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  Supermind: The Art of Cinema -...

  Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Nic Ford

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  In 1930s New York, the hot sensation of the cabaret circuit is urbane illusionist Art Hardwicke, whose stage name - Supermind - hints at his real-life mentalist powers. Aided by his manager, Lady Daphne Witcombe, and manservant Frampton, he fights crime and injustice wherever and whenever he is able.In this comic melodrama aping the earnest American radio serials of the era, Supermind manages to rescue society heiress Anastasia Del Ray from being kidnapped by hoodlums, and her gratitude comes in the form of declaring she’s going to Hollywood to make a movie of Supermind’s life - but starring herself as Supermind.Meanwhile, Professor Fenella Vaytell, of the Institute of Brain Studies in New York, has been developing a powerful weapon to seize control of the minds of the entire country. In the employ of her Nazi paymasters, Vaytell’s nefarious scheme will not only endanger Anastasia, Supermind, Lady Witcombe and Frampton, but also the entirety of the United States of America!Will Supermind use his prestigious powers to save the day? Will Lady Witcombe profit from them? Will Frampton faint at the sight of fisticuffs? And will Professor Fen Vaytell throw her head back and emit a wickedly evil laugh?In this episode, there is a rescue in the nick of time, a movie about Art’s life is announced, and the Professor - exposed as a Nazi mastermind - attempts to escape via Panama…

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  Gothic Charm School - An...

  Jillian Venters

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  Turn people’s expectations on their heads by being a Goth with good manners with this fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living. 
   
  There’s more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview? Is there such a thing as growing too old to be a Goth? How do you explain to your grandma that it’s not just a phase? 
   
  Jillian Venters, a.k.a. “the Lady of the Manners,” knows how to be strange and unusual without sacrificing politeness and etiquette. In Gothic Charm School, she offers the quintessential guide to dark decorum for all those who have ever searched for beauty in dark, unexpected places, embraced their individuality, and reveled in decadence . . . and for families and friends who just don’t understand.

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  How to solve water shortage...

  BARAKATH

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  You can’t just stop laughing.

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  I'm Awesome - One Man's...

  Jason Ellis, Mike Tully

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  Jason Ellis does it all. And he has excelled at everything he sets his mind to: X Games skateboarding, satellite radio, professional mixed martial arts, boxing, moto, truck racing, TV, and movies. Now he shares his jaw-dropping and inspirational life story—from the depths of addiction to the joys and ordeals of radio, fatherhood, and professional fighting—in his uncensored no-holds-barred style.Jason was raised in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and his early years were split between an alcoholic mother—who was only sixteen when he was born—and a father whose violent and unpredictable behavior taught Jason to be hard, tough, and fearless.Before he owned the radio waves, Jason competed for twenty years alongside action-sports legends and friends like Tony Hawk. Jason was known for going bigger and harder than anyone else—both on and off the ramp. His passion to become the best at skateboarding was exceeded only by his all-night partying and relentless pursuit of sex. After surviving a failed marriage and struggling with a rampant drug problem, all while heading toward the end of his skateboarding career, tragedy struck . . . twice. His father died of a heart attack, and a year later his younger brother died in an accident near the family's vacation home. His brother's death made Jason realize he had had enough. He quit booze and drugs, married his girlfriend, and threw his energy into being a good father. Having squandered his shot at greatness in skateboarding, he resolved to make the most of his second chance in radio.Jason has always been a daredevil, harnessing his unique ability to endure pain to achieve what few others could, first on the skate ramp and now on the airwaves. Using this fierce determination to let nothing stop him from reaching his goals, he became the new voice of action sports in America. His story is raw, and sometimes unbelievable, but it's always true. And it proves, once again, that Jason Ellis is a fighter through and through.

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  My Pear-Shaped Life

  Carmel Harrington

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  ‘So many women will find this book speaks to them.  It makes you laugh and cry but it is truly inspiring’ Katie Fforde				 
  					‘Sweet, sad, insightful and joyful – this book pressed all the emotion buttons and I’m so glad it did’ Milly Johnson								 
  ‘A beautiful, tender and joyful story.’ Susan Lewis				Meet Greta.				 
  					She’s funny.								 
  					She’s flawed.								 
  					She’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is.								 
  					But Greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is…being yourself.								 
  Greta Gale has played the part of the funny fat one her entire life, hiding her insecurities behind a big smile. But size doesn’t matter when you can laugh at yourself, right? 
  Until Greta realises she’s the only one not laughing. And deep down, she’s not sure if she’ll ever laugh again.				 
  But Greta is about to discover that sometimes the best moments in life come when it’s all gone a bit pear-shaped…				 
  ‘Poignant and profound, warm and witty, Carmel’s brilliant writing invites us to look beyond the smiley face to the complex tangle of emotions inside us all. I absolutely adored it’  
  Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Bramley				 
  ‘Warm, engrossing storytelling at its best’ 
  Irish Times bestseller Sheila O’Flanagan				 
  In this contemporary fiction, Greta's journey of self-help is not only humorous but also deeply touching. Her struggle with body image and eating disorders is portrayed with a raw honesty that resonates with many.				 
  For fans of Roisin Meaney (Two Fridays in April), Sheila O'Flanagan (The Woman on the Bridge), Faith Hogan (The Guest House by the Sea), Sinéad Moriarty (Finding Hope), and Cathy Bramley (The Sunrise Sisterhood).

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  Wonder Boys

  Michael Chabon

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  Chabon's extraordinary story of one turbulent weekend in the life of a struggling writer, a satire of the permanent adolescence of the creative class 
   
  A wildly successful first novel made Grady Tripp a young star, and seven years later he still hasn't grown up. He's now a writing professor in Pittsburgh, plummeting through middle age, stuck with an unfinishable manuscript, an estranged wife, a pregnant girlfriend, and a talented but deeply disturbed student named James Leer. During one lost weekend at a writing festival with Leer and debauched editor Terry Crabtree, Tripp must finally confront the wreckage made of his past decisions. 
   
  Mordant but humane, Wonder Boys features characters as loveably flawed as any in American fiction.

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