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His for Revenge (Vows of Convenience #2)
by Caitlin CrewsThe marriage game... Walking down the aisle toward striking but cold CEO Chase Whitaker was never meant to be Zara Elliot's fate. But to safeguard the family business, she'll have to play along... Chase is only interested in one thing-his own dark game of revenge against Zara's father. The one thing he hadn't counted on? Zara's charm and natural beauty unsettling his rock-hard defenses. But their wedding night proves to be a game changer, and they both realize they're in over their heads. Losing is never an option for Chase...but winning suddenly takes on a very different meaning!
Hiss Me Deadly
by Bruce HaleA crime has been committed that strikes at the heart of Chet's very own family. Some slippery sneak has stolen his mother's beloved pearls, leaving Chet angrier than a nest of hornets on eviction day. When additional items go missing, Principal Zero turns up the heat by hiring Chet to flush out the thief. Will our gecko hero deliver the goods before it's too late? He'd better. Because this time, it's personal.This thirteenth entry in Chet and Natalie's tattered casebook is chock-full of the hilarious characters, wacky one-liners, and fast-paced mystery that have made this series a favorite among middle grade readers.
Hiss of Death
by Rita Mae BrownBeloved authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-conspirator, Sneaky Pie Brown, sow the seeds of an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and that incorrigible corgi Tee Tucker. This time around, the onset of spring ushers in more than hay fever as the animal friends must come to the aid of an ailing Harry to sniff out the season's first blossom of murder. Ah, spring! The redbuds open, the robins return, and the days lengthen. People's spirits lift--as do those of their animal companions. As a wave of tilling and planting sweeps over Crozet, Virginia, Harry is especially excited: This year is her first harvesting grapes to sell. But then a health crisis sends her reeling into the forbidding world of hospitals and doctors, treatments and procedures. Surviving this journey will be tough, but Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker will do their best to steer Harry in the right direction--as will her ever-helpful husband, Fair. Others will have worse luck: An especially promising nurse's lifeless body is discovered without a mark on her. Then another hospital employee, who had seemed in perfect health, is also found dead. It's clear there's a mystery afoot--and that's one thing Harry and her menagerie can't keep their noses out of.From the Hardcover edition.
Hissy Fitz
by Patrick JenningsA popular middle-grade writer moves to chapter books with this humorous tale about a cat that makes Grumpy Cat seem cheerful. Perfect for fans of Geronimo Stilton and Dog Diaries. Hissy Fitz lives with some two-legged creatures who are destined to serve him in every possible way and understand his every whim. Sadly, these creatures are sorely lacking in their skills. For one thing--they touch him when they want to touch him. Don't they know that the two-legged are there for him to touch when he wants to--meaning when he wants food? Petting wakes him up! They speak to him--don't they know the two-legged should be seen--so Hissy knows where to order food--and not heard?! It's becoming intolerable. What is this irascible cat to do?
Historia en meme: (el libro)
by Guillermo Pérez RomeroLa historia universal contada de manera fácil y divertida, ¡y con memes! ¿En la Prehistoria solo la mujer recolectaba? ¿Las pirámides de Egipto las construyeron únicamente los esclavos? ¿Cómo realmente fue la Conquista de América? ¿Qué tuvo de especial la censura cinematográfica con Franco? ¿Cómo fue la noche de bodas de Carlos III? ¿De dónde viene la tradición de «poner el Belén»? ¿Cuál es el origen histórico de las expresiones «poner los cuernos» o «acabar con el rosario de la Aurora»?
