The Serpent of Venice: A Novel

Long island instances bestselling writer Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe within the Serpent of Venice, a satiric Venetian gothic that brings again the Pocket of puppy Snogging, the eponymous hero of idiot, together with his sidekick, Drool, and puppy monkey, Jeff. Venice, many years in the past.

How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written

Mendacity is like ninety five% of what I do. yet think me: during this booklet, I’ll tell you precisely how you can turn into a grasp undercover agent similar to me. evidently, you won’t be nearly as good at it as i'm, yet that’s simply because you’re you, and I’m Sterling Archer. i do know, i do know, it sucks no longer being me. yet don’t beat your self up approximately it, simply because I’m going to teach you the entire reliable stuff—what to put on; what to drink; easy methods to seduce girls (and, while beneficial, men); tips to beat up males (and, whilst precious, women); tips on how to inform the adaptation among name ladies and hookers (hint: whilst they’re useless, they’re simply hookers) and every little thing approximately guns, mystery units, mendacity ex-girlfriends, and turtlenecks.

Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld

It is homicide in Discworld! —which often is not any sizeable deal. yet what bothers Watch Commander Sir Sam Vimes is that the bizarre deaths of 3 aged Ankh-Morporkians don't endure the fresh, effective marks of the Assassins' Guild. An obvious loss of any rationale is additionally relatively troubling. All Vimes has are a few tracks of white clay and extra of these bothersome "clue" issues that in basic terms serve to muck up an research.

Bearded Tit

A poignant yet hilarious trip into the arcane global of birdwatching via the most renowned names in British comedy, Bearded Tit is Rory McGrath’s tale of existence between birds. From a Cornish boyhood wandering gorse-tipped cliffs hearing the tune of the yellowhammer together with his imaginary female friend, or drawing gravity-defying jackdaws in school whilst he must have been employing himself to physics, to quoting the Latin names of birds to offer himself a combating probability with the main appealing woman he had ever noticeable.