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Follow the exploits of Paul Pennyfeather, whose unfair expulsion from Oxford kick-starts a disastrous series of events, wherein he is by turn a naive teacher, a celebrity bridegroom, a wanted fugitive, and an international white slave-trader.

What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Fos...

"The Grumpy Woods residents find Wallace Woodpecker's pecking preposterously loud, but the bears think Wallace is beating a nice rhythm--it is great for early-morning dancercise"-- Provided by publisher.

Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced, and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women. Instead, she keeps to herself, teaching by day and directing community theater by night. That is, until Abi...

"66 authors, 82 Stories. Authors Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edward Lear, Oscar Wilde, James Thurber, T.S. Eliot, John Steinbeck, Saki, H.G. Wells, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence etc.

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of ghastly deaths commence. The brothers decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of ghastly deaths commence. The brothers decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.

Vol. Two continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the ...

"New Yorker book critic and award-winning author James Wood delivers a novel of a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives. In the years since his daughter Vanessa moved to America to become a professor of philosophy, Alan Querry has never...

The one-hour drama series is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, not matter how noble or depraved, can be indulge...

A high school football coach with a history of losing games faces not only the pressures from a group of fathers wanting him fired, but also the possibility that his wife can never have children. When he turns to God, will his prayers be answered?

The heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace as the Clone Wars continue to sweep through the galaxy.

Welcome back to Westworld, where the puppet show is over and the newly liberated 'hosts' are coming for humankind. In Season Two, Dolores takes charge, Maeve is on a mission and the Man in Black is back. Chaos takes control in this dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consci...

Maggie is a young plainswoman raising her two daughters in the desolate wilderness of New Mexico. When daughter Lily is kidnapped by a dark-hooded phantom with shape-shifting powers, Maggie's long-estranged father offers to help find her. Though stunned by his return, Maggie know...

A nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters." The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.

Groucho's business schemes bring Milan's finest opera stars to New York, but Harpo and Chico stow away and arrive too. They nearly create a riot on ship and a scandal in New York.

'Deep Impact' is the story of the world's reaction to a death sentence. As a comet approaches the earth which might not be destroyed or diverted before it reaches earth, each individual struggles in the face of extinction to find what most matters to him or her.

Scott Pilgrim is dating Ramona Flowers, but he's still fighting his way through her seven evil exes. And now, one of his own evil exes has shown up: Envy Adams, who's dating Ramona's third evil ex, Todd Ingram (actual famous bass player guy). And if that's not enough, Ramona's fo...

Is Scott Pilgrim dating Ramona Flowers? Sometimes it's not exactly clear. And he's still got three evil exes to defeat, two of which are twins Kyle and Ken Katayanagi (along with their murderous robots). But it's the final evil ex Scott is really afraid of: Gideon Graves (rich, p...