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What if Bill Bryson wrote a Malcolm Gladwell book, one that took the science of loneliness and used it as the travel guide for an epic comic adventure through friendship? Billy Baker's We Need to Hang Out is the story of a middle-aged everyman who realizes that he doesn't have any close friends, inspiring him to set out on a humorous and ultimately moving quest to revive old tribes and build new ones, all with the goal of having someone to hang out...
2) Starbuck
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Just when David Wosniak decides to finally take control of his life, this eternal 42-year-old teenager discovers that he's the biological father of 533 children. Suddenly, his life is much more complicated that he anticipated.
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Eine herrliche Auswahl von bekannten sowie bisher unveröffentlichten Geschichten, Gedichten, Liedern und Interviews von und mit Heinz Erhardt, der auch viele Jahre nach seinem Tod noch immer einer der beliebtesten, wenn nicht DER beliebteste Wortkünstler Deutschlands ist. Mit Axel Prahl, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Hannelore Hoger, Stefan Gwildis, Gustav Peter Wöhler, Tom Gaebel, Max Hopp und Ingrid van Bergen.
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Harry just found out he only has a short time to live - but for his enemies, their prognosis looks even worse. When the doctors tell failed photographer Harry Sterndale to get his affairs in order, he does just that - with a vengeance. With nothing to lose, he embarks on a rampage of outrageously bad behavior.
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In The First Bad Man, Miranda July tells the story of Cheryl, a vulnerable, uptight woman in her early forties who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat, unable to cry. Cheryl is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six; she also believes she has a profound connection with Phillip, a philandering board member at Open Palm, the women's self-defense studio where she has worked for twenty years.
When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old...
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We find our three little pigs five years later, still victims of their strong libido. Each one of them is at a turning point in their love lives. PAUL is confronted with his real nature and must deal with his desire to conform, CLAUDE sees his virility hurt by his wife's financial success and GUILLAUME falls for his sister in law SOPHIE, behind Paul's back. Through misunderstandings and lies, the brotherhood will be seriously shaken.
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It isn't that hard to be a good maid of honor. Always support your bride-to-be, cohost a gorgeous bridal shower, and never ever sleep with the father of your bride.
In my defense, I didn't know who he truly was when we met. My best friend's father was more like a myth or a legend, yet the silver-haired fox I met after a canceled flight was charming, courteous, and oh-so-clever enough to get me to fall for the weekend.
It was never supposed to be...
11) Four Seasons
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Xavier Lamar dates a different woman each season (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) to find love.
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This is a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, best known for his roles in film (Big Fan and Ratatouille) and television (The King of Queens and The United States of Tara), but also beloved for his ascerbic, highly eloquent, and wildly funny standup comedy.
Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today. Widely known for his roles...
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Josie Silver, author of Sarah Morgan, bestselling author Cathy Bramley, bestselling author
Phoebe and Sam meet by chance at St Pancras station. Heading in opposite directions, both seeking their own adventures, meeting the love of their lives wasn't part of the plan. So they make a promise: to meet again in the same place in twelve months' time if they still want to be together. But is life ever as simple as that?
15) Hanky Panky
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A socially anxious oddball and his best friend, a foul-mouthed talking handkerchief who is sexually aroused by cleaning up messes, must confront an inter-dimensional evil in order to save the world and find true love.
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'Genuinely funny and thrilling' - Amanda Craig
A no-good viking thief. The worst-ever trainee valkyrie. An ungodly case of mistaken identity.
When failing trainee valkyrie Lotta mistakes an unconscious viking thief, Whetstone, for a fallen hero and takes him triumphantly to Valhalla, things are definitely not turning out to be epic or glorious. Having lost a precious talking cup, Whetstone is also desperate to cover up his mistake and the two...
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Millie loves her city life, her city friends and writing her true(ish) confessions column—but she's starting to wonder if the grass really is greener on the other side, or if her heart really belongs back in Yorkshire, with her mum who is struggling after the death of Millie's dad. Joe is happy doing what he does, writing games. He could do it anywhere, but since leaving home he's lived believing that looking back means you've failed, and life is...
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Christmas in a Cornish castle? Sign Ivy Starforth up! Hired to kit out the holiday rental as the world's most Instagramable festive dreamland, there's only one thing standing in the way of her hefty paycheque — the lord of the manor. Bill Markham could give Scrooge a run for his money but Ivy is firmly #TeamChristmas...even if her handsome host seems to be doing everything he can to sabotage her staging. Maybe she shouldn't have stumbled in on him...
19) Evening Hero
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A sweeping, lyrical novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confront the secrets of the past or risk watching the world he's worked so hard to build come crumbling down.
Dr. Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. Every day for the last fifty years, he has brushed his teeth, slipped on his shoes, and headed to Horse Breath's General Hospital, where, as an obstetrician, he treats the women and babies of the small...
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Welcome to Sweden volume 7
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Bruce is asked to coach a Swedish youth basketball team; the stress of Emma's job causes her to "hit the wall"; Birger is forced to debate another tenant over his beloved workroom.