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. ...

The Biggest Loser currently attracts over 1.4 million television viewers with new fans tuning in all the time. The brand also has an online weight loss club where dieters receive regular support tips & encouragement from the wider dieting community. Now UK slimmers can buy the book to accompany the hugely successful television series. The Biggest Loser Personal Programme takes a highly practical & accessible approach that enables viewers to participate in each key aspect of the show: diet exercise & motivation. With advice on preparing for weight loss & setting goals learning to embrace healthy eating creating a personal plan & maintaining your ideal weight as well as recipe ideas & targeted exercises The Biggest Loser Personal Programme provides you with all you need to achieve (and maintain!) the body you have 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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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." ...

Hopelessness took him in its grip. He knew he was wandering in circles but he had ceased to care. All he wanted to do was drink. His skin began to smart. His feet were on fire... Its the Second World War & Biggles is in the desert defending the vital air-route from the West coast of Africa to the Middle East. Urgent stores dispatches & important officials & officers are regularly flown over this route but lately a number of planes have unaccountably failed to arrive at their destinations. ...

The escort fell in on either side of the prisoners & at a word of command the party moved forward. Down the corridor it marched & through an open door into a grim-looking courtyard. Across this it proceeded & came to a halt against a wall on the far side.-Biggles glanced at the sky. It was just turning pink with the first flush of dawn. ' If Ginger is going to do the rescue act he hasn't got much time left.' He observed calmly.-Algy said nothing. His face was pale. In the uneasy atmosphere of Europe between the two World Wars Biggles Algy & Ginger are persuaded to defend a small middle European country from an aggressive neighbour backed up by an unnamed Big Power. ...