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  Simon’s Run and Other Adventures

  Stuart de Jong

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  Beaten and bruised, but not broken, Simon gets back up and keeps running. He takes life as it comes, seeking peace, contentment, and a good meal, but ready and willing when needing to face down challenges and obstacles. 
  Simon Zane is an average guy that sometimes finds himself in sticky situations as he goes from one venture to the next. He navigates a difficult childhood that drives him to organize his own ultramarathon. He fights in Operation Desert Storm, falls in love with a German spy during the cold war, takes risks in business, and much more, proving that an IT guy can be a hero too. 
  Simon’s Run is a series of stories that together give a window into his life. In the end, will Simon’s choices get him locked up, or will his underlying desire to do the right thing and then have a snack win out? Read Simon’s book to discover what adventure Simon will take part in next.

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  The Diary of a Secret Royal

  Henry Morris

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  The most scandalous Royal book of the year 
  In a rapidly changing world the Royal Family own swathes of the country, most of the seabed and more money than anyone could ever spend. It is the role of the Chamberlain of the NDAs to keep things that way. 
  From transgressions to successions, travesties to majesties, follow eighteen months in the life of trusted toady Fenton Footlicker Esquire as he takes Queen Elizabeth to rehab, foils a breakout from the Balmoral Labour Camp and runs a counter-espionage unit of royal lookalikes – the Crown Duals. 
  Fenton knows better than anyone that without the monarchy UK tourism would instantly collapse. Which is why he calls himself the Royal Flush: because he always cleans up the messes his charges leave behind. 
  This humorous diary adaptation, filled with satire and pastiche, offers a biographical fiction like no other. Fenton Footlicker Esquire, the Royal Flush, is the best planner, always ready to clean up the royal messes. 
  For fans of Richard Osman (The Last Devil To Die), Robert Galbraith (The Running Grave), Laura Shepherd-Robinson (The Square of Sevens), Amal El-Mohtar (This is How You Lose the Time War), and Wendy Holden (The Princess). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Hold the Line - One woman's...

  Kim Stephens

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  Navigating motherhood from the age of 18, Kim Stephens shelved her inner journo and embraced a life of media sales and sports marketing, working with some of the biggest sports brands globally, and locally, whilst pursuing her own ultra-running ambitions.
  Arguing vehemently against the possibility that she was running from her own truth, Covid-19 wiped out Kim's possibilities for continued escape.
  After three children, two divorces and a gradual sexual awakening, Kim found herself at 40-something virtually unemployed, with all the time in the world to write, sip gin and study a general response to one of the world's most draconian lockdowns.
  Her humorous observations of middle-class South African behaviour through the various levels of lockdown earned her a certain notoriety and a degree of viral success, and with that the courage to put it all into a book.
  Hold the Line tells the story of teenage pregnancy, the situational blindness of white South Africa, the disappointment of divorce and the deep joy found through true awakening.
  Stitched together with the lockdown writing that Kim penned for a growing base of followers, she shares a more in-depth life story with her usual candid self-deprecation.
  Written to rattle a few truths from within its readers, Hold the Line ends ironically as the world begins to follow a potential third World War via TikTok.

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  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll

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  Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tale that has captivated imaginations for generations. Follow Alice as she enters a fantastical world filled with curious creatures, nonsensical riddles, and magical landscapes. From her encounters with the eccentric Mad Hatter to the grinning Cheshire Cat and the unpredictable Queen of Hearts, Alice’s journey is a delightful blend of wonder and absurdity. 
  Carroll’s playful language and surreal storytelling make this story an unforgettable adventure that challenges logic and embraces imagination. Perfect for listeners of all ages, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a timeless classic that celebrates curiosity and the joys of discovering the unexpected. 
  With lively narration that brings each quirky character to life, this audiobook is ideal for family listening or anyone looking to escape into a world of pure fantasy. 
  Start listening to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland today and journey through one of literature’s most enchanting realms.

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  Beautifully Lost

  Muxu

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  I wasn’t supposed to be here. Not in the poetic look how far I’ve come kind of way. I mean it quite literally. There were moments I thought I had nothing left to give, when the weight of my own thoughts made it hard to breathe, and I started to believe that life was just hard. But a quieter part of me knew that wasn’t the whole truth. Maybe I wasn’t broken, just lost, and perhaps being lost wasn’t something to fear but something to honour. 
  Accompanied by a music album with the same name, Beautifully Lost tells the story of what happened when I finally decided to listen to that voice. Set in crowded streets filled with neon and quiet mornings spent alone with my thoughts, it is a journey through chaos and clarity, mistakes and magic, loss and love. 
  Above all, it is a story of hope, connection, and a reminder that even in the moments we feel lost, there is still beauty to be found.

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  Let There Be Laughter - A...

  Michael Krasny

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  From the host of NPR affiliate’s Forum with Michael Krasny, a compendium of Jewish jokes that packs the punches with hilarious riff after riff and also offers a window into Jewish culture. 
  Michael Krasny has been telling Jewish jokes since his bar mitzvah, and it’s been said that he knows more of them than anyone on the planet. He certainly states his case in this wise, enlightening, and hilarious book that not only collects the best of Jewish humor passed down from generation to generation, but explains the cultural expressions and anxieties behind the laughs. 
  ""What’s Jewish Alzheimer’s?"" 
  ""You forget everything but the grudges."" 
  ""You must be so proud. Your daughter is the President of the United States!"" 
  ""Yes. But her brother is a doctor!"" 
  ""Isn’t Jewish humor masochistic?"" 
  ""No. And if I hear that one more time I am going to kill myself."" 
  With his background as a scholar and public-radio host, Krasny delves deeply into the themes, topics, and form of Jewish humor: chauvinism undercut by irony and self-mockery, the fear of losing cultural identity through assimilation, the importance of vocal inflection in joke-telling, and calls to communal memory, including the use of Yiddish. 
  Borrowing from traditional humor and such Jewish comedy legends as Jackie Mason, Mel Brooks, and Joan Rivers, Larry David, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer, Let There Be Laughter is an absolute pleasure for the chosen and goyim alike.

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