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21) Simply the best
23) Come As You Are
"Cozy & sexy. This was a win."
-Kate Clayborn, Author of Georgie, All Along
He'll win her heart one mixtape at a time.
46-year-old Ashley Cooke will do just about anything to save her struggling ski hill. When she hires the men from a local sober living home for the season to cut costs, even she thinks she's gone too far. With her credit cards maxed, her cheating ex-husband intent on buying the mountain
Lucie, en première année de médecine, se rend régulièrement à la bibliothèque universitaire de sa fac, où elle peut travailler au calme. Un jour, elle se rend compte qu'un mec plutôt mignon la regarde discrètement...et elle aime bien cela.
Tous les jours, ils se regardent, furtivement, timidement. Il est plutôt baraqué, un peu intimidant avec son regard noir, et
26) Courting Samira
Set in Sydney, Australia, Courting Samira is a charming, big-hearted rom-com about a twenty-seven-year-old Palestinian woman who finds herself in an unexpected love triangle—a sparkling ode to meddling best friends, traditional courtship, The Princess Bride, and, of course, the possibility of love.
"Come for the drool-worthy mentions of kanafeh and baklava; stay for the wit and relatable family politics. A must-read
...A retired boatswain has repeatedly asked his landlady to marry him — but his advances are consistently rebuffed by the confirmed bachelorette. In a misguided attempt to change her mind, he cooks up a plan to convince her that she needs to have a man around to ensure her safety.
29) Fairy Gold
In this funny tale from W. W. Jacobs, a pair of old friends enjoying a few beers at the local pub hatch a nefarious plot to steal the modest nest egg that one fellow's wife has managed to squirrel away over the years. Suffice it to say that things don't go exactly as planned.
30) Novel Notes
In this rollicking novel from respected British humorist Jerome K. Jerome, a group of four friends decide to stake their claim to literary fame by writing a book together. However, amidst writer's block, creative spats, and other assorted high jinks, the project never seems to move past the planning stages.
Originally published under a pseudonym, the wickedly satirical novel The Burning Spear is John Galsworthy's send-up of the utter strangeness of life in wartime. Protagonist John Lavender works himself up into a patriotic frenzy, leaves behind the comforts of his quiet life and home, and sets forth on a quixotic quest to seek adventure and honor.
Another of W. W. Jacobs' stories told from the perspective of an irascible nightwatchman walking the wharfs of London, the hilarious "Bill's Paper Chase" focuses on the sailors the nightwatchman has known and their tendency toward financial insolvency and chronic overspending.
33) Bob's Redemption
One of W. W. Jacobs' most unforgettable characters is the cantankerous nightwatchmen on the wharf in London who spends his spare time reminiscing about past capers and misadventures. In this tale, he muses about the nature of gratitude and recounts some of the good deeds for which he's never been repaid.
34) His Other Self
The world's prickliest nightwatchman is at it again in this funny tale from W. W. Jacobs. After mistaking one sailor for his twin brother during a chance meeting on the wharf, the watchman reminisces at length about a case of mistaken identity in his own past.
Notorious miser Mr. Lister is shown the error of his ways by his fellow sailors and finally bucks his lifelong habit of cadging drinks. Around the same time, an unusual friendship springs up between Lister and the ship's new cook. Is there a connection between these two events?
36) Dual Control
A young man is distraught over the fact that the lovely lady who has won his heart doesn't seem to return his affections. But when he turns to her uncle for advice in winning her over, the naive young lover is unwittingly ensnared in a contemptible plot.
37) Joseph Andrews: Or, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr Abraham Adams
Originally published in 1742, Henry Fielding's comic romp Joseph Andrews was one of the first novels written in English. It follows the adventures of a domestic servant, Joseph Andrews, and his friend and advisor, Abraham Adams, as the duo makes a long, ill-fated journey to visit Joseph's beloved, a sweet girl named Fanny.
Veering away from the salty sailors and seadogs that were his typical subject matter, author W. W. Jacobs draws on his own experiences in World War I in this pair of brief sketches, both of which are written in the format of a soldier's personal diary.
39) Fine Feathers
In this clever tale from W. W. Jacobs, a grocer is nagged to within an inch of his life by his pretentious wife and her family, who want the man to display finer manners. But when he takes their advice to the extreme, they soon find themselves longing for his former, more informal approach to life.
In this short story from W. W. Jacobs' 1911 collection Ship's Company, a tense confrontation that is about to boil over is suddenly forgotten when an accident happens and temporarily unites the combatants as they scramble to offer help to a damsel in distress.
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