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  • Oh, Gulliver!: Mary Burton-Gulliver's Diary and Her Memoir of Gulliver's Travels by Netz, Erga
    Erga Netz

    Oh, Gulliver!: Mary Burton-Gulliver's Diary and Her Memoir of Gulliver's Travels

    What really happened to Gulliver during his famous travels? And what did his wife do in the meantime?In this fun, satirical work, Mary Burton-Gulliver recounts her life as a "widow-of-the-sea" and the events that her husband (using the pseudonym "Jonathan Swift") didn't dare to...
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  • Autobiography of a Cad by Macdonell, A. G.
    A. G. Macdonell

    Autobiography of a Cad

    This vintage book contains A. G. Macdonell's 1938 novel, "The Autobiography of a Cad". Written as a memoir of the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby, it spans from with his earliest memories of his family's estate and his time at Eton and Oxford, to his...
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  • Turn, Magic Wheel by Powell, Dawn
    Dawn Powell

    Turn, Magic Wheel

    Dennis Orphen, in writing a novel, has stolen the life story of his friend, Effie Callingham, the former wife of a famous, Hemingway-like novelist, Andrew Callingham. Orphen's betrayal is not the only one, nor the worst one, in this hilarious satire of the New...
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  • How I Won a Nobel Prize by Taranto, Julius
    Julius Taranto

    How I Won a Nobel Prize

    Named One of the Best Books of the Year by VOGUE and VOX A "very funny, very good" (B. J. Novak) debut novel about a graduate student who follows her disgraced mentor to a university that gives safe harbor to scholars of ill repute,...
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  • The Mysterious Portrait by Gogol, Nikolai
    Nikolai Gogol

    The Mysterious Portrait

    This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Mysterious Portrait' is a short story about a penniless artist who discovers a magical painting in art shop. The painting...
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  • The Men Can't Be Saved by Purkert, Ben
    Ben Purkert

    The Men Can't Be Saved

    * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2023 * NYLON * THE MILLIONS * LITHUB * DEBUTIFUL * AND MORE! * "Blistering . . . Mad Men ambition meets an epic, existential meltdown." --VANITY FAIR, 20 Best Books of 2023 "[Purkert is] a sharply...
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  • Mapp and Lucia by Benson, E. F.
    E. F. Benson

    Mapp and Lucia

    A brilliant and subtle comedy on the social rivalries of a small village between the wars. Lucia is probably the greatest creation of E. F. Benson, a social climbing socialite from the small village of Riseholme. A beautifully written and sharply observed comedy, exploring...
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  • Monday Starts on Saturday by Strugatsky, Arkady
    Arkady Strugatsky

    Monday Starts on Saturday

    Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy.The adventures...
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  • The Freedom of Will by Clatterbaugh, Kenneth
    Kenneth Clatterbaugh

    The Freedom of Will

    Coming of age can be an adventure. No one knows this better than William James Tillit, an abandoned child from east Texas raised by his loving aunt and uncle, devout evangelical siblings who are determined to do their best by their young nephew. Will...
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  • The Magic Mountain by Mann, Thomas
    Thomas Mann

    The Magic Mountain

    Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter, The Magic Mountain is Thomas Mann's story of an unassuming, undistinguished young engineer named Hans Castorp who sits on the balcony of a sanatorium, wrapped in his blanket, thermometer in his mouth, naively but earnestly pondering the meaning of...
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  • Animal Farm by Orwell, George
    George Orwell

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. Orwell based the book on events up to and during Joseph Stalin's regime. Orwell, a democratic socialist, and a member of the Independent Labour Party...
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  • The Wandering Princess Comes Back by Villari, Dominic
    Dominic Villari

    The Wandering Princess Comes Back

    The time has comes for Savanah the Wandering Princess and her friends to return home to lands of the Cinder Mountains. They plan to sail a newly acquired ship up the Serpentine River to the edge of the Dark Forest in their own kingdom....
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  • Swimming with Ghosts by Brafman, Michelle
    Michelle Brafman

    Swimming with Ghosts

    From the acclaimed author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand Court comes a satirical and chilling, yet deeply-sensitive, tale that captures the ethos and ruin of children's competitive swimming, where parents must face the haunting spirits of their own tumultuous upbringings or risk losing...
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  • Sister Liberty by Hill, Gregory
    Gregory Hill

