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Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, and So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
by Richard BrautiganThree masterpieces by &“the counterculture&’s Mark Twain,&” collected in one volume, including the &“lost chapters&” of Trout Fishing in America (The New York Times Book Review). An author who began his career handing out his work on the streets of San Francisco and went on to become an underground icon of the 1960s and &’70s before his tragic suicide, Richard Brautigan gained a unique literary reputation for such works as In Watermelon Sugar as well as for his gentle spirit, satirical wit, and whimsical, elliptical style. This volume includes three of his most prominent works: Revenge of the Lawn: Originally published in 1971, these bizarre flashes of insight and humor cover everything from &“A High Building in Singapore&” to the &“Perfect California Day.&” This is Brautigan&’s only collection of stories and includes &“The Lost Chapters of Trout Fishing in America.&” The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966: A public library in California where none of the books have ever been published is full of romantic possibilities. But when the librarian and his girlfriend must travel to Tijuana, they have a series of strange encounters in Brautigan&’s 1971 novel. So the Wind Won&’t Blow It All Away: It is 1979, and a man is recalling the events of his twelfth summer, when he bought bullets for his gun instead of a hamburger. Written just before his death, and published in 1982, this novel foreshadowed Brautigan&’s suicide. &“It&’s very hard to label his work. Fairytale meets beat meets counterculture? Surrealism meets folk meets scat? The writing is bursting with colour, humour and imagery, mental flights of fancy, crazed and lurid details. . . . The more you read, the less there seem to be regulations and governing forces, ways of qualifying Brautigan. The mind of the author is simply too unbound, too childlike in its enormous, regenerative capacity to imagine.&” —The Guardian
Revenge of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps HorrorLand #1)
by R. L. StineGoosebumps now on Disney+!Britney Crosby thinks her cousin Ethan is pretty weird-and she happens to be right. Ethan won't stop tormenting Britney with an old ventriloquist's dummy. And the puppet has plans for Britney, too!Next, someone will be offered a vacation at a popular "scream park." An entire week for free? You'd have to be a real dummy to refuse that! But some guests aren't allowed to escape HorrorLand after just six days and seven frights...
Revenge of the Living Ted (Living Ted #2)
by Barry HutchisonThe bears are back for revenge in the sequel to Night of the Living Ted...and they're far from cute and cuddly!Just when Lisa Marie and Vernon think they've seen the last of the evil teddy bear Grizz, he's back...for revenge! He has a new army of stuffed friends and a plan for world domination...Can Lisa Marie and Vernon save the world again...and before bedtime?
Revenge of the Lunch Ladies: The Hilarious Book of School Poetry (Giggle Poetry)
by Kenn Nesbitt Mike Gordon Carl GordonThe lunch ladies will finally have their revenge! From the lunch ladies getting back at kids who complain about cafeteria food, to principals who disappear into thin air, school has never been so funny. Revenge of the Lunch Ladies is sure to keep the laughs coming with each giggle-packed page. Kenn Nesbitt has created forty-five silly poems and songs all about school. By night, Kenn Nesbitt is a genius criminal mastermind whose work is so secret, even he doesn't know what it is. By day, he is a masked crimefighter whose sworn duty is to defeat his own diabolical plots. When not saving the world from himself, Kenn Nesbitt can be found writing funny poetry at poetry4kids.com and visiting schools nationwide. The lunch ladies will finally have their revenge! From the lunch ladies getting back at kids who complain about cafeteria food, to principals who disappear into thin air, school has never been so funny. Revenge of the Lunch Ladies is sure to keep the laughs coming with each giggle-packed page. Kenn Nesbitt has created forty-five silly poems and songs all about school. Following the success of When the Teacher Isn't Looking, this book combines Nesbitt's talent and sense of humor to deliver a knee-slapping collection. If silly principals and crazy lunch ladies don't have you laughing, a science project that ate the student's dog will!
Revenge of the One-Trick Pony (Xander and the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns)
by Matthew K. ManningThe secret of the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns is out and that makes Xander Stone sick! Twelve-year-old Xander is the only person on Earth who knows about the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns. Except, of course, for a rich and crazy billionaire who will stop at nothing to capture these zombielike, upchucking creatures and get even richer and crazier!
