Welcome to Happy Acres (Haunted) Hotel for Active Seniors, the premiere senior living facility in all of Southern California (especially if you're already dead)!At Happy Acres we pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our elder care (and for how many haunts we have -- 789 and counting!) as we surround your loved ones with vibrant, interesting people of their own generation (and many generations prior).Happy Acres is fully staffed 24/7 by a team of dedicated (and in some cases, spellbound) medical staff, as well as housing one of the state-of-the-art medical inpatient and outpatient facilities in the Southland (just don't see your doctor after dark), so your loved ones are ensured the best care in their golden years (and long after, as well).Don't let the rumors (all true) fool you -- while Happy Acres is indeed the best, its costs won't race your beloved elders to an early grave (no, others will handle that). So come to Happy Acres, a facility you'll love so much you'll never want to leave! (Trust us on this one.)

Science fiction's funny girl Gini Koch takes you on a hilarious journey, transporting readers to the distant past, the far future, and all places in between. Visit the much-loved Happy Acres, where the residents, both living and dead, are indeed always happy to meet new friends, spark new romances, and occasionally get rid of odious relatives. Roll with the newest, and cutest, superhero around, Missy the Were-Pomeranian. Tagalong with a set of cybertronic felines who just want to have fun and steal shiny things. Deep dive into the mind of a demigod and the so-called minds of an overly enthusiastic local news team. Watch a clueless apprentice deep in the heart of Transylvania finally get a clue. Learn from a phenomenon, or whatever, who has a different, yet effective, life plan. Along with special takes on Bigfoots, classic songs, bats in trees, and Goldilocks, these pieces will have you laughing at or along with these intriguing characters and more. This collection brings together some of Gini's best-loved short stories for the first time. Grab it now but be prepared-laughter is definitely on the horizon.

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

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