    Sister Liberty

    Their American Dream was simply to survive. They managed considerably more than that.With its cast of obedient romantics, mystical nutbags, and adorable cynics, Sister Liberty is the rollicking, thunderous introductory volume to The Stables Family Chronicles.In 1885, murderous circumstances force two lesbian widows and...
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  • The Cockroach by McEwan, Ian
    Ian McEwan

    The Cockroach

    A brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other, from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Kafka meets the world of Brexit in this bitingly funny novel centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England.That morning, Jim Sams, clever...
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  • Maybe It's About Time by Boss, Neil
    Neil Boss

    Maybe It's About Time

    Two people trapped in their different worlds. One by wealth and one by poverty. Twenty years working for The Firm has given Marcus Barlow everything he wants but has taken his soul in return. Finding a way to leave has become an obsession.Claire Halford's...
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  • It Was Just Another Day in America by Ginsberg, Ryan David
    Ryan David Ginsberg

    It Was Just Another Day in America

    Introducing "It Was Just Another Day in America," a thought-provoking book by Ryan David Ginsberg that explores a range of issues facing America today. Through eight short stories and a series of powerful poems, the author provides commentary on topics such as abortion rights,...
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  • The Torrents of Spring (Read & Co. Classics Edition);With the Introductory Essay 'The Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation ' by Hemingway, Ernest
    Ernest Hemingway

    The Torrents of Spring (Read & Co. Classics Edition);With the Introductory Essay 'The Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation '

    Ernest Hemingway's first piece of long-form literature, The Torrents of Spring, is a satirical novella that the great American author wrote in just ten days and is a rare early example of his work. Set in small-town America in Northern Michigan, The Torrents of...
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  • Nakadai by Zupp, Walker
    Walker Zupp

    Nakadai

    Twickley, England - when Hiroshi Nakadai is studying for his PhD in Linguistics he comes into contact with a powerful and evil force... His supervisor, Professor Mutton, has been enslaved by The Great Word: an intergalactic beinghell-bent on conquering the world. When Nakadai becomes...
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  • No Gifts, Please by Shanahan, Bridget
    Bridget Shanahan

    No Gifts, Please

    Fun facts about Florida's Knabb College: The president is doing 'shrooms, a VP is embezzling to buy Disney collectibles and gators are eating the occasional donor.Claire Murray hides out in the left-brain comfort zone of the library, denying the gifts of a girlhood spent...
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  • The Royal Riposte: What If William and Kate Shared Their Truths With Oprah? by Wandsworth, Kitty
    Kitty Wandsworth

    The Royal Riposte: What If William and Kate Shared Their Truths With Oprah?

    It would never happen - or so we think - but is it really that unlikely? We live in a world where Netflix makes lavish dramas about the current royal family, whilst Prince Harry and Meghan continue to indulge us with tell-all interviews, articles,...
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  • The Queen of Spades by Pushkin, Alexander
    Alexander Pushkin

    The Queen of Spades

    The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. In this classic literary representation of gambling, Alexander Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. Hints of the occult and gothic alternate with scenes of St Petersburg high-society in...
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  • Encyclopedia by Horn, Richard
    Richard Horn

    Encyclopedia

    "The hapless love affair of hopeful poet Tom Jones and wealthy, bohemia-bound Sadie Massey is cross-referenced in brief, satirical, encyclopedic passages from ABORTION to ZOO CAFETERIA." (TIME Magazine review, October 24, 1969) An early example of hypertext fiction, Encyclopedia's narrative is entirely multilinear and...
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  • Semi-Gloss by Barrett, Joe
    Joe Barrett

    Semi-Gloss

    "Funny as hell, brilliant dialogue, great characters who I just want to hang with forever and an air-tight story-line that thinks of every contingency and plans accordingly." -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Claire TrilogyWhat sucks about waking up next to a dead girl...
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  • Don Delillo: Mao II & Underworld (Loa #374) by Delillo, Don
    Don Delillo

    Don Delillo: Mao II & Underworld (Loa #374)

