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The Late Mattia Pascal (Italian: Il fu Mattia Pascal) is a 1904 novel by Luigi Pirandello. It is one of his best-known works and was his first major treatment of the theme of the mask. The protagonist, Mattia Pascal, finds that his promising youth has, through misfortune or misdeed, dissolved into a dreary dead-end job and a miserable marriage.

This book is about Ted. Ted is a special fellow who wasn't gifted with intelligence, guile, or sense. Especially sense, Ted and sense keep little company together. But, what he lacks in brain wattage, Ted more than makes up for in his uncanny ability to stumble into situations that threaten his job, well being and, at times, very life. It's up to his arch nemesis The Baron, aka Charles from accounting, Eric, The Baron's boyfriend and a ghost who calls himself Mr. F in polite company to make sure that Ted isn't carried away by his misadventures.

Splitting the party is never a good idea, but sometimes, that's just the hand fate deals you. On Nazere, the gang's plans are cast into the wind when a stubborn foe returns to settle a score. Back in Cardinia, Stacy has her hands full trying to help Dave, while Dave does everything in his power to avoid being helped. Tim and Cooper stagger out of the desert, to find themselves in a whole new world of trouble.

Von der Fehldiagnose bis zur Therapie: Wie man trotz ständiger Rückenschmerzen und einem Dutzend anderer altersbedingter Verfallserscheinungen das Lachen nicht verlernt! 'Hat der Orthopäde keine Zeit, geh ich zum Urologen. Oder Proktologen. Egal, helfen tut eh nix und niemand, am Ende gewinnt immer die Bandscheibe.' Jetzt kann John Doyle endlich mitreden, wenn es um körperliche Beschwerden geht. Denn er hat jetzt auch 'Rücken', genauer: 'Bandscheibe'. Mit viel (Galgen-) Humor erzählt er von seinem Leidensweg, den er mit Millionen von Deutschen teilt.

It's a lot of things that go on behind closed doors, but wait until you listen to what's going on behind these. Take a look into the lives and secrets of these Chicago neighbors. The addict, the drinker, the abuser, the dope dealer. You never truly know whats going on in someone else's life until now. Are you ready to clap, laugh, be surprised, and cry as you listen to the trials and tribulations of these lives unfold? Mind-blogging, breathtaking, and so-real, these are their secrets.

Discover the insane world of the rarest and most valuable feline on earth: An auction, an Elvis automaton, a truck load of jewels and the midas cat!

Clive Menard is just an ordinary guy living an ordinary life. But when a talking spider crawls inside his head, things get a lot less ordinary…and people start dying. Could an itsy-bitsy arachnid be behind the killing spree terrorizing Clive’s community? To evade a sharp detective and find a murderer among friends, Clive must shake the cobwebs loose and piece together the puzzle of his life, all without falling prey to a dark force beyond his comprehension.

A fierce and feisty actress struggles to keep her image as one of the most famous actress of all time. In the process she deals with a financial hardship causing her to move out of her $7,00,00 mansion, she is forced to hide from the public eye so that the world won't find out her financial crisis. How will she survive fame?

It is a matter of received wisdom that people are so much more than the sum of their parts. However, in the vast majority of cases, this is simply not true. Never fear; medical science has discovered a solution to the problem and in conjunction with certain corporate backers, a new company has burst into the market that has completely reevaluated the sum of your parts.

Sir Harry Panter’s political career is ascending - the top job is in his sights - but he can’t take another scandal. He doesn’t know that his wife, Lady Verity, has started the day impaled on a late, married vicar, or that Lucy, his beautiful new intern, thinks of herself as a Trojan Horse with scandalous intentions. But a rival has emerged, who has secrets of his own. Will Sir Harry be able to unseat him before he succumbs to his burning desire for Lucy? Or will Lady Verity, who is having a crisis of passion, be able to find it with her husband?

Don is a clerk in the Quick Stop convenience store with a problem: He suddenly can’t remember his past or what he’s doing here. He thinks maybe he’s an angel sent on a mission. With Sancha, his only friend and fellow clerk, Don and Sancha of the Q set out on a quest to do some good and find out why he’s here. Maybe it has something to do with the stolen atomic bomb in Don Q’s basement. Maybe.

Having been blown away by seeing Gary Numan perform "Bombers" on TV in 1978, Five went out the very next day and put an ad in the paper to form a tribute band. He named it the Romford Bombers. They soon went on to dominate the Numan tribute band circuit. Until last year that is, when the Storm Troopers came out of nowhere and stole their crown. The Bombers’ 56-year-old lead singer will do whatever it takes to win it back. He also has reason to believe The Storm Troopers are pursuing a hidden agenda, and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it.

In this book, the third volume of the satirical epic poem The Trumpiad, Martin Rowe delves into the tumultuous final year of the 2010s, including the denouement of the Mueller Report, the emergence of the Ukraine conspiracy, and the sundry and daily outrages committed by the President of the United States and his colleague in disruption in the United Kingdom.

Rowe plumbs the depths and details the degradations that, with disturbing consistency, characterized the second year of the administration of the 45th president of the United States, as they had the first. From Melania to Stormy Daniels, Vladimir Putin to Kim Jong-un, Robert Mueller to Omarosa, The Trumpiad invades the consciousnesses of the many characters who inhabited or infected the swamp, and offers a withering satirical take on the state of our politics.

Before the dungeons, before the dragons, there is the party.... Valeran is bored. Corbett is broke. Andreton and Donald are on the run and Dorian just wants to do what is right. Not the best recipe for a questing group but when you are driven by prophecy sometimes the mix is decided for you.

Пьеса Самоубийца рождена в социалистический двадцать восьмой год, когда НЭП уже канул в вечность, а новая государственная формация под названием СССР стала проявлять свои репрессивные аппетиты в отношении инакомыслящих.

The team heads into the city for medical supplies and are shocked by what they find in the sleepy town of Battle Ground. Hybrids scavenge the countryside for humans. Their hunger knows no end. The cravings are driving them absolutely mad. Lindsey has made a promise to herself, "I will taste Brother Paul's flesh." The man's faith will be pushed to its ultimate limits while he fights harder than ever to survive another day. Bad luck continues to haunt Jim and Karen as they find themselves in crosshairs of this new threat.

Роман "Шутка мецената" написанный в 1923 г. и изданный в Праге в 1925 г., уже после кончины писателя стал последней работой Аркадия Тимофеевича Аверченко. Это одновременно и веселая и грустная книга пронизана глубокой ностальгией по милой сердцу автора беззаботной богемной петербургской жизни.

When Curmudgeon Avenue introduces sisters Edna and Edith Payne, their presence is not welcomed by the proud, yet grouchy Victorian terrace. Widowed Edith is looking for love, and dates one of Edna's ex-boyfriends Maurice. This does not end well, especially for the cat. Edna is heartbroken after her long-term partner moved to France and is now unhappily cohabiting with her idiot sister.

There have always been Mountain Men. Their names are legendary. Their motives unknown. Until now. Over four centuries, one by one, they changed the course of human history. Occasionally, some of them were even quite good at it. Like most things in life, successful revolutions take a bit of practise. Only they knew their identity and purpose, but someone has discovered their secrets. Now the actions of the Mountain Men are being re-enacted in the 21st century and there’s twelve billion dollars up for grabs for anyone willing to help.