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Alexander At The World's End
by Tom Holt'Wry and droll, fascinating and funny, by bringing us Alexander's nether parts this novel gives momentous matters unforgettable life' - Ross Leckie'Witty, ironic ... and achieves a deeply felt authenticity' - NEW YORK TIMESWhen his father dies, and he is reduced at a stroke from prosperity to penury, Euxenus decides to leave Athens and seek his fortune elsewhere. As a philosopher and intellectual of some note, he has no difficulty getting a job as tutor to a young prince in the wealthy but utterly provincial court of King Philip of Macedon. The young prince is called Alexander, and the rest is history. Or is it? Alexander conquered Greece, Egypt and the Persian Empire in the course of eight years, amassing a huge army along the way, and leaving behind him the foundations of countless new cities named after him. He proclaimed himself a deity, and died at the age of 33. In ALEXANDER AT THE WORLD'S END, Tom Holt tells the story of two remarkable men, one of whom conquered empires and one of whom struggled to overcome the drainage problems of a small village. It is a story of two men whose paths crossed only briefly, but whose encounter changed both their lives for ever. And it is a story which throws an extraordinary new light on the man who became Alexander the Great.Books by Tom Holt:Walled Orchard SeriesGoatsongThe Walled OrchardJ.W. Wells & Co. SeriesThe Portable DoorIn Your DreamsEarth, Air, Fire and CustardYou Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It HelpsThe Better MousetrapMay Contain Traces of MagicLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of SausagesYouSpace SeriesDoughnutWhen It's A JarThe Outsorcerer's ApprenticeThe Good, the Bad and the SmugNovelsExpecting Someone TallerWho's Afraid of BeowulfFlying DutchYe Gods!OvertimeHere Comes the SunGrailblazersFaust Among EqualsOdds and GodsDjinn RummyMy HeroPaint your DragonOpen SesameWish you Were HereAlexander at World's EndOnly HumanSnow White and the Seven SamuraiOlympiadValhallaNothing But Blue SkiesFalling SidewaysLittle PeopleSong for NeroMeadowlandBarkingBlonde BombshellThe Management Style of the Supreme BeingsAn Orc on the Wild Side
Alexander the Grape and Other Fruit and Vegetable Jokes
by Charles KellerFun food and vegetable jokes for kids of all ages, and older readers. This involves many different kinds of entertainment for family and friends. Enjoy! "Why aren't bananas ever lonely? Because they come in bunches. What is the best way to keep dried prunes? Don't return them."
Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever
by Judith Viorst Isidre MonesAlexander tries his hand at behaving in this hilarious companion to the bestselling classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Last night somebody ate a whole box of jelly donuts. That somebody woke up with a terrible bellyache, and that somebody’s mom found the empty box and told that somebody that there are going to be consequences. That somebody is Alexander, and Alexander really hates consequences. So from now on, he is going to try his best to be the Best Boy Ever. For the complete and entire rest of his life. Starting right this very minute. But there are all sorts of things that you can’t do when you’re being the Best Boy Ever. Fun things. Very important things. Things that Alexander might—just might—like a little bit more than he hates consequences.
Alexander Y El Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantaso, Horroroso
by Judith Viorst Alma Flor AdaAlexander se dió cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible couando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor. . . Su mejor amigo lo abandonó. No ten ía postre en su bolsa del almuerzo. <P><P> Y para colmo, había habas verdes en la comida y besos en la televisión! Este cuento clásico de Judith Viorst, ahora en espaí#157;ºíµ» Alexander se dió cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible couando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor. . . Su mejor amigo lo abandonó. No ten ía postre en su bolsa del almuerzo. Y para colmo, había habas verdes en la comida y besos en la televisión! Este cuento clásico de Judith Viorst, ahora en español, será sin lugar a duda del agrado de los lectores de todas las edades, como lo ha sido hasta ahora. =~ sol, será sin lugar a duda del agrado de los lectores de todas las edades, como lo ha sido hasta ahora.
Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates: A Picture Book Parody For Adults
by Rebekah ManleyFollow Alexandra and her adorable French bulldog pup Lottie as Alex goes on 30 dates in 30 days in this charming parody/comedic dating horror story all about dating apps, being stood up, and the other joys of millennial dating culture. Set in the thick of our swipe right society, newly thirty-year-old Alexandra decides she’s got nothing to lose and sets off on a 30-dates-in-30-days adventure. With her trusty French bulldog pup Lottie, Alex experiences the worst of millennial dating culture. From know-it-alls and bores to Mama’s boys and no-shows and everything else in between, you’ll be laughing along with Alex as she searches for love but ultimately discovers something a lot more meaningful. Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates is the perfect gift for anyone who has swiped right, blind dated, or simply been a little bit lost in love at one point in their life.
