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  Not Just Another Szep Book

  Paul Szep

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  Spanning from "Vietnam and the Johnson Years" to "Clinton and Everyone Else," the editorial cartoons of Paul Szep showcase his biting wit and scathing social commentary. At the Boston Globe since 1966, Szep, as he is simply known to his thousands of loyal fans, has had more than three decades to hone the razor edge of his ironic, sarcastic humor. No one is immune from his criticism. Boston's beloved Red Sox, O. J. Simpson, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Bob Dole, and the British royal family have all been targets for his pen. Social issues including Ebonics, violence on television, and race relations fail to escape unscathed.Paul Szep was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and graduated from the Ontario College of Art. Before joining the Boston Globe, he played hockey and worked part-time in Canadian steel mills, which helped to shape his views and opinions. These, combined with his talent as an editorial cartooninst, have earned him two Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other awards. His cartoons have been featured in many issues of Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year , published by Pelican.

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  Gone Viking

  Helen Russell

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  Be bold. Be brave. Be Viking....The uplifting, laugh out loud debut novel from the best-selling author of The Year of Living Danishly.Frazzled mum Alice Ray likes to think she’s on top everything — she has four bags-for-life in the boot of her car for heaven's sake. But after spectacularly embarrassing herself at work, she finally gives in to her sister’s pleas to take a much-needed break. But this is not the luxury spa holiday Alice hoped for — instead, she finds herself in Denmark, in the middle of nowhere, on a ‘How to be a Viking’ getaway.Can the two sisters finally learn to get along, or will learning to embrace their inner warriors just make them better at fighting? Two sisters. One Scandi holiday they'll never forget...

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  Fibber McGee and Molly: FIbber...

  Don Quinn

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  Doc Gamble is having trouble with his car. Mechanic McGee to the rescue! In a strange scene, Fibber turns on the radio and hears a bulletin about the invasion of Sicily (it's the first invasion of an island whose name we can pronounce).

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  The Pig Comes to Dinner - A Novel

  Joseph Caldwell

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  “A comic triumph” set in a haunted Irish castle from the author of The Pig Did It (Richmond Times-Dispatch).All of the charming characters of the previous book are present again in this delightful new story. Kitty McCloud, now married to Kieran Sweeney, her former rival in one of their district’s oldest blood feuds, has bought an ancient Irish castle with the profits from her popular revisions of classic novels like Jane Eyre. Kitty’s American cousin, Aaron McCloud, has arrived with his new wife, the former Lolly McKeever, to redeliver to Kitty and Kieran their wedding gift of the troublesome pig, who is not at all welcome at the castle. But over their lighthearted discord hangs a weightier problem—Kitty’s new home is inhabited by two comely ghosts from out of the castle’s troubled past. How this haunting couple is dealt with serves only to embellish the allure and humor of Mr. Caldwell’s uniquely theatrical storytelling.

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  Sheryl's Last Stand - A Laugh...

  Kerrie Noor

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  Broke, homeless, and addicted to chocolate, will Sheryl chase her dream or remain tied to her mother's purse strings? 
  Sheryl, on the wrong side of thirty-five, has seen better days. She lost her job, her home, and the ability to say no to her mother: a woman with as much sensitivity as a comedian. 
  Sheryl, a soft touch, is wilting into a sea of whiskey and American Wrestling. She spends her nights rooting for Johnstone, a wrestler as believable as Die Hard. 
  Until Sheryl discovers belly dancing.  
  Sheryl is a natural at belly dancing and dreams of performing in the sort of costume that would have her mother choking on her “you’re too fat” comments. So when the wrestlers come to town, Sheryl grabs her chance. She wins tickets to the wrestling event and the opportunity to not only meet Johnstone, but belly dance.  
  Sheryl feels hopeful, until her mother finds out.  
  Will Sheryl grab her chance or toss her coin belt, along with her dreams, to the wind? 
  Sheryl’s Last Stand is the first in the Bellydancing and Beyond series. If you like fast-paced books that make you laugh, then you will love Kerrie Noor’s wonderfully funny Bellydancing series. 
  Buy Sheryl’s Last Stand today to watch Sheryl shimmy towards a life worth getting out of bed for. 
  ★★★★★"The voice is Scottish urban girl snark."  
  ★★★★★ “Good read, funny, fast-paced, zany characters."  
  ★★★★★ “A poignant romantic comedy”

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  Famous All Over Town - A Novel

  Bernie Schein

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  This sweeping comic novel examines the public and private upheavals of life in a small Southern town from the Civil Rights era to the new millennium. 
   
  Famous All Over Town, the first novel from Southern storyteller Bernie Schein, is a comically candid multi-generational account of two Jews, a lowcountry native and a Northern transplant. Their lives interweave through the momentous events of a sleepy coastal hamlet based on Schein’s native Beaufort, South Carolina. 
   
  Schein’s cast includes Southern Jewish lawyer Murray Gold and his foil, displaced New York psychiatrist Bert Levy. There’s also an emotionally scarred drill sergeant and his alluringly unconventional wife; a corrupt sheriff and his violent son; an African American madam and her two brilliant children; a fallen Southern belle; a transvestite Vietnam veteran; and many others. With their conflicted identities, burgeoning ambitions, and romantic entanglements, they live through the turbulent 1960s into the 1990s, confronting the ramifications of the civil rights era, Vietnam, Watergate, and—closer to home—a deadly version of the infamous Ribbon Creek incident. 
   
  Foreword by Janis Owens.

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