A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Toucan Keep a Secret. Meg Langslow's grandfather has been booked by a cruise line to give lectures on birds and other...
Humorous fiction
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Author:Andrews, DonnaSummary: - Author:Pratchett, TerrySummary:
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different ... Collected together for the first time are...
- Author:Jonasson, JonasSummary:
After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he's still in good health-and tomorrow is his hundredth birthday. A big celebration is in the...
- Author:Kijinski, PaulSummary:
Roger Jakubiak isn't where he thought he would be at age 45: single, predictable and working as an eighth-grade social studies teacher in the same Cleveland area school district from which he graduated. Now a suspected brain aneurysm...
- Author:Beauchemin, Yves, Grady, WayneSummary:
Montreal student Jerome Lupien - libidinous, unscrupulous, and fresh out of university - is ambitious and at loose ends. Whether on a hunting trip into Québec's northern woods, on an escape planned in good faith to Cuba, or...
- Author:Jonasson, JonasSummary:
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship carrying contraband...
- Author:Hulse, CarolineSummary:
A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their new partners, all on an epic Christmas vacation. What could go wrong' This razor-sharp novel puts a darkly comic twist on seasonal favorites like Love Actually and The Holiday. "...
- Author:Marie, AnnetteSummary:
As a guild bartender, I can handle pretty much anything-mages, sorcerers, witches, the occasional demon. But show me anything family-related and I'd rather run for the hills. It doesn't even have to be my family. So I have no...
- Author:Maharaj, RabindranathSummary:
Both familiar and strange, this story of a large Canadian city seen through the wide eyes of a naive and inexperienced young immigrant - wise in the culture of comic books - is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Samuel is just 17 when...
- Author:Harper, Charise MericleSummary:
Sometimes school can be scary and even embarrassing, but not today. Today is Birdie's birthday, and everything will be perfect! Birdie's panda-riffic cupcakes are beautiful, and there's one for everyone. She will be the star of the...
- Author:Curtis, HerbSummary:
An invasion? For teenagers Dryfly Ramsey and Shadrack Nash, poor and ignorant in the world’s terms but rich in the lore of the magical Miramichi, the annual influx of American anglers, with their money, fishing gear, and thirst for...
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at...
- Author:Gordon, JamesSummary:
A story about the power of stories! It's a novel. It's an album. It's "The Ark Of The Oven Mitt." A Reporter for a Canadian music magazine is asked to do a 'where-are-they-now' story about 'Miles and Myles', a popular band in the '80s....
- Author:Campbell, MelodieSummary:
Mob goddaughter Gina Gallo stands to inherit two million bucks from her great-uncle Seb, a master forger. But there’s a catch: Uncle Seb wants Gina to make things right and return an extremely valuable painting to the City Art Gallery....
- Author:John, JorySummary:
A New York Times bestseller!An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Month from the New York Times bestselling author of the Goodnight Already! seriesThis is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad' Do you really...
- Author:Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:
When Taylor Greer hits the road she has no real destination, only to get as far from Kentucky as possible. By the time she ends up in Arizona, she has inherited a three-year-old Cherokee girl from an Indian woman she met in a bar.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
The newest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned home from the Middle East, only...
- Author:Fallis, TerrySummary:
Here's the set up: A burnt-out political aide quits just before an election - but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock - an engineering professor who will do...
- Author:Edgerton, ClydeSummary:
Preston Clearwater is scoring cash working a car-theft ring in post-World War II North Carolina. When he picks up 19-year-old Bible salesman Henry Dampier, Preston convinces the kid that he's an FBI spy. And before Henry knows what's up...
- Author:Dorsey, Tim.Summary:
Serge and sidekick Coleman head out west to take on Hollywood bigwigs and L.A. lowlifes in Dorsey's most outrageous novel yet. Before Tinseltown knows what's hit it, Serge has made an unforgettable foray to the Playboy Mansion and come...
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