MRS HYACINTH BUCKET is a formidable pillar of society in the Avenue where she lives. She fulfils her social obligations with a style all her own and a relentless tenacity which is incomprehensible, not only to her dear husband Richard, but also to all those whose grip on the social ladder of success is more fragile than her own. 

Hyacinth Bucket's Hectic Social Calmdar reveals for the first time exactly bow Hyacinth's hectic life is organized, how bes nenowned candle light suppers are an inspiration to social bostesses everywhere and how mingling with the top strata of society has become an everyday part of ber existence. We discover for the first time just how valuable Hyacinth's antiques are, where in Italy she plans to holiday and exactly which minor royals have been shown photographs of her multi-talented son and heir, Sheridan. 

Come with Hyacinth (and dear Richard) to Royal Ascot and Cowes Week, to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Chelsea Flower Show. Join her at her stylish Regimental Dinner and her Chinese New Yar supper. Hear - occasionally - from fate, marvel at the antics of Daddy, the war hero nd winder with Hyacinth exactly when s vest is next due for a wash. 

Bucket's Hectic Social Calendar  is a personal I sight into the daily life of a much-loved eccentric and a veritable inspiration to hostesses everywhere.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

BBC tv show 

Keeping up appearance: Hyacinth Bucket’s Hectic Social Calendar 

Mark Haddon

Ohio

The descent into madness of sixty-one-year-old George Hall goes largely unnoticed due to his family members' preoccupations with their own individual relationship crises. 250,000 first printing.

A Spot of Bother

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Julia Stuart

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Chaos reigns over Beefeater Balthazar Jones's life at the Tower of London as he watches his marriage fall apart, loses his beloved pet tortoise, and is assigned the task of housing the queen's assortment of animals.

The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

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Celeste Barber

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl

"Prepare to laugh" --Reese Witherspoon From funny woman, Instagram star, and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber's Challenge Accepted! is a raucous, hilarious, and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas, and how to rock a sexy scar. Part memoir, part comedy routine, part advice manual, Challenge Accepted! is Celeste at her best, revealing her secrets to love, friendship, family, and marriage (oh hai, #hothusband), and how to deal with life's many challenges--why she checks the bath for sharks, how Nutella quite literally shaped who she is as a woman, and why being famous on Instagram is like being rich in Monopoly. It's real, like totally, really real.

Challenge Accepted!

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Tennessee

Richard Ayoade

Texas

In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines Ayoade fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary. They have called their book Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey. Take the journey, and your life will never be the same again.

Ayoade on Ayoade

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Wonderful cartoons on wine by Ronald Searle.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

Ronald Searle's Wonderful World of Wine

Something in the Cellar

Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy

California

A Bounteous Selection of Essays,Philosophical Diagrams, Poetry, and other Arcadian Follies Concerning the Art of Curious Living and the Reintroduction of Ancient Charm into this Vale of Mud and Tears Known Heretofore as the Modern Life

Gentle reader, do you tire of the meagre offerings set forth by our humdrum age? Do you seek to cultivate blooms of refinement and joy in your life's garden? Lord Whimsy, as befitting his office as 'Affected Provincial', humbly offers himself as a guide to those who wish to transcend the banalities of modern existence. A diverse and hilarious collection of treatises, insightful essays, philosophical diagrams, saucy poetry and other amusing trifles, The Affected Provincial's Companion will inspire you to transform yourself into a living work of art, thus setting you upon a course towards that misty, faraway shore known to the ancients as Enchantment. The perils of sportswear, self-defence for sissies, the proper grooming of facial hair, and how to become a bon vivant - all this and much more may be found between the shimmering covers of this sleek and utterly beguiling volume.

The Affected Provincial's Companion, Volume One

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Stephen Clarke

Humorous look at a British businessman adapting to French culture. 

Kentucky

An entertaining memoir of the author's adventures and experiences as an expatriate living in Paris describes the life and times of a young British man brought to Paris by a French company to open a chain of British tea rooms, detailing his dealings with lazy French employees, a scheming boss, lusty girlfriends, and French culture. Reprint.

A Year in the Merde

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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben Schott Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic short story collections in the English language. This classic collection of linked stories feature some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman’s gentleman—in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie’s friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (he marries the last, bestselling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). And Bertie, with Jeeves’s help, just evades the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop. At its heart is one of Wodehouse’s most delicious stories and a comic masterpiece, "The Great Sermon Handicap."

The Inimitable Jeeves

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Sue Margolis

Ann Shapiro's marriage has hida Grace bill, with her husband Dan Harper contracts taking center stage. When assigned to write an article on a new feminist manifesto of Brookhaven non-string attached affairs for women, and the size to contact some hand-on research. Her escapades leads to a series of comedic and enlightening experiences the challenge her views on love, marriage, and personal fulfillment.

Florida

Neurotica

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Great book about Queen Elizabeth II being a detective to solve crimes! I got this in England so I’m not sure if it’s available in the US. Also part of a series! #paperback #fiction #britishhumor #mystery #thriller #detective #queenelizabeth

The second book in the delightfully clever mystery series following Queen Elizabeth II as she secretly solves crimes alongside her royal duties.

A Three Dog Problem

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Evelyn Waugh

North Carolina

Mr. Joyboy, an embalmer, and Aimee Thanatogenos, crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated by the appearance of a young English poet.

The Loved One

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Lynne Truss

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Indiana

The quirky and charming third crime novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss.

In the wake of two extremely high-profile murder cases, and with the summer of 1957 finally winding down, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But his hoped-for rest is interrupted when he and his colleagues find a trio of bodies, all murdered with the same unusual weapon: a milk bottle.

The three victims are seemingly unconnected-a hardworking patrolman, a would-be beauty queen, and a catty BBC radio personality-so Constable Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick, and Inspector Steine are baffled. But with Brighton on high alert and the local newspaper churning out stories of a killer on the loose, the police trio is determined to solve the case and catch the killer.

Charming, witty, and full of the joyfully zany characters Truss's readers have come to love, Murder by Milk Bottle will delight old fans and new alike.

Murder by Milk Bottle

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Read once. #humor #britishhumor #film #nonfiction #paperback 

Connecticut

D.C. Thomson

Beano Annual 2024

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Chloe James

UK copy with signed bookplate included! For fans of The Flatshare :)

A joyful love story set against the backdrop of lockdown - perfect for fans of The Flatshare What if you met the right person at the wrong time?

Love in Lockdown (Signed)

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James Haskell

Georgia

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful - I am just hugely fond of this guy' -Eddie Jones 'James Haskell: what a flanker, what a book' -Rugby World

What a Flanker

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Benjamin Lee

Problems but Not Real Actual Problems, Just Middle Class Ones

A hilarious collection of the most agonizing real-life inconveniences faced by the iPhone-losing, polenta-burning, Eurostar-missing middle classes, illustrated by Matt Blease 'My pug has hiccups' 'I've given myself a croissant headache' 'I just dropped batteries in my quinoa' 'Think I've forgotten how to ski' Can't find your melon baller? Wrestling with wrapping paper? Struggling to figure out how to properly pronounce quinoa?? Get your daily trials into perspective with this hilarious collection of the top #MiddleClassProblems from around the globe. Since 2010, Benjamin Lee has run the hugely popular @MiddleClassProb account, and in this book he has selected the all-time highlights.

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