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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

David Sedaris · 192 pages

If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. "I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though, would be more coarse

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One Week in the Library

W. Maxwell Prince

An experimental graphic novella that recounts a troublesome week in the Library via seven short stories--one for each day--that use comics, infographics, prose, and poetry to play with the graphic medium and explore the multivalent world of living narrative--Adapted from page 4 of cover.

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One-Punch Man, Vol. 1

ONE · 200 pages

The seemingly ordinary and unimpressive Saitama has a rather unique hobby: being a hero. In order to pursue his childhood dream, he trained relentlessly for three years—and lost all of his hair in the process. Now, Saitama is incredibly powerful, so much so that no enemy is able to defeat him in battle. In fact, all it takes to defeat evildoers with just one punch has led to an unexpected problem—

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Azazel

Isaac Asimov · 221 pages

Meet Azazel... He's two centimeters tall. He's fiery red. He has magical powers strong enough to wreck a normal human's life...all with the best intentions, of course. George Bitternut, an eccentric linguist and deadbeat, stumbles onto an ancient incantation that calls forth this diminutive demon of astonishing wizardry. Unfortunately, Azazel refuses to do anything for George's personal gain

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Meet Mr. Mulliner

P.G. Wodehouse · 203 pages

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SuperMutant Magic Academy

Jillian Tamaki · 274 pages

"SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy

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The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects

Mike Mignola

A collection of stories about bizarre and curious objects, including a robotic head which screws onto replacement bodies like a light bulb and spies for Abraham Lincoln.

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Killing and Dying: Stories

Adrian Tomine · 124 pages

A showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics.

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Screwjack

Hunter S. Thompson · 64 pages

Collects three short stories in Thompson's unique gonzo style: a chronicle of his first experience with mescaline, the death of a friend, and a letter by the fictitious Raoul Duke.

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How to Be Perfectly Unhappy

Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal · 48 pages

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One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

B.J. Novak · 276 pages

"B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--t

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Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970

Richard Brautigan · 173 pages

**Overview:** Three unforgettable Brautigan masterpieces reissued in a one-volume omnibus edition : Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away REVENGE OF THE LAWN: Originally published in 1971, these bizarre flashes of insight and humor cover everything from "A High Building in Singapore" to the "Perfect California Day." This is Brautigan's only collection of stories

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Wayside School Is Falling Down

Louis Sachar · 179 pages

"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen a

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Without Feathers

Woody Allen · 210 pages

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The Elephant

Slawomir Mrozek · 176 pages

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Pure Drivel

Steve Martin · 130 pages

A collection of Martin's comic writings, some of which first appeared in: The New Yorker.

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Lenore: Noogies

Roman Dirge · 112 pages

A collection of the first four issues of the popular Lenore comic book series. Lenore: Noogies is a romp into the dark, surreal world of a little dead girl. Featuring stories about limbless cannibals, clock monsters, cursed vampire dolls, taxidermied friends and obssesed would be lover and more fuzzy animal mutilations than should be legal. Lenore is one of the funniest, darkest comic books on the

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Magical Thinking: True Stories

Augusten Burroughs · 272 pages

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Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Volume One

Michael Kupperman

Collection of humorous graphic stories about an array of characters and written by American cartoonist Michael Kupperman.

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The Tent

Margaret Atwood · 158 pages

The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, The Tent has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays" or “mini-fictions.” The work also incorporates line drawings by Atwood. Source: [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://g.co/kgs/6Gge4p

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Sixty Stories

Donald Barthelme · 464 pages

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Last Chapter and Worse

Gary Larson · 107 pages

Collection of cartoons based on the enormously popular, syndicated series, which ran in daily newspapers until 1995, features thirteen new cartoons along with more than 140 cartoons that have never appeared in a book form.

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Rhialto the Marvellous

Jack Vance · 240 pages

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