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These satirical columns, written from 2003 to 2009, allow startlingly candid Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush to explain their need to control the destinies of countries, regions, and, ultimately, the world. Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Karl Rove, and other notables, not all famous, also demand part of the stage.
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Galway, Ireland. At the wake of a young boy at O'Hare's pub, in walks Sean. Sean has powers, special powers, and he will use them to entertain the family in mourning. And maybe if they're lucky, a bit more besides.
A short story of 3,700 words that blends Irish black humor, satire and fantasy to new heights of absurdity.
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Get the Summary of George Orwell's 1984 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: George Orwell's classic novel 1984 is a cautionary tale about a dystopian society under the crushing and watchful eye of a tyrannical regime led by Big Brother. The dark story revolves around Winston Smith, an everyman who is tired of the government's lies and relentless persecution of people who dare think for...
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Excerpt: "The object of this essay is to examine vulgarism and slang in the works of Jerome K. Jerome (b. 1859). Jerome gives us very good specimens of the ordinary language of the Victorian era. His style is not surprisingly original, but he shows a remarkable talent in rendering with perfect accuracy the characteristic talk of different classes of society. The persons he introduces to us need only utter a few words, before we are able to form a...
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Frankie Horvath is not happy. He's almost forty. He's fat. His wife is dead. He designs forks for a living. And his son? Well, he might just be the Antichrist. Which is why Frankie is about to meet with Satanists to find out the truth once and for all. And taking into account Frankie's lifelong delusions of grandeur (and the gun stuffed down the front of his pants) a bloody showdown for the fate of mankind is not out of the question. If you love the...
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There is a time in one's life when it becomes apparent that playing by the rules and doing a consistently good job only gets you something north of screwed, which is something south of what you had always considered to be success. In your twenties and thirties, this didn't seem to be much of a problem since there was always time to burn. Now, it would appear, there is only time left to burn.
67) Les Frincekanoks
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Ce titre m'a été rappelé par mon séjour de deux ans et demi à Toronto au début des années 1960. Certains collègues anglophones faisaient de l'ironie en m'appelant « French-Canuck ». C'est ainsi que j'ai francisé ce terme pour en faire le titre de mon premier roman, publié à la fin de 1994, alors que se dessinait le deuxième référendum. Au départ, le titre devait être « La musique du souvenir », parce que la musique y joue un rle...
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The Street Singer follows flat-broke New York CIty subway musician, Jason Spirit, as he stumbles into contact with Thaddeus Hoover, the high-powered developer with a plan to build the Barclays Arena and bring Brooklyn a National Basketball Association team - the first major professional sports team since baseball's Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1958. He ends up playing project supporters and opponents against each other as he plots a song he's written...
69) Xx C. Top
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Independence period timer, in his work using sensationalist novel principles. Sensational themes, sudden plot turns, pathetic philosophical digressions - these are the main engines Roukas novels, most of them will never go without forthright eroticism. Eccentric mix of genres and prunes language of these works brings us closer to the amateur writings and undisputed expertise and attentiveness to current issues - the cognitive, literary publicist.
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The Last Good Book is a combination of tumultuous emotions and everyday nuances forged into one.
The various divisions in the take different jabs at societal issues needing urgent attention, from the tale of a nation about to collapse, the repercussions of indecision, unrequited love to environmental hazards.
The setting is an answer itself to a lot of questions. This book is a bumpy ride. Only those seeking deep reflection and a bit of thrill would...
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The Famous Frog Fiasco takes place in 2006. It is a caper that mixes the Cowboy Mafia, ex-high school football stars turned bank robbers, bikers, the president and vice-president, cable news personalities, FEMA, a well-known documentary filmmaker, a gadfly national religious figure and a beloved movie star frog with the locals in a small West Texas oilfield hamlet with the same name as the frog. The small town is devastated by the catastrophic events...
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Noah is a 500-year-old winemaker with a comfortable life who only wants to be left alone to enjoy his days making wine. But a visit from Yahweh turns his world upside down when he is commanded to build an ark. Thus begins The Flud, a novel of irreverent humor. A lack of ark building skill and the requirement of capturing thousands of animals adds to Noah's anxiety, but what fills him with dread is the task of capturing the koheleh, the fastest and...
73) Augustus Carp
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Una sátira contra la hipocresía.
Administrador de una parroquia, superintendente de la catequesis y presidente de la Liga por la Pureza de San Potamus, Augustus Carp tiene por costumbre exponer los pecados y defectos de los demás mientras, al mismo tiempo, es perfectamente capaz de ignorar los propios.
Desde su más tierna infancia, Augustus emprende continuas campañas contra la lascivia, la bebida y el tabaco, mientras a su vez cae en muchos...
74) Dear Kevin
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Patricia writes to Kevin about some of the the experiences that they shared from her perspective.
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Ever hear of a twenty -thousand- year -old roller coaster?
How about a moth piloting a commercial flight from Washington to Boston?
Fake News or Real Deal?
Meet: Lance Mantis, business man. He'd like to reinstate Power Amusement Park to its former glory, but will Communication Station replace it instead?
Meet: Larry Leverage, U.S. intelligence agent suspected of counter terrorist activity by The Crockett Organization.
Meet: Lucy Lava, Martel...
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Die beiden Kurzgeschichten beinhalten eine Auseinandersetzung mit den Themen Macht und Liebe, immer mit einem Augenzwinkern und dennoch teilweise durchaus ernst gemeint. Es wird aufgezeigt, was passieren könnte. Manchmal entwickelt sich eine unaufhaltsame Eigendynamik, die alles mit sich reißt, so daß kein Stein mehr auf dem anderen bleibt.
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Broadly adapted from George Orwell's classic "Animal Farm", this book narrates the transformation of fairly happy, functional farm, taken over by a bunch of farm animals led by some pigs, who succeed in driving away the 'human' masters who once ran the place.
The rebellion, generally successful at the start, degenerated into a system dominated by the pigs, led by a pig named Napoleon and some of his loyal pig supporters who usurped all power even...
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Stephen Lewis is living the dream, travelling the world as the King Maker of the music industry. A charmed man with a charmed life, what could possibly go wrong?
Isla Kiely leaves her suburban roots behind, seeking romance and adventure as an air hostess. When she falls for a stranger on a transatlantic flight, it seems their love story is already written in the stars, but fate has other ideas...
The Pressure Drop is a tale of love and tragedy,...
79) Haze
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Anyone painful memory with traces kept back in particular placesIt will be unique, but they have vanished in a haze of antiques!
80) Toff Chav
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Archie Hodgkin-Smith is the quintessential British Toff. From the stately environs of Risely, he is determined to launch a career as a photographer while enjoying a hedonist lifestyle. But everything changes when he meets the liberal and progressive Polly Raynard. Will Polly truly change him? Or will Archie remain the unabashed snob that he always was? Meanwhile, Gary Brown, the archetypal Chav, is forced to confront the harsh realities of his own...
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