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¡A por la revancha! (¡Gol! #30)
by Luigi GarlandoLos Tiburones no dejan de provocar a los Cebolletas buscando pelea y, esta vez, sí van a conseguir sacarles de sus casillas. Quince niñ@s.Una pasión: el fútbol.Un sueño: ¡ser los mejores! Ha vuelto el verano, Tomi y sus amigos disfrutan de su victoria en el campeonato. Pero sus rivales, los Tiburones, quieren la revancha y no van a dejar escapar ninguna ocasión para buscar pelea durante las fiestas del barrio. Por una vez, ¡ni siquera los Cebolletas sabrán controlarse! Su entrenador, Champignon, se verá obligado a tomar una decisión drástica...
¡A por la copa! (Súper ¡Gol! #Volumen 2)
by Luigi GarlandoVuelven los Cebolletas con nuevos retos y una sola pasión: ¡el fútbol! Quince niñ@s.Una pasión: el fútbol.Un sueño: ¡ser los mejores! ¿Qué es lo mejor de las vacaciones? Para los Cebolletas no hay duda: ¡los torneos de fútbol veraniegos! Este año, los chicos de Champignon han sido invitados nada más y nada menos que a un Minimundial... ¡como unos auténticos campeones! Y lo más emocionante es que cada uno defenderá los colores de su país: Joâo jugará con Brasil, Rafa con Italia y Tomi y los demás con España. ¿Quién conquistará la mítica Copa del Mundo?
¡A por ellos, capitán! (¡Gol! #42)
by Luigi Garlando¡No te pierdas la aventura de los Cebolletas en la Champion Kids! Quince niñ@s.Una pasión: el fútbol.Un sueño: ¡ser los mejores! La esperadísima Champion Kids está a punto de empezar. Los Cebolletas están súper emocionados pero tienen un problema muy, muy gordo: ¡Tomi no da pie con bola! ¿Encontrarán a un sustituto a tiempo para la competición?
¡ Duérmete, carajo!
by Adam Mansbach¡Duérmete, carajo! es un cuento para dormir para los padres que viven en el mundo real, en el cual un par de gatitos ronroneando y unas líneas simpáticas no son lo suficiente para zumbar a un niño pequeño a dormir felizmente. Profano, cariñoso y franco de manera radical, cuenta la conocida y callada tribulación de acostar a su angelito. Bello, subversivo y para mearse ¡Duérmete, carajo! es un libro para padres experimentados, nuevos e incipientes. (Y probablemente es mejor no leérselo a los pequeños.)
youthjuice
by E.K. SathueAmerican Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generationA 29-year-old copywriter realizes that beauty is possible—at a terrible cost—in this surreal, satirical send-up of NYC It-girl culture.From Sophia Bannion&’s first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE (hee-bee), a luxury skincare/wellness company based in New York&’s trendy SoHo neighborhood and named after the Greek goddess of youth, it&’s clear something is deeply amiss. But Sophia, pushing thirty, has plenty of skeletons in her closet next to the designer knockoffs and doesn&’t care. Though she leads an outwardly charmed life, she aches for a deeper meaning to her flat existence—and a cure for her brutal nail-biting habit. She finds it all and more at HEBE, and with Tree Whitestone, HEBE&’s charismatic founder and CEO.Soon, Sophia is addicted to her HEBE lifestyle—especially youthjuice, the fatty, soothing moisturizer Tree has asked Sophia to test. But when cracks in HEBE&’s infrastructure start to worsen—and Sophia learns the gruesome secret ingredient at the heart of youthjuice—she has to decide how far she&’s willing to go to stay beautiful forever.Glittering with ominous flashes of Sophia&’s coming-of-rage story, former beauty editor E.K. Sathue&’s horror debut is as incisive as it is stomach-churning in its portrayal of all-consuming female friendship and the beauty industry&’s short attention span. youthjuice does to skincare influencers what Bret Easton Ellis did to yuppies. You&’ll never moisturize the same way again.
