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Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-path Adventure
by Ryan North'Ridiculously fun . . . It is as hilarious and funny and strange as you would imagine . . . fantastic' BookRiot'Witty, relevant and endlessly entertaining' CultureflyWhat if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? In this New York Times bestselling version of Romeo and Juliet, you get to choose where the story goes. Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns and more than a billion possible storylines, Romeo and/or Juliet offers a new experience every time you read it. And, as an added bonus, all the different endings feature beautiful and quirky illustrations by some of the best artists working today, including New York Times bestsellers Kate Beaton, Noelle Stevenson, Randall Munroe, and Jon Klassen.Whatever your adventure, you're guaranteed to find lots of romance, epic fight scenes and plenty of questionable decision-making by highly emotional teens.'Shakespeare with even more sex, cryptography, time travel and alternate endings than the original! Ryan North is the only writer I know who's smart enough and funny enough to pull this off' Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy
Romeow and Juliet (Classic Tails 3): Beautifully illustrated classics, as told by the finest breeds!
by William Eliza GarrettCLASSIC TAILS - the greatest works of literature, as told by the finest breedsWe all have our favourite classic tales; books that have been beloved to us since childhood, whose wonderful stories and rich tapestry of characters are unsurpassed in modern literature. How, you may ask, could these marvellous works ever be improved upon?Reader, ask no more...for we present Romeow and JulietYou've never read Shakespeare like this, till now: / The tragedy of Juliet, and her Romeow.In fair Purrona, two furry families, the Montamews and the Cattulets, are at war. But when Romeow, the son of Montamew, crashes a Cattulet party, he falls in love with his enemy's daughter, Juliet. So begins the tale of two star-crossed kitties, who must defy this feline feud to live - and tragically die - together.What readers are saying about Romeow and Juliet:'A light-hearted catty take on Romeo and Juliet - a great one to pick up for Christmas!' 'This is such a beautiful and wonderful book to own and perfect for anyone, no matter if you've read Shakespeare of not!' '5 stars. Loving this - and the other books in the series'
Romeow and Juliet: Beautifully illustrated classics, as told by the finest breeds! (Classic Tails)
by William Shakespeare GarrettCLASSIC TAILS - the greatest works of literature, as told by the finest breedsWe all have our favourite classic tales; books that have been beloved to us since childhood, whose wonderful stories and rich tapestry of characters are unsurpassed in modern literature. How, you may ask, could these marvellous works ever be improved upon?Reader, ask no more...for we present Romeow and JulietYou've never read Shakespeare like this, till now: / The tragedy of Juliet, and her Romeow.In fair Purrona, two furry families, the Montamews and the Cattulets, are at war. But when Romeow, the son of Montamew, crashes a Cattulet party, he falls in love with his enemy's daughter, Juliet. So begins the tale of two star-crossed kitties, who must defy this feline feud to live - and tragically die - together.What readers are saying about Romeow and Juliet:'A light-hearted catty take on Romeo and Juliet - a great one to pick up for Christmas!' 'This is such a beautiful and wonderful book to own and perfect for anyone, no matter if you've read Shakespeare of not!' '5 stars. Loving this - and the other books in the series'
Romi Ron, la última y nos vamos, corazón (Ebrias de amor #Volumen 2)
by Isabel JennerEn esta nueva y divertida serie, creada por cinco autoras de Selecta, encontraréis la historia de seis mujeres atípicas y un poco locas que se reúnen para tomar una copa, o dos, o tres..., y hablar de todo un poco. ¡Os invitamos a conocernos en el grupo de los Jueves Borrosos! ¿Estáis preparados para reír y enamoraros con Romi? ¡Agarrad una copa y sentaos a disfrutar! Romina Avellaneda es estilista profesional, excéntrica habitual y orgullosa integrante del grupo JB, en el que seis amigas se reúnen cada jueves por la noche para hacer que su existencia sea un poco más borrosa e infinitamente más feliz. Y, aunque Romi es alegre por naturaleza, esas noches de risas y complicidad son justo lo que necesita después de separarse de su novio, un cafre alérgico al compromiso, tras doce años de relación. No le vendría mal una temporada sinun hombre cerca, pero el destino tiene su propio sentido del humor y está empeñado en que Romi se cruce (se enrede, choque y explote) con el turco del momento, Kerem Sunay. Kerem ha logrado lo que llevaba tiempo buscando, que su fama como actor traspase las fronteras de Turquía y conseguir así un trabajo en una película española para regresar al país que lo conquistó en sus años de estudiante. Pero, desde que pone un pie en el aeropuerto de Barajas, las cosas se tuercen sin control. Las calamidades se encadenan y conoce a la mujer más extraña y provocadora del planeta (aunque él también tiene sus buenas dosis de ambas). Romi y Kerem descubrirán que les va a costar mucho mantenerse alejados el uno del otro, no solo por las circunstancias que los rodean, sino por lo mucho que se atraen, y estarán más pegados que la miel al hojaldre de un baklava. Acompañados por las chicas del JB, serán los protagonistas de una comedia sexy, con un toque exótico y rebosante de diversión... y amor. Ruth M. Lerga ha dicho sobre la serie...«Preparaos para una sesión de carcajadas, "Ebrias de amor" es el resultado del ingenio de cinco autoras de gran calidad que han aunado sus esfuerzos, su ilusión y su sentido del humor para regalarnos seis novelas donde la amistad, el alcohol y el amor nos sirven un cóctel inolvidable; un proyecto posible gracias a horas de dedicación, risas... ¡y algún que otro chupito!».
