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The perfect gift for lovely mums everywhere, this book is a collection of heart-warming anecdotes and hilarious misdemeanors that celebrate mums and reminds us all why they are so special.The Loose Women will reflect on their relationships with their own mothers – from...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-03-17
ePub
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Man Walks Into A Bar 2 is the second volume of the hugely popular and hilariously funny joke book series. A one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear and tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically - wives, husbands, doctors, lawyers, the French, the Germans, jokes...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2011-03-01
ePub
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Many people consider Tony Hancock to be the finest comic actor of them all. November 2004 sees the 50th anniversary of his best-loved work, Hancock's Half-Hour, which began as a radio series, penned by the writers Galton and Simpson. Two years later, the first of 58 TV...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-01-31
ePub
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Are optimists just reckless dreamers?Are pessimists miserable doom-mongers or just erring on the side of caution? Is the glass half empty or half full?Brilliantly compiled and beautifully written, this is a rich anthology of evidence from both sides of any argument....
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-01-31
ePub
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Rather than explaining our origins, A Brief History of Tim addresses our history and culture at the levelwe most deeply desire - the trivial. By simply removing one letter, the world is tweaked with immensely enjoyable results:For those who think contemporary art is a...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2011-01-11
ePub
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A hilarious slacker's guide as to why you should never do all those things that you're supposed to do before you die.Have you regretted running a marathon? Have you been persuaded to read a terrible book? Have you eaten something you shouldn't have on someone else's bad...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2010-12-30
ePub
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The laugh-out-loud funny guide to surviving the Christmas season from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals.'A magnificent storyteller' Guardian'Few writers have brought such joy to the nation' Harper's Bazaar‘Jilly Cooper's non-fiction is just as entertaining...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-12-23
ePub
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Richard Littlejohn's cast of characters including Two Jags, the Wicked Witch, Captain Hook and the Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban are now part of the fabric of the nation. He ridicules the country Britain has become over the past ten years - the barmy...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-12-15
ePub
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Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of these remarkable memoirs, of which The Whole Hog now completes the Higgins Bestiary. This spirited and quirky penman has always set himself apart form the general grind of Irish writing and its set themes, to run...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-12-15
ePub
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Who invented the pub quiz? The British, of course! Who doesn’t enjoy a rousing question-and-answer session over a pint and some scratchings? Indeed, what higher calling is there than standing in the pub loudly demanding answers to difficult questions like ‘d'you want...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2010-12-08
ePub
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In this profound and playful book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb presents his ideas about life in the form of aphorisms, the world's earliest - and most memorable - literary form. Procrustes was a character from Greek mythology who abducted travellers and invited them to ...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-12-02
ePub
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Man Walks Into A Bar is a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear and tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically - wives, husbands, doctors, lawyers, the French, the Germans, jokes about nuns, jokes about monkeys, the lot. There are also regular panels which...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-11-30
ePub
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'Theatre, food, refugees: in Adrian's writing they're all linked up ... If you haven't read his book AA GILL IS AWAY, read it now. It was when he was away that he was at his best' Stephen DaldryA. A. Gill was probably the most read columnist in Britain. Every weekend he...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-11-25
ePub
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Lizbreath Salamander is young and beautiful. Her scales have an iridescent sheen, her wings arch proudly, her breath has a tang of sulfur. And on her back a tattoo of a mythical creature: a girl.But whenLizbreath is drawn into a dark conspiracy she will have to rely on...
Editeur :
Gollancz
Parution :
2010-11-18
ePub
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(The countdown has begun . . . ) What distinguishes humans from baser animals is our higher intelligence. This is because most humans know to think twice before headbutting a coconut or biting down on a live wire. Intelligent individuals generally know not to use a...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2010-10-20
ePub
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A fantastic gift book for all ages which imagines what the teddy bears of the rich and famous would look like.Even the most tyrannical of despots or the most scholarly of geniuses probably had a 'Mister Cuddles' or 'Big Ted' at some point in their childhood. As the...
Editeur :
Headline Accent
Parution :
2010-10-18
ePub
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'Hei, Mam Ah'm ganna be a stor' said a young Cheryl Tweety to hor Mam one day, following a bonny baby competition in hor native Newcastle. An tell yerz this leik, she wuzzen wrong! Noo aall grern up as Cheryl Kerl, shiz the peepils' princess an shiz everywhor yerz look...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2010-10-14
ePub
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Are you looking for Nemo, or are you looking for no-one?Gordon (or 'Nemo' as he's known in a variety of internet chatrooms) finds himself rudely awakened to the reality of his mundane existence. It turns out that far from being a workaday Database Coordinator, he is the...
Editeur :
Gollancz
Parution :
2010-10-14
ePub
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Fat people, Footballers, Flip-flops, Formula One, Wheelie luggage Cycle helmets, Processed ham, Skiing, Dogs,,, Are you all wound up? Boiling and ready to blow? Breathe deeply. Relax. Master of spleen Giles Coren, author of what The Guardian called 'The...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2010-10-14
ePub
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John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearful that it may be...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-10-14
ePub
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