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A poet who hated an age of decadence, armed conflict, and departure from tradition, Aristophanes' comic genius influenced the political and social order of his own fifth-century Athens. But as Moses Hadas writes in his introduction to this volume, 'His true claim upon our attention is as the most brilliant and artistic and thoughtful wit our world has known.' Includes The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Lysistrata, Peace, Plutus, Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps.

The truest and most reliable account of the creation of...er...Creation. You name it, it's here! God, Lucifer and Michael. Adam, Lilith and Eve. Talking animals and voices in a head (not one, not two but three! Yes, three!). Chaos, as itself. Guest appearances, Jesus, Cthulhu and Shub-Niggurath. And don't forget the vicious but quite divine Headache... did I mention about the aliens?There, in the middle of absolute nothing, deep inside the blackness of primordial space void, several awkward moments before the Bing Bang that gave birth to one of the innumerable universes, he (or He, if you prefer…someone, anyway…) made his discreetly appearance. Someone, who hadn’t the faintest idea about how he got there or who he was or even if he should be there, at all. The random discovery of the power of speech and his innate divine abilities will spur on and convince him to stay at that spot and become famous. With the help of his First (who drags him to the brink of nervous breakdown) and a multitude of other angelic creatures, benign and extremely impressed, he creates one of the most original worlds of the multiverse (in his mind, at least). Light and darkness, planets and stars, earth and seas, all of them created in mere moments (from a lower lifeform’s point of view) of divine, artistic inspiration. Higher and lower forms of life passed, in a blink of god’s eye, from the sphere of ideas into the material world. All of this of course with the assistance of angelic side-kicks, archangelic fights and a thrice-split Luciferian personality (things are rarely what they seem). The construction of the being in the image and likeness of the creator, along with its spouses, will force Chaos and all the other vague cosmogonic forces to seek for serenity in some other, more interesting universe, far away from potential gods and their creative delusions. Creator, Lucifer (evil background music), Archangels and firstborn humans. Love and jealousy, thrills and action, enormous carnivores and tiny blind and naïve animals. Plenty of laughter and a persistent headache. All of them having as background our freshly-constructed universe, in the truest story ever imprinted on paper without the chronicler losing his mind. And all, in a week’s work…

“What Pinkwater does is magic, and I’m grateful for it.” --Neil Gaiman (about The Neddiad) Is Bushman the gorilla alive? According to the papers, he died a long time ago. Why is he so important to the high school senior and aspiring Great Artist Harold Knishke? It’s a hot summer in 1960s Chicago, and people are on the streets late at night, including the Chicken Man and Molly the dwerg. While reading this hilarious young adult novel (with illustrations by Calef Brown!) teens will ask themselves, “Why am I reading this?” and “Is Harold about to embark on a voyage of great adventure?” He is.

Things get pretty crazy with a broken tandoor oven a dodgy supplier and the pressure of a big opening day.A light yet thought provoking sci-fi adventure. "Dwarg" is a "Whisp" from a non-physical world, who is on a mission to stop Humans sending rockets into the Aura. He becomes an entity of a young and dying Aggie who accepts him. Dwarg infuses her with health, wisdom and maturity. With her aunt, they go on an adventure to France to solve a puzzle of a painting by Vincent van Gogh and learn more of his life and the story of his ear. Dwarg realizes that there are alien viruses landing on the planet and infecting Humans in different ways. Aggie, his host, is from the Abenaki nation and Dwarg is fascinated by the rituals of that culture. Aggie graduates from the University of Oklahoma at age 11 and participates in an exclusive experiment utilizing the LHC (which she cleverly used to sent Dwarg back to his own non-physical world).

