Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (Hardcover)

Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (Hardcover)
By Kelly Link

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Imagine an altrnate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, utopian revolutionaries, and intrepid orphans solve crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships. Here, fourteen masters of speculative fiction, including two graphic storytellers, embrace the genre's established themes and refashion them in surprising ways and settings as diverse as Appalachia, Ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California. Visionaries Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant have invited all-new explorations and expansions, taking a genre already rich, strange, and inventive in the extreme and challenging contributors to remake it from the ground up. The result is an anthology that defies the genre even as it defines it.

With fantastically strange stories by:

M. T. Anderson

Holly Black

Libba Bray

Shawn Cheng

Cassandra Clare

Cory Doctorow

Dylan Horrocks

Kathleen Jennings

Elizabeth Knox

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Garth Nix

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IN MAPS & LEGENDS Issue 9 (of 9) (Comic Book / Graphic Novel) (German/Deutsche Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: Der Comic) (German Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: The Comic) (Kindle Edition)

IN MAPS & LEGENDS Issue 9 (of 9) (Comic Book / Graphic Novel) (German/Deutsche Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: Der Comic) (German Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: The Comic) (Kindle Edition)
By Michael Jasper

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Dank ihres Grossvaters kennt Kaitlin Grayson Karten und Legenden. Aber Kait hätte sich nie träumen lassen, dass sie eines Tages versuchen würde, zwei Welten aufeinmal zu retten, um dabei im explosiven letzen Kapitel dieser Geschichte selbst Karte und Legende zu werden.

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Weitere Informationen: http://InMapsAndLegendsComic.com.Dank ihres Grossvaters kennt Kaitlin Grayson Karten und Legenden. Aber Kait hätte sich nie träumen lassen, dass sie eines Tages versuchen würde, zwei Welten aufeinmal zu retten, um dabei im explosiven letzen Kapitel dieser Geschichte selbst Karte und Legende zu werden.

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IN MAPS & LEGENDS Issue 9 (of 9) (Comic Book / Graphic Novel) (English Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: The Comic) (Kindle Edition)

IN MAPS & LEGENDS Issue 9 (of 9) (Comic Book / Graphic Novel) (English Edition) (IN MAPS & LEGENDS: The Comic) (Kindle Edition)
By Michael Jasper

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Thanks to her grandfather, Kaitlin Grayson knows maps and legends. But Kait never would've dreamed that she would one day attempt to save two worlds at the same time, becoming both a map and a legend in the explosive conclusion to this storyline.

IN MAPS & LEGENDS mixes together urban fantasy, science fiction, & steampunk, with art by Niki Smith and story by Michael Jasper. A winner of the November 2009 Zuda Comics competition hosted by DC Comics, the story concludes here!

Please note that the Kindle edition is black and white, and turned 90 degrees to fit the Kindle. Color versions are available on other platforms and devices.

For more information, including versions for devices other than the Kindle, please visit http://InMapsAndLegendsComic.com.Thanks to her grandfather, Kaitlin Grayson knows maps and legends. But Kait never would've dreamed that she would one day attempt to save two worlds at the same time, becoming both a map and a legend in the explosive conclusion to this storyline.

IN MAPS & LEGENDS mixes together urban fantasy, science fiction, & steampunk, with art by Niki Smith and story by Michael Jasper. A winner of the November 2009 Zuda Comics competition hosted by DC Comics, the story concludes here!

