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Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies…Well Ok, Five by Jinx James

Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies…Well Ok, Five by Jinx James

A fast-fading celebrity is prepared to do anything, yes anything, to capture the headlines again. Unfortunately, Annabel had picked a very bad day to kill her husband. Four equally ballsy women cross a moral line to get what they want, with unexpected consequences. Throbbing with dark humor, Dead Funny confirms that the world is as crazy and off-kilter as you always suspected.

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SCAM A-LAMA HARDBALL by Jinx James

SCAM A-LAMA HARDBALL by Jinx James

A wickedly dark comedy of trickery, dodgy contracts, celebrity, lies and love – and a twisted plot to con the rock star.
Lured by an irresistible offer of a new album, rock star Marc Charles can’t believe his luck … until the deal turns sour. There’s something underhand going on with the mysterious overseas organization behind the album offer. But contracts are meant to be trashed, aren’t they? Except this offer will get Marc out of his finanial troubles. Torn by the dilemma of recording the shitty song that’s part of the deal and his desperate need to reboot his career, Marc signs the contract. He senses he’s the target of a stand-over tactic, but what can he do? Hell! – rewite the song and make it awesome. Trouble is he hasn’t written a hit for over a decade. Now there is so much to play for and too much to lose.

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Mindfulness for Everyone : How to Stop Being F^cking Rude to People! by Pieter Wesley Whittington

Mindfulness for Everyone : How to Stop Being F^cking Rude to People! by Pieter Wesley Whittington

Are you rude to others? Did someone ever tell you they didn’t like the way you spoke to them? Do you know someone who is rude?

If so, this book is for you or them.

This book is for the boss, the co-workers, and the parents. The book Mindfulness for Everyone shows you how to act in public and conduct yourself in a restaurant. All of course, without the cursing.

Also included in Mindfulness for Everyone is how to properly send an effective email to a co-worker without sounding insincere, rude, or terse. Sometimes parents have to be reminded of mindfulness when dealing with their children.

Mindfulness reduces stress and promotes well-being. By reading Mindfulness for Everyone for just 5 minutes a day, the reader will have a sense of purpose in life and will better understand how to treat others. With continued use of these mindfulness techniques, the reader will soon develop a sense of positive energy radiating outward. Spreading kindness and gratitude creates positive energy.

Take a journey toward peace and kindness and a shared life that is more balanced.

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Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election. And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all. He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become. Are voters really ready for the whole truth? Are you? Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.

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The Book Of Failures by Amy Lyle

The Book Of Failures by Amy Lyle

You will feel 20-32% better about your own life after reading The Book of Failures.

The book has been featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Northside Women magazine, Points North magazine, My Forsyth magazine, Alpharetta Life, 400 Life, Forsyth County News, and on morning shows Atlanta and Company and The Kelly Show and Focus Atlanta.

Reviews:
“THE FUNNIEST, WITTIEST, AND MOST RELATABLE BOOK A GIRL COULD READ.” -A. Evers of Blueline Scripture- “Don’t Read While Drinking (Your coffee, wine, etc. will shoot through your nose from laughing.)” – R. Johnson of Ivy Owl Reviews- “You will definitely appreciate your own family dysfunction as you read through Amy’s ‘Book of Failures.’ Can’t wait to see more.” -S. Pacey Northside Woman Magazine- “Delight in Amy Lyle’s 45 years of missteps, inadequacies and faux pas. You may appreciate your own dysfunction a little more as you take a journey through Amy’s debacles including: “I Was Not Talking to You,” where Amy mistakes a handsome man waving at her as a potential suitor but in reality, he was only trying to inform her that her belt was dragging on the freeway and “In the Neighborhood,” where members of a cult moving in concurred with a suspicious decline in the cat population. You will relish the chapters entitled “Calls from Sharon,” where Amy’s best friend rants about her kids not getting a fair shot because public schools are ‘so political,’ as her OB/GYN reported her vagina was ‘too clean’ and how the most eligible bachelor from 1982 married a whore. Enjoy “I’m Going to Kill You,” where Amy compares her lack of sleep from her husband’s snoring to CIA agents extracting secrets from a POW.”

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Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

About Pianist in a Bordello

What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election.And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all. He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become. Are voters really ready for the whole truth?Are you?Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.

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We’re All A Mess, It’s OK by Amy Lyle

We’re All A Mess, It’s OK by Amy Lyle

These humorous essays and quips are about the blunders and snafus, and of everyday life that most of us can relate to. It’s like “Chicken Soup for the Soul” if you threw in snark and expletives. If you like Jenn Mann, Samantha Kirby, and Jenny Lawson, you will love “We’re All A Mess. It’s OK.” Get a copy for your funniest friends, or for grouchy people to cheer them up.

