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What do readers say about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
a feast of enjoyment the illustrations were creepy cute little children's book absurdity and humorIn this timeless classic, Willy Wonka, a crazy chocolatier, opens his chocolate factory doors for the first time to five lucky children who have randomly purchased the coveted chocolate bars containing the golden ticket. Besides a lifetime supply of ... More details on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The house wasn’t nearly large enough for so many people, and life was extremely uncomfortable for them all. There were only two rooms in the place altogether, and there was only one bed. The bed was g...
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What do readers say about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?
tongue in cheek violent and graphic poorly structured and smug rich and envelopingA ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the... More details on The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about — he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock. And except for one peri...
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What do readers say about Anansi Boys?
descriptive and humorous fast-paced, clever, and inventive dry sense of humor witty and adventurousSoon to be a streaming series!
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods (now a hit Starz® Original Series), to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul.
God is dead. Meet the... More details on Anansi Boys
In the beginning, after all, were the words, and they came with a tune. That was how the world was made, how the void was divided, how the lands and the stars and the dreams and the little gods and th...
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What do readers say about The Gone-Away World?
twisty and rollercoastery stream of consciousness-style a highly ambitious debut descriptive and humorousThe Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his be... More details on The Gone-Away World
THE LIGHTS WENT out in the Nameless Bar just after nine. I was bent over the pool table with one hand in the bald patch behind the D, which Flynn the Barman claimed was beer, but which was the same si...
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What do readers say about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?
preteen girl’s novel it is very realistic frequently challenged book children's/young adult bookThe beloved coming-of-age novel from the author whose "name has long been synonymous with young adult fiction" (Los Angeles Times).
"Are You There God? It's Me Margaret is very special." -Amy Poehler (Vulture)
"Generations of teenage girls have gr... More details on Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
1 Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. We're moving today. I'm so scared God. I've never lived anywhere but here. Suppose I hate my new school? Suppose everybody there hates me? Please help me God. D...
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What do readers say about The Damned Thing?
wit and humor free kindle version good description and humor fun to readAmbrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short storywriter, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek ... More details on The Damned Thing
By THE light of a tallow candle, which had been placed on one end of a rough table, a man was reading something written in a book. It was an old account book, greatly worn; and the writing was not, ap...
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What do readers say about The Beast's Enchantress?
intricate story line descriptions and humor throughout debut novel romance novelBeautiful, flawless, graceful, poised, exquisite. These were the epithets bestowed on our family. People said it was as if the most skilled sculptor in the world carved us out of purest marble, draped the night sky upon our heads for hair, stole the ... More details on The Beast's Enchantress
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What do readers say about The Graveyard Book?
it was dark beautifully well written episodic in nature young adult fictionFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, an ingenious and captivating reimagining of Rudyard Kipling's adventure The Jungle Book that is a glorious meditation on love, loss, survival, sacrifice, and what it means to truly be alive-one o... More details on The Graveyard Book
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What do readers say about At Home?
entertaining and informative descriptive and satirical humor our modern age gentle sense of humourFrom one of the most beloved authors of our time-more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone-a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.
"Houses aren't refuges from history. They are whe... More details on At Home
In the autumn of 1850, in Hyde Park in London, there arose a most extraordinary structure: a giant iron-and-glass greenhouse covering nineteen acres of ground and containing within its airy vastness e...
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What do readers say about The Infernals?
funny and creepy silly stuff very amusingly humor dark and british murderers, victims, detectivesFrom New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, a wonderfully strange and brilliant novel about a boy and his dog and their journey to escape the fires of hell.
"Roald Dahl meets Harry Potter"* in this wonderfully strange and brilliant novel a... More details on The Infernals
THE PLACE GENERALLY REFERRED to as Hell but also known variously as Hades, the Kingdom of Fire, Old Nick’s Place,1 and assorted other names designed to indicate that this is not somewhere in which you...
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