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A Novel of Extreme Parenting

by John O'Farrell ...

This hilarious novel of a helicopter mom and dad is "a near-flawless caricature of 21st-century upper-middle-class parenthood" ( Publishers Weekly).Alice never imagined she would end up like this, so anxious after hearing about the dangers of meteorites that she makes her children wear bike helmets in the wading pool. Her husband, David, has taught their four-year-old to list every animal ... Read more

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This hilarious novel of a helicopter mom and dad is "a near-flawless caricature of 21st-century upper-middle-class parenthood" ( Publishers Weekly).Alice never imagined she would end up like this, so anxious after hearing about the dangers of meteorites that she makes her children wear bike helmets in the wading pool. Her husband, David, has taught their four-year-old to list every animal
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The Best a Man Can Get

A Novel

by John O'Farrell ...

A hilarious and touching debut novel in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition.Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a bachelor pad with three other guys. He spends his days lying in bed (a minifridge positioned perfectly within reach) and playing trivia games with his underachieving roommates. And when he feels like it, Michael crosses the city and returns home to his ... Read more

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A hilarious and touching debut novel in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition.Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a bachelor pad with three other guys. He spends his days lying in bed (a minifridge positioned perfectly within reach) and playing trivia games with his underachieving roommates. And when he feels like it, Michael crosses the city and returns home to his
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Global Village Idiot

Dubya, Dunces, and One Last Word Before You Vote

by John O'Farrell ...

In this collection of acid-tongued essays, "the U.K.'s answer to Dave Barry" skewers his American cousins ( Publishers Weekly).Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars' Awards and Britain's finest satirist, John O'Farrell takes dead aim at cell phones, awards ceremonies, genetic sheep splicers, America's right-wing cabal of dunces, dunderheads, dimwits, and the Big D himself. ... Read more

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In this collection of acid-tongued essays, "the U.K.'s answer to Dave Barry" skewers his American cousins ( Publishers Weekly).Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars' Awards and Britain's finest satirist, John O'Farrell takes dead aim at cell phones, awards ceremonies, genetic sheep splicers, America's right-wing cabal of dunces, dunderheads, dimwits, and the Big D himself.
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This Is Your Life

A Novel

by John O'Farrell ...

"[A] satire of celebrity culture and the numbing effects of fame" by the international bestselling comedy writer and author of Things Can Only Get Better ( Publishers Weekly).It's a big night at the London Palladium. Jimmy Conway is about to perform his stand-up comedy routine in front of two thousand invited guests and millions more watching the event live on TV. He steps into the spotlights and ... Read more

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"[A] satire of celebrity culture and the numbing effects of fame" by the international bestselling comedy writer and author of Things Can Only Get Better ( Publishers Weekly).It's a big night at the London Palladium. Jimmy Conway is about to perform his stand-up comedy routine in front of two thousand invited guests and millions more watching the event live on TV. He steps into the spotlights and
... Read more
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A Look Back at the Future

The BBC Radio 4 Spoof Comedy Series

by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Pete Sinclair ...

Narrated by Mark Burton, Pete Sinclair, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Jeremy Hardy, John O’Farrell, Griff Rhys Jones, Tony Hawks0, Nigel Planer1, Hugh Dennis2 ...

Series Audiobook 2 - A Look Back at
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2 hours 50 min

Brian Perkins and Kate Robbins ‘remember’ 21st Century years yet to happen in this futuristic 1994 comedy showFirst broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) in summer 1994, the Sony Award-winning show returns for a second series starring the ‘Godfather of Radio 4’, Brian Perkins, and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins. This time, they turn their comic gaze on six roller-coaster years from ... Read more

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Brian Perkins and Kate Robbins ‘remember’ 21st Century years yet to happen in this futuristic 1994 comedy showFirst broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) in summer 1994, the Sony Award-winning show returns for a second series starring the ‘Godfather of Radio 4’, Brian Perkins, and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins. This time, they turn their comic gaze on six roller-coaster years from
... Read more
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A Look Back at the Nineties

The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Pete Sinclair ...

