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Davis: I've had my eye on Grace Buchanan for a while now. Unlike the bubbly blondes I usually date, the feisty, flame-haired bartender both intrigues and bewilders me. Something about Grace - the tattoos? The nose ring? - makes every part of me sit up and beg. There's only one problem: She hates me. Trading insults and one-liners has become our M.O. But when Grace bets me that I can't get a date with a non-blonde if my life depends on it, I'm determined to prove her wrong by landing the ultimate non-blonde: her.

"This is a job to die for," they said. Little did he know. Our guide takes us to the great beyond and tells us about his experiences with the sexy angels and horny devils.

When a dip-net fisherman hauls in a severed human foot, Lieutenant Jim Wekle is thrown into another whodunit on his remote island. Alaskan mayhem ensues with a rogue gang of elderly women on ATVs, a Planet Patrol environmental boat with an oil leak, and an influx of tourists, each clutching a fresh copy of a book titled, Muskeg Mama. Kram is in rare form as he decides to enter the local work force by applying his unique perspective to a series of part-time jobs. 

"An eminently readable comedy of modern war" (New York Times), Men at Arms is the first novel in Evelyn Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the...

Mitten in der Nacht trifft bei der New Yorker Polizei der ängstliche Notruf eines kleinen Mädchens ein. Eve Dallas macht sich sofort auf den Weg, doch sie kommt zu spät: Die ganze Familie Swisher ist tot und anscheinend waren hochprofessionelle Killer am Werk, die keine Spuren hinterlassen haben. Nur ein Familienmitglied - die neunjährige Nixie - entging dem Blutbad. Als Eve das zitternde Mädchen erblickt, ist es um sie geschehen. Um jeden Preis will sie das Kind schützen, denn Nixie schwebt als einzige Augenzeugin in höchster Gefahr.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the stone in the first place.' Fate is a word that springs to the lips when to call something...

Der junge orthodoxe Jude Mordechai Wolkenbruch, kurz Motti, hat ein Problem: Die Frauen, die ihm seine 'mame' als Heiratskandidatinnen vorsetzt, sehen alle so aus wie sie. Ganz im Gegensatz zu Laura, seiner hübschen Mitstudentin an der Universität Zürich - doch die ist leider eine 'schikse': Sie trägt Hosen, hat einen wohlgeformten 'tuches', trinkt Gin Tonic und benutzt ungehörige Ausdrücke.

Step into the extraordinary world of Tubey Tubeman, an inflatable tube figure with big dreams and an even bigger heart. From humble beginnings aspiring to be a journalist or a basketball star, Tubey's journey takes unexpected turns filled with ambition, family dynamics, and the pursuit of happiness. Raised by a loving yet struggling family, Tubey learns the importance of chasing dreams despite the odds. When tragedy strikes, Tubey's resilience is put to the test. A

Die Prosa von Joachim Ringelnatz gleicht einer großen Überraschungsbox, die im phantastisch-grotesken Gewand gesellschaftliche Schwächen und menschliche Verhaltensweisen scharfsinnig und humorvoll charakterisiert. "Die Walfische und die Fremde" erzählt von schiffbrüchigen Seeleuten und deren privaten Erlebnissen bei ihrem erzwungenen Landgang. "Vom Tabarz" berichtet über eine todesmutige Fliege, die glaubt aus der Eiszeit zu stammen und damit über tausend Jahre alt zu sein und die Philosophie für sich entdeckt.

Barney Teegarden knows what it’s like to be alone. He knows what it’s like to have a romantic heart, yet no love in his life to unleash the romance on. With the help of a friend, he acquires a lease in a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego. The Belladonna Arms is not only filled with the quirkiest cast of characters imaginable, it is also famous for sprinkling love dust on even the loneliest of the lovelorn. At the Arms, Barney finds friendship, acceptance, and an adopted family that lightens his lonely life. Hell, he even finds a cat.

A frank and hilarious guide to every man's mind-numbing nemesis: Shopping.Guys, spent one too many Saturdays marooned at the mall? This indispensable sanity-saver exposes the hidden history and insidious psychology of shopping. Hint: it's crazy. Plus, this book cool-headedly guides you through the treacherous, credit card-melting mazes.

Yoga has finally come off her high horse to reveal doubters, sufferers, and cynics. This is the story of one woman’s comic misadventures at the ashram from hell.