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  I'd Scream Except I Look So...

  Cathy Guisewite

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  America’s favorite comic strip heroine navigates the perils of being a modern woman in this hilarious collection. 
   
  By now, we’re all familiar with Cathy’s battles among the four basic guilt groups: food, Mom, love, and career. Women can identify with Cathy Guisewite’s hilarious portrayal of the universal struggles of modern femininity. A confirmed chocoholic, Cathy often consoles herself with one more trip to the fridge, then pays for it with frightening excursions in department store dressing rooms. Mom pushes Cathy to find the man who will give her grandchildren. As for her career, Cathy struggles to be a superstar, even though her desk looks like a disaster area. 
   
  In fact, Cathy’s all-too-recognizable life is what endears her to devoted readers. Her countless fans look on their cartoon heroine as a best friend, someone who really knows the trials and tribulations of the working single woman. From Internet dating to Christmas catalog fiascoes, from winter-flu one-upmanship at the office to kitchen technique discussions with Mom, Cathy puts her finger on the kinds of situations that women face in their real lives on a daily basis. In this Cathy collection, I’d Scream Except I Look So Fabulous, our favorite cartoon character once again shows why her popularity soars. Who can’t relate to the discomfort fashion sometimes dictates in order to be trendy.

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  Behind Enemy Lines - The Escape...

  Matt Chandler

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  Experience the thrilling and true story of Lt. Robert Grimes as he runs for his life to evade being captured by Nazi soldiers. Readers will follow Grimes as he escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII.

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  Haunted [Dramatized Adaptation]

  Charlaine Harris, Christopher...

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  They call her the Ghost of Dunhill Cemetery, but most people think “the Cemetery Girl” is just a story. In some ways, that's true. Her chosen name is Calexa Rose Dunhill, but she doesn't know her real name. When she first arrived here, all she knew was that someone had tried to murder her, dumped her body, and left her for dead. Calexa has been hiding out, afraid to seek out her true identity in fear that her would-be murderer would find her and finish the job. And someone is searching for her…a man named Salazar, who holds the key that will unlock the secrets of Calexa's past.Calexa has new secrets as well?including the fact that she was murdered…she did die, if only for a moment. And in that moment, something changed inside her. Now, if someone dies near her, their spirit is drawn to Calexa, drawn into her. It has happened twice before, but now?as her worst fears come true and there are killers on her trail?the third ghost to take up residence in Calexa's soul will change everything, and bring the Cemetery Girl trilogy to its shocking conclusion!

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  Dragon Ball Culture Volume 6 - Gods

  Derek Padula

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  Goku meets god! In Dragon Ball Culture Volume 6 we'll reunite with Goku as he ascends to heaven, trains with Kami for 3 years, and battles the reincarnated Demon King Pikkoro!When Goku reaches heaven he is greeted by the always-controversial Mister Popo. But who is Mister Popo, and why does he look so strange? His ancient cultural origin will finally be revealed!From there we'll explore Kami's roots in Japanese Shinto and Chinese Buddhism. You'll discover how Kami and Pikkoro are related on a spiritual level, how reincarnation works within the Dragon World, and what it means for the new demon king to be the ‘son of the father who was cast down from heaven.'Afterward, we'll enter the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai! But will Goku's friends recognize him, and will he be strong enough to persevere?! Who is this green-skinned man who calls himself "Ma Junia," and why is he such a grave threat to Goku and the world?!Discover the amazing truth behind these new characters, with surprising mystery's and reveals from your old friends, as we take a cultural tour through the final volume of the original Dragon Ball manga! It's a battle of life and death, and Goku's the only one who can save us!!Volume 6 explores Chapters 162 to 194 of the Dragon Ball manga.It's time to face god!

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  Sounds of the River - A Young...

  Da Chen

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  "A story about suppression, humiliation, vindication, and, ultimately, triumph." —New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Colors of the Mountain—an engrossing, gloriously written coming-of-age saga that picks up where that book left off—in Beijing during China’s Cultural RevolutionIn this "equally beguiling sequel to his acclaimed memoir" (Kirkus Reviews), teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles, and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and "all things Western," he competes to win a chance to study in America—a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the almighty professors.Poetic, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Sounds of the River is a gloriously written coming-of-age saga that chronicles a remarkable journey—a travelogue of the heart.

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  The Boy Who Burped Too Much

  Scott Nickel

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  Bobby discovers how to control his uncontrollable burping.

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