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"Third Button creates commotion in social media, makes readers nostalgic about their college life."-The Tribune Aahan, a homesick boy with a heart full of nostalgia, embarks on a life-changing journey, one that begins with excitement and ends in hardship, but ultimately brings profound self-discovery. When his father accompanies him to a distant city for admission into a prestigious Engineering college, Aahan’s dreams seem within reach. The promise of a bright future, however, is quickly overshadowed by the harsh realities of hostel life—bullying, isolation, and the relentless pressure ...

Coming back to life was always like looking at the world through a bruise. Although it wasn’t really coming back to life, it just felt like it. Eyes gradually focused on the shapes around him and then William Chapman was back in the room and focusing on the form in front of him. Lounging on the cot opposite, two semi-naked girls draped around him, sat The Monkey. A cigar clamped in his mouth added a darker, more acrid smoke to the sweet, cloying stink of the burning opium. His amber eyes shone with an evil mischief that never seemed to leave him. The Monkey is back...

“This book is hilarious and poignant at once. It’s sexy without being explicit, and very thought-provoking. You’ll never look at life and parenthood the same way again after you read it.” Wild-hearted, confirmed bachelorette Hope Clayton is the business expert fixing companies to save them from bankruptcy—yet she’s been unable to fix her own sentimental life. When her job sends her temporarily to Orlando, Florida, she decides to stop chasing love and just have some fun. What can go wrong in the state of sunshine and the city of theme parks? A blink later, a war has erupted ...

Princess Amelia Cardston is put to a task by her parents. They want her to go to another kingdom and pretend to be a common girl in order to spy on them and find out what is going on with them. The kingdom claims they are in need of financial help, so Amelia is going to see if they really do need help, or if the royal family is just wanting to line their royal pockets. Amelia is a cousin to a duchess living in the palace, so Amelia is going to stay with her on the guise of her being a college girl who just broke up with her cheating fiance. The only problem is, when Amelia shows up, she is ...

Ancient Egypt was a mess. The gods were dramatic, the afterlife was full of bureaucratic nightmares, and crocodiles were way too involved in politics. Packed with sarcastic commentary, ridiculous myths, and historically accurate nonsense, this book is perfect for history nerds, mythology fans, and anyone who loves their gods with a side of snark. Whether you're a mythology expert or just here for the chaos, Holy Crocodiles! is your ultimate crash course in divine dysfunction.

Une ex-actrice à l'imagination débordante, un chat grincheux et un meurtre énigmatique : prêts pour un cosy mystery au bord de la Méditerranée ?Lorsqu'elle débarque sur la Côte d'Azur, Calypso Finn, fraîchement divorcée, s'imaginait siroter des caipirinhas et lire des romans policiers affalée sur un transat. À la place, elle découvre le corps d'un inconnu dans sa cave. Le temps de prévenir les autorités, voilà le cadavre échangé avec un autre.

"While some of his followers clearly understand it's satire, many others seem not to." -PBS Newshour "Young is trolling the media, too, getting his opinions into mainstream publications." -The Huffington Post Can finding a woman's head in a box help solve one of history's most infamous murders? Just drifting through life, Thom Wilson sells computer software, has no future, is a manic depressive, and ponders his meaningless existence. He finds a woman's head in a box which puts him on a mission to solve the mystery. Mental Illness has never been this much fun.

“Sarda’s main strength lies in how he breathes life into the characters and their world, both of which feel fully lived-in and authentic.” — Kirkus Reviews Bakersfield, California, 1978. At a drive-thru dairy store off Highway 99, three lives have a rendezvous with fate. For local trailer trash, Hanson’s Cash-n-Carry is a dream job. For the confirmation class at St. Paul’s, it’s an entitlement. For a big-city cop with a drinking problem, it’s a last chance. When he’s offered a job on the steps of church, young Frank Lehmann thinks he’s moving up in the world. Nobody told...

