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27 produkter
Fatherhood
The Truth
Häftad, 2005
198 kr
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There are lots of books about parenthood. But if you look closely most of them are about motherhood. Fathers get brief paragraphs about needing the odd cuddle themselves and being helpful for carrying the heavier elements of baby kit, but that's it. Fatherhood - The Truth, on the other hand, is a …
Rain Men
Häftad, 1996
156 kr
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There are many cricket books, and they are all the same. 'Don't Tell Goochie', autobiographical insights of nights on the tiles in Delhi with Lambie and the boys; 'Fruit cake days', a celebrated humourist recalls 'ball' - related banter of yore; and Wisden, a deadly weapon when combined with a …
Zimmer Men
The Trials and Tribulations of the Ageing Cricketer
Häftad, 2006
155 kr
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Ten years after his classic Rain Men - 'cricket's answer to Fever Pitch,' said the Daily Telegraph - Marcus Berkmann returns to the strange and wondrous world of village cricket, where players sledge their team-mates, umpires struggle to count up to six, the bails aren't on straight and the team …
Ashes To Ashes
35 Years of Humiliation (And About 20 Minutes of Ecstasy) Watching England v Australia
Häftad, 2010
155 kr
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The Ashes may be the longest and fiercest sporting soap opera the world has known. The anticipation is always intense, expectations are high and, for England fans, disappointment is almost inevitable, as we usually lose. But it's a drug we can never kick. How have we got into this state? Can we …
Shed Of One's Own
Midlife Without the Crisis
Häftad, 2013
155 kr
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For many men, middle age arrives too fast and without due warning. One day you are young, free and single; the next you are bald, fat and washed-up, with weird tendrils of hair growing out of your ears. None of it seems fair. With age should come dignity and respect, but instead everyone makes …
Set Phasers to Stun
50 Years of Star Trek
Häftad, 2017
155 kr
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Forty-seven years after NBC killed it off, Star Trek celebrates its half-century in a state of rude health. Boldly going where several other people have been before, Marcus Berkmann tells the story of this sturdy science fiction vehicle from its first five-year mission (rudely curtailed to three), …
Spectator Book of Wit, Humour and Mischief
Häftad, 2018
170 kr
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Approaching its 200th birthday in the rudest of health, the Spectator is known for the quality of its writing and the deep eccentricity of some of its writers. Given the freedom to say what they want, they take that freedom and more, and the result is original, provocative, often very funny, …
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany
Häftad, 2022
155 kr
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Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes …
Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery
or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On
E-bok, 2023
45 kr
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From the bestselling author of A Shed of One''s Own , a very funny memoir about being 60. Marcus Berkmann''s funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One''s Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he realises he has entered a new age category: the …
Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery
or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On
Inbunden, 2023
213 kr
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From the bestselling author of A Shed of One's Own, a very funny memoir about being 60.Marcus Berkmann's funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One's Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he realises he has entered a new age category: the …
Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery
or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On
Häftad, 2025
141 kr
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From the bestselling author of A Shed of One's Own, a very funny memoir about being 60.Marcus Berkmann's funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One's Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he realises he has entered a new age category: the …
Berkmann's Pop Miscellany
Sex, Drugs and Cars in Swimming Pools
Häftad, 2024
151 kr
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Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also the author of the bestselling Berkmann's Cricket Miscellany, concentrating on the ridiculous true stories and the weird characters of that most eccentric of sports. Here he …
Ashes To Ashes
35 Years of Humiliation (And About 20 Minutes of Ecstasy) Watching England v Australia
E-bok, 2009
45 kr
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In summer 2009, by far the most popular event in the cricketing calendar comes round again - the Ashes series between England and Australia. The anticipation will be intense, the hype absurd, the sense of expectation never remotely likely to be satisfied, for two good reasons. England won in 2005 …
