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The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W. E. Bowman, with an introduction by Bill Bryson “One of the novels everyone must read.”— The Guardian The world’s highest mountain awaits (and the world’s worst mountain- eers are on their way). This classic, laugh-out-loud novel (something like Monty Python climbing the Matterhorn) was first published in 1956 and has never been out of print since.
Crime and Puzzlement: 24 Solve-Them- Yourself Mysteries by Lawrence Treat You are the detective. Who shot Eli P. Harvard? Who stole the Van Bliven necklace? Did Mrs. Falwell really fall out of her twelfth-floor window? Where did Little William go? The clues are in the picture of the scene of the crime. It’s up to you to read the story, ponder the picture, seize pencil in fist, and solve it yourself! 78 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $8.95
152 PAGES · ILLUSTRATED · SOFTCOVER · $15.95
How to Do Things Right by L. Rust Hills “Hills is preoccupied primarily with the little things, and he writes about them deliciously.” —Nora Ephron, New York Times
The Baffle Book: 15 Fiendishly Challenging Detective Puzzles by Lassiter Wren and Randle McKay The original puzzle mysteries.
Obsessively detailed, and very funny, instructions on nearly every- thing you might be doing wrong. From how to eat an ice-cream cone to developing “principles” when you have none, Hills’s mission is to elevate—and ennoble—those fleeting instincts we all harbor to get our lives in order. 272 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $17.95
In such puzzle-stories as “The Evidence on the Japanned Box,” “The Toledo Death Threat,” and “The Huppheimer Museum Robbery,” Wren and McKay sparked a craze for “ten-minute mysteries” that spread through the American pulp-detective magazines of the late 1920s. These are the originals—and perhaps the most perfect exam- ples—of this venerable mystery genre to challenge the wits of armchair investigators. 160 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $11.95
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy A very funny view of famous people throughout history by New Yorker humorist Will Cuppy.
The 39 Steps by John Buchan Classic adventure.
The year is 1914. Richard Hannay is buttonholed by a stranger in Lon- don who claims to be in fear for his life. Soon after, Hannay finds the man dead with a knife through his heart. And that is just the beginning of this tale of deception, danger, and international espionage that became the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film. 114 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $10.95
The Superior Person’s Complete Book of Words by Peter Bowler A perfect blend of humor and practical knowledge for word lovers. First published in 1950, Cuppy transforms luminaries such as Nero, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Lucrezia Borgia, Attila the Hun, Lady Godiva, and Miles Standish into human beings: foolish, fallible, and very much our common ancestors. A classic of American humor. 240 PAGES · ILLUSTRATED · SOFTCOVER · $16.95
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers “The first modern thriller.”—Ken Follett
Our heroes here are former Oxford pals Charles Carruthers, a minor official in the British Foreign Office, and Arthur Davies, a yachtsman. Together, the two unravel a subtle and shocking plot against the nation they hold dear. The Riddle of the Sands set the mold for the contem- porary spy novel and remains one of the best in the genre. 248 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $16.95
Build a superior vocabulary with 1,000 unusual words. Includes defi- nitions and practical advice on usage in sample sentences, providing a verbal arsenal potent enough to “confuse, deter, embarrass, humiliate, puzzle, deceive, disconcert, alarm, insult (and occasionally compli- ment) everyone” with relative impunity. 384 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $24.95
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