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Lefty In The News...

By: Ben Young

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This is a journal of news headline interpretations, featuring Lefty, a fictitious character in whose flaws, and those of the inhabitants of his world, we may see our own weaknesses, and perhaps even grow stronger in their recognition...Lefty himself personally guarantees your satisfaction by stating if you are not 100%%%% happy reading about his exploits, any precious time you have wasted learning of his loathsome lack of charter will be cheerfully refunded...

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1365767868

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Art Class: Manga Art

How to Create Your Own Artwork

By: Ben Krefta

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Art Class: Manga Art

How to Create Your Own Artwork

By: Ben Krefta

Exciting, mesmerizing, simple yet complex, manga is artwork drawn in a typical Japanese cartoon style. This sensational guide covers everything the budding manga artist needs, from choosing essential materials to creating dynamic, innovative characters and scenarios. Topics include: • anatomy, poses, and expressions • monsterization and effects • genre stylings-from adventure, action, and fantasy to chibi and romance. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus' Art Class books are a curated series of instructional art and craft titles designed to inspire artists of all levels, from beginner to professional. Stunningly presented in full color, and in a highly usable landscape format, these comprehensive books are packed with all the ideas, inspirations, step-by-step projects, and techniques you'll need to master the subject covered.

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1789504511

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9781789504514

Monster

By: Ben Burgess, Jr

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Monster

By: Ben Burgess, Jr

Tormented while growing up for being dark-skinned, and the son of a womanizer who deserts his family regularly, Ken Ferguson longed for that feeling of being loved. Ken promised himself that he wouldn't be a manipulating, deceitful man like his father, but after being cheated on and dumped by the girl he thought he would one day marry, he begins his transformation. Will Ken learn to let go of his heartbreaks, or will he be consumed by them and continue to be a MONSTER?

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Urban Books

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1645561712

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9781645561712

The Suitors

By: Ben Ehrenreich

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The Suitors

By: Ben Ehrenreich

This audacious reimagining of The Odyssey finds Penny home alone while Payne, a modern-day Odysseus, gallivants around the world on battleships and attack helicopters, waging wars of conquest. A drinking, drugging crew of ne'er-do-well squatters surrounds Penny, eager for her attention. Even their most eyebrow-raising exploits can't distract her, though, as she angrily pines for Payne. But when a mysterious man with suspicious origins arrives on the scene, the suitors' precarious pecking order falls to pieces in the glow of Penny's newly ignited ardor. Brutal, playful, sexy, and subversive, The Suitors is a classic of its own kind.

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0156031833

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9780156031837

Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups

By: Ben Holden

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Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups

By: Ben Holden

There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grown-ups to the detriment of our well-being and good health? In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, challenges how we think about life, a third of which is spent asleep. He deftly explores not only the science of sleep but also why we endlessly tell stories – even to ourselves, as we dream. Holden combines his own illuminating storytelling with a treasure trove of timeless classics and contemporary gems. Poems and short stories, fairy tales and fables, reveries and nocturnes – from William Shakespeare to Haruki Murakami, Charles Dickens to Roald Dahl, Rabindranath Tagore to Nora Ephron, Vladimir Nabokov to Neil Gaiman – are all woven together to replicate the journey of a single night’s sleep. Some of today’s greatest storytellers reveal their choice of the ideal grown-up bedtime story: writers such as Margaret Drabble, Ken Follett, Tessa Hadley, Robert Macfarlane, Patrick Ness, Tony Robinson and Warsan Shire. Fold away your laptop and shut down your mobile phone. Curl up and crash out with the ultimate bedside book, one you’ll return to again and again. Full of laughter and tears, moonlight and magic, Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups joyfully provides the dream way to end the day – and begin the night . . .

