1 motmot (tropical bird)
2 cancan (French dance)
3 dumdum (soft-nosed bullet)
4 bye-bye (form of goodbye)
5 zoozoo (a dove or pigeon, sometimes zouzou)
6 haw-haw (a ha-ha, a fenced ditch)
7 chichi (self-consciously stylish)
8 akeake (type of tree)
9 valval (relating to a valve)
10 grigri (African amulet)
11 tzatza (Black Sea fish)
12 humhum (cotton cloth)
13 mulmul (muslin cloth)
14 boo-boo (a blunder [...]
1. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
3. Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer — William Gibson
6. Dune — Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot — Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation — Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic — Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs [...]
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS SARA GRUEN JACOB JANKOWSKI has never had fantasies about joining the circus. But when his parents die suddenly, he freaks out, drops out of vet school, hops a freight train and winds up tending to the menagerie of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, a third-rate Depression-era traveling circus. What [...]
TOWN/COUNTRY GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN Taking his cue from his two New York City restaurants, Town and Country, Zakarian uses 65 ingredients to make both fancy “town” and more everyday “country” recipes. For instance, the town selection offers a decadent Lobster Ginger Royale with ginger broth and coconut custard; the country version is an equally delicious [...]