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Bantam
Language
English
Pages
229

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Subjects
Affluent consumers, Leisure class, Luxuries, Luxury, Psychology, Consumers

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Cover of: Expensive habits
Expensive habits
1994, Chivers Press
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Acquired Tastes
May 1993, Bantam
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Expensive habits
1993, Chivers
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Expensive habits
1992, Pan
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Acquired tastes
1992, Bantam Books
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1992, Thorndike Press
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First Sentence

"Most of us, I believe, are born with a latent tendency toward extravagance, a lust for more and better, which lurks somewhere in the genes, ready to erupt at the hint of good fortune and the drop of a credit card."

Table of Contents

Introduction Page xi
A Gentleman's Fetish Page 1 Black Stretch Page 9 The Most Costly Passion of All Page 17 I'll Be Suing You Page 25 Which Side Do You Dress? Page 33 The Millionaire's Mushroom Page 41 Dear Old Things Page 51 Servants Page 61 In Defense of Scrooge Page 69 How the Rich Keep Warm Page 79 A Mouthful of Black Pearls Page 87 The Perfect Second Home Page 97 The True Cigar Page 107 House Guests Page 117 The Shirt De Luxe Page 127 Conjuring With Grapes Page 135 New Year's Resolutions Page 145 The Handmade Hotel Page 153 The Malt Page 167 The Writing Habit Page 175 Feeding the Hand That Bites You Page 183 Private Jet Page 193 Genuine $1,000 Folding Hat Page 203 Manhattan Page 211 Cher Ami Page 221

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Paperback
Number of pages
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28037126
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