The countdown to the motion picture event of 2009 begins here, in the exclusive graphic novel prequel to STAR TREK, the upcoming blockbuster film from Paramount Pictures!
JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Mike Johnson, Tim Jones, and David Messina present the origin of Nero, the mysterious Romulan who will ultimately threaten the survival of the entire universe. Don't miss this story that brings STAR TREK back to the big screen!
The bestselling stocking filler returns, though you might want to give granny her Christmas sherry before she looks at it: Mock The Week's Funniest Book Of All Time is a hilarious, edgy collection of brand new gags from the team behind the popular panel show.
Growing older - and let's face it, that means getting past thirty - is unavoidable. And there's nothing you can do about it except laugh.
So, as your physical attributes drift southwards, and your mental powers head for the hills, remember - and yes, we know it's difficult, what with forgetting where you parked the car (again), and addressing your youngest child as `Thingy' - that laughter helps
you forget all the things that you don't want to remember, but do.
This delicious companion to the bestselling The Book of Senior Moments and More Senior Moments (The Ones We Forgot) collects the finest, funniest and, occasionally, sauciest jokes about age and ageing, putting them down between hard covers where even you can't forget them. From riotously funny examples of senior moments to defiantly wry jokes, The Book of Senior Jokes (The Ones You Can Remember) celebrates all that is positive - and positively hilarious - about growing older. Here, at last, is a book guaranteed to make anyone laugh incontinently...
Art in Time reprints complete comic book stories that represent some of the best but obscure adventure stories from the 1940s through the 1980s. These little known comic gems highlight the fully developed styles of their artist-creators and offer readers an important look at some fascinating, but forgotten, works in comics history.
Caught in the blast of an experimental Gamma Bomb, Dr Bruce Banner is bathed in a wave of dangerous radiation. Though he seems unharmed, the deadly rays begin to drastically alter his body chemistry at a molecular level. Now, whenever Dr Banner is angry, he transforms into the green goliath monster known as The Incredible Hulk!
In this latest collection of tales, the Hulkster battles Super Villain threats of all shapes and sizes! After hitching a ride on an out of control missile. The Hulk ends up in the Savage Land where he uncovers an audacious alien plot to destroy the planet by altering its rotational axis. Next, Hulk is kidnapped and sent into space where he encounters the almost god-like Galaxy Master. Returning to Earth, he must then foil the evil machinations of the Sandman and the Mandarin, before finally stopping the Leader from starting World War Three. Get ready for a dose of classic gamma-powered action in the unmistakable mighty Marvel manner!
Maybe it's something they put in the Guinness, maybe it's the craze for the craic, but with wits like George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Flann O'Brien, the Irish have a heritage of humour that's unmatched. This book is packed with witty one-liners that will tickle your shamrock and turn your beer green. It's St Patrick's Day every day with Wicked Irish Wit, to be sure.
In this pithy and hilarious book, Karl Pilkington is in conversation with (the often bewildered) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the writers and stars of The Office and Extras. Karl's is a brilliant mind, locked inside a perfectly round head, and uncluttered by the unhelpful constraints of logic or common sense. He both baffles and enlightens with his take on topics as diverse as population control, simian affairs within human society, the sartorial deliberations of solitary spacemen and how long you can stay alive with your head chopped off. Featuring Karl's original illustrations, imaginative scribblings and the best conversations of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts, this is a unique trip into the world of one of our most innovative thinkers, visionarics and prophets, or as Gervais and Merchant know him, `the funniest man alive in Britain today':
18 of the most explosive war stories ever published. When Battle Pictures Weekly blasted into action on 8 March 1975, it was an instant smash hit, bringing the highs and lows of warfare both modern and ancient kicking and screaming into the age of glam rock and the Vietnam War.
A collection of baffling, hilarious, infuriating yet curiously compelling insights and anecdotes, diary entries, poems, true facts, cartoons, and assorted witterings concerning travel from the mind of Karl Pilkington, the unlikely star of the Ricky Gervais Show, the world's funniest and most successful podcast.
ALL-NEW SCENES WE'D LIKE TO SEE FROM THE HIT BBC2 COMEDY SHOW
From the makers of the bestselling Mock the Week: This Year's Book! comes this laugh-out-loud funny collection of one-liners for, well, the year after. Jam-packed with near-the-knuckle, quickfire gags, categories include:
'Incredibly moving, the book of the year' Whizzer and Chips
'Can you feel that? You can feel my finger? Do you like it? Does it feel good? Yeah? Sh*t, the doctor's here.'
It was love at first sight - she a beautiful heiress, he's a donkey in a hat.
Having taken the cards out of your rectum, shuffle them and give everyone the maximum they will accept.
`Could the man who has just been decapitated in Coach 6 please stop pressing the emergency button.'
