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		<title>Simon&#8217;s Cat in Kitten Chaos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simon Tofield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you can guess from the title of Simon’s Cat in Kitten Chaos, in the latest addition to the wonderful world of Simon’s Cat, a kitten has joined the household. Kittens are wonderful things, so playful and inquisitive, and always hilarious with their antics. But of course Simon’s Cat is not too impressed with this cute new housemate...From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Billy Connolly&#8217;s Route 66</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/travel-books/8377/billy-connolly-route-66</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Connolly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Get your kicks on Route 66” goes the song. As someone who grew up on rock and roll and dreamt of the wide spaces of America from Glasgow, Billy Connolly has always had a fascination with the iconic Route 66. In Billy Connolly’s Route 66, he travels the famous Mother Road, and invites us all along for the ride. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Bred of Heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/humour/8255/bred-of-heaven-jasper-rees</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collingwood21</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jasper Rees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Some are born Welsh. Some achieve Welshness. I am going to thrust myself upon Wales”.


Jasper Rees is a thoroughly English man; born in London, educated at Harrow, and brought up to cheer whenever he crossed the Severn Bridge in an eastward direction. But despite this background, he admits to an “unfilled sense of ancestral belonging” whenever he crosses the border to visit his grandparents in Carmarthen.  This is what the Welsh call hiraeth - a deep longing to be somewhere (the nearest you can get to it in English is probably “homesickness”, although the translation isn’t quite literal). From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Sexually, I&#8217;m more of a Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/society/8153/sexually-im-more-of-a-switzerland-david-rose</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Rose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Animal in Bed. Probably a Gnu"

Sexually, I'm more of a Switzerland is a collection of personal ads placed in the London Review of Books which have been gathered together by David Rose, the editor of the journal's lonely hearts column for many years. The collection contains examples that are typically laugh-out-loud hilarious, often sad, sometimes so ambiguous as to represent a waste of the advertisers money and frequently deeply troubling. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>God Collar</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/humour/7825/god-collar-marcus-brigstocke</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Brigstocke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve long been a fan of Marcus Brigstocke, finding his engaging delivery and intelligent material a breath of fresh air compared with his peers who seem currently to churn out endless clichéd observations on everyday life. “God Collar” is based on Brigstocke’s Edinburgh Festival show that I wasn’t able to get to so I was especially interested in reading this book.

The premise of “God Collar” is that Brigstocke wants to challenge his own atheism; he wants to believe in God but can’t find any compelling intellectual reasons so to do. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>I Lick My Cheese and Other Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/humour/7724/i-lick-my-cheese-and-other-notes-oonagh-ohagan</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/humour/7724/i-lick-my-cheese-and-other-notes-oonagh-ohagan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oonagh O'Hagan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We Brits are famously bad at confronting people and notorious for pussy-footing around a problem rather than coming straight to the point and telling people they're annoying us. For many people the idea of looking someone in the eye and telling them “Your behaviour is unacceptable” is about as likely as wrapping themselves in bacon and wrestling with a lion. But resentments build up, tempers get frayed and then your average Brit does something drastic – gets out the Post-it note and leaves a strongly worded reprimand. And if you're looking for something that's guaranteed to wind up the most mild-mannered of passive Brit, then look no further than flat sharing. As the author tells us “It's not for the fainthearted”.

I was a student for a very long time – eight years in total. I wasn't thick, I just got a lot of qualifications and along the way I lived with some mostly very nice but occasionally really irritating people. OK, let's be more direct – MEN. Did I ever resort to the post it note? From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Takeaway</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/travel-books/5863/indian-takeaway-hardeep-singh-kohli</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/travel-books/5863/indian-takeaway-hardeep-singh-kohli#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hardeep Singh Kohli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first became aware of Hardeep Singh Kohli though the Channel 4 television series 'Meet the Magoons' which was set in a Glaswegian curry house and starred a bunch of great British Asian comic actors. These included his brother Sanjeev Kohli (the writer of the equally fabulous radio 4 comedy 'Fags, Mags and Bags'), the guy who plays the postman in East Enders and the father from The Kumars at No. 42. I thought the series was hilarious and I loved the weirdly eccentric turban-wearing kilted Kohli. Unfortunately it seems that only I, my husband and another three viewers who were probably Kohli relatives thought it was funny and the show was pulled after just one series. I never have been good at finding humour where others look for it.
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Simon’s Cat &#8211; Beyond the Fence</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/comics/4913/simon%e2%80%99s-cat-simon-tofield</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/comics/4913/simon%e2%80%99s-cat-simon-tofield#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon’s Cat is one of the biggest internet phenomena of recent years. For the unitiated, it was created by Simon Tofield, and is a cartoon of simple line drawings about a cat and his owner, Simon. We never learn the cats name, but we see his antics as he demands food, wants let in and out of the house, steals chairs, and gets up to all sorts with his hedgehog pal in the garden.

