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Merried by Jamie Farrell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s the Spare Heir of Bliss’s most famous jewelry shop Max Gregory’s family is best known for creating and displaying the infamous Mrs. Claus diamond ring, but here in the bridal capital of the world, Max is best known for having a cursed love life. Not that he believes in curses. Or he didn’t, until he met her... -
Unseen Academicals: Adapted for the Stage by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Ankh-Morpork, where we lay our scene…’Football divides the city. Each area has its own team – and rivalry means supporters never mix. Until a Dimwell fan falls for a Dolly Sisters girl.And now an ancient bequest means the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic... -
Sugared by Jamie Farrell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I literally laughed out loud while reading. Kimmie is just hilarious, even when she's not trying to be.” - Books, Beauty, and Beyond When Chicago’s Hottest Snack Cake Heir… Josh Kincaid went from rags to riches when he was adopted by the family who owns the Sweet Dreams Snack Cakes empire... -
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Works of P. G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTable of ContentsList of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical Order. P. G. Wodehouse BiographyNovels:A Damsel in DistressThe Coming of BillThe Gem CollectorThe Girl on the BoatThe Gold BatThe Head of Kay'sIndiscretions of ArchieThe Intrusion of JimmyJill the Reckless or The Little WarriorThe Little NuggetLove Among the Chickens Illustrated by Armand BothMike Illustrated by T. M... -
Analysis & Reivew of Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich by aBookaDay
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarning : This is an independent addition to Tricky Twenty-Two , meant to enhance your experience of the original book. If you have not yet bought the original copy, make sure to purchase it before buying this unofficial summary from aBookaDay .SPECIAL OFFER$2.99 (Regularly $3... -
Avah Maldita by simplychummy, Karen Ramirez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Avah Chen is living large, and she is always in charge. She finds herself in good company of her fabulous friends in high places and unexpected ones from around the corner. You would think there's no stopping this little fierce maldita dahil tila nasa kanya na ang lahat - magarang bahay, matagumpay na negosyo at iba pang karangyaan... -
Calm the F*ck Down: An Irreverent Adult Coloring Book by Sasha O'Hara
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE! IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN!**Calm the F*ck Down is the perfect way to unwind and relax for those with a subversive and irreverent sense of humor. Color the things you can't say.•Twenty-one single sided adult coloring pages•Two color test pages.•Illustrations range from moderate to complex detail... -
On His Face: A Brother's Best Friend Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings5 Goals for a Perfect Freshman Year1. Learn a new life skill.2. Get a tattoo.3. Pay off my car.4. Enter the Art Fest. Win.5. Fall in love with a stranger.Yes, I know #5 isn’t technically a goal, but I couldn’t think of anything else. Little did I know, I’d cross it off my vision board two weeks into my first semester at Chicago North University.He was the model in my art class... -
Dirty Stranger by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIslaI'm paying alimony to my idiot ex-husband, my business hardly makes enough to keep the lights on and I'm literally holding my car together with duct tape. Scratch that, I'm holding my life together with duct tape. So I won't go on a date with the mysterious, new-in-town barista who makes my morning soy hazelnut lattee just the way I like it.. -
Extreme Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you ask them, Dave and Morley's friends will tell you that no matter how long you've known people, they can still surprise you. After all, no one expects to see a grown man dive into the trunk of his car to chase a rat... -
That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm a good girl. I work hard, follow the rules, and only want a future with Mr. Right, complete with a white picket fence, 1.5 children and a dog. What do I have instead? A "Dear Jane" email from my ex, who CCd it to my best friends and their fiancés. My friends realizing that I've never had an orgasm is the cherry on the train-wreck cake of my love life... -
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, Μάρτιν ΜακΝτόνα
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA farcical look at political violence as it's played out during The Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in an inhospitable environment in which a mutilated cat sets off a murderous cycle of revenge... -
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McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; A Skull in Connemara; The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of the most exciting young dramatists to emerge in Britain during the 1990s... -
Старуха = The Old Woman by Daniil Kharms, Даниил Хармс
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdition in Russian and English... -
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... -
