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Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6)
by Jeff KinneyGreg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
Cable Harbor
by Donald BowieAffairs, pills, and politics collide among the summer houses set in this &“au courant, fine-tuned&” satire of an exclusive New England resort town (Kirkus Reviews). Welcome to Cable Harbor, Maine, a quaint seaside refuge where gossip, vanity, and revenge make for a potent summer cocktail. Meet Marie, a rich middle-aged divorcée hell-bent on getting even with her ex; Arthur and Herbert, Cable Harbor&’s resident gay couple and the happiest marriage in town; Marjorie, wife of the local caterer and an ardent crusader against the corrupt summer vacationers; and Laura, in her twenties and recently fired from a New York publishing house. Cavorting at the beach club, sipping vodka and lemonade, the idle rich while away the days—until the townies declare open warfare and no one&’s secrets are safe. In this debut novel, Donald Bowie captures the craziness that overcomes us all in the summertime.
Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life
by Chelsea MartinFor anyone who has ever felt weird or poor or misunderstood or just . . . weird, well, this is the book for you. Martin chronicles her own bizarre upbringing in such a way that the strangeness of it all manages to still feel universal. She recounts everything from her attempt to manifest an alien invasion (she was just 11; what 11-year-old doesn't want E.T. to visit?) to the fights she had with her family, to what it was like to be diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome as an adolescent. It's a wild ride of a memoir, and a true glimpse into the mind of an artist as she's figuring out what life is all about. Kristin Iversen, NylonFunny, candid, and searchingly self-aware, this essay collection tells the story of Chelsea Martins coming of age as an artist. We are with Chelsea as an eleven-year-old atheist, trying to will an alien visitation to her neighborhood; fighting with her stepfather and grappling with a Tourettes diagnosis as she becomes a teenager; falling under the sway of frenemies and crushes in high school; going into debt to afford what might be a meaningless education at an expensive art college; navigating the messy process of falling in love with a close friend; and struggling for independence from her emotionally manipulative father and from the family and friends in the dead-end California town that has defined her upbringing. This is a book about relationships, class, art, sex, money, and familyand about growing up weird, and poor, in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Caca, Birita E Biquínis
by Ed Robinson Makoto YamamotoO primeiro livro de Ed Robinson, Salto de Fé - Largue Seu Emprego e Vá Morar Num Barco, é best-seller em várias categorias da Amazon. Agora Ed volta com esta hilária análise do estilo de vida náutica. Tratando de assuntos desde caca, passando por birita, até chegar aos biquinis, ele conta o lado engraçado das questões enfrentadas por todos os tipos de velejadores. Alguns capítulos mostram os sinais de que você vive num barco, descrevem pessoas estúpidas que alugam equipamentos náuticos e ainda revelam como se salvar de zumbis que não sabem nadar; você vai dar muitas risadas. Há até um capítulo para os fãs de Tim Dorsey. Se você mora num barco, é velejador, pescador de fim de semana, tem iate ou amigos marinheiros, ou é apenas fã das sacadas de Ed Robinson, você apreciará essa suave tiração de sarro dos vários temas marítimos.
Cack-Handed: A Memoir
by Gina YashereThe British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreams of her grandmother Patience. The powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman, Patience was poisoned by her jealous sister-wives and marked with a spot on her neck. From birth, Gina carried a similar birthmark—a sign that she was her grandmother’s chosen heir, and would fulfill Patience’s dreams. Gina would learn to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men or children, work a man’s job, and travel the world with a free spirit.Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Gina isn’t ruling anything out. In Cack-Handed, she recalls her intergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother and fulfilled thousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how from growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working class London, running from skinheads, and her overprotective Mom, Gina went on to become the first female engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest elevator company in the world, where she went through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexist co-workers. Not believing her life was difficult enough, she later left engineering to become a stand up comic, appearing on numerous television shows and becoming one of the top comedians in the UK, before giving it all up to move to the US, a dream she’d had since she was six years old, watching American kids on television, riding cool bicycles, and solving crimes.A collection of eccentric, addictive, and uproarious stories that combine family, race, gender, class, and country, Cack-Handed reveals how Gina’s unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successful career as an international comedian.
Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
by Chris Nashawaty“More fun to read than the movie was to watch… a scene-stealing book.”— The Washington Post An Entertainment Weekly "Must List" selectionCaddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time, a classic snobs vs. slobs story of working class kids and the white collar buffoons that make them haul their golf bags in the hot summer sun. It has sex, drugs and one very memorable candy bar, but the movie we all know and love didn’t start out that way, and everyone who made it certainly didn’t have the word “classic” in mind as the cameras were rolling.In Caddyshack:The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story film critic for Entertainment Weekly Chris Nashawaty goes behind the scenes of the iconic film, chronicling the rise of comedy’s greatest deranged minds as they form The National Lampoon, turn the entertainment industry on its head, and ultimately blow up both a golf course and popular culture as we know it. Caddyshack is at once an eye-opening narrative about one of the most interesting, surreal, and dramatic film productions there’s ever been, and a rich portrait of the biggest, and most revolutionary names in Hollywood. So, it’s got that going for it…which is nice.
Cadillac Beach
by Tim DorseyAnd busting out of Chattahoochee State Hospital ... without his meds! The thrill-killing Floridaphile needs to get to the bottom of his bookie grandad's bizarre 1964 death -- not to mention launch "Serge & Lenny's Florida Experience," the new Miami specialty tour venture he's cooked up with his best brain-dead druggie-buddy. It's all good. For Serge A. Storms, anyway. Not so much for anyone else.
Cadillac Jack: A Novel
by Larry McMurtryFrom dusty flea markets in Texas to parties in Washington, DC, crawling with political hacks, Cadillac Jack is a classic American novel, timelier than ever. Larry McMurtry’s “big hearted” fiction has been lauded for “taking us places we hadn’t known existed” (Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books). Cadillac Jack does exactly that, inviting readers into the passenger seat of a pearl-colored Caddy with peach velour–covered seats, joining a rodeo-bulldogger-turned-antique- scout at the wheel. “Superbly comic” (Newsday), this rollicking tale echoes the cultural climate of America today, with the cagey yet charming Jack grappling with the capitol’s pretentious elite. As he cruises through relationships with distinctively appealing women—including socialite boutique owner Cindy and discreet mother-of-two Jean—Jack realizes home for him will always be simply barreling down freeways in his Cadillac, wandering the country in search of another obscure treasure. Bolstered with its cast of unforgettable characters, Cadillac Jack entices with the prospect of undiscovered riches around that next bend in the road.
Cafe Adam: An Adam@home Collection
by Brian BassetLike a hot latte on a cold, rainy day, Café Adam is sure to warm the hearts of comic readers everywhere. In this sixth collection, cartoonist Brian Basset focuses on a whole host of compatriots who hang out at the local coffeehouse, log in remotely, and compare work-at-home notes.
Cafe At The Edge Of The Moon
by Francesca Simon Pete WilliamsonEarly 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.Janey is fed up of being told what to do by her mum and dad. So she jets off to the cafe at the edge of the moon where she can do anything she likes - eating pudding first, splashing in puddles and racing a dinosaur.
Cafe At The Edge Of The Moon (Early Reader)
by Francesca SimonEarly 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.Janey is fed up of being told what to do by her mum and dad. So she jets off to the cafe at the edge of the moon where she can do anything she likes - eating pudding first, splashing in puddles and racing a dinosaur.
Caitlin's Guardian Angel (Safe Haven #23)
by Marie FerrarellaA Father's FightThe assignment-protecting a witness to a brutal murder-was the toughest of Detective Graham Redhawk's career. Because the witness was Caitlin Cassidy, the woman who'd long ago decided that a half-Navajo renegade like him wasn't good enough to spend her life with....At the same time, he was entangled in a bitter custody battle for his adopted son. And his only hope of winning was a marriage-in name only-to this woman he couldn't stop loving....