Ronald Reagan, My Father: Stories
by Brian Joseph DavisShort stories from an author with &“a roomy imagination, big appetite for the absurd, healthy sense of humor, [and] heightened sense for the telling detail&” (Telegraph-Journal). The elderly take to the streets at night for illegal and cathartic electric scooter racing. A copy editor suffers brain damage from West Nile virus and is suddenly filled with cannibalistic violence and award-winning minimalist poetry. Mayor McCheese visits a sexually repressed British couple in the early 1970s and touches their lives forever. A Texas doctor transplants the mind of a meth-addicted convict into the body of a suburban web developer. Startlingly original, marked by vivid characters and a rich pop-culture sensibility, the short fiction in Ronald Reagan, My Father offer a bleakly hilarious vision that&’s both human and uncanny.
Ronan the Librarian
by Tara Luebbe Becky CattieThis humorous picture book from sister duo Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie and illustrator Victoria Maderna follows Ronan the Barbarian as he grows from being just a rough-and-tumble warrior to Ronan the Librarian--a rough-and-tumble warrior who loves books. Ronan was a mighty barbarian.He invaded. He raided. And back home, he traded.He always found the greatest treasures.Until one day, Ronan found something no barbarian wants:A BOOK.At first, his fellow barbarians are skeptical of his newfound passion for reading, but in the end, even they aren't immune to the charms of a good book.
Ronda de Noche (Mundodisco #Volumen 29)
by Terry PratchettRonda de noche, para muchos la mejor novela de Terry Pratchett, es la historia de una revuelta en clave Mundodisco. Con altercados, disturbios, barricadas y una República Popular. Con granujillas, damas de afecto negociable, rebeldes, policía secreta y otros hijos de la revolución. Sam Vimes, de la Guardia Nocturna de Ankh-Morpork, lo tenía todo. Pero ahora una tormenta lo ha enviado de regreso a su tumultuoso y violento pasado. Vivir en el pasado resulta duro, aunque morir allí sea increíblemente sencillo. Vimes debe sobrevivir a toda costa, porque tiene trabajo por delante: calzarse unas botas de suelas desgastadas para seguir la pista a un asesino maníaco, enseñar a ser un buen poli al joven que él mismo fue y, sobre todo, cambiar el final de una revolución sangrienta. Solo hay un problema: si lo hace bien, puede perder a su esposa, al hijo que está por nacer y todo su futuro. Reseña:«Ronda de noche trasciende el género de la literatura fantástica gracias a su ironía y a unos personajes que rehúyen cualquier estereotipo.»The New York Times
Roofworld
by Christopher FowlerThere’s a hidden battleground in the sky—so says this classic novel from the award-winning author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit mysteries featuring Bryant & May. You’ll never look at a roof the same way again. . . . Welcome to Roofworld. High above London’s teeming streets exists a timeless universe with laws and codes known only to itself, suspended by a complex system of cables and wires. Two rival factions wrestle for control of this elevated realm—and eventually the city below. When a beautiful, feisty amateur photographer named Rose and a shy, cynical screenwriter named Robert witness a kidnapping on a London roof, they figure it’s an isolated incident. But after strange rooftop murders are reported almost daily, they have to know more. In their clumsy efforts to understand, they’re caught up in an intense power struggle between the forces of good and a power-mad tyrant manipulating society’s most hopeless citizens. Rose and Robert have a part to play in a war that’s nearly invisible from the ground—and nothing less than world domination is at stake. Look for Christopher Fowler’s fantasy and horror classics, now available as ebooks: CALABASH | DISTURBIA | PSYCHOVILLE | RED GLOVES | ROOFWORLD | SPANKY
Rookie Cop
by Nikki BenjaminWHO’D LEFT A BABY ON HER DOORSTEP?And what was solitary, small-town schoolteacher Megan Cahill to do? Naturally, she’d nurture the abandoned infant. But she’d need the police to help locate the real mom...before the tiny mite wiggled its way into her empty heart.Trouble was, the handsome lawman Megan summoned proved to be her ex-husband-the once-beloved man who’d shattered her most cherished dreams. Worse, working closely with Jake, watching his muscular arms cradle the precious infant, evoked powerful, passionate longings for the love they’d lost. But could one sweet baby heal their painful past and forge them a new future-as a family-forever?
