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In Jonathan Ames's comic novel, Jeeves is the valet to a young writer with a drinking problem. Alan Blair and his faithful sidekick end up at a writer's colony in upstate New York, where Alan hopes to write his great novel. Instead, he encounters a series of humorous mishaps--from which, fortunately, the incomparable Jeeves is (usually) able to extricate him.... A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.
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Plum Sykes`s outrageous and funny debut novel features a bevy of tanned, gorgeous, and wealthy New York beauties who are out to find husbands and have a great time in the process. Gussied up in their Manolo Blahniks, Chloe jeans, and Chanel frocks, the narrator and her friends live the limo life, eating at the latest fad restaurants, popping into trendy bars for a Cosmo or a Bellini, hitting the posh boutiques, and getting the proper bikini wax. The course of true love, of course, doesn`t run smooth, even for these pampered princesses, but, in the end, life`s rewards continue to fall into their laps--albeit from some unexpected sources.
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Through a series of adventures with a variety of strange characters, Goku and Bulma have finally gathered all but the seventh Dragon Ball. That ball is in the hands of dictator Pilaf, who wants the other six for his wish: to rule the world. But as Pilaf summons the Eternal Dragon, Goku is exposed to the full moon--with wild results.
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The six members--five women and a man--of the eponymous book club include Sylvia, whose husband has just left her; Allegra, her adventurous lesbian artist daughter; multi-married Bernadette; and Grigg, who actually prefers science fiction. As the book club meets to discuss Austen's six incomparable novels, they also find themselves bonding over other, more personal, issues--and finding also that sometimes life and literature intertwine. The author, Karen Joy Fowler, has said in an interview that the best part of writing her own book was the necessity of re-reading those of Jane Austen, which she terms--and quite rightly--devastatingly witty. A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.
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The sequel to Parable of the Sower, this novel continues the story of Lauren Olamina, as told by her estranged daughter. As the U.S. continues its rapid slide toward a far-right religious hegemony, already insular communities are further split, and a young woman tries to come to terms with her place in a frightening new world.
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