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For seven months, anthropologist Blackwell James has lived among the Wantayo people of the Amazon, immersing himself in their culture in order to collect data for his dissertation. Trouble is, he hasn’t done much research. Instead, he’s just hung out with the tribe, resulting in some fair skills with a bow and arrow but little else. When Blackwell returns to Columbia University with a trunk full of hallucinogenic vines but no research notes, his frustrated advisor packs him off to Los Angeles to assist a colleague with a primate experiment.

Joyous, fast and funny, Scott Johnston’s Campusland is a satiric howl at today’s elite educational institutions - from safe spaces to tribal infighting to the sheer sanctimony. A wickedly delightful audiobook that may remind you of Tom Wolfe and David Lodge.

"An unabashedly smart and affecting portrait of the strains of a marriage." —Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Meet Ivan and Prue: a married couple - both experts in language and communication - who nevertheless cannot seem to communicate with each other Ivan is a tightly...

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Lou had to take Uncle Mike to the rest home. Lou had a date with Veola Von. Bud wants to borrow money from Lou. Lou was an honor student.

Erste Geschichte: "Der listige und lustige Student! 1 - Eine witzige aufregende Kurzgeschichte". Der Student Frank ist ein gemütlicher Zeitgenosse, ein harmloser Tagträumer. Er und sein Kumpel Sebastian werden von einer Schläger-Truppe schikaniert. Eines Tages bietet sich ihnen die Möglichkeit diese Clique loszuwerden. Zweite Geschichte: "Der listige und lustige Student! 2". "Stripper?" Die Studenten Frank und Sebastian werden von einer Studenten-Schläger-Clique schikaniert. Als sie sich in einem Gebäude verstecken, werden sie fälschlicherweise für Stripper gehalten.

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Mrs. Davis uses $25 intended to be deposited in the school savings account to buy Miss Brooks a new dress. Miss Brooks, the English teacher at Madison High School, has been busy, but not busy enough for the warden. She ends up taking responsibility for the students' money with disastrous consequences.