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by Jeremy Scott
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Why do women go for bastards? Not all women certainly, but an identifiable number of them - including almost all heiresses - find themselves drawn to, even marrying, a thoroughgoing wrong'un who steals their money, cheats on them and sometimes beats them up. Why, to these educated, rational, rich...
by Grant Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
My mate told me that I just don’t understand irony.
Which was ironic because we were at a bus stop at the time.
A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
An onion just told me a joke.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
A priest, a rabbi and a blind man walk into a...
by Grant Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
After making us laugh out loud with 5,000 Great One-Liners, Grant Tucker goes one better with this uproarious sequel! More One-Liners is another hilarious volume of the finest quips, zingers, puns and wisecracks known to humanity. From twists on the classics to modern greats, from A-grade antics to...
Modern Manners
The Essential Guide to Correct Behaviour and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
For many years Philip Howard has delighted Times readers with his wildly popular 'Modern Times' column, answering questions on contemporary etiquette and acting as confidant and gleeful guide to those attempting to avoid the pitfalls and perils of modern life. Now, drawing on that wealth of wisdom,...
The Odd Couple
The Curious Friendship between Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Kingsley Amis was a mimic, jester, father, husband, atheist, pseudo-socialist and clubland Tory boozer with a limitless taste for adultery; Philip Larkin a glum misanthrope who lived in self-imposed solitude. And yet, after meeting at St John's, Oxford in 1941, this unlikely pair struck up a friendship...
The Boxer's Story
Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Death Camps
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Before 1940, Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than enjoying his teenage years and becoming a champion boxer. But the Nazis’ systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different sort of fight, where the prize for victory...
The Lost Words
A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times for many years, wittily illuminating a raft of the most obscure, esoteric words the English language has to offer. At the same time, his 'Word Watching' puzzles have provided readers with the chance to pit their lexicographical...
Twin Tracks
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one heard anything after that first word - 'three'....
The Shark that Walks on Land
And Other Strange but True Tales of Mysterious Sea Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... When you dive into the sea, do you ever wonder what's down there, beneath you, poised to take an inquisitive bite? Author of Jaws Peter Benchley and film director Steven Spielberg certainly did, for below the waves lies a world we neither...
Pets by Royal Appointment
The Royal Family and their Animals
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
The royal family say they can do without many things, but not their animals. Countless monarchs and their consorts have relied on dogs, cats, horses and even the occasional parrot to act as their constant, faithful companions, unquestioning allies and surrogate children.
With intimate anecdotes...
Henry Cooper
A Hero For All Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
When Sir Henry Cooper died in May 2011, the depth of affection in the tributes was a testament to his remarkable popularity. Put simply, Henry Cooper was the nation's favourite boxer: a gentleman and a great sportsman of whom Muhammad Ali - famously floored by Enery's 'Ammer in 1963 - remarked, 'Henry...
Fan-tastic Sporting Stories
300 True Tales of Fans Who Stole the Limelight
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
For some fans, a ringside seat just isn't close enough to the action. Stretching from the benign to the malign, from the entertaining to the insane, and from the sublime to the ridiculous, this compelling compendium contains over 300 true tales of fanatical fans who stole the spotlight from their...
Bobby Moore
The Definitive Biography
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The new edition of the bestselling biography. Bobby Moore was the embodiment of all that was great about English football. Captaining England to glory in 1966 and West Ham to victory in several major tournaments, he was loved and respected throughout the world as football's golden boy. This definitive...
by Michael Winner
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Feared and enjoyed around the world, Michael Winner's column in the Sunday Times is something of a phenomenon. One day, on a whim, the great man threw in a few of his favourite Jewish jokes. From such tiny acorns a cult following has grown, and old Hymie, the butt of many jokes, took on new life....