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A lonely boy who lives on the mainland. A childless couple who look after a lighthouse. A rocket-ship kennel that appears from nowhere. This is the story of DOGMAN!

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Mark Leyner's genre-busting first novel could be called cyberfiction or you could just call it genius. Either way, if unconventional is your cup of tea, you can't miss this mix of fact and fiction from the best selling author the New York Times described as a combination of Beavis and Butt-head morphed with William S. Burroughs. And it's read here by the hysterical Leyner himself. What else would you expect from a widely-hailed narcissist?

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Guy Grand is an eccentric billionaire who believes there's nothing too degrading or demanding that people won't do for money. So, he sets out to prove it. He wreaks havoc for his own amusement and finds there's no limit to the hilarity of his exploits. From the mind of Terry Southern, this savagely funny satire about excess and greed in American life is a former New York Times best seller.

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Meet the residents of Gammage, New York, a town on the verge of declaring bankruptcy, when inspiration strikes. Why not go native, and open a casino? With Not Enough Indians, actor, writer, producer, and former Saturday Night Live cast member Harry Shearer joins the ranks of such comedian/authors as Steve Martin and Michael Palin with a brilliantly funny, whip-smart satire of greed, collusion, distrust, and betrayal in the halls of Washington and the casinos of Native America.

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Little did the obscure novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton know in 1830 when he penned that most relished, imitated, and lampooned opening sentence in English literature, "It was a dark and stormy night..." that his words would inspire countless aspiring writers struggling incessantly like boats against the current to emulate his unparalleled style and that his name would grace "The Bulwer-Lytton Contest" honoring his most successful followers. Get it? Abounding in shameless sentences, this audio rendition of the original contest is a hilarious - even perversely instructive - collection of skilled, inept writing. Compiler Scott Rice is a professor of English at San Jose State University and the creator of the contest. The narrators include Marni Webb, Ray Nakamoto, Rachel Songer, and Bob Nathan.

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When young Alice follows a White Rabbit down a hole, she plunges into a fantasy land of bizarre adventures. Alice encounters such strange characters as the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Mock Turtle, and the croquet-playing Queen of Hearts. As if that weren't enough, Alice often grows as tall as a house or shrinks to 3 inches. This classic story has delighted children and adults for generations.

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The unending misfortunes of poor Mr. Primrose are the subject of this charming, ironic comedy of manners. Primrose is a simple village vicar who leads a quiet, tranquil life with his wife and 6 children until a series of unexpected crises threaten the family's wealth and harmony. The more Primrose assures his innocent family not to worry, the faster they fall victim to new, improbable calamities. Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners earned instant acclaim upon its publication in 1766 and continues to delight readers to this day.

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Wilhemina 'Billie' Bennett, red-haired daughter of an American millionaire, loves golf, dogs, and Tennyson ? and is to marry Eustace Hignett, the weak, poetry-writing son of a famous English writer on theosophy. Enter San Marlowe, Eustace's tournament golfing cousin, and Jane Hubbard, Billie's big-game-hunting friend, and another romp in the inimitable Wodehouse style unfolds.

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¿Dónde termina la excentricidad y dónde empieza la locura? En esta sátira, Edgar Allan Poe examina la pregunta con resultados jocosos. El profesor Maillard, invento de la imaginacíon de Poe, se rodea peligrosamente de supervisores…

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Isn't so and so a snob? he asks. "She won't even admit she liked Grease ." Looking for an author who ponders the imponderable, expresses the inexpressible, describes the indescribable, and leaves no burning issue of American popular culture or world concern unexamined? Well, you'll find him in Mark Leyner. On this recording, Leyner, one of the most gifted and original young American writers around, reads 6 prose pieces from his first published book.