Historias Para Niños Del Minero. +50 Historias No Oficiales de Minecraft Para Niños.
by The BlokeheadEn el año pasado, era casi imposible ir a cualquier lugar sin escuchar algún tipo de referencia a Minecraft. Con más de 35 millones de jugadores registrados por diferentes plataformas en el 2012, ha tomado verdadera vida por su cuenta. Jugadores de todas las edades entran al mundo de Minecraft diariamente para que su imaginación y creatividad tengan la oportunidad de expresarse. Ya sea que estés creando tu propia fortaleza perfectamente diseñada para mantener a los monstruos fuera, o que trates de sobrevivir toda la noche sin usar arma alguna, los jugadores se quedan nunca sin hacer cosas divertidas. Los siguientes cuentos demuestran qué hace a Minecraft tan atractivo para tantos jugadores. ¡Bienvenido al excitante y fascinante mundo de Minecraft!
Historias cojonudísimas
by Enrique García López-Corchado<P>Unos relatos tan impactantes y surrealistas como la vida misma. <P>En estos relatos narrados con su peculiar humor negro y absurdo, Enrique García López-Corchado retrata una diversidad de excéntricos personajes que ilustran la crudeza de nuestra existencia en una sociedad donde no queda demasiado espacio para la sensatez, la justicia o la solidaridad. <P>En suma, estas páginas habrán alcanzado su propósito si el lector reflexiona sobre las cuestiones que verdaderamente trascienden. <P>¿Por qué el hombre y la mujer se parecen tanto sin gafas? ¿Cómo arroparemos la mandrágora en un orificio trompetero? ¿Mejor la cerveza de grifo o de botellín?
Historias curiosas de un mundo en cortocircuito
by Luca Giovanni CanevaEste volumen contiene una colección de ensayos breves o muy breves, con los temas más dispares, que provocan la sonrisa, el miedo, el asombro y a menudo la identificación. Describen un mundo contemporáneo con mil facetas y extraño, analizan personajes a veces fantásticos, muy a menudo familiares o parte integrante de la sociedad. Un hilo común une estos relatos del mundo en cortocircuito: una veta constante de ironía y grotesco, que hace de la lectura un viaje a un universo desorientador y curioso.
Historias de Savvy Cosas Divertidas que Aprendí de Mi Hija
by Dan Alatorre Monica Sarro"Una mirada divertida a los muchos momentos mágicos perdidos de la infancia, vistos a través del corazón de un padre." Los padres saben. Todos los niños hacen cosas divertidas, ya sea un bebé queriendo ver cuántos juguetes flotarán en el bebedero del perro, un niño pequeño intentando jugar rayuela sobre el adoquín de la banqueta del centro comercial mientras tú intentas llegar rápidamente a una tienda o un niño de tres años haciendo preguntas inocentes en voz alta a extraños ("¿Ese es su trasero?"). Todos hemos pasado por eso. La paternidad es un trabajo difícil, pero las recompensas son divertidas y numerosas. Estos son algunos de los pequeños momentos cómicos que ocurren entre mi hija y yo - o entre tu hijo y tú - y que ocurren miles de veces al día. Nos reímos y continuamos, porque estamos demasiado ocupados para realmente tomar nota, y los momentos son demasiado pequeños para recordar después. Pero si tan solo pudiésemos escribir algunos de ellos, tendríamos una pequeña canasta maravillosa de recuerdos de familia.
Historias de una becaria incorrecta
by BecariaEl libro políticamente incorrecto de una becaria políticamente incorrecta. Un libro para reír y gozar y conocer a fondo la vida de una becaria inquieta y MUY particular. La Becaria es tímida y todo lo contrario... En este libro nos relata, sin tapujos, sus múltiples historias que van desde su trabajo como becaria -que incluyen deslices amorosos de oficina, muchas fotocopias, un salario emocional y alguna que otra metedura de pata con su jefe- hasta su obsesión por participar en los más insospechados talleres -destaca el del monje contemplativo amante de los mantras- y sus fiestas y encuentros más rocambolescos. Importantes asociaciones de becarios han dicho...«Un bestseller que recomendamos en el newsletter diario para nuestr@s asociad@s.»Asociación Profesional se Becari@s Emocionales «La obra que hizo tambalear a los jefes explotadores.»Becari@s sin Fronteras«El libro secuestrado que emocionó a una emprendedora arrepentida.»Colegio Oficial de Entrepreneurs Vendehumos
Historias en volá
by Simón EspinosaUn compilado de relatos que narran hilaramente la vida diaria de un consumidor de marihuana <P><P>¿Qué se fuma cuando se fuma, mi Dios?», se pregunta en un momento clave el narrador de estos doce relatos llenos de humor, frescura y delirio. <P><P>Simón Espinosa, reconocido sommelier de marihuana, entrega un compilado de historias tan original como hilarante: una voz dispersa y reflexiva que logran transmitir magistralmente los efectos del cannabis en diversas escenas cotidianas. Historias envolá es un libro ferozmente entretenido. <P><P>Una obra cautivante donde se alcanzan experiencias tan reales como volátiles.
