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Whatever happened to middle England? Two of our funniest writers set out on a journey through conservative country – with hilarious results.The Women's Institute. Polo matches. The Duke of Edinburgh. Nimbys, shooting and game fairs. Pall Mall clubs, the Countryside Alliance and Boris Johnson. Hampshire Police’s brass band, the rubber chicken circuit – and of course the Conservative party itself.Middle England, with all the social rituals, institutions and traditions that hold it together, has...
| Автор | David Matthews |
For fans of the ‘Windsors’ and ‘Now we are Sixty’: a beautifully illustrated collection of amusing and affectionate stories from inside the royal family.Arriving at the theatre, the Queen and the Queen Mother appeared to be having words. ‘Who do you think you are?’ demanded the Queen Mother. ‘The Queen, Mummy, the Queen.’About twenty years ago the Guardian first published two camp anecdotes about the Queen Mother. Readers reeled to see stories actually printed in a national newspaper that until...
| Автор | Thomas Blaikie |
This collection of Russell Brand's columns for The Guardian not only follows the drama and tumult of the domestic and international football season but also a season in the life of one of our most celebrated comic talents.Brand chronicles events both on and off the pitch as he travels between Upton Park and Hollywood. In his literary riffings, football legends and newfound heroes brush shoulders with a pantheon of cultural icons. Matches are won and lost, Brand's faith in his beloved West Ham...
| Автор | Russell Brand |
‘A sparkling, laugh-out-loud, romantic read’ Phillipa Ashley, bestselling author of Summer at the Cornish Cafe‘The perfect holiday read to warm your heart’ #1 Bestselling author Tracy BloomThe third book in the bestselling series, ‘The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea’.When the owner of Brides by the Sea, Cornwall’s cutest little wedding shop, offers Lily a job as their new wedding stylist, her first thought is – can she possibly pull it off?Before she’s even sourced a fairy light or tasted a...
| Автор | Jane Linfoot |
Preorder the brand new romantic comedy from bestselling author Christie BarlowWelcome to Love Heart Lane…When Flick Simons returns to the small village of Heartcross she only expected to stay for a few days. The white-washed cottages of Love Heart Lane might be her home, but the place holds too many painful memories, and of one man in particular – Fergus Campbell.When a winter storm sweeps in, the only bridge connecting the village to the main land is swept away! As the villagers pull together,...
| Автор | Christie Barlow |
Гарашкина Контора – ПРО • Любовь • Отношения • Мистику • Бытовуху • Алчность • Карьеру • Шоу-бизнес • Деньжищи и Людей.
Мнение о книге.
"Это очень увлекательный материал с ворохом приятного мусора: калейдоскоп человеческих мелочей, глупостей, цапанья, ругани, амбиций, ошибок и равнодушия, складывающихся в пестрый словесный сор, из которого и состоит наша жизнь."
– Татьяна Никитична Толстая
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| Автор | Дмитрий Гарашкин |
Рассказы-малявки, рассказы на зубок: саркастичные, смешные, философские и даже немного абсурдные, читаются на одном дыхании. Также в сборник включена автобиография автора, написанная с большой иронией к себе, к своей жизни и миру.
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| Автор | Владимир Хачатуров |
Сейчас вы прочтёте самую лучшую, да ещё и расширенную книгу на свете! Это Паровозик Трах-Трах-Трах! Такого вы нигде не видели! ШОК, СЕНСАЦИЯ!!!! Вооот. Этот роман очень вас затяНЕТ, потому что – он лучший! Никто это не одобрит, но всё-таки я опубликую, потому-то найдутся люди, которые это купят! А, чтобы стимулировать эту покупку аж за столько вот рублей, я добавил сюда ещё больше глав! Знайте, тут их больше! Так что налетай на расширенную версию. Ну так вот, приятного и сексуального прочтения!...
| Автор | Давид Акопян |
Семейную идиллию Валюшки разбивает измена мужа.В поисках душевного покоя молодая героиня отправляется в провинциальный городок детских воспоминаний, где когда-то проводила летние каникулы у бабушки. Однако вместо тихой гавани попадает в водоворот событий, семейных тайн и еще больше запутывается в хитросплетении человеческих мыслей и поступков. Насколько хорошо мы знаем своих близких? Даем ли себе право выбора или всё же подстраиваемся под общий ритм жизни, боимся осуждения и перемен?
| Автор | Марина Данилова |
Журавль осуждающе смотрел на летящую зигзагом сову с мышью в клюве. Мышь истошно вопила «Выше! Выше!». Надо отдать должное местные лягушки были просто восхитительны. Весь водоём погрузился в минуту молчания. Журавль зевнул, прикрыв клюв крылом и начал готовится к отдыху. Завтра предстояло продолжение долгого перелёта. Спать нельзя, но отдохнуть надо.
| Автор | Контемир |
One of the most endearing features of sport is its perennial humour. Witness this extraordinary collection of Freudian slips, true confessions, double entendres and unintentional puns which demonstrates that sporting foot-in-mouth disease is far more rampant than mad cow disease.Players, coaches, commentators and journalists are all represented as well as some famous names who know little about sport but are always good for a quote."I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with...
| Автор | John Scally |
Following the phenomenal success of ‘Grumpy Old Men’, and ‘Grumpy Old Men on Holiday’, the guru of grump, David Quantick, takes a stand for miserable slobs everywhere against the self-help motivational mafia and keep-fit claptrap. The ultimate in stress-relief for the 21st-Century Grouch.Are you an irritable, crabby, cantankerous, malcontented old grump? Well relax, because you're not alone.Do you feel that the best way to cleanse your aura is to have trains that run on time, rather than...
