages of the past, a new threat to Max Bloom rises in The Chapter Lands.. -
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Book? by Lauren Child
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHerb never imagined the dangers when he decided to scribble on and cut up his book of fairy tales. Drawing mustaches on the characters, pasting telephones into the rooms, and cutting out Prince Charming and the royal thrones had seemed like good fun. But then Herb never imagined he'd fall into the book one night... -
New Teeth by Simon Rich
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLaugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the award-winning “Serena Williams of humor writing” (New York Times Book Review) about raising babies and trying not to be one. Called a “comedic Godsend” by Conan O’Brien and “the Stephen King of comedy writing” by John Mulaney, Simon Rich is back with New Teeth, his funniest and most personal collection yet... -
Odd Blood by Azalea Crowley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStuckThat’s what Josephine Pajimula felt like. A burnout millennial on the verge of losing her housing, her roommate, and maybe even her best friend. It made perfect sense to go to a Halloween party, ignore her feelings, and spend the time searching for apartments instead.A ChanceShe hadn’t expected meeting him. A man in a vampire costume took a hard fall in front of her... -
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Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom bestselling duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham comes a kitty and unicorn story that celebrates the magic of friendship—and being exactly who you want to be! Kitty thinks she might be a unicorn. She feels so perfectly unicorn-y! “Neigh!” says Kitty. But when Unicorn clop clop clops over, sweeping his magnificent tail and neighing a mighty neigh, Kitty feels no bigger than a ball of lint... -
The Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis is a wacky story from the author and illustrator of "The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, The Principal from the Black Lagoon, The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon, " and "The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon... -
Chicken Big by Keith Graves
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big, giant egg. And out of this egg came one big, humongous . . . something. 'It's big!' clucked the little rooster. 'It's enormous!' clucked the small chicken. 'It's an elephant!' peeped the smallest chicken. 'Run for your lives!' they cried... -
Squids Will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection of new and wacky fables with fresh morals, which are about all kinds of bossy, sneaky, funny and annoying people. A general moral offered by the book is, "If you are planning to write fables, don't forget to change people's names and avoid places with high cliffs"... -
Jesus Goes to Hell on Vacation! by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen God asks for Satan's help in finally removing the Trumps from power, he makes a request: in their absence, he wants the Queen of Hell, Jimmy David Davidson, to watch over his only son. Jesus Christ is nothing like Jimmy expects, and he makes it his mission to help the Lord with the one thing he wants most: to lose his virginity... -
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsManagement Style of the Supreme... -
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 9 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Daihasei Festival--a huge athletics festival attended by every school in Academy City, where the superpowered students attending these institutions gather to compete in a wide variety of competitions. And of course, Touma Kamijou is participating... -
There's an Elf in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA festive interactive adventure from bestselling author Tom Fletcher - now available as a board book!GOLLY GUMDROPS . . . A LITTLE ELF HAS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO YOUR BOOK!What does Elf want?Oh! Just to see if you've been naughty or nice this year!Elf will ask you a few simple questions to find out. And surely there won't be any tricks to try and get you to be naughty . . -
Rapture by David Sosnowski
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the winner of the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize comes an entertaining and inventive tale acclaimed byThe New York Times Book Review as a wry, dry first novel (about) angels with attitude. Spinning an inventive new riff on contemporary angel mania, Sosnowski's first novel is a fanciful zeitgeist satire.--Publishers Weekly... -
Alice in Brexitland by Lucien Young
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts.. -
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Pyramid Scheme by Dave Freer, Eric Flint
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alien pyramid has appeared on Earth, squatting in the middle of Chicago. It is growing, destroying the city as it does — and nothing seems able to stop it, not even the might of the US military. Somehow, the alien device is snatching people and — for unknown reasons — transporting them into worlds of mythology. Dr Lukacs is one of the victims. Granted, he's an expert on mythology... -
A Farce to Be Reckoned With by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe play's the thing in this comic fantasy from the authors of Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming and If at Faust You Don't SucceedIt's that quiet time between Millennia, and the demon Azzie is becoming bored and restless. Then inspiration hits. On a devilish sabbatical in Europe, Azzie discovers that morality plays are all the rage... -
Odds And Gods by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's a god's life... ...at the Sunnyvoyde Residential Home for retired deities. Everlasting life can be a real drag when all you've got to look forward to is cauliflower cheese on Wednesdays.For a start, there's a major techincal problem with the thousand-year-old traction engine which has been lovingly restored by those almighty duffers Thor, Odin and Frey...the damn thing actually goes... -
Monsters Love Underpants: with audio recording by Claire Freedman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnderpants are monstrously funny in this playful picture book from the team that brought you Dinosaurs Love Underpants and Pirates Love Underpants... -
One Knight Only by Peter David
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKing Arthur--in his modern incarnation as Arthur Penn--has been elected President of the United States. But with political power comes powerful enemies. An assassination attempt against Arthur puts his beloved wife Gwen in a coma--and her only hope lies in the lost Holy Grail... -
Fall of Knight by Peter David
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Knight Life, King Arthur was elected mayor of New York City. In One Knight Only, Arthur was voted President of the United States. Now, Arthur has become head of his very own church as Arthur Penn reveals his true identity, and the existence of the Holy Grail, to the world... -
