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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This is a fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world. Indiana Jackson is thirty-three years old and works in San Francisco at an alternative medicine clinic that attracts all sorts of characters, some of them skeptics, who fall for her candour and humility. Her teenage daughter, Amanda,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Many people know about William Shakespeare's famous encounter with the Doctor at the Globe Theatre in 1599. But what few people know (though many have suspected) is that it was not the first time they met. Drawn from recently discovered archives, The Shakespeare Notebooks is the holy grail for Bard scholars: conclusive proof that the Doctor not only appeared throughout Shakespeare's life but also had a significant impact on his writing. In these pages...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The author of Empire of the Senseless gives the Dickens classic a punk twist, setting it in 1980s New York City.
Kathy Acker's practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notorious-as a rebel and a groundbreaker-when Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickens's classic-splicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotat's sexually violent Eden, Eden, Eden, among other texts-alongside Acker's...
4) Pride and prejudice and zombies: the classic Regency romance--now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton--and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This "is actually two books in one, as Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey, due to space constraints, is forced to explain both the concept of children--a species she doesn't trust for a second--and the tundra, in one book. She is, as always, joined in her crusade of lies by her husband, Benny, who is mostly useless. " --Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jennie Egerdie, author of Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best, takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood (or at least what's left of it with the encroaching big box stores) as Winnie-the-Pooh and friends acclimate to the joys and worries of the 21st century in this heartfelt parody. The world has changed a great deal in the 100 years since A. A. Milne first created the loveable Winnie-the-Pooh, but that doesn't mean he and his friends can't adapt. With...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mass murders, kidnappings and a flasher may be troubling to the residents of Fernwood, Ohio. But pigtailed, gingham-frocked housewife Mary Hartman has a much more serious problem: waxy buildup on her kitchen floor. And while her husband Tom struggles in the bedroom and her best friend, country singer Loretta Haggers, struggles to make it big in Nashville, Mary teeters closer to the edge, desperate to save her marriage, keep her family together and...
Author
Series
Papercutz slices volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Parody of all the Harry Potter books in 1 graphic novel.
Author
Series
Smash volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ka-boom! Clobbered by fallout from a blast that kills the local superhero, Defender, Andrew Ryan suddenly has super strength and speed! And he can fly! Now it's up to him to protect citizens from thieves, thugs, and fearsome villains. He dons a homemade costume to hide his true identity, and Smash is born! But fighting crime isn't easy, especially when you're in fifth grade. On top of evil robots and trigger-happy bank robbers, there's homework,...
Author
Series
Smash volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Ka-boom! Clobbered by fallout from a blast that kills the local superhero, Defender, Andrew Ryan suddenly has super strength and speed! And he can fly! Now it's up to him to protect citizens from thieves, thugs, and fearsome villains. He dons a homemade costume to hide his true identity, and Smash is born! But fighting crime isn't easy, especially when you're in fifth grade. On top of evil robots and trigger-happy bank robbers, there's homework,...
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