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All the Way to the Gallows
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David Drake |
This is a collection of humorous stories in all the various configurations of humor; light, dark and most everything in between. They range between sci fi and fantasy and there is many a good read a… |
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The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain
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Charles Neider,Mark Twain |
Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- Information for the million -- The killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- A touching story of George Washington's boyh… |
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The Portable Mark Twain
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Bernard Augustine De Voto,Mark Twain |
Contents:
Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
from A Tramp Abroad
from Old Times on the Mississippi
Private History of a Campaign that Failed
from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Co… |
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The Mark Twain anthology
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Shelley Fisher Fishkin |
Brings together the words of over 60 writers, from Twain's earliest reviews to today, probing the many facets of his incomparable humor, his revolutionary use of vernacular language, his exploration … |
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
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David Sedaris |
From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the A… |
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A Hologram For The King
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Dave Eggers |
"In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and fin… |
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The Irish wine trilogy
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Dick Wimmer |
"Through three comic novels that span ten years and two continents, Dick Wimmer's Irish Wine Trilogy follows the misadventures of brilliant Irish painter Seamus Boyne; his old friend, Gene Hagar; his… |
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A heaping helping of Amelia Bedelia
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Peggy Parish |
Four previously published stories featuring the extremely literal-minded Amelia Bedelia, as well as related activities and recipes. |
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Calypso
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David Sedaris |
Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality. |
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
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James Finn Garner |
[link text][1]From Cinderella rejecting unrealistic ideas of feminine beauty, to the Three Little Pigs arming themselves and overthrowing their imperialist wolf oppressors, all right-minded people wi… |
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Bream gives me hiccups & other stories
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Jesse Eisenberg |
Taking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups moves from contemporary L.A. to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into… |
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Selected stories
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Ring Lardner |
This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner's best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as "Alibi Ike," "Some Like … |
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The man that corrupted Hadleyburg and other essays and stories (17 works)
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Mark Twain |
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
My Debut as a Literary Person
The 1,000,000 Bank-Note
The Esquimau Maiden's Romance
My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It
The Belated Russian Passport
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Novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer Detective)
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Mark Twain |
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Full House
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Janet Evanovich |
Filled with Evanovich’s trademark style and wit, Full House is romantic suspense with a twist . . — Polo instructor Nicholas Kaharcheck senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce. She represents … |
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Velcome
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O'Malley, Kevin |
An illustrated collection of scary stories with humorous endings, featuring such elements as a boy being followed home by a coffin, a rapping noise in a haunted house, and strange intruders at the fr… |
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The noctambulists & other fictions
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Peter Spielberg |
"FC2 veteran Peter Spielberg returns with The Noctambulists & Other Fictions, a collection of spare, deadpan tales in which life's absurdity acts as a gateway to an even more confounding reality. Her… |
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories
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Mark Twain |
The celebrated jumping frog --
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg --
A fable --
The story of the good little boy --
The story of the bad little boy --
The £1,000,000 bank note --
Jim Baker's blu… |
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Rip Van Winkle
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Washington Irving |
1891 edition,g.p.putnam,a legendof the kaatskill mountains, by washington irving, fiction |
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Men and Cartoons
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Jonathan Lethem |
Jonathan Lethem's new collection of stories is a feast for his fans and the perfect introduction for new readers--nine fantastic, amusing, poignant tales written in a dizzying variety of styles, as L… |
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