Why does kicking the TV work? What can the US military learn from the lowly bacterium? Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible? How does a spark of a single virus trigger an epidemic that claims millions? In recent years, cutting-edge studies in fields such as economics, genetics, stock-market analysis and child development have hit on a startling new theory
The 1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon by Stephenie Meyer is now a major motion picture!
The third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire romance saga was brought to the silver screen by acclaimed director David Slade with stunning visuals and out-of-this-world special effects.
Now, in this deluxe visual companion to the film, New York Times bestselling author Mark Cotta Vaz gives fans a behind-the-scenes guide to crew, locations, sets and much more. With extensive full-colour photographs, interviews with the director, and exclusive interviews with the cast, the book offers an intimate look at the filmmaking process and reveals the secrets behind the most intense vampire and werewolf battles!
Top Gear has hit the road again, wreaking havoc across a planet too small for three ageing petrolheads with no sense of direction and a tendency to set things on fire. Lurking in the shadows, cowering in crannies, seek out our tame racing driver as he keeps an anxious eye on the troublesome trio whose rusty hanger he calls home.
Dear chums and chumettes,
I have created this little work of geniosity to help you avoid boy fiascos and become a successful Luuurve Goddess! Laugh your knickers off at my top tips on...
How not to look a prat and a fool beauty-wise.
Avoiding your family AT ALL TIMES.
NEVER allowing your brain to think for itself.
Fabby snogtastic hints!
I only do this because I love you.
Georgia xxx
If humans are so clever, why do we smoke and gamble, or take drugs, or fall in love? Is this really rational behaviour? And how come your idiot boss is so overpaid? In fact, the behaviour of even the unlikeliest of individuals - prostitutes, drug addicts, racists and revolutionaries - complies with economic logic, taking into account future costs and benefits, even if we don't quite realise it. We are rational begins after all.
The name is Bond. James Bond.
For millions of fans all over the world, these words have become synonymous with a world where anything can happen, a world of do-or-die exploits, of magnificently malevolent villains, of unforgettably beautiful women and of reckless romance in exotic locales. The James Bond Encyclopaedia celebrates, explores, reveals and explains every aspect of the world of James Bond, Agent 007, the most charismatic and capable superspy ever conceived.
After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, 28 year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his 73 year old dad. Sam Halpern, who is 'like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair, ' has never minced his words. And when Justin moved back home, he began to record all the ridiculous things his dad said to him... From the pitfalls of family weddings to confronting burglars naked with a shotgun, Sh*t My Dad Says is a chaotic, hilarious, true memoir of a father-and-son relationship from a major new comic voice.
The Rev I. M. Jolly & Friends is a tribute to the genius of Rikki Fulton. Year after year he brought us some of the funniest characters on television and herm in the definitive Last Call collection, you can once more enjoy the hilarious antics of the Rev Angus McKnocker and his knickers. The Rev David Goodchild and his lovely watter, the Rev W.E. free who'd burn the lot of yez, Mrs Ida Closehave and her unique missionary work and, of course, the unforgettable Rev I.M Jolly. A rare treat for Rikki Fulton fans.
Universally Challenged brings together all those unintentionally hilarious moments when members of the public make complete asses of themselves on TV and radio quizzes. It is packed with such gems as:
The Weakest Link -
Anne Robinson: What 'T' are people who live in a house paying rent to a landlord?
Contestant: Terrorists.
Family Fortunes -
Les Dennis: Name a bird with a long neck.
Contestant: Naomi Campbell.
University Challenge -
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant: Goosey?
In this book, you can relive classic clangers provided by foolhardy contestants as you sit smugly on your sofa, safe in the knowledge that the ridiculous answers you shout at the TV unheard by anyone but the cat.
This is the official book of one of the most talked about TV series to ever have hit our screens. The TV show offered a unique insight into the traveller and gypsy communities, their lives, loves and their incredible wedding ceremonies.
All of the biggest, most colourful characters from the series are here - including Thelma the wedding dressmaker, and Paddy the champion fighter. The book reveals what happened to some of the young lovebirds from the series - did they live happily ever after? And there's a host of new and wonderful characters to get to know.
But it's not just about weddings. This book sheds light on what it's like to grow up living on the outside of society, suffering the suspicions of settled folk and trying to preserve the traditions of an ancient culture.
Jimmy Nail has been a household name since Auf Wiedersehen, Pet hit our screens in the 1980s. Since then, his career as an actor and a musician has put him on the silver screen alongside Madonna and given him a No.1 hit single.
Success on this astonishing scale was beyond the wildest dreams of the working-class lad whos harsh childhood and brutal schooling put him on a collision course with Strangeways. But a short spell in prison helped proper Nail onwards and upwards. With the support of his friends and family, it wasnï ½t long before Jimmyï ½s unique talents and single-minded determination brought him attention of a different kind ï ½ and changed his life for ever.
