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'A rollercoaster of glorious, criminal wordplay' - Ian Martin,
writer of VEEP, THE DEATH OF STALIN 'Shit Literary Siblings
celebrates the mundane figures, and the characters that, until now,
were destined to lurk in the wings - Donna Quixote, Todd Gatsby,
Hubert Humbert included' - The Face The imagined worlds of books
are populated by some of the most loved and recognisable characters
we know. But for every famous detective, Victorian heroine and
beloved children's character there often exists an overlooked,
often rubbish, and frequently downright sh*t sibling. These
unfortunate nobodies have never had the spotlight turned upon them.
Until now. Meet the likes of... Euston Bear - currently living off
Burger King wrapper sandwiches after ending up at the wrong station
Walter Wonka - a Kettering dentist with a phobia of dwarves Gandalf
the Greggs - beardy, pastry-covered piss wizard who spends long
periods of time in the high street bakery chain The Honourable
Jeremy Dracula - younger brother of the Count. Vegetarian. And many
more. With illustrations to help you spot these oddballs hanging
around on the streets, SH*T LITERARY SIBLINGS is a must have slice
of humour for the book lover in your life.
'Escape first, talk about politics later!' said George. From the
author of Number One Christmas bestseller, Five on Brexit Island,
join the Five in their next hilarious adventure in this bestselling
series for grown-ups! It's a year after the Brexit vote. The four
housemates and Timmy are on a visit to see their evil genius cousin
Rupert. Rupert owns a chunk of the Jurassic Coast, part of which he
has turned into an island and declared independence from Britain.
Its fifteenth-century Dorset castle is a tourist attraction, but a
computer hack puts the ancient fortifications into lockdown and
plunges the Five into peril. Can our intrepid friends escape to the
safety of mainland Europe?
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Trump v Trump
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Can you tell the Trumpisms from the hot air?!?! The big bad media
just keeps on spreading tall tales, but at long last here is a book
that can help you hone your skills of fishing the truth from the
lies! On each page of this book, you'll find two statements on the
same subject matter. One is from the real Trump (i.e. a definitive
quote from DJT about happenings in the USA, the rest of the world,
people and general wisdom). The other is your average trump
(something we made up, fake news, hot air, smoke in the wind, a big
fat fart). For example* . . . A) TRUMP: Climate change has happened
since dinosaur times, it's happened since cave men walked the
earth. And they didn't have cars in the Ice Age. or B) TRUMP: It's
really cold outside, they are calling it a major freeze, weeks
ahead of normal. Man, we could use a big fat dose of global
warming! The perfect stocking filler for quiz-hungry politicos this
Christmas, TRUMP V TRUMP will keep you entertained for hours. -----
* The Answer is B! Donald tweeted this back on 19 October 2015 -
because who isn't wistful for climate change?
The PERFECT GIFT for that special grandparent you know so well and
love with all your heart but whom you haven't got a clue what to
get her for a present. Not a bloody clue.
_______________________________________ Grandparents are versatile.
They are babysitters, weather forecasters, mother's helpers, sweet
collectors, child-minders, knitwear suppliers, au pairs, curators
of G-plan furniture and providers of day-care for the under
twelves. Retirement is an exhausting job.
_______________________________________ Grandparents spend a lot of
time in the garden making everything tidy and pretty, so they have
something tidy and pretty to look at while they are doing the
gardening _______________________________________ This delightful
book is part of the Ladybird series specially planned to help
grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the
careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful
matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they
have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork
alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. Other titles in the
Ladybirds for Grown Ups series: How it Works: The Student How it
Works: The Cat How it Works: The Dog The Ladybird Book of the
Meeting The Ladybird Book of Red Tape The Ladybird Book of the
People Next Door The Ladybird Book of the Sickie The Ladybird Book
of the Zombie Apocalypse How it Works: The Husband How it Works:
The Wife How it Works: The Mum How it Works: The Dad The Ladybird
Book of the Mid-Life Crisis The Ladybird Book of the Hangover The
Ladybird Book of Mindfulness The Ladybird Book of the Shed The
Ladybird Book of Dating The Ladybird Book of the Hipster
This easy-to-follow-through guide lifts the lid on toilet marks and
unlocks the secret of your secretions. A divination guide for
bowel-on-bowl action, this book will develop your innate intuition
skills and reveal the mysteries of symbolics. But this is not just
symbolics; this is some really deep shit. Sifting through the crap
to the find the sweetcorn of truth, this is an illustrated guide to
the meaning of that which comes from our souls. Say it loud. Our
souls. Our souls. Our souls. Crap Divination is the turd-teller's
Tarot, the butt-bean favomancer's friend, the smelly-pebble
pessomancer's pamphlet and is your guide to the dark art of reading
dark marks. "It's a load of shite if you ask me. Not the book. The
book's alright." S. Mears "I once did two turds and one spooned the
other. What does this mean?" [review does not meet the criteria for
verification. Send it on to Clive in Accounts though as I'm sure he
did a spooner once] About the author: Dingleberry Marx knows he's
shit. He also knows his shit.
