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This manual is here to help those of us experiencing "midlife", showing us how to get the meagre most out of these years and making us feel less alone. It will make you laugh. It may at times even be genuinely helpful.
Editeur :
Short Books
Parution :
2010-09-04
ePub
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The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement but nothing could be further from the truth. Science, it is true, has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for the reasons given. This has a lot to do with the people responsible. ...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2010-09-02
ePub
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In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise re-emergence from eighteenth century retirement and began Twittering. It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic, aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. The Guardian calls him the 'greatest' thing...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-09-02
ePub
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The bestselling, blockbusting, bumper book of humorous quotations rides back into town with 6,000 more hilariously funny quotes. From times past to the modern day, classic funnies to contemporary wit,The Funniest Thing You Never Said 2 delivers an unbeatable selection...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-09-02
ePub
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This is a book for those who unashamedly want manners in the world. They are the essence of living together. And we are struggling to find rules that we can agree on in a new world where change and uncertainty are a way of life and personal responsibility is at a...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-08-31
ePub
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This tongue-in-cheek manifesto is a humorous look at the nation's hottest subculture, and the essential guide to achieve the guido lifestyle. Complete with sections on how to look and act like a guido, how to perform dance moves, interact with strangers, and behave at...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2010-08-24
ePub
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Bognor Regis...Aberystwyth...Glasgow...Can you place them on a map? Most people can't these days. What kind of countryside do you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the Fens, or Northumberland? What's north of the Pennines? And what's it like when you get...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2010-08-19
ePub
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Did you hear about the scarecrow that won the Nobel Prize?He was outstanding in his field.What kind of cheese can hide a horse?Mascarpone.What about the red ship and the purple ship that collided at sea?Over one hundred sailors were marooned.Did you hear about the...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-08-05
ePub
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A doctor in America has just invented a 'sperm sorting machine'. At least that's what he claimed when his receptionist burst into the office to find him doing something peculiar with the Hoover attachment. Apparently the system used for separating the male and female...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-07-31
ePub
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The perfect Fathers' Day present for a footy fan - a joke book that has the favourite joke of your favourite player! Kevin Sheedy, ex-champion player,four-time premiershipcoach with the Bombers and now the first coach of the Greater Western Sydney team, has collected...
Editeur :
E-Penguin
Parution :
2010-07-28
ePub
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Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Determined to find out, award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century rummaging through charity shops, jumble sales, and even the odd skip to compile the defining collection...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2010-07-01
ePub
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To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die ... and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of Grumpy Old Men, Stuart Prebble, writer of the highly acclaimed TV series, gives us a more in-depth look at what it's really like to...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2010-06-30
ePub
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Logan Murray has successfully taught the techniques of stand-up comedy to thousands, and in this book he distills his years of experience into the essential skills for a great and enjoyable performance. He will help you find your own creative streak and your funny...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2010-06-25
ePub
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Isn't it always the way? You wait ages for one purple flour-filled condom and then three come along at once. Of course the correct procedure for a chemical attack in the House of Commons would have been for MPs to remain in the chamber and remove all items of...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-06-22
ePub
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They may be your inspiration or your best friend, kind protectors or big on homework and manners, there for the first nappy change or always down the pub - but there is no one else quite like Dad.In Dads, Britain's finest and funniest share their anecdotes and personal...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-06-22
ePub
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So your husband/boyfriend/partner (delete as necessary) has just tipped over 35/40/45/50 (delete as necessary) and you can see that he's not quite as keen on Emmerdale as he once was. He's started to dress with his jeans hoiked too high like his hero Jeremy Clarkson and...
Editeur :
Preface Digital
Parution :
2010-06-22
ePub
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In the vein of bestselling author and illustrator Aaron McGruder (creator of Boondocks), Keith Knight brings us a collection of his new nationally syndicated comic strip The Knight Life.The Knight Life is a hilariously twisted view of life through the eyes and pen of...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2010-06-09
ePub
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'In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, you need it' - Napoleon Bonaparte. Keep Calm and Carry On, a World War Two government poster, struck a chord in recent difficult times when a stiff upper lip and optimistic energy were needed again. But in the long run it's...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2010-06-07
ePub
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Further adventures in extreme (and not so extreme) sports, from the bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS.Having learnt Aikido with the Tokyo riot police (ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS) and hunted for the world's longest snake in the jungles of the Far East (BIG SNAKE),...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-06-03
ePub
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DANNY WALLACE IS A MAN.But what does it actually mean to be a man in the 21st century? A toe-curling moment, an embarrassing faux-pas or a bewildering social situation is always just round the corner.Danny, for example, always says the wrong thing about a friend's baby;...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-06-03
ePub
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