Prisoner 86's fate is in the hands of his merciless captain. Or is it? As their ship enters a raging thunderstorm, what bizarre event transforms their lives in an eternal destiny?A companion novella in the Touch of Tantra series from bestselling author, Liv Morris. ***Contains steamy adult situations intended for readers eighteen and over.***Recently Kathryn Delcour returned to her hometown of New York City. Widowed two years ago, she found healing from her loss through the ancient practice of Tantra and teaches the spiritual and sexual art to others. When Kathryn oversees a husband performing a very intimate tantric massage with his wife, the steamy session makes Kathryn face her own sexual frustrations and realize she needs a true lover. Unfortunately she hasn’t met a man who lights a fire inside of her like her late husband... until she meets billionaire Adam Kingsley later that night.We’ve heard Adam’s side of their meeting. Now take a little journey into Kathryn’s mind on the day they met.

A short story about a celebrated restoration artist who comes to the Vatican to work in the Sistine Chapel during renovations in the mid 1980s. He keeps to himself, but is soon unable to keep his secret from spiraling his life out of control as his time in the holy city goes on.This short piece follows a restoration artist who arrives in the Vatican to work on frescoes during renovations in the mid 1980s. While there has been mild controversy over the restoration of the famous ceiling that was done back then, little has been said about the other activities that took place in the walls of the holy city, and that may be continuing to this day.

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A dozen mostly light-hearted 2000-word stories on varied themes – humour, whimsy, calamity, sentiment, skulduggery, retribution, reparation, shadows of the past – with some narrative threads between them and an occasional touch of the shaggy dog.A long-severed connection is happily renewed in old age; called to meet a demanding associate, a traveller finds someone quite different; after an elaborate dream regressing to childhood memories, a letter in real life brings an alarming suggestion of premonition; an enterprising off-comer has a remarkable effect on an isolated rustic community; duped into an unwarranted assassination, a conscientious vigilante resolves on reparation for the death; chance encounters bring the fulfilment of a dying child’s dearest wish; past activities lead to involvement with the affairs of a Russian oligarch; the security check on a guest to the re-marriage of the Russian’s widowed daughter leads to the discharge of an onerous obligation; a persistent romantic’s disastrous history comes to a strange conclusion; the inspiration of a fantasy film-maker proves to have a surprising source; remnants from long-past conflict bring a tragic end to attempts at entertaining passengers from a stranded cruise liner; discovery of ancient cave-art in a northern valley arouses great expectations.

A humorous short story about a woman CEO who confides in a young reporter telling her how she has managed her relationships with men through her lifeA humorous short story about a woman CEO who confides in a young reporter telling her how she has managed her relationships with men through her life. Meet Sherry McPherson and her unique style. For her, men are like cars. From the utilitarian, compact vehicles you purchase when you are at college, to the European monsters you get when you're at the top, the men a successful woman picks during her career much resemble her car.

For Rob Burnside, things are going pretty well. His friends are behaving, school isn't too bad, his family's getting along, and Janae, the girl of his dreams, occasionally notices him. Yep, life's okay—until the lying starts. Meet Pinocula, the new creature from Rob's closet. He is a liar and a jokester and is determined to drive Rob crazy. Obert Skye doesn't let his fans down in this hilarious installment in The Creature from My Closet series, which started with Wonkenstein and Potterwookiee.

Anthony has never been able to stand up for himself -- that is, not until his girlfriend is in someone else's arms. Then Anthony vows revenge and devises the Plan. It begins with getting a job at the fast-food restaurant where his nemesis happens to be a star employee. But when the Plan is finally in place, will Anthony's hunger for revenge be satisfied? Will he prove he's not a wuss?

A temporal exploration craft is struck by lightning and is forced to crash land at some point in the past. With their prime directive compromised, both the crew of the ship and, and the team sent to recover them, must race against time to avoid detection and prevent an earth-shattering disaster.The temporal exploration craft, 'Kolibri', is struck by lightning and is forced to crash land at some point in the past. With the possibility of their prime directive becoming compromised, and with time against them, both the crew of the 'Kolibri' and, and the team sent to recover them, must find a way stop the stricken ship's technology from falling into the wrong hands, or face the prospect of an earth-shattering disaster.

It’s here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren’t your typical anthologies: each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about. Funny Business is based around the theme of—what else?—humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you’re in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn’t turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling authors, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo. Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones—and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.