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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?
42) 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.
43) Cupboard Love
In this engaging tale from popular short-story writer W. W. Jacobs, a family bands together to crack the case of a missing piece of jewelry, attempting to catch the thief red-handed. But when they set their plan into motion, it quickly spirals out of control.
44) Easy Money
In this story, a group of sailor friends reminisce about their early love affairs and their feelings about marriage. "Easy Money" is part of the collection Night Watches, in which each tale is sparked by a nightwatchman's observations and thoughts.
45) Made to Measure
Fleeing big-city life in the aftermath of a tumultuous romance, a beautiful young woman retreats to the quiet country house of her uncle to recuperate and seek a new path in life. But when her scorned lover shows up to win her back with a few clever tricks up his sleeve, her resolve to live a solitary life begins to falter.
46) 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.
The stories in this collection hearken back to some of W. W. Jacobs' favorite settings and milieus: ships at sea and the wharfs of London, where a misanthropic nightwatchman thinks back bitterly over his life while walking his rounds. Fans of Jacobs' most famous tale, "The Monkey's Paw," will be pleasantly surprised to discover the true breadth of his talent.
51) Jack O'Lion
Un lion grincheux se voit offrir une seconde chance en amour.
Un bonbon ou un Grrrrr ?
Un jeune Jack ivre décide de faire une farce à la sorcière de la ville, sauf qu'il se fait prendre la griffe dans le sac. Un sort plus tard, il se retrouve coincé dans la maison qu'il a voulu piéger, littéralement, car il ne peut plus en sortir. Pauvre lion.
Plusieurs décennies plus tard, il est
...Penguin has a favorite teddy called Mikki Olsen. Whatever Penguin does, wherever Penguin goes, Mikki is always right there next to him. But after a particularly busy day, Penguin takes his eye off the toy with potentially terrible consequences. Mikki is lost.. or is he?
This sweet and playful story...
Você já imaginou se existisse uma invenção que pudesse deixá-lo feliz em três dias?
Fonseca é um funcionário público que está prestes a se matar por causa de sua vida infeliz.
Mas, uma inusitada invenção vai lhe dar uma chance de encontrar a verdadeira felicidade.
58) The rom-commers
59) Lavender's Blue
From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the first book in a new series.
Liz Danger has come home after fifteen years to deliver a giant teddy bear for her mother's birthday (color: Guilt Red) when a cop with a great ass picks her up for speeding, fixes the missing lug nuts in her back wheel, pulls her out of a ditch, doesn't give her a ticket, and helps her avoid her family. This is a man with real potential.
...60) Only and forever
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