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Leatherface, Edition# 1 (Comic)

Leatherface, Edition# 1 (Comic)
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Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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A "saintly" old candy-store owner is on the lam-and bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Steph must see to it that this case doesn't end up being her last...
As readers of Janet Evanovich's two previous books about funny, feisty, family-tied bounty hunter Stephanie Plum already know, she operates in "the burg"--a "comfy residential chunk of Trenton, New Jersey, where houses and minds are proud to be narrow and hearts are generously wide open." On this turf, Plum fights for justice and fashion points--this time in pursuit of a beloved neighborhood candystore owner who seems to be moonlighting as an anti-drug vigilante. Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire, but authentic affection for Trenton energizes her prose. Plums in paperback include One for the Money and Two for the Dough. Read more

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The Reginald Perrin Omnibus (Paperback)

The Reginald Perrin Omnibus (Paperback)
By David Nobbs

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One of the best loved comic creations of our time, in both literature and television, Reginald Perrin is once again a major BBC series. This omnibus edition comprising the first three novels represents one man’s outrageous adventures in his quest to avoid a mundane existence. Read more

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More Plums in One (Hardcover)

More Plums in One (Hardcover)
By Janet Evanovich

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The adventures continue for Stephanie Plum, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter, in these three Complete Plum Novels from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich!

Four to Score: Stephanie Plum is forced to enlist the help of Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet in an attempt to capture revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki. Threatening messages, murder, firebombs, and archnemesis Joyce Barnhardt pale in comparison to the greatest danger of all when, homeless and broke, Stephanie and her hamster, Rex, move in with vice cop Joe Morelli.
 
High Five: Out of bail skippers and rent money, Stephanie throws caution to the wind and follows in the entrepreneurial bootsteps of Super Bounty Hunter Ranger, engaging in morally correct and marginally legal enterprises. Stephanie's problems escalate when homicidal rapist Benito Ramirez returns, her Uncle Fred disappears, a nasty bookie starts following her around town, and she has nothing to wear to the Mafia wedding.
 
Hot Six: Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. The man wanted for the crime is Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger. Minutes before the crime occurs, Ranger is caught on video, at the scene, with the victim. Bad enough Stephanie has to bring in the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension, now her maternal grandmother has moved in and a dog with an eating disorder has adopted her.
One unbeatable bestselling author. Three classic Stephanie Plum stories. Criminally original and stone brilliant, this Intermediate Bounty Hunting Survival Manual is blockbuster entertainment. Read more

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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)

Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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Stephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back--and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With then help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman. Then again, with more mishaps than there are exits on the Jersey Turnpike--including murders, firebombs, and Stephanie's arch-rival bounty hunter chasing after the same fugative--Stephanie better watch her back big-time if she wants to live to crack this case.
Stephanie Plum, the trash-talking New Jersey bail bondswoman of this popular series, is tracking Maxine Nowicki, who's wanted for skipping out on a car-theft charge lodged by her ex-boyfriend. Now the ex-boyfriend's very interested in getting back the love letters he supposedly wrote to Maxine. But what he's really looking for is the secret on which Evanovich hangs her screwball cast of colorful minor characters, including Sally Sweet, a cross-dressing drag queen; Lula, the 250-pound ex-hooker who works for Steph's boss; Cousin Vinnie, the bail bondsman; Grandma Mazur, who packs a Glock and is always looking for a little action; and Joyce, a wannabe bounty hunter who's been cramping Steph's style since she played pass the salami with Steph's ex-husband. The action doesn't get much farther from Trenton than the Jersey Shore, but when Steph's apartment and car are blown up by the others on Maxine's trail and she moves in with Joe Morelli, the handsome, arrogant cop she's been hung up on since high school, it gets hotter than the craps table in Atlantic City. Plum's fans won't be disappointed in this fourth outing in the series, and they're likely to be even more interested in the snappy patter and sexy shenanigans than in the mystery that holds it all together. --Jane Adams Read more

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Star Island (Random House Large Print) (Paperback)

Star Island (Random House Large Print) (Paperback)
By Carl Hiaasen

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Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.

Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed”—meaning wasted—to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott.

Now the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über–stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker–wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry’s public—and from Cherry herself.

The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink—the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp—and now he’s heading for Miami to find her . . .

Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry’s motley posse does?

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Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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Experience the bestselling phenomenon that is sweeping the nation!

