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'If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on. I have read the OED so you don't have to...' Weighing in at 137 pounds, the Oxford English Dictionary is the word lover's Everest and the world's most exhaustive and...
Editeur :
Penguin
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2008-10-02
ePub
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From the bestselling author of the Richard & Judy selected SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN.Late one summer evening, Wilberforce - rich, young, and work-obsessed - makes a detour on his way home to the vast undercroft of Caerlyon Hall, and the domain of Francis Black, a...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2008-09-18
ePub
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An explosive and highly-charged tale of love, lies and celebrity. Angel Summer looks as if she has found her happy ever after. She's married to the love of her life, sexy footballer Cal, they have a beautiful baby girl and Angel is Britain's top glamour model. But all...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2008-09-10
ePub
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I stopped off at the Peace Gardens - a memorial straddling the US-Canadian border commemorating 'Lasting Peace Between America and Canada', as if there had ever been a problem. Show me a garden commemorating Peace Between America and, say, Iraq and I'll be impressed. ...
Editeur :
Abacus
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2008-09-04
ePub
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Ah, the single life. The blind dates, the guiltless sleeping in the starfish position, the 'table for one in a draught, please'. In his hilarious new book, Jeff Green offers practical advice on how to find love, or failing that how to pretend you've got a significant...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk - one makes him smile, one makes him sad and one is destined to change his life forever. This is from...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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What are the French really like?Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find out. _________________They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs’ droppings.They don’t wash their armpits with garlic soap.Going on...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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Life in Manchester is sexy and stinking. Hold your breath. Justin wants a sex life, not a sex death. Rebecca has breasts but doesn't understand them. She needs to talk to Dostoevsky about erections, hairy armpits and firing squads.Life is difficult. Steve wants cash so...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
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2008-09-04
ePub
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A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions:_________________What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? And is it really polite to sleep with your...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic character'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening StandardASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole -...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-07-03
ePub
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In Maggie Barlow's world, reality is overrated. So what if her singing career has hit a sour note or she's no longer the ingénue that she used to be? So what if she drinks and smokes a bit too much or likes to chat with a fairy godperson who appears to her from...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2008-06-24
ePub
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What can Johnny Cash’s lyrics teach us about the little-known Tangut dialect? Is ‘tabernacle’ really a swear word in Quebecois? Which language has absolutely no verbs?What is Earth’s politest insult? And what is biting the wax tadpole actually a translation of?*Prepare...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-06-05
ePub
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he had it all:Nice gaff, cool cor, plenty of dosh, a stake in Dublin's trendiest nightclub and a face that made boyfriends jealous. To say nothing of a beautiful wife and kids ...All that remained was for him to totally fock it up:And I...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-06-05
ePub
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Bestselling writer Jimmy Buffett weaves an irresistible tale filled with colorful characters, wry humor, and the pursuit of a very clever pig. When Southern belle Ellie McBride moves her twins from Vertigo, to New York City, they wouldn't dream of leaving behind the...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2008-05-13
ePub
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Two Caravans is the hilarious and engaging second novel from bestselling author Marina Lewycka. A field of strawberries in Kent... And sitting in it are two caravans - one for the men and one for the women. The residents are from all over: miner's son Andriy is from the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-03-05
ePub
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Why would Germans accuse you of being like the donkey getting cross with a rabbit? Who would a Spaniard tell to go and fry asparagus? And when might the French claim they are without a radish? Furthering your knowledge of the world’s unusual idioms, Toujours Tingo will...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-11-01
ePub
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Now in paperback: For decades the world has credited renowned explorer Sir Edmund Hillary with being the first person to reach the peak of Mount Everest. But was he? Evidence to the contrary arrives one day on the doorstep of Chris Elliott--an anonymous package that...
Editeur :
Weinstein Books
Parution :
2007-10-24
ePub
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Too young to get whisked away by a Stannah Stairlift, or to enjoy the luxury of a walk-in bath (but not so much that she doesn't enjoy comfortable shoes), Marie is all the same getting on in years - and she's thrilled about it. She's a bit preoccupied about whether to...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-07-05
ePub
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Rumpole and the Reign of Terror - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic barrister'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D James, Mail on Sunday'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive James, ObserverJustice...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-07-05
ePub
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he knew all he needed to about women's bodies ... So there I was, roysh, in a state of basically very blissful ignorance, when suddenly Sorcha's up the Damien and I have to listen to, like, women's stuff. And now he's getting a biology...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-05-29
ePub
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