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Drawing room comedy exposing quirks and foibles of Victorian society with plot revolving around amorous pursuits of two men who face social obstacles when they woo young ladies of quality. This play's noted for its witty lines, its clever situations, and its satire on the British nobility and clergy.
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An audiobook narrator, former actress Sewanee Chester, after having a one-night stand with a handsome stranger in Las Vegas, returns home to narrate a romance novel and forms a connection with the anonymous author, but when his identity is finally revealed, she must risk everything for desire.
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One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
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In his follow up to his tremendously successful debut comedy special Mr. Showbiz , the comic-actor-musician-host responds to anyone who's ever said: 'F#ck Nick Cannon.' A recent health scare has changed how he sees the world and he is here to share his unique perspective on getting older, raising his children, and living with his famous wife (Mariah Carey). Nick Cannon doesn't care what the haters think, and that's what gives him his hilarious edge....
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Jeeves and Wooster volume 7
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When Bertie Wooster, a blundering, but well-meaning bachelor, returns home to London after spending time in the Canes with his aunt and cousin, he discovers that his valet, Jeeves, has been advising an old friend on love. Gussie, Bertie's school friend, is head-over-heels in love with a young, whimsical lady named Madeline. Unsure what to do with his crush, Gussie turned to Jeeves in Bertie's absence, happy with the help he received. Bertie, however,...
6) Enough Rope
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A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York City writers, critics, and actors, Dorothy Parker rose to literary fame during the first part of the 20th century. An accomplished poet, writer, critic, satirist, playwright, and screenwriter, Parker was known for her sharp wit in describing 20th century urban life. Although she disliked this characterization, because she thought it undermined her writing, it is primarily for this...
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"Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success,and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show,...
9) Oliver
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Oliver has always wanted to be a dancing elephant, but what will he do when he discovers the circus already has enough elephants? Beginning readers will laugh out loud as they follow Oliver's adventures and find out how this elephant of unique charm and talent finally achieves his dream. Now available in full color!
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"Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a "merry war"; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of "noting" (which sounds the same as "nothing," and which is gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other,...
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"While her friends wish for meet cutes worthy of their favorite rom-coms, Julia is ready to give up on love. Swiping right has replaced getting swept off your feet and good old-fashioned romance has become, well, old-fashioned. A writer for a popular website, love becomes the last thing on her mind when impending layoffs threaten her job. As Julia searches for the ultimate pitch to impress her boss, she stumbles upon a resort offering guests a chance...
12) A Sudden Crush
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Joanna Price is a city girl with the perfect life. She loves her job as a book editor, she just married Liam, high profile bestselling author and the man of her dreams, and she's headed to the Caribbean to enjoy two weeks of paradise for her luxurious honeymoon.Connor Duffield is a gruff, grumpy rancher from the Midwest. He is a country boy who has a no-nonsense approach to life, more scars than he'd like to admit, and he hates city girls.So it's...
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Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: He fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug, and the young man fell out of a window to his death. Edward's guilt and depression are worsened by daily letters from the young man's mother cursing Edward as a murderer. Tortured, Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram....
14) Witch please
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Fix-it witches volume 1
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"Danica Waterhouse is a fully modern witch. After a messy breakup, she makes a pact with her cousin: they'll keep their hearts protected and have fun, without involving the overly opinionated Waterhouse matriarchs. No need to add criticism on top of heartache! Titus Winnaker has family trouble of his own. After a tragic loss, all he's got is his sister, his bakery-Sugar Daddy's-and a romantic curse that's left him doomed to be alone. Until he meets...
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Ladies and gentlemen. This is the tale of shenanigans, foolishness, mayhem, bigotry, racism, sexism and everything else under the sun. These are some of my personal stories on how I should have ended up in HR. If you are easily offended, this is not the place for you. If vulgar, lewd or inappropriate language offends you, please do yourself a favor and walk away. If not, then prepare yourself for the folklore, "How to end up in HR."
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction...
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"Rotzig und respektlos, sexy und sentimental, spannend und politisch unkorrekt." - Frank Goosen
Die Omma ist eine Ruhrpottikone. Sie war mal Wirtschafterin im Puff, bis sie den brutalen Zuhälter nicht mehr ertragen und ihn kurzerhand mit einer Flasche Korn erschlagen hat. Als die Mitzi, ehemalige Prostituierte und enge Vertraute der Omma, plötzlich stirbt, bricht die Omma alle Zelte in Essen ab und zieht zu ihrer Enkelin Bianca. Nach Berlin-Kreuzberg....
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Kinder sind was Wunderbares. Noch schöner ist nur ein Hühnerhof, findet Johann König und holt sich eine Schar aufgeregtes Federvieh ins Haus. Dabei hat er mit drei Kindern ja eigentlich schon genug Arbeit. Vor allem, weil sie während der Seuchenjahre nicht nur gefüttert, gesäubert und befriedet, sondern auch noch unterrichtet werden mussten. Also die Kinder, nicht die Hühner. Hier erzählt er, gewohnt trocken und lakonisch, wie er Lockdown,...
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Rund um seinen 60. Geburtstag stellt sich Bernd Stelter dem Älterwerden - das gar nicht so schlecht ist, wie er findet, vor allem, wenn man die Alternative bedenkt. Aber: Jetzt geht's ums letzte Drittel, Zeit für eine Bestandsaufnahme, um barrierefrei Neunzig zu werden. Stelter beginnt zu gehen, 10.000 Schritte täglich, und seine Muskeln so lange zu triezen, bis sie brennen. Aber der Mensch ist ja nicht nur Körper, da ist auch ein Geist, der nicht...
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