VHS Killed the LITRPG Star As a fan of everything 1980, 26-year-old Doug Simpson never had the chance to experience the decade. Working at a small-town video rental store, he dreams of being able to enter the horror king Rd Halen's movies and become the hero he has always dreamed about. Then he learns that his two friends working in the basement might just able to make that possible. FBI Special Agent Jenny Winters is looking for a career advancement, and taking down the suspected terrorist working at Vorhees Video may be able to do just that. Working undercover, Jenny is told of Doug's ...

A humorous story of an 83 year old woman who finally gets a chance to get even with her high school bullies. Angie's hit list has been in her 1948 yearbook for a long, long time. She is gritty, grumpy and can grin her way out of, or into anything.

After seducing his headmistress and inheriting her fortune, young Freddie Cornwallis decides that hard work is not for him and he travels the world staying in first-class hotels, dining well, and seducing beautiful women as he goes. He is delighted when Baboo Khan, the owner of the Whistleblowing News and the world’s richest man, informs him that he is the rightful beneficiary of a document signed by King George III granting his distinguished ancestor, Sir Charles Cornwallis the state of New York for services to the crown during the American War of Independence. What follows is what ...

Why is the cat named after Aunt Loretta? It’s just one of the many questions I never thought I’d ask in my lifetime. I mean, who has to ask why a cat is named after your aunt? It’s not something that normally comes up in dinner conversation. Of course, I never imagined I’d have to move back home to Fairview either. But sometimes you don’t have a choice. Sometimes life chooses for you. Unemployed and nearly broke, home is the only logical decision I could make, especially when my four-year-old son is counting on me. My name is Jake and, besides being unemployed and nearly broke, ...

Author of Kirkville, and A Cursed Heart, brings to you her next novel. A fictional comedy detective series. The second book in the Lady Ashcroft Mysteries. Continuing forward, after their last wave of crime solving. We have another story to unravel. Join Lady Ashcroft, and her friends, on their visit to the Haunted Highland Hotel. But is it haunted? Is there a spirit from her past that wishes to end her life? Ellie, and Terrance shall need to muster all of their skills, and wisdom. If they are to save lives from the horror that will strike against them. The black widow is amongst them, and ...

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. He’s perfect boyfriend material.

You are a failed novelist about to turn 50. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: Your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes - it would be too awkward - and you can't say no - it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world. Question: How do you arrange to skip town? Answer: You accept them all.

Between 1980 and 1988 on BBC television and radio, the exploits of the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP (Paul Eddington) - later Prime Minister - kept the British nation enthralled. Helped - and hampered - by his diligent Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) and his Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), Hacker and his department became synonymous with government bureaucracy and administrative double dealing.

Inheriting a cabin in a remote corner of Scotland, sunny Zoe ditches the big city and heads for the Highlands. But her fantasies are shattered by reality. The roof leaks, there’s no front door, and her scorching hot neighbor wants her gone.

Gloria Garrison nee Goldberg isn't getting any younger. At 79, it's time for her to plan for the future of Glory, Inc., the Santa Fe-based beauty makeover business that Gloria has grown from zilch into an 11-million-a-year bonanza. But now Gloria has alienated her former business partner and chosen successor. Who will take over Glory? Gloria's never been big on family and wrote them all out of her will, but suddenly she must contemplate her three grandkids as possible candidates.

Gary Karkofsky is an ordinary guy with an ordinary life living in an extraordinary world. Supervillains, heroes, and monsters are a common part of the world he inhabits. Yet, after the death of his hometown's resident superhero, he gains the amazing gift of the late champion's magical cloak. Deciding he prefers to be rich rather than good, Gary embarks on a career as Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy. But is he evil enough to be a villain in America's most crime-ridden city?

A delightful British comedy from the wonderful world of P.G. Wodehouse! The perpetually misguided Bertie finds himself embroiled in a madcap adventure sparked by the abrupt departure of his beloved Jeeves.