Narrated by Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie, Hugh Dennis, Steve Coogan, Jack Dee, Rory Bremner ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Look Back at
Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

The 1993 series that sees Brian Perkins and Kate Robbins 'looking back' at the decade that was yet to happenNewsreader and ‘Godfather of Radio 4’ Brian Perkins and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins star in this Sony Award-winning satirical show, set on New Year’s Eve at the turn of the millennium. As the Nineties come to a close, they recall the tumultuous, earth-shattering events of the ... Read more

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The 1993 series that sees Brian Perkins and Kate Robbins 'looking back' at the decade that was yet to happenNewsreader and ‘Godfather of Radio 4’ Brian Perkins and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins star in this Sony Award-winning satirical show, set on New Year’s Eve at the turn of the millennium. As the Nineties come to a close, they recall the tumultuous, earth-shattering events of the
... Read more
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Little Blighty on the Down: Series 1-5

A BBC Radio 4 political comedy satire

by Mark Burton, John O’Farrell, Mike Coleman ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Alistair McGowan, Michael Troughton, Jo Kendall, Andrew Sachs, Nick Hancock ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

All five series of the political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty - plus Christmas Specials'A comic microcosm of a country not a million miles away' Radio TimesLittle Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include ... Read more

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All five series of the political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty - plus Christmas Specials'A comic microcosm of a country not a million miles away' Radio TimesLittle Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include
... Read more
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The Boy Crisis

Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It

by Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD ...

Narrated by Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD ...

Unabridged

15 hours 10 min

What is the boy crisis?It’s a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our s ons will have less education than their dads.It’s a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.It’s a crisis of sexuality. Sex is a minefield for our sons. They’re bombarded with mixed messages, afraid of being either ... Read more

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What is the boy crisis?It’s a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our s ons will have less education than their dads.It’s a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.It’s a crisis of sexuality. Sex is a minefield for our sons. They’re bombarded with mixed messages, afraid of being either
... Read more
The Boy Crisis

Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell, John Gray ...

What is the boy crisis?It's a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science.It's a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.It's a crisis of fathering. Boys are growing up with less-involved fathers and ... Read more

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What is the boy crisis?It's a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science.It's a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.It's a crisis of fathering. Boys are growing up with less-involved fathers and
... Read more
Ted Kennedy

A Life

by John A. Farrell ...

**Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction • A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"Revelatory . . . the definitive single volume . . . fresh and indelible." —Oprah Daily"A rounded portrait of a gifted, complex, and sometimes tortured man." —The Boston GlobeAn enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America’s most fascinating and consequential political figures, ... Read more

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**Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction • A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"Revelatory . . . the definitive single volume . . . fresh and indelible." —Oprah Daily"A rounded portrait of a gifted, complex, and sometimes tortured man." —The Boston GlobeAn enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America’s most fascinating and consequential political figures,
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Whispers: The Complete Series 1-3

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Game

by Gyles Brandreth ...

Narrated by Gyles Brandreth, Anthony Holden, Stella Duffy, Lucy Moore, Lynne Truss, Jennie Bond, Geoffrey Durham, Charles Collingwood, Penny Junor, Julian Fellowes0, Richard Herring1, Dan Tetsell2, John O’Farrell3, Louise Doughty4, Jenny T Colgan5 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Gyles Brandreth presents the quiz show with scandal on its mindHosted by the least discreet man in Britain, broadcaster and national treasure Gyles Brandreth, Whispers is the panel game that celebrates all things scurrilous and salacious. Running the gauntlet of gossip are two teams of two guests, who test their wits and wit as they try to tell the difference between fact, fiction and outlandish ... Read more

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Gyles Brandreth presents the quiz show with scandal on its mindHosted by the least discreet man in Britain, broadcaster and national treasure Gyles Brandreth, Whispers is the panel game that celebrates all things scurrilous and salacious. Running the gauntlet of gossip are two teams of two guests, who test their wits and wit as they try to tell the difference between fact, fiction and outlandish
... Read more
Hotel California

An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories

by Don Bruns, Don Bruns, Amanda Flower, Heather Graham, Rick Bleiweiss, Reed Farrel Coleman, John Gilstrap, Andrew Child, Jennifer Dornbush ...

Series series The Music and Murder Mystery Series
Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child!A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse—you never know who you’ll run into at the Hotel California.Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify—and maybe even chill ... Read more

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Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child!A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse—you never know who you’ll run into at the Hotel California.Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify—and maybe even chill
... Read more

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