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The complete fifth series of the light-hearted BBC panel show
hosted by Rob Brydon. Joined by team captains Lee Mack and David
Mitchell, Brydon presides as a range of celebrity guests attempt to
detect truth amidst a mire of lies. Among the challenges on the
show, each guest must read aloud a series of statements about
themselves and attempt to bluff and double-bluff the opposition as
they try to guess which of the statements are correct. Among the
celebrities to appear in this series are Jack Whitehall, Miranda
Hart, Kevin Bridges, Louie Spence, Frank Skinner and Phil Tufnell.
THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's
most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges Declan dreams of becoming a
writer. It's a dream that helps him escape the realities of his
life - going through the motions at college and stacking
supermarket shelves part-time, whilst fighting a battle with the
ever-darkening thoughts in his head. He has his pet Labrador for
companionship and his best friend-turned-mentor, a
pseudo-intellectual who works as a greenskeeper at the local
municipal golf course, both of which help keep the worst of his
anxieties at bay. But following a drunken row with local gangsters,
Declan's worries threaten to spiral out of control. James Cavani -
Declan's idol and his hometown's claim to fame - is a renowned
writer, director and actor. But despite his success, his past
hasn't relinquished its hold of him, and through his younger
sister's battle with drug addiction, he finds himself returning to
a world he thought he had escaped. At face value, their lives
couldn't be more different, but perhaps fate has a way of bringing
kindred spirits together - and perhaps each holds the other's
redemption in their hands. Praise for THE BLACK DOG: 'I've just
finished THE BLACK DOG with a massive lump in my throat - what a
brilliant book. Touching, raucous, visceral and really funny with
some moments of real profundity.' Harriet Tyce 'One of the funniest
stand-up comedians in world and now the author of a brilliant
novel. Kevin's talent is starting to annoy me now.' Rob Beckett
'Immensely readable, fast moving and an insight into two sides of
Kevin Bridges, I really enjoyed it. Kevin's warmth and wit shine
through in his first novel. Never a dull moment and an array of
engaging, quirky characters. A funny and absorbing read with some
great insights into the world of negotiating being famous.' Jo
Brand 'I love this book. Brilliantly drawn, believable characters
of raw heart and honesty. Cannot recommend enough.' Matt Coyne
'Vulnerable and raw - this is a beautiful debut novel from the king
of comedic storytelling.' Tom Allen 'It's funny (obviously) and
dark (obviously) but tender and surprising, too.' Bobby Palmer
'Watching Kevin, I was sure he was born to be a stand-up comic, but
reading his book it is clear he can do absolutely anything he sets
his mind to. I look forward to visiting his Michelin starred
restaurant and living on his self-built space community. Everything
that is great about Kevin's stand up - the characters he creates,
the unapologetic root in working class life, the straddling of
worlds - is what's great about this book.' Jon Richardson
'Edgy, dark, funny and perceptive' The Herald 'Immensely readable'
Jo Brand 'Brilliant' The Sun 'Vulnerable and raw' Tom Allen A
life-affirming debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved
comedians, Kevin Bridges - exploring dysfunctional friendships,
family, and how to face your problems head on. Declan Dolan has
always wanted to be a writer, turning the ideas that spiral in his
head into stories on the page. He longs to emulate his hometown
hero, renowned writer and actor, James Cavani. Though their lives
couldn't be more different, they have a lot more in common than
they think. With his pet labrador Hector and his best
friend-turned-mentor Doof Doof by his side, Declan sets out to
escape his world of binge-drinking, supermarket shelf-stacking and
small-time gangsters. Meanwhile Cavani finds himself drawn back
into this world that he thought he had already escaped. Could it be
that fate has a way of bringing two people together when they need
it the most?
The comic autobiography of 2014 A comedian's autobiography? I
wonder if he's ever used humour to deflect from his insecurities?
