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The Foretelling The Queen of
Spain's Beard Born To Be King Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Archbishop The Block Seal King Richard: 'Blood! Death! War!
Rumpy pumpy! Triumph! 'Through the ages, men of flair,
faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to their
country's heritage. Others, like die snivelling worm Edmund,
Duke of Edinburgh (alias 'The Black Adder"), have emerged
from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful
place in history... |
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In this delightful memoir, at
once hilarious, canny, and moving, Michael Korda does for
Dutchess County, New York, what Frances Mayes did for
Tuscany. This witty memoir reads like a novel, as it
chronicles Korda's transformation from city slicker to full
time resident of Dutchess County. Korda tells the true tale
of what country life is really like - from fried bologna
sandwiches to the ups and downs of owning pigs, from the
challenges of properly keeping horses, to the sad but true
fact that all the locals are fully aware that he "don't know
shit about septics." Sure to have listeners in stitches,
this is an audiobook that will appeal to everyone who's ever
dreamed of owning the perfect little escape up in the
country. |
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Joey Perrone is a woman with a
mission, for she's just been pushed overboard from a cruise
liner into the icy Atlantic Ocean by Chaz, her
less-than-caring husband - and survived to tell the tale.
She knows that Chaz is not the brightest marine scientist in
the world - hell, he can't even work out which way the Gulf
Stream runs. And if there's one place he hates it's the
Florida Everglades, an area he's supposed to be working to
protect. Chaz is on to something though, and it's something
so big and so lucrative that it's worth killing for. Joey
turns to the man who's pulled her from the sea: former cop,
current loner, Mick Stranahan. And with a little help from
her friends, Mick's dog, and a few of Chaz's enemies, they
hit on a scheme that should drive Chaz mad, while allowing
Joey to get even. |
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A corporate mole's-eye view of
the society in which we all live and toil, creating one of
the most entertaining, thought provoking, and just plain
funny bodies of work in contemporary letters. Stanley Bing
knows whereof he speaks. He has lived the last two decades
working inside a gigantic multinational corporation, kicking
and screaming all the way up the ladder. He has seen it all
-- mergers, acquisitions, layoffs, the death of the
three-martini lunch -- and has himself been painfully
re-engineered a number of times. He has eaten and drunk way
too much, stayed in hotels far too good for him, waited for
limousines in the pouring rain, and enjoyed it all. Sort of.
Most importantly, Bing has seen management at its best and
worst, and has practiced both as he made the transition from
an inexperienced player who hated pompous senior management
to a polished strategist who kind of sees its point of view
now and then. |
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Against all the odds... a
brilliant tribute to a show that changed the face of radio
comedy forever' --- The Stage. No-one can ever replace the
Goons. But fifty years on the world needed them more than it
ever had. and so the first ever GMTB - Genetically Modified
Tribute Band - was created! And lo. in March 2001 a
collection of vintage Milligan scripts were rescued, dusted
off and remade for a 21st century audience. |
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Looking to add a little
BITTERNESS to your holiday season? Then FESTIVUS is the book
you cannot do without! Take Frosty behind the woodshed ...
the time has come for Festivus! The event celebrated by
Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) on Seinfeld, where
participants raise aluminum poles, compete in "feats of
strength" and undertake the "airing of grievances," has
transcended television. People are actually observing
Festivus! In this side-splitting romp through the real world
of Festivus, Allen Salkin meets Miss Festivus, tastes
Festivus beer, and ponders the Festivus snail, showing how
anyone with a little creativity - and a dash of Costanza -
can celebrate a Happy Festivus! |
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One of the finest comedy shows
radio has come up with' -- The Times. 'My name is William
Hague, Conservative Party Leader. And I refuse to be
referred to as the illegitimate spawn of Ann Widdecombe and
Nicholas Parsons'. Dead Ringers transports you to an
alternative Radio 4 where deadly continuity announcers rule
the roost and Home Truths finally (inevitably?) clashes with
John Peel's Radio 1 Show. Where a desperate Time Lord calls
directory enquiries in search of his sworn arch-enemy and
Alan Bennett and Thora Hird are the kind of thugs you most
certainly wouldn't share your buttered scones with. |
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