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  1000 Years of Laughter

  David Timson

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  Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian’s cupboard. There are also excerpts from children’s literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P. G. Wodehouse. An entertainment from start to finish.

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  Death Comes to Marlow

  Robert Thorogood

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  The Marlow Murder Club meets again …It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks—AKA the Marlow Murder Club—since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne.But during the soiree, the trio hear crash from inside Sir Peter's house. When they rush to investigate, they find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study!The study was locked from the inside, so the police don’t consider the death suspicious. But Judith disagrees. As far as she's concerned, Peter was murdered! And it’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find the killer before they strike again …

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  Uncle John's Facts to Go: Mad...

  Institute Bathroom Readers'

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  A collection of crazy science facts on everything from rocket ships and death rays to atoms, experiments, and bizarre scientists. From the amazing to the amusing, this byte-sized collection will bring you the inside stories behind earth-shattering discoveries, accidental inventions, and outlandish studies. Featuring Uncle John’s most mind-bending science articles—along with a few all-new “experiments”—this book will make you think, make you laugh, and make you ask yourself, “What the heck were they thinking?”  Get ready to cackle like a mad scientist as you uncover the truth about . . .  ·      The mystery of Tesla’s death ray machine  ·      How to reanimate the dead  ·      The next space race: Interstellar travel  ·      Serendipity: The origins of the microwave oven and Silly Putty  ·      The eccentric Dr. Einstein  ·      The simple science behind nuclear fission  ·      “Pigeons’ Ability to Discriminate Between Monet and Picasso” and other strange-but-true studies  ·      Toilets in Spaaaaace!  And much, much more

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  WLT: A Radio Romance

  Garrison Keillor

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  See what WLT was "really like" before it became the radio station featured in the Robert Altman film. 
  In 1926, brothers Ray and Roy Soderbjerrg plunge into radio by founding Station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in order to rescue their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. For the next 25 years, the "Friendly Neighbor" station produces a dazzling—not to mention, odd—array of shows and stars. 
  Brilliantly weaving together the real lives and radio lives of his characters, Garrison Keillor has given us a comic, poignant, and slightly steamy novel, full of romance, intrigue, tough business, and loose living.

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  The Mixed Doner Murders

  Johnny Two Kebabs

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  This third instalment is arguably the most important volume of Johnny's memoirs as it firmly establishes him as one of the great ‘thinkers’ of modern times. Johnny shares with us some of his insights into the criminal mind and what drives him in his crusade against evil. The art of boxing, political ideology and gender fluidity all play a part in this latest fascinating chapter of Johnny's experience. In these pages we get closer to understanding Johnny's "philosophy of life" through the examination of modern day issues such as "diversity and inclusion."

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  Paris Revealed - The Secret Life...

  Stephen Clarke

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  A hilarious insider’s guide to Paris by the author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French: “Clarke’s eye for detail is terrific” (The Washington Post).  Stephen Clarke may have adopted Paris as his home, but he still has an Englishman’s eye for the people, cafés, art, sidewalks, food, fashion, and romance that make Paris a one-of-a-kind city. This irreverent outsider-turned-insider guide shares local savoir faire, from how to separate the good restaurants from the bad to navigating the baffling Métro system. It also provides invaluable insights into the etiquette of public urination and the best ways to experience Parisian life without annoying the Parisians (a truly delicate art). Clarke’s witty and expert tour of the city leaves no boulevard unexplored—even those that might be better left alone.

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