Right ho, Jeeves (A Herbert Jenkins book) by H. Jenkins
a bit about it: Returning from Cannes after several weeks with his Aunt Dahlia Travers, her daughter Angela, and Angela's friend Madeline Bassett, Bertie is informed that Gussie Fink-Nottle has been a frequent caller. And not for Bertie's company, it turns out -- rather, to consult with Jeeves in matters of the heart. Gussie is in love with Madeline and has decamped from Hampshire to the metrop...
Can You Keep a Secret? by The Dial Press $23.00
With the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:Secrets from her mother:I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum...
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut $14.95
Breakfast of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny satire as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth.
Tristram Shandy (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books) by The Modern Library
The work that assured Sterne an everlasting place in English literature. It humorously chronicles the life of Tristram Shandy; this comic account is intertwined with his thoughts and philosophies regarding various issues. The novel is typographically very unusual in a style that is Sterne-s own all the way.
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) by Scholastic $2.85
As the Baudelaire orphans look out the grimy window of the train taking them to the Lucky Smells Lumbermill to live, they can't help but wonder what lies ahead. For Violet, who is an inventor, perhaps there will be machines to observe. Machines that saw wood can be very interesting, even though in the wrong hands they can be the cause of ghastly accidents. And for Klaus, who enjoys reading...
Faking It by AmazonEncore $2.99
Product DescriptionAfter breaking off her engagement, thirty-something writing professor Andi Cutrone abandons New England for her native Long Island to focus on her career and start over. When she meets Devin at a cocktail party, the sight of an honest-to-goodness male escort shocks her—and fascinates her more than a little. Months later, Andi impulsively calls Devin. Over cheesecake in...
The Frog Princess by Scholastic Inc $0.95
Princess Emeralda isn't exactly an ideal princess. Her laugh sounds like a donkey's bray rather than tinkling bells, she trips over her own feet more often than she gracefully curtsies, and she hates the young Prince Jorge whom her mother hopes she will marry. But if Emeralda ever thought to escape from her frustrating life, she never expected it to happen by turning into a frog! This is a...
Perfect on Paper: The (Mis)Adventures of Waverly Bryson by AmazonEncore $14.95
Waverly Bryson is a successful businesswoman in her late 20s who almost has it all: a dream job in sports PR, two best friends, and a bar where everybody knows her name. What she doesn’t have is a ring on her finger. And after being ditched at the altar, she’s in no hurry to get one. Besides, plenty of other issues keep her busy, including her wayward father, a new rival at work, and an...
The Bachelorette Party by $21.95
After being left at the altar by her soap star fiancé, Los Angeles high school teacher Zadie Roberts wants nothing more to do with love and romance. With the help of her best buddy Grey and several bottles of wine, she just might survive the trauma of the wedding that wasn't. Unexpectedly, Grey gets engaged to Zadie's prim and proper cousin Helen, and suddenly Zadie is dragged back into wedding...
White Teeth by Random House $24.95
'White Teeth' is a comic epic of multicultural Britain which tells the story of immigrants in England over a period of 40 years.