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  A House to Let

  Wilkie Collins

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  A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins. The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own, and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening within. (Summary by Ruth Golding and Wikipedia)

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  Showbiz - A Novel

  Jason Anderson

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  A comedian’s career is ended after a presidential assassination, and a journalist tries to track him down decades later, in this darkly humorous novel.    In 1963, Jimmy Wynn was the second most famous man in America. The comedian’s uncanny impression of the president made him a star. But when the genuine article died in a hail of bullets on a sunny afternoon in New Orleans, Jimmy’s career met a fate almost as grisly. What happened to the funny man afterward was a mystery no one cared to solve.   Nearly twenty-five years later, Nathan Grant, an ambitious young journalist, discovers the trail Jimmy cut through the entertainment netherworld. He soon comes to realize that this forgotten court jester may have played a very serious part in the country’s favorite conspiracy theory. His strange and increasingly dangerous odyssey takes him from a dingy New York record store to the showrooms of Las Vegas, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert, and even a dinner theatre in Niagara Falls, in a dark comedy about the cost of fame, the story of a man who became a punchline and a writer who is desperate to find out how the rest of the joke goes.   “A weird and hilarious trek through American faux-history.” —Richard Scrimger, author of Mystical Rose   “An amazing feat of invention and imagining. In the alternate reality of Showbiz, things are funny, touching, and very true.” —Paul Quarrington, author of King Leary

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  Flawless My Dear: How to Be More...

  Duchess Wibberfluffle

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  For fans of the Netflix sensation comes the self-help book no aspiring viscountess should be without. 
  Grosvenor Square, sometime after 1813 
  Dearest reader, 
  The social season is upon us! And whether you marriage-minded misses shall be considered a diamond or a doorstop shall soon be determined. 
  But panic not, dear ladies, for you shall find all the advice you so desperately need within these pages. Receive instruction on how to perfect the feigned swoon; the optimal height your breasts can be squashed to; just how many feathers in your headdress is too many; and why you should never enter a maze at night unaccompanied (unless you’re sure to be compromised by a sexy Duke and forced into marrying him). 
  In short, you shall learn how to be more Bridgerton. 
  Yours truly, 
  Duchess Wibberfluffle 
  Experience the best of Georgian culture, a period from 1714-1837, where style and fashion were not just a form, but a way of life. This book humorously parodies the popular celebrity culture, providing a unique glimpse into Britain's history. 
  For fans of Lex Taylor (The Unofficial Bridgerton Cookbook), Megan Hess (Elegance), and Katherine Bebo (The Unofficial Bridgerton Book of Afternoon Tea).

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  Sunday Morning Quarterback -...

  Vic Carucci, Phil Simms

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  An in-depth and surprising look at the game, Sunday Morning Quarterback will dramatically change the way you watch football.You've heard all the football clichés: "Their offense is too predictable," or "They've got to win the turnover battle," or "They didn't make any halftime adjustments." Perhaps you've heard them so often that you've come to see them as obvious truths. Phil Simms, after an illustrious career as a Super Bowl–winning quarterback and a broadcaster, is here to tell you that these -- and many other blanket statements taken as gospel -- are all myths, and whoever says them has no idea of what they're talking about.Drilling deep into the core of football, Simms also shows the hidden signs that players look for that can determine the outcome of a game. Whether it's discovering how a linebacker positions his feet before he blitzes or how to react if the safety is eight or nine yards from the line of scrimmage, knowing these "dirty little secrets" gives players and their coaches a tremendous advantage.In addition, Simms shares his insights into the enormous challenges coaches face in today's game, evaluating the top coaches and what makes them successful. He takes a look at some of the greatest players he's played with and against, and what he misses most about the game -- waking up Monday mornings feeling beat up and sore. He looks at the next generation of football players -- his son, Tampa Bay's Chris Simms, among them.Through it all, Simms shares stories from his playing days with Bill Parcells and the New York Giants, and the inside access he's had as an announcer for one of the top NFL broadcasting teams in football.Fun and lively, Sunday Morning Quarterback should be required reading for anyone who loves football.

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  Suck Less - Where There's a...

  Willam Belli

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  The only lie told more often than "No, that looks totally cute on you" and "I got AIDS through oral" is "It gets better." Well, a lotta times it don't. Sometimes it just sucks less. But I promise you: where there's a Willam, there's a way.But this isn't all about me (for once). It's about you and how you can SUCK LESS at a variety of things drag queens are so much better at than the average person. I've got clap backs and life hacks and tips on classing up a simple grab-and-run lifting spree to the much more dignified act of larceny. Super-important life stuff with my own special, secret fag- swag sauce. So welcome to Willam's School of Bitchcraft and Wiggotry. Class is in session. With a foreword from Neil Patrick Harris.

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  Gargoyles

  Ben Hecht

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  Welcome to the life of George Basine, and those of his family and friends; as legendary author and screenwriter Ben Hecht takes the listener through a maze of ethical struggle and identity related dilemmas involving the everlasting questions of perception and self-perception...

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