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Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Little Book Of Dumb Feng Shui The Description: Red tassels will enliven any area. I personally have found it particularly helpful in the nipple department. Feng Shui (pronounced `fung-shway`) is the traditional Chinese art of creating good fortune by rearranging furniture and introducing special symbols such as wind chimes into your home. But The Little Book of Dumb Feng Shui is much funnier. As Kaz Cooke states in the introduction, This set of half-arsed interpretations based on a little knowledge and formulated by idiots is known as dumb feng shui.... Read More about the "Little Book Of Dumb Feng Shui The" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Penguin Aus.
Little Book Of Excuses The Description: Now you need never again to be lost for words to explain your behavior, with this arsenal of excuses in your schoolbag, handbag or briefcase. Here at last is a book of perfect excuses for work, school and home! Kaz Cooke`s latest little book provides excuses for all occasions, such as: I couldn`t find my kidneys this morning, I thought it was faux baby seal, I was too shickered to breathe, The batteries in my magic wand wore out, I ate last Thursday!... Read More about the "Little Book Of Excuses The" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Little Book Of Household Madness The Description: Do you have a perfectly balanced life full of fashionable friends, witty table decorations, silent but well-dressed children, sparkling champagne flutes, and a splendid wee job? Do you plan simply divine Moroccan dinner parties for sixteen people while crocheting all your own underpants from native grass clippings? Here, for the first time, is a ludicrous selection of invaluable advice and handy hints which will render you and your household completely barking mad.... Read More about the "Little Book Of Household Madness The" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
Little Book Of Stress Description: Rohan Candappa, a former copywriter turned film-maker, believes it`s time to admit that stress is good. Because without stress, we would all be very nice, and stomach-churningly contented. The tips for increasing stress levels include choosing friends you don`t like, and becoming a politician.... Read More about the "Little Book Of Stress" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Little Book Of Stress The Description: Feeling stressed? Who isn`t? Feeling calm? What are you, nuts? Whatever your state of mind, try this hilarious sendup of relaxation hints, for the relaxed&uptight alike! The author`s publications include Real Gorgeous, Keep Yourself Nice, The Modern Girl`s Diary, The Crocodile Club, &The Great Hysterical Figures Calendar.... Read More about the "Little Book Of Stress The" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
Little Book Of Wrong Shui Description: Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of organising your home and workspace to improve your health and wealth, continues to feature strongly in books, magazines and on television, but not many people know of its equally ancient counterpart, Wrong Shui. Rohan Candappa has spent many years studying the principles of Wrong Shui at the feet of a master and now shares his knowledge with us. In The Little Book of Wrong Shui he continues his mission to point out how we add stress and disharmony to our lives. Helpful advice includes how to encourage conversation at dinner parties by always having one fewer chair than there are quests; ensuring that your front door is always positioned at the edge of your house, not in the middle; and attracting visitors to your home by placing your stereo, video and computer equipment where they can be seen from the road. What The little book of stree did for Paul Wilson, The Little book of Wrong Shui will do for Lillian Too - it is a perfect read for all those who suspect that Feng Shui is just a load of old proverbs. So throw away your baguas and forget your wind chimes - The Little Book of Wrong Shui will show you exactly how to misplace your wealth area, destroy relationships and flush all your money down the toilet.... Read More about the "Little Book Of Wrong Shui" on the The Nile Book Store Website

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Love Is Hell: A Cartoon Book By Matt Groening Description: Matt Groening gives his comic treatment to the trauma of separation, the hell of heartbreak and the mess of marriage. The ideal antidote for Valentine`s Day, this compendium of cartoon strips has advice including forbidden conversation topics in bed (such as elections, septic tanks and chores).... Read More about the "Love Is Hell: A Cartoon Book By Matt Groening" on the The Nile Book Store Website

The Nile Book Store
Love Is... Forever Description: Love is.....is that little naked cartoon boy and girl who like to remind us at every opportunity why life`s worth living and why love makes the world go around. It was a huge hit in the 70`s and continues to be syndicated around the world today. The wholw brand is ripe for re-launching and we have a whole series of books offering cute and cuddly wisdom for young and old, boys and girls, happy and sad alike.... Read More about the "Love Is... Forever" on the The Nile Book Store Website

EBURY&VERMILION
Man Walks Into A Bar Description: Man Walks Into A Bar is a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear and tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically - wives, husbands, doctors, lawyers, the French, the Germans, jokes about nuns, jokes about monkeys, the lot. There are also regular panels which group jokes by type too - Essex girls, changing a lightbulb etc. Our material will turn you into the toast of your local pub or make you loathed in your own home - remember, it is all in the telling. From the sublimely erudite to stuff Frank Carson would turn down (the book has a `world`s worst jokes` section), this book can service you with every joke you`ll ever need.... Read More about the "Man Walks Into A Bar" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Pan Macmillan
Meaning Of Liff Description: In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. This text uses place names to describe some of these meanings.... Read More about the "Meaning Of Liff" on the The Nile Book Store Website

The Nile Book Store
Meaning Of Tingo...&other Extraordinary Words From Around The World Description: Did you know that people in Bolivia have a word that means I was rather too drunk last night and it`s all their fault? Or that the Albanians have twenty-seven words for moustache? Or that the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 280 languages, this intriguing book is arranged by theme so that you can compare attitudes all over the world to such subjects as food, the human body and the battle of the sexes. Here, you can find not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English (such as pana po`o in Hawaiian - to scratch your head in order to remember something important), but also those that sound confusingly the same (gin in Turkish means to dry out). Oh, and tingo is a Pascuense word from the Easter Islands meaning to borrow things from a friend`s house one by one until there`s nothing left .... Read More about the "Meaning Of Tingo...&other Extraordinary Words From Around The World" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Ten Speed Press
Menopaws: The Silent Meow Description: This full-color book of gentle humor provides inspiration and playful coping strategies for the millions of women who are a bit apprehensive about the change of life. Mature, responsible, well-adjusted females know that it’s natural to expect some changes as the years go by and calmly accept that to everything there is a season. But the whimsical, womanly, and anything-but-sedate cats of Menopaws (The Silent Meow) offer another approach let down your fur, embrace the Change, and live your lives to the fullest. This book offers two dozen solutions to common menopausal (or menopawsal) problems. Night sweats? Sleep naked! Gaining weight? Celebrate! With colorful cats illuminating every one of these helpful hints and a detailed bibliography listing slightly more sensible resources for dealing with menopause, this book is both fun and functional. Indeed, with the help of Menopaws it would be virtually impossible for you not to turn growing older into a bona fide adventure.... Read More about the "Menopaws: The Silent Meow" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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