Shed Of One's Own
Midlife Without the Crisis
E-bok, 2012
44 kr
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For many men, middle age arrives too fast and without due warning. One day you are young, free and single; the next you are bald, fat and washed-up, with weird tendrils of hair growing out of your ears. None of it seems fair. With age should come dignity and respect, but instead everyone makes …
Zimmer Men
The Trials and Tribulations of the Ageing Cricketer
E-bok, 2010
45 kr
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Ten years after his classic Rain Men - ''cricket''s answer to Fever Pitch,'' said the Daily Telegraph - Marcus Berkmann returns to the strange and wondrous world of village cricket, where players sledge their team-mates, umpires struggle to count up to six, the bails aren''t on straight and the …
Matter Of Facts: The Insider's Guide To Quizzing
E-bok, 2013
45 kr
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Marcus Berkmann is a competitive obsessive but where he was very bad at cricket (see RAIN MEN) he''s a brilliantly knowledgeable nerd and a great success at pub quizzes. He''s possibly the only man in Britain whom Nick Hornby is jealous of - because his team beat Hornby''s in a pub quiz and went on …
Rain Men
E-bok, 2013
91 kr
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There are many cricket books, and they are all the same. ''Don''t Tell Goochie'', autobiographical insights of nights on the tiles in Delhi with Lambie and the boys; ''Fruit cake days'', a celebrated humourist recalls ''ball'' - related banter of yore; and Wisden, a deadly weapon when combined with …
Set Phasers to Stun
50 Years of Star Trek
E-bok, 2016
45 kr
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Forty-seven years after NBC killed it off, Star Trek celebrates its half-century in a state of rude health. Boldly going where several other people have been before, Marcus Berkmann tells the story of this sturdy science fiction vehicle from its first five-year mission (rudely curtailed to three), …
Spectator Book of Wit, Humour and Mischief
E-bok, 2016
45 kr
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Approaching its 200th birthday in the rudest of health, the Spectator is known for the quality of its writing and the deep eccentricity of some of its writers. Given the freedom to say what they want, they take that freedom and more, and the result is original, provocative, often very funny, …
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany
E-bok, 2019
44 kr
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Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men , returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes …
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany
Inbunden, 2019
179 kr
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Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes …
How to Be a Writer
Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea
E-bok, 2022
45 kr
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Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this one. He reckons to have written literally millions of words in that time, several of them in the right order. This, his 13th or possibly 14th book, is about those …
How to Be a Writer
Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea
Inbunden, 2022
202 kr
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Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this one. He reckons to have written literally millions of words in that time, several of them in the right order. This, his 13th or possibly 14th book, is about those …
Berkmann's Pop Miscellany
Sex, Drugs and Cars in Swimming Pools
E-bok, 2021
45 kr
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Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator , waiting like most freelances to get fired. He''s also the author of the bestselling Berkmann''s Cricket Miscellany , concentrating on the ridiculous true stories and the weird characters of that most eccentric of sports. Here he …
Berkmann's Pop Miscellany
Sex, Drugs and Cars in Swimming Pools
Inbunden, 2021
173 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also the author of the bestselling Berkmann's Cricket Miscellany, concentrating on the ridiculous true stories and the weird characters of that most eccentric of sports. Here he …
Fatherhood
The Truth
E-bok, 2011
167 kr
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There are lots of books about parenthood. But if you look closely most of them are about motherhood. Fathers get brief paragraphs about needing the odd cuddle themselves and being helpful for carrying the heavier elements of baby kit, but that's it. Fatherhood - The Truth, on the other hand, is a …
Lenin of the Rovers: The Adventures of a Communist Football Club
The Complete Series 1 and 2 of the BBC Radio Comedy
Ljudbok, 2023
188 kr
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Alexei Sayle stars in this comical story of Britain''s first Communist football team A secret descendant of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, Ricky Lenin is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, fervently committed to overthrowing the decadent world of British football. As a midfield maestro, he''s perfectly …