Ain't Happenin' by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLorenzo Ricci is a big-shot footballer known for his talents both on and off the field. In his hometown of Milan, he’s the divinity of all men. Women want to be bedded by him, men want to be him. However, during his one-off visit to the land of the free, he can’t even get final-year college student Skylar Maine to talk to him... -
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The Worst Book Ever: An interactive read-aloud for reluctant readers by Beth Bacon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost bad books look forward to hanging out at rummage sales. Not this bad book. Its goal is to be featured in the library’s Banned Books List. Problem is, no one seems to notice… until the book teams up with its boisterous readers. Together, the book and its readers shout, wiggle, and sing to get the attention of a local librarian... -
Seedless in Seattle by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLike the great Jesus Christ himself, I had a lot of shit on my mind when I hit 33 ... I had three new-born future Ireland internationals to feed, a daughter in need of psychiatric evaluation and a teenage son obsessed with uncovering the shameful secrets of our family's 1916 past... -
Ain't She Sweet by Whitney Dineen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTara Heinz began her modeling career at the tender age of twelve. After spending fifteen years drooling over forbidden foods, she does the unthinkable. She enrolls in culinary school and becomes a pastry chef.After a nasty breakup with her rock star boyfriend that leads to tabloid war, Tara takes a job at a rural lodge in Oregon to escape the spotlight she no longer desires... -
A Cow Called Boy by C. Everard Palmer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA story of Josh's fight to save his hand-reared bull-calf, Boy, from the butcher's greedy hands... -
The Flick by Annie Baker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in the empty aisles and tend to one of the last thirty-five-millimeter projectors in the state. With keen insight and a ceaseless attention to detail, The Flick pays tribute to the power of movies and paints a heartbreaking portrait of three characters and their working lives... -
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The Bald Soprano and Other Plays by Eugène Ionesco
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene Ionesco (1909-94) did not write his first play, The Bald Soprano, until 1950. He went on to become an internationally renowned master of modern drama, famous for the comic proportions and bizarre effects that allow his work to be simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound... -
I'm an Old Commie! by Dan Lungu
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEmilia, a pensioner in northern Romania, is forced to confront the nostalgic illusions she nurtures as a reaction to the grim post-communist present when her daughter, now living in Canada, telephones urging her not to vote for the former communists in upcoming elections... -
The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCulled from nearly twenty years of the playwright’s career, a showcase for Tom Stoppard’s dazzling range and virtuosic talent, The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays is essential reading for fans of modern drama. The plays in this collection reveal Stoppard’s sense of fun, his sense of theater, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire... -
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s October, 1904 in Paris, France. Young Albert Einstein and young Pablo Picasso meet at a bar to discuss philosophy, politics and women... -
Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFiction from Ireland. No 1 Bestseller... -
Four Histories by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook annotation not available for this Four Shakespeare, Penguin Group USAPublication 1995/05/01Number of Binding PAPERBACKLibrary of... -
The Humans by Stephen Karam
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree generations of the Blake family have assembled for Thanksgiving in Brigid and Richard’s ramshackle pre-war apartment in Lower Manhattan. Whilst the event may have a slightly improvised air, the family is determined to make the best of its time together... -
The Trouble with Flirting by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLabelled a nerd for most of high school, Livi sees her first year of university as a chance to redefine herself. She can finally enter the popular crowd and maybe even land herself a super hot boyfriend. But Livi’s about to discover that the price of popularity may be more than she’s willing to pay, and that what — and who — she wants most has always been right in front of her... -
The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays by Eugène Ionesco
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOften called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugène Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound... -
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBen Brantley of the New York Times summed up the critical reaction to Diana Son's play Stop Kiss when he stated that it "generated the warmest advance word of mouth of any downtown production this season" and heralded it as a Barefoot in the Park for a new generation... -
