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  The Trans-Atlantic Railroad

  Brian Allan Skinner

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  Recently widowed Conor McGuile acquires an antique railcar which he restores and outfits with all the comforts of home. He learns the caboose is haunted by an Indian warrior unjustly accused of robbing a bank courier of a fortune in gold. Conor determines to right the wrong and restore the brave’s reputation.Accompanied by his best friend Néall, the pair set sail for New York from Ireland aboard Conor’s Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe caboose. Conor intends to visit his grandson Cormac (Mack) in the American Southwest, in New Mexico. The journey across the Atlantic Ocean takes a harrowing two months, during which time the friends land on a fantastic mid-ocean seamount. The sole inhabitant of The Unknown Island reveals astounding secrets and incredible coincidences that will affect Conor and Néall for years to come.Once in the New World, Néall, reconciled with his wife, returns home to Derry, Northern Ireland, while McGuile travels across America. He encounters a trainload of interesting characters, from a runaway bride who reminds Conor of his deceased wife to a ten-year-old boy who wants to adopt the old man as his grandfather.Conor’s grandson and his companion, Pedro, abandoned by their parents as teenagers, live in a dilapidated adobe house in Cold Beer, New Mexico. Conor spends a good while disciplining the boys and repairing their tumbledown abode. At last, convinced that the young men are “flying straight,” McGuile, homesick, returns to Ireland where the final pieces of his life fall neatly into place and he realizes the beneficial effects he has had upon all whom he met.

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  The Pickwick Papers

  Charles Dickens

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  A curious gentleman. A band of unforgettable companions. Adventures that turn everyday life into comedy.
  When the kind-hearted Samuel Pickwick sets out to observe the world, he stumbles into a whirlwind of misadventures—absurd trials, mistaken romances, lively inns, and unforgettable characters. Alongside the clever and loyal Sam Weller, Pickwick's good intentions lead to situations as ridiculous as they are heartwarming.
  
  Celebrated as "the novel that made Dickens famous," this beloved classic overflows with wit, warmth, and sharp observation of human nature. Its humor is timeless, its characters irresistibly alive, and its joy infectious.
  
  If you love laugh-out-loud storytelling, rich characters, and classics that feel like a celebration of life itself, this novel is pure Dickensian delight.
  
  Open the book—and join a journey where kindness, curiosity, and comedy rule every page.

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  Death Comes to Marlow

  Robert Thorogood

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  The Marlow Murder Club meets again … 
   
  It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks—AKA the Marlow Murder Club—since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the Thames  
  the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne. 
   
  But during the soiree, the trio hear crash from inside Sir Peter's house. When they rush to investigate, they find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study! 
   
  The study was locked from the inside, so the police don’t consider the death suspicious. But Judith disagrees. As far as she's concerned, Peter was murdered!  
   
  And it’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find the killer before they strike again …

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  Hey Jesus It’s Me - I Have...

  Ellen Skrmetti

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  Instagram star and comedian Ellen Skrmetti shares stories behind her wildly popular “Hey Jesus, It’s Me” sketches of a middle-aged, southern-woman's opinions on mamas, menopause, and menus—and on giving the Lord a bit of advice about those unspoken prayer requests.  As a young girl, Ellen Skrmetti loved performing. She starred in plays, sang in the church choir, and even competed in the Miss Mississippi pageant. But despite this she was gripped by severe stage fright and made a deal with God: If you help me get through this, I will never, ever get onstage again. After successfully hitting the high note in “Adelaide’s Lament” from Guys and Dolls, she packed up her drama clothes for good—or so she thought.     When the pandemic hit, Ellen longed to bring a little joy to the world. She thought about all of times she’d asked Jesus to walk with her through pain and heartache—and how often He’d laughed with or comforted her, even during her blazing hot flashes. So she decided to share that message with others, in 30-second videos on Instagram that quickly went viral.      Holding a remote control in her hand, Ellen "calls" Jesus with comments and questions, including asking Him not to make her an advance maternal age mama (again) and if He could bless the nourishment of her food to someone else’s body. She also asks for advice when her best friend’s ex-husband’s new wife shows up in the next pew, or what nursing home plans to make when she's eight years past her first geriatric pregnancy.     From a pageant queen with stage fright, to viral videos, to her growing popularity as a stand-up comedian, Ellen’s humor is rooted in southern charm and culture. Her relatable stories in Hey Jesus, It’s Me will bring levity to our lives, or at least some validation that we’re not the only ones asking if we can ghost our relatives in heaven.

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  Walk of Shame - G-Man Next...

  Andrea Smith

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  G-MAN #6 (Can be read as stand-alone as this is the Next-Gen sub-series!) 
  Holy Hockey Puck! 
  Weston Matthews is twenty-one, a senior in a prestigious, Ivy League College, and has a tongue like Gene Simmons!  
  He's a frat boy, hockey jock, and all around ladies man. He does have one problem though: he has to ace his  
  Classic Lit II class in order to graduate and stay eligible to play hockey for Hardwick University. 
  Weston is provided a tutor to help with his senior Lit class. Enter Penny Lane, also a senior at another local college,  
  doing part-time status at Hardwick. She tutors to earn money, but her aspirations go far beyond just that.  
  Penny is plain, nerdy, brilliant, and has a hidden agenda. She and Weston get off on the wrong foot, and from there,  
  things will only get crazier. 
  Fasten your seat belts, and hold on for dear life as you take this roller-coaster ride on the Walk of Shame! 
  Adult Content; Sexual Situations, 18+

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  Whites

  Mark Doten

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  The excoriating stories in Mark Doten's brilliant first collection dissect the pathological narratives that shape our culture and country. Narrated by a crosscutting array of White people, Doten's stories spotlight the self-serving logic through which their characters struggle to make sense of, and take control of, the narrative of our time. They run the political spectrum from "well-intentioned" liberals and newly woke CEOs to Trump appointees, QAnon adherents, and believers in replacement theory. There is an anti-vax nursing home employee, an anti-woke billionaire, a nonbinary sneaker podcaster turned January 6 insurrectionist, a nonprofit LA housing president dubbed "WORST KAREN EVER," an elderly Republican in denial of his COVID-19 diagnosis, teenage YouTubers responding to a shooting at their suburban Minnesota school, a demonically possessed cookie manufacturer drafting a BLM statement with his new Black employee, and a gay White supremacist figure who may be a joke on 4chan, but will have his revenge. 
   
   
   
  While their identities and allegiances differ, all of them are united by a ferocious belief in themselves, certain that everything they've done can be justified, if you'll just hear them out. In Whites, Doten has written a relentless book that confirms their standing as one of the great satirists of their generation.

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