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BLOWN UP
All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is bring in semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch. For an old man he's still got a knack for slipping out of sight--and raising hell. How else can Stephanie explain the bullet-riddled corpse in Eddie's garden? Who else would have a clue as to why two of Stephanie's friends suddenly vanished? For answers Stephanie has the devil to pay: her mentor, Ranger. The deal? He'll give Stephanie all the help she needs--if she gives him everything he wants . . .

MESSED UP
As if things weren't complicated enough, Stephanie's just discovered her Grandma Mazur's own unmentionable alliance with Eddie. Add a series of unnerving break-ins, not to mention the bombshell revelation leveled by Stephanie's estranged sister, and Stephanie's ready for some good news. Unfortunately, a marriage proposal from Joe Morelli, the love of her life, isn't quite cutting it. And now--murder, a randy paramour, a wily mobster, death threats, extortion, and a triplie kidnapping aside--Stephanie's really got the urge to run for her life . . .
SEVEN UPBounty hunter Stephanie Plum's got a lot on her mind. How does cigarette smuggler Eddie DeChooch, a fugitive so geriatric that even the hot-to-trot Grandma Mazur won't go out with him a third time, keep giving her the slip? How did a woman who died of a heart attack end up in DeChooch's garden shed with five bullet holes in her chest? Who stole a rump roast from Dougie and Mooner, the two lovable potheads who have decided to be crime fighters in Spandex bodysuits? Can Stephanie's perfect sister Valerie make it as a lesbian single mother without driving her family crazy? And--oh yeah--what should Stephanie do about that damn wedding dress on hold at Tina's Bridal Shoppe, waiting for her to decide whether vice cop Joe Morelli's really the one for her?

I did look good in the gown. I looked like Scarlett O' Hara getting ready for a big wedding at Tara. I moved around a little to simulate dancing.

"Jump up and down so we can see how it'll look when you do the bunny hop," Grandma said.

"It's pretty but I don't want a gown," I said.

"I can order one in her size at no obligation," Tina said.

"No obligation," Grandma said. "You can't beat that."

"As long as there's no obligation," my mother said.

I needed chocolate. A lot of chocolate. "Oh gee," I said, "look at the time. I need to go."

To complicate matters further, Stephanie's made a reluctant deal with the devil: if she can't bring in DeChooch by herself, her sexy but dangerous cohort Ranger is willing to help--for a price that a girl who's not-exactly-engaged is uncertain whether she should pay. But when Dougie and Mooner disappear, Grandma is kidnapped, and a crazy widow starts taking pot shots, no one who hides her .38 in a cookie jar is going to turn down a little friendly assistance.

In Seven Up, Janet Evanovich serves up her usual bubbly fare: a totaled car, raucous viewings at Stiva's Funeral Parlor, buffoonish bad guys, and down-and-dirty mud wrestling, all stirred up with some snappy Jersey repartee and a few tart, new twists that will keep her fans impatient. Heaven can't wait for number eight. --Barrie Trinkle Read more

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To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, No. 9) (Mass Market Paperback)

To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, No. 9) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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Stephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli...oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure.

But hey, she's from Jersey.

Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she's pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way...and she always gets her man. In
To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who's also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an immigrant who becomes an illegal alien by violating his Visa and extending his stay in the United States. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word "hunter..."

In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life.
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Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos.

Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number-one suspect. Ranger is former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He's Stephanie's mentor--the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend.

Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him...what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in?

Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie's apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can't button the top snap on her Levi's.

Experience the world of Plum--in Janet Evanovich's new thriller. It's surreal, it's frenetic, it's incendiary. Hot Six. It's the best yet.
Never mind who did the deed with New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum at the end of High Five. Five months later, that night's only a dim, cherished memory, and Stephanie's freezing her butt off on a Trenton bridge trying to keep her friend Carol--caught shoplifting some crotchless panties she was too embarrassed to buy--from committing suicide.