Alexandra Petri's US History (I Made Up): Important American Documents (i Made Up)
by Alexandra Petri“Satire at the highest level.… [A] godsend of a book.” —Amy Fusselman, Washington Post A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn’t learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we’re going to fail! Maybe it’s time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri’s US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri’s "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past. On Petri’s deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Ayn Rand rewrites The Little Engine That Could. Nikola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain—who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated—offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a "genius,"* a "national treasure,"† and "one of the funniest writers alive"‡. *Olivia Nuzzi, Katha Pollitt †Julia Ioffe, Katy Tur, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Jamil Smith, and Susan Hennessey ‡Randall Munroe
Alexis and the Perfect Recipe
by Coco SimonThe fourth book in Spotlight's fun and delicious tween series is told from the perspective of Alexis, the most organized member of the Cupcake Club. Alexis likes everything to be exact and logical, but she's finding that when it comes to love, there's no room for logic!
Alexis and the Perfect Recipe
by Coco SimonThe fourth book in Spotlight's fun and delicious tween series is told from the perspective of Alexis, the most organized member of the Cupcake Club. Alexis likes everything to be exact and logical, but she's finding that when it comes to love, there's no room for logic!
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
by Fabio BartolomeiA raucous debut novel of organized—and unorganized—crime. “A story that takes itself unseriously enough to be funny” (The Daily Beast, “This Week’s Hot Reads”).Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples.Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance.A “miraculous” Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei’s vivid debut.“An entertaining and humorous debut.” —La Repubblica“A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile.” —Internazionale“Left the kind of smile on my face that doesn’t go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis.” —Valentina Aversano, Setteperuno
Algo así como quererme
by Susana BichoLa primera novela de Susana Bicho: adictiva, emocionante y real. Mina vive en una ciudad de provincias, pero sueña con mudarse a la gran ciudad. Aunque eso suponga dejar la vida que siempre ha conocido, con todo lo que ello conlleva, atrás. Conocer a Julia, una chica con cuya creatividad y desparpajo conecta al instante, le da el impulso que necesita para cumplir su sueño: montar su propia firma de moda en la capital. Pero pronto descubre que la tela con la que están hechas las ilusiones es fina y frágil y, justo cuando todo parece a punto de descoserse, aparece Marcos, que le abrirá las puertas de un mundo que nunca creyó que podría estar a su alcance..., y que tal vez no sea como esperaba. Una historia de superación y crecimiento de alguien que no le tiene miedo a nada. Ni siquiera de aprender a quererse.
Algo auténtico
by Selva Palacios¿Será verdad eso de que los polos opuestos se atraen? Porque cuando el amor es auténtico siempre gana, aunque todo lo demás no lo sea. Leonor de Polanco proviene de una familia bien entre cuyos miembros destacan personajes relevantes de la alta sociedad. Para ella, su carrera profesional es lo más importante, por eso es una mujer de éxito que intenta demostrar constantemente su valía lejos de la sombra de su padre. ¿Por qué entonces acaba dirigiendo el departamento de recursos humanos de Murprisa, una fábrica en Palencia? Por supuesto, la primera vez que la ve, Víctor no se hace esta pregunta. Y no tiene idea de quién es esa preciosidad a la que parece faltarle el aire, pero enseguida lo averiguará. Pronto, no les quedará más remedio que enfrentarse en la sala de juntas. Víctor es el líder del sindicato de Murprisa. Una persona humilde y trabajadora, y a mucha honra. También es un poquito canalla y la vida le ha enseñado a no tomarse las cosas demasiado a pecho. Quizá por eso siempre acaba consiguiendo lo que se propone. Una comedia romántica que se mueve entre dos dualidades continuas. Cuando los secretos de dos personas muy distintas entre sí salen a la luz, no les quedará más remedio que caer rendidos en los brazos del otro.
