Whilst all at Cafe Penguin hope that Dear Reader likes what we've put between the covers, it's all too easy to overlook what's right next to the covers. The often-decorative sheets glued to the hardback jacket are known as endpapers, and are quite an art in themselves. Many thanks to Drawger for the inspiration to trawl our own library.
These are: God's Architect; At Large And At Small; A Convergence of Birds; Young Voices; Travels with Herodotus; The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire; and Beatrix Potter.
Meanwhile, in a land far less beautiful but possibly more mind-bending, lolcats are THE gift for kids this Christmas. Mmmm, maybe not gifts then, but certainly an ideal way to while away the time between sending round summer holiday pics and planning one's departmental Christmas party. And now the phenomenon has gone Biblical! Some classic opening lines for you, Penguin and otherwise, courtesy of a cabin-fevered assistant of mine with time on her hands:
it wuz teh best ov tiems, it wuz teh wurst ov tiems
it be truth universally aknowlegd dat single man in pozeshun ov gud fortune must be in wants ov wife
last nites i dreemed i wnet 2 manderly again
callz me ishmael
it wuz pleshure 2 burn
Alice wuz beginnin 2 git vry tird ov sittin by her sistr on teh bank, and ov havin nuffin 2 do...
it wuz luv at furst site. teh furst tiem Yosarian saw teh chaplain he fell madly in luv wif him
it wuz brite cold dai in april an teh clockz wuz strikin firteen
too howzholds bof alik in dignitee in fare veroner wair we lay our seen
mommy dide todai. or mebby yesturdai, ize not sure
Any requests for the senior commissioning editors to print the full books? Something pleasant from my desk for anyone who can name all the originals.
Sam the Copywriter
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