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A dictionary of humourous interpretations of selected words in english

"Enfermé dans une voiture de police, Curtis va à une mort certaine… Le véhicule est bouclé et les zombies sont de plus en plus nombreux … Un motard va réussir à le libérer et l’emmener en catastrophe dans la ville la plus proche… Curtis se réveille en plein cauchemar. La ville...

Clay animated superstar Gumby has made an indelible impact on our culture and continues to enchant and entertain generations. Filmmaker Art Clokey’s personal story is one of mystical adventure, tragedy, triumph, art, and most of all, love. This lavish career-spanning retrospective explores the legendary...

Wiki had been enjoying life in the East Indies and the South China Sea.  He could speak the local language, so had sailed happily on coastwise craft in the company of Bugis rogues and pirates. But then George Rochester had arrived on the Potomac, and while it had been delightful to get together with...

Slavery Made Legal in the United States of AmericaUnited States Constitutional Convention: Thursday, July 12, 1787 AD.Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution reads:Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within...

Thrills. Chills. Shadows and superstitions. Things that go bump in the night. Macabre Sanctuary boasts suspenseful fiction designed to elicit goosebumps and raise heartrates. Learn the lore of a haunted island. Grapple with the undead while robbing graves Halloween night. Endure...

The Authors’ Billboard is proud to publish Book Bites 10. Enjoy a sampling —the first chapter or two — of a scintillating peek into the contemporary romances from award winning and NY Times and USA Today bestselling authors from two of our box set: Unforgettable Valentine &, Sweet and Sassy...

A “scathing novel” of one woman’s path of self-destruction in 1960s Hollywood—by the New York Times–bestselling author of The White Album (The Washington Post Book World). Spare, elegant, and terrifying, Play It as It Lays is the unforgettable story of a woman and a society come undone.   Raised...

The man who would become Ireland’s beloved patron saint confronts his destiny during the tumultuous Dark Ages in this vibrant, enthralling novel In 410 CE, arrogant sixteen-year-old Magonus Sucatus Patricius denounces Christianity as a religion for cowards when the Roman legions withdraw,...

A festive feast for all lovers of Christmas romance. Have a taste of fifteen love stories in Book Bites 3 and discover a new favorite author. Travel from the US to Paris, Ireland, and England with stories of single moms, pilots, rock stars, and of course billionaires with an adorable sprinkle of children and puppies to give you that warm fuzzy feeling for the holidays.

***Now a six-part TV series starring Natalie Dormer, from Amazon Prime* A 50th-anniversary edition of the landmark novel about three “gone girls” that inspired the acclaimed 1975 film, featuring a foreword by Maile Meloy, author of Do Not Become Alarmed** It was a cloudless summer...

To save her family, she will need to go back to the place she once longed to escape...her home Ellen Paget's desire to break convention and spread her wings led her to a position as a governess in Paris-and family tragedy and scandal led her back to London. Benedict Masham has long carried...

An anthology of traditional and contemporary western short stories where the characters are lain bare. Feel the pain of a young Japanese girl who comes home from an internment camp after World War II and learns it’s easier to go with the flow than to fight the current. Struggle with...

Being human is a disadvantage in post-apocalyptic America... Now that the Feeding Plague has swept through human and zombie societies, it seems like everyone is an "ex" these days. Ex-human. Ex- zombie. Except for Amy, that is. She's the only human survivor from her town-a frail....