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  How to Rob an Armored Car - A Novel

  Iain Levison

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  A comical crime caper about three stoners with a plan: “By turns funny, sad, and insightful” (Booklist).   In a dying Pennsylvania coal town, three friends are looking for a way out. Mitch is a rebellious malcontent whose bad attitude gets him fired from a chain big box store. Doug can identify any pill by sight and any eighties rock song by the first three notes, but doesn’t understand credit scores. Kevin got married and had a kid too soon and is now on parole after serving jail time for growing marijuana.   The three of them dabble in petty crime and believe they have a talent for it. They start by stealing a high-definition TV. Then they set their sights on bigger scores. But things are about to get out of hand . . .   “An honest and humorous romp through lower middle-class frustration.” —Publishers Weekly

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  The Swoop!

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies - "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standing-room." (ch. 1) - and features references to many well-known figures of the day, among them the politician Herbert Gladstone, novelist Edgar Wallace, actor-managers Seymour Hicks and George Edwardes, and boxer Bob Fitzsimmons. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Bacon and Egg Man - A Novel

  Ken Wheaton

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  In the halls of Congress, on the streets, in the media, the war on fast food is on. Tofu may be topical, but bacon is eternal. Bacon and Egg Man, Ken Wheaton’s second novel, is a sly send-up of a politically correct food establishment, where the Northeast has split off from the rest of the United States. The new Federation is ruled by the electoral descendants of King Mike, a man who made it his mission to form a country based on good, clean living. But you can’t keep good food down. And Wes Montgomery, a journalist at the last print paper in the Federation, is a mild-mannered bacon-and-egg dealer on the side. Until he gets pinched and finds himself thrust into Chief Detective Blunt’s wild-eyed plot to bring down the biggest illegal food supplier in the land. To make matters worse, Wes is partnered with Detective Hillary Halstead, the cop who, while undercover, became his girlfriend. Their journey takes them from submarine lairs to sushi speakeasies, from Montauk to Manhattan, where they have to negotiate with media magnate the Gawker before a climactic rendezvous with the secretive man who supplies the Northeast with its high-cholesterol contraband, the most eternal of all breakfast foods: bacon and eggs.

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  Reginald in Russia - and Other...

  Saki Saki

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  “Reginald in Russia and other sketches” was published in 1910 and was the second of Saki's collections of short stories following “Reginald” (1904). It consists of 15 stories or “sketches” as the author calls them and contains two of his most famous tales “Gabriel Ernest” and “The Reticence of Lady Anne.” The stories are:Reginald in RussiaThe Reticence of Lady AnneThe Lost SanjakThe Sex that Doesn't ShopThe Blood-Feud of Toad-WaterA Young Turkish CatastropheJudkin of the ParcelsGabriel ErnestThe Saint and the GoblinThe Soul of LaploshkaThe BagThe StrategistCross CurrentsThe Baker's Dozen (A Playlet)The Mouse

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  Three Men on the Bummel

  Jerome K

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  Some time after "Three Men in a Boat", George, Harris and Jerome decided to go on a cycling holiday through Germany. 
  This relaxed and gently humorous story of the three friends wandering in and around the Black Forest is coloured by anecdotes, odd tales and Jerome's comments on the German people and their way of life. 
  (Published in 1914. Summary by Peter Yearsley)

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  Does This Beach Make Me Look...

  Lisa Scottoline, Francesca...

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  The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities, and wonders of everyday life with wit and warmth.  As Lisa says, "More and more, especially in the summertime when I'm sitting on the beach, I'm learning not to sweat it. To go back to the child that I used to be.  To see myself through the loving eyes of my parents. To eat on the beach. And not to worry about whether every little thing makes me look fat. In fact, not to worry at all." 
  So put aside your worries and join Lisa and Francesca as they navigate their way through the crazy world we live in, laughing along the way.A Macmillan Audio production.

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