{"product_id":"2940012593191","title":"Abandon All Hope - cheerful humor for impossible days","description":"Abandon all hope? Yes! And this collection of humorous short stories \"ABANDON ALL HOPE - cheerful humor for impossible days\" will make you wish you'd done it sooner. You've got 20 comic tales dealing with such matters as the bumbling machinations of castle intrigue in MACBETH P.I. - detective to the Middle Ages; the travails of Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov trying to get his subject to cooperate in PAVLOV'S CAT; and the sordid history of a man whose loss of his chile cooking crown makes him go mad trying to regain it in THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ESTRADA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut wait! There's more: Dr. Sherlock Holmes chases the evil Professor Moriarty across London hoping to halt his fiendish candy-coated pill substitution plan in THE PILL SCHOOL; Doc Holliday and the Earps valiantly fight fish rustling in SHOOT-OUT AT THE O.K. FISHING HOLE; and scientists team up with military leaders to stop the Nazi menace by creating a decent cocktail in THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20 stories of glittering mirth designed to make you ABANDON ALL HOPE!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Kindle Book author of \"THE PC AFFAIR - a comic mystery of Murder, Mayhem, and Data Processing\"; \"NO SHARP EDGES - humorous stories for salty days\"; and \"TALES OF DELIGHT AND SHAME\" - cheery and satirical Southwestern\/Hispanic stories for big and little people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories included in ABANDON ALL HOPE!:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMACBETH, P.I. - detective to the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE'S WIFE\u003cbr\u003eTHE TAMING OF THE PIRATES\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF A LEXICOGRAPHER\u003cbr\u003eTHE DAY THE GREAT PAINTERS GOT THEIR COMPUTERS\u003cbr\u003ePAVLOV’S CAT\u003cbr\u003eSHOOT-OUT AT THE O.K. FISHING HOLE\u003cbr\u003eTHE MANHATTAN PROJECT - a 40s memory\u003cbr\u003eDR. PLANT, COME QUICK!\u003cbr\u003eTHE PHILOSPHERS' CLUB\u003cbr\u003eTHE CORONER\u003cbr\u003eTHE SAD STORY OF CORKY THE SNOWMAN\u003cbr\u003eTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ESTRADA\u003cbr\u003eFRUIT TALES - stories of heroic fruits and pomes\u003cbr\u003eTHE SWEET LIFE\u003cbr\u003eTHE INVENTORS\u003cbr\u003eTHE PILL SCHOOL\u003cbr\u003eHOW CECELIO GUANTE GOT INTO THE HALL OF FAME\u003cbr\u003eTHE TEN BILLION NAMES OF SALSA\u003cbr\u003eTHE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DOCTOR","brand":"Clyde James Aragon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069417832688,"sku":"2940012593191","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012593191_p0.jpg?v=1763570395","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012593191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}