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1	Running with Scissors: A Memoir more books like this by Augusten Burroughs add to wishlist When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's therapist, he became part of an even more dysfunctional and unusual family dynamic. In this bestseller, which has become a classic of the wackier side of memoir literature, Burroughs doesn't flinch at any grotesquerie or atrocity, recording it all- ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Complete Stories more books like this by Flannery O'Connor add to wishlist Thirty-one stories are in this volume, including 12 that never appeared in collections published during her lifetime. The stories are arranged chronologically, beginning with her first published story, "The Geranium" and ending with her last one, "Judgement Day." see all copies from £6.55! new only from £8.25! \| first editions
3	The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £5.79! new only from £10.43! \| first editions
4	Foxfire 2 more books like this by Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £6.66! new only from £10.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Mine Till Midnight more books like this by Lisa Kleypas add to wishlist A woman of modest means meets a society man skilled in the art of seduction, and both become embroiled in a scandal within London society, in this latest novel from a truly talented storyteller ("Publishers Weekly"). Original. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
6	Devil in Winter more books like this by Lisa Kleypas add to wishlist Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once her inheritance comes due. Because she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives, Evie has approached the rake Viscount St. Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage! Sebastian's reputation is do dangereous that thirty seconds alone ... see all copies from £3.21! new only from £3.21! \| first editions
7	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson lived in Britain for 20 years, then returned with his family to the U.S. Here he writes about the process of re-entry--the shocks, the adjustments, the excesses, and (especially) the funny bits. see all copies from £3.63! new only from £7.17! \| first editions
8	Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most more books like this by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali add to wishlist The incomparable Lidia takes readers on a gastronomic journey, exploring ten different Italian regions that have inspired her cooking. In addition, her daughter Tanya guides readers to some of the nearby cultural treasures that enrich the pursuit of good food. see all copies from £13.06! new only from £16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project more books like this by Dave Isay (Editor) add to wishlist Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious oral history project in American history, this tapestry presents the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Secrets of a Summer Night more books like this by Lisa Kleypas add to wishlist This first title of a delectable new series introduces the delightful, husband-hunting "Wallflowers"--four young ladies who enter London society with the common goal of marriage. Here, Annabelle Peyton is determined to resist the titleless yet equally resolute seducer, Simon Hunt. Original. see all copies from £3.10! new only from £3.10! \| first editions
11 view cover	Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana more books like this by Haven Kimmel add to wishlist Kimmel, aka "Zippy" because of her propensity as a toddler to race around like a monkey, shares the details of her quirky childhood in the Midwest, where the cast of family characters includes her beauty-queen sister, deeply religious brother, wise mother, and gambling father. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.80! \| first editions
12 view cover	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories: And Other Stories more books like this by Sandra Cisneros add to wishlist From the author of the widely acclaimed The House on Mango Street comes a story collection of breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Armageddon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist The first and only collection of unpublished works by Kurt Vonnegut since his death is a fitting tribute to the author and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace, and humanity's tendency toward violence. see all copies from £6.24! new only from £8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Bobos in Paradise the New Upper Class and How They Got There more books like this by David Brooks add to wishlist In this study of trends and class, a writer defines and decodes a new group in American society which he calls BoBos--a portmanteau word made from "bohemian" and "bourgeois"--who embody a consumerist combination of those two world-views. Brooks engages in what he calls "cosmic sociology," and writes in the tradition of William H.Whyte (THE ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy more books like this by Frances Mayes add to wishlist Frances Mayes, a gourmet cook, travel writer, and poet, bought herself a crumbling 17-room villa in the Italian countryside. It changed her life and renewed her spirit. Her immensely appealing chronicle of the experience, and of her romantic relationship with the man she eventually married, comes complete with recipes from the region. The book ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University more books like this by Kevin Roose add to wishlist As a student Kevin was eager for a term abroad - a break from the mind-numbing sameness of life at Brown University, one of the most liberal colleges in America. Well Kevin found the most foreign place he could in America's backyard. Liberty University is the late Rev. Jerry Falwell's fundamentalist Christian college for hardcore conservative ... see all copies from £11.87! new only from £12.57! \| first editions
17 view cover	Anna Karenina more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist Tolstoy's great novel, one of his last works of fiction, tells the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna turns to Vronsky, a dashing military man, as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous, chilly bureaucrat--a move that results ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? more books like this by Jen Lancaster add to wishlist Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites "aren't" party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.77! \| signed copies
19 view cover	Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral more books like this by Gayden Metcalfe, Charlotte Hays add to wishlist In this dishy collection of Southern humor and recipes, inveterate hostess and Southern belle Gayden Metcalfe explains everything one needs to know to throw a proper Southern funeral. see all copies from £6.15! new only from £6.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Out of Africa more books like this by Isak Dinesen add to wishlist OUT OF AFRICA is the classic account of the experiences of Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) in Kenya, where she managed a coffee plantation for 17 years, from 1914 to 1931, first with her difficult husband the Baron von Blixen and, after their divorce, by herself. One of the most popular books of the 20th century, it provides a vivid and lyrical ... see all copies from £1.61! new only from £9.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home more books like this by George Howe Colt add to wishlist A large family home on Cape Cod is the centerpiece of this memoir about the Colt family, a blatantly WASP-y tribe who have lost their money but retained their house. George Howe Colt describes the place over the course of the 42 summers he has visited there, and in the midst of his nostalgic portrait of the good life on the ocean, he doesn't ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
22 view cover	Interpreter of Maladies more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri add to wishlist Most of the short stories in this debut volume are about marriage in one form or another. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999, this book also won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Foxfire 3 more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. see all copies from £7.44! new only from £9.73! \| first editions
24 view cover	Slightly Dangerous more books like this by Mary Balogh add to wishlist This is the final volume in the Bedwyn series, which consists of six Regency-era romances, each dedicated to one of the six noble Bedwyn siblings. The first meeting between the dignified, remote Wulfric Bedwyn, Duke of Bewcastle, and the poor, impetuous widow Christine Derrick, does not go well--she accidentally spills lemonade into his eye as she ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire more books like this by Amanda Foreman add to wishlist This biography of Georgiana Cavendish reveals the important role she played in the social and political circle of Whigs in 17th-century England. It shows her to be a woman of high influence but also one caught up in scandalous behavior in her household. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.22! \| signed copies \| first editions

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