Louis de Bernieres When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes...

Glenn MurphyDoes Farting Make You Faster?: And Other Incredibly Important Questions and Answers about Sport from the Science MuseumPublished March 1st 2012 by MacMillan Children's Books

Gary ShteyngartOpen Absurdistan and meet outsize Misha Vainberg, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, lover of large portions of food and drink, lover and inept performer of rap music,...

Joseph HellerJoseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David...

Jon Scieszka and Lane SmithA revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this collection that includes "Little Red Running Shorts", "The Princess and the Bowling...

Author: Meg Cabot A princess on her own . . . Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. But...

Created by Matt GroeningSpringfield...Home of the Isotopes, Springfield A&M, and Blinkey, the world's first three–eyed fish! Birthplace of the Flaming Moe! The site of Krustylu Studios, the awe–inspiring Springfield Gorge,...

Stephen Fry   Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic.Adrian Healey is magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life; unprepared too...

Jennifer WeinerAddie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they first met and decided to be best friends forever. But, in the wake of tragedy and betrayal during their teenage...

Author: Gregory Levey A New York law student and speechwriter for Ariel Sharon describes his surprising placement at the Israeli Consulate, attendance of U.N. sessions, and insider witness to Middle-Eastern...

Helen FieldingA dazzling urban satire of modern human relations?An iconic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family?Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?

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