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  Alexandra Petri's US History -...

  Alexandra Petri

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  A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri's US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! 
   
   
   
  Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri's "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation's complicated past. 
   
   
   
  On Petri's deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Nikola Tesla's friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain—who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated—offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. 
   
    
   
  This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a "genius," a "national treasure," and "one of the funniest writers alive."

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  Sensitive Man

  Poul William Anderson

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  Poul Anderson delves into the realm of human potential in this exciting story and asks some penetrating questions for us to think about.  What if psychology finally enabled people to even partially control all those automatic reactions of our minds and bodies?  What if we were not slaves to anger, fear, emotions, hormones, blood pressure and the thousand other things that our bodies 'take care of' from instant to instant?  What if those things could be brought under the control even partially of our reason and minds?  In this story one man stood between a power-hungry cabal and their world mastery—but a man of, shall we say, unusual talents.

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  I'll Just Be Five More Minutes -...

  Emily Farris

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  A hilariously-honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD at age 35   Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shockingly) a mortgage, Emily Farris could never get her sh*t together. As she saw it, disorganization was one of her countless character flaws—that is until she was diagnosed with ADHD at age 35. Like many girls who go undiagnosed, Emily grew up internalizing criticisms about her impulsivity and lack of follow-through. She held onto that shame as she tried (and often failed) to fit into a world designed for neurotypical brains.  I'll Just Be Five More Minutes is a personal essay collection of laugh-out-loud-funny, tear-jerking, and at times cringey true stories of Emily's experiences as a neurodivergent woman. With the newfound knowledge of her ADHD, Emily candidly reexamines her complicated relationships (including one with a celebrity stalker), her money problems, the years she spent unknowingly self-medicating, and her hyperfixations (two words: decorative baskets).    A memoir-in-essays both entertaining and enlightening, I'll Just Be Five More Minutes is for people with ADHD, as well as those who know and love them. This is a powerful collection of deeply relatable, wide-ranging stories about a woman's right to control her own body, about overwhelm and oversharing, about drinking too much and sleeping too little, and about being misunderstood by the people closest to you. At its heart, I’ll Just Be Five More Minutes is about not quite fitting in and not really understanding why—something we’ve all felt whether we're neurodivergent or not.

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  Wedding Bandits

  Oswald Black

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  A team of con artists travel the country, marrying rich, unsought women, only to clean them out on their wedding night. The only problem is their last mark's father happens to be a secret underworld kingpin now bent on avenging his homely daughter's broken heart. 
  After Angie Robertson's new husband disappears with over $200,000 in wedding gifts and a brand new 911 Porsche convertible, her gangster father makes it his mission to seek retribution. Alongside him is Angie's brother and heir to the Robertson empire, Sebastian, who, like his father, is eager to enact a swift revenge. 
  Meanwhile, the missing groom and his team of con artists speed along the southwestern coast, searching for the next town and rich, lonely girl they could scam out of a couple hundred grand. 
  The Wedding Bandits have been doing this for years, and they've only gotten better with time. 
  Settling in the small town of Oak County, the team starts their usual routine of finding a mark. The new target is the daughter of the town Sheriff, a sage man who came into substantial wealth in years past for an act of heroism. Unbeknownst to the bandits, as they plot and scheme a way to separate the Sheriff from his millions, Angie's brother and father have been tracking their movements, inching closer each day to their coveted vengeance. 
  And yet, despite all the secrets and malicious behavior, love manages to bud between the bandits' dauntless leader and the Sheriff's homely daughter. It seems like Cupid may have finally caught up to the traveling hustler.  
  Unfortunately, so have the FBI… 
  The mission becomes a ticking time bomb that ends in abduction, heartbreak, and murder. And the person you least expect may be the one to squeeze the trigger.

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  The Love Quest

  Heather Grace Stewart

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  A Time-Travel Romance with Heart, Heat, and Highland Fire  
   
  Perfect for fans of Outlander, The Seven-Year Slip, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and About Time. 
   
  He swears. She schemes. Together, they'll defy centuries.CAL: I cannae believe any of this is happening. The Portal hums beneath my boots at the edge of Loch Ness, prepared to spit me out into the present . . . but Mills and I are meant to go together!Torn apart at the last moment, I'm thrust into modern-day Aven Valley, heartbroken and hellbent on finding my way back to her.Christ, I dinnae care what it takes! The Campbell brothers are circling, and I'll need every ounce of fire—and help from Lila, Cam, and Hamish—to protect what matters most.MILLS: I never imagined building a life with Cal in 1645. Now, separated and preparing to raise our child in a world of clan rivalries and looming threats, I refuse to play the damsel.The MacDowell clan stands with me, but whispers of a massacre at Dunoon and a traitor in our ranks pull me into a web of danger. I'll protect our family and fight for our love. If the Portal thinks it can keep Cal from finding his way back to us, it's about to learn what I'm made of.Oh, and if one more Highlander tells me childbirth is "nae so bad," I'll start swinging my claymore.If you're a fan of swoony romances and time-travel adventure, you won't want to miss the all-new laugh-out-loud series from #1 International Bestselling Author Heather Grace Stewart! 
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  How to stop smoking?

  BARAKATH

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  Do you find it difficult to stop smoking habit? 
  Well, this audiobook suggests some funny ideas for you to read and laugh. 
  Laugh and enjoy.

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