How to be a comedy genius

How To Be A Comedy Writer

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How to be a Genius

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How to be a Maths Genius

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How to Be Loving

How to use the genius of your heart to create conditions for healing - yourself and the collective - from a contemporary, accessible, loving sage.

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Roald Dahl's Matilda's How to be a Genius

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How to End a Love Story: The brilliant new romantic comedy from the acclaimed screenwriter and director - Kuang Yulin

Anotace: Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can`t write her own happy-ever-after. Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can`t afford his therapist. When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen`s books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage. Only, Grant Sh...

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How to End a Love Story: The brilliant new romantic comedy from the acclaimed screenwriter and director - Yulin Kuang

<p>A swoony, angsty and addictive romance about two people linked by a shared tragedy who are thrown together years later, only to discover a spark between them that complicates everything. For fans of: second chance romance, books that make you sob and star-crossed lovers with lots of spice. </p> <p> </p> <p>Helen Zhang is the bestselling au...

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Humble Pi : A Comedy of Maths Errors - Matthew Parker

<p>What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world. As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built o...

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How to Build Impossible Things - Mark Ellison

‘Gorgeous . . .contains fascinating insights about working with your hands, the nature of talent, and how to create a meaningful life’ A. J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Puzzler‘Exquisite, purposeful, absorbing .. . a book with much to teach us all’ Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies‘People think I’m a genius because I remember my high sch...

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You Do You: (A No-F**ks-Given Guide) how to be who you are and use what you've got to get wh (1787470423)

Kniha - anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná *From the author who brought you the genius bestsellers The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k and Get Your Sh*t Together* In The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, our favourite anti-guru Sarah Knight unleashed the power of saying no. In Get Your Sh*t Together, she prioritised the sh*t you need and want to do...

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Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius - Harry Freedman

'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks'Among the finest volumes on Cohen’s life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.' - John McKenna, writer and friend of Leo...

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Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius - Freedman Harry

Anotace: `Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.` - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks`Among the finest volumes on Cohen`s life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.` - John McKenna, writer and frien...

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Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya

<p>Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope?Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much.But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striv...

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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels : The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made - Jason Schreier

<p>Developing video games-hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video...

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Woke : A Guide to Social Justice - Titania McGrath

<p>'The book everyone's talking about' The Times 'Titania McGrath is a genius' Spectator 'Just as Bridget Jones was the embodiment of the anxiety-ridden Nineties feminist, a creation whose diary entries encapsulated all our hopes, fears and failures, so Titania McGrath is her millennial successor, a girl every bit as lost and confused, every bit as accurately ob...

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A Guide to Being Just Friends: A perfect feel-good rom-com read! - Sullivan Sophie

Anotace: `A refreshing romance with a strong sense of setting and a charismatic cast` Publishers Weekly on How to Love Your NeighbourA frothy, effervescent rom-com from sparkling romance author Sophie Sullivan.............................................Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind:Get her salad shop off the ground. Do everything possible to make it a success. R...

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A Guide to Being Just Friends: A perfect feel-good rom-com read! - Sophie Sullivan

<p>'A refreshing romance with a strong sense of setting and a charismatic cast' Publishers Weekly on How to Love Your NeighbourA frothy, effervescent rom-com from sparkling romance author Sophie Sullivan.............................................Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind:Get her salad shop off the ground. Do everything possible to make it a success. Re...

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Where Angels Fear to Tread - Edward Morgan Forster

<p>This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by E. M. Forster. 'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learned to be sincere - and, what's as bad, never learned how to enjoy themselve...

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The Pope: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins - McCarten Anthony

Anotace: On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one time tango club ...

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Winchester Simon

Anotace: `A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter` New York Times `An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly`Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarte...

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Simon Winchester

<p>'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times 'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly'Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kinderg...

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The Pope: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins - Anthony McCarten

<p>From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Two Popes is a fascinating, revealing and gripping tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other - they both live in the Vatican - and the wider world.</p> <p>On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope...

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You, Again: The ultimate friends-to-lovers romcom inspired by When Harry Met Sally - Kate Goldbeck

<p>'Fresh, witty, and utterly romantic, this is the deliciously offbeat modern reimagining of When Harry Met Sally I never knew I needed' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis'Every character is as sexy as they are gloriously messy... a masterclass in banter' Rosie Danan, The Roommate 'Very funny and very sexy. An edgy, modern, slow-burn love story, with nipple pierci...