Truth is, I didn't for a minute think she'd jump. For one thing, she was wearing a four-hundred-dollar jacket from Wilson Leather. You just don't jump off a bridge in a four-hundred-dollar jacket. It isn't done. The jacket would get ruined. Carol was from the Chambersburg section of Trenton, just like me, and in the Burg you gave the jacket to your sister, then you jumped off the bridge.

When Stephanie finally talks Carol down and makes it in to work at Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, it's only to find that her libido-boosting pal Ranger, the professional bounty hunter and sometime hit man, has disappeared. A building owned by black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos has burned down, with Ramos's son Homer lying inside, dead from a gunshot wound. Ranger, who was caught on film there by video cameras, is wanted for questioning. Stephanie's boss Vinnie wants her to find him, but Stephanie, who knows she won't find Ranger if he doesn't want to be found, refuses. Soon everyone, from her cop boyfriend Joe Morelli to the two Laurel and Hardy wannabes who suddenly start following her around Trenton in a badass black Lincoln, thinks she's hot on Ranger's trail.

And Stephanie's got other things to worry about. For one thing, Grandma Mazur's moved in with her, and so has Bob, a golden retriever who's only partly house trained. Then Ranger starts popping up at odd times of the night, with instructions for Stephanie to keep an eye on another Ramos son, Hannibal. Add to that one homicidal maniac, a couple more dead bodies, Stephanie's usual bad car karma, and the zit from hell, and you've got yourself one fine Stephanie Plum adventure. Will Stephanie triumph? You can bet a jelly doughnut on it. And there's another great cliffhanger waiting at the end. --Barrie Trinkle Read more

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Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, No. 10) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, No. 10) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Janet Evanovich

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She's accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. She's a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. He mother's convinced she'll end up dead...or worse, without a man. She's Stephanie Plum and she kicks butt for a living (well, she thought it would sound good to put it that way...)

It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. But Stephanie Plum and her partner, Lula, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet another car. It would be just another day in the life of Stephanie Plum...except that she becomes the target of a gang. And the target of an even scarier, more dangerous force that comes to Trenton. With super bounty hunter Ranger out of town (and Stephanie on the outs with vice cop Morelli), she finds herself alone, with a decision to make: how to protect herself and where to hide while on the hunt for a killer known as the Junkman. There's only one safe place, and it has Ranger's name all over it-if she can find it. And if the Junkman doesn't find her first. With Lula riding shotgun and Grandma Mazur on the loose, Stephanie Plum is racing against the clock in her most suspenseful novel yet. Ten Big Ones is page-turning entertainment and Janet Evanovich is the best there is.
Stephanie Plum, girl bounty hunter, the terror of Trenton, the bane of her boyfriend Joe Morelli's existence, and the delight of her crazy grandma's heart, is in the wrong place at the wrong time--as usual. Just happening to be indulging her nachos jones at a local deli when it's robbed by the notorious Red Devils, Plum is the eye witness who could put the gang leader, known as the Junkman, behind bars... if he just lets her live long enough. Looking for a place to hide out from the killer until the cops catch up with him, Stephanie sneaks into her fellow bounty hunter Ranger's apartment without telling Morelli, who's not overly fond of him. All the usual suspects in this long-running series are along for a wilder than ever ride, including Lula the gun-toting ex-hooker, Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's pregnant sister Valerie and her fiancé, as well as a host of minor characters who bring Trenton's seedier environs to life. Ten Big Ones is another madcap caper by a writer whose fans will doubtless catapult this easy beach read to the top of the bestseller list. --Jane Adams Read more

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Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) (Hardcover)

Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) (Hardcover)
By Janet Evanovich

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Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

The Crime:  Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars

Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. His family couldn’t be more proud. He always was the smart one. 

The Cousin:  Joe Morelli

Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom’s sister, Loretta, are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The all-American family.

The Complications:  Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux

Less than a week after Dom’s release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He’s getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing.

