"The hero of this hilarious tale discovers that in attempting to avoid trouble one often encounters even greater difficulties. Seuss fans will be enthralled."
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 clothing. I`m not sure which is the more horrific vision; anthrax all over London or Nicholas Soames slipping out of his Y-fronts while chatting to a naked Ann Widdecombe. Here at last is the third collection of John O`Farrell`s immensely popular "Guardian" columns - the final part of the trilogy in which he discovers that Margaret Thatcher is actually his mother. Contained within these covers are a hundred funny, satirical essays on subjects as diverse as Man`s ascent from the apes...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77359-1
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
"A book thoughtful readers will surely return to again and again... It is hard to imagine a more complete and fulfilling book than this." - The Times Literary Supplement (London).
ISBN: 0-440-34369-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This #1 "New York Times" bestseller by America`s Queen of Suspense is a riveting thriller about a young woman whose wealthy, sleepwalking husband may have murdered his first wife - and could be planning to murder her.
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9730-5
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Meet Zhenya Gorevich - an irrepressible idealist ba Soviet Russia. When his mother confesses the unlikely secret of his parentage, Zhenya knows he must go west and find his long-lost father. His impossible quest takes him from provincial Vitebsk to Moscow and finally to London and the 1966 World "Heard Lenin Laugh" is a sparkling, poignant story of one man`s circuitous journey through life - delightfully bringing the riotous tradition of Russian satire to the swinging London of the 1960s. Формат: 13 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-330-42677-0
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Get ready to meet Angela Clark as she flees the world`s worst wedding for a new `s official. Angela Clarke is in love - with the most fabulous city in the world. Fleeing her cheating boyfriend and clutching little more than a crumpled bridesmaid dress, a pair of Louboutins and her passport, Angela jumps on a plane, destination - NYC. Holed up in a cute hotel room, Angela gets a New York makeover from her NBFJenny and a whirlwind tour of the city that never sleeps. Before she knows it, Angela is dating two sexy guys. And, best of all, she gets to write about it in her new blog (Carrie Bradshaw eat your heart out). But it`s one thing telling readers about your romantic dilemmas, it`s another figuring them out for yourself ...Angela has...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728838-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah`s Book Club (pick is now in mass market paperback). This spellbinding novel of responsibility and family, betrayal and redemption is an exquisitely written, profoundly human masterpiece.
ISBN: 978-0-06-109764-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Contemporary / American English Today Maya Angelou is one of the world`s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope. This is Maya`s true story.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8265-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The highly anticipated new novel from the international bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie, Alice Feeney`s new novel is her most twisted and nerve-wracking thriller yet.Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can`t remember where from. But I know exactly who you are. I know what you`ve done. And I am watching you.When Aimee comes home and discovers her husband is missing, she doesn`t seem to know what to do or how to act. The police think she`s hiding something and they`re right, she is - but perhaps not what they thought. Aimee has a secret she`s never shared, and yet, she suspects that someone knows. As she struggles to keep her career and sanity intact, her past comes back to haunt her in ways more dangerous than...
When the Diamond Brothers receive an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island, things seem to be looking up. But Nick`s got a bad feeling, and it`s not indigestion. And when he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse - especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways.
ISBN: 978-1-4063-0850-1
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
It will come as no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Clarkson loves machines. But it`s not just any old bucket of bolts, cogs and bearings that puts that rings his bell. In fact, he`s scoured the length and and breadth of the land, plunged into oceans and taken to the skies in search of those rare machines with that elusive certain something. and along the way he`s discovered: the safest place to be in the event of nuclear war; who would win if Superman, James Bond and The Terminator had a fight; the stupidest person he`s ever met; what an old Cornish institution called Arthur has to do with 0898 chat lines; and how Jean Claude Van Damme might get eaten by a lion. In "I Know You Got Soul", Jeremy Clarkson tells the stories of the geniuses,...
ISBN: 978-0-14-102292-5
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Highwaymen and naughty children, sharks and baboons, the Snitterjipe and the Jabberwocky, all have their part to play. Each and every poem in this treasure chest of family favourites was chosen by a child for other children. With poems from William Wordsworth and Christina Rosetti to Roald Dahl and Michael Rosen, there really is something for everyone. Classics to savour and new favourites to discover! This is a classic anthology to treasure forever.
Delightful first touch-and-feel book all about ducklings. Babies and toddlers will love to look at the cute duckling photographs and listen to the fun rhymes about what ducklings enjoy doing best. Different textures including fluffy feathers, sparkly splashes and a cosy nest are fun for little fingers to touch and feel.
ISBN: 978-1-84915-380-5
Издательство:
Priddy Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world and covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers, clothing, calendars, pens, pencils, erasers, and video games) to high-brow contemporary art ( Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images, Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular, adorable, hilarious, and sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist and her feelings towards his or her work, creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud, brightly full-colored images that flood each page.
New cover relaunch of this hugely popular title in the irresistible series about Lily and her friend, Blue Kangaroo. From the highly-regarded creator of Melrose and Croc and beautifully read by Joanna Lumley who already loves to read all of the Blue Kangaroo stories to her grandchildren. Every night Blue Kagnaroo falls fast asleep cuddled in Lily`s arms. He is her very own kangaroo. But things change when the new toy animals arrive. There just doesn`t seem to be enough room for Blue Kangaroo
ISBN: 978-0-00-730981-8
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: август 2011
