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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical...
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Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is one of the earliest and most seminal satirical essays written in English. Having as an original title "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick," it expresses deep anger at the squalor and miserable conditions from which the Irish people was suffering in the eighteenth century. Swift ironically
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Based on the remarkable true story of a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of World War One, this poignant yet comedic drama revels in the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. It's 1916 and Captain Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin), a diamond prospector-turned-soldier, leads a small detachment of British soldiers through the ruins of Ypres, whereupon he and his men make an amazing discovery in...
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Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, England, journeyed there using not a rocket, but an antigravity coating. Mr. Bedford, who narrates the tale, tells of how he fell in with eccentric inventor Mr. Cavor, grew to believe in his research, helped him build a sphere for traveling in space, and then partnered with him in an expedition to the Moon. What they found...
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Charmingly imperfect Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, the home of new friends. Hearing exaggerated reports of her wealth, the head of household General Tilney encourages a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine. Before matters can be settled, Catherine must learn to distinguish between books and real life, false friends and true.
6) Gripped
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Marky McCarren was just living his boring, everyday life... that is, until he lost his job, his TV started talking directly to him, and a program he didn't order started telling him how to live his life. When he's not following directions from the ominously named, "Your Personality is What's Holding You Back" group, he's just trying to meet a nice girl, take care of his cat, and "take care" of himself. This book will make you believe you're already...
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Krystal Heeling is the CEO of Verdant Corpora, a boutique wellness brand and, when she writes an email to her brand ambassadors, she doesn't pull her punches. "If I catch any of you appealing to the broke and not the woke, you will no longer represent our brand," she writes in one of her trademark missives. Holding tight to the reigns of the power Krystal wields in the world of supplements, detoxes and New Age therapies, she crisply and methodically...
8) World War T
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World War T is an uproarious political satire that imagines the "Zombie Trump-ocalypse" that never was.
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The Wickman family move to Paris from London, following a fortuitous and perfectly timed offer from an eccentric stranger. Once there, their extraordinary run of good luck continues, until Fifi arrives in their lives. Fifi is smelly, unhygienic, antisocial and without doubt, the ugliest dog in the world. The only person able to love the dog is her indulgent and saintly neighbour, Madame Mal-Odour (who curiously lost her sense of smell in a freak accident...
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Magic, Dragons, Celebrity LARPing…
...and a sack full of meth ferrets.
Farnsworth and Diego are back, leading the newly appointed Division of Nerd Crime into the black heart of the regional Renaissance Festival where someone has stolen celebrity D&D gamer Vin Diesel's identity.
What happens at renfest stays at renfest… except for the crabs and nipple piercings.
Grab your chain-mail bikinis and roll for initiative.
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A Head in the Rolls ...
As one of the popular girls at her high school, Kallie Grande-White knows how to influence the crowds as her model-ready un-super self. But when a pair of campaigning politicians come to Cuttingham City in hopes of winning her endorsement, Kallie is quick to send them packing. Between all the attention from the Model Middle America show, social media, and the news, she's had enough people talking for her that she doesn't want...
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It's about to get fugly ...
Kallie Grande-White never wanted to be a superhero, let alone a superhero who was known for sitting on her enemies. But after accidentally devouring her former-government-worker grandmother's radioactive doughnuts in a fit of sad rage, that's where Kallie found herself.
And now, the superhero schtick is nothing even close to the supermodel career Kallie longed for, but to make it worse, the Fat and Ugly Parade has come...
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All Huck wants for Christmas is a revolution... and donuts. Vive la Revolution!
The American Revolution began with the Boston Tea Party. If Huck Carp has anything to do about it, the next people's revolution will begin in the drive-thru of a sleepy donut shop in a working-class neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
It started as a single random act of kindness when an early morning customer paid forward the next person's order, and so did the next, and...
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LeAnn Snyder is the new Executive Producer In Charge Of Production at The Fakist, a news organization as devoted to making sh– up as other news organizations are to actual journalism. Will she get kicked out of the revolving door when lead anchor Paul DaFoe's life falls apart on air? As The Fakist himself slowly falls apart, it's up to LeAnn to hold her favorite newscast together.
Between all the drama, enjoy sketches like "Mr. Rogers Returns,"...
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Cet audio livre est une série de 6 nouvelles humoristiques fictives mais très inspirées de la réalité, à travers lesquelles l'héroïne nous emmènent au sommet de grandes entreprises parisiennes, à la rencontre des grands patrons et de leurs proches collaborateurs.
Vous vous amuserez du regard qu'elle porte sur tous ces personnages hauts en couleurs qui défient souvent les règles de la plus élémentaire logique cartésienne et vous découvrirez...
17) QuickFame
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Felicia Scalding is a still-recognizable 1990s ex-popstar who is in a state of mental and financial desperation. Hard working, street smart and intelligent, but flawed. Gripped by a gambling addiction, and keen to rediscover the limelight after becoming the subject of a viral dance meme, she accepts a chance offer to resurrect her fame & fortune as a judge on TV talent show, QuickFame.
QuickFame tracks her desperate to rebuild her life and career,...
18) Marilyn/Valkyrie
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The latest from author George S. Corey is a hilarious homage to Marilyn Monroe-with a decidedly political twist. This satirical story reimagines the classic comedy Some Like It Hot and features original artwork by the artist CLEO.
19) Lard Boy
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Love at first bite....
Kallie-as her super-sized, super-hero self-has had a hard day, and literally the last thing she needs is to find out another Alterant is running loose. And when AB's Phi-ger goes off, she's hardly pleased.
But genuine worry starts to overtake her, as this time, it's Zeus who's digested the radioactive doughnuts. If he's compromised, Zeus could easily reveal Fatgirl's true identity to the world, and what else could be his worst...
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In a mockumentary that satirizes the pilot season of the television industry, a documentary team follows the adventures of a young NYC comedienne as she attempts to get a TV pilot made in LA. While she goes largely unnoticed, her ex-boyfriend is discovered and becomes a hot new icon.