Revenge of the Paste Eaters: Memoirs of a Misfit
by Cheryl PeckThe author of "Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs" is back with a funny and poignant new collection of personal stories about growing up a misfit.
Revenge of the Scapegoat
by Caren BeilinFrom the author of Blackfishing the IUD, a darkly hilarious novel about familial trauma, chronic illness, academic labor, and contemporary art. In the tradition of Rabelais, Swift, and Fran Ross—the tradition of biting satire that joyfully embraces the strange and fantastical—and drawing upon documentary strategies from Sheila Heti, Caren Beilin offers a tale of familial trauma that is also a broadly inclusive skewering of academia, the medical industry, and the contemporary art scene.One day Iris, an adjunct at a city arts college, receives a terrible package: recently unearthed letters that her father had written to her in her teens, in which he blames her for their family&’s crises. Driven by the raw fact of receiving these devastating letters not once but twice in a lifetime, and in a panic of chronic pain brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, Iris escapes to the countryside—or some absurdist version of it. Nazi cows, Picassos used as tampons, and a pair of arthritic feet that speak in the voices of Flaubert&’s Bouvard and Pécuchet are standard fare in this beguiling novel of odd characters, surprising circumstances, and intuitive leaps, all brought together in profoundly serious ways.
Revenge of the Scorpion King: Revenge of the Scorpion King (Underworlds #3)
by Tony AbbottAn action-packed, mythological chapter book series from Tony Abbott!The underworlds are rising -- and no one is safe.Loki is waging war, and Pinewood Bluffs is about to become his battlefield. Owen, Dana, Jon, and Sydney know they have to stop him. They'll do whatever it takes.But when they stow away in Loki's sledge and emerge in a new, mysterious underworld they know nothing about, things get complicated. The Babylonian underworld is dark as night and full of vicious monsters, including the dreaded Scorpion King. Will Owen and his friends ever make it back to Pinewood Bluffs?
Revenge of the Snob Squad
by Julie Anne PetersWhen the relay race teams are chosen in gym class, it's clear that one team doesn't have a chance of winning: Jenny is more interested in eating candy than running around a track; Prairie has a bad leg; Lydia is a complete klutz; and Max is, well, Max. But together, they proudly dub themselves the 'Snob Squad' and vow revenge on their arch enemies, the Neon Nikes, headed by the principal's spoiled daughter, Ashley Krupps. As the Snob Squad members band together to thwart the Neon Nikes, they realize that their greatest weapon might not be as out of reach as they think.
Revenge of the Spellmans: Document #3 (The Spellman Series #3)
by Lisa LutzFrom the award-winning author of The Passenger comes the third novel in the hilarious Spellman Files mystery series featuring Isabel &“Izzy&” Spellman (part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry) and her highly functioning yet supremely dysfunctional family of private investigators.Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the couch—in courtordered therapy after getting a little too close to her previous subject, leaving Izzy on hiatus from Spellman Inc. But when her boss, Milo, simultaneously cuts her bartending hours and introduces her to a &“friend&” looking for a private eye, Izzy reluctantly finds herself with a new client. She assures herself that the case—a suspicious husband who wants his wife tailed—will be short and sweet, and will involve nothing more than the most boring of PI rituals: surveillance. But with each passing hour, Izzy finds herself with more questions than hard evidence. Meanwhile, Spellmania continues. Izzy&’s brother, David, the family&’s most upright member, has adopted an uncharacteristically unkempt appearance and attitude toward work, life, and Izzy. And their wayward youngest sister, Rae, a historic academic underachiever, aces the PSATs and subsequently offends her study partner and object of obsession, Detective Henry Stone, to the point of excommunication. The only unsurprising behavior comes from her parents, whose visits to Milo&’s bar amount to thinly veiled surveillance and artful attempts (read: blackmail) at getting Izzy to return to the Spellman Inc. fold. As the case of the wayward wife continues to vex her, Izzy&’s personal life—and mental health—seem to be disintegrating. Facing a housing crisis, she can&’t sleep, she can&’t remember where she parked her car, and, despite her shrinks&’ (yes, plural) persistence, she can&’t seem to break through in her appointments. She certainly can&’t explain why she forgets dates with her lawyer&’s grandson, or fails to interpret the come-ons issued in an Irish brogue by Milo&’s new bartender. Nor can she explain exactly how she feels about Detective Henry Stone and his plans to move in with his new Assistant DA girlfriend. Filled with the signature side-splitting Spellman antics, Revenge of the Spellmans is an ingenious, hilarious, and disarmingly tender installment in the Spellman series.
Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (Meg Langslow #3)
by Donna AndrewsMurder and fun at a Virginia craft fair and battle re-enactment.
Revenge of the Zombie Monks (An Unofficial Graphic Novel for Minecrafters #2)
by Cara J. StevensOne in a series of unofficial graphic novels for MinecraftThe sequel to Megan Miller’s Quest for the Golden AppleFollows Phoenix and her new friends as they fight to save Xenos from zombie monks <P><P>Phoenix, Wolfie, and their friends are back in this exciting second part of the Unofficial Graphic Novel for Minecrafters series! Past the walls of their monastery, the monks of Xenos grow enchanted golden apples for their neighbor villagers. As readers learn in Quest for the Golden Apple, these golden apples have magical healing abilities and have the power to keep the villagers save. The monks also have and protect the knowledge that connects Xenos to her sister worlds. This knowledge keeps Xenos and her citizens safe. But when the monks are zombified, Xenos’s citizens need a new hero. Following the design of zombie comics and Minecraft comics, follow Phoenix and her friends as they fight to save the citizens and monks of Xenos. But Phoenix and her crew of heroes have no idea and do not suspect the culprit behind this disaster—an incredibly powerful foe who will do anything to keep Phoenix from saving her world. The following three books in this series—Chasing Herobrine, The Ender Eye Prophecy, and Battle for the Dragon’s Temple—continue the adventures of Phoenix and are written by Cara J. Stevens. This book is sure to delight fans of both authors, graphic novels, and Minecraft. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. In particular, this adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Reverse Your Bad Karma
by Elle DorightGet rid of bad karma for good! Let's face it: with temptations lurking around every corner, it's damn near impossible to be on your best behavior all the time. Now, with this book, you can spare yourself future misery with charitable deeds that offset any negative karmic effect. It doesn't matter if you didn't replace the toilet paper when you finished the roll or caused the collapse of the Euro, a simple flip of the page to any rude, lewd, or just plain mean act grants you a redeeming task to retract your wrongdoing. That's right--this book is filled with hundreds of actions guaranteed to bring good karma and erase the repercussions of your dishonorable behavior. So whether you cut in line at the DMV, "forgot" to recycle, or pushed an annoying commuter out of a fast-moving subway car, you will rest easy knowing that all your bad deeds will go unpunished.
Reverse Your Bad Karma
by Elle DorightGet rid of bad karma for good! Let's face it: with temptations lurking around every corner, it's damn near impossible to be on your best behavior all the time. Now, with this book, you can spare yourself future misery with charitable deeds that offset any negative karmic effect. It doesn't matter if you didn't replace the toilet paper when you finished the roll or caused the collapse of the Euro, a simple flip of the page to any rude, lewd, or just plain mean act grants you a redeeming task to retract your wrongdoing. That's right--this book is filled with hundreds of actions guaranteed to bring good karma and erase the repercussions of your dishonorable behavior. So whether you cut in line at the DMV, "forgot" to recycle, or pushed an annoying commuter out of a fast-moving subway car, you will rest easy knowing that all your bad deeds will go unpunished.
Reverse Your Bad Karma: The Good Thing to Do for the Bad Thing You Did
by Elle DorightGet rid of bad karma for good!Let's face it: with temptations lurking around every corner, it's damn near impossible to be on your best behavior all the time. Now, with this book, you can spare yourself future misery with charitable deeds that offset any negative karmic effect.It doesn't matter if you didn't replace the toilet paper when you finished the roll or caused the collapse of the Euro, a simple flip of the page to any rude, lewd, or just plain mean act grants you a redeeming task to retract your wrongdoing. That's right--this book is filled with hundreds of actions guaranteed to bring good karma and erase the repercussions of your dishonorable behavior.So whether you cut in line at the DMV, "forgot" to recycle, or pushed an annoying commuter out of a fast-moving subway car, you will rest easy knowing that all your bad deeds will go unpunished.
Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris #4)
by Jim C. HinesFinal book in genre-bending urban fantasy series by Hugo Award-winning author Jim C. Hines "Superior worldbuilding." --Charlaine Harris * "Really, really clever." --Patrick Rothfuss * "Magic librarian and ass-kicking dryad adventure story we've all been waiting for." --Seanan McGuire When Isaac Vainio helped to reveal magic to the world, he dreamed of a utopian future, a new millennium of magical prosperity. One year later, things aren't going quite as he'd hoped. An organization known as Vanguard, made up of magical creatures and ex-Porters, wants open war with the mundane world. Isaac's own government is incarcerating "potential supernatural enemies" in prisons and internment camps. And Isaac finds himself targeted by all sides. It's a war that will soon envelop the world, and the key to victory may lie with Isaac himself, as he struggles to incorporate everything he's learned into a new, more powerful form of libriomancy. Surrounded by betrayal and political intrigue, Isaac and a ragtag group of allies must evade pursuit both magical and mundane, expose a conspiracy by some of the most powerful people in the world, and find a path to a better future. But what will that futures cost Isaac and the ones he loves?From the Hardcover edition.
Revolt in 2100 (Gateway Essentials #483)
by Robert A. HeinleinAfter the fall of the American Ayatollahs (as foretold in "Stranger in a Strange Land") there is a Second American Revolution; for the first time in human history there is a land with Liberty and Justice for All.
Revolting Rhymers: Competition Winners
by Quentin BlakeThe Winning Entries of the most REVOLTING Poetry Competition!To celebrate the BBC's new two-part animation of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, the Roald Dahl Literary Estate launched a poetry competition with a twist, asking chiddlers far and wide to submit their most revolting - and humorous rhymes. We were inundated with thousands of disgusterous entries! To discover our winners, we waded through burps, farts and rotten eggs; bogies, vile stew and goo to find the funniest and most revolting specimens. This eBook contains the crème de la phlegm-hand picked by children's author, songwriter and McFly frontman, Tom Fletcher, and Wales's Children's Poet Laureate, Anni Llyn. A huge thank you to our revolting partners Puffin Books, the National Literacy Trust, Literature Wales, Magic Light, and the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre for all their help and support!
Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp
by C. D. PayneMove over Bridget Jones. Nick Twisp is back. In Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp America's own comic diarist returns with more riotous adventures through the land mines of 21st century adolescence. This sequel to C. D. Payne's epic-length first-novel Youth in Revolt finds love-struck Nick Twisp still on the lam from the law and his parents. Our 14-year-old hero (and his multiplying alter egos) now must battle blizzards, back-stabbing aliens, vengeful parents, and school officials determined to schedule him into girls' gym. He conspires to play cupid, journeys south of the border on a secret mission, takes some gunplay lessons from his distraught mom, and still finds time to confide all to his diary while inadvertently wreaking havoc in cyberspace. First self-published by the author in 1993 and released by Doubleday in 1995, Youth in Revolt has been hailed by many readers as the funniest novel they've ever read. Several critics have compared it to A Confederacy of Dunces.
Revoltosa Recoletas en busca de la poción morritos
by Revoltosa Recoletas¡Llega el libro de Revoltosa Recoletas! ¡ATENCIÓN! REVOLTOSA RECOLETAS ESTÁ E N A M O R A D A Su amor es Peter Pan con Queso, pero su amor no está enamorado de ella. No hay problema: existe una SOLUCIÓN REVOLTOSA para TODO... ¡y la POCIÓN MORRITOS hace que cualquiera se enamore! LES ESPERAN DESASTRES ABSOLUTOS... ¡PERO TAMBIÉN MUCHAS RISAS! ¿Conseguirán Revoltosa, Carla y Malena encontrar la POCIÓN... y el AMOR? ¡VIVA LA DIVERSIÓN Y VIVA LA PANDILLA REVOLTOSA!
Revolución 2035
by Pablo AgustínEl primer libro de Pablo Agustín, una ficción tan irónica y controversial como él mismo, pero a la vez un aspecto diferente de lo que se conoce de él hasta ahora. Transcurre el año 2035 y la Argentina es totalmente distinta a como la conocemos. Los diferentes virus y las crisis económicas y sociales la convirtieron en un caos. Ahora está dividida en comunidades cerradas, establecidas por los niveles socioeconómicos y bajo el dominio de un gobierno corrupto y despótico, pero los exponentes más relevantes de las redes sociales se unen en una lucha clandestina para convocar a una rebelión que cambie todo nuevamente.