whiskerslist: the kitty classifieds
by Angie BaileyWhen the humans are away, the cats will play . . . onlineDo you ever wonder what your cat does when you're not home? Is your keyboard covered with mysterious paw prints? Well, your feline friend might be hiding a secret Internet addiction: whiskerslist. The kitty community is more connected than ever with this online hub that brings together cats looking to sell lousy pet toys, rant about their humans, search for a soul mate (or quick hookup), and much more.With more than 160 hilarious classified ads written for cats, by cats, whiskerslist reveals the inner lives of our furry companions like never before.
viaggi a cavallo dei secolo - viaggio nei pirenei
by Mario EspinosaCinque storie di viaggio raccontate con molto humour e ironia. Cinque racconti di un tempo in cui i viaggiatori non portavano una fotocamera digitale con memoria per migliaia di foto; né un telefono cellulare con un'infinità di funzioni in grado di risolvere qualsiasi evento imprevisto. Il lettore scoprirà un viaggio nella memoria, in paesaggi che sono pura avventura e ricorderà eventi storici che si sono verificati durante uno di questi viaggi. Tutti questi episodi sono ambientati nel periodo in cui abbiamo lasciato il ventesimo secolo alle spalle e abbiamo iniziato a vivere un cambiamento radicale verso un uso della tecnologia così estremo da modificare il modo di viaggiare. In quegli anni si viaggiava guardando una cartina, non si usava il GPS e si doveva cercare una cabina per telefonare a casa. Provate a rivivere tutte quelle sensazioni con questi racconti; dopo tutto, "viaggiare è il modo migliore per investire il proprio denaro", giusto?
the average american marriage
by Chad KultgenIn the beginning, there was The Average American Male. Maxim called it "pure filth. " Even Penthouse called it "appalling. " The New York Times called it "the literary love child of Neil LaBute, Judy Blume, and Eminem. " Now, Chad Kultgen's unforgettable antihero is back—this time as a married man. I can feel something hot twisting and burning in the pit of my stomach. For a fleeting moment I think back to a time when I was with Casey, my girlfriend before Alyna. . . . I tried to initiate something by grabbing her tit and kissing her when we walked through her front door. She turned to me and said something about how our relationship didn't always have to be about sex. I remember how much I wanted to smash something when she said that, how much I wanted to scream in her face that our relationship was only about sex. . . . Relationships between men and women are only about sex. The rest of the sh*t is incidental. Welcome back.
srsly Hamlet: Yolo Juliet; Srsly Hamlet; Macbeth #killing It (OMG Shakespeare #1)
by William Shakespeare Courtney CarboneHamlet, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?! Imagine: What if Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, and the tragic Ophelia had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays! A kingdom on the brink of war. A stolen throne. A boy seeking revenge. and h8. The classics just got a whole lot more interesting. ;) tl;dr A Shakespeare play told through its characters texting with emojis, checking in at certain locations, and updating their relationship statuses. The perfect gift for hip theater lovers and teens. A glossary and cast of characters are included for those who need it. For example: tl;dr means too long; didn't read.
sMothering
by Wendy FrenchFirst there was Bridget Jones. Then came the Nannies. Now meet Claire McLeod, a twenty-something American girl living in Portland, Oregon. Claire's got big problems: her mother's a tyrant, her sister's a lesbian, her father's in Omaha. Claire's peaceful, if dull, existence is shattered when her mother arrives in Portland for an unexpected—and unwelcome—visit. Armed with a sharp tongue, a critical eye, and enough Weekender Wear to make anyone nervous, Mom has mysteriously left Dad at home in the Midwest. It's not enough that Claire's job as a telephone survey-taker is excruciatingly irritating, and her boyfriend has dumped her. No, now, embarrassed by her dead-end job and flat-lining love life, she must also bear the weight of Mom's critical eagle eye while trying to close the rift between her mother and her sister, solve the riddle of her missing father, climb a shaky corporate ladder, stalk a cute coworker, reinvent herself, and maybe—just maybe—find a little happiness. By turns tender and insightful—but always hilariously funny—sMothering is a novel you can't put down.
