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- The time has come : a novel / by Leitch, Will,author.;
- Certain something very, very bad is happening behind the famous black door of Lindbergh's Pharmacy--an Athens, Georgia, institution--local fourth grade teacher Tina Lamm finds her drastic actions connecting her to a group of six employees and customers inside the pharmacy during one fateful night.
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Drugstores; Women teachers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- How to kill men and get away with it / by Brent, Katy,author.;
- "A deliciously dark, hilariously twisted story about friendship, love, and murder. Meet Kitty Collins. Friend. Lover. Killer. When a guy from a nightclub follows her home, and won't leave her alone--she kills him. Not intentionally, of course. But she isn't sorry, and she appears to have got away with murder. That's where here addiction started. She's developed a taste for revenge"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Black humor.; Novels.; Abusive men; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Women murderers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- We all want impossible things : a novel / by Newman, Catherine,1968-author.;
- As Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer, spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on, and try to let go.
- Subjects: Black humor.; Novels.; Female friendship; Hospice care; Terminally ill;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- MIB international : the official movie novelization / by Belcher, R. S.;
- The global Men In Black agency is in the midst of an existential crisis. A mole in the agency's ranks is helping an aggressive race of aliens known as the Hive put the universe in danger. The mission will send agents across the globe, from London, to Morocco, to the Eiffel Tower. It will take two agents, with the ability to see the truth where others do not, to defeat the Hive, uncover the mole, and save the universe.
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Men in black (UFO phenomenon); Human-alien encounters; Moles (Spies);
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Identitti : a novel / by Sanyal, Mithu M.,1971-author.; Price, Alta L.,translator.; translation of:Sanyal, Mithu M.,1971-Identitti.English.;
- Includes bibliographical references."A satirical debut about a German Indian student whose world is upended when she discovers that her beloved professor who passed for Indian is, in fact, white"--
- Subjects: Satirical literature.; Black humor.; Novels.; Group identity; Identity politics; Postcolonialism; Racially mixed people;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Hey, Zoey / by Crossan, Sarah,author.;
- Dolores O'Shea's marriage collapses when she discovers her husband's AI sex doll in the garage. When she moves "Zoey" into the house, they become oddly bonded, opening the door to a lifetime of repressed feelings and memories. 43-year-old Dolores O'Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who's moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn't what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the
- Subjects: Black humor.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Androids; Artificial intelligence; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Secrecy; Sex dolls;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Mal goes to war / by Ashton, Edward,author.;
- "The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting. A dark comedy wrapped in a techno thriller's skin, Mal Goes to War provides a satirical take on war, artificial intelligence, and what it really means to be human"--
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Black humor.; Novels.; Artificial intelligence; Cyborgs; War;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- I'm starting to worry about this black box of doom / by Pargin, Jason,1975-author.;
- "A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin. Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are rules: He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone. They must leave immediately. He must leave all trackable devices behind. As these eccentric misfits hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the box is part of a carefully orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war. The truth promises to be even stranger, and may change how you see the world"--
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Black humor.; Novels.; Boxes; Containers; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Strangers; Voyages and travels;
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- Normal women / by Hogarth, Ainslie,author.;
- "New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's worried that her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, might drop dead, leaving her and her baby, Lotte, destitute. She's worried that she hasn't lived up to her birthright as the daughter of the legendary Garbage King, DJ Silver, whose waste management company employed the town of Metcalf for decades. And she's really worried that, try as she might, she's not a gym-going, manicure-sporting, perfectly coiffed Normal Woman. And then Dani discovers The Temple. Ostensibly a yoga center, The Temple and its guardian, Renata, are committed to helping men reach their full potential. And if doing that sometimes requires sex work, so be it. Finally, Dani has found something she could be good at, even great at, something that could save Lotte from financial ruin if Clark ever dies. Just as she's preparing to embrace this opportunity, though, Renata goes missing. And Dani discovers there might be something else she's good at: detective work"--
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Black humor.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Motherhood; Women; Worry;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Interesting facts about space / by Austin, Emily R.,author.;
- "Meet Enid: a lesbian who's a serial dater and deaf in one ear. She works at The Space Agency as an information architect, and when she's not obsessing over true crime podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people. While she tries not think about her teenage years, she can't seem to stop obsessively watching her childhood YouTube channel. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her. As her paranoia starts to take over her life, and the personal growth she's worked to achieve, she gradually discovers the one thing she can't outrun-herself. Brimming with Emily Austin's signature style, charming characters, and irresistible humor, Interesting Facts about Space will remind you to treasure the relationships you hold most dear, and will offer hope to those who seek to connect in ways they never thought to be possible"--
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Black humor.; Lesbian fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Lesbians; Paranoia;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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