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A super-sweet guide to all your favourite sweets from years gone by. A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers is a colourful and comical history of sweets and chocolates. If you ever dreamt of being the Milkybar Kid, if you remember when Snickers were Marathons and Double Deckers had raisins in them, if you ever checked the colour of your next Fruit Pastille before offering it out, this book is for you. It will lead you down memory lane until you reach...
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Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are.
Orso everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated radio host-the man who puts the second "l" in "vanilla"-decided to find out if it's true. From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets and back to the strip clubs (but only because he left his glasses there), Sagal explores what the sinful folk do, how much they pay for the privilege, and how exactly they...
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We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, and each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults...
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A delightful and colorful high-fashion romp featuring Toast, the world's first supermodel dog.
She's graced the pages of the New York Times and Us Weekly, and has appeared on Good Morning America and the Today show. She's starred in designer Karen Walker's advertising campaign, and pens her own weekly column in PeopleMagazine: Pets. Her jet-setting friends include Karlie Kloss, Reese Witherspoon, Jane Lynch, and, of course, her Internet celebrity...
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La pandémie du COVID-19 s'estompe mais les humeurs persistent ! Patrick Huchet nous présente son dernier recueil de chroniques, intitulé Humeurs post covidiennes – Tome III, dans lequel il continue de réagir spontanément aux événements sociaux, politiques et culturels qui l'interpellent. L'auteur, avec une touche d'humour, agrémente ses réflexions de références pertinentes issues du monde de la musique et du cinéma qu'il maîtrise particulièrement...
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-Híncate y ora. Si te contesta Dios, la mota es buena; si te responde el diablo, ten cuidado, es demasiado buena.-Las películas porno mienten. La vecina nunca tocará la puerta vestida de colegiala.-Puedes presumir que ella nunca te engaño, tú ya estabas seguro con quién andaba.Las cápsulas de Renato Cornejo tienen la agudeza del publicista, el sabor amargo y dulce de la decadencia, la inmediatez que exigen nuestras vidas en esta tercera década...
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Ce livre raconte une histoire oubliée. Celle d'une étonnante modernité qui s'est propagée à Montréal au début du xxe siècle. Des spectacles amalgamant revues d'actualité, épisodes de films d'aventures américains, sketchs, chansons, parodies et monologues faisaient le bonheur du public venu se distraire, même le dimanche! Sur scène et à cté de l'écran, c'est la langue de la rue et des manufactures qui se faisait entendre.
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This is Joan's story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace - it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London. 'Joan had joined Tate & Lyle expressly for the social life, and she was determined to make the most of it....
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"In You Are What You Watch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power through entertainment. Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most popular...
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How snakes, reanimated corpses, trolls, giants, and other beings-both friends and foes-jumped from the pages to the screen in the Wizarding World.
The Harry Potter films are packed with creatures by turns fascinating and fearsome, from the goblins of Gringotts to the Dementors of Azkaban. With detailed profiles of each creature that include concept art and behind-the-scenes photography, this volume gives fans an in-depth look at Dark creatures, such...
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