sCATtered!: A Story of Estimation (A Catastrophe Tale)
by Ann Marie StephensMath-loving kittens prepare a party for their number-one grandmother in this playful picture book that demonstrates the key math concept of estimation.The CATastrophe! cats are back, this time causing even more chaos! Nine kitties are purring with excitement for Grandma Cat&’s upcoming visit. They&’re going to throw her a party with cake, decorations, and a special gift. But when frantically cleaning cats misjudge how many toys they can hide in a closet, catastrophe looms. . . .Author Ann Marie Stephens draws upon more than 30 years of teaching experience to ensure that readers absorb math while having fun in the adventure-filled CATastrophe Tale series. And Jenn Harney&’s hilarious and energetic illustrations capture the antics of these enthusiastic kittens.Each book in the CATastrophe Tale series includes helpful back matter, which shows readers that, just like the kittens, they use mathematical skills in their everyday lives. Additional titles in the series include CATastrophe!: A Story of Patterns and CATawampus!: A Story of Shapes.
pirate haiku
by Michael P. SpradlinCome sail the seven seas aboard the notorious "Black Thunder. " Readers will have a first-mate seat to the grizzly life of 18th-century pirates--as told by the surprising poetic-if-salty One-Leg Sterling.
nichijou 11 (nichijou #11)
by Keiichi Arawiongoing ordinarinessmio vs. a caterpillar. the vice principal vs. all the clubs. the professor vs. sleepiness. yuuko vs. a perfect score. misato vs. a jaguar. nano and sakamoto vs. a strange box. annaka vs. a beetle. mr. takasaki vs. a ham. fecchan vs. a deserted island. mai vs. a daifuku. and so the ordinary days continue…
mijn Monster - Boek 2 - Felix... Het Ondeugende Monster
by Kaz Campbell Cindy Vd ZeeuwEen boek met korte hoofdstukken voor kinderen van 4 tot en met 9 over een aardig, grappig monster dat een 8-jarige jongen helpt. Mijn Monster zal met name jonge kinderen in de leeftijd van 4 tot en met 9 vermaken met een grappig verhaal over een 8-jarige jongen genaamd Bobby die een onzichtbaar monstervriendje heeft. Boris het monster helpt Bobby met zijn nare dromen en hij houdt ervan naar school te gaan met Bobby. Wanneer Bobby Boris uitnodigt voor de verjaardag van een vriendin, is Boris zeer enthousiast... totdat hij zich herinnert dat hij op zijn jongere broertje Felix moet passen. Bobby stelt voor om Felix ook mee te nemen en dan gaat het verkeerd! Dit is het tweede boek in de Mijn Monster-serie. Boek 1 Boris De Redder is ook verkrijgbaar op Amazon. Pak het nu en lees het voor ... Ik weet zeker dat ze het geweldig zullen vinden .
made in america
by Bill BrysonBill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."
kawaii not, too
by Meghan MurphyCute Gets Badder After the success of her first book,Kawaii Not, Meghan Murphy's fans have been begging for a second volume. Here it is-where cute gets badder. Each 4-panel comic features adorable versions of everyday objects saying not-so-adorable things. In this volume, find even more subversive comics that combine Japanese-inspired cute with clever quirkiness. The results are open for interpretation: Strange and beautiful? Crazy and crude? Hilarious? Perhaps all of the above. And here are more cool features: Each strip is perforated, so it can be torn out and given to a friend. This book actually has a built-in easel, so it's easy to display comics on a desk or shelf. There are also two pages of stickers featuring the kawaii characters!
