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Desperate to complete the last chapter of his law thesis on workplace dynamics for women to secure his tenure, Professor Stanley Hopkins stumbles on an old close college friend, Donald Johansson, who has plenty of female employees. The problem is that Donald is a porn video king. Taking his wife to California’s seedy city of Burbank to help with taping interviews, Stanley realizes he is in way over his head the moment a leading porn star is brutally killed in Donald’s office during a party.

When the Reverend Elaine Metcalfe is inducted as the vicar of Pontvale, she hopes the job will have more to it than lending out spare sets of keys. She soon discovers there's plenty of challenges in her new home - not least the daily needs of her parishioners, which range from community theatre productions, arranging a wedding and a funeral for the same day, and local scandal over the vicar's culottes.

When Marcia Hulme inherits her uncle's medical practice, she decamps from London to a remote island off the coast of Northumbria. There's not a lot to do in Paradise, other than fish or drink, and Marcia's soon missing her favourite restaurants, cinemas and theatres - and her boyfriend, Clem. But as she plans her escape back to the Big Smoke, she gets drawn into island life and discovers that swapping West End wine bars for the Wind O'Change pub is really not so bad....

A satirical and complex Fantasy novel featuring one of the last remaining Dragons and his efforts to coexist with mankind.

The Devil gives Norman Reeves an ill-fated mission he has no choice but to accept: Find the center of Eden and reverse the Fall of Man. Thrust into a place called Creation, Norman's task is plagued by unimaginable people and events. He must unravel impossible clues to free the Three Trees and keep himself out of Hell at the same time. On this surreal and humorous journey, Norman discovers many things better left unknown: the shocking secret lives of people close to him and the other unthinkable reason he was brought here.

These laugh-out-loud, hilarious, candid tales of awkward meetings, terrible driving tests, dodgy hairdos, and accidentally flashing show just what a minefield life can be. The big question is how will we survive the embarrassment? Whether you are the sort of person who trips over fresh air or you have the poise of a queen, these tales will delight you.

Franny Steinberg knows there’s powerful magic in laughter. She’s witnessed it. With the men of Chicago off fighting WWII on distant shores, Franny has watched the women of the city taking charge of the war effort. But amidst the war bond sales and factory shifts, something surprising has emerged, something Franny could never have expected. A new marvel that has women flocking to comedy clubs across the nation: the Showstopper.

For as long as he can remember, Wyatt has carried this football and worn this jersey, determined that when he is born, when it’s finally his turn on Earth, he will become an All-American defensive end. So it’s no wonder that Wyatt was on cloud nine when his future mother, Ashley, started dating Jack Medley, the All-Pro NFL linebacker. It seemed that Wyatt’s dreams were about to come true until this morning when an unwelcome, skinny-armed interloper named Keller turned Ashley’s head.

A year ago the town of Twin Forest was almost overrun by zombies, an incident so hellish it turned Eve Eden's hair white. She now dyes it black to suit her mood. A mood that's worsened when she's abducted by vampires and taken to England once again. Enter James. He's 16 years old like Eve, and he also possesses a secret as volatile as her own. And of course there's Nathan Kane. Ah, Nathan, Eve's moody would-be vampire boyfriend. That is, he would be her boyfriend if he'd stop acting so intense all the time. As for the other moody vampires, they've only got one mood: an angry one.

Ihren Schrebergarten mussten Wladimir Kaminer und seine Familie wegen "spontaner Vegetation" aufgeben. Nun versuchen sie erneut, das Paradies in kleinem Maßstab nachzubauen: in Glücklitz, einem kleinen Dorf vor den Toren Berlins und doch nicht ganz von dieser Welt. Zumindest kennt keine Straßenkarte diesen Ort mit dem kleinen Haus direkt am See und dem angeblich nördlichsten Weinberg der Welt.

Have you had a frully in your life? Do you find the rules of friendships baffling? Or have you had friends from before you were even born? Giggle and cringe along with these tales about the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous friendships we make, and escape throughout our lives

The Diaries of Adam and Eve is Twain's humorous take on the myth of the Garden of Eden, as told by the participants. The joys and conflicts described will be familiar to all who labor with and love the opposite sex.

This is a humorous, episodic novel of dark fantasy and science fiction, composed of the four novellas Amy and the Ankylosaurus, Helen and the Evil Elves of the Elder Gods, Sithe in the City, and Dragon vs Dinosaur. It begins when Magnus creates a device to open portals to other quantum universes so he can show his ex-girlfriend, Amy, real dinosaurs. This goes awry when Amy goes through the portal and he has to rescue her, accompanied by his fellow scientist Helen, Amy's best friend.