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  The Odyssey

  Lara Williams

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  Ingrid works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner where she spends her days reorganizing the gift-shop shelves and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the aisles. On her days off, she disembarks from the ship, wasting the hours aimlessly following tourists around, drinking the local alcohol, and buying clothes she never intends to wear again. It’s not a bad life. At least, it distracts her from thinking about the other life—the other person—she left behind five years ago.
  
  But then one day Ingrid’s selected by the ship’s enigmatic captain and (ill-informed) wabi-sabi devotee, Keith, for his mentorship program. Encouraging her to reflect on past mistakes and her desperation to remain lost at sea, he pushes her further than she ever thought possible. But as her friendships and professional life onboard steadily fall apart, she must ask herself an important question: how do you know when you’ve gone too far? 
  
  Utterly original, mischievous, and thought-provoking, The Odyssey is a merciless takedown of consumer capitalism and our anxious, ill-fated quests to find something to believe in. It’s a voyage that will lead our heroine all the way home—although she will do almost anything to avoid getting there.

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  Behind the Lines

  Ian Patrick

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  These eight short stories are works of fiction, but reflect the author's real personal experiences while undergoing compulsory military training during his youth in apartheid South Africa. The stories are all based on real events but the characters are the products of creative imagination (although rooted in reality). Readers will enjoy a range of humour and unusual incidents - frequently hilarious - along with perceptive insights into the trials and tribulations faced by a young man seeking an identity in a confusing world of military discipline and rigid conformity.

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  Ignoramouses

  James M. Spears

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  Nothing but stupid people acting like ignorant lunatics!

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  Trimmed Lamp The: and other...

  O. Henry

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  Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime. 
  The Trimmed Lamp follows The Four Million and provides another series of short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.” 
  I hope you enjoy the following readings as much as I enjoyed recording them. 
  (Summary by Marian Brown)

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  The Official Sexually Correct...

  Henry Beard

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  From the minds that brought you The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, comes a wickedly funny send-up of the most dangerous trend ever to strike love, romance, and relationships—             sexual correctness. In the be-sensitive-or-else era, everyone needs a guide to the essential don'ts and don'ts of sexual behavior and courtship. If a man compliments his date on her dress, should she go to the police? If a businesswoman licks her lips during a meeting, should she be fired without pay? Is a girlfriend just another unpaid sex worker? The answers to these and other harassing questions can be found in this indispensable guide that ensures you are equipped with the proper terminology to impress the right-minded and stay out of jail—             or bed.

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  Worth the Weight

  Eileen Palma

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  One woman discovers that her professional rival’s bark is worse than his bite in this charming debut romantic comedy for fans of You’ve Got Mail.   When Kate Richards, the effervescent TV host and the author of kid-friendly cookbooks, runs into Jack Moskowitz at a dog park, sparks fly. He’s attractive, charming, and single. She has no idea that he’s also the one man who could cost Kate her career . . .   Jack knows exactly who Kate is, though. She tore his company apart on television only the day before! Seeing an opportunity, Jack starts digging up dirt on his nemesis, to put her crusade on ice once and for all. But the more time the two spend together, the more his lie—and his feelings for Kate—spiral out of control.   When Jack and Kate try to tip the scales of romance it brings chaos, heartbreak, and hilarity and more than a few laps around love’s track.

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