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Quietly Hostile: Essays
2023 || Paperback || Samantha Irby || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A much-anticipated, hilarious new essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling unabashed fan-favorite Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind the glitter and glam.
“America’s most talented comic writer.” —The New Republic
“Stay-up-all-night, miss-your-subway-stop, spit-out-your-beverage funny . . . irresistible as a snack tray, as intimately pleasurable as an Irish goodbye.” —Jia Tolentino
Beloved #1 New York Tim...
Mother for Dinner
2021 || Paperback || Shalom Auslander || Macmillan
An outrageously tasty comedy about identity, tribalism and mothers, from the author of Hope: A Tragedy - 'the funniest novel of the decade' Sunday Times
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Lessons in Chemistry
The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick
2023 || Paperback || Bonnie Garmus || Penguin
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Hay Festival Book of the Year
A Book of the Year in: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman and Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, New York Times Notable, and many others
'Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters' SUNDAY TIMES
'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages. Strongly recomme...
Stuff Dutch People Say
a celebration of the weird, wacky and wonderful things Dutch people say
2022 || Paperback || Colleen Geske || Edenfrost
From the creators of Stuff Dutch People Like comes this hilarious companion. Stuff Dutch People Say delves deep into the linguistic world of the Lowlands, exploring what happens when Dutch and English collide. From funny Dutch words, incomprehensible Dutch expressions and hysterical examples of Dunglish, we've got you covered!
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The Flip Side of Pulp Fiction
Unofficial and Unauthorised
2019 || Paperback || Little White Lies || Laurence King Publishing
What happens when Vincent Vega forgets his belt? This comic spin on a classic film scene, dreamed up by Little White Lies magazine, will ensure you never look at Tarantino in quite the same way.
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Eumefius
2023 || Paperback || Nicolas Marichal || Borgerhoff & Lamberigts
How many ways can you fall down a well, slip on a banana peel or step in a turd?There are eighty, preferably in a combination. Eumefius, an anti-hero, undergoes it all without words.Op hoeveel manieren kan je in een put vallen, over een bananenschil uitglijden of in een drol trappen?Het zijn er tachtig, liefst in een combinatie. Eumefius, een antiheld, ondergaat het allemaal zonder woorden.
You Talkin' To Me?
Rhetoric from Aristotle to Trump and Beyond ...
2019 || Paperback || Sam Leith || Profile Books
Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their greens. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life.
After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you?In this updated edition of his classic guide, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece down to its many modern mutations. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Donald ...
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About a Boy
2024 || Paperback || Nick Hornby || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The million-copy number-one bestseller About a Boy is Nick Hornby's comic and heart-warming novel about growing up, staying young, and learning what it means to be responsible.
Read more at http://www.penguin.co.uk/books/about-a-boy/9780241950227/#yIoDaZvRp0jjFZi5.99
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Raging Ragas Side A
2018 || Paperback || Nithin Dominic Koshy e.a. || Pumbo.nl
Talented enough to spark a revolution, young Sagar Das sings his way up the social ladder. But Shankaran - an uncivilized, feudalistic moneylender who lords over his fellow villagers - and his ally Rajan will stop at nothing to crush the growing power of Sagar's charisma. The situation heats up when Shankaran's daughter Dhanya falls in love with the singer. Suddenly, Sagar's family turns his life upside down by forcing him to migrate to a big city. Time is running out...What choice will Sagar...
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The Greatest Nobodies of History
minor Characters from Major Moments
2024 || Paperback || Adrian Bliss || Century
History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.
The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the renaissance master, the servant who oversaw the Tudor's toilet time, or the famous horse who thrilled the miserable old monarch.
These supporting cast members have been waiting in the wings for too long, and ...