History Lesson for Girls
by Aurelie SheehanA beautiful and resonant novel about a friendship that shaped a life during a decade of instability Everyone remembers age thirteen. For Alison Glass, it was 1975, the year she moved to Weston, Connecticut, with her bohemian parents and her horse, Jazz. Life was about trying to navigate the hypocrisies of an unfamiliar affluent town and figuring out how she might blend in at school- despite her status as the new girl with a back brace for scoliosis. Kate Hamilton, the popular daughter of an egomaniacal New Age guru-the "sham shaman"-and his substance-loving wife, was an unlikely friend, the strong girl Alison regarded as her saving grace. Bonding over their love of horses, they rode away the afternoons, creating a private world for themselves as a way to survive the excesses of their surroundings and the adults who cast them adrift in such a tumultuous time. With the clarity of hindsight, Alison looks back on how the tumult inevitably broke through. Set against the backdrop of the often hilariously tacky and disturbingly reckless 1970s, Aurelie Sheehan's luminous History Lesson for Girls is at once an emotional inquest and an elegy for a friendship that meant everything. As Alison traces the giddy highs and crushing lows that made her the person she was at thirteen, a picture emerges of a friendship that simply couldn't survive the weight of the shadows under which it was forged. Combining the poignancy and elegance of The Virgin Suicides with the sharp observational eye of The Ice Storm, History Lesson for Girls is an enchanting tribute to the lingering influence of friendship and significance of personal history.
History Lesson for Girls
by Aurelie SheehanIn her follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Anxiety of Everyday Objects, Aurelie Sheehan presents a moving coming-of-age story set in the disturbingly reckless and often hilariously tacky 1970s. In 1975, Alison Glass, age thirteen, moves to Connecticut with her bohemian parents and her horse, Jazz. Shy, observant, and in a back brace for scoliosis, Alison finds strength in an unlikely friendship with Kate Hamilton, the charismatic but troubled daughter of an egomaniacal New Age guru and his substance-loving wife. Seeking refuge from the chaos in their lives, the girls escape into the world of their horses. Rich in humor and heartbreak, History Lesson for Girls is an elegy to a friendship that meant everything.
History of Russia & the Soviet Union in Humorous Verse
by Sabrina P. RametThe dramatic history of Russia proves fertile ground for laughter in this volume of humorous verse by the author of Pets of the Great Dictators.Sabrina P. Ramet is a serious academic with a seriously funny side. She has made major contributions to European history with her scholarly work on the former Yugoslavia. But her most unique contribution may be the well-informed and wackily executed poems in this volume. No Russian is safe from Sabrina’s hammer-and-sickle wit. Even the most fearsome and formidable—Lenin, Stalin, Peter the Great, and many others—are shown to be buffoons in this collection of satirical poems as dry as a straight shot of vodka.
History's Weirdest Deaths: History's Weirdest Ways to Die
by James ProudA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
History: The hilarious, unmissable novel from the brilliant Miles Jupp
by Miles JuppA satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.Clive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life, no thanks to wretched headteacher Julian Crouch. The gentle country life Clive envisaged has stifled him and left his marriage on the brink. What he needs is a holiday - something to remind him and Helen what life used to be like. But when things don't go to plan, and an incident at school begins to weigh heavy on his head, Clive's life starts to unravel in front of him. Has he got it in him to turn things around, whatever the cost? After all, it's his own time he's wasting...