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Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus, oder Das liederliche Kleeblatt. Zauberposse mit Gesang in drei Akten. by Johann Nestroy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDie Machtprobe zwischen Fortuna und der Liebesfee Amorosa beschert drei Handwerksgesellen das große Los. Wie der trunksüchtige Schuster Knieriem, der brave Tischler Leim und der prunkliebende Schneider Zwirn mit ihrem Haupttreffer zurecht- oder nicht zurechtkommen, das ist Gegenstand dieser »Zauberposse«, die zu Nestroys populärsten Stücken gehört... -
Mismatched by Elle Casey, Amanda McKeon
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLE CASEY AND AUTHOR AMANDA MCKEON bring you MISMATCHED ... a contemporary adult romance/chick lit novel. SPECIALLY PRICED AT 25% OFF - ONLY $2.99 during the pre-order period, versus the normal digital list price of $3.99... -
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Joe Orton's last play, What the Butler Saw, will live to be accepted as a comedy classic of English literature" (Sunday Telegraph) The chase is on in this breakneck comedy of licensed insanity, from the moment when Dr Prentice, a psychoanalyst interviewing a prospective secretary, instructs her to undress... -
The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums, and tears before bedtime?Christopher Hampton's translation of Yasmina Reza's sharp-edged new play The God of Carnage premiered at Wyndham's Theatre,... -
Dunciad Of 1728: A History And Facsimile by Alexander Pope, David L. Vander Meulen
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe poem Alexander Pope published as The Dunciad in 1728 was the core of the chef d'oeuvre that occupied him for at least half his life. After finally bringing the work to publishable form, he continually revised it and issued it in four major versions that appeared in nearly three dozen seperated editions... -
Worst Week Ever by Liza O'Connor
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you get when you put a hardworking, can-do middle-class young woman together with a egoistical, outrageous, billionaire boss, then throw in the worst week of disasters imaginable? Book 1 of the 3 book series A Long Road to Love, named Worst Week Ever... -
Chat: Book One by Nan McCarthy
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the days before Facebook, Skype, and Twitter… Two strangers begin a conversation online. It’s 1995, and the Internet is new and uncharted territory. No status updates, no photos, no tweets, no video chats. All they have to share with one another are their words... -
Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFairest of mortals, thou distinguish'd care Of thousand bright Inhabitants of Air! If e'er one vision touch.'d thy infant thought, Of all the Nurse and all the Priest have taught... -
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of his most recognized and acclaimed plays, Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” is a humorous and provocative story of two hit men as they wait in a basement for their next assignment. Told through Pinter’s unmistakable wit and poignant pauses, “The Dumb Waiter” is recognized for its exceptional writing and subtle character development... -
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John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan you ever really go home again? What if you bring a friend and he is welcomed like a favorite son? In this comedy by the masterful George Bernard Shaw, Larry Doyle is a successful engineer in London who returns to his birthplace in Ireland for a business deal. His partner, Tom Broadbent, has romantic notions of the Emerald Isle and is eager to come along... -
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving slept with Othello's entire encampment, Desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and re-imagined women of this Shakespeare Emilia, Desdemona's servant and the wife of Iago, and Bianca, now a majestic whore of Cyprus. The reluctantly loyal Emilia pesters Desdemona about a military promotion for her husband... -
Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard by Pierre de Marivaux
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPour juger de la qualité du fiancé qu'on voudrait lui imposer, Silvia prend la place de Lisette, sa servante. Mais Dorante, le fiancé, a eu la même idée de son côté... Le dispositif ainsi truqué, la partie commence : jeu de l'amour, mais surtout jeux de l'esprit, marivaudage grâce auquel la vérité va triompher de l'apparence et l'amour de la raison... -
Finding Monsieur Right by Muriel Zagha
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tale of two cities, t wo girls, a nd a life-altering swap offers frothy escapist delight Daisy has just landed the perfect job: spending a year in Paris writing about fashion. Swapping homes with French student Isabelle seems like the perfect arrangement... -
The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman’s Prize by John Fletcher, Gary Taylor
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew.The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the shrew of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria... -
Chiriţa în provincie by Vasile Alecsandri
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAm prezentat aici Chirita in provincie, Chirita in Iasi sau Doua fete s-o neneaca, Cucoana Chirita in balcon si Cucoana Chirita in voiaj...
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