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Casey Ryan chronicles the escapades of a spirited stagecoach driver known for his reckless yet endearing nature. Set against the evolving landscape of the American West, the novel combines humor and adventure, capturing the essence of a man navigating personal and societal transformations during a pivotal era.
A small-town couple learn they are named in the will of a distant relative for thirty thousand dollars, and spend the money, in imagination, many times over before the will is read. Twain wrote it late, after his own speculations had cost him a fortune and a lecture tour to pay it back, and the title story is the coldest thing he ever did with money. The other tales here range from broad farce to the eerie, and share one subject: what people will believe when it pays them to. Thirty-five plates of home, work and the writing life by Eastman Johnson and Thomas Eakins accompany the text, matching Twain's small-town world where money is imagined, counted and believed.Ver livro
Archie Moffam marries an American hotel magnate's daughter, whom her father would rather she had not, and takes up residence in the hotel — where he cannot make a telephone call, buy a painting or open a window without a catastrophe. Wodehouse assembled this in 1921 from magazine stories and it is his New York book: the millionaire is drawn with real accuracy, and Archie's uselessness is a fine art.Ver livro
‘As comforting as a slice of homemade apple pie’ Red Prepare to fall in love with beautiful village of Burley Bridge. Growing up in a quiet Yorkshire village, Roxanne couldn’t wait to escape and find her place in the world in London. As a high-powered fashion editor she lives a glamorous life of perennial singlehood – or so it seems to her sister Della. But when Roxanne gets her heart broken by a fashion photographer, she runs away, back to Della’s welcoming home above her bookshop in Burley Bridge. But Burley Bridge, Roxanne discovers, is even quieter than she remembered. There’s nothing to do, so Roxanne agrees to walk Della’s dog Stanley. It’s on these walks that Roxanne makes a startling discovery: the people who live in Burley Bridge are, well, just people – different from the fashion set she’s used to, but kind and even interesting. Michael, a widower trying to make a go of a small bakery, particularly so. Little by little, cupcake by cupcake, Roxanne and Michael fall into a comforting friendship. Could there be a life for Roxanne after all, in the place she’s spent years trying to escape? The perfect cosy, heartwarming read for fans of Trisha Ashley. The best of both worlds collide as Roxanne, a high-powered fashion editor, finds solace in the rural town of Burley Bridge. Her humorous journey, filled with baking, romance, and a dash of comedy, is a testament to finding love and purpose in the most unexpected places. For fans of Cathy Bramley (The Sunrise Sisterhood), Heidi Swain (All Wrapped Up), Helen Rolfe (Welcome to Whistlestop River), Kiley Dunbar (Matchmaking at Port Willow), and Ali Mcnamara (It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square).Ver livro
For radio shock jock Nancy Neptune, life is just one big promotion. But when she's sent to work at a radio station near a polygamist compound in Utah, trouble comes in triplicate. In a land where one good wife deserves another, Nancy Neptune hooks up with a drag queen and a one-armed reporter to rescue a mentally challenged polygamist who is being abused by one of his nine mommies and neglected by the other eight.
Quirky Twerky Radio is narrated through a series of news reports with the characters reacting to the events of the day. Jitters features a cast of 15 actors who tell their stories in first person narratives. Don't miss this wacky ride through polygamist country, where the local radio station becomes a part of every news story they broadcast!
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Can a school detention class appreciate a tragicomedy? It’s all about the play they read. After being sent to heaven, psychotherapist Doctor Styx finds no peace, longing for earthly life. Instead she gets appointed to guard the mental health of angels. So her own emotional state loses its equilibrium. Meanwhile, on the neighboring cloud, two editors fight for the survival of their newspapers. Witness how those three together try to turn the afterlife tables.Ver livro
This “jewel at the heart of English comic literature” chronicles the daily fortunes and misfortunes of a middle-age, middle-class clerk (William Trevor, The Mail on Sunday). Since its original publication in 1892, The Diary of a Nobody has become a much-loved classic. It is a fictional man’s dissection of the everyday drama of his life as an office worker in a London firm. With dry wit, the authors step into the character of Charles Pooter as he navigates work life with not-so-respectful young coworkers and family life with his charming wife, Carrie, and impetuous son, Lupin. From home repairs gone wrong (painting the tub red), to the comings and goings of his friends Cummings and Gowings, Pooter painstakingly shares intimate details of his existence, with the (not completely absurd) hope of maybe someday having his memoir published. An ongoing tally of the good jokes he makes shares space with descriptions of grievous insults to his person, party mishaps, the annoying behavior of everyone around him, and Lupin’s on-again off-again employment and engagement status. The Diary of a Nobody gives everyone a reason to laugh—and recognize themselves in Pooter’s droll prose. “The funniest book in the world.” —Evelyn Waugh, author of Brideshead Revisited “There’s a universality about Pooter that touches everybody . . . [he] fits into the tradition of absurd humour that the British do well, which started with Jonathan Swift and runs through Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear to Monty Python.” —Jasper Fforde, Time Out “Pooter himself is as gentle as you could wish, a wonderful character, genuinely lovable. The book is beautifully constructed.” —Andrew Davies, The HeraldVer livro