History: The hilarious, unmissable novel from the brilliant Miles Jupp
by Miles JuppA satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.Clive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life, no thanks to wretched headteacher Julian Crouch. The gentle country life Clive envisaged has stifled him and left his marriage on the brink. What he needs is a holiday - something to remind him and Helen what life used to be like. But when things don't go to plan, and an incident at school begins to weigh heavy on his head, Clive's life starts to unravel in front of him. Has he got it in him to turn things around, whatever the cost? After all, it's his own time he's wasting...
History: The hilarious, unmissable novel from the brilliant Miles Jupp
by Miles JuppThe brilliant debut novel from acclaimed comedian, writer and presenter Miles Jupp.'The funniest man in Britain has written a wonderful novel. Rejoice!' - Richard OsmanClive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life, no thanks to wretched headteacher Julian Crouch. The gentle country life Clive envisaged has stifled him and left his marriage on the brink. What he needs is a holiday - something to remind him and Helen what life used to be like. But when things don't go to plan, and an incident at school begins to weigh heavy on his head, Clive's life starts to unravel in front of him. Has he got it in him to turn things around, whatever the cost? After all, it's his own time he's wasting...For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.(P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Limited
Históricamente inexacto
by Shay BravoSÓLO SE NECESITA UN MOMENTO PARA CAMBIAR TU VIDA PARA SIEMPRE... Tras la deportación de su madre un año atrás, todo lo que Soledad “Sol” Gutiérrez desea es volver a tener una vida normal. Su entorno cambió por completo: nuevo departamento, nueva escuela, nueva dinámica familiar… ella simplemente quiere encajar, y la mejor manera de conseguirlo es uniéndose al Club de Historia de su escuela. Para ello, Sol debe participar de un rito de iniciación: entrar a la vieja casa de los Westray y robar...¿un tenedor? Sólo hay un problema: Ethan, el nieto de los Westray, la descubre robando y ella apenas logra escapar. Este encuentro fortuito cambiará su vida por completo; pronto aprenderá que encajar no es tan importante como ser ella misma, incluso si eso es lo más difícil que haya tenido que hacer. LOS LECTORES DICEN: «Una de las historias más dulces y únicas que haya leído jamás. Me encanta lo talentosa que eres. ¡No puedo esperar para leer el resto de tus libros!» -Rightokayofcourse «Históricamente inexacto es una gran novela. Me gustó la trama y la construcción profunda de los personajes. ¡Gracias por compartir tu talento!» -Fortondoando «Esta obra es demasiado única y aventurera. La disfruté muchísimo. Me encantó la personalidad de los protagonistas: es realista y sin ningún drama extra. Pude conectar con ellos. Todas las emociones están perfectamente retratadas. ¡Espero tus próximos libros!»-NancyDrew757
Hit The Road, Helen! (MYTH-O-MANIA IX)
by Kate McmullanWhen Paris and Helen decide to hit the road together, it means more trouble than they can imagine for both themselves and the people of Troy. But who says Helen is entirely at fault? Sure she had a face that launched a thousand ships but she also had a little intereference from the meddling god of love and his mother, Aphrodite. Think you know the truth behind the Greek myths? Think again. Hades is here to set you straight once more on the true story of the Trojan War.
Hit by a Farm
by Catherine FriendHit by a Farm is a hilarious and engaging recounting of two women's trials of "getting back to the land." It is also a coming-of-age story of a middle-aged woman trying to cross the divide between who she is and who she wants to be, and the story of a couple who say "goodbye to city life" - and learn more than they ever bargained for about love, land, and the animals that win their hearts.
