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Half Man, Half Bookshop. Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family. Not the inventor of the word "brainbow" https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/

The packet of noodles. It's predominantly yellow and has a cartoon of a chicken doing a thumbs up.
I tried to take a picture of the eclipse with my phone. There's a huge glow where the sun is, and a reflection towards the bottom of the picture of the actual eclipse. I think.
This is where the serpent lives. Daniyal Mueenuddin’s This Is Where the Serpent Lives paints a powerful portrait of contemporary feudal Pakistan and a farm on which the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters are linked through violence and love, resilience, and tragedy. Yazid rises from abject poverty to the role of trusted servant to an affluent gangster; Saqib, an errand boy, is eventually trusted to lead his boss’s new farming venture, where he becomes determined to rise above his rank by any means necessary. Saqib’s boss, the wealthy landowner Hisham, reminisces about meeting his wife while she was dating his brother while Gazala, a young teacher, falls for Saqib and his bold promises for their future before learning about his plans to skim money from the farm’s profits. In matters of both business and the heart, Mueenuddin’s characters struggle to choose between the paths that are moral and the paths that will allow them to survive the systems of caste, capital, and social power that so tightly grip their country. Home Fire. Moving from Pakistan’s sophisticated cities to its most rural farmlands, This Is Where the Serpent Lives captures the extraordinary proximity of extreme wealth to extreme poverty in a land where fate is determined by class and social station. Daniyal Mueenuddin’s This Is Where the Serpent Lives paints a powerful portrait of contemporary feudal Pakistan and a farm on which the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters are linked through violence and love, resilience, and tragedy. Yazid rises from abject poverty to the role of trusted servant to an affluent gangster; Saqib, an errand boy, is eventually trusted to lead his boss’s new farming venture, where he becomes determined to rise above his rank by any means necessary. Saqib’s boss, the wealthy landowner Hisham, reminisces about meeting his wife while she was dating his brother while Gazala, a young teacher, falls for Saqib and his bold promises for their future before lea…
A vitally important book for anyone who thinks they might die at some point. Do not buy this book if you are already dead. It's too late. Repeat. Do not buy this if you're dead.' - RICHARD HERRINGWelcome mortal, to your little book of death homework. A practical, compassionate and laugh out loud guide to preparing for the end. An informative, practical and yet highly entertaining read from former comedian and council funeral officer Evie King, who walks you through everything you need to sort your death out, so others don't have to. Have you ever sat down and thought about what happens after you die? And have you told anyone what you want when you're gone? Probably not. Sort your death out, so you can get on and enjoy the rest of your life. As well as recounting real-death stories, Evie takes you through a series of lessons and exercises spanning all things death preparation, including advice on how to: · Think about what you really want to happen at your funeral· Express your wishes to avoid post-death pandemonium· Clear your clutter so that those you love don't have to· Ensure the admin of your life can be packed down quickly and efficiently· Plan your post-death online life. Get Ahead of Being Dead is a gift to your future (dead) self. By taking control and preparing for death, you can prepare to live ... and do both better as a result.
the packet of noodles. It's pink (signifying shrimp) and has the cartoon of the boy carrying a box with noodles in it.
Captain Haddock says "What a week, huh?" Tintin replies "Captain, it's #buyastrangerabook day"
An orange sheet of card with the scores out of 10 for the noodles i've tried. In yellow above this is a card saying Noodle Scoreboard
The packet of noodles, It's black with a pic of a bowl of noodles on it. Nothing glamorous.
The packet of noodles. It's silver, with a photo of a bowl of noodles, with a fried egg shrimps and mushrooms in them.
a template that looks like the album cover to "Now That's What I Call Music" with the words changed to "Hello, that's what I call open"
A sculpture of a doctor, with a bag and an umbrella
A zumba gang dancing. Their theme waz Strictly Come Dancing..
front cover of Death Writ Large by Susie Dent
MAMA pad thai noodles.
The orange and yellow scoreboard. I'm pointing at today's noodles and their position on the board. 5th.
Front cover of Dead but dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay
The packet of noodles. It's red and has a picture of a character from K-Pop Demon Hunters on it.
Front cover of More by Gillian Anderson. It's yellow and there are two lemons popping up from the bottom of the cover.
Front cover of Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
The front cover of Victoria Hislop's new book The Wine-Dark Sea.
The noodle scoreboard. I've attached strips of paper with each of the noodles that i've tasted and scored already and then attached them to a sheet of orange paper that I've stuck on the wall. Above this, on yellow card, is typed the words "Noodle Scoreboard"
The packet of noodles. It has an orange background and as with all Nissin noodles i've had so far, there's a cartoon of a boy carrying a box with a bowl of noodles inside
Front cover of American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee
Front cover of The Neverfear by Katherine Rundell
Wile Coyote is surprised by road runner
A Doctor Who themed "pram". It's designed to look like Davros.
The packet of noodles. It's pink, signifying shrimp flavour I guess. There is a photo of two shrimps on the packet.
Pob, a puppet, looks at us and breathes onto the screen, causing it to get covered in condensation.
The cover of the book. And also the blurb, which reads... A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him: Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with... Never published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Toole's hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy
The packet of noodles. It's yellow and has a cartoon of a guy wearing sunglasses, holding chopsticks and smiling.
text that says "Let Me Know if You Wanna Join"
Beginning of the kids show "The Magic Roundabout". All the kids are riding a roundabout!
Front cover of Simon's chap book.
Front cover of "Have It" by the incredible John Cooper Clarke.
The packet of noodles. It's red, with a pic of a bowl of noodles with a shrimp in it.
Piles of paperback books.
Daffy Duck runs onto a stage in top hat and tails, and bows to the audience.
Front cover of Pay Attention by Laura Kuenssberg
Front cover of Marina Hyde's new book.
Front cover of Lewis Moody's new book "Fronting Up"
front cover of Perilous Enchantment : The True History of Faeries by Sarah Clegg
Front cover of Death Writ Large.
Eight different packets of instant noodles. Each packet is brightly coloured.
Front of the packet, showing a cartoon of a boy carrying a box with a pic of a bowl of noodles on it.
front cover of Claire North's new book "As We Fall Through Time".
two photos of different schools showing off the £500 of books that I sent them.
The packet of noodles. Has the obligatory photo of a bowl of noodles on it, with a shrimp and slices of green pepper.
Front cover of Elegant Hustler by Celia Imrie.
Front cover of "The American Way of Killing" by Malcolm Gladwell.
Front cover of Jon Richardson's new book.
Front cover of Push the Wall by Frank Miller.
Front cover of Mestra by Madeline Miller.
The golden packet of noodles
Matt Willis on the cover of his memoir "Mending"