Lots of husbands forget things: they forget that their wife had an important meeting that morning; they forget to pick up the dry cleaning; some of them even forget their wedding anniversary.But Vaughan has forgotten he even has a wife. Her name, her face, their history...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2012-03-15

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With over 10,000 entries, arranged by topic and fully indexed, here is a giant new collection of witticisms and wisecracks for the 21st century. If you're looking for a bon mot for an after-dinner talk, struggling to put the finishing touches to a wedding speech or just...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2012-03-01
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Marina Lewycka explores the clash of the generations in one extremely colourful family in her comic novel Various Pets Alive and Dead. For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2012-03-01

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William Grundwick has a problem. As secretary of the Walpole Club he's duty-bound to arrange whatever function the Events Committee decides is appropriate to celebrate the Club's 250th birthday. It's just that what they have decided upon seems toWilliam almost wholly...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2012-02-29

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Edmond Music, Catholic priest and director of Beale Hall research institute, has a secret: he doesn't believe in God. And that's not all. For the past forty years he has shared a bed with his housekeeper, Maude Moriarty from Donegal. In factEdmond Music isn't even...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2012-02-29

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It is 1979 and in a ramshackle cottage in Northumberland fifteen-year-old Ruth is desperate to leave behind the gradual implosion of her parents' marriage as she pursues her own quest for love and excitement. Fantasies about the son of the local farmer offer a temporary...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2012-02-29

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Puddleducks Playgroup has been run successfully for several years. Now, with an opportunity to prove herself Gemma Merryfield can't wait to take over running it in September. But the arrival of the new head of the infant school, Joe Balls soon tempers her enjoyment....

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2012-02-02

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As the 1982 school year begins, Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twenty-five years in her coffee shop, Ronnie Smith finally tries to get a job, and little Krystal Entwhistle causes concern in the...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2012-01-19

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The hilarious, bestselling follow-ups to Sue Townsend'sThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4 : The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole and Adrian Mole:The Wilderness together in one volume.Sunday July 18th. My father announced...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2012-01-19

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THE AVERAGE MALE IS 98% CHIMPANZEE...THE OTHER 2% ISN'T SO SMARTAs far as science teacher Charlie Ellis's love-life goes, chaos is more than just a theory. Caught giving his fiancée Deborah an out-of-hours practical biology lesson (so to speak) in the staffroom one...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-12-31

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You meet everyone in the rooms...English literary agent Patrick Miller came to New York dreaming of joining the big league, only to find himself selling celebrity dog books. But when he spots the legendary novelist Douglas Kelsey on the street and follows him into an AA...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-12-20

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It is 1974 and Nicolas Kraven, lecturer in English Literature at Mosholu College in the Bronx, is adrift upon a sea of troubles: his affair with his neighbour's wife threatens to progress from Thursday night to permanence; his students are a mixture of campus...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-11-30

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Karl Chandler is a funny bugger and so are his mates. In fact, our local talent has been killing it in clubs and festivals the world over. Lucky for us, these comics have worked around their hectic schedules setting their alarm clocks for before midday and logging off...

Editeur : E-Penguin
Parution : 2011-11-23

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Hailed by the authorites as `the future of housing', The Estate in south London was opened with a flourish by the Lord Mayor of London in the late 1960s. The six 20-storey tower blocks were seen as the new way forward for community life in London. However, within a...

Editeur : Mainstream Digital
Parution : 2011-11-18

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A humorous collection of hundreds of funny news stories, whacky phenomena, and hilarious blunders and gaffes from around the world, such as: the woman who smuggled 75 live snakes in her bra; the man who held a funeral for his amputated foot; the radioactive cat which...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2011-11-03
Collection : Mammoth Books
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DISCOVER ALL EIGHT OF NANCY MITFORD'S SPARKLINGLY ASTUTE, HILARIOUS AND COMPLETELY UNPUTDOWNABLE NOVELS IN ONE COLLECTION - WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM INDIA KNIGHTPublished over a period of 30 years, they provide a wonderful glimpse of the bright young things of the...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2011-11-03

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Forever Rumpole - a hilarious new selection of the very best Rumpole stories by John MortimerHorace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. With his curmudgeonly wit, his literary allusions, his...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2011-11-03

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A romantic Christmas book from the bestselling Katie Price, featuring her most popular character, Angel Summer. Angel Summer is Katie's most popular character.We first met her when she was Britain's No 1 glamour model in Katie's first novel, Angel, and then in Angel...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-10-27

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Worlds.Funniest.Emails.con. A collection of humorous jokes and anecdotes.

Editeur : Hodder Moa
Parution : 2011-10-25

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A fantastically funny, bittersweet story of second guesses and second chances.Rob Garland is getting married in two months. Oddly, however, this is the least of his problems. More vexing than the seating arrangements, the choice of wedding stationery - more even that...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2011-10-06

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