Who Killed the Fonz?
Who Killed the Fonz?

Author: James Boice

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2020-02-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1501196898

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The legendary 1950s-era TV show Happy Days gets reinvented as a gritty, “shamelessly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) 1980s noir. Late October, 1984. Prince and Bruce are dominating FM radio. Ron and Nancy are headed back to the White House. And Richard Cunningham? Well, Richard Cunningham is having a really bad Sunday. First, there’s the meeting with his agent. A decade ago, the forty-something Cunningham was one of Hollywood’s hottest screenwriters. But now Tinseltown is no longer interested in his artsy, introspective scripts. They want Terminator cyborgs and exploding Stay Puft Marshmallow men. Then later that same day Richard gets a phone call with even worse news: His best friend from childhood back in Milwaukee is dead. Arthur Fonzarelli. The Fonz. He lost control of his motorcycle while crossing a bridge and plummeted into the water below. Two days of searching and still no body, no trace of his trademark leather jacket, and Richard suspects murder. With the help of his old pals Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber, he sets out to catch the killer. “Readers yearning for simpler times will enjoy this trip down memory lane, which is as comforting as an episode of Happy Days” (Publishers Weekly). Who Killed the Fonz? imagines what happened to the characters of the legendary TV show Happy Days twenty years after the series left off. And while much has changed in the interim—goodbye drive-in movie theaters, hello VCRs—the story centers around the same timeless themes as the show: The meaning of family. The significance of friendship. The importance of community. “Wildly inventive and entertaining” (Booklist), Who Killed the Fonz? is an “irresistible” (New York Newsday) twist on a beloved classic that proves sometimes you can go home again. TM & © 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Good and the Ghastly
The Good and the Ghastly

Author: James Boice

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1416584307

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It’s the thirty-fourth century and the nuclear apocalypse has come and gone. Civilization has rebuilt itself, and the results are eerily similar to the early part of the twenty-first century. But there are a few notable differences. Visa owns everything. Deer are the most common domesticated animal. And misinterpretations of preapocalyptic history run amuck (e.g., Sarah Palin established the theory of natural selection). But what hasn’t changed is the nature of good and evil. The Good and the Ghastly centers on two people linked through violence. Mobster Junior Alvarez has risen from street thug to criminal overlord. He will go to incredible lengths to get what he wants—and he desires to live however he pleases, without compromise. The intensity of his quest is matched only by that of the mother of one of Alvarez’s first victims. She has gone vigilante and is hunting down mobsters. The two are prepared to go to the ends of the earth to manifest their wills—one good, one ghastly, both ruthless. A wild satire of our own society, The Good and the Ghastly is a visceral novel informed by Boice’s unnerving sense of reality and pathology. It is also an honest, old-fashioned good-versus-evil story—with a twist of modern-day madness.

Hounded to Death
Hounded to Death

Author: Rita Mae Brown

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0345512375

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“Sister” Jane Arnold, esteemed master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, has traveled to Kentucky for one of the biggest events of the season: the Mid-America Hound Show, where foxhounds, bassets, and beagles gather to strut their champion bloodline stuff. But the fun is squelched when immediately after the competition a contestant turns up dead–stripped to the waist and peppered with birdshot. Two weeks later, back in Virginia, a popular veterinarian dies from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sister refuses to believe that her friend killed herself and vows to sniff out the truth. But before she can make real headway, a wealthy pet food manufacturer vanishes during the granddaddy of all canine exhibitions, the Virginia Hound Show. Ever reliant on her “horse sense,” Sister can’t help but connect the three incidents, and what she uncovers will make her blood run colder than the bodies that keep turning up in unexpected places.

The Ghost of Chicken Liver Hill
The Ghost of Chicken Liver Hill

Author: J. R. Black

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780679850076

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Toby is a plain old sith-grade dweeb, until the day an obnoxious teenage ghost named Buddy turnas up in his bedroom.

My Happy Days in Hollywood
My Happy Days in Hollywood

Author: Garry Marshall

Publisher: Crown Pub

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0307885003

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A lighthearted account by the award-winning producer and director of such productions as Laverne & Shirley and Pretty Woman traces his Bronx childhood, role in shaping A-list celebrity careers and personal philosophies about life and entertainment. 60,000 first printing.

My Mother was Nuts
My Mother was Nuts

Author: Penny Marshall

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0547892624

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From her humble roots in the Bronx to Laverne and Shirley and her unlikely ascent in Hollywood, the beloved actor and director tells the story of her incredible life.

The Wordy Shipmates
The Wordy Shipmates

Author: Sarah Vowell

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-10-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1440638691

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From the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill," a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means? and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and- corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. Along the way she asks: *Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, a Christlike Christian, or conformity?s tyrannical enforcer? Answer: Yes! *Was Rhode Island?s architect, Roger Williams, America?s founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference. *What does it take to get that jezebel Anne Hutchinson to shut up? A hatchet. *What was the Puritans? pet name for the Pope? The Great Whore of Babylon. Sarah Vowell?s special brand of armchair history makes the bizarre and esoteric fascinatingly relevant and fun. She takes us from the modern-day reenactment of an Indian massacre to the Mohegan Sun casino, from old-timey Puritan poetry, where ?righteousness? is rhymed with ?wilderness,? to a Mayflower-themed waterslide. Throughout, The Wordy Shipmates is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America?s most celebrated voices. Thou shalt enjoy it.

They Came from Harlem
They Came from Harlem

Author: Chris Bryant

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-02-13

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1503542521

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When two people meet in the most dangerous county jail in the world, a bond is formed. Women, drugs and betrayal become the center of their world. Lives are taken and lives are started. Watch melrah and his crew leave the city of 8 million stories with nothing but determination and a dream and become some of the most vicious hustlers Connecticut ever seen. Living day to day is the life of all hustlers but few take it to that next level but melrah is determine to take it there. Will he be caught in the web of the game? Because we all know the game could never love you back. Hec is loyal to the game but will the game be loyal to him with all the money and power that he has? On their way to the top they must overcome crooked cops, stick up kids disloyalty and jealousy all the while staying true to eachother. The team needs to be able to bypass lies, lust, murder and the worstsnitches. T-nills keeps a secret under his hat that could end a friendship as well as lives. Being Melrahs right hand man is he ready to give his life up for the crew or is he caught in the ways of harlem? Marisol has it all but like every other female, she has an itch that needs to be scratched as she breaks the number one rule that can cause her life to be cut short. they came from Harlem will take you on a day to day rollercoaster ride of a hustlers life. As you read this book you will undeniably want more. If you like fast women, drugs and murder, they came from Harlem will have you up all night trying to figure out who killed who and who did what. With the feds on their tail and corrupt cops on the take, love who loves you but trust no one..

The Ballad of Sidney Hill 2
The Ballad of Sidney Hill 2

Author: Khali Raymond

Publisher: YTER/x Surreal Dreamz Inc.

Published: 2015-10-04

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1329597591

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After the events of The Ballad of Sidney Hill, the responsibility of cleaning up a mess left by Sidney's enemies now rests on his shoulders. As Sidney embarks on a journey to save his loved ones and repair a city devastated from rioting and destruction, he will be faced with challenges along the way. Sidney looks to transform himself and regain his humanity. Could Sidney be able to slay his personal demons? Will he succeed in getting his life together or will he succumb to the obstacles around him?