THE PERFECT GIFT for people who ride their Harleys to work while
wearing guyliner and winklepickers, even in freezing temperatures.
__________________________________ Jason's mid-life crisis started
one Sunday morning in B&Q when he spotted a tub of boat
varnish. 'I will never own a boat,' he thought to himself. Jason
has never wanted to own a boat. But now, not owning one is all he
can think about.' __________________________________ 'Sally has
tried lots of things to make herself feel younger: running,
glamping, Pilates, adult colouring books, a 'mummy make-over,'
Bikram planking, Platonic irrigation and having an inappropriate
relationship with a rangy twenty-something intern called Zeb, who
has three beards and a Lego earring. Sally has given up and is now
thinking of joining the National Trust.'
__________________________________ This delightful book is the
latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially
planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large
clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition
and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable
grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring
original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new
text. 'Hilarious' Stylist Other new titles for Autumn 2017: How it
Works: The Brother How it Works: The Sister The Ladybird Book of
the Ex The Ladybird Book of the Nerd The Ladybird Book of the New
You The Ladybird Book of Balls The Ladybird Book of the Big Night
Out The Ladybird Book of the Quiet Night In People at Work: The
Rock Star Previous titles in the Ladybirds for Grown Ups series:
How it Works: The Husband How it Works: The Wife How it Works: The
Mum How it Works: The Dad The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis
The Ladybird Book of the Hangover The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness
The Ladybird Book of the Shed The Ladybird Book of Dating The
Ladybird Book of the Hipster How it Works: The Student How it
Works: The Cat How it Works: The Dog How it Works: The Grandparent
The Ladybird Book of Red Tape The Ladybird Book of the People Next
Door The Ladybird Book of the Sickie The Ladybird Book of the
Zombie Apocalypse The Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder
My fellow irrelevant Australians. Never, in the history of our
democracy, has Australian political life been in such a parlous
state. There are people living in this country who have never seen
true political leadership, having been governed in recent times by
the dullest, most sanctimonious, hypocritical choir of patsies.
This book will give them a woefully overdue idea of what a real
leader looks like. Leadership is not like a can of Popeye's spinach
- you have to earn it. And earn it I did. And I am going to tell
you how. In The Gospel According to Paul, writer and satirist
Jonathan Biggins draws on his award-winning play to harness the
eviscerating wit, wisdom and confidence of Keating, showing us the
evolution of Paul John Keating, from Bankstown to the Lodge and
beyond. Almost the autobiography Keating said he would never write,
it is a timely reminder of the political leadership we are sorely
missing.
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Poundemonium
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Julian Rios; Translated by Richard A. Francis
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Just as Ezra Pound wrote an "Homage to Sextus Propertius" to pay
tribute to an important influence, Juli?n R?os offers in his novel
an "Homage to Ezra Pound" (as the original Spanish edition is
subtitled). On November 1, 1972, news of Pound's death in Venice
reaches three Spanish bohemians in London, passionate admirers of
"il miglior fabbro" ("the better craftsman," as Eliot called him),
who decide to honor Pound's memory by visiting various sites in
London associated with him.
Filled with allusions to Pound's life and works and written in a
style similar to Finnegans Wake, R?os's word-mad novel features the
same characters from his first novel "Larva" the poet Milalias, his
girlfriend Babelle, and their mentor X. Reis, each of whom writes
part of the novel: Milalias writes the Joycean main text, Reis (as
Herr Narrator) adds commentary on facing pages, and Babelle
furnishes maps and photos. Together, they compile the "Parting
Shots" at the end, dazzling short stories that expand upon
incidents in the main text. Sound confusing? No more so than "The
Cantos," and R?os is much funnier.
'The iceberg always blinks at the last minute.' - @BorderIrish 'I
was living the quiet life, watching the traffic and the sheep go by
and then Brexit came along and I listened to people dismissing my
importance. I could see the danger coming in the distance, like a
cold front on the Tyrone skyline. So I thought, how can an
invisible border be heard?' 97 years young, the Irish Border may be
a late adopter of Twitter, but with more than 82k followers
including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Piers Morgan and Alastair
Campbell, the Border isn't so invisible anymore.
What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the
consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting
considered to be taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues
eloquently, in a forceful a posteriori fashion, that most of the
distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences
not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this venerable
and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's Essay upon Wind
provides a detailed analysis, classification and history of
farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly
eminent farters of the past.
