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'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.
*The perfect stocking filler for the cat lover in your life!*
Please Stop Touching Me
Every time you do
I have to lick everywhere
It's so exhausting
From the author of What I Lick Before Your Face comes this hilarious
companion, Please Stop Touching Me ... and Other Haikus by Cats.
Jamie Coleman returns with this brilliant collection of feline flights
of fancy. His hilarious haikus take us inside the minds of our most
popular pets revealing their inner-most secrets, their disdain for
their owners and the poetry that is common to all cats.
Featuring over 50 haikus complete with glorious images, this is a
hysterical gift for cat lovers, cat haters, and poetry enthusiasts
alike.
Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five
have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new
series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, can George, Dick, Anne, Julian
and Timmy survive the ultimate test of their friendship: Brexit? It
is the night of the referendum and the Five have retired to Kirrin
Island to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, fed up with the rancour
of public debate. George is firmly a 'remainer,' whilst Julian, who
is in the 'Brexit' camp, is tolerated on the grounds that Anne
cannot bear to go camping without him. (Timmy, largely apolitical
but not keen on cats or rabbits, joins them too.) The night is
tempestuous in more ways than one. George has managed to rig up a
satellite link with the mainland so they can keep abreast of the
news, and they sit huddled around the fire, amidst some tension, as
George's initial hope that the 'remainers' will triumph proves
premature... Meanwhile, a violent storm whips up. The damage is
apparent as the new day dawns and George declares a new meaning for
Brexit: Kirrin Island is exiting Britain...that is, until the red
tape becomes too much of a challenge and their happy life together
is under threat. Perfect for anyone sick of hearing that 'Brexit
means Brexit', or for that relative you're still not talking to
because of how they voted...
Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five
have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new
series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and
Timmy confront a new challenge: is it possible to get a good
gluten-free cream tea? Julian, Anne, Dick, George and Timmy are all
feeling really rather rum, and it's been going on for days. Nothing
seems to work, and with their doctors mystified, they're driven to
trying out various expedients to cure themselves. Julian goes
online to self-diagnose that he's got pancreatic cancer, bird flu
and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Anne decides that the old methods
are the best and decides to have herself exorcised - which proves
to be an awful lot of bother for everyone, and such a mess. Dick
goes to a witch-doctor who calls himself a 'homeopath' ('sounds
only one short of sociopath, Dick!') but it's George who discovers
they need to go on an exclusion diet, so they enter a world of
hard-to-find, maddeningly expensive specialist foods . . . Just
perfect for anyone who likes Deliciously Ella, Amelia Freer and the
Naturalista - as well as any reluctant partners who are
begrudgingly spiralising courgettes for dinner.
You may take my balls
But I will lick what remains
And then, dear, your face
Imagine if your dog could talk to you. Better still, imagine if it
could express its innermost feelings in poetic form.
This hilarious, insightful book confirms what we've all long suspected
- that inside every dog is the soul of a poet. From retrieving sticks
to rivalry with cats; from cold winter walks to endlessly chasing
tennis balls, no stone of a dog's life is left unturned.
With a delightful photo alongside every haiku, this is the perfect gift
for any dog lover.
Mauled Maimed Mangled Mutilated Mythology is adult literature that
satirizes twenty-one classic mythology stories into more mature
presentations featuring adult language, content and humor. Author
Jay Dubya goes right to work retelling adult renditions of female
myths Pandora, Ceres Goes Against the Grain and Echo's Cursing
Curse. Other famous adventure myths that are thoroughly pulverized
and clobbered are Bellerophon's Marathon Adventure, Theseus and the
Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Osysseus and the Cyclops and Jason
and the Golden Fleecers. Male hero and vanity/punishment myths are
also imaginatively assaulted and mercilessly converted into adult
versions as in the cases of Prometheus and Fire, The Three Golden
Apples, Oedipus, King Midas and Orpheus. Other stories that are not
saved from degeneration are the author's humorous original tales
Olympus Lives and also Colliding Myths, where Jay Dubya combines
the popular stories of Phaethon and the classic Daedalus and
Icarus. Love myths are also hammered with novel presentations of
Baucis and Philemon, Psyche and Stupid Cupid along with Atalanta's
Last Race. Finally, Norse mythology is not spared from total
degeneration with a very amusing retelling of Beowulf and Arabian
literature is also assaulted with a creative presentation of The
Fourth Voyage of Sindbad. Mauled Maimed Mangled Mutilated Mythology
is exclusively adult satirical literature that is definitely not
written for or to be read by children.
'This book has the biggest sales numbers ever. No other book comes
close, period.' Sean Spicer 'Psst, want a copy of the Trumpedia
audiobook? I taped the whole thing.' Michael Cohen 'The pages have
good people on both sides.' Steve Bannon 'The president misspoke-he
meant that he wouldn't like to read this book.' Sarah Huckabee
Sanders ' ' Jared Kushner 'Every word is a lie, it's all true, and
Trump should be locked up because he's innocent.' Rudy Giuliani
'Trumpedia makes me proud to be the wife of the first
African-American president. Be best!' Melania Trump Covering
Trumpian essentials like Mar-a-Lago, Kim Jong-Un, The Mooch,
'covfefe', Miss Universe, fast food and of course Vladimir Putin,
among other trending topics, Trumpedia is packed with the 45th
president's least favourite things - facts and jokes. Featuring his
unlikely successes in television, wrestling and politics, along
with disasters like Trump Vodka, Trump 'University' and Trump Child
Incarceration, Trumpedia is a roller coaster ride from the absurd
to the ridiculous to the genuinely disturbing. It's just like
following Trump on Twitter.
Raising kids can sometimes feel like society has ended, so why not
go one further, and actually plan for it? From James Breakwell, who
BuzzFeed called 'the funniest dad on Twitter', this hilarious book
will help you through the rise of the undead, with helpful hints
and tips on raising healthy, entirely human, offspring. So, hunker
down, stock up on supplies (alcohol, primarily) and get ready for
the long haul. Or alternatively, take the more proactive approach.
Ransack your kid's toy chest/weapons locker for zombie lacerating
objects, bear arms with a terrorising lightweight buggy, or (not
recommended) use your baby as a human missile. With kids and with
zombies, the possibilities are truly endless. And with parenting in
a zombie apocalypse, the rules change. Bursting with twisted logic,
questionable data, badly drawn cartoons and frank parenting advice,
this is the witty book that everyone will be talking about this
year. And who knows? It may even help you survive everyday life as
well. Reviews for James Breakwell Hilarious! - The Sun VERY funny
Twitter feed - The Daily Mail The most hilarious man on Twitter -
The Telegraph The funniest dad on Twitter - BuzzFeed
Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five
have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new
series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and
Timmy confront possibly their toughest challenge yet: parenthood
Bringing up a baby would surely be kid's play for The Five. How
hard could it possibly be?! When the doorbell rings one Saturday
afternoon, the last thing the Five were expecting to find on their
doorstep was a baby... But the Five are next of kin to Cousin
Rupert and his wife, so when they find themselves in a spot of
bother and are destined for a short spell behind bars, Anne, Dick,
George and Anne are the first port of call. First, it's the fear
and the tiredness that kicks in. They are terrified at being
responsible for this new life and have no idea they're doing it
right. Why is it crying? They use Dr Google constantly, who
whatever the situation offers the same range of advice from 'don't
worry about it' to 'rush her to the A&E'. 'Why is she crying?'
they constantly ask. 'Why?' It keeps them up all night every night,
until they are reduced to walking ghosts, haunted by a numb and
impotent fury. Is this an adventure too far for our Five?
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