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  Letters from the Earth -...

  Mark Twain

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  Penniless and downtrodden at the loss of his wife and one of his daughters, Samuel Clemens turned to writing. The short stories and essays in Letters from the Earth find Clemens—under the pseudonym of Mark Twain—at perhaps his most quizzical and questioning state ever. Written as diary entries, Twain penned a series of letters from the point of view of a dejected angel on Earth who observes the many curious natures of man. These pieces, gathered by Twain's literary executor, feature sharp takes on the inconsistencies and illogic of Christianity and farcical criticisms of American life. Deemed too irreligious and controversial to see the light of day when Twain wrote them, their publication occurred more than fifty years after his death. A brilliant treasure trove of satirical and witty observations of humankind, Letters from the Earth showcases Twain's his true range as an author.

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  Gripped - Your personality is...

  Jason Donnelly

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  Marky McCarren was just living his boring, everyday life... that is, until he lost his job, his TV started talking directly to him, and a program he didn't order started telling him how to live his life. When he's not following directions from the ominously named, "Your Personality is What's Holding You Back" group, he's just trying to meet a nice girl, take care of his cat, and "take care" of himself. This book will make you believe you're already in the program because honestly, we're all taking cues from one group or another.

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  Abbott and Costello: Aunt May's...

  John Grant, Bud Abbott

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  Lou comes in singing and banging something. Lou had a birthday party for Aunt May last night. Bud says tomorrow is April Fools day. Bud wants Sam to help capture Ingrid the international spy.

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  Shorter than the Day

  Erwan Atcheson

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  Darkly hilarious, Shorter than the day is Veep meets Dr Strangelove, perfect for those looking for fast-paced political sci-fi satire about our own strange times. 
  End-of-days war between the US, China, and Europe is threatening. Migrant children are being turned into war robots; and people’s emotions are almost entirely controlled by their smart-watches. This is the world in which Adriana de Tocville accidentally becomes President of the United States. A committed anarcho-syndicalist, her views are radically at odds with the establishment. How can she negotiate weird cult leaders, murderous Generals, super-intelligent AI and her craving for donuts to stop humanity succumbing to extinction?

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  The Alarming Palsy of James Orr...

  Tom Lee

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  James Orr — husband, father, reliable employee and all-around model citizen — awakes one morning to find half his face paralyzed. Waiting for the affliction to pass, he stops going to work and wanders his idyllic estate, with its woodland, uniform streets and perfectly manicured lawns. But there are cracks in the veneer. And as his orderly existence begins to unravel, it appears that James himself may not be the man he thought he was.A deeply unsettling story of creeping horror that consistently confounds expectations, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr introduces a writer of extraordinary and disturbing talents.

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  Uncle John's Slightly Irregular...

  Institute Bathroom Readers'

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  Grab some quiet time for yourself and enjoy hundreds of pages of the world’s most twisted trivia!   The crackpot staff at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has scoured the worlds of pop culture, politics, sports, history, and more to bring you Slightly Irregular, the seventeenth all-new edition in the best-selling series. As always, the articles are divided by length for your sitting convenience. So turn thine eyes away from the shampoo bottle, O bathroom reader, and let Uncle John pepper your brain with these absorbing articles . . .   * Women in space * The origin of Kung Fu * The CIA’s secret coup * The great windshield epidemic * Spider eggs in the brain, and other urban legends * What went down at Woodstock * Freedom of McSpeech * How to kill a zombie, and much more!

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