Cajun Crazy: A Cajun Novel
by Sandra HillWelcome back to New York Times bestseller Sandra Hill’s Cajun country, where love heats up the Louisiana bayou . . .Former Chicago cop Simone LeDeux is back home in the bayou, sharing a double wide in the Pearly Gates trailer park to help her mama recover from surgery. Her one rule: no Cajun men. Loved and left by too many double-crossing Cajuns, Simone puts bad experience to good use by opening Legal Belles: an agency that uncovers cheating spouses.Suddenly she’s confronting a two-timer about to swindle his wife out of millions and antagonizing New Orleans bigwigs over an illegal sex club. Adam Lanier learns of the dangerous game Simone is playing . . . and the sexy single dad comes to her aid. Known as a rogue in the courtroom and a player in the bedroom, the ragin’ Cajun has Simone triply on guard.With their crazy chemistry, danger on their trail, and infamous LeDeux relative Tante Lulu working her magical matchmaking, the bayou has never been this steamy.
Cajun Nights (The Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries #1)
by D. J. DonaldsonA “suspenseful . . . welcome debut” mystery set in New Orleans (The Washington Post Book World). When a disturbing series of murder-suicides terrorizes the Big Easy, young NOPD criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn is eager to take the case and prove her mettle. She discovers some bizarre connections between the perpetrators: They all share the same blood type, drive old cars, and reportedly hummed a nursery rhyme before committing their grisly acts. As she uncovers the scope of the crimes, Franklyn turns to Andy Broussard, the chief medical examiner whose love of the truth is matched only by his love of New Orleans cuisine. Together, they follow a dangerous trail that leads into the Crescent City’s dark past, and an old Cajun curse that seems to have returned with a vengeance. Now Broussard and Franklyn need to fight off some very bad juju, or their partnership may end before it begins. This first mystery featuring Broussard and Franklyn is a “fast-paced thriller” that “won’t be easily put down” (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis).
Cajun Persuasion: A Cajun Novel (Cajun #3)
by Sandra HillA woman planning to become a nun is swept into a rescue mission—and hot affair—with a sexy pilot in this romantic comedy from a New York Times bestseller. Alaskan pilot Aaron LeDeux came to Louisiana with his brother to discover his Cajun roots. But any hopes he had of returning home are extinguished when he agrees to help a crew of street monks and nuns rescue sex-trafficked girls. For the work has become his new calling. Plus, he’s in love with a gorgeous almost-nun named Fleur . . .With her harrowing past, Fleur Gaudet only feels safe at the nunnery. But when she’s ordered out into the real world to decide where she truly belongs, Fleur goes to live with the notorious Tante Lulu, matriarch of the LeDeux clan. Suddenly, she’s leading a regular life, thinking irregular thoughts about Aaron. With his whiskey-colored eyes and fierce bravery, Aaron is like her own personal Cajun cowboy, re-introducing her to . . . everything.As the dangerous missions bring them closer, Fleur must decide if her heart is truly on the path she’s been following, or if she’ll have a new future with the man of her heart.