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Simon and Schuster

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1471153789

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9781471153785

Guilt Trip

A Blanco County, Texas, Novel

By: Ben Rehder

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Guilt Trip

A Blanco County, Texas, Novel

By: Ben Rehder

Game warden John Marlin hopes that Burnett, a likeable kid, isn't found dead in his burned down house. But Marlin doesn't have the same warm fuzzy feelings about rancher Vance Scofield, who is missing after his SUV is found in the river. Scofield, a skirt-chasing SOB, is a "high fencer," a rancher who pens trophy bucks behind deer-proof fences which lazy hunters can bag for a fee. To Marlin it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Worse, a range war of sorts has erupted with the low-fence ranchers, and things are turning downright ugly. Of course Marlin still doesn't know about the X-rated pictures a blackmailer took of the state senator in cahoots with the high fencers...the scheme being hatched by two bumbling poachers...or the stolen red Corvette which may be the key to everything. What has caught his attention is the sheriff's department's pretty new deputy...

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Macmillan

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0312940947

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9780312940942

The Last Book on the Left

Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

By: Ben Kissel,Marcus Parks,Henry Zebrowski

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The Last Book on the Left

Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

By: Ben Kissel,Marcus Parks,Henry Zebrowski

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history's most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, from the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the Left Since its first show in 2010, The Last Podcast on the Left has barreled headlong into all things horror, as hosts Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, and Marcus Parks cover subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer, werewolves, Jonestown, and supernatural phenomena. Deeply researched but with a morbidly humorous bent, the podcast has earned a dedicated and aptly cultlike following for its unique take on all things macabre. In their first book, the guys take a deep dive into history's most infamous serial killers, from Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy, exploring their origin stories, haunting habits, and perverse predilections. Featuring newly developed content alongside updated fan favorites, each profile is an exhaustive examination of the darker side of human existence. With appropriately creepy four-color illustrations throughout and a gift-worthy paper over board format, The Last Book on the Left will satisfy the bloodlust of readers everywhere.

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Dey Street Books

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1328566315

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Flat Crazy

A Blanco County, Texas, Novel

By: Ben Rehder

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Flat Crazy

A Blanco County, Texas, Novel

By: Ben Rehder

From the Edgar, Lefty, and Barry award-nominated author Ben Rehder comes the funniest entry yet in his hilarious Blanco County mystery series. Some kind of unidentified wild creature is on the loose in Blanco, and, over the protests of sensible game warden John Marlin, the local population has convinced itself that they're dealing with a mythical beast called a chupacabra. Of course it doesn't help Marlin's cause when a dead body turns up with a suspicious fang-like wound in its neck... Then things really get out of hand: tabloid news programs invade Blanco, good ol' boys Red O'Brien and Billy Don Craddock develop a cockamamie get-rich-quick scheme involving the animal, and everyone is a little surprised at the booming population of voluptuous Chinese dwarves who've turned up in town. Only a first-rate humorist and ingenious plotter like Ben Rehder can tie it all together, and Flat Crazy is further evidence that this fan-favorite author has hit his comic stride.

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0312993269

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9780312993269

Popcorn

A Novel

By: Ben Elton

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Popcorn

A Novel

By: Ben Elton

Bruce Delamitri makes movies about killers. Great movies, stylish movies. Bruce's movies are hip. Post-modern cinematic milestones, dripping with ironic juxtaposition. His killers are style icons. They walk cool; they talk cool. Getting shot by one of them would be a fashion statement. Enter Wayne and Scout. Real killers. Appalling, demented maniacs who kill people they do not know. Popcorn by Ben Elton is an international success, prevailing at number one for five weeks on London's Sunday Times bestseller list. This taut and darkly funny novel also poses a serious question: In a society addicted to murder, is there anything such as a responsible person?

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Love and Happiness

By: Ben Burgess Jr.

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Love and Happiness

By: Ben Burgess Jr.

Sexy and relatable, insightful and inspiring, Love and Happiness shows us both sides of Chris and Karen's story. Author Ben Burgess Jr. reminds us that sometimes to have it all, you must first lose it all. Karen has it all: a handsome husband, beautiful twin daughters, a lovely home, and a great job. She also has a secret: she's cheating on her husband with not one man, but two. On the outside, her life seems perfect, but Karen feels neglected, bored, and unappreciated. Yearning for affection and excitement, she falls into the arms of first Raheem, and then Tyrell. Out of fear of losing her husband, Karen ends the affairs, but things don't turn out how she planned. When Karen's dirty secrets are revealed, she must fight to keep her family together. Chris is doing all he can to hold his marriage together. He loves Karen, but she's been growing more distant every day. When she starts coming home later and later, he suspects she is being unfaithful. When Chris accidentally takes her cell phone, what he finds changes their lives forever. Tragedy strikes, and Karen must decide if she should sacrifice her happiness for her husband's love, and Chris wonders if he should stay with Karen, because he still loves her despite her infidelity. If they do stay together, will they ever find love and happiness again?

