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Borneo Tom | Blog
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"Borneo, also known as the island in the clouds, is the third largest island in the world. Located south and east of the Malay Peninsula and southwest of the Philippine Islands, Borneo offers both mountains and dense rain forests and is divided into four main political areas – Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei."
About the Book Borneo Tom
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"Borneo Tom: In Story and Sketch: Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia, written by Tom McLaughlin, is a collection of independent, stand-alone stories. The book also includes some special illustrations that will make you laugh and give you more insight into what you’re reading. It’s an engaging and interesting read about one man’s adventures in a part of the world that most of us know ve..."
About the Author Tom McLaughlin
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"Tom McLaughlin is a man who has actually done what most of us only dream about – he’s followed his dream to the ends of the earth, found happiness and love and has now written a book about his exploits and some of the issues that are important to him."
Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia
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"Why Borneo? Why write about a place that some are afraid to visit and that most people misunderstand because of its unique intricacies and idiosyncrasies. Tom McLaughlin has set out to change that by writing Borneo Tom - In Story and Sketch: Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia- – an unlikely book about an unlikely place that’s full of insight into one of the most fascinating places o..."
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
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"I, quite seriously, laughed until I cried reading this book of short stories. I also found that after reading this book I was part of (what seemed like) some secret club. At parties, if you recommend David Sedaris or refer to one of his stories, undoubtedly someone perks up and says "What about that story when he..." leading again to side-splitting laughter. I call it a book with lasting side e..."
Love Is Never Painless, Zane, Book - Barnes & Noble
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"Ain't that the truth....Here, Zane introduces three authors and let them give their accounts of their individual stories that all include the normal in and outs of relationships. It acknowledges the good with the bad and the in betweens that always seem to get in the way. Good reading."
Jack Finney - Third Level
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"“I SAY THERE ARE THREE, BECAUSE I’VE BEEN ON THE THIRD LEVEL AT GRAND CENTRAL STATION”: FIRST EDITION OF JACK FINNEY’S FIRST SHORT STORY COLLECTION FINNEY, Jack. The Third Level. New York, Toronto: Rinehart, (1957). Octavo, original half black cloth cloth, original dust jacket. $450. Best known for writing The Body Snatchers (1955) and the time travel mystery/romance Time and Again, Finne..."
Infinity Blues: Ryan Adams
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"With Ryan Adams"taking a break from music." He's been presented with lots of other channels to express himself creatively. He'll reveal his art to the world next month, but for now, we have his book of short stories to tidy us over."
Amazon: Edgar Allan Poe - Complete Tales & Poems
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"I read my first Poe when I was nine years old. My tell-tale heart has never stopped beating for the thrill of that chill. Together, in this singular volume, is more than 800 pages of eerie - enough for a lifetime of chills."
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing: Melissa Bank
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"A book filled with short stories about the complex and confusing process of dating. A great book for women to read."
Haunted
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"if you're willing to go along for the ride palahniuk will take you to some very dark...but very funny places. read it when no one is around so you don't feel guilty about laughing."
My Penguin: The Books
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"Penguin Books published seven more Classics with naked front covers, which means you can create your own cover for "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, The Brothers Grimm's "Magic Tales", "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf, Henri Alain-Fournier's "The Lost Estate" (Le Grand Meaulnes), Hermann Hesse's "Steppenwolf" and other greats which include "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" "Aesop's Fables", "The Gre..."
The Monkey's Paw
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"This is one of my favorite short stories of all time. And this is amazing cool AWESOME! It's not a REAL monkey's paw but it looks like it. If you're not familiar with this incredible horror story, look it up and read it and then BUY this replica...A great Halloween prop that can be displayed all year long."
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
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"A short story collection of horror from the master Ray Bradbury... Trully terrifying and bizarre stories that include a man battling his own skeleton, a woman convinced her newborn baby is trying to kill her, a man boy raised as god by his mother and told that the original god was murdered by beasts outside their secluded mansion, dead lovers united in a deep underworld, dug up graves, immorta..."
