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  Violencia! - A Musical Novel

  Bruce Jay Friedman

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  An ex-NYPD clerk teams up with a shady Broadway producer for a disastrous musical comedy in this hilarious novel by the New York Times–bestselling author . . .    In addition to his desk job at the precinct, Paul Gurney has long been in charge of the department newsletter known as The Homicider—covering workplace news, dispensing advice, and disseminating interoffice gossip. But now, in the wake of a divorce, he’s decided to retire. What will he do next?   The answer seems to come in the form of a shady Broadway impresario who wants to create a stage musical based on his newsletter. Gurney soon finds himself plunging headlong into the world of actors, agents, singers, songwriters, hacks, hams, and con artists. As the show, Violencia, moves from rounds of financing by suspect sources to questionable casting calls to a disastrous out-of-town opening (at each stage getting progressively—and hilariously—worse and worse), Gurney enjoys the high living, romantic flings, and glamour of the entertainment industry. But he also comes to realize that show people aren’t that different from other people he already knows: the thugs, lowlifes, and cutthroats he’s encountered during his career on the homicide squad . . .   “His writing is so funny—and deceptively effortless—critics often liken it to a stand-up comedy routine.” —The New York Times

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  Still Happy

  Elizabeth Berg

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  Still Happy is Elizabeth's second collection of Facebook posts. Her first, Make Someone Happy, did indeed make many people happy, and so, due to popular demand, she has put together a second volume, which includes "The Book of Homer," a tribute to her beloved dog who recently died. Still Happy, like Make Someone Happy, exemplifies Berg's gift, as the Boston Globe said, "in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday."

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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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  Beverly Hills Postmate - My...

  Charles St. Anthony

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  After purchasing a new electric car to avoid catching the coronavirus on mass transit, Charles St. Anthony needed to come up with some money fast. Hoping to rake in some big tips, Charles decided to do Postmates in the areas the rich and famous play. 
  In this humorous short read, Charles explores Beverly Hills and the neighboring areas of Los Angeles using food delivery apps. He takes you down the rabbit hole of Beverly History, and introduces affordable things to eat in America's most glamorous zip code: 90210! Charles serves up "Beverly Hills on a Budget" by introducing economical (but delicious) food he discovered in Beverly Hills—foods that taste expensive but come at prices everyone can enjoy. 
  After completing more than 500 deliveries via Postmates, DoorDash, and Uber Eats you'll learn what people in LA—a city known for health and fitness—truly eat. The answer might be greasier than you're expecting! Also, Charles answers pressing questions such as what was the most popular type of Taco Bell sauce packet, what food truck has the most devoted fan base, and what was the total number of French fries ordered in his 500+ deliveries. It's a feel-good, laugh out loud short read that shows how food delivery apps offered a path to dignity to people who needed to eat and people who struggled to make money in the pandemic era. 
  "Quirky, insightful and witty." Jack Scott (Author), Perking the Pansies 
  Contains humor with adult language. 
  Disclaimer: Charles St. Anthony works as a private contractor for the delivery apps Postmates, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart. This book is otherwise neither affiliated nor endorsed by these corporations. The opinions and information contained within are uniquely the author's own.

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  Wheels Galore! - Adaptive Cars...

  Iain M. MacLeod

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  Through his unique blend of Scottish good humour, real-life experience, and funny stories of mishaps and misadventures, Iain M. MacLeod draws the reader into his vibrant life from childhood to the present, a life not defined by Cerebral Palsy, which he has had since the age of three. Racing from one adventure to the next on wheels galore, from his tricycle as a small child to his first wheelchair and first car, and many more adapted cars after that, Iain has travelled throughout his native Scotland as well as to America and Europe, all with the desire to go as fast as possible and accomplish everything he can.

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  True or Poo? - The Definitive...

  Nick Caruso, Dani Rabaiotti

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  From the scientist duo behind the New York Times bestselling sensation Does It Fart? comes a new compendium of animal facts and falsehoods, from the head-scratching to the repulsive! 
  After Does It Fart? comes Number Two...a compendium of animal facts and falsehoods—the more repulsive the better. 
  Do  komodo dragons have toxic slobber? Is it true that a scorpion that  sheds its tail dies of constipation? Speaking of poo, do rabbits really  have a habit of, err, eating their own? And can you really get high from  licking toads, or is that...fake newts? 
  The answers to all these questions and more can be found in True or Poo?, a manual for disgusting and one-upping your friends and enemies for years to come.

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