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Urban Renaissance

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1601629125

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9781601629128

The Elephant's Trunk

By: Ben Norton

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The Elephant's Trunk

By: Ben Norton

Ambassador Thurell is no friend of Indian billionaire Soufka Oman, and when the ambassador is killed in a suspicious motor vehicle accident, it inadvertently thrusts the Oman clan into direct conflict with his daughter, Tyra Thurell. Headstrong and ambitious, she is not averse to taking huge risks, and when the opportunity to find a treasure cherished by the Omans’ Parsi community arises, she pursues it with a vengeance. Her sense of loss and anger are confronted when she meets a young American engineer, Rex Ediger, who questions her ethics and excuses to steal and lie. His best friend, murdered by mercenaries, was the best influence in his life and Rex’s attempts to rescue the young woman when she is captured expose his own secrets and grief. The Elephant’s Trunk is the first of five volumes in the Signpost Series in which Tyra faces insurmountable odds while simultaneously searching for the Signpost and combating a ruthless and evil enemy. How will passion to become a CIA field agent force her to decide between moral scruples and her love of country?

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666774723

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Ben Elton Collection

Gridlock, Chart Throb and Blind Faith

By: Ben Elton

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Ben Elton Collection

Gridlock, Chart Throb and Blind Faith

By: Ben Elton

Gridlock Too many cars and not enough space equals gridlock. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in somebody else's gravy train? Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transport problems of their own, and anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as easily murder them. Chart Throb Chart Throb The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back into 'reality' television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex - factors themselves. Chart Throb. One winner. A whole bunch of losers Blind Faith Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against the system. But in this world, uniformity is everything. And even tiny defiances won't go unnoticed. Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a sex-obsessed, utterly egocentric culture. In this world, nakedness is modesty, independent thought subversive, and ignorance is wisdom. A chilling vision of what's to come?Or something rather closer to home?

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Random House

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1409092402

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Stress Makes You Fat, Wrinkled and Dead

By: Prof. Eliezer Ben-Joseph

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Stress Makes You Fat, Wrinkled and Dead

By: Prof. Eliezer Ben-Joseph

Prepare yourselves. Within these pages lie the secrets. What secrets you may ask? Well, in any good martial art school, no one is taught the secrets right away. There is some time that must pass before a wise teacher can disseminate this invaluable knowledge to the student. In this way, the aspirant may achieve the proper state of mind necessary to continue the schools tradition. One must walk before one learns how to run. However, luckily for the reader, in this case, there is no need to wait. The secrets here are plain and simple. They are rational and straightforward. They are the answers to lifes age-old perturbations. Here is a book for any one of any age to learn what it means to live a happy stress free life.

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1524692409

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Die by Proxy

By: Ben Oneal

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Die by Proxy

By: Ben Oneal

Someone is leaving dead child molesters along Interstate 69; sitting naked and alone, waiting to be discovered by some passing motorist. Their hands have been severed from their bodies, and they died at the scene. Their clothes are folded neatly in their laps, along with their wallet, and their severed hands on either side; one holds a confession, and one holds evidence of their evil. In the thriller Die by Proxy, Mr. Smith, a killer almost as deplorable as the child predators he hunts, is using the victims as bait. With every disease minded body he leaves along Interstate 69, he pulls agent Benjamin Kroh, of the Behavioral Analysis Unit closer to his death. These morbid enticements bring Kroh, back to his hometown. Why has he brought them here? This is a question that must be answered, if Kroh is to save his friends, his family, and himself.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457562081

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Blind Faith

By: Ben Elton

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Blind Faith

By: Ben Elton

Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against the system. But in this world, uniformity is everything. And even tiny defiances won't go unnoticed. Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a sex-obsessed, utterly egocentric culture. In this world, nakedness is modesty, independent thought subversive, and ignorance is wisdom. A chilling vision of what's to come? Or something rather closer to home?