Cake Off at the Cat Cafe: A delicious and heartwarming enemies to lovers romance that is purr joy! (A Cat Café Romance)
by Rachel Rowlands'This book is like the perfect pastry; warm, sweet, and filled with layers of charm and slow-burning romance... A warm hug of a book, best enjoyed with tea, cake, and a cat curled up by your side' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 Whisks at the ready! This summer, two local cafes will go head-to-head in a baking competition where more is at stake than just the trophy... Will true love be the icing on the cake?Clem is the baker in charge of creating delicious cat-themed treats for the loyal customers of the Catpurrcino cat café. From iced kitten doughnuts to macarons with ears and whiskers, Clem's creations always bring a smile to the face of anyone lucky enough to taste them. But outside of the café's kitchen, Clem struggles with feelings of anxiety and where she fits in. Until Sylvie, the owner of the café, decides to push her out of her comfort zone. The Whisked Away baking competition is a chance for Clem to shine and find her inner confidence. Also competing this year is Lucas, the owner of Muddy Paws café, accompanied by his faithful Golden Retriever Reina.The stage is set for an epic cake-off between cats and dogs. But as Clem stumbles in the first challenge, Lucas always seems to be there with an encouraging word and a smile. The chemistry between them is soon undeniable. Is this just the heat in the kitchen? Or something real? And can their feelings survive a showdown in the final round... The most delightful read to curl up with and enjoy with a cup of tea and slice of cake - for both cat and dog lovers! Fans of The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, Catherine Walsh and Sarah Morgan will adore this charming, romantic story. 🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 Tropes 🧁Rivals 🐈Slow burn 🌸Opposites attract 🧁Small town Readers are falling in love with Cake Off at the Cat Café: 'A book set in a cat cafe mixed with baking in the style of The Great British Bake Off? Hell yes, sign me up!... I was absolutely hooked and could scarcely put the book down!... a stunning book that I absolutely adored' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Beautiful story... A baking competition, a slow burn love story... Magical and moving. The cat café is lovely' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Escape into a world of cats, dogs, delicious treats and romance with this warm, cozy, book. It's got characters you will take to your heart both human and animal, all set in the beautiful Lake District' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I honestly cannot recommend this beautiful book enough. It's the perfect cosy read for any time of the year!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 🌸🧁🐈 Everyone adore the Cat Café series 🐈🧁🌸 'A delightful escape with plenty of warmth and charm... Will leave you with a smile on your face' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Purrfectly cozy and adorable... I devoured this book and couldn't get enough of it and read it in a few short hours' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'As cosy and heartwarming as a lap full of kittens!' M.A. Kuzniar 🌸🧁🐈'I absolutely loved my visit to the cat café... For anyone that loves cats, coffee and romance' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Fantastic read. Enjoyed this book so much it was read in one sitting, couldn't put it down... Great feel-good book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I absolutely loved it!' Donna Ashcroft 🌸🧁🐈'It will warm you from the inside, like a soothing mug of hot chocolate' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A fabulous read!... Can't recommend this book highly enough!' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cake Off at the Cat Cafe: A delicious and heartwarming enemies to lovers romance that is purr joy! (A Cat Café Romance)
by Rachel Rowlands'This book is like the perfect pastry; warm, sweet, and filled with layers of charm and slow-burning romance... A warm hug of a book, best enjoyed with tea, cake, and a cat curled up by your side' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 Whisks at the ready! This summer, two local cafes will go head-to-head in a baking competition where more is at stake than just the trophy... Will true love be the icing on the cake?Clem is the baker in charge of creating delicious cat-themed treats for the loyal customers of the Catpurrcino cat café. From iced kitten doughnuts to macarons with ears and whiskers, Clem's creations always bring a smile to the face of anyone lucky enough to taste them. But outside of the café's kitchen, Clem struggles with feelings of anxiety and where she fits in. Until Sylvie, the owner of the café, decides to push her out of her comfort zone. The Whisked Away baking competition is a chance for Clem to shine and find her inner confidence. Also competing this year is Lucas, the owner of Muddy Paws café, accompanied by his faithful Golden Retriever Reina.The stage is set for an epic cake-off between cats and dogs. But as Clem stumbles in the first challenge, Lucas always seems to be there with an encouraging word and a smile. The chemistry between them is soon undeniable. Is this just the heat in the kitchen? Or something real? And can their feelings survive a showdown in the final round... The most delightful read to curl up with and enjoy with a cup of tea and slice of cake - for both cat and dog lovers! Fans of The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, Catherine Walsh and Sarah Morgan will adore this charming, romantic story. 🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 Tropes 🧁Rivals 🐈Slow burn 🌸Opposites attract 🧁Small town Readers are falling in love with Cake Off at the Cat Café: 'A book set in a cat cafe mixed with baking in the style of The Great British Bake Off? Hell yes, sign me up!... I was absolutely hooked and could scarcely put the book down!... a stunning book that I absolutely adored' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Beautiful story... A baking competition, a slow burn love story... Magical and moving. The cat café is lovely' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Escape into a world of cats, dogs, delicious treats and romance with this warm, cozy, book. It's got characters you will take to your heart both human and animal, all set in the beautiful Lake District' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I honestly cannot recommend this beautiful book enough. It's the perfect cosy read for any time of the year!