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  The Devil's Dictionary

  Ambrose Bierce

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  This timeless work of biting satirical wit presents an A-to-Z lexicon of common English terms, and what we actually mean by them. The renowned author Ambrose Bierce produced classic works in a range of genres, from fantasy and horror to realistic tales drawn from his experience in the Civil War. Among his most beloved books is The Devil’s Dictionary, a work of wry humor that remains one of the funniest assessments of American language and manners. Through epigrams, essays, vignettes, and verse, Bierce skewers religion, class, politics, romance, and more.  Included, you’ll find such pithy definitions as:  ·      Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to.  ·      Bride, n.: A woman with a great future behind her.  ·      Consult, v.: To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.  And many others.

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  The Marlow Murder Club

  Robert Thorogood

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  To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero … 
   
  Seventy-seven-year-old Judith Potts is blissfully happy. She lives alone in a faded mansion in Marlow, sets crosswords for The Times, and there's no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink. 
   
  One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. When the local police don't believe her story, Judith and two unlikely friends decide to investigate for themselves. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. 
   
  But soon another body turns up, and it seems that a real-life serial killer is at work. Now the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape …

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  No Thoroughfare

  Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins

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  Walter Wilding has lived his life secure in the knowledge that he was the son of his mother. But a chance encounter shocks him to his deathbed, leaving his friend and Executor George Vendale charged with the finding of the real Walter Wilding, Meanwhile George pitches woo to Margerite Obenreizer, but has to deal with her dastardly guardian and uncle.  
  The story twists and turns from the wine cellars of England, Soho and then the Alps of Switzerland, where George discovers that Mr Obenreizer is right about one thing to the last... "So little is the world, that one cannot keep away from persons." 
  Originally written as a stage play by Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, it was later turned into a collaborative novel by the two. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  All the Women in My Brain - And...

  Betty Gilpin

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  This program is read by the author.A lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, luminous essays from the brain (and voice!) of Emmy Award-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin.Oh. Hi. *takes six long gulps of water during which you’re like, may I help you?*My name is Betty. I have depression. I have passion. I have tits the size of printers. And also: I have a brain full of women.There’s Blanche VonFuckery, Ingrid St. Rash, and a host of others—some cowering in sweatpants, some howling plans for revolution, and one, oh God, and one . . . slowly vomiting up a crow? Worried for her. These women take turns at the wheel. That’s why I feel like a million selves. With a raised eyebrow and a soul-scalpel, I’d like to tell you how I got this way. Because maybe you feel this way too.Let’s hop from wild dissections of modern womanhood to boarding school musings to the glossy cringe of Hollywood. Let’s laugh at my failures and then quietly hope with me for the dream. Whether that dream is love or liberation or enough IMDB credits to taze the demon snapping at my ankles, we won’t know until the shit-fanning end.As a dear friend said after listening to this audiobook, it’s “either a masterpiece, or it’s…completely…” and then she glazed over into a haunted stare. Listener? This audiobook is my opus and it is chaos.If you’ve ever felt like you were more, or at least weirder, than the world expected—welcome to All the Women in My Brain.A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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  The Christmas Donut Revolution

  Gregg Sapp

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  All Huck wants for Christmas is a revolution... and donuts. Vive la Revolution! 
  The American Revolution began with the Boston Tea Party. If Huck Carp has anything to do about it, the next people’s revolution will begin in the drive-thru of a sleepy donut shop in a working-class neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. 
  It started as a single random act of kindness when an early morning customer paid forward the next person’s order, and so did the next, and the next, and the streak had been going all day long. 
  The crew at the Drip ‘n’ Donuts shop don’t agree on many things, but they come together, each doing their parts to keep the streak alive. As word gets out through social media, people come from across the city to share in the holiday pay-it-forward phenomenon. 
  Forces are conspiring against them, however. First, a December blizzard is blowing into Columbus. Second, a jealous billionaire is determined to crush the Christmas Donut Revolution, and it will take only one person to ruin it for everybody. 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a satirical, down-right funny novel sure to keep a smile on your face.

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  How Can I Resist You?: A...

  Jeevani Charika

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  Don't miss this hilarious workplace romance for fans of Elena Armas and Emily Henry! 
  'A story that keeps you hoping and guessing until the very end.' Sally Jenkins, author of Out of Control 
  Vidya isn’t in Waterloo Bay for a holiday. Officially, she’s visiting the beautiful, quirky seaside town for work – but unofficially, she’s on a mission. One of her colleagues hooked up with her sister at a party, and now her sister is pregnant. As the sensible one in the family, it’s Vidya's job to find out who he is. 
  But there’s a catch: all she has to go on is a vague description of a chest tattoo. Vidya has just two weeks to glimpse her colleagues shirtless without getting fired, but crazy hotel guests, malicious seagulls and her pesky day job keep getting in the way. 
  And then there’s Leo, the most frustrating, patronising, handsome man she’s ever met… 
  Perfect for fans of: 
  💗 Forced proximity 
  💗 Office romance 
  💗 Small townReaders LOVE Jeevani Charika! 
  'I adored every sharp, tender and gloriously awkward beat.' Camilla Isley, author of The Roommate Experiment 
  'Warm, charming, with an utterly adorkable hero – this really was irresistible!' Kate Johnson, author of Hex Appeal 
  'Highly addictive, with those quirky twists that keep you guessing! I loved it.' Anita Faulkner author of You Had Me at Pumpkin Patch 
  'SO good! Cute, funny, romantic…' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Charika is a really skillful writer, who always makes me laugh and cry and pray its all going to turn out all right' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'I laughed, I cried. This book has it all: humour, romance, and a cracking story to boot' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  This top-rated novel is a blend of comedy and contemporary fiction, where Vidya's mission becomes a humorous journey of self-discovery. Amidst the chaos, she finds friendship in the most unlikely places and learns the true meaning of being a sister and a friend. 
  For fans of Jasmine Guillory (Flirting Lessons), Elle Cook (The Last Train Home), Beth O'Leary (Swept Away), Jenny Bayliss (The Twelve Dates of Christmas), and Phoebe Luckhurst (The Back Up Man). 
  HarperCollins 2025

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