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Spoony is a kid with a heart of gold. He loves hugs, he loves affection, and he values friendship and family. But there is something about him that isn’t quite right. He can’t kick a ball, he can’t play Duck Duck Goose, and he confuses regular people for clowns. He thinks a fictitious character on an old TV show is his dad, and he just has a general way of ruining things for other people while remaining blissfully unaware.

Max is determined to change his life around from loser to winner. Fat-boy Max has never been out of Australia. In fact, in his 20-something years, Max has never even been out of his home state, but he is determined to change this. He wants to be visible, not just an invisible “fat guy”, and he has found the perfect way to achieve his goals: lose weight and get that trip overseas that he can’t quite afford.

"This is a job to die for," they said. Little did he know. Our guide takes us to the great beyond and tells us about his experiences with the sexy angels and horny devils.

Dila, c’est un roman cruel, sanglant parfois, rempli d’espoirs fragiles, d'amour et de solitude. Dila, c’est l’histoire d’une jeune fille qui cherche désespérément à s’extirper d’un monde absurde, où l’ennui domine, mais qui réalise finalement qu'il n’y a pas d’issue, ou du moins, que l’issue n’est pas là où elle l’imaginait.

Valerian hat sich aus seiner Wohnung ausgesperrt und bittet seinen Nachbarn Niko um Hilfe. Das wäre an sich nichts Außergewöhnliches, hätte dieser nicht gerade seine Frau erschossen. Niko zwingt ihn, ihm bei der Entsorgung der Leiche zu helfen, doch trotz akribischer Planung läuft die Aktion nicht so geschmiert wie erhofft. Und so folgen - mehr oder weniger unabsichtlich - noch zwei weitere Morde, und es sollten nicht die letzten sein.

All books in How to Survive the Afterlife in one box set for the first time. If you love the humor of Pratchett/Douglas Adams, the darkness of Stephen King, and the surrealism of Terry Gilliam, then this is must-listen. Includes: The Limpet Syndrome, Soul Catchers, Dead Ends, and the companion book Existential Crisis.

A red-letter day had turned bizarre as a lady in her mid-30s, Ritz Laggard, had been murdered in the most grotesque manner right at the venue of a high-powered business meeting. Inspector Brown is assigned the case file to unravel the killer and has an inkling it was state-sponsored. Meanwhile, when Stewart Larzio narrowly escaped death by the whiskers, in the same typical scenario as Ritz Laggard, it dawned on Inspector Brown that a serial killer was on the loose as he found a connection between both scenes in the same city of Bloomington.

The only work he finds is flying bootleg liquor into the USA. In desperation (what else?), he stands as a local MP and in desperation (why else?), they vote him in. But after spilling the beans on a bunch of government members indulging in Prohibition corruption, Bart’s soon cordially hated by everyone up to the Prime Minister - can he really be naïve enough to believe party propaganda that the people must be told the truth? So Bart’s goose - or gander - is cooked, and the resulting mess can be summed up as whisky galore!

When Will returns to America after years overseas, he comes with high hopes of reconnecting with his younger brother. Will isn’t easy to love, though. He’s a disgruntled veteran and a struggling depressive. As such, he soon finds himself misunderstood and homeless, trying desperately to claw his way back into life while tackling the issues within himself.

Un androide entra in chiesa e si scatena il pandemonio. Soprattutto quando chiede ad un giovane prete di potergli confessare i propri peccati, ricevere l’assoluzione ed infine il sacramento della comunione. Il giovane prete è disponibile a prendere in considerazione l’idea, ma il suo superiore reagisce indignato. Decidono allora (o forse qualcuno li spinge verso questa decisione) di organizzare un incontro con il vescovo e anche con un cardinale. A questa strana riunione si unisce l’inventore della tecnologia e, per non escludere nessuno, anche un rabbino.

O.J. Simpson in an alternate reality and blind ninjas ushering in the apocalypse are just two of the beautifully written tales in this seminal work of art, from the mind of a human being the likes of which God and the devil wholeheartedly agree upon. While drenched in comedy, Laughter's Cold Shadow takes on the darkest of subject matter: murder, rape, racism, the nuclear family, ninjas, Nazis, zombies, police brutality, drug cartels, hedonism, psychopathy, and more.

A summer with terminal patients wasn’t what Sonia had in mind when she signed up for her school’s nursing internship program. With no previous exposure to death or dying, Sonia joins the ragtag team at Tender Hands Hospice (Your Best Last Resort) and becomes the center of attention to the oddball nurses who work in end-of-life care.

Death. It’s a part of life and something we all must accept. Whether it be our own demise or losing a loved one, the experience of death is both sobering and surreal. My Dad Is Dead is a group of related short stories that explore that dichotomy through the eyes of a kid. In George Verongos’ second book, he turns childhood memories into “fictionally enhanced” tales (he made us say that, he’s trying to make it a thing).

An aging woman with no means of making ends meet except to babysit the high-energy children who fray her nerves and test her patience - a combination for disaster, and what unfolds will forever change all of them.

A children's tale...meant for adults...with deep political relevance these days....

Anna is a young Hollywood film executive with a gift for picking box office winners. When she is passed over at work and in love, she begins to question herself. And when an escaped psychiatric patient crosses her path, she is intrigued by his insight. Anna finds herself surrounded by brilliantly vibrant and outrageously eccentric characters who, like many of us, are shaped by our pasts.

Ann Noyd has lived a carefree suburban Minnesotan life for years. But soon, she gets bored and decides to turn to a life of crime. But her plans get derailed when she is given a long prison sentence for a botched murder attempt. Once released, Ann seeks revenge on those who put her behind bars.

Los personajes de Bestiaria vida van configurando el laberinto en el que vive nuestro personaje: una mujer que se enfrenta a sus propios demonios personales y que en un momento determinado hace un ejercicio de reflexión para contarnos su historia. Su objetivo no es otro que analizar por qué ha llegado a la situación en la que se encuentra. Los vínculos entre el sujeto y su entorno familiar se explican a través de personajes que, mediante analogías, son identificados con el bestiario literario.

Liam and Pierce live in a country ravaged by a strange sickness. It’s called the CRUD, and it turns its victims into rabid killing machines known as the "plaguers". The authorities wage constant war to keep the plaguers from overrunning the towns, boroughs, and cities. Liam and Pierce are plumbers sent to the infected zones to keep the taps and sewers flowing. They preserve the dwindling resources of their homeland.

Mopsy Mops wird diesmal das Opfer einer hinterhältig eingeleiteten Rache- und Verwechslungsaktion. Sein Vetter Ethelbert spielt den Hilfreichen, als Mopsy mit einer fälschlich an ihn adressierten Karte nichts anzufangen weiß. "Rache ist süß", sagt sich Ethelbert, nachdem ihn Mopsy nur so aus Quatsch in einen Hundehaufen befördert hat. Er schickt deshalb die Karte mit Mopsys Anschrift versehen an das Statistische Amt Hundeweiler.