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🌸🌸🌸🧁🐈🌸🐈🧁🌸🌸🌸 🌸🧁🐈 Everyone adore the Cat Café series 🐈🧁🌸 'A delightful escape with plenty of warmth and charm... Will leave you with a smile on your face' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Purrfectly cozy and adorable... I devoured this book and couldn't get enough of it and read it in a few short hours' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'As cosy and heartwarming as a lap full of kittens!' M.A. Kuzniar 🌸🧁🐈'I absolutely loved my visit to the cat café... For anyone that loves cats, coffee and romance' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Fantastic read. Enjoyed this book so much it was read in one sitting, couldn't put it down... Great feel-good book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I absolutely loved it!' Donna Ashcroft 🌸🧁🐈'It will warm you from the inside, like a soothing mug of hot chocolate' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A fabulous read!... Can't recommend this book highly enough!' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cake Off at the Cat Cafe: A delicious and heartwarming enemies to lovers romance that is purr joy! (A Cat Café Romance)
by Rachel RowlandsClem is the baker in charge of creating delicious cat-themed treats for the loyal customers of the Catpurrcino cat café. From iced kitten doughnuts to macarons with ears and whiskers, Clem's creations always bring a smile to the face of anyone lucky enough to taste them.But outside of the café's kitchen, Clem struggles with feelings of anxiety and where she fits in. Until Sylvie, the owner of the café, decides to push her out of her comfort zone. The Whisked Away baking competition is a chance for Clem to shine and find her inner confidence.Also competing this year is Lucas, the owner of Muddy Paws café, accompanied by his faithful Golden Retriever Reina.The stage is set for an epic cake-off between cats and dogs. But as Clem stumbles in the first challenge, Lucas always seems to be there with an encouraging word and a smile. The chemistry between them is soon undeniable.Is this just the heat in the kitchen? Or something real? And can their feelings survive a showdown in the final round...The most delightful read to curl up with and enjoy with a cup of tea and slice of cake - for both cat and dog lovers! Fans of The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, Catherine Walsh and Sarah Morgan will adore this charming, romantic story.
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
by Jen YatesNew York Times Bestseller: Stories and photos of confectionary calamities that “will have you laughing so hard you’ll forget to eat” (The Washington Post).Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the award-winning blog, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.Jen Yates’ CakeWrecks site was a winner of a Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, among other honors, and for this inspired and sidesplitting collection, she gathered extensive never-before-seen material to create “a hilarious winner” (The Oregonian).“I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.” —Mary Alice, from the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes“Think of them as epic fails, with frosting.” —TheNew York Times
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
by Jen YatesNew York Times Bestseller: Stories and photos of confectionary calamities that “will have you laughing so hard you’ll forget to eat” (The Washington Post).Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the award-winning blog, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.Jen Yates’ CakeWrecks site was a winner of a Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, among other honors, and for this inspired and sidesplitting collection, she gathered extensive never-before-seen material to create “a hilarious winner” (The Oregonian).“I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.” —Mary Alice, from the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes“Think of them as epic fails, with frosting.” —TheNew York Times
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
by Jen YatesNew York Times Bestseller: Stories and photos of confectionary calamities that “will have you laughing so hard you’ll forget to eat” (The Washington Post).Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the award-winning blog, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.Jen Yates’ CakeWrecks site was a winner of a Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, among other honors, and for this inspired and sidesplitting collection, she gathered extensive never-before-seen material to create “a hilarious winner” (The Oregonian).“I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.” —Mary Alice, from the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes“Think of them as epic fails, with frosting.” —TheNew York Times
Cake at Midnight
by Jessie L. StarIn this deliciously sweet foodie romance, a twenty-something pastry chef falls out of sync with her old childhood crush and falls into the arms of the quiet but charming boy next door.Giovanna, Zoë, and Declan have always been a trio—their fierce friendship has seen them through every heartbreak and hardship and helped pave the way to brighter futures. Gio is a passionate baker of cakes, pastries, and all things delicious, Zoë a take-no-prisoners beauty, and Declan an ambitious businessman on the way up. Best friends forever, Gio thinks—until Gio's lifelong crush on Declan is exposed, leaving her humiliated, and Gio realises she needs to cut him loose to get over him once and for all. Enter Theo, Gio's neighbour...she's never met anyone like him before. He doesn't talk much, but he's kind, he's sexy, he's generous, and he's often awake in the middle of the night, like Gio. Theo has a sweet tooth and a mysterious history and Gio can't seem to stay away. Thanks to the power of sleepless nights and chocolate cake, Gio thinks she's finally over Declan, but then his whole world turns upside down. Gio knows she can't desert Declan in his time of need, but how can she explain a lifetime of love to Theo? Letting go of the past isn't so easy when your heart is breaking.
Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life
by Heather MallickA brilliant new book from one of Canada's most popular columnists - a no-holds-barred riposte to the mess we've made of things. "Mrs. Tittlemouse is heaven in a sponge mop." I read Beatrix Potter's books as a child and love her paintings, her stories, her home-boiling of squirrels so her watercolours could be anatomically exact. But most of all, Beatrix Potter made domesticity desirable. All right, she didn't, but she domesticated me. Personal order has become my badge and it's the only thing that really works with melancholy."Heather Mallick is sorely disappointed. The world has not turned out quite the way she had hoped it would. But rather than retreat from it, she takes the world head on, fearlessly and formidably on her own terms.In a new work of entirely original writing, we have Heather unplugged (some might even say unhinged), and uncensored from the restrictions of her Globe and Mail column writing. As her many fans have come to expect from her, she is incisive and outrageous, whether she's cataloguing the many situations and items in our daily lives that we are told we should fear, teaching us how to cope with people we just can't stand (ruthless mockery is the key, really, says Heather) or writing about the valuable life lesson to be learned from one of her childhood heroes: Mrs. Tittlemouse, the original domestic goddess.A candid reflection on the complicated state of our lives and our world today, viewed through the lens of Heather's inimitable wit and outlook on life, Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life will provoke and delight readers.From the Hardcover edition.
Cakes in Space
by Philip Reeve Sarah McintyreGet ready for cupcakes! Sprinkles! Space! Robots! And big adventure with hilarious illustrations on almost every page. Astra's family is moving--to a whole new planet. And what does any kid need on moving day? Snacks! But when Astra asks her spaceship's computer to whip up the ultimate treat, it makes cakes so amazing that they come to life. Now these cake-monsters are destroying the ship! Can Astra and her robot friend, Pilbeam, stop them in time? Or are killer cupcakes a recipe for disaster? For early-chapter book readers who are ready for something longer, the Not-So-Impossible Tales are packed with whimsical humor, action, and larger-than-life fun."An out-of-this-world choice to read alone or read aloud." -- School Library Journal"Silly? Sure. Well written and illustrated to great comedic effect? Absolutely . . . will appeal to reluctant and strong chapter-book readers alike." -- BooklistFrom the Hardcover edition.
Calabash
by Christopher FowlerA twisted take on Narnia, this warmhearted, dryly comic novel from the award-winning author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit series starring Bryant & May transports readers to the last poignant moment of freedom before growing up. Kay Goodwin is a sixteen-year-old boy with a smart mouth and too much imagination, trapped in the most dismal place in England at the worst possible time: the early seventies. Marooned in the rundown seaside resort of Cole Bay, with its crumbling pier and grumbling pensioners, Kay experiences each day as a horrible comedy of errors—until he discovers a faraway land with characters who are impossibly exotic yet strangely familiar. In the kingdom of Calabash, he can have everything he’s ever wanted from life. There’s only one small problem: Calabash doesn’t technically exist. In a country that’s still hungover from the sixties, Kay finds it all too easy to retreat from reality. But he’s prepared to risk everything to find out what makes him different, what his life really holds, and what happens to those who believe in the impossible. Look for Christopher Fowler’s fantasy and horror classics, now available as ebooks: CALABASH | DISTURBIA | PSYCHOVILLE | RED GLOVES | ROOFWORLD | SPANKY