Rookie Mistakes: A Grown-Up's Field Guide for Getting Your Act Together
by Kelly BandasIn her highly anticipated nonfiction debut, comedian Kelly Bandas uses her trademark humor to recount stories of growing up and becoming a semifunctional adult in a dysfunctional world.Raised in a devoutly Catholic home, Kelly Bandas spent her entire childhood trying hard not to tick off &“the man&” or the Lord. And for the most part, she crushed it. But as she got older and began to navigate what it looked like to truly live in a world where gender roles, race, and politics weren&’t always so black and white, Kelly realized that her former worldview was beginning to feel like that pair of Forever 21 jeans that used to glide effortlessly over her hips but now required a lot of stretching and acrobatic maneuvering to shimmy into place. And she&’s not alone. In Rookie Mistakes, Kelly shares stories of growing up in a church-centered, male-dominated society and how those experiences shaped and primed her for a new chapter of life. In this debut collection of essays, Kelly shares:Funny, fast-paced, and uplifting stories Encouragement for women who are tired of feeling like they will never measure up—and kind of don&’t want to anywayInspiration to find your voice, your power, and your people Kelly shares everything from laugh-out-loud accounts of Oregon Trail-themed first kisses to heartfelt insights gleaned from navigating life as a Christian feminist doing her best not to screw up being a parent of a child with a disability, in a trans-racial family.Rookie Mistakes is the call-to-action millennial women everywhere have been waiting for.
Room For A Single Lady
by Clare Boylan'A sharp eye for detail that makes reading Boylan's work such a pleasure' Sunday TimesTo Eugene Rafferty, girls are like money - they have to be saved. Despite living in 1950s Dublin, his three daughters, Bridie, Kitty and Rose, seem doomed to a Victorian childhood. However, as fortunes decline the Rafferty's are forced to take in lodgers and these independent but eccentric outsiders introduce the girls to new experiences - sex and superstition, of spite, of true love and tragedy. For in a world caught between the aftershock of the war and the transforming liberalism of the 1960s there are two states of womanhood: single, and caught up in the comic and desperate search for a suitable husband, or married and enduring the claustrophobia of suburban life. Evoking the magic of childhood and adolescence with rare subtlety, wit and warmth, Room For A Single Lady is both delightfully comic and genuinely moving.
Room For A Single Lady
by Clare Boylan'A sharp eye for detail that makes reading Boylan's work such a pleasure' Sunday TimesTo Eugene Rafferty, girls are like money - they have to be saved. Despite living in 1950s Dublin, his three daughters, Bridie, Kitty and Rose, seem doomed to a Victorian childhood. However, as fortunes decline the Rafferty's are forced to take in lodgers and these independent but eccentric outsiders introduce the girls to new experiences - sex and superstition, of spite, of true love and tragedy. For in a world caught between the aftershock of the war and the transforming liberalism of the 1960s there are two states of womanhood: single, and caught up in the comic and desperate search for a suitable husband, or married and enduring the claustrophobia of suburban life. Evoking the magic of childhood and adolescence with rare subtlety, wit and warmth, Room For A Single Lady is both delightfully comic and genuinely moving.