Different Seasons: Stephen King
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"It's four separate novellas (i'll call them short stories). In a lot of ways they're off key with kings traditional works. However, three of the stories went on to be adapted as major motion pictures (including Stand by Me)."
The Awakening and Other Stories : Kate Chopin
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"Another relatively unknown author, Kate Chopin was a pinnacle of the local color movement. The Awakening takes place in Victorian New Orleans among the Creole culture. It's a great story of a woman who does not embrace her role as wife, mother, or her place in society, and wishes to be free. This novel was not received well and even banned when it was written because women were not allowed to t..."
Selected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
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"Guy de Maupassant is an amazing 19th-century author from France that many people don't know about. His stories address aspects of human personality and relationships and society, and were way ahead of their time. If you haven't read him yet, try this book out!"
Hemingway on Fishing
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"Fishing was Ernest Hemingway's favorite thing to do, and also one of mine! This includes selected chapters from his books, along with short stories - all based around or including fishing. Many of the stories also take place in Michigan, where he spent a lot of time, and I'm all about my home state!"
Famous Fathers and Other Stories: Pia Z. Ehrhardt
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"Truly one of the best collections of short fiction I've read in an extremely long time. You know, Pia's a friend of mine, but I'd find these stories amazing and would have to recommend it even if I hated her guts. These stories have very lovely guts. Bless."
A Model World and Other Stories by Michael Chabon
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"Michael Chabon, a graduate of UC Irvine [in Orange County btw], sets several of his stories in Orange County. Chabon creates engaging stories with long, intricate prose. He will keep you enthralled!"
Labyrinths
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"A collection of short stories and essays by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges dealing with themes of time, space and identity. If you're a fan of Italo Calvino, definately get into Borges."
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
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"I was personally hooked on the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series as a youngster. I love the stories and poems. They are very uplifting, funny, and empowering. A great gift for teens!"
Possible Side Effects: Augusten Burroughs: Books
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"i bought this book in an airport trusting that burroughs wouldn't let me down...even if it was only short stories. he didn't. he really pulls this book off and makes you attach to characters you'll only be with for ten pages."
What's your story? Postcard Collection
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"Waterstones's had 13 authors write stories on a postcard and send them in to be auctioned for charity. They are releasing the collection of these stories as a limited edition book as well. All profits from the sale of this collection will go to Dyslexia Action and English PEN. Authors include JK Rowling, Doris Lessing, Neil Gaiman, Michael Rosen, Nick Hornby, Sebastian Faulks, Lauren Child,..."
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Penguin Modern Classics): Ian Fleming
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"Penguin Modern Classics continues to make over their line of 007 modern classics, I'm stuck on this cover the one with the band of grey which sets off a trilling photographic image of a lone skier facing the unknown. I got a glimpse of this book cover sitting abandoned in a hotel lobby, the classy design style of the object made me feel as if I'd entered Ian Fleming's glamorous spy world. Unfortun..."
Diamonds Are Forever (Penguin Modern Classics): Ian Fleming
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"Looks like Penguin Modern Classics has a few versions of their Bond covers. I think their photographic and clean layout look gives the set a touch of class, the blue Bond girl on "Diamonds Are Forever" will surely turn a few heads."
Thunderball: Ian Fleming
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"in 2008 Penguin Books unleashed a new set of titilating Bond hardbacks under the new Penguin 007 imprint, each cover features Bond girl painted by designer Michael Gillette. Nice work!"
You Only Live Twice: Ian Fleming
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""Penguin 007"?!, I guess so, Penguin has created a new set of covers for the ‘2008 Centenary Edition’. Each cover features a Bond girl painted by designer Michael Gillette."
Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories- Ian Fleming
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"The visual representation of the Bond book has changed over the years, I have my favorites, this cover for Ian Fleming's James Bond Short Stories is nice, I'd love to see a version with a small font size."