| Автор | David Quantick |
This is a book for the sports lover.Some of us spend too much time in the shed listening to sport on the radio and hogging the television. The thing about sports lovers is that we hate so much about it, we shout at the radio and the television; we love sport so much that if any of it makes us cross, it makes us FURIOUS. So this is a book for us, the sports loving angry brigade.So, introducing: Frank Lampard; badge kissing (Frank Lampard); Neville Neville, for producing the Neville brothers...
| Автор | Matthew Norman |
The brand new romantic comedy from bestselling author Christie Barlow!‘Full of warmth, fun and feel-good factor’ Sunday Times bestseller Katie FfordeA family secretOne shocking argument and ten-year-old Alice Parker’s world was turned upside down. Her peaceful life at Honeysuckle Farm in the quiet rural village of Brook Bridge swapped for the bustling metropolis of New York City. Alice’s life was changed forever…A second chance Now, thirteen years later, Alice’s American dream is over. With her...
| Автор | Christie Barlow |
From the author of 21st Century Dodos comes a festive collection of endangered objects.An irreverent collection of eulogies, tributes and fond farewells to the many Christmas traditions and, well, other festive things that are threatened with extinction.From handwritten cards to coffee cremes, from Yule logs to thruppenny bits in Christmas puddings, from making paper chain decorations to carol singing, all of these and more are endangered, on the way out or on their last legs……so what better...
| Автор | Steve Stack |
How to predict the weather with a cup of coffee and other essential techniques for surviving the 9-5A smart, spoof survival guide – to the 9-5. Ray Mears’ and Bruce Parry’s advice is all very well if you’re stuck up the Amazon without a paddle, but what about finding your way to a seat on a crowded bus, predicting the weather with a coffee in Starbucks or getting rid of cold callers with a microwave? Urban Bushcraft shows how to dust off your native survival instincts and update them for the...
| Автор | Matthew Cole |
‘Pick up a latte and relax into this cosy read that’s chock-full of surprises!’ – Mandy BaggotEveryone deserves a second chance…don’t they?Jenny Masters finds herself living the modern dream. Wife to a millionaire, living in a mansion and mother to Kardashian-obsessed ten-year-old April, there isn’t anything missing. Until, her whole world comes crashing down, forcing Jenny and April to leave behind their glittering life and start over with nothing.With village gossip following her wherever she...
| Автор | Samantha Tonge |
Loopy legislation, crazy crimes and punishments – based on the TV series Beyond Belief!In Madagascar the law forbids pregnant women to wear hats or eat eels.In 1982, an elephant was arrested in Wisconsin on suspicion of murder.Minnesotans may not put male and female underwear next to each other on the clothes line.It sometimes seems that there is a law for everything these days – you never know when you could be risking arrest through some seemingly innocent act, especially when travelling...
| Автор | Jenny Paschall |
It’s the ideal Christmas gift – the first ever collection of pictures of the world’s fattest pets! Marvel at the supersized cats, dogs, rabbits and others to be found in this astounding and entertaining book. Will fit in most stockings.These days, many pets eat a bit too much. Many of them also laze around all day doing nothing. But not all of them have what it takes to make it into this pictoral collection of the most impressively outsize pets ever to sit on a sofa.Here, in ‘Fat Pets’,...
| Автор | Professor J. D. Scoffbowl |
‘The Summer of Second Chances is the perfect feelgood summer read.’ Chrissie Manby, author of What I Did On My HolidaysLottie is about to discover that even when you think you’ve lost everything, hope and romance can be just around the corner . . .It takes time to build your life. To get into a long-term (OK, a bit boring) relationship. To find a job (you don’t completely hate). Lottie might not be thrilled with the life she’s put together, but it’s the one she’s got.So when, in the course of...
| Автор | Maddie Please |
A text-only edition of the hilarious Letters of Not. A collection of remarkable and completely made-up correspondence from the great and the good across history.Many books have collated the exceptional letters and personal writing of the famous, offering a fascinating insight into well-known figures’ personal lives and hidden desires. But what of the undistinguished epistles of the renowned? Can their less auspicious musings divulge clues to their hopes and ambitions? Probably not. But they can...
| Автор | Dale Shaw |
Classic stills from the life of one of Britain's most venerated entertainers.This is the extraordinary life story of comic legend Denis Norden, told in momentary snapshots by the master British comedian himself. Containing reminiscences of a career stretching back to the golden age of the radio, through the heyday of cinema and the early pioneering days of television comedy, Back Then showcases Denis Norden's creative genius at its very best.Told with Denis' hallmark flashes of brilliant humour...
| Автор | Denis Norden |
The Optimist’s Encyclopedia.In this A-Z of all things nice, Steve Stack takes the reader on an alphabetical tour of the good things in life.Trivial things such as dunking biscuits, drawing pictures in steamed up windows and the sound jelly makes.Big important things like falling in love, Nobel Peace Prize winners and the Internet.And pretty much everything in between from Lego to the shipping forecast, popping bubble wrap to meerkats with guest appearances from Sir David Attenborough, Oliver...
| Автор | Steve Stack |
Sick as a parrot becasue the big match has been cancelled or the TV’s broken down? Then this brilliant collection of the very best football jokes ever will soon have you over the moon – and rolling in the aisles.A group of flies were playing football in a saucer, using a lump of sugar as a ball. One of them said, ‘We’ll have to do better than this, lads – we’re playing in the cup tomorrow!’Whether you are a football widow or a fanatical follower of the game, an aspiring World Cup star or a...
| Автор | Edward Phillips |