The book is an easy read and offers a real message that we all can survive, even the worst of failures and ultimately, even though we’re all a mess, it’s OK.

The number one best-selling author of “The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book Of Failures” brings you her newest gem, “We’re All A Mess. It’s OK.” Over one hundred contributors share their failures, setbacks, and most embarrassing moments for this compilation of hilarity with the hopes that their stories would give the embarrassed and struggling souls some comic and inspirational relief. A Good reads Top 10 Best Humor pick!
Life is riddled with pain, disappointments, and failures, but given enough time, they’re folly. “We’re All A Mess. It’s OK” captures life’s most absurd moments honestly and without a filter. It’s filled with funny essays and one-liners that highlight the grainier sides of being human and imperfect.

The book covers everything from horrible internet dating experiences, the strangest of co-workers, vacations that went array, to the worst holiday gifts of all time. It’s an anthology of real-life disasters.

You’ll enjoy, “You Must Have Me Confused With Someone Else” which depicts Dane Levent’s severe behavior problems with her golden retriever, Buddy, after picking him up from boarding, only to find out a week later that she had the wrong dog.

And… “He’s Worth the Wait” by Bes. D describes her mother-in-law’s long-term relationship with a convicted felon she had met on Meet-An-Inmate.com.

And… “Saying ‘I’m Sorry’ Will Not Fix This Situation” by Ashley P. is a hilarious tale of turning her best date into her worst date by leaping onto her partner’s lap, causing what is called in medical terminology, a penile fracture.

And… Follow along with Traci Jo’s daily embarrassment by her mother, picking her up from school wearing different wigs, such as Dorothy Hamill and Marilyn Monroe.

And… Read an entire chapter dedicated to strange conditions, such as Shelley Miner Gardler’s need to gather her pets before she goes to work to tell them goodbye and to assign one to be in charge while she’s away.

And… Discover why Christine T sorts M&Ms in ROYGBIV order and eats them first by frequency until they’re even, and then one of each color in order until they’re gone.

The book is an easy read and offers a real message that we all can survive, even the worst of failures and ultimately, even though we’re all a mess, it’s OK.

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OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages by Strobe Witherspoon

OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages by Strobe Witherspoon

Award-winning novelist and cultural critic Strobe Witherspoon interrogates his own profession. It goes terribly.

“Wildly entertaining …Sometimes sad and sometimes hilarious, Witherspoon’s timely metafictional novel explores the ways (mis)information can shape public discourse in the digital media age.” – Booklife by Publishers Weekly

”Strikingly original …an innovative literary experiment that supplies a thoughtful commentary on the ‘discourse virus’ of our age …Witherspoon tackles a broad spectrum of media, including comically scathing excerpts from tweets, podcasts, blogs, and even academic journals and also keenly exposes the ways in which Strobe, the character, is implicated in his own online assault, due to his obsessive attachment to public life.” – Kirkus Reviews

OOF explores the role of satire in a society lurching from one ridiculous crisis to the next, where media outlets rely on clicks to stay alive and everything is filtered through a lens of anger and misinformation.

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Strobe Witherspoon just sold his latest satirical novel for a lot of money. The book in question, FLOTUS: A Memoir, is a fictitious autobiography about a former first lady of the United States reflecting on years of misery at the hands of her much older POTUS husband. When a chapter is leaked in advance of the book’s publication, an Online Outrage Fiesta (OOF) ensues via news outlets, blogs, Twitter, troll farms, and everything in between. Witherspoon has his life placed under a microscope. Family secrets are exposed. Now, an anthology has been put together to document Witherspoon’s downfall—and settle the score.
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”an impressive achievement of unflinching honesty from a noteworthy talent, as resonant and relevant as it is entertaining …OOF tugs at the threads that connect American cynicism with radical extremism and weaves a character-rich tapestry of insight …Each voice, whether of a New Yorker journalist or an Internet influencer, is rendered with uncanny fidelity. Perhaps most masterful is that key events are not depicted but merely alluded to, allowing the text to provide an elegant framework for a more personal story painted almost invisibly in the negative space.”– BlueInk Review

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THE VINTAGE LADIES COLLECTION. Volume One: The Perfect Present for Ladies who Love to Laugh by Marilyn Messik

THE VINTAGE LADIES COLLECTION. Volume One: The Perfect Present for Ladies who Love to Laugh by Marilyn Messik

Packed with over 100 glorious Vintage Images & Humor, this Free Kindle Book introduces you to the VINTAGE LADIES.
If you love to laugh, enjoy gorgeous photos, fashion and lifestyle from years gone by, the VINTAGE LADIES might be just up your street. They could also sort out your holiday GIFT GIVING list because they make perfect presents. Other goodies (in paperback format) are The Vintage Ladies Everlasting Diary, Personal Journal, Book Lovers Log, and Notebook & Planner.

