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Starbug
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It's All Goo
Gwyneth Paltrow's recipes don't always go to plan.
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Pure Sunshine
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With all the books about Tim (whoever he is), let's not forget his autobiography, A Brief History of Tim. 150 pages.
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Jay-Emm
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Three Men in a Boa.
Harris, George and J decide to spice up life with a river journey. They wish they had chosen the Thames.
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mousethief
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The Ilia
Tells the story of Helen: the face that launched a thousand hips.
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Sioni Sais
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Italo Svevo admits that materialism isn't for him in The Confessions of Zen.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Piglet
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How to Coo
Lessons in love from the Blessèd Delia.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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SvitlanaV2
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I'll have a go!
V. S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arriva .
This is his bitter, heart-felt account of waiting for a bus that never turns up. Or does it?
(Please do not sue me. I'm sure this bus company runs an excellent service!)
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mousethief
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The Jungle Boo
Snakes, bears, tigers, etc. scare the shit out of Mowgli.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Death of a Pee - Ngaio Marsh thriller about urinary retention.
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mousethief
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Two for the Doug
Janet Evanovich dedicates this two-part opus to Douglas Adams.
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balaam
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C S Lewis tells of his time as a glider pilot in Out of the Silent Plane.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Across the Nightingale Floo - Lian Hearn's tale of the problems of old chimneys.
[spelling again]
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Mili
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factor
Willy Wonka is killed during a violent Oompa Loompa uprising before he can tell Charlie the secret ingredient that makes his chocolate such a success. Charlie must negotiate with the Oompa Loompa Union to get the factory running again and persuade the Oompa Loompas to share Wonka's secret.
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Mili
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The World of Poo is a sequel to the earlier poo titles.
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Randy Rides Alon
A John Wayne Western. Plot description not available, sorry.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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W Hyatt
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quote:
Plot description not available, sorry.
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
Taxi Drive and its companion, Easy Ride: slice-of-life stories that sold poorly in book stores, but did much better as movie adaptations, especially when they managed to tack on "R" ratings at the end.
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A new church and a new earth, with Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life.
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jacobsen
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The Twelve Days of Christma by Trisha Ashley.
Mary's story of the journey to Bethlehem and its aftermath. Riveting, if grammatically challenged.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Starbug
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Then Again, Maybe I Won
Confessions of a teenage lottery winner, by Judy Blume
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Stetson
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Mary Poppin'
Colloquial account of Mary's experiences binging on recreational pharmaceuticals.
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Welease Woderwick
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The Velveteen Rabbi - novel of bad dressing in Golders Green.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin -- Strange tale of a Mississippi River fish with an oddly colored locomotive appendage.
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loggats
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Orland, Woolf's deconstructed guide to Glenn County drag queens.
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"He brought me into the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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John Keay's definitive work on Pirate Talk - The Great Ar.
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mousethief
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Hop on Po
Two young bears jump on a kung-fu panda while learning vocabulary.
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Stetson
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Quiet Flows The Do
A tranquil afternoon at the beauty salon.
The Lord God Made Them Al
A creationist defends his beliefs about the origin of animals, in the form of an open letter to his skeptical friend Al.
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mousethief
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McElligott's Poo
A Seussian tale from before universal sewage treatment.
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SvitlanaV2
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By Colette:
Cher and The Last of Cher
Read these two books and you'll learn all there is to know about the rise and fall of the X-Factor wannabe popster, Ms Cher Lloyd!
(SofF intellectuals: Who? Me: Exactly!)
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Pearl B4 Swine
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The Dirty Doze
A grimy cowboy falls asleep in the bathtub, and hilarity ensues.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Piglet
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Looking at D's collection of anthem books beside the computer, I notice
The Oxford Book of Carol.
Student reminiscences of Baroness Thatcher's daughter?
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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mousethief
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Unbroke
A downed Air Force lieutenant finds his way back to civilization, and he still has money in his checking account.
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Welease Woderwick
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Njal's Sag - a Viking travels to India to find the perfect way to cook spinach.
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mousethief
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Women Food and Go
Snacks at the ladies' pro tournament for the ancient Chinese board game.
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Welease Woderwick
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Children of the Ra - Vyvyen Brendon's analysis of the mating habits of the well known Egyptian deity.
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jacobsen
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Dorothy L. Sayers's Busman's honeymoo
A strange tale of a bus driver and his bovine lady love, reminiscent of the sheep scene in All you wanted to know about sex, and were too afraid to ask. Ms Sayers is uninformative as to whether or not the beloved cow wears a suspender belt and fishnet stockings.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Pearl B4 Swine
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![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) I mixed up movies & books - my last post. Sorry.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Stetson
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
I mixed up movies & books - my last post. Sorry.
Actually, I think you can sneak that one in on a technicality.
The Dirty Dozen
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The Tale of Peter Rabbi -- the madcap adventures of a learned Jewish scholar and teacher who imagined himself to be the first Pope.
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Starbug
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Carrie's Wa
WWII evacuation, as seen through the eyes of a stroppy teen.
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Welease Woderwick
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Died in the Woo - Ngaio Marsh on the dangers of romance on a sheep farm in New Zealand.
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Albertus
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., by Thomas Pynchon. Because sometimes a title is just unneccessary.
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L'organist
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No Country for Old Me - a searing indictment of the ageism in modern Britain...
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L'organist
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The Drowning Poo - tragedy strikes when the honeywagon fails to arrive
The Dead Poo - sequel to The Drowning Poo
Tickle M - a look at the lighter-side of the life of 007 and his chums in the Secret Service
Tor! Tor! Tor! - forever lost on Dartmoor
Jaw - bio-pic of an heroic maxill-facial surgeon anyone?
The Dee - an everyday story of quiet heroism among angling folk
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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L'organist
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Love in the time of Choler - you can be angry and lovable...
And why not go Biblical???
Book of Rut anyone?
I Kin and II Kin
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Jane R
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Watership Dow
A tale of bulls, bears and rabbits.
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Albertus
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George Orwell, Coming up for AI ...nearly at the top of the fertility treatment waiting list!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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...and by the same author The Road to Wigan Pie.
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mousethief
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The Tao of Poo
The scat that can be spoken is not the eternal scat.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Maybe the Moo - Armistead Maupin contemplates a Kerygmaina Host.
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