Revolución en sepia
by Valentin TrujilloCon mirada inteligente e irónica, esta novela se plantea una realidad posible, alternativa, que habilita a la relectura de los confusos hechos que conmovieron al Río de la Plata bajo el fuego espiritual de una década candente. Montevideo, finales de los años sesenta. Mariano es el hijo acomodado de un ministro del gobierno y su futuro parece asegurado, pero su única obsesión es la música que está revolucionando el mundo a partir de los Beatles. Toca la guitarra, compone sus canciones y las canta en un grupo llamado Los Shepards. La incorporación a la banda de Alberto termina de delinear una dupla interpretativa imbatible,que parece destinada al éxito. Pero su rol en Los Shepards es la fachada de intenciones secretas, que se conectan con los movimientos clandestinos. Sin embargo, al comenzar los ensayos con la banda y reforzar sus vínculos con Mariano, Alberto se enfrentará a la disyuntiva espiritual entre el arte y la revolución; dos versiones del mismo afán. Enfrentado a la decisión entre cambiar el mundo con las armas o con la guitarra, la situación dará un vuelco inesperado, desbaratando los planes originales y conduciendo la trama hacia un escenario delirante e impredecible. Con mirada inteligente e irónica, esta novela se plantea una realidad posible, alternativa, que habilita a la relectura de los confusos hechos que conmovieron al Río de la Plata bajo el fuego espiritual de una década candente.
Revolution
by Russell BrandNATIONAL BESTSELLERWe all know the system isn't working. Our governments are corrupt and the opposing parties pointlessly similar. Our culture is filled with vacuity and pap, and we are told there's nothing we can do: "It's just the way things are." In this book, Russell Brand hilariously lacerates the straw men and paper tigers of our conformist times and presents, with the help of experts as diverse as Thomas Piketty and George Orwell, a vision for a fairer, sexier society that's fun and inclusive. You have been lied to, told there's no alternative, no choice, and that you don't deserve any better. Brand destroys this illusory facade as amusingly and deftly as he annihilates Morning Joe anchors, Fox News fascists, and BBC stalwarts. This book makes revolution not only possible but inevitable and fun.
Rewind It Back: The brand new 2025 sports romance from the bestselling author of MILE HIGH: with second-chance romance, found family, and a lot of spice…
by Liz TomfordeIT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE WINDY CITY SERIES, AND SO FAR, READERS ARE OBSESSED...🌶️AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW🌶️'SWEET MOTHER. . . literally left a mark on my soul'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I laughed and cried and swooned'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I can't believe it's over. I want to turn back to page 1 and start all over again'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Each and every book in this series has left an imprint on my heart' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I lost count of the amount of times this book made me cry' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'They have quite literally stolen my heart and I am totally okay with that' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The spice was spicin and the romance was *chef's kiss*' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book took my heart, shattered it, healed it and embedded it back in my chest' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐HALLIEWhen I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts.Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I'm assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job...It's his house.But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can't even stand to be in the same room?I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore.RIOI never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore.That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I've kept secret for years.You see, there's something that my friends don't know.That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find . . . I had already found her when I was twelve years old.And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door.Again.Rewind It Back is the fifth and FINAL book in the sensational Windy City series which has gripped over a million readers across the world. But don't worry if you're new round here, you'll still love it as a standalone!
Reynard the Fox: Tales from the life of Reynard the Fox
by Renate Raecke"A collection of folktales at their absolute best" (Elizabeth Bird, SLJ.com) about a legendary scoundrel, brought to new life through Renate Raecke's lively retelling and Jonas Lauströer's expressive illustrations.Reynard the Fox has been a staple trickster character of European literature since at least the Middle Ages. The tales of his schemes have been told many times, and he always manages to win readers' sympathies. Reynard is a rascal, a ne'er-do-well. While we may suffer from his pranks, at the same time we smile at the shrewd thinking through which he escapes hopeless situations. In this expertly retold version, the classic tales of Reynard's exploits find a new life. They speak to us now as much as ever, for who among us doesn't know a Reynard-like figure in our lives?