    The definitive edition of a modern master continues with 2 mid-career masterpieces, published here with new prefaces from the author This second volume in the Library of America DeLillo edition collects two extraordinary novels he published in the 1990s, the peak of his career....
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  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady;Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton by Loos, Anita
    Anita Loos

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady;Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton

    Lorelei Lee is a highly-strung, ambitious flapper woman with striking wit and a good heart. Follow the dazzling blonde on her gold-digging escapades and numerous romantic flings as she travels the world in the Roaring 20s.Author: Anita LoosISBN-10: 1528720563ISBN-13: 9781528720564Publisher: Read & Co. ClassicsLanguage:...
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  • A Fire for Christmas by Hincy, William R.
    William R. Hincy

    A Fire for Christmas

    From award-winning author William R. Hincy, this special hardcover edition of A Fire for Christmas is meant to be given as a gift. It's filled with original illustrations waiting to be colored and empty pages for you to draw, scribble and leave notes for...
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  • Pure Cosmos Club by Binder, Matthew
    Matthew Binder

    Pure Cosmos Club

    In this biting satire, Matthew Binder takes surreal aim at the poses and pretensions of high art and fashion. With ruthless wit, Binder chronicles the struggles of Paul, an eccentric artist, and his companion dog, a disabled, quiche-obsessed terrier-mix named Blanche. Together they negotiate...
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  • My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion: A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom by Krey, Kimberly
    Kimberly Krey

    My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion: A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom

    It was dislike at first sight.Now they're snowed-in at a campsite. When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half a day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she's stuck alone in a campsite with...
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  • Main Street: Fully Annotated Edition with Over 400 Notes by Lewis, Sinclair
    Sinclair Lewis

    Main Street: Fully Annotated Edition with Over 400 Notes

    Young college graduate Carol Kennicott moves from a big city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the small town from which her new husband hails. Imbued with ideals of urban improvement, she dreams of redesigning her adopted village, but her efforts are thwarted by the narrow-mindedness,...
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  • Original Prin by Boyagoda, Randy
    Randy Boyagoda

    Original Prin

    An uproarious novel about academia, family, fatherhood, the trials of Catholic faith in a secular world. With seahorses.Author: Randy BoyagodaISBN-10: 1771962453ISBN-13: 9781771962452Publisher: BiblioasisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2019Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019
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  • The Road to Wigan Pier by Orwell, George
    George Orwell

    The Road to Wigan Pier

    Author: George OrwellISBN-10: 1409211509ISBN-13: 9781409211501Publisher: Lulu PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2009Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
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  • The Magic Mountain by Mann, Thomas
    Thomas Mann

    The Magic Mountain

    First published in 1924 in German, "The Magic Mountain" is the thoughtful and introspective novel by Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Mann. Widely regarded as one of the most important modern works of the 20th century, Mann's story follows the aristocratic Hans Castorp as he...
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  • Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces by Hardy, Thomas
    Thomas Hardy

    Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

    Satires of Circumstance is a collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence Poems 1912-13 on the death of Hardy's wife Emma - extended to the now-classic 21 poems in Collected Poems of...
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  • The Wormhole in San Carlos by Wilson, Martin
    Martin Wilson

    The Wormhole in San Carlos

    Man playing at God ... it's never turned out well.Many scientists believe the mathematical reasoning used by Einstein to support his theory of general relativity allows for the presence of black holes and wormholes. Black holes are now widely accepted as real phenomena; wormholes...
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  • The Aetherverse by D'Urso, Joseph
    Joseph D'Urso

    The Aetherverse

    OUTER SPACE IS NOT A SAFE SPACE. It is the year 2869 x., and the sun is setting on humanity's golden age. The once glorious Convergency has fallen into the hands of a corrupt elite, and a lone corporation has seized limitless power over...
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  • Quiet Chaos by Veronesi, Sandro
    Sandro Veronesi

    Quiet Chaos

    The winner of the Strega Prize, Italy's top literary award, and the basis of an internationally acclaimed motion picture, Quiet Chaos is now available in America. Author Sandro Veronesi, whose work has been glowingly compared to the novels of Ian McEwan and Martin Amis,...
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  • Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces by Hardy, Thomas
    Thomas Hardy

    Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

    Satires of Circumstance is a collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1914. It includes the 18 poem sequence Poems 1912-13 on the death of Hardy's wife Emma - extended to the now-classic 21 poems in Collected Poems of...
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  • Love in the Time of the Improvised Explosive Device by Pomerantz, Jr.
    Jr. Pomerantz

    Love in the Time of the Improvised Explosive Device

    Can Jim uncover the real threat before it buries him?Jim's consumed by the death of his family.Not the most likely candidate to open an overseas branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He'd prefer spreadsheets and silence, sitting in an office by himself...
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  • Tall Short Stories from the Mind of Garbo by Hajinian, Chuck Garbo
    Chuck Garbo Hajinian

    Tall Short Stories from the Mind of Garbo

    These are my finest stories. They've been accumulating over my lifetime and are finally written down and published. You'll meet Nazar, my ever friendly, advice-giving Navy dad, Charlene my 3rd grade crush-and how about breakfast with Claude Monet? You'll meet Buster, an old healing...
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  • The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist by Jenkins, Dan
    Dan Jenkins

    The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: A Novel

    The best golf writer on the planet returns with his funniest book ever. Dan Jenkins virtually invented the golf novel with Dead Solid Perfect, his rollicking account of the life and times of touring pro Kenny Lee Puckett. After thirty years of waiting for...
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  • Kill the Rich by Allison, Jack
    Jack Allison

    Kill the Rich

    In this political satire-thriller, we follow a government official, an exiled influencer, and a burned-out delivery driver, living through a culture obsessed presidency that signs the policy to Kill the Rich.The year is 2038, America's new President won with a simple, snappy campaign slogan:...
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  • The Woman in Green by Lockridge, Larry
    Larry Lockridge

    The Woman in Green

    The narrator of THE WOMAN IN GREEN repeatedly insults his readers of 2050 and wishes he were instead addressing readers of 2025, when somewhat fewer were boneheads. Born under a curse at the exact moment of the 9/11 attacks, he looks back on two...
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  • How to Destroy Your Lifelong Bully: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Evergreen, Camilla
    Camilla Evergreen

    How to Destroy Your Lifelong Bully: A Sweet Romantic Comedy

    He bullied me all throughout school, and now he's blackmailing me to be his live-in maid.At least Velspar Pratt-magnetically attractive billionaire and bane of my existence-pays well.I don't trust him.I'll never trust him.And I've read enough enemies to lovers to know this forced proximity...
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  • Rock Gods & Messy Monsters by Hatz, Diane
    Diane Hatz

    Rock Gods & Messy Monsters

    "Everything Everywhere All at Once" meets "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (...in a 1990s record company!)Aliens hatched a rockstar. Brain extractions, falling body parts, and blood-vessel explosions are the norm. Alex's dream job has turned into a nightmare.What should she do?It's the 1990s....
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  • No One Left to Come Looking for You by Lipsyte, Sam
    Sam Lipsyte

    No One Left to Come Looking for You

    A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 1990s New York City. Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but...
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  • Bel-Ami (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by de Maupassant, Guy
    Guy de Maupassant

    Bel-Ami (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

    Georges Duroy grew up a peasant, but now has the opportunity to rise to the upper-middle class. After spending three years in the military, Duroy starts a career as a journalist, making connections with politicians who provide him with confidential information for his articles....
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  • Chevengur by Platonov, Andrey
    Andrey Platonov

    Chevengur

    A sort of Soviet Don Quixote, this novel about a craftsman who wanders the U.S.S.R. hoping to ease human misery with his inventions is considered one of the most important novels of the Soviet era, and is now available in its full version in...
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  • Pure Cosmos Club by Binder, Matthew
    Matthew Binder

    Pure Cosmos Club

    In this biting satire, Matthew Binder takes surreal aim at the poses and pretensions of high art and fashion. With ruthless wit, Binder chronicles the struggles of Paul, an eccentric artist, and his companion dog, a disabled, quiche-obsessed terrier-mix named Blanche. Together they negotiate...
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  • No One Left to Come Looking for You by Lipsyte, Sam
    Sam Lipsyte

    No One Left to Come Looking for You

    A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 1990s New York City.Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent...
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