To avoid being bullied? Is there heartache behind the humour? I
wonder if he's a manic-depressive? Tears of a clown? Yes, all of
that. Discover the hilarious life-story of one of Britain's
best-loved comedians in Kevin Bridges' brilliant memoir. 'First of
all, I have never written a book before, you probably haven't
either, so there we have it; a connection is established between
reader and writer . . .' Aged just 17, Kevin Bridges walked on
stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the
house down. He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he
discovered that he really could earn a living from making people
laugh. Kevin began life as a shy, nerve-ridden school-boy, whose
weekly highlights included a cake-bombing attack by the local
youths. Reaching his teens, he followed his true calling as the
class clown, and was soon after arrested for kidnapping Hugh Grant
from his local cinema on a quiet Saturday night. This was a guy
going somewhere - off the rails seeming most likely. Kevin's
trademark social commentary, sharp one-liners and laugh-out-loud
humour blend with his reflections on his Glaswegian childhood and
the journey he's taken to become one of the most-loved comedians of
our time. '. . . Hopefully now you'll take this over to the till
and I can accompany you for the next wee while. That's the benefit
of book shops, reading the little bit and then deciding if the
author deserves to be part of your carefully selected 3 for 2 deal,
or part of your plane journey, train journey, your next bath, your
next shite.' Praise for Kevin Bridges: 'The Best Scottish Stand up
of his Generation.' The Scotsman 'A wonderfully dry and deadpan
Glaswegian comic . . . one the most exciting talents to have
emerged from Scotland since Billy Connolly' Guardian 'Kevin Bridges
might just become the best stand-up in the land . . . he will go
and deliver a one-liner that you want to jot down and frame' The
Times 'Wonderfully sharp, assured stand-up from the preternaturally
gifted young comic' Independent
THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's
most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges Declan dreams of becoming a
writer. It's a dream that helps him escape the realities of his
life - going through the motions at college and stacking
supermarket shelves part-time, whilst fighting a battle with the
ever-darkening thoughts in his head. He has his pet Labrador for
companionship and his best friend-turned-mentor, a
pseudo-intellectual who works as a greenskeeper at the local
municipal golf course, both of which help keep the worst of his
anxieties at bay. But following a drunken row with local gangsters,
Declan's worries threaten to spiral out of control. James Cavani -
Declan's idol and his hometown's claim to fame - is a renowned
writer, director and actor. But despite his success, his past
hasn't relinquished its hold of him, and through his younger
sister's battle with drug addiction, he finds himself returning to
a world he thought he had escaped. At face value, their lives
couldn't be more different, but perhaps fate has a way of bringing
kindred spirits together - and perhaps each holds the other's
redemption in their hands. Praise for THE BLACK DOG: 'I've just
finished THE BLACK DOG with a massive lump in my throat - what a
brilliant book. Touching, raucous, visceral and really funny with
some moments of real profundity.' Harriet Tyce 'One of the funniest
stand-up comedians in world and now the author of a brilliant
novel. Kevin's talent is starting to annoy me now.' Rob Beckett
'Immensely readable, fast moving and an insight into two sides of
Kevin Bridges, I really enjoyed it. Kevin's warmth and wit shine
through in his first novel. Never a dull moment and an array of
engaging, quirky characters. A funny and absorbing read with some
great insights into the world of negotiating being famous.' Jo
Brand 'I love this book. Brilliantly drawn, believable characters
of raw heart and honesty. Cannot recommend enough.' Matt Coyne
'Vulnerable and raw - this is a beautiful debut novel from the king
of comedic storytelling.' Tom Allen 'It's funny (obviously) and
dark (obviously) but tender and surprising, too.' Bobby Palmer
'Watching Kevin, I was sure he was born to be a stand-up comic, but
reading his book it is clear he can do absolutely anything he sets
his mind to. I look forward to visiting his Michelin starred
restaurant and living on his self-built space community. Everything
that is great about Kevin's stand up - the characters he creates,
the unapologetic root in working class life, the straddling of
worlds - is what's great about this book.' Jon Richardson
This unique work is the first in a series of publications dedicated
to the condition of the air forces of the Red Army prior to the
Nazi invasion of 22 June 1941. The author describes in detail the
composition and the capabilities of the Soviet aviation alignment
in the Baltic Special Military District, as well as the training of
flight crews and technical personnel; the number and quality of the
materiel; the condition of the logistics structures, as well as the
operational and tactical plans of both Soviet and German Command;
and their reconnaissance operations. By using data from Soviet and
German archive documents, a chronology is recreated (along with the
details) of the air battles in the skies over the Baltic region on
the first day of the Great Patriotic War. The photographs, as well
as biographies, are presented of all the commanders of the
divisions, regiments and of the command headquarters of the Baltic
Special Military District. More than 300 unique photographs of
Soviet and German aircraft are presented (together with those of
their pilots) from the Soviet and German Archives, as well as from
private collections. The camouflage, markings and insignia of
aircraft that participated in the air battle are recreated, and
maps illustrating the bases belonging to the two warring sides
(both original and those recreated from archive documents) are
presented. In Soviet historiography, these events have been
afforded insufficient attention and, in fact, right up until 1991,
not one serious work on this topic had been published. Actually,
the first large-scale research undertaken following the collapse of
the USSR in the 1990s was conducted by D.B. Khazanov. In his
monographs, the events of the first few days of the war are finally
researched using an enormous amount of non-fiction literature
(including foreign literature), as well as the relatively small
amount of archive documents that had been published up until that
time; however, owing to the fact that access to archive documents
in that period was still very restricted, there were a great number
of incidents that went undisclosed in these works and, as a whole,
the course of events was examined in general terms (although
overall, it was very objective). Unfortunately, the lack of
historiography has enabled some opportunistic authors in recent
years to publish several works of pseudo-research, in which
disreputable attempts have been made to misrepresent the
achievements of the pilots and commanders of the air forces of the
Red Army - thus the publication of objective research (based on
archive documents) is long overdue; however, it is only in the last
few years - with the large-scale de-classification of the archives
and the new opportunities in document processing - that conducting
work of this scale has proved possible. Naturally, this publication
does not lay claim to a 100 percent disclosure of this topic, but
despite the shortcomings inherent in similar works, it does enable
history enthusiasts to follow stage by stage the condition of the
Red Army Air Force; their preparations to counter aggression on the
part of fascist Germany; and the battle in the air on the first day
of the Great Patriotic War.
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