Older: But Not Wiser
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In the realm of amusing, deadpan greetings cards, Cath Tate is the original and best. In her...
Paris Versus New York: A Tally of Two Cities
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When Vahram Muratyan began his online travel journal, Paris versus New York, he had no idea how...
Seriously Funny, and Other Oxymorons
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As we all know, the oxymoron is one of the great beauties of the English language. It has been...
From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Man
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Put your best foot forward with the help of this thoroughly modern and revised handbook on style and...
Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots
Michael Rosen and David Tazzyman
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A riotous celebration of words - silly words, funny words, words you only use in your own family,...
The Tickle Book
Axel Scheffler and Ian Whybrow
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Look out - there's a Ticklemonster about! And he's off to tickle all his animal friends, from the...
Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London
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Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse...
The Natural History of Selborne
Richard Mabey and Gilbert White
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More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and...
Pomfret Towers: A Virago Modern Classic
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Pomfret Towers, Barsetshire seat of the earls of Pomfret, was constructed, with great pomp and want...
The Camomile Lawn
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Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is...