ghostgirl: Homecoming (ghostgirl #2)
by Tonya HurleyHeaven couldn't be a phone bank, could it?Charlotte Usher discovers that the afterlife isn't quite what she pictured when she's forced to intern at a hotline for troubled teens. Before she can officially cross over, she'll have to be a source of guidance for one such teen. The problem is she doesn't have much advice to offer since dying hasn't exactly boosted her confidence level. But when Hawthorne High's leading, love-to-hate cheerleader Petula and her gothic little sis' Scarlet find themselves suddenly resting-in-peace in comas, Charlotte's opportunity to save them will prove to be the risk of a lifetime-for all of them.Praise for ghostgirl:* Polished dark-and-deadpan humor, it's a natural fit with Gen Y, too." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)* "[Tonya] beats out witty teen-speak like a punk-band drummer, keeping the narrative fast-paced and fun yet thought-provokingly heartwarming. Goofy, ghastly, intelligent, electrifying." --Kirkus (starred review)*"Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read." --School Library Journal (starred review)* "Readers with a taste for black humor and satire will feast on Hurley's crisp, wise dialogue. Anticipate a well deserved cult following." --VOYA (starred review)
ghostgirl (ghostgirl #1)
by Tonya HurleyNow I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my soul to keep.And if I should die before I awake,I pray the popular attend my wake.Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really is invisible. Even worse: she's dead. And all because she choked on a gummy bear. But being dead doesn't stop Charlotte from wanting to be popular; it just makes her more creative about achieving her goal. If you thought high school was a matter of life or death, wait till you see just how true that is. In this satirical, yet heartfelt novel, Hurley explores the invisibility we all feel at some times and the lengths we'll go to be seen. Praise for ghostgirl:* Polished dark-and-deadpan humor, it's a natural fit with Gen Y, too." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)* "[Tonya] beats out witty teen-speak like a punk-band drummer, keeping the narrative fast-paced and fun yet thought-provokingly heartwarming. Goofy, ghastly, intelligent, electrifying." --Kirkus (starred review)*"Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read." --School Library Journal (starred review)* "Readers with a taste for black humor and satire will feast on Hurley's crisp, wise dialogue. Anticipate a well deserved cult following." --VOYA (starred review)"Written with deadpan wit...this is a 'Wonderful Life'-like tale." -New York Post"A sincere (and humorous) exploration of how we all feel invisible at one time or another...perfect read." -CosmoGirl
e Squared
by Matt BeaumontOut of the ashes of doomed ad agency Miller Shanks has risen Meerkat 360, a very 21st century workplace. Staff include David Crutton, an MD with the worst email signature in history; Milton Keane, a definitely-straight PA with a yearning for reality tv fame; Liam O'Keefe, a creative with an online gambling addiction who may be linked with the contents of the stationery cupboard appearing on eBay; and Harvey Harvey, a creative who politely replies to pornographic spam and who might just have met his future wife online u a rich Nigerian princess in deep troublea Told entirely via emails, texts, webchat and blogs, the long-awaited follow up to E is a hilariously funny insight into the hearts, minds and inboxes of the world's most engagingly dysfunctional ad agency.
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by Matt BeaumontCarla Browne-1/5/00, 3:05 pm to: All Departments re: I'm leaving now . . . but before I go there are some things you should know...!!!! Set in a London ad agency desperate to land a coveted big account, e follows the bureaucratic bungling, cutthroat maneuvers, and outrageous sexual antics of a group of Miller-Shanks employees as they scheme, lie, lust, and claw their way up (and down) the company ladder. Written by a former advertising copywriter, this hilarious, dead-on-target novel marks the debut of a hip and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction. With the click of a mouse, Matt Beaumont brings the novel of letters into the twenty-first century, turning his merciless, unerring eye on today's Machiavellian corporate culture-with uproarious results. Rachel Stevenson, Personnel-1/5/00, 3:09 pm to: Chandra Kapoor cc: David Crutton re: Urgent: Please delete Carla Browne's ID from e-mail with immediate effect. Thank you.
dem (Black Arts Movement Ser.)
by William Melvin KelleyA searing, provocative satire by one of the most important African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche of white America.Mitchell Pierce is a well-off New York ad executive whose marriage is falling apart. He no longer feels any passion for his pregnant wife, Tam, and his toddler son, Jake, has become a disappointment. He feels trapped in an unrewarding and loveless life and though domestic violence is not in Mitchell's character, it is never very far away. Mitchell withdraws to a fantasy world where he can act out his unfulfilled sexual desires. Mitchell's life will irrevocably change one day, though, when a young man appears at his apartment door to pick up the family's black maid, Opal, for a date. Cooley it turns out is not a stranger to the household. The twins that Tam is carrying are a result of superfecundation--the fertilization of two separate ova by two different males. So when one child is born black and the other white, Mitchell goes on a quest to find Cooley and make him take his baby. In the tradition of Brer Rabbit trickster tales, dem enacts a modern-day fable of the turning the tables on the white oppressor and inverting the history of miscegenation and subjugation of African Americans.
dem (Black Arts Movement Ser.)
