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  Who Moved My Blackberry?

  by Lucy Kellaway

  The television show The Office meets Bridget Jones in a novel set in an office so dysfunctional, it’s bound to strike a chord with any nine-to-fiver A compulsively readable, hilarious novel told through the e-mail messages of Martin Lukes. Martin Lukes is a man who is good at taking credit where it isn’t due; a man who works hard at "personal growth" but consistently lets down everyone around him; a man... (more)
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  Alice in the Country of Hearts: Book 1

  Alice in the Country of Hearts Volume 1

  by Soumei Hoshino, QuinRose, QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino

  Wonderland is officially at war! And Alice is trapped in the middle of it all. Will she make it out alive? A little arrogant, stubborn, and determined to get back home, Alice isn't fazed by these challenges...until she discovers that every man is gun crazy and weirdly in love with her. What's going on in Wonderland?!
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  The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: A Novel (Vintage)

  by Gideon Defoe

  London, 1840: Wagner's latest opera plays to packed houses while disgruntled workers gather in crowded pubs to eat ice cream and plan the downfall of the bourgeoisie. Meanwhile, the Pirate Captain finds himself incarcerated at Scotland Yard, in a case of mistaken identity. Discovering that his doppelgänger is none other than Karl Marx, the Captain and his crew are unwittingly caught up in a sinister plot that... (more)
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  They died laughing ([Dell Books 25 cent series)

  by Alan Green

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  Grow Up! #4 (DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY)

  by D.J. Steinberg

  What in the world has happened to our young heroes?! Suddenly they are all acting like old people! Why is Loud Boy walking with a cane? Is that Chatterbox with the granny bag and beehive hairdo? Wait a minute, when did Destructo Kid go crazy for bingo? Is Fidget the new shuffleboard king of the senior center? And hold the phone—is that Tantrum Girl over there sitting in a big rocking chair and knitting? There’s... (more)
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  Rosario + Vampire : Season 2: Book 1

  Rosario+Vampire, Season II, Volume 1

  by Akihisa Ikeda

  Can't Monsters and Humans Just Get Along?! ; Love's a Monster! TEST 1 MAGICAL FRUIT - WHEN CONFRONTED WITH A MAN-EATING (AND MONSTER-EATING) MAGICAL FRUIT... a. toot b. jam c. reap
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  A Home for Mr. Easter

  by Brooke A. Allen

  You will love this crazy energetic book by a refreshing new talent! Tesana has never really fit into anything before but her daydreams. But when making an attempt to connect to her peers by joining in a pep rally planning committee she suddenly discovers a little white rabbit that lays brightly colored eggs. Realizing that she may have found the real life Easter bunny, Tesana embarks on an epic quest in an effort... (more)
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  Okie Dokie Donuts : open for business!

  by Chris Eliopoulos

  Good morning! Welcome to Okie Dokie Donuts. Run by pastry pioneer and cunning culinarian, Big Mama! Okie Dokie Donuts is the best little donut shop in town! What's her secret? Big Mama rolls in a heaping serving of love into each of her hand-made creations! Loyal customers can't get enough of her tantalizing turnovers. But running a donut shop isn't easy! Trouble is always poking holes in Big Mama's fun. But as... (more)
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  Passion and Poppadoms

  by Nisha Minhas

  Sometimes a life without Indian rules isn't all it's cracked up to be. Marina's parents have allowed her to make her own way, forge her own career and choose her own husband. Life is full of possibilities. So why is she working as a humble sandwich-filler in a shabby Oxfordshire town? Finding herself a rich and handsome husband hasn't been as easy as she'd thought. When Marina sets eyes on gorgeous hotel... (more)
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  The Castle of Otranto

  by Horace Walpole

  One of the first, great Gothic novels, and one of the most influential books in literary history, this thrilling tale abounds in adventure, suspense, and supernatural occurrences. In a realm where a villain reigns, mysterious events aid in fulfilling a prophecy that spells doom for the ruler and justice for the rightful heir.
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  Agnes and the Hitman

  by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

  Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named Rhett and you’ve got a recipe for a sexy, hilarious novel about the disastrous side of true love… Agnes Crandall’s life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she’s... (more)
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  Bobbie Faye: Book 1

  Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day

  by Toni McGee Causey

  Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows that a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara--the only thing of her mama's she inherited--as random. So Bobbie Faye has to outwit the police, organized crime, former boyfriends, and a hostage she never intended to take (but who turns out to be damn sexy!), in order to rescue... (more)
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  Hollywood's Classic Comedies featuring Slapstick, Romance, Music, Glamour or Screwball Fun!

  by John Howard Reid

  200 films reviewed and rated, covering all genres of movie comedy from slapstick to sardonic, from madness to manners. Featured comedians include Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Bob Hope, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Bing Crosby, The Three Stooges, Eddie Cantor, Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati, Sid Field, The Crazy Gang, George... (more)
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  Keaton

  by Rudi Blesh

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  A Confederacy of Dunces

  by John Kennedy Toole

  A popular Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy follows the adventures of New Orlean's lower denizens of the French Quarter.
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  JPod

  by Douglas Coupland

  Very evil....very funny A lethal joyride into today’s new breed of technogeeks, Douglas Coupland’s new novel updates Microserfs for the age of Google. Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers are bureaucratically marooned in JPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver video game design company. The six JPodders wage daily battle against the demands of a boneheaded marketing... (more)
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  Good Omens

  The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

  by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

  There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their... (more)
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  Dirk Gently: Book 1

  Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

  by Douglas Adams

  There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.