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ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsঘনাদা বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি জনপ্রিয় কাল্পনিক চরিত্র। ১৯৪৫ সালে প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র এই চরিত্রটি সৃষ্টি করেন। ঘনাদার প্রকৃত নাম ঘনশ্যাম দাস। ঘনাদা তাঁর মেসের প্রতিবেশী চার যুবককে নিজের জীবনের নানা অভিযান সম্পর্কে অবিশ্বাস্য ও আজগুবি গল্প মুখে মুখে বানিয়ে শোনান। ঘনাদার গল্পগুলি বানানো হলেও, এর অধিকাংশ তথ্যই বাস্তব ভিত্তিতে গৃহীত।সূচী: ১. ঘনাদার গল্প২. অদ্বিতীয় ঘনাদা ৩. আবার ঘনাদা৪. ঘনাদাকে ভোট দিন৫... -
![Little Shop of Horrors: Script and Lyrics by Howard Ashman]()
Little Shop of Horrors: Script and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD... -
![The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin]()
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis side-splitting yet dramatic tour-de-force features a dazzling parade of characters immediately familiar to the coast-to-coast Wagner/Tomlin fans. Enhanced with remarkable onstage photographs of Tomlin. 78 halftones... -
![William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher]()
William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo thine own Sith be true. Lend us your ears and comlinks for a Shakespearean retelling of Star Wars Episode III! A once-heroic knight becomes the darkest of villains. The Jedi suffer slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. The Republic falls, an Empire rises, and so begins the long wait for a New Hope... -
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![Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw]()
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
![QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling]()
QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKikis GeheimnisZurück in die Zukunft! Die große dystopische Erzählung geht weiter ...Schwer was los in QualityLand, dem besten aller möglichen Länder. Peter Arbeitsloser darf endlich als Maschinentherapeut arbeiten und schlägt sich jetzt mit den Beziehungsproblemen von Haushaltsgeräten herum... -
![とある魔術の禁書目録 19 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
とある魔術の禁書目録 19 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA certain unlikely hero...In the shadowy underbelly of Academy City, the problem-busting team known as Group (centered around Level Five esper Accelerator and the man who wields the powers of science and magic, Tsuchimikado) is investigating every lead they can related to the word dragon. This clue may be the key to finding their way out of a terrible situation... -
![…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander]()
…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhich pill do you choose? Yellow pill - grants the ability to read minds Green pill - you can shapeshift into any animal at will Blue pill - free movement throughout the cosmos, and safety from its dangers Orange pill - master any skill a human is capable of performing Red pill - BRUTE STRENGTH! Pink pill - make people love you as if flipping a... -
![Second Course by Simon Haynes]()
Second Course by Simon Haynes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRex Curtis is trying to save his freight company from bankruptcy, and the last thing he needs is a cheeky freelancer stealing his best customers.Hal Spacejock, cheeky freelancer, is fighting for survival in the cut-throat interstellar cargo business. The last thing he needs is a powerful enemy.Second Course: Two headstrong men on a collision course, in a Galaxy barely room enough for one... -
![The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether]()
The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this dog-eat-dog world, three friends find themselves getting nowhere in their careers despite their education and work skills. They decide to make their own rules to the game of life and play dirty to get ahead. Each of them concoct schemes to sabotage colleagues and clear the path for their swift advancement... -
![Max and the Multiverse by Zachry Wheeler]()
Max and the Multiverse by Zachry Wheeler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings* Gold Medal Winner - Global Ebook AwardsIt's spring break and Max is stuck at home all by himself. Just the way he likes it. He games online, feasts on junk, and wonders why his cat can suddenly talk.Thanks to a bizarre mishap, Max has started shifting between parallel universes whenever he falls asleep. A curious affliction, and one that steadily erodes his sanity... -
![The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder]()
The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the author of "The Time Machine Did It", "Double Wonderful", "How I Conquered Your Planet", and 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
![Up and Down by Terry Fallis]()
Up and Down by Terry Fallis
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn his first day at Turner King, David Stewart quickly realizes that the world of international PR (affectionately, known as "the dark side") is a far cry from his previous job with the Canadian government. For one, he missed the office memo on the all-black dress code; for another, there are enough acronyms and jargon to make his head spin... -
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![The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor]()
The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving a daughter changes things. Even for God.Jessica McCloud is God’s only begotten daughter, and she’s not super thrilled about that. Sure, she can smite and she knows juicy gossip about folks in her tiny West Texas town, but that’s about where the perks stop... -
![Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger]()
Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you freaked out by the mere thought of a bird winking at you? Or do you panic when you hear an unexplained gurgling sound?Well, listen to this. On Saturday, March 8, at 7:12 p.m., Trey Hamburger heard a second hand account of a teleporting Hot Pocket and started wiggin' out bad... -
![How Best to Avoid Dying by Owen Egerton]()
How Best to Avoid Dying by Owen Egerton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[i]Lazarus Dying[/i]: the man Jesus raised from the dead is alive and living in New York City. [i]The Fecalist[/i]: an author whose best selling work is his latest poop. [i]Christmas[/i]: she loves you, you love her, she has a gun in your mouth. Welcome to the award-winning short fiction of Owen Egerton... -
![The Love Interest by Helen Comerford]()
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swoony, speculative and entirely electric YA debut with a humorous and satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse, for fans of Michelle Quach's Not Here To Be Liked and the Marvel Universe.Seventeen-year-old Jenna Ray has just been saved by the world's newest superhero, Blaze. And, in the eyes of the public, that means one thing: Jenna Ray has been cast as the Love Interest.No... -
![Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi]()
Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn Scalzi visits the universe of his bestselling novel The Android's Dream for this exclusive short story, featuring fan favorite character Judge Nugan Bufan Sn -- a brilliant alien jurist whose misanthropy and lack of social graces is matched only by his futile, unrequited for the game of golf... -
![Retief: Emissary To The Stars by Keith Laumer]()
Retief: Emissary To The Stars by Keith Laumer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Groaci peril: They're nasty little five-eyed sticky fingers who want the galaxy and will stoop to anything to get it. But when they try to sabotage one planet and use another for their garbage, it's time for Retief, that cunning and courageous emissary from Corps Diplomatique Tewrrestrienne to samsh in... -
![Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss]()
Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection—a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older they get, the more Time Lords realize how little they understand the universe around them... -
![Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan]()
Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOm, a young man, is driven by unemployment to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive to make his home into a germ-free zone. When his brother Jeetu arrives unexpectedly, he is taken away as the donor. Om’s wife Jaya is left alone... -
![Bombardiers by Po Bronson]()
Bombardiers by Po Bronson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do with My Life?, Bombardiers is Po Bronson’s first novel, a devastating satire of the business world told through the lens of a crazed and colorful group of salespeople forced to push increasingly absurd financial products... -
![The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley]()
The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is a tortured soul. Separated at an early age from two conflicting personalities, Alistair Crompton has decided on a daring scheme to reintegrate himself. But installed in different bodies and despatched to different planets, his two other selves have developed lives of their own: Loomis, who is completely self-indulgent and amoral; and Stack, vicious and impulsive... -
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![National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner]()
National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNational Lampoon's Doon brings the hottest science fiction phenomenon ever to a new, hysterical foaming head.In a very distant galaxy, far, far away, a plot is brewing as vast and elaborate as the Empire itself.. -
![Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake]()
Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's the 25th Century, and the President of American has taken over the world.Meanwhile... after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan wakes up to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for over four hundred years... -
![An Election by John Scalzi]()
An Election by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen his city council representative is hit by a bus, David Sawyer decides to run for the newly-vacated seat. One problem: He's a human in an alien-majority district that hasn't voted in a human in half a century... -
![The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven]()
The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before. The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic principles of magic... -
![Fat by Rob Grant]()
Fat by Rob Grant
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRob Grant's new novel is a revelation. After INCOMPETENCE we would all have expected a killingly funny satire. And in its satire of our obsession with body image, of how the media makes us what we are FAT is certainly that... -
![Time Is Irreverent by Marty Essen]()
