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Condition: clean copy. Content: Madison is the 13 year old daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire. Abandoned at her Swiss boarding school for Christmas, she dies over the holiday, presumably of a marijuana overdose. The last thing she remembers is getting into a Lincoln Town Car and falling asleep. Then she's waking up in Hell. Literally. Madison soon… Read more

Condition: clean copy. Content: This is the story of the author's boyhood on the Canadian prairies, with a multibreed dog [mutt], who was some what mad. The dog climbed trees and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles, and displayed advanced hunting skills. This story paints a lively portrait of an unorthodox childhood and an unforgettable friendship. 272 pages.

Condition: clean copy. Content: 26 essays by Sedaris. 276 pages.

Condition: clean copy, weathering and ware on dust jacket. Content: This satire on University politics was first published in 1908 and has been republished in four editions in England and America. Despite its age, and the intervention of two world wars, the book retains relevance to the present day. 24 pages.

Condition: clean copy. Content: Though born and raised in Cleveland Ohio, the author was taken with all things Canadian, starting with hockey. This is a chronicle of he trip to Canada, spurred by a publisher's advance, to travel all over the country meeting a range of Canadians. 290 pages.

After year of research, often late into the night, the author has come up with the most sophisticated system ever devised for evaluating Canadian leadership. It's called 'Bastards and Boneheads.' Bastards succeed. Whether their goals are noble or immoral, Bastard are ruthless. Active. They cause events to unfold by and act of focused will. Boneheads fail, usually by stumbling over… Read more

Intdocuced by Ned Sherrin, barrister-at-law; 116 pages; with slip case.

'As far as I'm concerned, Perelman is the supreme lunatic humorist in the language, British or American. He seems to know the vocabulary of every English writer from Macaulay to Woody Allen and uses the most unpredictable mixtures of them to produce mock-solemn commentaries on the absurdities of our time.' … Read more

the first stories of the patient Eliza and her exasperating husband appeared in 1900, and proved so popular that over the next 12 years their author produced 5 volumes of their daily adventures, all of which are collected in this book. They chronicle the everyday life of a suburban couple, narrated by Eliza's pompous, gullible and infuriating husband (who is… Read more

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A collection of eight humorous short stories.

'To say that his is a genuinely funny book needs, in these days, a bit of explanation. No black humor, no alienation, no dirty words, no nasty sewer-type satire. It isn't funny bitter; it is funny-haha...Grab this book for a real adventure into unabashed pleasure. An uninhibited scoot into yesterday's magic.' … Read more

Adrian Mole has at last reached physical maturity, but he can't help roaming the pages of his diary like an untamed adolescent. Finally given the heave ho by Pandora, he seeks solace in the arms of Bianca, a qualified hydraulic engineer masquerading as a waitress. Between his dishwashing job and completing his epic novel Lo! The Flat Hills of My… Read more