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Sizzle Reel: A Novel - Greenwald Carlyn

Anotace: An unputdownable queer coming-of-age rom-com about life and love in Hollywood."This vibrant, sun-drenched romantic comedy is both an irresistible love story and a riveting exploration of Hollywood dynamics." --Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex TalkFor aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty-four is prov...

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Sizzle Reel: A Novel - Carlyn Greenwald

<p>An unputdownable queer coming-of-age rom-com about life and love in Hollywood. "This vibrant, sun-drenched romantic comedy is both an irresistible love story and a riveting exploration of Hollywood dynamics." --Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty...

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Monsters: A Fan´s Dilemma - Dederer Claire

Anotace: `An incredible book, the best work of criticism I have read in a very long time` NICK HORNBY`An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life` JENNY OFFILLA passionate, provocative and blisteringly smart interrogation of how we experience art in the age of #MeToo, and whether we can separate an artist`s work from their ...

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Monsters: A Fan´s Dilemma - Claire Dederer

<p>'An incredible book, the best work of criticism I have read in a very long time' NICK HORNBY'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life' JENNY OFFILLA passionate, provocative and blisteringly smart interrogation of how we experience art in the age of #MeToo, and whether we can separate an artist's work from their b...

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Fight Night: ´A Gem: humour and hope in the face of suffering´ Observer - Toewsová Miriam

Anotace: FROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKINGINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD`Go Grandma Elvira!` Margaret Atwood`Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.` The New Yorker`Glorious.` Sarah Moss____________You are a small thing, and you must learn to fight.Swiv has taken this advice too literally. Now she`s suspended from ...

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King, Queen, Knave - Nabokov Vladimir

Anotace: `Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius` David Lodge`Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest`, Nabokov wrote of King, Queen, Knave. Comic, sensual and cerebral, it dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe-lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Fr...

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Keep the Faith - Harper Candy

Anotace: Get ready for boy dilemmas, friendship dramas and madcap grannies - Faith is back! Will Faith make up her mind between the gorgeous Finn and the lovely Ethan and manage to get herself a real-life boyfriend? Will Mrs Cox finally get off her case and recognise Faith`s true genius? Will Faith`s family learn how to be normal, non-embarrassing people? Will Faith and ...

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Keep the Faith

Get ready for boy dilemmas, friendship dramas and madcap grannies - Faith is back! Will Faith make up her mind between the gorgeous Finn and the lovely Ethan and manage to get herself a real-life boyfriend? Will Mrs Cox finally get off her case and recognise Faith's true genius? Will Faith's family learn how to be normal, non-embarrassing people? Will Faith and her BFFs ...

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I, Robot - Isaac Asimov

<p>Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. What happens when a robot begins to question its...

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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography - Walter Isaacson

<p>He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, ca...

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Little Man, What Now? - Hans Fallada

Anotace: From the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin, his acclaimed novel of a young couple trying to survive life in 1930s Germany 'Nothing so confronts a woman with the deathly futility of her existence as darning socks' A young couple fall in love, get married and start a family, like countless young couples before them. But Lämmchen and 'Boy' ...

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Little Man, What Now?

From the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin, his acclaimed novel of a young couple trying to survive life in 1930s Germany'Nothing so confronts a woman with the deathly futility of her existence as darning socks'A young couple fall in love, get married and start a family, like countless young couples before them. But Lammchen and 'Boy' live in Berlin in 1932, and every...

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Little Man, What Now? - Hans Fallada

<p>From the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin, his acclaimed novel of a young couple trying to survive life in 1930s Germany 'Nothing so confronts a woman with the deathly futility of her existence as darning socks' A young couple fall in love, get married and start a family, like countless young couples before them. But Lammchen and 'Boy' live in Berlin in 19...

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Matilda - Dahl Roald

Anotace: *A very special edition, celebrating everyone's favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up* 'A true genius - Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a...

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Matilda, 1. vydání - Roald Dahl

<p>*A very special edition, celebrating everyone's favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up* 'A true genius - Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a brilliant child...