by William Melvin Kelley'A master at using humour to underscore the horror of racism, William Melvin Kelley is a writer whose work, decades later, continues to shed light on that which millions of people would rather remain hidden'MATEO ASKARIPOUR, AUTHOR OF BLACK BUCKA searing, provocative satire by one of the most important African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche of white America.Mitchell Pierce is a well-off New York ad executive whose marriage is falling apart. He no longer feels any passion for his pregnant wife, Tam, and even feels estranged from his toddler son, Jake. Mitchell is trapped in an unrewarding and loveless life, and though domestic violence isn't in his character, it is never very far away, either.Mitchell's life will irrevocably change one day, though, when a young man appears at his apartment door to pick up the family's black maid, Opal, for a date. Cooley it turns out is not a stranger to the household. The twins that Tam is carrying are a result of superfecundation--the fertilization of two separate ova by two different males. So when one child is born black and the other white, Mitchell goes on a quest to find Cooley and make him take his baby.In the tradition of Brer Rabbit trickster tales, dem enacts a modern-day fable of turning the tables on the white oppressor and inverting the history of miscegenation and subjugation of African Americans.
crushed: the boys that never liked me back
by Kiersten Lyons(girl + boy) ÷ heartbreak2 + surprises = a rom-com in real lifeWhile tying the bows on her wedding invitations, Kiersten&’s fiancé walked in and told her he didn&’t think he loved her, and maybe never had…. Oh, and he&’d cheated. At a place called The Magic Castle. Because what&’s hotter than aging celebrities performing magic in a fake castle in the Hollywood Hills? But don&’t worry, because six months later, while Kiersten was struggling to pay rent, he won $100,000 on a reality show. Yes, you read that right…. A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Why is it that the minute you get your heart broken, whether by a boy or a dream (or if you&’re Kiersten, every single life plan she&’s ever made), you look around to see everyone else is doing amazing! Everyone&’s life is perfect! Because everyone else is stupid…. Oh, and why are they always telling you &“everything happens for a reason&”?! Your family, your friends, that checkout lady eyeing the three pints of non-dairy ice cream you&’re buying? Leave me alone, Cheryl! But also, don&’t. Because when you&’re alone, you&’re hit with the reality that you can&’t wake up from this bad dream. Also, why is everybody looking at you like that? Equal parts pity and confusion, like they&’ve never been rejected before. Why are you the only one heartbroken? The only one struggling? The only one… Crushed? But what if that&’s the stupid part? The lie that you are the only one. In this nostalgic memoir equally cut with anguish and humor, Lyons invites readers along on a lifetime of Crushed moments and the hope of being left in awe of the pivots she never wanted in the first place. And what if realizing you aren&’t alone is the first step to one day knowing you&’ll be in awe too? *** &“Kiersten Lyons is the voice of a generation. Truly an incredible writer that will be remembered for centuries.&” —Kiersten&’s mom and dad, who haven&’t actually read the book yet &“Kiersten is loud and annoying.&” —Kiersten&’s seventh-grade crush &“Lyons doesn&’t give it up, so I ghosted her.&” —Kiersten&’s college crush &“Kiersten Lyons is just not pretty enough.&” —Hollywood casting directors
boYs
by Kathleen WinterKathleen Winter's first novel Annabel will be published in the United States by Grove Atlantic in Spring 2011. Her first short story collection boYs, winner of the Metcalf-Rooke and Winterset Award, was one of the most memorable fiction debuts to come out of Canada in many years. Check it out for yourself.
[you] Ruined It for Everyone!: 101 People Who Screwed Things Up for the Rest of Us
by Matthew VincentEnergy sources are massively depleted. The government is wasteful and incompetent. The economy is imploding, the environment is toxic, and international terrorism threatens our day-to-day lives. And gum sucks. It just sucks. Who is responsible? Who made our world so dangerous, so unlivable, so stupid?Matthew Vincent is unafraid to name names. Who's to blame for the three-ounce rule on airplanes? Who came up with the bright idea of branding every single sports stadium? Who made curling an Olympic event? Which pope made celibacy mandatory? Who invented daylight saving time? (Who doesn't hate daylight saving time?)Here's a book that'll tell you who invented every unnecessary, annoying gadget that plagues modern life and haunts your dreams. It's a book to keep in your bathroom for perusal before you end up having to drink out of your toilet bowl because there's no potable water left in your hemisphere. Here's a book that'll tell you who ruined it for everyone.