The Catastrophe:  Moonman

Morelli hires Walter “Mooner” Dunphy, stoner and “inventor” turned crime fighter, to protect his house. Morelli can’t afford a lot on a cop’s salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes.

The Cupcake:  Stephanie Plum

Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection, and driving each other nuts. She’s a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she’s involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.

The Crisis:  A favor for Ranger

Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie’s evening activities.

The Conclusion:  Only the fearless should read Fourteen.

Thrills, chills, and incontinence may result.

 

 

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Godfrey Jones - Genesis (Paperback)

Godfrey Jones - Genesis (Paperback)

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The book for practicing atheists looking for some light humour. Poking a small pointy stick at religion. Not just any religion. All religions. Whilst reserving enough sarcasm to look at science and popular culture too. There is one thing for sure, Matt will be going to Hell in every religion. Won't you join him and celebrate in his first 100 cartoons? The very same cartoons that shot him to fame seemingly overnight through his Facebook fan page: facebook.com/godjones Read more

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The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady (Hardcover)

The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady (Hardcover)
By Elizabeth Stuckey-French

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This lively, intricately plotted, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly touching family drama combines the wit of Carl Hiaasen with the southern charm of Jill McCorkle.

Seventy-seven-year-old Marylou Ahearn is going to kill Dr. Wilson Spriggs come hell or high water. In 1953, he gave her a radioactive cocktail without her consent as part of a secret government study that had horrible consequences.

Marylou has been plotting her revenge for fifty years. When she accidentally discovers his whereabouts in Florida, her plans finally snap into action. She high tails it to hot and humid Tallahassee, moves in down the block from where a now senile Spriggs lives with his daughter’s family, and begins the tricky work of insinuating herself into their lives. But she has no idea what a nest of yellow jackets she is stum­bling into.

Before the novel is through, someone will be kidnapped, an unlikely couple will get engaged, someone will nearly die from eating a pineapple upside-down cake laced with anti-freeze, and that’s not all . . .

Told from the varied perspectives of an incredible cast of endearing oddball characters and written with the flair of a native Floridian, this dark comedy does not disappoint. Read more

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The Scent of Jade (Kindle Edition)

The Scent of Jade (Kindle Edition)
By Dee DeTarsio

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The Scent of Jade

From TV writer Dee DeTarsio, a new novel, The Scent of Jade. When an ancient jade relic that holds secrets to global warming ends up in the hands of a not-so-perfect heroine, she is thrust in a fish-out-of-water adventure, lost in the Costa Rican rainforest.

"Romancing The Stone" meets "Survivor" for Julie Fraser, who was minding her own business, living her life as snug as a bug in a rut in San Diego, California. As the least adventurous person she knows, Julie finally whooped it up one day to jet off and surprise her husband, who was on a business trip in Costa Rica. Reeling from the discovery that her husband wasn't who she thought he was, she accidentally steals an ancient artifact and is chased through the wilds of the rainforest, not knowing where to turn, literally, or whom to trust. She knew she should have stayed home.

Can a monkey, a blonde Juan, a foreign scientist, a mysterious 'love potion' and the jade stone itself (that may hold secrets to global warming), help Julie on her mission to find and forgive her husband?

The stolen idol catapults her on a quest, as she discovers truths along the way about herself and her place in the universe. The Scent of Jade is creative and unique with surprising twists--in turn suspenseful and heartbreaking, combining humor and romance to reach the payoff ending. Original characters keep the pages turning.

The Scent of Jade spins its story with wit and wisdom, drawing those who love mystery, suspense, romance and adventure. While there are no vampires, readers are invited to enjoy the intrigue...

The Scent of Jade was a finalist in the Seventeenth Annual San Diego Book and Writing Awards.The Scent of Jade

From TV writer Dee DeTarsio, a new novel, The Scent of Jade. When an ancient jade relic that holds secrets to global warming ends up in the hands of a not-so-perfect heroine, she is thrust in a fish-out-of-water adventure, lost in the Costa Rican rainforest.

