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  • Cover scan of In Praise Of Messy Lives

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    In Praise Of Messy Lives
    Katie Roiphe - Paperback - Canongate
    This powerful collection of essays ranges from pop culture to politics, from Hillary Clinton to Susan Sontag, from Facebook to Mad Men, from Joan Didion to David Foster Wallace to - most strikingly - the author's own life.
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    Tom Weir: An Anthology
    Tom Weir - Paperback - Sandstone
    Television personality, explorer, naturalist and photographer, Tom Weir's dedication took him from impoverished Glasgow to the ends of the earth. This selection of his writings presents them chronologically and forms a sort of autobiography, the life of a man writing as he goes.
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    Past And Present
    Thomas Carlyle - Paperback - Wildside
  • Cover scan of Anglo-English Attitudes
    Anglo-English Attitudes
    Geoff Dyer - Paperback - Canongate
    Avoiding any specialism, writing on whatever interested him, Geoff Dyer has achieved enviable freedom as an essayist, journalist and critic. This book brings together his best freelance work of the last 15 years.
  • Cover scan of Quotable Women
    Quotable Women
    Carole McKenzie - Hardback - Mainstream
    Women are never at a loss to express themselves, and smart women will have something to say for every occasion. 'Quotable Women' is a hilarious, ribald and revealing collection of observations and inspirational quotations reflecting the wit and wisdom of women across the ages. Those quoted range from Dorothy Parker to Joan Rivers, Mae West to Joan Collins, Queen Victoria to Princess Diana, Joanna Lumley to Pamela Stephenson.
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    Rock, Sea And Sky
    - Paperback - Balnakeil
    This is an anthology of work, fiction and poetry, produced by the North-west Highland writers.
  • Cover scan of From Astral Sex To Zen Tea Bags
    From Astral Sex To Zen Tea Bags
    Gerry Thompson - Paperback - Findhorn
    A handy guide for anyone who wishes to sound pompous, affected and self-obsessed, especially in the alternative eco-friendly or mind-body-spirit realms.
  • Cover scan of Work! Consume! Die!

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    Work! Consume! Die!: I Am Actually Almost Completely Insane Now
    Frankie Boyle - Book with sound disc - HarperCollins
    In 'Work! Consume! Die!' Frankie Boyle offers his outrageous, laugh-out-loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. He describes your reality as viewed through a bloodshot eye pressed against a smeared telescope, focused on hell.
  • Cover scan of Border Voices On Border Ruins
    Border Voices On Border Ruins
    - Paperback - Borders Writer's Forum
    This collection is a rich mixture of stories, tales, history and poetry inspired by the legacy of architectural ruins in the Scottish Borders - some familiar and grand, others less well known and hidden in the Borders landscape.
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    That's What Ya Get!: Kowalski's Assertions
    Brindley Hallam Dennis - Paperback - Unbound
    Kowalski's been living in England for many years, and he's still trying to get to grips with it. Life, that is. England he's got sewn up.

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