In this remarkable book a record of a decade of private conversations with art critic Martin Gayford David Hockney reveals via reflection anecdote passion & humour the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems & paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface. These conversations are punctuated by wise & witty observations from both parties on numerous other artists & enlivened by shrewd insights into the contrasting social & physical landscapes of California where Hockney spent so many years & Yorkshire the birthplace to which he has returned. Some of the diverse people he has encountered along the way from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Billy Wilder make entertaining entries into the dialogue. ...

In this electrifying autobiography Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans & disciples & invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on show business. He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman & he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single Living Doll the saviour of rock n roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998 he survived an assassination attempt & spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films TV series live extravaganzas & radio voice-overs since then Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution. For the first time ever Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment
- the mental hospitals he has broken out of the television executives he has assaulted the drugs he has definitely not taken the charities he has bankrupted the countless pregnancies he has engendered & so much more.
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The irrepressible hysterical puntastical Tim Vine star of stage & screen treats all of us here in his first joke book. Packed full of zingers & hilarious illustrations if this doesn't put a smile on your face nothing will. What's not to like: The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of it. I'm against hunting. I'm actually a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before & shoot the fox. I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one. Black holes. I don't know what people see in them. So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said ' Nearest the bull goes first.' He went ' Baah' & I went ' Moo'. He said ' You're closest.' Velcro. What a rip-off. Black Beauty. He's a dark horse. I've got a sponge front door. Hey don't knock it. ...

A hard hitting brutally honest account of police work during the late 1960's & 1970's. Whilst explicit it is often humorous refreshing & equally unbelievable. In this ?rst book of a trilogy the author takes the reader through his early police service & in doing so reveals many working practices which in reality have become a culture of dishonesty lies & often stupidity which has been accepted by the Government of the day the judiciary & the public at large for many years. That is until the present day when it has all gone so wrong. Very very wrong with the revelations of the Hillsborough Investigation the Jimmy Savile Investigation so many more & even ' Plebgate' when The Biggest Gang believed they were so powerful that evidence against Andrew Mitchell a member of Her Majesty's Government left so many questions yet to be answered. This book explains that such examples are not typical of a minority rogue element as being claimed but are a dishonest culture born so long ago but allowed to fester & grow with the many examples & revelations which have continued until today with Hillsborough as only one shocking example. ...

The Biggest Loser Cookbook presents over 100 recipes & ideas for calorie-counted meals that help you lose weight fast safely & sustainable. With simple delicious & satisfying recipes at your fingertips youll be able to shed the pounds & feel fantastic. Theres a 14-day menu plan & ideas for cheats & swaps that make it easy to incorporate healthier foods into your everyday routine. With shopping lists to help you buy exactly what you need youll find it hard not to see the weight disappear in a matter of weeks. Designed with series promotion in mind this cookbook is the perfect accompaniment to The Biggest Loser: Your Personal Programme for Permanent Weight Loss with additional recipes & tips that will help you achieve (and maintain!) the body youve always wanted. ...

This updated edition of The Biggest Pub Quiz Book Ever! 2" is a gigantic compendium of mind-teasing trivia brought up-to-date to include questions on 21st century issues events & personalities. Packed with an astonishing 20 000 questions & answers it is an amazing quiz resource. The questions are arranged in more than 600 rounds of 30 questions with each round graded according to one of three levels of difficulty. The quizzes range from pot-luck to themed quizzes on a host of subjects
- pop music sport movies television food & drink world geography history modern affairs & many others. An answer sheet to photocopy & a handy guide to running your own pub quiz are also included. So if you want to organize your own pub quiz stock up on useless facts for the next mental challenge at your local or simply amuse & astonish your friends & family this is the book for you. Its several perfect nights out packed into a book."
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The Biggest Pub Quiz Book Ever! 3" is a gigantic compendium of mind-teasing trivia that is bang up to date with many questions devoted to the events & personalities of the 21st century. Packed with an astonishing 17 500 questions & answers it is another superb quiz resource from Carlton Books. The questions are arranged in 585 rounds of 30 questions with each round graded according to one of three levels of difficulty. The quizzes alternate between pot luck & themed quizzes on pop music sport movies & television. An answer sheet to photocopy & a handy guide to running your own pub quiz are also included. So if you want to organize your own pub quiz stock up on useless facts for the next mental challenge at your local or simply amuse & astonish your friends & family this is the book for you. It's several perfect nights out packed into a book." ...

Biggles Learns to Fly: Age just seventeen & with almost no flying experience James Biggles worth is sent to tackle the enemy in the hostile skies over First World War France. In a drama of war where instinct & fast reactions are everything Biggles must learn to be a real fighter pilot or die.. .but does he has what it takes? Biggles the Camels Are Coming: Fighting high above the trenches of First World War France Biggles knows he needs more than just flying skills to survive against the Sop with Camel
- a demon to fly but incredibly fast in a dogfight it commands fierce loyalty from its pilot. Will Biggles' luck & initiative be enough to keep him alive?
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Now Listen Bigglesworth; Ill tell you what Im prepared to do & you can please yourself what you do about it. Run this gang of crooks to earth or point out to me the man that is at the head of it
- or the chief operator in this country
- & Ill make you a present of a cheque for ten thousand pounds. Colonel Raymond from Intelligence persuades Biggles Algy & Ginger to take on the challenge of transporting gold bullion & diamonds to France. Every other firm which has taken the job has failed & the gold has been stolen the planes crashed or disappeared & the pilots have lost their lives. Biggles comes up with daring scheme after daring scheme but then Algy is captured & held to ransom & Biggles finds that hes up against his old enemy
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This thrilling compendium features four action-packed stories starring air ace James Bigglesworth. In Biggles Flies North " Biggles Algy & Ginger fly in to help an old friend counter the attempts of a vicious gang to stifle his air freight business in Canada. In " Biggles Sees it Through " at the outbreak of World War II Biggles & his crew struggle to help a Polish scientist prevent his revolutionary aircraft designs from falling into the hands of Biggless old enemy Major Von Stalhein. In " Biggles in the Baltic " Biggless first mission of the war sees him taken by submarine to a hidden air base in the Baltic where he is to set up a secret unit of the RAF. In " Biggles in the Jungle " our hero lands in Belize where he helps the local British governor destroy a gang of thugs who have enslaved native workers in the depths of the jungle." ...