David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder & more entertaining heights than ever in this new book of stories Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life
- the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or how to soundproof your windows with LP covers against neurotic songbirds
- to the most deeply resonant human truths Taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg an encounter with a dingo & the purchase of a human skeleton & culminating in a brilliant account of his attempt to quit smoking
- in Tokyo
- David Sedaris's sixth story collection is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing



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Miranda's life is starting to unravel Her best friend Sal gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason & he shuts Miranda out of his life The key that Miranda's mum keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen & then a mysterious note arrives'I am coming to save your friend's life & my own I ask two favours First you must write me a letter' The notes keep coming & Miranda slowly realises that whoever is leaving them knows things no one should know Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death Until the final note makes her think she's too late ...

WHEN YOU READ THIS is a warm heart-breaker of a novel & just as you think you might be on the verge of tears it will tip you over into laughter instead 384 pages Adkins Mary ...

A beautiful birthday present baby shower or christening gift this book creates a powerful emotional bonding experience for parents to share with their children from an early age Also a book suitable for Adoptive Parents to read to their children Have your book personalised by having it signed & dedicated by Benji Bennett at checkout making it a perfect baptismal gift ...

Colourful hanging signs for home & garden friends & family Artwork printed on PVC material with a yellow hanging cord ...

Tracklist A1 Pretty Pure 335 A2 Never Let Go 328 A3 The Others 357 A4 A Labour Of Love 428 A5 You're Grand 259 A6 Blow Up The World 404 B1 Blank Walls 336 B2 Future 325 B3 In My Dreams 334 B4 Heartbroken 336 B5 Something Sweet 459 ...

As England's cricket team compete for the Ashes in Australia ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell is enjoying life as a retired cricketer & national treasure When the sporting legend hung up his cricket boots back in 2003 little did he know the dramatic direction his professional life would take next Yet since being crowned ' King of the Jungle' the ex-England spin bowler has never looked back & has become a much loved television & radio presenter Cricket's dressing-room clown is now broadcasting's joker in the pack Whether it's dining on mealworms on I'm a Celebrity displaying his ballroom fleckle on Strictly Come Dancing or causing weekly mayhem for the long-suffering host Sue Barker on A Question of Sport millions of us enjoy Tuffers' lust for life & endearing sense of humour In Where Am I? Phil gamely tries to make sense of the wonderful roller-coaster he has been riding these last dozen years delighting fans with a treasure trove of wonderful stories about the places he has been the people he has met the 'things' he has been asked to do but
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- the sheer enormous joy he has had doing it all Five star reader reviews for Where Am I' Tuffers at his best A great read full of fun as you expect'' Proper laugh out loud material from Tuffers but also heartfelt stories about his family' 'I'm bowled over by this read An ordinary guy doing extraordinary things all because he enjoyed his cricket'

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EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread is amongst the greatest twentieth-century literary explorations of vice virtue & the nature of prejudice edited with notes by Oliver Stallybrass & an introduction by Ruth Padel in Penguin Classics On travelling to Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott the impulsive English widow Lilia Herriton outrages her dead husband's family by meeting & quickly becoming engaged to Gino a dashing but deeply unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior Infuriated her ex-brother-in-law Philip sets off from England to her new home in the Tuscan town of Monteriano
- but finding himself unable to persuade Lilia to leave her handsome uncouth new lover returns to England without her When Lilia's marriage leads to sudden tragedy however Philip & Caroline feel compelled to return once more to Italy where they are forced to examine their own lives This edition reproduces the Abinger text & also

Includes:: further reading notes a chronology an introduction by Ruth Padel discussing division & culture clash in the novel & an appendix detailing an exchange about the novel between Forster & the poet RC Trevelyan E M Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author & critic & a member of the Bloomsbury group His first novel Where Angels Fear To Tread appeared in 1905 The Longest Journey appeared in 1907 followed by A Room With A View (1908) based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother Howards End (1910) was a story that centered on an English country house & dealt with the clash between two families one interested in art & literature the other only in business Maurice was revised several times during his life & finally published posthumously in 1971 If you enjoyed Where Angels Fear to Tread you might enjoy Forster's A Room With a View also available in Penguin Classics


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An adaptation of EM Forster's debut novel A woman who has recently lost her husband visits Italy where she soon marries again English family members try to take the baby to England & trouble ensues ...

A lift-the-flap delight from Lucy Cousins! Maisy is playing hide-&-seek with Charley Tallulah Eddie & Cyril You can play too Lift the flaps & help Maisy find her friends! ...