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Maine Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff

by Tim Sample, Steve Bither ...

Series series Curiosities Series
Humorists Tim Sample and Steve Bither reveal the wild and wacky side of Maine. Describing approximately 300 oddities--people, places, animals, historic tidbits, and trivia--their unique persepctive and witty narrative is highly entertaining. From the Society for the Preservation of the Black Fly to a jeweler whose medium is moose droppings, this is a great read for anyone who enjoys local humor ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

Humorists Tim Sample and Steve Bither reveal the wild and wacky side of Maine. Describing approximately 300 oddities--people, places, animals, historic tidbits, and trivia--their unique persepctive and witty narrative is highly entertaining. From the Society for the Preservation of the Black Fly to a jeweler whose medium is moose droppings, this is a great read for anyone who enjoys local humor
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Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin'

And Other Revelations

by Tim Sample ...

Maine humor icon Tim Sample gives us a new collection of short essays and monologues about his growing up and living in Maine and throughout his long entertainment career. His wide range of subjects include things that could happen “Only in Maine,” how his dad invented the SUV, his long friendship with horror master Stephen King, the pitfalls of Maine’s fifth season (mud), and the right way to eat ... Read more

$17.99 AUD

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Maine humor icon Tim Sample gives us a new collection of short essays and monologues about his growing up and living in Maine and throughout his long entertainment career. His wide range of subjects include things that could happen “Only in Maine,” how his dad invented the SUV, his long friendship with horror master Stephen King, the pitfalls of Maine’s fifth season (mud), and the right way to eat
... Read more

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The New Saturday Night at Moody's Diner

by Tim Sample ...

Tim Sample's humor is as much a Down East institution as the famous little restaurant that inspired the title story of his book. ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

Tim Sample's humor is as much a Down East institution as the famous little restaurant that inspired the title story of his book.
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Answers to Questions Nobody was Askin'

And Other Revelations

by Tim Sample ...

Narrated by Tim Sample ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

In this collection of short essays, Maine humor icon Tim Sample shares some of the quirkier aspects of growing up and living in Maine. Along the way he offers listeners a behind the scenes glimpse into his long career in the entertainment business. Sample waxes poignant—recalling old friends, pets, and childhood memories—and passes along more than a few hilarious “insider tips” including the ... Read more

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In this collection of short essays, Maine humor icon Tim Sample shares some of the quirkier aspects of growing up and living in Maine. Along the way he offers listeners a behind the scenes glimpse into his long career in the entertainment business. Sample waxes poignant—recalling old friends, pets, and childhood memories—and passes along more than a few hilarious “insider tips” including the
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The King of the Cats

by Paul Galdone ...

Narrated by Tim Sample ...

Unabridged

5 min

"One October evening, a gravedigger's wife was sitting by the fireside with her big, black cat. . ."As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity. ... Read more

$6.99 AUD

"One October evening, a gravedigger's wife was sitting by the fireside with her big, black cat. . ."As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity.
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Drunken Fireworks

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Tim Sample ...

Unabridged

1 hour 20 min

Shortlisted for the Audio Publishers' Association Audie Award 2016 for Best Original Work.In this new tour-de-force from Stephen King - unavailable in print or any other format until November 2015 - a salt-of-the-earth Maine native recounts how a friendly annual summer fireworks show rivalry with his neighbour across the lake gradually spirals out of control...with explosive results.DRUNKEN ... Read more

$12.99 AUD

Shortlisted for the Audio Publishers' Association Audie Award 2016 for Best Original Work.In this new tour-de-force from Stephen King - unavailable in print or any other format until November 2015 - a salt-of-the-earth Maine native recounts how a friendly annual summer fireworks show rivalry with his neighbour across the lake gradually spirals out of control...with explosive results.DRUNKEN
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King Sorrow

the epic new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

by Joe Hill ...

Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Dominic Hoffman, Ian Shaw, Jaime Lamchick, Kate Mulgrew, Kevin Stillwell, Kristen Ariza, Kristen Sieh, Marin Ireland, Micky Shiloah, Mike Ortego, Pete Simonelli, Tim Sample, Virginia Kull ...

Unabridged

26 hours 3 min

SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***'A tour de force...King Sorrow is huge, sprawling - and absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY<s... ... Read more

$53.99 AUD

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SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***'A tour de force...King Sorrow is huge, sprawling - and absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY<s...
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Four Past Midnight

A riveting, dark story collection from the No. 1 bestseller

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by James Woods, Ken Howard, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe ...

Unabridged

29 hours 38 min

At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, ... Read more

$57.99 AUD

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At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate,
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The Sun Dog

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Tim Sample ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Four Past Midnight
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog, published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight, is now available as a standalone publication.It's mine - that was what he had thought when his finger had pushed the shutter-button for the first time. Now he found himself wondering if maybe he hadn't gotten that backward.Kevin Delevan wants only one thing for ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

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The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog, published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight, is now available as a standalone publication.It's mine - that was what he had thought when his finger had pushed the shutter-button for the first time. Now he found himself wondering if maybe he hadn't gotten that backward.Kevin Delevan wants only one thing for
... Read more

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Burt Dow: Deep Water Man

by Robert McCloskey ...

Narrated by Tim Sample ...

Unabridged

24 min

From acclaimed and beloved author Robert McCloskey.Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm. ... Read more

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From acclaimed and beloved author Robert McCloskey.Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.
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Apt Pupil

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Frank Muller ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Different Seasons
Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's memorable story Apt Pupil - published in his 1982 story collection Different Seasons and made into a movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfro - is now available as a standalone publication.You must know that your fate and my own are inextricably intertwinedTodd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

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The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's memorable story Apt Pupil - published in his 1982 story collection Different Seasons and made into a movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfro - is now available as a standalone publication.You must know that your fate and my own are inextricably intertwinedTodd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a
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The Langoliers

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

by Stephen King ...

Narrated by Willem Dafoe ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Four Past Midnight
Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

Also available as: eBook

No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two
... Read more

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