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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Enter Jeeves	P. G. Wodehouse	Born in England in 1881, Sir P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse delighted generations of readers with his whimsical tales of the deliciously dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, his brainy, impertur…	OL1336850W
Life with Jeeves	P. G. Wodehouse	556 p. ; 20 cm	OL1336886W
Wodehouse on crime	P. G. Wodehouse	edited and with a preface by D.R. Bensen; foreword by Isaac Asimov. Contents Strychnine in the soup -- The crime wave at Blandings -- Ukridge starts a bank account -- The purity of the turf -- …	OL1337005W
P. G. Wodehouse	P. G. Wodehouse	Five Complete Novels: - "The Return of Jeeves" - "Bertie Wooster Sees It Through" - "Spring Fever" - "The Butler Did It" - "The Old Reliable"	OL1337018W
The world of Jeeves	P. G. Wodehouse	The collection (first published in 1967, reprinted in 1989) contains all of the Jeeves short stories (with the exception of "Extricating Young Gussie") presented more or less in narrative chronologic…	OL1337030W
The heart of a goof	P. G. Wodehouse	Humorous golf short stories by an acknowledged master of tickling the funny bone.	OL1337111W
The Gold Bat	P. G. Wodehouse	From the book:All of which, being interpreted, meant that the first match of the Easter term had just come to an end, and that those of the team who, being day boys, changed over at the pavilion, ins…	OL1337122W
The Miserable Mill	Lemony Snicket	Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instan…	OL15104047W
The Vile Village	Brett Helquist,Lemony Snicket,Michael Kupperman	You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpos…	OL15104130W
The Carnivorous Carnival	Brett Helquist,Lemony Snicket,Michael Kupperman	Dear reader, The word "carnivorous," which appears in the title of this book, means "meat-eating," and once you have read such a bloodthirsty word, there is no reason to read any further. This car…	OL15104132W
The Grim Grotto	Brett Helquist,Lemony Snicket,Michael Kupperman	Warning: Your day will become very dark – and possibly damp – if you read this book. Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselli…	OL15104140W
Exploits and adventures of Brigadier Gerard	Arthur Conan Doyle	"Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned his attention to a very different hero. Brigadier Etienne Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army - recklessly brave, engagingly open…	OL1518174W
The most of P.G. Wodehouse	P. G. Wodehouse	Presents a collection of humorous stories, including "The Truth about George," "Ukridge's Dog College," "The Coming of Gowf," "The Purity of the Turf," and "A Slice of Life."	OL17733443W
Shakespeare wrote for money	Nick Hornby	With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from "The Believer" magazine. Hornby's monthly reading diary di…	OL1916921W
Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Univer…	Douglas Adams	This is the collection of all five of the books in Douglas Adams' famous galaxy exploring trilogy. It follows Arthur Dent and his friends as they travel around the Milky Way meeting strange new cult…	OL2163706W
Jeeves in the Offing	P. G. Wodehouse	The assembled company of Miss Roberta Wickham, in herself a beauty chorus; that tick of ticks Rev. Aubrey Upjohn; an American female novelist whose son is suspected of being a screwball; and the loon…	OL286575W
Quack quack	Patricia Casey	After some confusion about which eggs are whose, duck and hen each hatch their own eggs.	OL3344481W
An ambulance is on the way	Jonathan Wilson	National Jewish Book Award finalist Jonathan Wilson's uproariously funny stories showcase the neuroses of suburban men as they ruminate, self-medicate, and acclimate to the rhythms of middle age.From…	OL3517194W
Tono-Bungay	H. G. Wells	George Ponderovo's quiet young life is changed forever when he is forced to leave home and is apprenticed to his dynamic Uncle Edward in his chemist's shop. Edward, determined to "strike out", invent…	OL52269W
Stopping for a Spell	Diana Wynne Jones	Includes three separate stories: "Chair Person," "The Four Grannies," and "Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?".	OL60136W