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What do readers say about The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disap...?
wry and wittyfaux-naive prose stylereal feel-good fictionwhimsical, humorous swedish importA larger-than-life old man with a fondness for vodka goes on an unexpected adventure in this whimsical novel - perfect for fans of Forrest Gump and A Man Called Ove.
The international publishing sensation - more than six million copies sold worldwide... Read more about The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disap...
Allan Karlsson hesitated as he stood there in the flower bed that ran along one side of the Old Folks’ Home. He was wearing a brown jacket with brown trousers and on his feet he had a pair of brown in...
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What do readers say about Catch-22?
20th century absurdistbureaucracy and warwry and wittysatirical anti-war novelNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
Now a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a co... Read more about Catch-22
Yossarian was in the hospital with a pain in his liver that fell just short of being jaundice. The doctors were puzzled by the fact that it wasn’t quite jaundice. If it became jaundice they could trea...
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What do readers say about Zone One?
post-apocalyptic horror novelpost apocalyptic worldvery descriptive, impressive vocabularylyrical zombie apocalypse novelFrom the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground Railroad
A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. The worst of the plague is now past, and Man... Read more about Zone One
He always wanted to live in New York. His Uncle Lloyd lived downtown on Lafayette, and in the long stretches between visits he daydreamed about living in his apartment. When his mother and father drag...
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What do readers say about Brains?
the zombie apocalypsechock full of punsfunny and very well-writtenwitty sense of humor"A witty and unexpected take on the zombie genre; I had a great time."
-Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels
Subtitled "A Zombie Memoir," Brains looks at America's favorite walking-dead flesh-eat... Read more about Brains
The imperative seemed to come from outside of my body; it rang in my head like the voice of a god I had no choice but to obey. Brains: I heard it clearly, simply, plainly. Brains! And I immediately se...
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What do readers say about The Epicure's Lament?
better than averagehugo's language and sarcasmfunny as helllove and death and familyHugo Whittier-failed poet and former kept man-is a wily misanthrope with a taste for whiskey, women, and his own cooking. Afflicted with a rare disease that will be fatal unless he quits smoking, Hugo retreats to his once aristocratic family's dilapi... Read more about The Epicure's Lament
October 9, 2001—All the lonely people indeed. Whoever they are, I've never been one of them. The lack of other people is a balm. It's the absence of strain and stress. I understand monks and hermits, ...
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What do readers say about Good Boss, Bad Boss?
squelch your inner bosshole.direct et caustiquebrutally honestliteraryNow with a new chapter that focuses on what great bosses really do. Dr. Sutton reveals new insights that he's learned since the writing of Good Boss, Bad Boss. Sutton adds revelatory thoughts about such legendary bosses as Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, A.G... Read more about Good Boss, Bad Boss
Bosses matter. Bosses matter because most employees have bosses, are bosses, or play both roles. There are at least 21 million bosses in the United States, with estimates running as high as 38 million...
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What do readers say about There's a Word for That?
light, fun and funnydysfunctional family relationshipshighly entertaining and lighta great readAn "engrossing, hilarious, and tender" chronicle of a wildly flawed family that comes together - in rehab, of all places - even as each member is on the verge of falling apart (Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Pro... Read more about There's a Word for That
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What do readers say about Make Me a Woman?
full color storiescontemporary jewish novelsautobiographical graphic novelblack and white sketchesMake Me a Woman offers charming vignettes about being young, Jewish, and single
It's easy to understand why Vanessa Davis has taken the comics industry by storm and is poised to do the same with the world at large-her comics are pure chutzpah, gorge... Read more about Make Me a Woman
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What do readers say about Death Knocks Twice?
stilted and sometimes awkwarda good dip mysterya complete 180almost identical charactersThe new Death in Paradise mystery
Two dead bodies. A family of suspects. One grumpy detective.
Reluctantly stationed on the sweltering Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, Detective Inspector Richard Poole dreams of cold winds, drizzly rain and a pint ... Read more about Death Knocks Twice
This wasn’t in fact all that unusual. Not to say that he was always in a bad mood, far from it. Sometimes, he simmered without quite boiling over. And at other times he felt too worn down by the whole...
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What do readers say about The Titian Committee?
a light whodunitart history mysteryhighly entertaining novellots of plot twistsIain Pears combines "articulate characters and erudite art commentary" (The New York Times Book Review) in this sophisticated, suspenseful series featuring art historian Jonathan Argyll and the delightfully clever Flavia di Stefano.... Read more about The Titian Committee
The initial discovery was made by the gardener of the Giardinetti Reali, an old and stooped figure whose labours generally pass unnoticed by the millions of tourists who come to Venice every year, eve...
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