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Howard Jacobson

Jacobson brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed columns from the Independent. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and the desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity, and glorious sentences accrete to create a uniquely human collection, at times hilarious, at others heartbreaking, and always irresistibly entertaining.

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Gustav Temple

The Gentleman is an endangered species, his natural habitats of the club, the barber's, and the smoker's paradise corner shop increasingly rare. This book presents a manifesto for the survival of a quintessentially English species: the Chap.

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Greg Stones

"Sock monkeys have struggles like any other normal person does: they get chased by cats trying to play with their loose strings, they're mistaken for dog toys, they're eaten alive by moths...but there are plus sides, like lady sock monkeys, wearing kilts, and knowing their origin (the humble sock). This illustrated collection from Greg Stones explores the ups and downs of sock monkey life, one hate/love item at a time"--

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Liza Palmer

"After Queenie Wake is dismissed from her restaurant job, she returns to North Star to cook meals for death row inmates. Hopeful that the bad memories of her late mother and promiscuous sister (now the mother of the captain of the high school football team) have been forgotten by the locals, Queenie discovers that some people can't be forgotten--heartbreaker Everett Coburn--her old high-school sweetheart. When secrets from the past emerge, will Queenie be able to stick by her family or will she leave home again?"--P. [4] of cover.