Room for Two
by Sydney LandonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Keeping It Hot comes the continuation of the sexy and humorous Breakfast in Bed series featuring handsome hotel moguls.When Asher Jackson, the playboy co-owner of the Oceanix Hotel Chain, meets Dana Anders, manager of the gourmet coffee shop within the Oceanix Resort, he longs to strike up a good rapport with her. But to his surprise, his typical charm immediately fails him and he can't help but provoke her with sarcastic remarks at every turn. Even though Dana can give as good as she gets, she's confused by Asher's hostility toward her--especially when she harbors a secret attraction toward him. When she finds herself with unexpected bills to pay, Dana strikes up a deal. For a reasonable fee, the financially strapped Dana will pose as Asher's girlfriend to drive away bitter women who are making his life miserable. Asher hasn't engaged in a serious relationship since his heart was broken five years previously, so he thinks playing husband to a fake wife won't be a problem. But as the relationship continues he's no longer quite so certain. And as the line between false animosity and real attraction becomes blurred, Dana begins to realize that the one thing she wants is what she's pretending to already have.
Roomies
by Christina LaurenFrom subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Modern love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren&’s Roomies.Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient. For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions. Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway&’s hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he&’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago. Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway—in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting—will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?
Roommate From Hell: A She Code Novella
by Chris Marie GreenA She Code Rule: Protect your friends from other people who will surely ruin their lives.Lori, the new girl at college, has always been easygoing and fun, so when she moves in with "Girl Perfect" and her protective minion, Dena, she expects to have the best year of her life with them. But Dena is bent on keeping her BFF all to herself and at arm's length from their new roomie--even if it means baring her claws and undermining Lori at every turn. We've all had roommates from hell, haven't we?
Roommating
by Meredith SchorrSizzling chemistry and tender friendship develops between two accidental roommates in this hilarious rom-com from the author of As Seen on TV. Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until her elderly roommate Marcia invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to &“find himself.&” Sabrina doesn&’t mind sharing the small space with Adam if it helps Marcia repair her relationship with her grandson. But she&’s not expecting to fall for him herself. Adam is not only gorgeous, he&’s kind, funny, shares her love of reading, and clearly adores Marcia. After one too many accidental midnight rendezvous in the bathroom (him shirtless), the tension between them is hotter than ever. But they&’re not the only ones feeling the heat. After Marcia has a health scare, her doctors advise that one of her younger roommates must go. In a comical and sexy battle to prove who deserves to stay, the two pull out all the stops. All's fair in love and real estate, but in the end victory is not so sweet when winning the apartment could mean losing each other.
Roone: A Memoir
by Roone ArledgeRoone Arledge's extraordinary career of more than a half century mirrors the history of the television industry he helped create. Roone is the vivid, intimate account of his own rise to fame and power as the head of both ABC Sports and ABC News as well as an up-close-and- personal story of his era, peopled with friends and foes alike.
Roosevelt Banks and the Attic of Doom
by Laurie CalkhovenWith a new sister on the way, Roosevelt Banks has to give up his bedroom and move into the attic, which must be haunted because of all the squeaks and groans coming from the spooky place at the top of the stairs. After his plan to move into a fort in the woods fails, and a ghost-busting exercise goes terribly wrong, Roosevelt—with the help of Tommy, Josh, and Eddie Spaghetti—has to find the courage to defeat the biggest, spookiest ghouls ever and turn the Attic of Doom into a Room with a View.
Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training: Good-kid-in-training [16pt Large Print Edition]
by Laurie CalkhovenWhen ten-year-old Roosevelt Banks discovers that his two best friends are planning a bike and camping trip, he wants more than anything to go along. There's just one problem—he doesn't have a bike. Roosevelt's parents agree to buy him a bike if he can manage to be good for two whole weeks. How can Roosevelt be good and be the same fun guy his friends want on the camping trip? Trying to be good leads to more trouble than expected—and to the discovery that being a good friend is more important than any bicycle.
Roost (Roost)
by Ali BryanClaudia, single mom of two, pines for her past independent life. Her ex, after all, has moved on to a new wardrobe, new hobbies and—worst of all—new adult friends. But in Claudia's house she's still finding bananas in the sock drawer, cigarettes taped to wrestling figures, and colourful doodles on her MasterCard bills. Then Claudia receives the unexpected news that her mother has died. Shared through the hilarious, honest, and often poignant perspective of a single mother, Roost is the story of a woman learning about motherhood while grieving the loss of her own mother. And as she begins to mend, she's also learning that she might be able to accept her home—even as it is.