"Romancing The Stone" meets "Survivor" for Julie Fraser, who was minding her own business, living her life as snug as a bug in a rut in San Diego, California. As the least adventurous person she knows, Julie finally whooped it up one day to jet off and surprise her husband, who was on a business trip in Costa Rica. Reeling from the discovery that her husband wasn't who she thought he was, she accidentally steals an ancient artifact and is chased through the wilds of the rainforest, not knowing where to turn, literally, or whom to trust. She knew she should have stayed home.

Can a monkey, a blonde Juan, a foreign scientist, a mysterious 'love potion' and the jade stone itself (that may hold secrets to global warming), help Julie on her mission to find and forgive her husband?

The stolen idol catapults her on a quest, as she discovers truths along the way about herself and her place in the universe. The Scent of Jade is creative and unique with surprising twists--in turn suspenseful and heartbreaking, combining humor and romance to reach the payoff ending. Original characters keep the pages turning.

The Scent of Jade spins its story with wit and wisdom, drawing those who love mystery, suspense, romance and adventure. While there are no vampires, readers are invited to enjoy the intrigue...

The Scent of Jade was a finalist in the Seventeenth Annual San Diego Book and Writing Awards. Read more

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The Midden (Hardcover)

The Midden (Hardcover)
By Tom Sharpe

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When Timothy Bright's stockbroking career goes wrong he turns to gambling to regain his financial losses. Gaining more debts, Timothy is persuaded into a touch of villainy where an encounter with an Australian substance known as Toad precipitates Timothy into the bed of a Chief Constable's wife. Read more

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Johnny The Homicidal Maniac #5 An Eventful Day (Comic)

Johnny The Homicidal Maniac #5 An Eventful Day (Comic)

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The Tea-Olive Bird-Watching Society (Hardcover)

The Tea-Olive Bird-Watching Society (Hardcover)
By Augusta Trobaugh

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The women of a small town’s bird watching society secretly plan to “eliminate” the husband of one of their members in this new novel—a modern spin on the classic film Arsenic and Old Lace—written by the beloved author of Sophie and the Rising Sun.

In a story replete with coconut cake, grits, and poisoned turtle stew, it’s easy to see why Augusta Trobaugh has been heralded as having “a voice from and for the South, as complex and resonant as the region itself”(Anne Rivers Siddons). With her latest novel, Trobaugh displays that distinctly Southern charm and beckons new readers to her work.

Founding members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society in tiny Tea-Olive, Georgia, are Beulah, Sweet, Wildwood, and Zion, each named after a hymn. Pillars of the community, seemingly beyond reproach, two of these ladies are nonetheless conspiring to murder retired Judge L. Hyson Breed, a newcomer to Tea-Olive. It all begins when the judge tricks Sweet into marriage, steals her land for a development project, and sweet- talks his way right onto the town council. By the time Beulah and Zion discover his evil plans—and realize that Sweet has endured personal harm, with more to come—the judge is already a permanent fixture in town. Or is he? When Beulah and Zion attempt to do away with the judge—while always remaining unfailingly polite—the novel takes a wild turn. The result is a delightful black comedy from a novelist at the peak of her powers. Read more

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VAMPIRELLA LEGENDARY TALES (2000 HARRIS) 1 (Comic)

VAMPIRELLA LEGENDARY TALES (2000 HARRIS) 1 (Comic)
By Jose Gonzales

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Reprints Classic 1970s-1980s Vampi May 2000 Read more

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Even Superheroes Get Diabetes (Kindle Edition)

