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Knucklehead

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Knucklehead By:Adam Smyer Published on 2018-01-22 by Akashic Books |By setting his novel in the '90s, Smyer, who lives in Oakland, has crafted some brutal deja vu. As [protagonist] Marcus reflects on Rodney King, the Million Man March and the Oklahoma City bombing, we think of Freddie Gray, Black Lives Matter and school shootings that have become a way of life. And when Marcus laments San Francisco's dwindling black population, here we are more than 20 years on, and it's only gotten worse. We should all be furious.| --San Francisco Chronicle |This book is bold in how it treats the reader as an insider to the reality of American blackness. It can be, in turns, lyrically poignant, cynical, hilarious, and infuriating.| --Foreword Reviews, Starred Review |In this comic debut novel, lawyer Marcus Hayes careens through the racially divisive 1990s while trying to manage his compulsive anger, chaotic love life, and economic misfortunes...Smyer gives Marcus a sardonic and hilarious ...

Queen for a Day

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Queen for a Day By:Maxine Rosaler Published on 2018-06-05 by Open Road Media With “intelligence and sympathy,” this compassionate and darkly humorous debut tells the stories of mothers of children with disabilities (Alison Lurie, Pulitzer Prize–winning author). After Mimi Slavitt’s three-year-old son, Danny, is diagnosed with autism, she finds herself in a world nearly as isolating as her son’s. It is a position she shares only with mothers like herself, women chosen against their will for lives of sacrifice and martyrdom. Searching for miracles, begging for the help of heartless bureaucracies while arranging every minute of every day for children who can never be left alone, they exist in a state of perpetual crisis, normal life always just out of reach. In chapters told from Mimi’s point of view and theirs, these women emerge as conflicted, complex individuals, totally unsuited for sainthood, often dreaming of the day they can just walk away. Taking its title from the 1950s reality T...

Royal Tease

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Royal Tease By:Nana Malone Published on 2018-11-13 by Sankofa Girl USA Today bestselling author Nana Malone introduces Royal Tease, a royal enemies to lovers romance! Roone… The plan was simple, go undercover, protect my best friend’s little sister. It should have been the easiest assignment of my life. But Jessa isn’t your usual princess. She’s feisty, and sexy, and stubborn, and gorgeous. Did I mention she hates me? From the moment I carried her over my shoulder out of a bar fight, I’ve been persona non grata. But the stakes are too high to mess this up. The monarchy is at risk. Jessa… I can’t stand Roone Ashcroft. There I said it. Shoot me. We go together like lightening and water. His annoying, steady obstinance is going to cost me my job. A job I have worked very hard to keep. No one is messing this up for me. I’ve had enough crazy in my life. But even if I wanted him - which I don’t, but if I did - I can’t ever have him. My life is not my own. I’ve known that since birth. This Bo...

Bossypants

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Bossypants By:Tina Fey Published on 2011-04-05 by Reagan Arthur Books Before Liz Lemon, before |Weekend Update,| before |Sarah Palin,| Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence. Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy. (Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and It...

Christmas Witch List

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Christmas Witch List By:Colleen Cross Published on 2018-05-23 by Slice Publishing Mystery Books This Book was ranked at 6 by Google Books for keyword best humor books of 2018. Book ID of Christmas Witch List's Books is -_JIDwAAQBAJ, Book which was written byColleen Crosshave ETAG "qs4KSAJmPoo" Book which was published by Slice Publishing Mystery Books since 2018-05-23 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781988272160 and ISBN 10 Code is 1988272165 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "259 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryFiction This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "5.0" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is true Book Preview

Flatulence Journal Funny Humorous Gag Gift

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Flatulence Journal Funny Humorous Gag Gift By:Distinctive Journals Published on 2018-01-07 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Flatulence Journal Funny Humorous Gag Gift Important photo cover paperback contains alternating blank pages and lined pages. Express yourself with words or images. Blank pages also provide the option to paste pictures or clippings scrapbook style. Makes a perfect gag gift for just the right person in your life. You know who that is! Imagine the reactions at the birthday party or holiday gathering when this gift is opened! You or your gift recipient will enjoy this classic looking vintage style cover every time this funny journal is used for creative writing, taking notes, making lists, or drawing. Please note: The cover of this journal is a flat photo, not an actual textured material. Write or sketch - the choice is yours with this handy blank book. www.DistinctiveJournals.com This Book was ranked at 13 by Google Books for keyword best humor books ...

How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush

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How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush By:Emmy Abrahamson Published on 2018-03-20 by HarperCollins For readers of quirky Scandinavian fiction comes this charming and witty debut novel by Emmy Abrahamson—perfect for fans of Jonas Jonasson. Love stinks. Or maybe it just needs a shower . . . Vienna: famous for Mozart, waltzes, and pastry; less famous for Julia, a Swedish transplant who spends her days teaching English to unemployed Austrians and her evenings watching Netflix with her cat or club hopping with a frenemy. An aspiring novelist, Julia’s full of ideas for future bestsellers: A writer moves his family to a deserted hotel in the dead of winter and spirals into madness! A homely governess loves a brooding man whose crazy wife is locked up in the attic! Fine, so they’ve been done. Doesn’t mean Julia won’t find something original. Then something original finds Julia—sits down next to her on a bench, as a matter of fact. Ben is handsome (under all that beard) and adventur...