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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 6

  Right Ho, Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  On the 25th anniversary of Wodehouse's death, booksellers and readers will be cheered to find the finest editions available of his classic novels--the first in a series of his best known works--by one of the greatest English comic writers of our time. Fans devoted to the master of comic fiction P. G. Wodehouse are legion. He represents an antic high point in the world of farce and social satire. Best known for... (more)
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  44 Scotland Street: Book 4

  The World According to Bertie

  by Alexander McCall Smith

  The latest completely charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series. There is never a quiet moment on 44 Scotland Street. In The World According to Bertie, Pat deals with the reappearance of Bruce, which has her heart skipping—and not in a pleasant way. Angus Lordie's dog Cyril has been taken away by the authorities, accused of being a serial biter. Unexpectedly, Domenica has offered to help... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 15

  Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as The Cat-Nappers.The story begins with Bertie finding himself with pink spots about the thorax, so he flies off to E. Jimpson Murgatroyd (the sombre bird of Harley Street who despotted Tipton Plimsoll in Full Moon). After getting mixed with Orlo Porter fleeing from a policeman and a crowd, Bertie is sentenced by the doc to a quiet life in the country. Thus Bertie goes to Maiden... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 3

  Carry On, Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  There seems to be little Bertie Wooster can do without the help of Jeeves these days. Formidable aunts, unbidden guests, and other headaches are small potatoes for the ever-resourceful Jeeves. Here is another heavenly dose of humor and intrigue from "the greatest comic writer ever" (Douglas Adams). "P. G. Wodehouse at his shining best." --John Mortimer
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 5

  Thank You, Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  A full cast of Wodehouse creations--including tyrannical relatives, beastly acquaintances, demon children, and literary fatheads--return for further near catastrophes and sparkling comedy Overlook is proud to present four more antic selections from comic genius, P.G. Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress is an early novel about Belpher Castle, the idyllic home of the aristocratic Marshmoreton family and a precursor to... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 7

  The Code of the Woosters

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  A colourful array of characters including Gussie Fink-Nottle, the soupy Madeleine Bassett, and the Rev. H.P. ('Stinker') Pinker, add an 18th century cow-creamer, a small notebook and mix with Aunt Dahlia. It all spells trouble for Bertie and Jeeves.
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  Théâtre Illuminata: Book 2

  Perchance to Dream

  by Lisa Mantchev

  The stuff that dreams are made on.   Act Two, Scene One Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the players and their parts, but she didn’t know that she, too, had magic. Now, she is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales. She is ready for the outside world. Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY And it is nothing like... (more)
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  Scarecrow (Matthew Reilly): Book 5

  Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves

  by Matthew Reilly

  At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, the battle to save the world has begun... THE SECRET BASE It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re-activated... A RENEGADE ARMY When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself... (more)
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  44 Scotland Street: Book 5

  The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

  by Alexander McCall Smith

  The witty and utterly delightful new novel in the national bestselling 44 Scotland Street series. Featuring all the quirky characters we have come to know and love, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones , finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking his escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 4

  Very Good, Jeeves!

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Very Good, Jeeves! is a collection of short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman’s gentleman. Whether Bertie is tangled with a red-headed ball of fire such as Roberta Wickham, dealing with an irate headmistress, placating a cabinet minister, puncturing the wrong hot water bottle, singing ‘Sonny Boy’, or simply trying to... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 9

  The Mating Season

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  When Bertie Wooster visits Deverill Hall pretending to be Gussie Fink-Nottle he finds himself in trouble. To begin with, there is the case of Esmond Haddock, JP, the squire of King's Deverill, and his surging sea of Aunts. Then there is the problem with "Corky" Pirbright, Constable Dobbs and the dog. Complicating Matters further, Esmond is in love with Corky, and Esmond's cousin Gertrude with Corky's brother,... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 2

  The Inimitable Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as Jeeves.A Jeeves and Wooster collection. A classic collection of stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman - in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (including the... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 11

  Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as Bertie Wooster Sees It Through.When Bertie Wooster goes to stay with his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court and finds himself engaged to the imperious Lady Florence Craye, disaster threatens from all sides. While Florence tries to cultivate his mind, her former fiancé, hefty ex-policeman "Stilton" Cheesewright, threatens to beat his body to a pulp, and her new admirer, the bleating poet... (more)
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  44 Scotland Street: Book 3

  Love Over Scotland

  by Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntosh

  The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans. This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological study of pirate households. Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril, has been stolen, and is facing an... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 8

  Joy in the Morning

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as Jeeves in the Morning.Trapped in the rural hell-hole of the Steeple Bumpleigh with his bossy ex-fiancee, Florence Craye, her fire-breathing father, Lord Worplesdon, her frightful Boy-Scout brother, Edwin, and her beefy new betrothed, 'Stilton' Cheesewright, Bertie Wooster finds himself walking a diplomatic tightrope. With Florence threatening to ditch Stilton for Bertie, and Stilton... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 13

  Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Gussie Fink-Nottle simply must marry Madeline Bassett or Bertrand Wooster will be obliged to proffer the ring in his stead. In a daring attempt at securing the engagement, Jeeves and Bertie visit a rural leper colony.
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 12

  Jeeves in the Offing

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as How Right You Are, Jeeves.Someone has stolen - yet again - Uncle Tom's antique silver cow-creamer. Suspicions fall on Wilbert Cream, believed to be a wealthy American practical joker and kleptomaniac known as Broadway Willie. But the incident only marks the beginning of Bertie Wooster's problems...It is only by a stroke of rare - very rare - genius that Bertie Wooster finds... (more)
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  44 Scotland Street: Book 2

  Espresso Tales

  by Alexander McCall Smith

  Alexander McCall Smith’s many fans will be pleased with this latest installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.   Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor, and between... (more)
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  44 Scotland Street: Book 1

  44 Scotland Street

  by Alexander McCall Smith

  Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother’s desire for him to learn the... (more)
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  Jeeves and Wooster: Book 14

  Much Obliged, Jeeves

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  Also published as The Tie That Binds.Spring brings four more antic novels by P. G. Wodehouse. In Quick Service a complicated chain of events is set into motion after Mrs. Chavender takes a bite of breakfast ham, and readers are reminded that disaster can be averted if you Ring for Jeeves . Bertie Wooster avoids Madeleine Bassett in Much Obliged, Jeeves , at Blandings Castle, in Uncle Fred in the... (more)