Hit the Spot (Dirty Deeds #2)
by J. DanielsIs this love or just a game?Tori Rivera thinks Jamie McCade is rude, arrogant, and worst of all . . . the sexiest man she's ever laid eyes on. His reputation as a player is almost as legendary as his surfing skills. No matter how her body heats up when he's around, she's determined not to be another meaningless hookup. Jamie McCade always gets what he wants. The sickest wave. The hottest women. And Tori, with her long legs and smart mouth, is definitely the hottest one. He knows Tori wants him-hell, most women do-but she won't admit it. After months of chasing and one unforgettable kiss, it's time for Jamie to raise the stakes.Jamie promises that soon Tori won't just want him in her bed, she'll be begging for it-and he might be right. Somehow he's found the spot in her heart that makes her open up like never before. But with all she knows about his past, can she really trust what's happening between them? Is Jamie playing for keeps or just playing to win?This book can be read as a stand-alone. Book 1--Four Letter Word
Hitchcock Annual (Volume #17)
by Richard Allen Sidney GottliebHitchcock Annual: Volume 17 contains essays on two of Hitchcock's most well-known films, Notorious and The Birds, and two of his lesser-known works, Juno and the Paycock and Stage Fright. It also includes a detailed study of the unused score for Frenzy by Henry Mancini, an examination of Hitchcock's presence in contemporary art installations and experimental films, and a review essay on two recent books on Hitchcock.
Hitched to the Horseman (Men of the West #13)
by Stella BagwellGabe Trevino came to the family-owned Sandbur Ranch to train horses, not fall for the boss's daughter. The sultry ranching heiress could ride and rope as well as any man. She was also hiding something, tempting Gabe to solve the enigma that was beautiful, vulnerable Mercedes Saddler.Mercedes knew better than to trust the handsome cowboy. She'd come home to Texas to start over on the ranch she loved. And Sandbur's new head horse trainer was a man who could break her heart as easily as he could break a foal. But Gabe called to something deep within her, making her yearn to heal the past and build a future with this lonesome, wary-of-love loner....
Hitler Saved My Life: WARNING—This book makes jokes about the Third Reich, the Reign of Terror, World War I, cancer, Millard Fillmore, Chernobyl, and features a full-frontal nude photograph of an unattractive man.
by Jim RiswoldWhen advertising legend Jim Riswold is stricken with leukemia and prostate cancer, he quits the business that made him famous to become a “fake artist,” creating a controversial body of work with a controversial cast of characters, from Hitler to Mao to Kim Jong-Il. It was a decision that would save his life.Advertising legend Jim Riswold is a Big F****** Deal. Ask him, he’ll tell you. But when Riswold is stricken with leukemia and prostate cancer (a two-fer!), the freewheeling adman quits making commercials, and starts making art. But not just any art—Hitler art. Mussolini art. Stalin-in-a-bathtub art. This is not a sad cancer story. This is a molotov cocktail of raunch and heart and 18-gauge biopsy guns. This is a taboo-busting laugh riot, a raspberry blown straight at dying-guy preciousness and monsters of all kinds—cancer and world-historical bad guys included. Be warned—contents of this book include: One profanity-spiked TEDx talk. Several very public, full-frontal dick picks. Two adorable children. Something called “Interferon Family Fun Night.” Jim Riswold leading a crowd of people in a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” to his oncologist. Relentlessly funny, and scorchingly subversive, this is a bruised and bruising memoir—it is also tubed, scarred, stapled, and irradiated. But here’s the secret: Jim Riswold, enfant terrible, the man Charles Barkley once called “a role model for morons,” is kind of a sweetheart. The wise-guy posturing is just a cover for his pulpy heart. Another secret: This book isn’t about Hitler. It’s about the beautiful, stupid, gross, foolish, and fantastic things we’re willing to do for love and family and not-dying. It’s about a guy who, with due respect to Lou Gehrig, considers himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. Really, Jim Riswold owes cancer a thank-you. Thanks to cancer, his tombstone will no longer read: Here Lies That Guy Who Did That “Bo Knows” Commercial. Now, it will say Here Lies the Guy Who Put Cancer in Its Place—and Mussolini on a Tricycle.