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 Smoke
by Donald
E. Westlake
Westlake
is a crime writer whose favorite genre is the "caper story".
Among his better known work is the book which became the movie,
"The Grifters", starring Melanie Griffith and Angelica Houston.
In "Smoke", a pair of scientists, who are secretly funded
by the tobacco industry, are seeking a cure for Melanoma,
on the grounds that it isn't caused by tobacco, and they can
put on a show of doing good if there are any results. They
are working on the theory that melanin, the pigment which
gives skin its color, is the culprit, and that if they can
remove the melanin, there will be no melanoma. Each scientist
has developed a different drug, which they tested on their,
(now translucent), cats, and are now looking for human volunteers.
Enter Freddie Urban Noone, a professional thief. He decides
to rob the lab where the scientists work, is caught, and is
given a choice. He can wait for the police, and become subject
to the "three strikes law", or he can volunteer to test one
of the drugs. By accident, he takes both drugs, and the effect
is that they render him invisible. In some ways, this is a
dream come true for a thief, but it causes many unforeseen
problems.
Synopsis by Alan Muir
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 Heart,
Humor and Healing Quotes
of Compassionate Comedy
by Patty Wooten
(Editor)
An Excellent Gift of Joy and Healing! -- Bernie Siegel, MD
A lively sense of humor can brighten patients' lives and even help
to promote healing. In the strange, occasionally tragic world of
a hospital, funny things can... and do... happen. In this delightful
collection of quips and quotes, Patty Wooten assumes her clown personae
to bring fun and laughter to the world of healing. Hereto are wistful
smiles and tender anecdotes that reach the heart with gentle amusement
at the way of things, and show the courage of ordinary people who
find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.
Price $7.96
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 Why
Not Me : The
Inside Story of the Making and the Unmaking of the Franken Presidency
by Al Franken
In this hilarious political satire, Al Franken reveals how, by focusing
relentlessly on the issue of ATM fees, he managed to wrest the Democratic
presidential nomination away from Vice President Al Gore in the
2000 elections and become the 44th president of the United States.
He then wound up running the second-shortest administration in American
history, announcing in his resignation speech: "It is my fondest
wish that, in the fullness of time, the American people will look
back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not
as a complete disaster."
Price $14.37
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Also
available in audio cassette
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 Letters
from a Nut
by Ted
L. Nancy, Jerry Seinfeld (Introduction)
Humor
Editor's Recommended Book (from Amazon.com): GOING POSTAL!
What if you wrote to the Baseball Hall of Fame offering to donate
a full set of Mickey Mantle's toenail clippings? Why, they'd be
glad to have 'em--even if you are "a Level 4 bed-wetter." Cooperstown
is only one of many institutions terrorized in Letters From a Nut,
a collection of crazed correspondence by Ted L. Nancy. The name
is a pseudonym, perhaps for Jerry Seinfeld, who wrote the introduction.
Seinfeld never comes clean, but the yocks sure sound like his material.
And the letters have his prints all over them--who else would write
the L.A. Lakers posing as a rabid fan who wears pants with a see-through
back end, "for medical reasons"? Whoever wrote it, the book's a
real lark. Where else can you meet "Pip, the Mighty Squeak," a man
who gambles in a giant shrimp costume, or a corn that looks like
Shelley Fabres? Only inside the fevered brain of Ted L. Nancy--whether
he's Jerry Seinfeld or not.
Synopsis: A collection of hilarious correspondences encompasses
the letter pranks of the author to celebrities, politicians, and
corporate heads, many of which were taken seriously and responded
to by their recipients.
Price $10.50
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 More
Letters from a Nut
by Ted L. Nancy, Jerry Seinfeld (Introduction)
Ted L. Nancy's first book, Letters from a Nut, with an introduction
by Jerry Seinfeld, now has more than 225,000 copies in print. In
More Letters From a Nut, master-prankster Nancy shares even more
sidesplittingly funny letters he has written and the unbelievable
true responses he has received.
Synopsis: Following his hit collection of correspondence,
master prankster Ted Nancy delivers another Seinfeld-supported book
of ridiculous letters and hilarious responses--a collection of deliciously
deranged letters, wacky requests, and absurd queries paired with
responses from corporations, national publications, celebrities,
even a few publishing types.
Price
$12.60
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