Tall Stories: Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTall Stories is another omnibus containing two of Tom Holt's beloved comic fantasies. In Expecting Someone Taller, all he did was run over a badger—sad, but hardly catastrophic. But it wasn’t Malcolm fisher’s day, for the badger turned out to be none other than Ingolf, last of the Giants... -
Rotkäppchen und der Hipster-Wolf by Nina MacKay
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIm Märchenwald ist die Hölle los. Alle Happy Ends wurden gestohlen! Cinderella, Schneewittchen und Co. beschließen, ihre verschwundenen Prinzen zu retten, wozu sogleich eine “Verhöre-und-Töte”-Liste der Verdächtigen erstellt wird: 1. Wölfe töten 2. Hexen töten 3. böse Stiefmütter töten (wobei das oft mit Punkt 2 einhergeht) 4. böse Feen tötenNur Red findet die Idee äußerst schwachsinnig... -
Flying Dutch by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMild-mannered accountant Jane Doland must track down Vanderdecker, a magically immortal Dutch sea captain who, along with his crew, has been circling the globe for four hundred years... -
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho's Afraid of Beowulf? Well, not Hrolf Earthstar, for a start. The last Norse king of Caithness, Hrolf and his twelwe champions are woken from a centuries-long sleep when Hildy Fredriksenn, archaeologist of the fairer sex, finds their grave. Not only that, Hrolf decides to carry on his ancient war against the Sorcerer-King.In a mixture of P.G... -
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The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThorne Smith's rapid-fire dialogue, brilliant sense of the absurd, and literary aplomb put him in the same category as the beloved P. G. Wodehouse. The Night Life of the Gods, the madcap story of a scientist who instigates a nocturnal spree with the Greek gods, is arguably his most sparkling comedic achievement.Hunter Hawk has a knack for annoying his ultra respectable relatives... -
The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily by Richard Ayoade, David Roberts
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you could send fan mail to your fairy tale idols? And what if they wrote back? “Happily ever after” takes on a new meaning in this book from actor-comedian-author Richard Ayoade and best-selling illustrator David Roberts.It’s once upon a time . . . as only the irreverently witty Richard Ayoade can tell it. In this series of letters organized by C. C... -
Board Stiff by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBe careful what you wish for..."I'm actually a smart girl who would make any man an excellent wife. But no man sees that. No man is interested in my mind or personality, just my whatevers. So here is my wish: I'm board stiff. I want Adventure, Excitement, and Romance... -
The Unwaba Revelations by Samit Basu
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnder the all-seeing eyes of the assembled gods, armies are on the move. The Game has begun. And when it ends, the world will end too . . .In THE UNWABA REVELATIONS, the third and concluding part of the GameWorld trilogy, a way must be found to save the world; to defeat the gods at their own game... -
The Devil's Diaries by Nicholas D. Satan
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe recently discovered journals of Satan, revealing his personal thoughts on events from the Fall to the Apocalypse.In "The Devil's Diaries," Monty Python meets Bridget Jones with a little more fire and a lot more brimstone. In his own words, Satan muses on key dates throughout history--reveling in his role as the mastermind behind the Fall, rock 'n' roll, Y2K, and, of course, global warming... -
Knight Life by Peter David
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe legendary debut novel from "New York Times" bestselling author Peter David has been expanded and updated into a brand new edition. King Arthur, the once and future King, has been called forth by the wizard Merlin to lead a land in turmoil-the United States of America. But with no throne to sit upon, Arthur must run for elective office-starting with the Mayorship of New York City.. -
A Houseboat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Diverse Doings of the Associated Shades by John Kendrick Bangs
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages... -
とある魔術の禁書目録 11 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife has mostly returned to normal for the high schooler who knows nothing but misfortune, Touma Kamijou. But in a stroke of unbelievably good luck, he manages to snag two tickets for an overseas getaway trip! Of course, Kamijou is a veteran by now and immediately searches for a sinister trap or a hidden downside to this strange turn of events... -
Valhalla by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs everyone knows, when great warriors die, their reward is eternal life in Odin’s bijou little residence known as Valhalla. But Valhalla has just changed. It has grown. It has diversified. Just like any corporation, the Valhalla Group has had to adapt to survive... -
Ye Gods! by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing a hero bothers Jason. It's easy to get maladjusted when your mum's a suburban housewife and your dad's the Supreme Being. It can be a drag slaying fabulous monsters and retrieving golden fleeces from dragons, and then having to tidy your room before your mum'll let you watch "Star Trek"... -
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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this exuberant comedy, MacDonald asks, What if Desdemona and Juliet were allowed to live? Constance Ledbelly, a tweedy academic, has ghostwritten the papers of her mentor for years, when suddenly he announces he's marrying a rival... -
Scharnow by Bela B. Felsenheimer
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Scharnow, einem Dorf nördlich von Berlin, ist der Hund begraben. Scheinbar. Tatsächlich wird hier gerade die Welt Schützen liegen auf der Lauer, um die Agenten einer Universalmacht zu vernichten, mordlustige Bücher richten blutige Verheerung an, und mittendrin hat ein Pakt der Glücklichen plötzlich kein Bier mehr... -
Grailblazers by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFifteen hundred years have passed and the Holy Grail is still missing, presumed ineffable. The knights have dumped the quest and now deliver pizzas, while the sinister financial services of the lost kingdom of Atlantis threatens the universe with fiscal Armageddon... -
Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season by James Finn Garner
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhether your favorite holiday story is A Christmas Carol, The Story of Hanukkah, or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, you'll find it transformed to reflect current sensibilities in Politically Correct Holiday Stories... -
The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA perfect gift book, this sumptuously illustrated and whimsically bite-sized bestiary is the definitive—in fact, only—guide to the kosherness (kashrut) of imaginary animals. It is an undomesticated romp from A to Z, including E.T., hobbits, Mongolian Death Worms, and the elusive chupacabra... -
Boating for Beginners by Jeanette Winterson
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA pleasure boat company is transformed when the proprietor, Noah, is chosen by the "One True God" to put "sunny" faith back in the world and women back in the kitchen...
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