The Madman's Library: The Greatest Curiosities of Literature climate and chance encounters with a

and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling

Before she knows what's happening

This is not a book for followers of a 5:2 eating plan—and look away if you’re planning a detox anytime soon

Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged

several had spent time in jail

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