Even Superheroes Get Diabetes (Kindle Edition)
By Sue Schmitt

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Kelvin is a boy who loves all things "Superhero". He spends his playtime fighting off villains and other imaginary threats--always saving the day, of course. One day his fantasy world is interrupted by the reality of getting diabetes...the incessant finger pricks, shots, and the constant doctor's appointments. A specialist doctor uncovers that Kelvin has superpowers. He is fitted with an insulin pump before taking a superhero oath as 'Super K'. The story next reveals itself as the genesis of a new type of superhero--one who uses his superpowers to help kids with diabetes. This book empowers kids to find their own superpowers in the face of adversity. The comic book style illustrations by Micah Chambers-Goldberg beautifully connect children and parents to the world of diabetes.The book includes a kid friendly diagram that explains type 1 diabetes and a glossary that discusses both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Even Superheroes Get Diabetes is a powerful educational tool for doctors, parents, kids, and librarians!

This book is intended to help kids, parents, teachers and friends cope with diabetes. It is written primarily for kids(age 5-9), but any adult involved in the world of diabetes will relate.Kelvin is a boy who loves all things "Superhero". He spends his playtime fighting off villains and other imaginary threats--always saving the day, of course. One day his fantasy world is interrupted by the reality of getting diabetes...the incessant finger pricks, shots, and the constant doctor's appointments. A specialist doctor uncovers that Kelvin has superpowers. He is fitted with an insulin pump before taking a superhero oath as 'Super K'. The story next reveals itself as the genesis of a new type of superhero--one who uses his superpowers to help kids with diabetes. This book empowers kids to find their own superpowers in the face of adversity. The comic book style illustrations by Micah Chambers-Goldberg beautifully connect children and parents to the world of diabetes.The book includes a kid friendly diagram that explains type 1 diabetes and a glossary that discusses both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Even Superheroes Get Diabetes is a powerful educational tool for doctors, parents, kids, and librarians!

This book is intended to help kids, parents, teachers and friends cope with diabetes. It is written primarily for kids(age 5-9), but any adult involved in the world of diabetes will relate. Read more

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Beyond Wonderland #1 (Of 6) (Comic)

Beyond Wonderland #1 (Of 6) (Comic)

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Prince Valiant (1994 Marvel) #1 (Comic)

Prince Valiant (1994 Marvel) #1 (Comic)
By Elaine Lee Charles Vess

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Everybody vs The Ferret: 1 (Kindle Edition)

Everybody vs The Ferret: 1 (Kindle Edition)
By Cristian YoungMiller

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In Everybody vs The Ferret: 1, the boy fruitheads elicit the help of a internet obsessed talking ferret to get revenge on the girl fruitheads after then try to steal the boys' sources of bravado. The dreaded Michael Jackson device is enabled.

Based on characters from the author's Everybody Masturbates book series, Everybody vs The Ferret is a satirical novelette series about how we deal with sex and life in the internet age. In every book, Billy, Jack and their pet ferret battle Candy, Tia and the girls in the cold war being waged over who will rule their school. Comparable to the animated TV show South Park.In Everybody vs The Ferret: 1, the boy fruitheads elicit the help of a internet obsessed talking ferret to get revenge on the girl fruitheads after then try to steal the boys' sources of bravado. The dreaded Michael Jackson device is enabled.

Based on characters from the author's Everybody Masturbates book series, Everybody vs The Ferret is a satirical novelette series about how we deal with sex and life in the internet age. In every book, Billy, Jack and their pet ferret battle Candy, Tia and the girls in the cold war being waged over who will rule their school. Comparable to the animated TV show South Park. Read more

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Grimm Fairy Tales #14 : Beauty and the Beast (Zenescope Entertainment) (Paperback)

Grimm Fairy Tales #14 : Beauty and the Beast (Zenescope Entertainment) (Paperback)
By Ralph Tedesco

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After being dumped by his former girlfriend and embarassed by a new boyfriend, Drew is out to get some revenge no matter what the cost. Even an intervention by Sela and a trip to her fairy tale world seem to have little effect in changing his self destructive course. If he can't have his Beauty, than no one else will have her either. Will the Beast learn to control his anger before he destroys not only himself, but everything around him? Read more

