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  My Conference Can Beat Your...

  Paul Finebaum, Gene Wojciechowski

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  An all-access pass into the powerhouse teams and passionate fanbases of the legendary Southeastern Conference, from one of the most influential men in college football: ESPN’s Paul Finebaum.Proud owner of 14 prestigious college football programs, producing seven consecutive national championships, twelve NFL first round draft choices, and a budget that crushes the GDP of Samoa, the Southeastern Conference collects the most coveted ratings, rankings, and revenue of any conference in college football. With its pantheon of illustrious alumni like Bear Bryant, Herschel Walker, Peyton Manning, and Nick Saban, the SEC is the altar at which millions of Americans worship every Saturday, from Texas to Kentucky to Florida.If the SEC is a religion, its deity is radio talk-show host Paul Finebaum. In My Conference Can Beat Your Conference, Finebaum, chronicles the rise of the SEC and his own unlikely path to college football fame. Finebaum offers his blunt wisdom on everything from Joe Paterno and the Penn State scandal to the relevancy of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend, and chronicles the best of his beloved callers, and the worst of his haters.

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  21st Century Dodos: A Collection...

  Steve Stack

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  A fond farewell to the many inanimate objects, cultural icons and general stuff around us that find themselves on the verge of extinction. 
  We’ve all heard of the list of endangered animals, but no one has ever pulled together a list of endangered inanimate objects. 
  Until now, that is. 
  Steve Stack has catalogued well over one hundred objects, traditions, cultural icons and, well, other stuff that is at risk of extinction. 
  Some of them have vanished already. 
  Cassette tapes, rotary dial phones, half-day closing, milk bottle deliveries, Concorde, handwritten letters, typewriters, countries that no longer exist, white dog poo… 
  …all these and many more are big a fond farewell in this nostalgic, and sometimes irreverent, trip down memory lane. 
  This humorous book by Steve Stack is a top-rated journey that bids adieu to the best of our past. 21st Century Dodos is a delightful blend of nostalgia and irreverence, a must-read for those who appreciate the charm of the bygone era. 
  For fans of Robert Sellers (Raising Laughter)

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  The Collected Novels Volume Two...

  Mary McCarthy

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  Sharply observed literary fiction from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group and a “delightfully polished writer” (The Atlantic Monthly).  New York Times–bestselling author Mary McCarthy wrote with “an icily honest eye and a glacial wit that make her portraits stingingly memorable” (The New York Times). From a trenchant portrait of marriage to an academic satire to an unconventional thriller, the three novels in this collection show the range of an author possessed of “an uncanny flair for fastening on detail that has an electric impact on the reader” (The Atlantic Monthly).  A Charmed Life: In this New York Times bestseller, former actress and budding playwright Martha Sinnott longs to recapture the “charmed life” she abandoned when she divorced her first husband. So she returns to her beloved New England artists’ colony with her second spouse. But her arrogant ex, Miles, lives dangerously close by with his new wife. And in a pervasive atmosphere of falsehoods and self-delusions, the biggest lie of all is Martha’s belief that her reunion with Miles won’t somehow wreak terrible havoc on all she holds dear.   “A glittering tragedy.” —The New York Times  The Groves of Academe: College instructor Henry Mulcahy embarks on a fanatical quest to save his job—and enact righteous revenge—in this “brilliantly stinging” satire of university politics during the early Cold War years (The New York Times).   “Brilliant . . . Bitterly tongue-in-cheek.” —The New Yorker  Cannibals and Missionaries: En route to Iran, a plane is hijacked by Middle Eastern terrorists intent on holding hostage the politicians, religious leaders, and activists on a mission to investigate charges of human rights violations by the Shah. Soon the kidnappers discover a greater treasure onboard: prominent art collectors with access to some of the world’s most valuable paintings—which could fund global terrorism. As both captors and captives confront bitter truths about their conflicting values and ideologies, the clock races toward an explosive endgame.   “Tense, intelligent entertainment.” —Chicago Tribune  

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  A Very British Christmas

  Rhodri Marsden, Paul Tyreman

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  A twelve-stage sleigh ride through the best, worst, strangest and funniest parts of Christmas. 
  With cultural icons saluted, national habits dissected and personal reminiscences from those who’ve eaten all the mince pies and lived to tell the tale. 
  The essential Christmas stocking filler for anyone who’s ever spent their christmas on a deflating air bed in their parents’ spare room, wedged up against the washing machine come Christmas Eve and wondering why this Christmas, just like every year, doesn’t look like the ones on the telly. 
  Rhodri Marsden's exploration of cultural customs and family traditions during the festive season is both humorous and insightful. His essays delve into the social science behind our Christmas activities, making A Very British Christmas a top pick for those interested in popular culture and regional variations of the holiday. 
  For fans of Rob Temple (Born to be Mild), Brian Bilston (And So This is Christmas), David Jason (The Twelve Dels of Christmas), Richard Littler (The Scarfolk Annual), and Greg Wise (Last Christmas).

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  Flatland: A Romance of Many...

  Edwin A. Abbott

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  Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster and clergyman Edwin Abbott Abbott. The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years.

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  The Definitive Biography of PDQ...

  Peter Schickele

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  Professor Peter Schickele's account of the life of little-known composer P.D.Q. Bach. 
  Printed books are all well and good, but, let's face it, it's a whole lot easier to let somebody else do the reading. P.D.Q. Bach was probably the most passive composer who ever allegedly lived, so the less effort you put into learning about him, the more you carry on his ideals.

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