**STRICTLY UNOFFICIAL** 'Deliciously funny and highly impudent' -
Jon Culshaw The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de
Pfeffel Johnson, aged 131/4, provides a fascinating glimpse into
how Boris, a lazy, bumptious and overweening child, comes to
believe he should be Prime Minister. Along the way, we see him hone
the techniques and persona that will one day hoodwink a nation. ***
Extract from 13-year-old Boris's TEN RULES FOR LIFE: It's not lying
if you don't bother to learn the truth. Many people - politicians,
for instance - make the mistake of going about laden with facts and
statistics. However, when studiously ignorant of the
aforementioned, one may argue one's case with total conviction. A
friend is just an enemy you haven't yet made. Some say there's no
'I' in 'team'. Well, I say you can't spell 'friend' without
'fiend'. No matter how dear your chum, you never know what sort of
treachery they harbour inside. After all, there are many people who
consider me a friend!
The PERFECT GIFT for the ones who are yet to know the meaning of
the words 'hard work' . . . in other words the back-to-schoolers
and the university goers. __________________________________ This
is a student. He is leaving home for the first time. By the time he
graduates, he will be grown-up: exhausted, hideously in debt and
unable to imagine going to bed sober.
__________________________________ Reynard has brought everything
he needs for his first year. He unpacks his fancy-dress costumes,
his four-way extension leads, his pair of pants and all his
didgeridoos. By doing front, back, inside-out front, inside-out
back, and using Febreze and Imodium, he plans to make his pants
last until half term. __________________________________ This
delightful book is part of a series of Ladybird books which have
been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.
The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent
repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all
enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope.
Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny,
brand new text. Other titles in the Ladybirds for Grown Ups series:
How it Works: The Cat How it Works: The Dog How it Works: The
Grandparent The Ladybird Book of the Meeting The Ladybird Book of
Red Tape The Ladybird Book of the People Next Door The Ladybird
Book of the Sickie The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse How
it Works: The Husband How it Works: The Wife How it Works: The Mum
How it Works: The Dad The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis The
Ladybird Book of the Hangover The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness The
Ladybird Book of the Shed The Ladybird Book of Dating The Ladybird
Book of the Hipster
Welcome to the weird and warped world of Scarfolk, a town forever
trapped in the 1970s... Based on the cult blog, the massive online
hit which has over a million page views in a year, this is an
illustrated guide to the Lancashire town which brings nightmarish
childhood memories relentlessly back to life. Fans of Charlie
Brooker, The League of Gentlemen and Brass Eye will love this...
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'Delicious and hilarious' -- ***** Reader
review 'Witty and savage' -- ***** Reader review 'Brutally funny
and scarily accurate' -- ***** Reader review 'Marvellously dark and
dangerous' -- ***** Reader review
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"Scarfolk is a town in north-west England that did not progress
beyond 1979. The entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. In
Scarfolk children must not be seen OR heard, and everyone has to be
in bed by 8 p.m. because they are perpetually running a slight
fever..." Part-comedy, part-horror, part-satire, Discovering
Scarfolk is the surreal account of a family trapped in the town.
Through public information posters, news reports, books, tourist
brochures and other ephermera, we learn about the darker side of
childhood, school and society in Scarfolk. A massive cult hit
online, Scarfolk re-creates with shiver-inducing accuracy and
humour our most nightmarish childhood memories. The perfect gift or
self-purchase for any forty or fifty-something with a dark sense of
humour!
Cinderella and the Beanstalk is a family Christmas pantomime, done
the Sleeping Trees way! After writing the script, booking the
venue, building a set and hiring a musician, the trio realise
they've forgotten one vital component; a cast. The boys have no
option but to perform the entire pantomime themselves, with only
their dear friend Mark Newnham on piano for compny. A glorious
cocktail of your favourite pantomimes! Follow Cinderella on a
perilous adventure as the scheming Rumple Stiltskin blackmails the
would-be princess into retrieving the coveted golden eggs from the
top of the beanstalk. Cinderella must complete her quest in order
to recover her glass slipper, but with Prince Charming, the Fairy
Godmother and Jack's pregnant cow all doing their best to get in
the way, these delicious, oversized eggs may not be so easily
sought out... Scrooge & the Seven Dwarves is the second
Sleeping Trees pantomime and it enjoyed a hugely successful run
over Christmas 2016, selling out over seven weeks at Theatre 503.
The show sees a Wicked Witch steal all of the Christmas spirit from
Santa Claus, which he needs to power his sleigh. Taking matters
into her own hands, Santa's mother decides that there is only one
person who can save Christmas from being ruined, the man who hates
Christmas most of all, Ebenezer Scrooge... "It's pantomime with a
jaunty twist and an intelligent exuberance. Even the biggest
pantomime cynic would find enjoyment in this infectiously fun
production." - A Younger Theatre
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