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Return to Wonderland #4 Variant Cover C (Zenescope) (Comic)

Return to Wonderland #4 Variant Cover C (Zenescope) (Comic)
By Raven Gregory

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The Oz / Wonderland Chronicles Preview (Comic)

The Oz / Wonderland Chronicles Preview (Comic)
By Ben Avery

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Skipped Parts: A Novel (Kindle Edition)

Skipped Parts: A Novel (Kindle Edition)
By Tim Sandlin

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"Funny, shocking, downright revolting, and occasionally sad. Sandlin is a compelling storyteller...Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review

Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope. But while Lydia drinks and talks to the moose head on the wall, Sam finds a friend in local girl Maurey Pierce.

One of the wildest, raunchiest, most heartfelt coming-of-age novels of the past thirty years, Skipped Parts puts Tim Sandlin in the upper echelon of contemporary comic novelists.

"Dazzling...moving...Sam's carapace is humor...He thinks like Holden Caulfield and has Joseph Heller's take on despair. His Walter Mitty?like fantasies are tiny comic gems... In the end you'll find yourself rooting for Sam."
-New York Times Book Review

"A lighthearted, amusing, and tender story of preteen wisdom, adult immaturity, and the fine line between...An offbeat, engaging novel."
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"This witty, often touching portrayal of a dirt-street-wise youth's coming-of-age sparkles with intelligence."
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"Thoughtful, surprising, and delightful entertainment."
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"Funny, shocking, downright revolting, and occasionally sad. Sandlin is a compelling storyteller...Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review

Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope. But while Lydia drinks and talks to the moose head on the wall, Sam finds a friend in local girl Maurey Pierce.

One of the wildest, raunchiest, most heartfelt coming-of-age novels of the past thirty years, Skipped Parts puts Tim Sandlin in the upper echelon of contemporary comic novelists.

"Dazzling...moving...Sam's carapace is humor...He thinks like Holden Caulfield and has Joseph Heller's take on despair. His Walter Mitty?like fantasies are tiny comic gems... In the end you'll find yourself rooting for Sam."
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"A lighthearted, amusing, and tender story of preteen wisdom, adult immaturity, and the fine line between...An offbeat, engaging novel."
-Publisher's Weekly

"This witty, often touching portrayal of a dirt-street-wise youth's coming-of-age sparkles with intelligence."
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"Thoughtful, surprising, and delightful entertainment."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1,No. 1 (Unknown Binding)

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1,No. 1 (Unknown Binding)

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JSA Classified #1 Sketch Variant Cover (Comic)

JSA Classified #1 Sketch Variant Cover (Comic)
By Geoff Johns

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Texas Poker Wisdom (Paperback)

Texas Poker Wisdom (Paperback)
By Johnny Hughes

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“Scrolling the pages of a Hughes narrative is like lighting a lantern into the darkest recess of poker’s subculture. [Hughes] brings the legends of the past and present to life and often provides the very best portrait of these unique, real-life characters of anyone on record.”

—Nolan Dalla, media director, World Series of Poker, best-selling author and columnist for Card Player

“Johnny Hughes’s poker stories are a national treasure … hilarious stories and colorful characters … timeless classics … the stuff of history … one of my all-time favorite poker writers.”

—Iggy, a.k.a. Ignatius J. Reilly, the Blogfather of Poker, GuinnessandPoker.com

“Told with authenticity and the knowledge that only a true road gambler could possess … a book that you will love … a highly enjoyable read.”

—Anthony Kelly, editor-in-chief, Player Europe magazine. Dublin.

“Cryptic, dark. Irrefutably unique. Elliptical euphemism and metaphor are (Hughes’s) tools. Gambling folklore and parables abound. All told with a twinkle in the eye and one finger on the trigger ... Johnny writes evasively, challenging us to refute, compelling us to believe.”

—James Dodd, a.k.a. Tetuso, Bet-the-Pot.com. London. Read more

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