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1407033832

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Devil's Ways

By: Michael Swanwick,Persephone D.Shaun,J. M. Sidorova,R. S. A. Garcia,Ben Loory,Andy Duncan,Curtis C. Chen,Darrell Schweitzer,Imogen Howson,Edwina Harvey,Nancy Kress,Avram Davidson

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Devil's Ways

By: Michael Swanwick,Persephone D.Shaun,J. M. Sidorova,R. S. A. Garcia,Ben Loory,Andy Duncan,Curtis C. Chen,Darrell Schweitzer,Imogen Howson,Edwina Harvey,Nancy Kress,Avram Davidson

There is no light without dark; no highlights without shadows; no good without evil. The Devil is where things happen. Where stories begin. This collection brings together stories from multiple cultures, featuring the Devil both as an abstract concept and a creature, a terror, a force of nature, an enemy, a trickster, and so many more. Step into the world of shadows, and travel through Devil’s many incarnations spanning centuries of history and myth, from the Ancient Greece, African and Caribbean folklore, dark ages in Europe, all the way to the present day. This anthology features new and established authors from diverse, multicultural backgrounds.

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Dragonwell Publishing

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194007651X

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9781940076515

Against the Country

A Novel

By: Ben Metcalf

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Against the Country

A Novel

By: Ben Metcalf

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Against the Country is a gift for fans of Southern Gothic and metafiction alike. Set in the Virginia pines, and overrun with failed parents, racist sex offenders, cast-off priests, and suicidal chickens, this novel challenges literary convention even as it attacks our national myth—that the rural naturally engenders good, while the urban breeds an inevitable sin. In a voice both perfectly American and utterly new, Ben Metcalf introduces the reader to Goochland County, Virginia—a land of stubborn soil, voracious insects, lackluster farms, and horrifying trees—and details one family’s pitiful struggle to survive there. Eventually it becomes clear that Goochland is not merely the author’s setting; it is a growing, throbbing menace that warps and scars every one of his characters’ lives. Equal parts fiery criticism and icy farce, Against the Country is the most hilarious sermon one is likely to hear on the subject of our native soil, and the starkest celebration of the language our land produced. The result is a literary tour de force that raises the question: Was there ever a narrator, in all our literature, so precise, so far-reaching, so eloquently misanthropic, as the one encountered here? Praise for Against the Country “Iconoclastic . . . Against the Country has obvious affinities to Southern Gothic, both in its voice and in the delight it takes in rural ignorance and grotesqueries. . . . [A] country cousin of David Foster Wallace.”—The New York Times Book Review “Exceptional in its verbal brilliance and conscientiousness, Against the Country involves us in a family’s anguished and hilarious struggle against the strange dooms that seem peculiar to white rural America. This is a savage and gladdening novel.”—Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland and The Dog “Metcalf’s unnamed narrator dazzles with his Puritan deadpan and capacious intellect, not to mention his double-barreled blasts of dark humor and wicked satire. . . . There are so many brilliant turns of phrase in Against the Country that it’s hard to choose favorites, but Metcalf is at his sharpest and most seductive when his antihero does more than blast and blame, when he steps outside his sermons to say something real. . . . Every note in every solo is sounded with exquisite perfection.”—Slate “Faulknerian . . . eccentric, magnificent Southern Gothic metafiction.”—Vanity Fair “Ben Metcalf is a brilliant writer, and Against the Country is an ingenious and hilarious novel, a glittering, bitter celebration of how the lousiness of life can be redeemed in the hands (and mouth) of a top-shelf teller of life’s stories.”—Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask and The Fun Parts “A daring conglomeration of every trick, swindle and gimmick possible using only ink and paper, a pulpwood imagination machine so finely and expertly wrought that it can take on Jefferson, Thoreau, the church, patriotism, race relations, sexual identity, J. D. Salinger, the myth of America and a thousand other targets . . . [Against the Country] is absolutely and completely worth all investment of time and effort, because it is an undeniably beautiful object, sharp as a new razor.”—NPR “One of the more necessary—and most eloquent—expressions of a distinctly American, provincial rage in some years.”—Flavorwire

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0812996534

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Tales from the Milestone

My Life Before and During 1940-1945

By: Ben Wajikra

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Tales from the Milestone

My Life Before and During 1940-1945

By: Ben Wajikra

Wajikra's story details his life before the WWII and the last days. when he was with his parents, how he survived on his own and his treatment on the farm where he hid for a while. He details aspects of "underground" activities and lets others tell their stories. The last chapter is a rather horrifying story of a raid on a farm and the defensive actions he and others had to take.