In 2009 Simon’s Cat had his very own book. In 2010, he has his second book - Beyond the Fence. There is an ongoing story through the book, as Simon’s Cat leaves home in a sulk (Simon stupidly tries to give him a bath) and heads off into the big world beyond the garden fence.
from www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Sex and Bowls and Rock and Roll</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/autobiography/4692/sex-and-bowls-and-rock-and-roll-alex-marsh</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/autobiography/4692/sex-and-bowls-and-rock-and-roll-alex-marsh#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alex Marsh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sex and Bowls and Rock and Roll is an endearing story of a man changing his life – moving down a gear or two, re-evaluating what matters in life and getting in touch with his inner lazy, self-indulgent child. The book is peopled with a colourful array of salt of the earth country folk – like Big Andy and his rescue battery chickens, Marsh's chicken co-conspirator and next door neighbour Short Tony, Len the Fish who is a fab handyman and lots of other people with jokey names. The wives are identified only by their husbands – Mrs Big Andy, Mrs Short Tony and so on. Perhaps it's a way to protect the identities of the innocent or just one of those 'boy things'. It's fair to say that although women will enjoy the book, it's primarily a 'bloke book' – not so much 'chick lit' as 'bit of a dick lit'.]]></description>
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		<title>364 Days of Tedium: Or What Santa Gets Up To On His Days Off</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/comics/4535/364-days-of-tedium-or-w1hat-santa-gets-up-to-on-his-days-off-by-dave-cornmell</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/comics/4535/364-days-of-tedium-or-w1hat-santa-gets-up-to-on-his-days-off-by-dave-cornmell#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[364 Days of Tedium: Or What Santa Gets Up To On His Days Off  by Dave Cornmell is a cartoon book covering what it says in the title – what does Santa do for those 364 days when he’s not busy delivering presents to good girls and boys around the world?

I wasn’t exactly expecting a cutesy book, I expected it would be an adult cartoon book, but having not really paid attention to the fact that the cover picture was of Santa passed out and covered in vomit with an empty bottle beside him, I was slightly taken aback by the first few pages of cartoons. Cornmell’s Santa is a fat, drunk, lazy arsehole. Really, he’s not a pleasant or jolly chap. He seems to vomit an awful lot – but then he does drink a lot.]]></description>
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		<title>An Idiot Abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/travel-books/4259/ricky-gervais-and-stephen-merchant-send-an-idiot-abroad-the-travel-diaries-of-karl-pilkington</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/travel-books/4259/ricky-gervais-and-stephen-merchant-send-an-idiot-abroad-the-travel-diaries-of-karl-pilkington#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Pilkington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricky Gervais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Merchant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Idiot Abroad is the short version of the title. The book is actually called (deep breath) “Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send An Idiot Abroad - The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington”. What you’ll soon realise is that Karl did the travel, wrote the book, got filmed doing stupid and often painful things for television, ate disgusting beasties, suffered all manner of unspeakable local toilets and when the book came out, Ricky and Stephen got their names ABOVE the title. This is a sad indictment of just how low male friendship can dive and just what scumbags his friends are. Think your friend is really stupid and pathetic and needs to broaden his mind? Thankfully most people don’t have access to a TV station, a film crew and a big travel budget with which to set about the ritual humiliation of another human being. 
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		<title>The Clumsiest People in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/travel-books/3210/the-clumsiest-people-in-europe-todd-pruzan</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/travel-books/3210/the-clumsiest-people-in-europe-todd-pruzan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Pruzan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks heavens for Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer for, without the things that today make the world an easier place to know, she managed to tell the people of the mid nineteenth century all they needed to know about life as it is lived in all four corners of the world. Over three volumes, Mrs Mortimer provided a succinct, if blunt, guide to the peoples of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa. Those three volumes have been condensed into the single book reviewed here. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Family Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/2246/family-planning</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/2246/family-planning#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karan Mahajan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing the Ahujas It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a 16-year old with a crush on a girl on the school bus, must be in want of a less embarrassing family. In the case of Arjun, his family is so personally embarrassing to him that not even his best friends know that in addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batting on the Bosphorus</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/sport-and-leisure/2226/batting-on-the-bosphorus</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/sport-and-leisure/2226/batting-on-the-bosphorus#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport and leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angus Bell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I know about the game of cricket could easily be written on the back of a postage stamp. I do know however, that a cricket commentator once said&#8221; The batsman&#8217;s Holding, the bowler&#8217;s Willy&#8221; which I consider (almost) side-splittingly funny. &#8220;Batting on the Bosphorus’’ is not quite so funny but it did make me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French for Cats</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/languages/1567/french-for-cats</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/languages/1567/french-for-cats#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Beard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boswell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of house-sitting in France this summer and are worried that you won&#8217;t be able to communicate with your hosts&#8217; cat, then this is just the book for you. When the cat says meow, is it trying to say, “Here comes a fur ball,” or “I did not break that vase”? All [...]]]></description>
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