Catalog Search Results
43) "Sausages!"
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A poor man conspires with the village shoemaker to play a trick that will pay for a new pair of shoes.
45) Hacking Harvard
Author
Language
English
Description
When three brilliant nerds--Max Kim, Eric Roth, and Isaac "The Professor" Schwarzbaum--bet $20,000 that they can get anyone into Harvard, they take on the Ivy League in their quest for popularity, money, and the love of a beauty queen valedictorian.
Language
English
Description
After being dumped by his girlfriend, Matt sleeps with every girl he meets. Finally, Matt decides the only way to stop his sex obsession is to go 40 days and 40 nights living in a world of total abstinence. Then Matt meets Erica and the betting begins to see how long Matt can hold out.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the last opulent days of the eighteenth century, a friendly wager turns into a heated feud that spans decades...and a love affair like none other" --
"London, 1792. The Duke of Blackbern and the Marquess of Norgrave are boyhood friends who will still compete at anything. Racing, drinking, gambling, even seduction--until Lady Imogen Sunter crosses their path. Achingly beautiful, and innocent, she has no understanding of the jaded gentlemen who...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Maddie Post is privileged, sheltered, and polite, and does not belong in Blake, Maine. But thanks to a high-stakes bet, she's waiting tables at a riverfront diner catering to boat-builders and living in Janet Gilbertson's $200-a-month guest room. And Janet's dark and stormy son, Hank, back in Maine after 10 years as an active duty Army diver, isn't without his troubles, either. Their flirty friendship has many passionate ups and downs, but when Maddie...
Language
Polish
Description
Tajemniczy, angielski dzentelmen Fileas Fogg przyjmuje niecodzienny zaklad, ze zdola w 80 dni objechac kule ziemska. Wraz z dwójka przyjaciól - obiezyswiatem i wiernym lokajem Passepartout i piekna ksiezniczka Aouda rozpoczynaja szalencza, pelna przygód podróz dookola swiata i brawurowy wyscig z czasem. Podrózników tropi niezlomny inspektor Fox, uwazajacy Fogga za zlodzieja, który okradl jeden z londynskich banków. Czy wygraja ten wyscig i......