Root Around Britain
by Will DonaldsonConveniently arranged in alphabetical order, from Abstractions (you'll find them on the Continent, of course') to Weather, Root Around Britain tells the story of a quest. A quest for the essence of Englishness; a quest for a new television series which Mr Root can sell to the fat man in Birmingham; a quest for a peerage and the right way to pay for it ('old money' or 'new money'?); and, finally, a quest for the means to humiliate a nosy neighbour. What could be more English than that?
Rootbound: A Novel
by Tarah DeWittYou really can't go home again.Tait Logan is proud of the life she’s built for herself. Despite her world-shattering divorce, not having any genuine connections with other humans apart from her sister Ava, and the fact that the remainder of her family is estranged from her life, she’s happy…happy-adjacent, at least. She’s rebuilt herself through her photography; her dream career, the one thing she does still have. When that career contracts her to do an assignment on her estranged family's home, Logan Range—a now famous ranch functioning as the setting for a popular TV show—she’s left with no choice but to agree. It’s only a six-week assignment, after all. She has no plans to set down roots, or get to know the family that, seemingly, has had no interest in a relationship with her since her parents' divorce when she was seven.Henry Marcum is a cowboy who has dedicated his life to the Logan family and to their ranch. He owes them for raising him, rescuing him, and giving him purpose… He also owes them for every hardship he’s inadvertently brought their way. So, when Tait Logan shows up after 20 years of near total silence, he takes it upon himself to protect the people he knows and loves.It’s a rocky start when Tait and Henry first collide; he is naturally wary of her intentions, and she is more than perturbed by their literal collision - which results in her broken camera, during her first night on location, no less. But as the pair get to know each other better, they’re thrown off balance time and time again by their growing feelings, and by the story of the Logan family as it becomes increasingly less clear from their perspectives.Set in the mountains and valleys of Idaho on a rustic ranch, Rootbound is a steamy romance with a warm country feel that touches upon family, heartbreak, and whether the potential for disaster is worth the risk that accompanies love.
Rooville: A Novel
by Julie LongFeatured as a top read in Buzzfeed, PopSugar, YourTango, and San Francisco Book Review TV weatherman Owen Martin is relieved to leave Southern California—the monotonously mild climate and the holistically hip trends—and head home to Iowa, back to the four seasons and the simple life he knew before his father died. But he can&’t predict the atmospheric pressure awaiting him: The town his family founded has become the center of the Transcendental Meditation movement and host to all things alternative. There are mass meditations and dosha discussions, a vegan cafe has replaced the burger joint, and all the doors now face east. Far worse, however, is what the meditating mayor has planned for the Martin family&’s farm. In a town divided between &“Regulars&” and &“Roos&” (gurus), Owen is sure where he stands—until he falls for a levitating yogi. Before he knows it, he&’s caught in a veritable tornado of midwesternness vs. mindfulness. Can he save the farm, get the girl, and reunite the town? Maybe . . . if he&’s willing to forecast a change in the weather.
Roping in the Cowgirl (Rocking Chair Rodeo #1)
by Judy DuarteThe path to true love lies deep in the heart of Texas! As a child, the Rocking C was Blake Darnell's home away from home. Now it's a place for former rodeo cowboys to hang up their spurs...and the LA attorney is back in Texas to stop his uncle from making the biggest mistake of his life! Until he locks horns with Shannon Cramer, the sexy RN in charge of the place. Blake thinks his uncle is falling for a gold-digger, but Shannon believes it's love even if the gorgeous, jaded lawyer doesn't. Agreeing to disagree gets complicated as their attraction heats up. But the born-and-bred cowgirl's digging in her boot heels-she'll settle for nothing less than this city slicker's heart! Rocking Chair Rodeo: Cowboys-and true love-never go out of style!
Rory Branagan: Detective #1 (Rory Branagan: Detective #1)
by Andrew Clover"Such fun! And, happily, more to come!" - Kirkus ReviewsBe bold, be curious, be DETECTIVES! The first book in this hilarious crime-fighting middle-grade detective series reads like an extended graphic novel for aspirational readers and devoted fans of diary-style fiction.Meet RORY BRANAGAN: he eats bad guys for breakfast-well, not actually. But he is the best detective in town. With his canine sidekick and friend, Wilkins Welkin, and his nosy but helpful neighbor, Cassidy Corrigan, Rory sets off on a crime-fighting detective spree. While chasing bad guys and uncovering mysteries with Cassidy and Wilkins, he sets wrongs right and begins to learn more about himself and his relationship with his father. Both hilarious and heroic, this heart-warming, easy-to-read illustrated adventure will leave you wanting to uncover more about Rory and his family.