Time Is Irreverent by Marty Essen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAN IRREVERENT, LIBERAL, TWISTY, TIME TRAVEL COMEDY! What if you could make a change to history that would eliminate the Spanish Inquisition, American slavery, World War II, global warming, and an egomaniacal US president who thought he was smart enough to drop nuclear bombs here and there without negative consequences? What if that change also made the United States and 5 billion people poof... -
![Mission Improbable by J.J. Green]()
Mission Improbable by J.J. Green
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereCarrie Hatchett’s been a dog walker, ice cream seller and birthdaygram girl—the clean kind. All she wants is a proper job. But Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer isn’t what she had in mind. And neither is saving the galaxy.Carrie's a low-achieving daydreamer... -
![Rico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. Sands]()
Rico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. Sands
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat the crap is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing on the cover of Rico Slade's book? This is Rico Slade's goddamn book. Rico Slade is not a body builder, an actor, or a governor. Rico Slade is an action hero. Rico Slade doesn't care about the political climate. Rico Slade has an advance degree in badassery. Rico Slade's favorite food is the honey-roasted peanut... -
![Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon by Douglas Sarine, Kent Nichols]()
Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon by Douglas Sarine, Kent Nichols
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEADLY NINJA WISDOM FOR THE NON-NINJACarefully consider the joy of your soft-headed ignorance before you begin to run, flip, and jump along the Ninja Path. After much debate and in a spirit of morbid amusement, the International Order of Ninjas has chosen to produce The Ninja Handbook, the first-ever secret ninja training guide specifically designed for the non-ninja... -
![Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels]()
Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereIn Teleport This, Simon and Gilbert, two terrestrial physicists, leave Earth and stumble into and across a larger universe, trying desperately to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way... -
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![The Tin Men by Michael Frayn]()
The Tin Men by Michael Frayn
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe William Morris Institute of Automation Research is working hard to simplify our lives by programming computers to carry out life’s routine tasks. Whether it’s resolving ethical dilemmas, writing pornographic novels, saying prayers, or watching sports, these automation experts are developing machines to handle it all, enabling us to enjoy more free time... -
![Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek]()
Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him... -
![Bear v. Shark by Chris Bachelder]()
Bear v. Shark by Chris Bachelder
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"So it's kind of like a parlor game, then?... The question is apparently of Ancient Eastern extraction....It seems to be a gut thing. The answer just feels right and then you come up with reasons....Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e... -
![Remembrance of Things I Forgot by Bob Smith]()
Remembrance of Things I Forgot by Bob Smith
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“It’s safe to say your relationship is in trouble if the only way you can imagine solving your problems is by borrowing a time machine.” In 2006 comic book dealer John Sherkston has decided to break up with his physicist boyfriend, Taylor Esgard, on the very day Taylor announces he’s finally perfected a time machine for the U.S government... -
![No Word From Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza]()
No Word From Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA shape-shifting extraterrestrial named Gurb has assumed the form of Madonna and disappeared in Barcelona’s backstreets. His commanding officer and best friend has sent off in pursuit, scrupulously recording his observations of a human life in the city while munching through vast quantities of churros. No stone is left unturned, no danger too much, in the search for his old pal Gurb... -
![Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNew York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and join the likes of Salinger, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner, and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut... -
![I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb, Knut Krüger]()
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb, Knut Krüger
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFamily Guy meets Election in this hilarious young adult debut! Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson’s got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks... -
![The Future According To Me by Rob Kutner]()
The Future According To Me by Rob Kutner
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine a future where a virus wipes out all humans except those with Attention Deficit Disorder. That's just one of 35 future scenarios that Rob Kutner invents and explores in The Future According to Me.This compilation is brimming with ironic, absurd, and downright bizarre one-page descriptions of possible futures... -
![Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow]()
Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting tale of three oddball characters romping around space and time. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences...
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