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  Takes One to Know One - A Novel

  Susan Isaacs

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  An ex-FBI agent in suburbia feels driven to investigate her neighbor in the “delicious” new novel from the New York Times–bestselling author (Newsday). Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge and married the brilliant and remarkably handsome Judge Josh Geller, becoming adoptive mother of his lovely teenage daughter. Between cooking meals and playing chauffeur, Corie scouts Arabic fiction for a few literary agencies and, on Wednesdays, has lunch with her fellow Shorehaven freelancers at a so-so French restaurant. Life is, as they say, fine. But at her weekly lunches, Corie senses that something's off. Pete Delaney, a milquetoast package designer, always shows up early, sits in the same spot (often with a different phone in hand), and keeps one eye on the Jeep he parks in the lot across the street. Corie intuitively feels that Pete is hiding something—and as someone accustomed to keeping her FBI past from her new neighbors, she should know. But does Pete really have a shady alternate life, or is Corie just imagining things, desperate to add some spark to her humdrum suburban existence? The only way to find out is to dust off her FBI toolkit and take a deep dive into Pete Delaney’s affairs . . . “[Isaacs] has us chasing Corie all over the map, charmed by this motormouth sleuth’s snappy wit and awed by her courage.” —The New York Times Book Review “Corie’s combat skills and investigative prowess are still up to snuff, but her snarky commentary and hilarious interactions with her father are the real page-turners here.” —Booklist

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  Glory Days - Stories

  Simon Rich

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  A new collection of stories capturing the travails of aging millennials from “one of the funniest writers in America” (NPR)   From the Thurber Prize–winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. Super Mario turns forty and is forced to “take-a stock” of his life and how “messed up it’s-a become.” Goliath struggles to control the media narrative in the lead-up to his death match against David, a small, beloved child. And a long-discarded participation trophy reminisces about the glorious field day in 1993, when he wound up in the arms of a jubilant, asthmatic Simon Rich.  High-stakes and heartfelt, Glory Days mourns the death of youthful innocence and hails the beginning of something approximating wisdom.

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  Men I'm Not Married To and Women...

  Dorothy Parker, Franklin P. Adams

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  Literary cohorts and members of the famous Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker and Franklin P. Adams wrote these two short books to humorously contrast the experiences of both men and women meeting, dating...and then deciding NOT to marry various men and women in their lives. Adams - a renowned wit and celebrated newspaper columnist - helped to launch Parker's career and they enjoyed a decades-long friendship.  These two works are presented here in their original and unabridged format.

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  The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne

  William John Locke

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  The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne is a 1905 novel by William John Locke about a middle aged schoolmaster, who unexpectedly inherits money and a title. Walking through a park he finds a young girl weeping—a harem girl who has been brought to London for an arranged marriage, and has run away. Not knowing what else to do, Sir Marcus brings her to his home…  Excerpt from the book:  "At this moment the chief's wife came into the library with the morning paper in her hand. On seeing me she rushed forward.  "Have you had bad news?"  "Yes. Is it in the paper?"  "I was coming to show my husband. The name is an uncommon one. I wondered if they might be relatives of yours."  I bowed acquiescence. The chief looked at the paragraph below his wife's indicating thumb, then he looked at me as if I, too, had suffered a seachange.  "I had no idea—" he said. "Why, now—now you are Sir Marcus Ordeyne!"  "It sounds idiotic, doesn't it?" said I, with a smile. "But I suppose I—am."  And so came my release from captivity."

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  And Then God Created the Middle...

  Karl reMarks

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  You may wonder why the Middle East gets so much airtime. Regions of the world were competing to host the apocalypse and the Middle East won.
  I disagreed with the idea that reality has become too strange to satirise. Then I read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare.
  Meanwhile, Iraq seems to be invading itself for the oil.
  Bringing together the wildly wry observations and sketches of online sensation Karl reMarks, this hilarious collection proudly presents views you're guaranteed not to hear on the news.

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  Abbott and Costello: New Year's Eve

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Lou was visiting movie stars homes. AC say tomorrow is New Years Eve. They say 1949 is only a couple of days off. AC talk about what to do on New Years Eve. Bud flubs the line multiple times. AC talk about resolutions and were to spend New Years Eve. AC do Sam Shovel. The Murder At The Radio Quiz Show or I've Got A Body In The Balcony Doctor.

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