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Pride and Prejudice and the City - Lippincottová Rachael

Anotace: From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic romantic comedy that`s What If It`s Us meets Bridgerton. What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love...just not in your lifetime? Seventeen-year-old Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. After an embarrassing run-in with her ex-boyfriend, she`s ...

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Pride and Prejudice and the City - Rachael Lippincottová

<p>From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic romantic comedy that's What If It's Us meets Bridgerton. What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love...just not in your lifetime? Seventeen-year-old Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. After an embarrassing run-in with her ex-boyfriend, she's t...

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The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower - Rebecca Raisin

<p>'Oh, how I loved this book!' - Reviewed the Book Escape to Paris this summer and prepare to be swept off your feet... Anouk LaRue used to be a romantic, but since she had her heart well and truly broken her love life has dissolved into nothing more than daydreams of the perfect man. Retreating to her extraordinary Little Antique Shop has alway...

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False Value - Aaronovitch Ben

Anotace: Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner`s brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company.Drawn into the orbit of Old Street`s famous `silicon roundabout`, Peter must learn how to blend in with ...

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False Value

Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people w...

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The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann - Ananyo Bhattacharya

<p>A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEARAn exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. . . A staggering achievement' Tim HarfordThe smartphones in our pockets a...

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The Cassandra Complex: The hotly anticipated adult debut from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Geek Girl - Holly Smale

<p>'This book is a treasure ... Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' Lindsey Kelk'Witty, touching and totally absorbing' Graeme Simsion'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' Joanne Harris'A dazzling accomplishment ... Deeply human, wildly original, and gut-warmingly funny. Holly Smale is a GENIUS' Emma Jane Unsworth_____________...

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The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge - Mangan Stephen

Anotace: A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan. Grumpy old King Chisel has a problem. He needs an heir to his kingdom - fast! So he challenges the best kids from across the country to compete in the Crown Duels, with the ultimate winner becoming k...

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The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge - Stephen Mangan

<p>A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan. Grumpy old King Chisel has a problem. He needs an heir to his kingdom - fast! So he challenges the best kids from across the country to compete in the Crown Duels, with the ultimate winner bec...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

<p>'Pure romance magic' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners 'Joyful... thoughtful and real' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author What if her Hollywood job turns into her Hollywood ending? *** Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, h...

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Woke - neuveden

Anotace: `The book everyone`s talking about` The Times `Titania McGrath is a genius` Spectator `Just as Bridget Jones was the embodiment of the anxiety-ridden Nineties feminist, a creation whose diary entries encapsulated all our hopes, fears and failures, so Titania McGrath is her millennial successor, a girl every bit as lost and confused, every bit as accurately obser...

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"Six Degrees of Separation"

"I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation...It's a profound thought...How every person is a new door, opening up into other worlds." Six Degrees of Separation is a modern American classic play: an explosive comedy that exposes white middle-class hypocrisy and prejudice. The play is a sharp, witty but s...

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N-W - Zadie Smith

<p>NW is Zadie Smith's masterful novel about London life. Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they've left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on to different lives. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their city is brutal, beautiful and complicated. Yet after a ...

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N-W - Smith Zadie

Anotace: NW is Zadie Smith`s masterful novel about London life. Zadie Smith`s brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they`ve left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on to different lives. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their city is brutal, beautiful and complicated. Yet after a...

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Two Metres From You - Heidi Stephens

<p>LOVE MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK . . .Gemma isn't sure what upsets her more. The fact she just caught her boyfriend cheating, or that he did it on her brand-new Heal's cushions.All she knows is she needs to put as many miles between her and Fraser as humanly possible. So, when her best friend suggests a restorative few days in the West Country, it seems like t...

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Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

<p>What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius-his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, a...

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Well, That Was Unexpected - Sutantová Jesse Q.

Anotace: "A DELIGHTFUL, HILARIOUS, CAPTIVATING LOVE LETTER TO INDONESIA, AND COMING OF AGE IN A LARGE MEDDLESOME FAMILY, AND THE THRILL OF FINDING YOUR PERSON WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT!" - ALI HAZELWOOD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS Crazy Rich Asians meets To All the Boys I`ve Loved Before in this an outrageous, ...

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