Algo pasa con Daren (Cinco chicos con suerte #Volumen 3)
by Mayeda LaurensSi te gustaron las historias de Alex y de Lucas... no te puedes perder a Daren.¡Te encantará! ¿Quién no ha tenido alguna vez una aventura con un completo desconocido?Nueva entrega de la serie «Cinco chicos con suerte». Una novela romántica llena sensualidad, suspense, risas y mucho mucho mucho amor. A miles de kilómetros de su casa, el último día de sus vacaciones, Elisa comparte con el hombre de la habitación de al lado algo más que un par de besos ardientes. Sin nombres, sin números de teléfono, sin palabras, sin promesas... Una aventura con un desconocido al que no volverá a ver jamás. A Daren, la reunión de trabajo en el continente vecino le supone más que una agradable estancia y un suculento contrato. Una seductora mujer, de la que ni siquiera llega a conocer su nombre, le procura entre las dunas una experiencia mucho más que excitante. Dos años después, cuando ambos guardan todavía en su memoria la imagen de aquel encuentro, un sexi culotte morado aterriza en el patio del piso de Daren... Un culotte que él recuerda muy bien, y que ella no está dispuesta a perder.
Algo personal
by Vega Fountain¿A la tercera va la vencida? Marina, una joven entusiasta comienza a trabajar como asistente personal en International Logistics, una empresa de transporte internacional. Su función poco o nada tiene que ver con sus conocimientos y podría aportar más a la empresa, pero eso no la frena para intentar desempeñar su trabajo de la mejor manera posible. Lo mejor de todo es que está muy bien remunerado. Los problemas surgen cuando Marina choca continuamente con su jefe. A pesar de tener una edad similar, él es bastante huraño. Siempre está de mal humor y Marina no sabe, en muchas de las ocasiones, cómo tratarlo para no desatar su ira. Es impredecible, vehemente y el mayor escollo que tiene que salvar Marina en su día a día. La situación se hace insostenible y aunque el trabajo es perfecto para ella, decide causar baja en la empresa a pesar de las consecuencias que acarreará. Ese mismo día y ante la partida inminente de Marina, su jefe le formula una pregunta. Marina le insta a repetírsela en dos años. Pasan dos años. Rodrigo se vuelve a encontrar con Marina y vuelve a reformular la pregunta que quedó en suspenso. Marina cree que es todo una broma desagradable del que fue su jefe, además este le hace ver que su futuro no es tan prometedor como se suponía. Con la vida patas arriba, Marina decide recapacitar acerca de su futuro. ¿Estará Rodrigo en él? ¿Cuántas oportunidades le dará la vida?
Alguém que me cale: As entranhas de quem tem tanto medo que já nem se assusta
by Joana GamaJoana Gama Freire é boa em tudo o que faz: rádio, televisão e agora a escrita. Um livro feito de amor, sexo e ansiedade. Amor. Sexo. Maternidade. Amor. Amor outra vez. Medo. Ansiedade. Amor. Morte. Insegurança. Amor. E mais uma vez o amor. Joana Gama Freire pegou nas suas entranhas e pô-las cá para fora para que as pudessem ver. Sozinha, propôs-se a abrir uma janela no coração e no cérebro para que o leitor possa espreitar à vontade. "Só agora, aos trinta e três, me estou a aperceber de que tudo o que sinto e quero é legítimo desde que não interfira com a liberdade dos outros. Não tenho de estar espartilhada por aquilo que acho que os meus pais querem que eu seja por lhes ser mais confortável ou por aquilo que eu sinto que deveria ser por talvez ser capaz de o fazer. Quero cuspir-me, só. Ver onde é que isto vai dar. Sinto que todos nós talvez devêssemos cuspir-nos mais, sem merdas associadas. " Neste livro Joana aborda temas difíceis e ainda tabu em pequenas crónicas escritas de uma forma crua, despretensiosa e verdadeira, com medo de falhar e de se expor, mas com coragem suficiente para avançar, palavra a palavra, frase a frase, por vezes com humor, outras com lágrimas, mas sempre intensas e pessoais.
Algy's Amazing Adventures at Sea (Early Reader)
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.There are lots of things Algy doesn't like. He doesn't like bright colours. He doesn't like birds. But at the top of the list of things he doesn't like is the sea.So when Algy, his best friend Cherry and her little brother Brad discover that the shed at the bottom of the garden is taking them on an ocean adventure, he isn't very pleased. But will the sea turn out to be more fun than Algy always thought it was?
Algy's Amazing Adventures in Space (Early Reader)
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.What's waiting for Algy at the bottom of his garden this time? With his best friend Cherry and her little brother Brad, Algy opens the loose board at the back of his garden shed - to find himself in space! Cherry and Brad are really excited, but Algy's not so sure. Space seems very dangerous. Will he enjoy his latest adventure or not?
