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  The Outcasts - A Novel

  Stephen Becker

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  An American engineer journeys to the tropics to build a bridge and reclaim his manhood in this brilliant tragicomedy written during the height of the Cold War Fleeing two bad marriages and the sneaking suspicion that failure is his destiny, Bernard Morrison boards a flight bound for a freshly liberated country in desperate need of infrastructure. When the plane finally touches down, the pilot has happy news: The airport and the capital are not under attack. So far, so good, thinks Morrison as he heads for the jungle.   The bridge he has been sent to build may be in the middle of nowhere, but the work requires discipline and fortitude—qualities long missing from Morrison’s routine—and his interactions with the native laborers and their bosses are refreshingly out of the ordinary. When he discovers a primitive tribe living near the construction site, Morrison revels in their freedom and lack of inhibition. He vows to protect the innocent tribespeople, not realizing that it’s too late—the bridge to the future has already been built.   Part farce, part tragedy, The Outcasts is a powerful morality tale in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene.

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  Knock Knock Jokes For Kids 5-7...

  Mary Miler

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  Are you looking for a perfect present to please your little comedian? 
  Welcome to one of the best books about jokes you’ll ever find. Congratulations for having such fantastic taste in books, by the way. 
  The jokes in this book aren’t just any jokes. They are the best kind of jokes and the best kind of jokes are the kind where a door is involved. 
  That’s right! The jokes in this book are knock-knock jokes. 
  Knock Knock Jokes For Kids is perfect for:Children (and adults) who love to have a good laughHours of fun for the whole familyKeeping kids engaged and entertained when you most need itMaking those long car trips more fun, and get a giggle for yourself along the wayAny time you want to laugh and have fun with the special kids in your lifeInteracting with children when you can’t play outside!Reluctant readers to encourage them to read moreChildren to improve their memory and creativityCheering you up with funny and clean jokes after a hard day 
  We have everything:Jokes about food, because what’s funnier than food?Jokes about animals, which isn’t difficult seeing as they’re pretty funny on their own.Even jokes about something as silly as shoes. Shoes are very silly and it’s easy to make jokes about them.Bonus Q&A jokes and riddles included! 
  Let’s go knock on some doors!Get this book and join in the fun with the children in your life!

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  Lifting the Lid

  Rob Johnson

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  When Trevor Hawkins hits the open road in his beat-up old camper van with his incorrigible dog, Milly, his quest for adventure soon spirals dangerously out of control. The simple act of flushing a hotel toilet transforms his life from redundant sales assistant to fugitive from a gang of psychopathic villains, the police, and MI5.Then there's private detective Sandra Gray, who could cheerfully throttle him for turning a well-paid, piece-of-cake job into a total nightmare. Or could she? With more twists and turns than an Escher-designed bobsleigh run, Lifting the Lid is a comic thriller about how a single, split-second decision can change someone's life forever.

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  There Should Have Been Castles

  Herman Raucher

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  “Slick, smart, raunchy entertainment” from the international bestselling author of the classic Summer of ’42 (Kirkus Reviews).   Ben is the writer who can’t seem to make it; Ginnie is the dancer who can’t seem to miss. In 1951 they are two scared kids in love—determined to hold onto each other no matter what. Together the world is theirs for the asking.   In the exhilarating landscape of 1950s showbiz, from the neon glamour of the New York stage to the starry glitter of Hollywood, they have love and success—pure, intense, and perfect. It should go on forever, fueled by enough romance and passion for all the record books and fairytales that ever were. But can their love prevail or will it all come tumbling down due to an unexpected twist neither of them could have foreseen?

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  George W Bushisms - The Slate...

  Jacob Weisberg

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  "They misunderestimated me." Or did they?  Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg.  "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."  "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."  "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."  "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."  "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."  "I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency]. And if not, that's just the way it goes."

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  Adverbs - A Novel

  Daniel Handler

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  Hello.I am Daniel Handler, the author of this book. Did you know that authors often write the summaries that appear on their book's dust jacket? You might want to think about that the next time you read something like, "A dazzling page-turner, this novel shows an internationally acclaimed storyteller at the height of his astonishing powers."Adverbs is a novel about love -- a bunch of different people, in and out of different kinds of love. At the start of the novel, Andrea is in love with David -- or maybe it's Joe -- who instead falls in love with Peter in a taxi. At the end of the novel, it's Joe who's in the taxi, falling in love with Andrea, although it might not be Andrea, or in any case it might not be the same Andrea, as Andrea is a very common name. So is Allison, who is married to Adrian in the middle of the novel, although in the middle of the ocean she considers a fling with Keith and also with Steve, whom she meets in an automobile, unless it's not the same Allison who meets the Snow Queen in a casino, or the same Steve who meets Eddie in the middle of the forest. . . . It might sound confusing, but that's love, and as the author -- me -- says, "It is not the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done." This novel is about people trying to find love in the ways it is done before the volcano erupts and the miracle ends. Yes, there's a volcano in the novel. In my opinion a volcano automatically makes a story more interesting.

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