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  Gods and Titans: Battle For Earth

  Zachary Zahara

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  PREPARE YOURSELVES, OLYMPIANS! THE TITANS ARE WAKING! WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL OF THE OLYMPIANS AND END THE REIGN OF THE TITANS?! 
  While the gods celebrate Juno's wedding, an ancient enemy stirs within the depths of tartarus. Do the Olympians have what it takes to defeat their immortal enemies once again? Find out in Gods and Titans: Battle For Earth

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  Stephen Leacodk: SOAKED IN SEAWEED

  Stephen Leacock

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  8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away its genre: 
  Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective; "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural; Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry; The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future; Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough; A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft and Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant. If you enjoy take offs and parodies, the stories in this collection are for you. See how many types you recognize as you listen and laugh.

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  Why Is Downing Street Painted...

  Jonnie Fielding

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  'Jonnie made me see London through new eyes.' James Corden 
  'A charming and surprising alternative tour of London. We loved this book' Map Men 
  Jonnie 'is a conduit for the city's soul, distilling its chaotic history into digestible, engaging narratives' The Times 
  Have you ever tried to find a street named Bond Street? (Spoiler alert: it doesn’t exist!)  
  Did you know you can’t dine for 13 at the Savoy? At least not without a cat joining you … 
  And have you heard about the bus that jumped Tower Bridge? 
  As a walking tour guide for 15 years, Jonnie Fielding has made it his mission to uncover all there is to know about London, from forgotten facts to the history hiding in plain sight. 
  Packed full of pub-quiz trivia and bespoke illustrations, Why Is Downing Street Painted Black? includes 365 of his favourite quirks, anomalies and eccentricities from all over town. 
  So whether you live in London, would love to live in London or just love a great fun fact, Jonnie is guaranteed to reignite your fascination with this weird and wonderful city. 
  In his latest, up-coming book, Jonnie Fielding presents a humorous and historical exploration of Britain's geography. This top reference work delves into the civilisation and form of Europe in a unique way. 
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  HarperCollins 2025

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  Emperor Norton I - His 1820...

  Charles Featherstone

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  Long before he proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States, a young Joshua Norton arrived at the Cape of Good Hope as part of a grand British scheme: the 1820 Settler scheme. His family, like thousands of others, was promised fertile land to serve as a buffer against the Xhosa kingdoms on the volatile Eastern Cape frontier. 
  This wryly humorous and meticulously researched novel plunges you into the brutal reality of the Albany district, a land far from the promise of prosperity. Here, the Norton family struggles to farm unforgiving soil amidst a maelstrom of cultural conflict. The air is thick with tension between the newly arrived British, the established Dutch colonists, and the resilient Xhosa people defending their ancestral lands, all set against the backdrop of the relentless Frontier Wars. 
  Witness Joshua’s formative years shaped by violence, economic ruin, and the stark absurdities of colonial ambition. It is on this scarred and contested ground that a boy is forged—his keen sense of justice warped by tragedy, his reality blurred by the immense pressure of a world perpetually at war. This is the definitive account of how a not-very-successful settler’s son began his extraordinary journey to become the beloved monarch of a realm that existed only in his magnificent, fractured mind.

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  What Would Jane Austen Do?: A...

  Linda Corbett

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  It's a truth often acknowledged that when a Jane Austen fan girl ends up living next door to a cynical but handsome crime writer, romantic sparks will fly! 
  When Maddy Shaw is told her Dear Jane column has been cancelled she has no choice but to look outside of London’s rental market. That is until she’s left an idyllic country home by the black sheep of the family, long-not-so-lost Cousin Nigel. 
  But of course there’s a stipulation… and not only is Maddy made chair of the committee for the annual village literary festival, she also has to put up with bestselling crime author –and romance sceptic – Cameron Massey as her new neighbour. 
  When Maddy challenges Cameron to write romantic fiction, which he claims is so easy to do, sparks fly both on and off the page… 
  ‘Sparkling romance, secrets from the past…Witty and romantic, I couldn’t stop myself from turning the pages’ Alison Sherlock, bestselling author of The Village of Lost and Found 
  ‘Witty, sharp and beautifully observed – I feel sure Jane would approve’ Julie CaplinReaders are LOVING What Would Jane Austen Do?: 
  ‘I absolutely demolished this book! … If you love romance you’ll love this (whether you’re an Austen aficionado or not)!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A perfect read for a day you need a pick me up’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Fans of Jane Austen, or of reading in general, will particularly enjoy this book…sure to be a favourite of many readers this year’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Playful, fun, and a love letter to Jane Austen and her wise words. Glorious’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘The antidote to a bad day…If you’re a Jane Austen fan (as I am) then you will really love the well-chosen quotes that start each chapter and spotting the wisdom included within’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A five out of five for me…the witty, observant writing lifts it above the ordinary…There are lots of subtle nods to Jane Austen's writing and if you're a Janeite, this is a lovely ode to her work’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘An uplifting humorous read, reminiscent of a modern day Jane Austen novel’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A delightful escape into the world of love, literature, and unexpected connections’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Reading this book brightened my day and made me smile’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Maddy's life in the small, rural town unfolds like a comedy, mirroring the charm of Austen adaptations. Her experiences form a contemporary pastiche, marking the latest, and possibly the last, chapter of her city life. 
  For fans of Sarah Adams (Beg, Borrow, or Steal), Emily Henry (Beach Read), Nancy Thayer (All the Days of Summer), Pippa Grant (Snowed in with Mr. Heartbreaker), and Victoria Walters (The Plot Twist). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  A True Story - The very first...

  Lucian of Samosata

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  The very first sci fi, written at the height of people making stuff up and pretending it was history (looking at you, Herodotus). Nice to see the art of the spoof is so old...A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. The novel is a satire of outlandish tales that had been reported in ancient sources, particularly those that presented fantastic or mythical events as if they were true. It is Lucian's best-known work.It is the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare. It has been described as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". However, the work does not fit into typical literary genres: its multilayered plot and its characters have been interpreted as belonging to science fiction, fantasy, satire or parody, and have been the subjects of scholarly debate.- From the wiki:

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