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![Unseen Academicals: Adapted for the Stage by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
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... -
![Works of P. G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse]()
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... -
![Calm the F*ck Down: An Irreverent Adult Coloring Book by Sasha O'Hara]()
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... -
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![Extreme Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean]()
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... -
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![The Worst Book Ever: An interactive read-aloud for reluctant readers by Beth Bacon]()
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]()
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... -
![A Cow Called Boy by C. Everard Palmer]()
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... -
![قصه های مجید by هوشنگ مرادیکرمانی]()
قصه های مجید by هوشنگ مرادیکرمانی
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsقصه های مجید اثر هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی متولد 1323 چاپ دوازدهم انتشارات معین سال 1380مقدمه، عاشق کتاب، گربه، ژاکت پشمی، طبل، دعوت، سلمانی سوم، سماور، سفر، عکس یادگاری، آرزوها، دوچرخه، انشا نویس، توپ، سفرنامه ی اصفهان، تسبیح، اسکناس صد تومانی، طفل معصوم، عیدی، زبان بسته ها، ناف بچه، ماهی، خواب نما، یابو، تشویق، طلبکار، ناظم، هندوانه، شهرت، اردم، بیل (اردوی 1) ، آبگوشت (اردوی 2) ، کراوات، خیاط،... -
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![Clueless in Cleveland by Nelle Lewis]()
Clueless in Cleveland by Nelle Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years ago, Samantha “Sam” Carter bailed on her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Now she’s back − a return less anticipated than a Browns’ Super Bowl win − to help her mom out of a funk. Sam heard it was bad, but now Mom's blowing off bingo? Sam begins to suspect that her mom’s depression may not be all it appears, but she gets side-tracked when her investigator brother Paul tosses her into a case... -
![Middle School: Rafe's Aussie Adventure by James Patterson]()
Middle School: Rafe's Aussie Adventure by James Patterson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames Patterson's bestselling Middle School series heads Down Under!Life is finally starting to look up for everyone's favourite troublemaker, Rafe Khatchadorian. No bullying, zero girl dramas, rising grades – the whole tamale. And when Rafe wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Australia, he can't quite believe his luck... -
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![Something Fishy by P.G. Wodehouse]()
Something Fishy by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA butler named Keggs who, having overheard the planning of a scheme, later decides to try and make money out of his knowledge. This title features Percy Pilbeam, the unscrupulous head of the Argus Detective Agency, who first appeared in "Bill the Conqueror" (1924) and was in several other Wodehouse books, including a visit to Blandings Castle in "Summer Lightning" (1929)... -
![Francis of the Filth by George Miller]()
Francis of the Filth by George Miller
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe tiers are shifting. The omniverses are under attack. And only one man has the chromosomes to make things right. Or does he? Filthy Frank begins life as the harmless creator of extinction level radioactive weapons, but is taken far into the deepest recesses of the omniverses to learn how everything came to be and how everything will be. If it were only that simple... -
![Four Histories by William Shakespeare]()
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 School for Wives / The Learned Ladies by Molière]()
The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies by Molière
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York)... -
![The School for Husbands by Molière, Richard Wilbur]()
The School for Husbands by Molière, Richard Wilbur
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe School for Husbands is a comedy in three acts and in verse.The intrigue of this comedy is the radical contrast between the ideas of two brothers about educating their children: one of them is very strict while the other is indulgent... -
![The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman’s Prize by John Fletcher, Gary Taylor]()
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... -
![The Impostures Of Scapin by Molière]()
The Impostures Of Scapin by Molière
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Impostures of Scapin is a 3-act comedy in prose.In his fathers' absence, Octave has secretly married Hyacinthe, the woman he loves, but on his return his father has decided to marry him to an unkown. As to Leander it is Zerbinette he loves, but his father has also decided otherwise... -
![The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille, Jean-Yves Huet]()
The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille, Jean-Yves Huet
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPierre Corneille, in his original dedication for The Theatre of Illusion, described the play as a "strange monster." He first called these five acts a comedy; later, a "caprice" and an "extravagant trifle." Written in 1635 and staged in 1636, the play vanished from the stage for the next three hundred years—to be revived in 1937 by Louis Jouvet and the Comédie Française... -
![The Man of Mode by George Etherege]()
The Man of Mode by George Etherege
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVerbal brilliance, urbane sophistication and sexual conquest are the measures of success for the fashionable set who watched themselves being represented on the Restoration stage. Yet idealisation and satire, as this edition of Etherege's masterpiece shows, are flip sides of the same coin, and the play betrays deep anxieties about ridicule and social failure... -
![Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy]()
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe official tie-in book for the beloved, nine-time Emmy® Award-winning series Schitt's Creek. This beautifully produced, keepsake coffee-table book is the ultimate celebration of the series, the town, the characters, and the state of mind that is Schitt's Creek... -
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![Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly]()
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds... -
![The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff]()
The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and the entire cast. The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon... -
![David Sedaris: Live at Carnegie Hall by David Sedaris]()
David Sedaris: Live at Carnegie Hall by David Sedaris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSedaris's sold out performance at Carnegie Hall from November 2002 is now available on CD. He is also the author of bestsellers "Naked" and "Me Talk Pretty One Day." 1 CD... -
![Valley of The Far Side by Gary Larson]()
Valley of The Far Side by Gary Larson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1985 FarWorks, Inc. All Rights Reserved.The Far Side and the Larson signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc... -
![It Came From The Far Side by Gary Larson]()
It Came From The Far Side by Gary Larson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1986 FarWorks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Far Side and the Larson signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc...
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