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Reality Barks: A Rescue Dog’s Funny Story by Kit James

Reality Barks: A Rescue Dog’s Funny Story by Kit James

Barney is a mutt in a dog rescue shelter who has only three months to get chosen for adoption or he will be euthanized. To his surprise two executive couples jointly adopt him, and he becomes a Time-Share dog, but one of his new pack has secret plans for him. Barney becomes Elliott on his entertaining and humorous journey from Mutt to Megastar.
To quote a reviewer: Elliott gives you a dog’s version of life, death and stardom.

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SCAM A-LAMA DING DONG: A Funny Noir Rock Star Rip-Off by Jinx James

SCAM A-LAMA DING DONG: A Funny Noir Rock Star Rip-Off by Jinx James

Slide into the sleazy side of Show Biz, the dodgy side, in this fast paced Noir mash up of Dark Comedy, Crime and Classic Rock. When you’ve been a Rock Star as long as Marc Charles, you’ve seen a few Scams in your time, but never one quite like this. Cory, the dude from California isn’t just after Marc’s rock star mansion. He wants the lot, and with his corporation’s scumbag shakedown scheme he aims to get it.
To Marc it smacks of an old-time SCAM A-LAMA DING DONG rip-off. “Us Rock ’n Rollers have been getting scammed and ripped off ever since they invented shiny suits and electric guitars,” Marc tells his pal Howie.
But Rock Stars don’t like being messed with, especially when their career is at stake and time is running out. Marc fights back, and boy, can he play dirty too! With the brains of his sidekick moneyman Howie, and Marc’s own charisma and front, he sets out to turn the tables on the “Pay-to-Play” scammers. Marc’s tough-as-nails Agent, the ever-horny Felicity, is right in the line of fire, and there’s a new girl too, Samira, aka Sam. But she’s from a different age. This alluring heartbreaker isn’t taking any of that Rock Dinosaur crap Marc tries to lay on her.
As he battles Cory, Marc keeps up the hi-jinks like any red-blooded rock star: Sex in a cupboard, duets with a Cowboy movie-star, a déjà vu jig-a-jig with his knife-throwing ex-wife – it’s all here, along with a Classic Rock and Soul soundtrack. That and some kinky KO’s from Morgana, a crazy Bad-Girl TV star, a little hot guitar, plus an absolute nutcracker of a plot twist at the end.

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50 Shades of Worf by Christopher D. Schmitz

50 Shades of Worf by Christopher D. Schmitz

A back-alley brawl between the furries and the bronies.
Deadpool cosplayer keeps stealing all the erotic pegasus artwork.
Someone’s necronomicon opened a tentacle portal in the men’s room.
Two cops go undercover at a comic-book convention to stop Wil Wheaton’s murder.

Peaches & Paprika: Celebrating All Year Long by Carol Lowbeer

Peaches & Paprika: Celebrating All Year Long by Carol Lowbeer

Once the Christmas holidays are over, Peaches & Paprika, two funny sister calico cats have you covered! “National Hangover Day,” on January 2 (too much catnip?) comes next, followed by Bubble Bath Day on January 8 and National Hugging Day on Jan 21, to name a few! Later in the year, on Hot Air Balloon Day, the two cats are transported against their will into the air and on Popcorn Day are “attacked” by giant flying kernels. And haven’t you always wanted to know what two cats might say to each Other? “Celebrating All Year Long” is written in Peaches & Paprika’s own voices and their sometimes dry, sarcastic conversations as well as their festive cat costumes, backgrounds & crazy postures will make you chuckle. Readers called this book “full of joy and light,” “couldn’t stop smiling” and “endearing.” Celebrating All Year Long combines all of the holidays featured in the cats’ 4-book seasonal mini-series into a full year fun holiday book featuring 230 pages of photo color cartoons presented in a whimsical, light-hearted manner. It’s a must for all cat lovers with a sense of humor and makes a unique gift for your cat lover friends!