Cat O' Nine Tales

by Jeffrey Archer  

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
* Hard cover, large print edition. 
* Interesting collection on short stories with illustrations by Ronald Searle.  

Product Description (via amazon.com)

An English lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. Another man, an accountant, realizes he’s achieved nothing in his life—and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is the author’s own favorite, “In the Eye of the Beholder,” about a star athlete who has a fateful run-in with a three-hundred-pound woman. Some of these twelve stories were inspired by the two years Jeffrey Archer spent in prison, including “Don’t Drink the Water,” the tale of a company chairman who tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St. Petersburg—with unexpected consequences. Witty, suspenseful, sad, surprising, and unforgettable, Cat O’Nine Tales is Jeffrey Archer at his best.

Book Quote:

“ Whether you are a peer or a pirate depends on whom you share your spoils with.” ― Jeffrey Archer

RM 8

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The Laments

by  George Hagen

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
*Some spine creases. 
*Some browning pages and age spots on the sides. 
*Large paperback. 

Product Description (via amazon.com)

Meet the Laments—the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen’s exuberant debut novel.

Howard is an engineer who dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by the motto “Laments move!” His wife Julia is a fiery spirit who must balance her husband’s oddly peripatetic nature with unexpected aspirations of her own. And Will is the “waif with a paper-thin heart” who is given to Howard and Julia in return for their own child who has been lost in a bizarre maternity ward mishap. As Will makes his way from infancy to manhood in a family that careens from continent to continent, one wonders where the Laments will ever belong.

Undeniably eccentric, the Laments are also universal. Every family moves on in life. Children grow up, things are left behind; there is always something to lament. Through the Lament’s restlessness, responses to adversity, and especially their unwieldy love for one another, George Hagen gives us a portrait of every family that is funny, tragic, and improbably true.

RM 8

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Almost Moon

by Alice Sebold

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy, NEVER READ. 
*Cover slightly scratched.
*Otherwise excellent condition. Practically new as I've not even read it.

Product Description (via amazon.com)

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. 

For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

Book Quote:

“Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions” - Alice Sebold, Almost Moon

RM 8

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Bossypants

by Tina Fey

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
*Flaw on bottom part of spine as shown in pics. Bought it that way. But no damages inside or elsewhere.  

Product Description (via amazon.com)

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.

She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty onSaturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.

(Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)

Book Quote:

“Some people say, 'Never let them see you cry'. I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”  ― Tina Fey, Bossypants

RM 8

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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris 

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
*Flaw on top left corner of book as shown in pics but no torn pages inside. 

Product Description (via amazon.com)

"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. 

Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths.  Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times). 

Book Quote:

“This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order to think straight I need caffeine, and in order to make that happen I need to think straight.” 

“High school taught me a valuable lesson about glasses: Don't wear them. Contacts have always seemed like too much work, so instead I just squint, figuring that if something is more than ten feet away, I'll just deal with it when I get there.”  ― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames 

RM 8

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Women on the Edge 2

by Maitena 

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
*Some signs of wear on the edges (esp the bottom, got knocked around a bit) but no inside pages affected.
*Sticker marks front and back cover. 

Product Description (via amazon.com)

Introducing Maitena, the beloved cartoonist from Buenos Aires, whose syndicated comic strips and books have given comic voice to the angst and obsessions of a generation of women. Now, Maitena's hilarious insight and wisdom is finally available for the first time in English.

Women on the Edge 2 is a collection of cartoons depicts the changing lives of women at home, at work, and with their partners and their children. 

RM 8

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Born To Shop: In Praise of the Modern Woman

From the Born To Shop gift book series

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Secondhand copy.
* Hard cover (17cmx17.5cm)  
*A gift book with cartoon illustrations. 
* The chapter 'Born to be Part of the Gang' is the same as the other book Born to Shop: Friends are the Family We Choose for Ourselves but with differences in pagination. 

Product Description (via Google)

"The years have been kind, it's the weekends that have done the damage.'"

From calories to kids, from dating to drinking, from fashion to friendship, Born to Shop's stylish cartoons and witty maxims ride the zeitgeist, and this bumper collection will be the gift purchase this Christmas for the entire generation of women it captures with such accuracy and humour on every page. 

RM8

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The Tiger's Wife

by Tea Obreht 

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once.   
*Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011
*National Book Awards finalist 
*New York Times Bestseller 

Product Description (via amazon.com)

In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.

Book Quote:

“Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?”

“In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.” ― Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife

RM 8

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Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

A collection of short stories by renown fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, Eoin Colfer and others. 

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once. 

*Good Condition.

*This is a collection of short fantasy stories (a total of 18).  

Product Description (via goodreads.com)

In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were.

Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

RM10  NOW RM8

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Mister Roberts

by Alexei Sayle

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once. 
*Very good condition.
*There's a small printing defect on the cover as per picture 2.  
*Interesting read. 

Product Description (via goodreads.com)

Above a small village in Spain,an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.

On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul.

Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.

Wonderfully inventive, darkly funny, thoughtful and full of glorious one-liners, Mister Roberts is both an original coming-of-age story and an unusual take on the corrupting influence of power.

'MISTER ROBERTS has the best qualities the man himself exudes in his comedy work: brains, wit and welcome absurdity. But there is also a surprising amount of warmth... it is a fine short novel, the perfect present for all your warm-hearted, secular humanist friends this Christmas' (Guardian )

RM 8

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The Book of Bunny Suicides

by Andy Riley 

*Condition of the book is as you see in the pictures. Click on the images to enlarge.
*Firsthand copy. Read once. 
*Age spots.  A little scratch on the cover (second pic). 


Note: He's also the creator of the now defunct show, Slacker Cats. Hilarious adult cartoon about two house cats roaming around in their neighbourhood! Do watch it on Youtube to witness his kind of humour :)

Product Description (via amazon.com)

Rabbits. We'll never quite know why, but sometimes they decide they've just had enough of this world- and that's when they start getting inventive. The Book of Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more outlandish ways to do themselves in. From an encounter with the business end of Darth Vader's lightsaber, to supergluing themselves to a diving submarine, to hanging around underneath a loose stalactite, these bunnies are serious about suicide. 

Illustrated in a stark and simple style, The Book of Bunny Suicides is a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons that will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.

RM 10   NOW RM 8

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