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For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her...

Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled, and completely entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of absolutely true trivia from the author of 5 People Who Died During Sex. Nothing is too insane, too inane, or too sacred for Karl Shaw's eclectic lists of the world's very worst. DID YOU KNOW… …that according to recent estimates (2010) your body is worth between $10,000-$100,000 on today's open market—from companies legitimately trading body parts from willing donors to recognized medical facilities? …that the great plague of Athens in 404, which lead to the defeat of the Athenians in the Peloponnesian War, was probably caused by contaminated cereals? …that Benjamin Franklin liked to sit stark naked in front of his open windows, calling the practice "taking an air bath"? …that in the last days of his life, the actor Steve McQueen lived on a diet largely comprised of boiled alligator skin and apricot pits, washed down with urine?

This poetry companion puts favourite poetry and poets from around the world at your fingertips, enabling you to revisit the classics, encounter unfamiliar masterworks and rediscover old favourites.

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud," "The Raven," "The Road Not Taken," plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, many

What would you do if you knew you only had 100 days left to live? For Lucio Battistini, its a chance to spend the rest of his life the way he always should haveby making every moment count.Imperfect, unfaithful, but loveable Lucio has been thrown out of the house by his wife and is sleeping at his father-in-laws bombolini bakery when he learns he has inoperable cancer. So begin the last hundred days of Lucios life, as he attempts to right his wrongs, win back his wife (the love of his life and afterlife), and spend the next three months enjoying every moment with a zest he hasnt felt in years. In 100 epigrammatic chaptersone for each of Lucios remaining days on earth100 Days of Happiness is as delicious as a hot doughnut and a morning cappuccino.

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100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history s bravest baddest but little known nasty women from across the world

A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture

What has the small nation of Wales given to the wide world Well to name but a few examples the NHS magical drama mail order sleeping bags the basis of the internet the Town of Books the first powered flight presidents prime ministers and Nobel prize winners People of Welsh heritage have helped shape the culture and constitution of the United States they have enriched British culture in innumerable ways through writing acting painting poetry singing and architecture they have amassed a fantastic range of sporting achievements and they made their own unique mark on history Welsh history deserves to be rewritten in a manner that highlights and celebrates its achievements both past and present The 100 reasons in this book do just that They are pathfinders to a confident tomorrow as the Royal Badge of Wales reads in translation The Red Dragon points the way

I have more privilege than any person in my family. And Im still screwed. From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics, feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love.A young woman attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down and is the only Black person in the audience.She is sitting with her boyfriend by a bathing lake and four neo-Nazis show up.In New York, she witnesses Trumps election victory in a strange hotel room and later awakes to panicked messages from friends.Engaging in a witty question and answer with herself, the narrator looks at our rapidly changing times and tells the story of her family: her mother, who was a punk in East Germany and never had the freedom she dreamed of and her absent Angolan father. But in the background of everything is the memory of her twin brother, who died when they were nineteen.Emotional and funny, Olivia Wenzel writes about loneliness and finding joy in life within the roles that society assigns you. 1000 Coils of Fear is a highly original novel both powerfully poetic and full of surprises.So exuberant, inventive, brainy, sensitive and hilarious that its like a pyrotechnic

From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a wry and unsettling literary debut about race, politics, feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love.

I have more privilege than any person in my family. And Im still screwed. From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics, feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love.