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5 minute book reviews and recommendations every Tuesday and Thursday. And a fortnightly biog of some of the great writers on Wednesday; The authors who passed into legend and some...
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5 minute book reviews and recommendations every Tuesday and Thursday. And a fortnightly biog of some of the great writers on Wednesday; The authors who passed into legend and some of their short stories to whet your appetite for literature,
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19 NOV 2024 · With All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O'Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue - P. J. crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today's most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, and in the process produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. "One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year." - Los Angeles Times; "All the Trouble in the World is O'Rourke's best work since Parliament of Whores." - The Houston Post; "The dispatches are unfailingly funny....Mr. O'Rourke gets to the heart of the matter with a steady stream of wisecracks....Economists, political scientists and sociologists are inclined to approach the ills of society with regression analysis. P. J. O'Rourke just points and laughs. Not surprisingly, it is Mr. O'Rourke who gets it right." - The Washington Times; "Bottom line: Buy the book." - The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Trouble-World-ORourke-P/dp/0871136112
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14 NOV 2024 · Monty Python's Flying Circus was first broadcast in October 1969. This newly originated volume contains the complete unexpurgated scripts of the original television series (except for the animation bits) from Episode One to Episode Twenty-three inclusive. Everyone's favourite classic sketches - all eminently quotable - are here including the Architect's Sketch, Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson, Whicker Island, Working-class playwright, The Larch, Nudge Nudge, Hell's Grannies, It's the Arts, Albatross, Ministry of Silly Walks, Election Night Special [Silly and Sensible Parties], Epsom furniture race, Derby Council v. All Blacks rugby match, Dead Parrot, and - it is no exaggeration to say - many, many more.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monty-Pythons-Flying-Circus-Words/dp/0413778193/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZIWV4P1OJTL4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gHJ98InNL7ZJFjWrf7l9tJ3lRc66uq5-fF4_EVSIfsfiZMxotoxRC8K71IyUvGSxIqQMqOz8qWdDmUy4TdcKEw3eClx0_wRFUFC35wYgGWl1DS3ujy_ztolvcb-l126dblJ4nPE3D66-hHFedefiRyPb3MWvbdTvRn9DWqrPJnvjh-ekeo_tkM6YlqcyOxGsaeFYC4jyqbza9AZqUrVwN59qzQD1fGQILaG2EG6_6g0.0GHdvW5LA_HnUppZi2Sot4uTFmzC3A4hbm4Ptm7hC6Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=monty+python+just+the+words&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1731427954&s=books&sprefix=monty+python+just+the+words%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1
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12 NOV 2024 · An indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI.
From the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance comes a noticeably stouter edition, with 26% extra facts and figures perfect for trivia, pub quiz and general knowledge enthusiasts. The QI team sets out again to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong.
If, like Alan Davies, you still think the Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.
The researchers at QI have written many bestselling books including such titles as The QI Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 Facts To Blow Your Socks Off. They now present a noticeably stouter edition, an indispensable handbook for trivia lovers, pub quiz enthusiasts and general knowledge experts alike.
And remember - everything you think you know is still wrong.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/QI-General-Ignorance-Noticeably-Stouter/dp/0571323901/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1181975898425145&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.i7ImBMEU4jZxewzOXfiwUoNVrPiyxBZyVhMoVSi2ASPXU3ZhzD-uKmAM9ZCTCD9R_B6iEYkYr9hwt0BVDoCvd0g6CaN5tWT7a-Q0OXyJjXSJkXcK6GSPsgDY8zTzN4MQupU6SXy2IO4sTLtFVm_GNmw4auagu367Nz0hQAkUlzQclTcwsu4eYgf2DpF41A90aNV1ybxcl6d2p0ffB-rqaItESvwybfIUovzd8S5khOk.z11unhUZrJgz9KNJ4pkZV-3Nnue58g8P26dPP-YXmf4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=73873697444273&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=41684&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73873628887230%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=12131_2292754&keywords=the+book+of+general+ignorance&msclkid=22392c959d8915f4a6694ba6eb6ed02f&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1731426029&sr=8-1
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8 NOV 2024 · In light of recent events, I thought it might be apposite to republish this, which is probably the best book on the motivations, psychology and back story of the new President of the United States.
Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in New York with Donald and his four siblings. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. As a first-hand witness and a trained clinical psychologist, Mary explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who occupied the Oval Office.
Written by the only Trump willing to speak out, Too Much and Never Enough is a fascinating and unnerving analysis on one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families. Mary Trump’s insight and intimate familiarity means she alone can tell the truth on what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Much-Never-Enough-Dangerous-ebook/dp/B08B9LRX33/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.T004S4aPlznkvi-v3LD8pFhzMMDw--rCYquGu5OvvomSU5Edh2MAjLUPCwK8X_JjepraxMFLak28rnoXXCTZwilZcKbRA3ziPD0m4qGyMC_JS_uZFGKJAFFuzNlt5wvVp4vEBJKI0OoeFq6jn6JkuNsKbsJQtUDev2lrSKVECAP37hiBmlV7Y5AqMvyX2hx9H1jVPytsa45VBNWXZWHtRKU8dt6lPveiq1vjb5AOUOk.JZUZs0gDUN1Vo5HHSLhj0gM7xvGPZ1_pv6jCGJIjbCQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=mary+trump&qid=1715599146&sr=8-1
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30806110114&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3DToo%2BMuch%2Band%2BNever%2BEnough%253A%2BHow%2BMy%2BFamily%2BCreated%2Bthe%2BWorld%2527s%2BMost%2BDangerous%2BMan%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1
8 NOV 2024 · These tell-all tales are from Radio 1FM's listener's slot - the "Breakfast Show". Pillars of society - doctors, teachers, vicars, vets and generally those who ought to know better - reveal that they're as bad as everyone else. Simon Mayo is the author of "Confessions" and "Further Confessions".
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Worst-Confessions-Simon-Mayo/dp/0551028068
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5 NOV 2024 · Woody Allen's first of three short narrative collections.
A humor classic by one of the funniest writers today, SIDE EFFECTS is a treat for all those who know his work and those just discovering how gifted he is. Included here are such classics as REMEMBERING NEEDLEMAN, THE KUGELMASS EPISODE, a new sory called CONFESSIONS OF A BUGLAR, and more.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Side-Effects-Woody-Allen/dp/0345343352
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31 OCT 2024 · 'A mix of urbane wit and surreal extrapolations - Douglas Adams meets Flann O'Brien' IndependentWho else but Steve Martin could combine irrefutable evidence that Mars is populated by kittens with a treatise on sledgehammers In this brilliantly witty collection of pieces Steve Martin takes a subversive glimpse at the world and a sideways swipe at the conventional. From memory tips for the over-fifties to his insightful exposition of 'Wittgenstein's Banana', never has 'pure drivel' been so entertaining.
Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humorous riffs, Martin shows he is a master of the written word.From a re-imagining of the Schroedinger's Cat conundrum to a wild meditation on who Lolita would be at age fifty to a skit entitled "I Love Loosely", in which Lucy and Ricky Ricardo play the parts of Hillary and President Clinton, this collection by comic genius Steve Martin--some pieces of which have appeared in The New Yorker--is both hilariously funny and intelligent in its skewering of the topic at hand.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Drivel/dp/B00C6T0YT0/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1177577851297141&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SFipBr6ueWVB5UvbvzeuS1v4CPgt2Y9YdOge_v-S0lP495dqFpo2AFpbsMJEHCQn.1QhoNWweZ378jOyF3A2iNqvhXWHqcHQBAOH18V4gI_g&dib_tag=se&hvadid=73598818977017&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=132041&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73598749486636%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=11011_2102806&keywords=pure+drivel+steve+martin&msclkid=1641f5677bbb14f9aa299278d0d32210&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1730128751&sr=8-1
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Drivel-Steve-Martin/dp/0786864672/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1177577851297141&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SFipBr6ueWVB5UvbvzeuS1v4CPgt2Y9YdOge_v-S0lP495dqFpo2AFpbsMJEHCQn.1QhoNWweZ378jOyF3A2iNqvhXWHqcHQBAOH18V4gI_g&dib_tag=se&hvadid=73598818977017&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=132041&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73598749486636%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=11011_2102806&keywords=pure+drivel+steve+martin&msclkid=1641f5677bbb14f9aa299278d0d32210&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1730128798&sr=8-1
- https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30958941544&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dpure%2Bdrivel%2Bsteve%2Bmartin%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title1
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29 OCT 2024 · Broadmoor: My Journey into Hell documents the story of long-term prisoner Charlie Bronson and his five-year stay at Britain's most notorious mental hospital, Broadmoor. His journey has, until now, never been told. In the winter of 1979, aged just twenty-seven, the inmate who would come to be known as 'Charlie Bronson' was considered uncontrollable by the prison system. Certified insane, he was transferred from Parkhurst Prison to the most infamous high-security psychiatric hospital in England, Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane. There he embarked on a one-man campaign to retain his sanity, and to fight against the brutality of a largely hidden regime that relied on enforced drug control. This outstandingly honest account takes the reader back to those dark days. It is a journey filled with sadness, and yet it is one that includes much laughter and pathos, as well as detailing the camaraderie among fellow patients, who included Ronnie Kray and Frankie Fraser. How Charlie Bronson survived Broadmoor, what he endured and the things he witnessed are, for the very first time, documented in this sad, often chilling, sometimes funny and often moving account of one man's journey into madness and his methods for surviving the UK's most feared and notorious psychiatric hospital. Capturing Bronson's unique voice, it is a roller-coaster ride of madness, pain, laughter and tears. It is also a testament to one man's triumph over adversity.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Broadmoor-My-Journey-into-Hell/dp/178418117X
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31685811450&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3DBroadmoor%2B-%2BMy%2BJourney%2BInto%2BHel%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title1
WARNING:The random page I read from contains a description of child murder, Please do not listen to this episode if easily upset/offended.
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24 OCT 2024 · Ronnie Barker has long been known as one of Britain’s greatest comedy performers. But he was also responsible for writing much of the material he performed, often hiding the fact from the public by using a number of pen names. Showcasing the complete work of a true comic icon, All I Ever Wrote is a laugh-out-loud collection of sketches, monologues, songs, poems and scripts from every strand of Ronnie’s long and brilliant career.
With gems like ‘Fork Handle’s,’ Three Classes’ and ‘Pismonouncers Unanimous', Ronnie’s clever writing, double entendres and spoonerisms will bring a smile to your face, as you rediscover some of the twentieth century’s finest comedy moments.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Ever-Wrote-Complete-Works/dp/0091951437
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22 OCT 2024 · Victoria Wood's wit and humour endeared her to millions of TV viewers for over four decades. Writer, producer and actress of television shows such as As Seen on TV and Dinnerladies, Victoria was often voted the funniest woman in Britain.
Her rise to stardom, from her early years in Lancashire to the successes of the sell-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall, is sympathetically and honestly portrayed by Neil Brandwood. This meticulously researched and written biography provides an insightful account of the life and career of one of Britain's best-loved comediennes.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria-Wood-Biography-Neil-Brandwood/dp/075351124X
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5 minute book reviews and recommendations every Tuesday and Thursday. And a fortnightly biog of some of the great writers on Wednesday; The authors who passed into legend and some...
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5 minute book reviews and recommendations every Tuesday and Thursday. And a fortnightly biog of some of the great writers on Wednesday; The authors who passed into legend and some of their short stories to whet your appetite for literature,
Remember: There are small booksellters who will usually be able to fulfill your order cheaper and with more care than Amazon.
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Remember: There are small booksellters who will usually be able to fulfill your order cheaper and with more care than Amazon.
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