Algy's Amazing Adventures in the Arctic
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Algy can't wait to see what world is waiting for him at the bottom of the garden this time. But when his best friend Cherry shows up with her little brother Brad in tow, he is not impressed. Everyone knows small children just cry and break other people's toys. What use is Brad going to be on an adventure?But in a snowy Arctic world, where monsters lurk and giant footprints lead into the mountains, Algy discovers there might be more to Brad than meets the eye.
Algy's Amazing Adventures in the Arctic (Early Reader)
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Algy can't wait to see what world is waiting for him at the bottom of the garden this time. But when his best friend Cherry shows up with her little brother Brad in tow, he is not impressed. Everyone knows small children just cry and break other people's toys. What use is Brad going to be on an adventure?But in a snowy Arctic world, where monsters lurk and giant footprints lead into the mountains, Algy discovers there might be more to Brad than meets the eye.
Algy's Amazing Adventures in the Jungle
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.There are lots of things Algy doesn't like - top of the list is his own name. Algernon is just weird. Pugh sounds a bit like - well, never mind. Other things on his list include: Girls, the Dark, and Having Adventures. So imagine Algy's surprise when he finds a jungle at the bottom of the garden of his new house! And imagine his irritation when his annoying next door neighbour, Cherry - yes, a GIRL - wants to come and explore it with him. She'll only giggle and whisper if he doesn't go with her. But will they ever make it home again?
Algy's Amazing Adventures in the Jungle (Early Reader)
by Kaye UmanskyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.There are lots of things Algy doesn't like - top of the list is his own name. Algernon is just weird. Pugh sounds a bit like - well, never mind. Other things on his list include: Girls, the Dark, and Having Adventures. So imagine Algy's surprise when he finds a jungle at the bottom of the garden of his new house! And imagine his irritation when his annoying next door neighbour, Cherry - yes, a GIRL - wants to come and explore it with him. She'll only giggle and whisper if he doesn't go with her. But will they ever make it home again?
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales
by Ali WentworthGrowing up in a family of political journalists-and daughter of President Reagan's White House social secretary-Ali Wentworth rebelled against her blue-blood upbringing, embracing Hollywood, motorcycles, even a few wildly inappropriate marriage proposals. Today she is an acclaimed comedic actress and writer, former Oprah regular, wife of political and media star George Stephanopoulos, and a mother who lets her two girls eat cotton candy before bed. Though she's settled down, her rebellious nature thrives in her comedy and her view of her crazy world. In this addictively funny and warm memoir, she takes us through the looking glass and into the wonderland of her life, from a childhood among Washington's elite to a stint in the psych ward they called a New England prep school; days doing L.A. sketch comedy (with then-aspiring artists Will Ferrell and Lisa Kudrow) to a series of spectacularly failed loves (that eventually led her to Mr. Right). Constant throughout is her mother, Muffie-a flawlessly elegant yet firm, no-nonsense force of nature and pure WASP convictions. As charming and off-the-wall as Ali herself, Ali in Wonderland is an entertaining look at life that is both intimate and hilarious.
Alice Brown's Lessons in the Curious Art of Dating
by Eleanor PrescottLooking for love? Call in the expert. Alice Brown is a matchmaker extraordinaire. She has never, ever failed to find her clients the man of their dreams, and she doesn't intend to start now. As she tells her clients: Life's more exciting when you let yourself be surprised. But Alice's latest client Kate is proving her biggest challenge yet. Kate is a on a mission: she wants the perfect man. Trouble is, Kate could find fault with George Clooney and reject Johnny Depp. Will Kate be the first client for whom Alice fails to find love? Truth is, Alice has failed once before - she is the one person who remains resolutely single. In helping Kate, will she finally learn to take her own advice too?
Alice Brown's Lessons in the Curious Art of Dating
by Eleanor PrescottLooking for love? Call in the expert. Alice Brown is a matchmaker extraordinaire. She has never, ever failed to find her clients the man of their dreams, and she doesn't intend to start now. As she tells her clients: Life's more exciting when you let yourself be surprised. But Alice's latest client Kate is proving her biggest challenge yet. Kate is a on a mission: she wants the perfect man. Trouble is, Kate could find fault with George Clooney and reject Johnny Depp. Will Kate be the first client for whom Alice fails to find love? Truth is, Alice has failed once before - she is the one person who remains resolutely single. In helping Kate, will she finally learn to take her own advice too?
Alice in Blunderland
by John Kendrick BangsJohn Kendrick Bangs takes Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and turns it into a political satire in many ways as fresh, keen and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.
Alice in Brexitland
by Lucien Young Leavis CarrollLying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts...She meets such characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone; Humpty Trumpty, perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for; the Cheshire Twat, who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining; and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness, who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit. Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense?