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More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.
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Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of Great Britain, which has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.
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Distributed by TEI Landmark Audio
Pub. Date
p2020
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English
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Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book lover's paradise? Well, almost In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles...
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Distributed by TEI Landmark Audio
Pub. Date
p2019
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English
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In thinking about her native land, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, Its the juxtapositions that get you down here. These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South and in her warmhearted and funny new audiobook, South Toward Home, she chronicles her adventures through the highs and the lows of Southern life the Delta hot tamale festival, a masked ball, a rollicking party in a boat on a sand bar, scary Christian...
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Make Believe Ideas Ltd
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[2017]
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English
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Introducing Alice the Amber Fairy, the next fabulous story in the Sparkle Town Fairies series. Beautiful illustrations and funny, rhyming text make this story a delight to read with one child or with a group. Perfect for kids who love sparkles!