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iUniverse

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059530611X

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Upstate

By: Ben Tanzer

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Upstate

By: Ben Tanzer

Featuring dark character studies of childhood, middle age, and (lack of) grace under pressure, these stories are among the best work of Tanzer's career, and voracious fans of his writing will surely be pleased and satisfied to have these small masterpieces collected together into one easy-to-read volume. So take a stool at Thirsty's, order another Yuengling, and be prepared to be transported into the rusted soul and blackened heart of the American small-town, as one of our nation's best contemporary authors takes us on a remarkable journey to a place full of love and lust and gin and sin. Previously published as The New York Stories, this classic collection has been revised and edited, and includes a new introduction by Tortoise Books publisher Gerald Brennan.

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1948954311

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Blind Luck

A Novel

By: Ben Cooper

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Blind Luck

A Novel

By: Ben Cooper

Blind Luck. How a group of pizza-loving yuppies plan to make Congress lower taxes and stop wasteful spending.

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0966354877

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Art in the After-Culture

Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy

By: Ben Davis

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Art in the After-Culture

Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy

By: Ben Davis

It is a peculiar moment for art, as it becomes both increasingly rarefied and associated with elite lifestyle culture, while simultaneously ubiquitous, with the boom of "creative" industries and the proliferation of new technologies for making art. In these important essays, Ben Davis covers everything from Instagram to artificial intelligence, eco-art to cultural appropriation. Critical, insightful, and hopeful even in the face of the apocalyptic, this is a must read for those looking to understand the current art world, as well as the role of the artist in the world today.

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Haymarket Books

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1642594830

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Ugly Americans

The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions

By: Ben Mezrich

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Ugly Americans

The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions

By: Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich, author of the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld. John Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge—kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East. Malcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before—or since. Ugly Americans is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of Liar's Poker and Wall Street, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, Ugly Americans is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.

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Harper Collins

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0061754900

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Busting Vegas

A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds

By: Ben Mezrich

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Busting Vegas

A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds

By: Ben Mezrich

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hotshot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop — a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before. Las Vegas. Atlantic City. Aruba. Barcelona. London. And the jewel of the gambling crown — Monte Carlo. Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. They came in hard, with stacks of cash; big, seemingly insane bets; women hanging on their arms; and fake identities. Although they were taking classes and studying for exams during the week, over the weekends they stormed the blackjack tables only to be harassed, banned from casinos, threatened at gunpoint, and beaten in Vegas's notorious back rooms. The stakes were high, the dangers very real, but the players were up to the challenges, consequences be damned. There was Semyon Dukach himself, bored with school and broke; Victor Cassius, the slick, brilliant MIT grad student who galvanized the team; Owen Keller, with stunning ability but a dark past that would catch up to him; and Allie Simpson, bright, clever, and a feast for the eyes. In the classroom, they were geeks. On the casino floor, they were unstoppable. Busting Vega$ is Dukach's unbelievably true story; a riveting account of monumental greed, excess, hubris, sex, love, violence, fear, and statistics that is high-stakes entertainment at its best.

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0061739804

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50 Finds From Essex

Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

By: Ben Paites

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50 Finds From Essex

Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

By: Ben Paites

Explores 50 of Essex's most fascinating finds.

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1445658364

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9781445658360

Sing Me to Sleep

By: Mary-Ben Louis

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Sing Me to Sleep

By: Mary-Ben Louis

All Jodi wants is to forget the abuse she endured at the brutal hands of her rock-star ex-husband . . . and the fact that her beautiful sister has been killed. But Jodi fears that there can be no peace until she discovers what really happened to her sister. Now she is all alone in an abandoned cabin--with a killer waiting outside.

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Zebra Books

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0821744054

ISBN 13

9780821744055

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