Jimmy Nail tells his own vivid story in this intriguing, inspiring and sometimes confounding account of how one man rose to fame and fortune by refusing to be anything but himself.
Not all ideas are for positive, constructive change. Some ideas are controversial, unpalatable, even disturbing. As Steven Pinker points out, many discoveries in the history of science were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; and many ideas that resonate today are dangerous too, not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might - just - turn out to be true.
As HM's new minister, the Reverend I. M. Jolly is in residence at Balmoral. You can tell because the flag's at half-mast. But when Jolly's fair midden, Ephesia, wrecks the Braemar Highland Games, the Church sends him off on a secret mission.
This is Jolly as we've never seen him - laughing at danger, saving the world and being a total babe magnet... sorry, that's 007. This is Jolly as we've always seen him - hiding form danger, saving his pocket money and having a Mickey Mouse magnet on his fridge. Not so much mean, moody and magnificent as morbid, miserable and morose, with a permanent drip on his nose. Jolly's back. And this time he means business.
A bestiary for the twenty-first century from the writers of the hit BBC show QI.
Here is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Book of General Ignorance.
Join the QI team for an off-road safari through a hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom, armed with illuminating illustrations and diagrams by award-winning artist Ted Dewan.
Meet the water bears that can live in suspension for hundreds of years, the parasite carried by your cat that makes men grumpy and women promiscuous, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom. Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and woodpeckers that have ears on the end of their tongues.
If you still think a pangolin is a musical instrument, that hyenas are dogs, or that sheep are pointless and stupid, The Book of Animal Ignorance has arrived just in time.
According to G. K. Chesterton, the act of getting to and from a pub is central to an understanding of British life and landscape. With around 60, 000 to choose form, he may have had a point. So bon viveur, pub singer and writer Ian Marchant set off with photographer Perry Venus on a gruelling month-long British pub crawl, to go to and from a lot of pubs in order to test Chesterton's hypothesis. The two friends meander along the roads of Britain, meeting up for a drink with low comedians, award-winning poets, chavs, hedonists, Europe's foremost pub philosopher and Ian's Uncle Tony. Along the way unearth the origins of gin and tonic, find out how pork-scratching are made, learn how to distil moonshine and reveal how Pub Quiz is the new freemasonry.
For too long the North of England has been downtrodden, ridiculed and stereotyped by the south (London) and the time has come to set the record straight. What would the modern world be without the Industrial Revolution? Would pop music even exist if it weren
Guitar Gods is the ultimate gateway into the lives and passions of over 160 of the greatest strumming idols the world has ever known. From rock icons and pop princes to classical maestros and Latin legends, this superb reference book covers a wide variety of musical styles, and tells the remarkable story behind each guitarist's rise to fame and fortune.
The 'Corrections and Clarifications' column of Old Git magazine continues to offer its readers an opportunity to ask and provide answers to the most pressing questions of our times. Questions such as:
Would it help global warming if I left my fridge door open?
What
Get ready for more tales of web-spinning action, as Spidey battles against some of the nastiest villains in the entire Marvel Universe. This exclusive collection pits the webbed wonder against the likes of the Hobgoblin, M.O.D.O.K, the masters of Evil, Mephisto and even the mutant terrorist Magneto, Hold on tight, True Believers, its gonna be one heck of a ride!
Never again be at a loss for that priceless put-down or crowd-pleasing quip! With over 600 pages of riotous gags, The Massive
Adult Joke Book guarantees a guffaw for every occasion. Saucy, witty and downright rude, this gargantuan concoction of cheeky jibes will leave you chuckling, till it hurts!
The debate about who has the right to call themselves a Geordie is still raging. Is it a name that can be used only by people who hail from Newcastle? Or can anyone born in the vicinity of the River Tyne lay claim to it? Or should it just be reserved for the miners of Northumberland and/or County Durham. Or perhaps the only thing you need to do legitimately call yourself a Geordie is a sticker reading 'Gan canny divvent dunsh us' on your car. The fact that there is no consensus as to what actually constitutes being a Geordie, however, is not going to deter us form asking the question 'Who wants to be a Geordie?' This quiz book will use the term in its broadest sense and will offer 500 multiple choice questions spread over ten differently themed sections that cover all aspects of that north-east corner of England that can loosely be termed Geordie-land.
This is the official book of one of the most talked-about TV series ever to have hit our screens. The show offered a unique insight into the traveller and gypsy communities their lives, loves and their incredible wedding ceremonies. But there is so much more to these fascinating people and their culture and this book draws readers even further into an extraordinary secret world.
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a gilt-edged invitation into the heart of gypsy and traveller life, brimming with unforgettable stories and brand new insights into a disappearing world.