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Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. It is also the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes - even of sexual assassinations.

It is a novel rich with \'lunacy and sorrow\'; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. It provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases .

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of «Bumble», the legendary SkySports cricket commentator who\'s one ball short of an over and delivers madcap moments galore in this ebullient, endearing and hilarious book.David «Bumble» Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine «good bloke» all cricket fans feel they know inside out because of his infectious, larger-than-life personality and that distinctive Lancashire burr.

Bumble has become the one constant for passionate English fans in cricket\'s rapidly changing landscape. He has earned cult status as a commentator and pundit, with viewers loving his unerring dedication to the game\'s great fables.

The World According to Bumble: Start the Car revels in the quirkier and humorous side of cricket, while offering behind-the-scenes action of Lloyd\'s years spent following cricket around the globe, from Accrington to Lahore.Bumble waxes lyrical on everything from the genius of Shane Warne to the merits of a Lancashire hotpot … and the delights of finishing the day with a couple of pints and a curry.

Enjoy the camaraderie that exists among the SkySports team – including former England captains Sir Ian Botham, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain and David Gower – and laugh out loud at the stories and anecdotes which have forged Bumble\'s character.Whether he is holding up play to retrieve lost balls from the top of sight-screens, or enacting mock pitch reports from car parks, Bumble is capable of stealing the limelight at all times.

Jeremy Clarkson had a dream. A world where the nonsensical made sense, the idiotic was abolished and the sheer bloody brilliant was embraced.

In How Hard Can It Be? our hero embarks on a quest to set the world to rights. Again.

En-route he discovers how rhubarb will become the new crack, that a comb over will end anyone\'s quest for global domination and what unites a Filipino chambermaid in Abergavenny with Prince Andrew.For anyone who\'s ever woken up and thought the time has come to stop the nonsense and celebrate the sensational, read on.

Because seriously, how hard can it be?Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. He now writes for the Sun and the Sunday Times and is the tallest person working in British television.

Well, someone\'s got to do it: in a world which simply will not see reason, Jeremy sets off on another quest to beat a path of sense through all the silliness and idiocy.And there\'s no knowign what might catch Jeremy\'s eye along the way.

It could be:-The merits of Stonehenge as a business model-Why all meetings are a waste of time-The theft of the Queen\'s cows-One Norwegian man\'s unique approach to showing his gratitude-Fitting a burglar alarm to a tortoise-Or how Lou Reed was completely wrong about what makes a perfect day.Pithy and provocative, this is Clarkson at his best, taking issue with whatever nonsense gets in the way of his search for all that\'s worth celebrating.

Why should we be forced to accept stuff that\'s a bit rubbish? Shouldn\'t things work? Why doesn\'t someone care? I mean, is it really too much to ask?It\'s a good thing we\'ve still got Jeremy out there, still looking, without fear or favour, for the answers.

Jeremy\'s one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our hero\'s still scratching his head at the madness of it all.

But it\'s not all bad. He\'s learned a little along the way, including:Why binge drinking is good for you.

The worst word in the English language.The remarkable secret of eternal youth.

The pleasure and pain of middle-aged drumming.The problem with America.

And how to dispose of a seal.For anyone who\'s ever been driven to wonder just what is the matter with people these days, For Crying Out Loud is the perfect riposte.

Surprising, fearless and always laugh-out-loud funny, Clarkson\'s back. And he\'s got a point .

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Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. Since then he has written for the Sun, the Sunday Times, the Rochdale Observer, the Wolverhampton Express Star, all of the associated Kent Newspapers, and Lincolnshire Life.

Today he is the tallest person working in British television. .

Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, been around a bit.

And as a result, he\'s got one or two things to tell us about how it all works - and being Jeremy Clarkson he\'s not about to voice them quietly, humbly and without great dollops of humour.In The World According to Clarkson, he reveals why it is that:• Too much science is bad for our health• \'70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of• Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever• We must work harder to get rid of cricket• He liked the Germans (well, sometimes).

With a strong dose of common sense that is rarely, if ever, found inside the M25, Clarkson hilariously attacks the pompous, the ridiculous, the absurd and the downright idiotic, whilst also celebrating the eccentric, the clever and the sheer bloody brilliant.Less a manifesto for living and more a road map to modern life, The World According to Clarkson is the funniest book you\'ll read this year.

Don\'t leave home without it.

Everyone knows that Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place - after all, he wrote a bestselling book about it. Yet despite the appearance of The World According To Clarkson, things don\'t seem to have improved much.

However, Jeremy is not someone to give up easily and he\'s decided to have another go.In And Another Thing, our exasperated hero discovers that:He inadvertently dropped a bomb on North Carolina.

We\'re all going to explode at the age of 62.Russians look bad in Speedos.

But not as bad as we do.No one should have to worry about being Bill Oddie\'s long lost sister.

He should probably be nicer about David Beckham.Thigh-slappingly funny and - as ever - in your face, Jeremy Clarkson bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special, the unique and the sheer bloody brilliant.

\'Since Bob has appeared, I\'ve made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I was a homeless drug addict.

I was lost to the world and had forgotten what was important in life. Now I\'ve got myself back on my two feet, but as I put the past behind me, I\'m still stepping unsteadily into the future.

I still need help in the right direction. Bob is always there to offer guidance and friendship.

\'James and his street cat Bob have been on a remarkable journey together. In the years since their story ended in the bestselling A STREET CAT NAMED BOB James, with Bob\'s help, has begun to find his way back to the real world.

Almost every day, Bob provides moments of intelligence, bravery and humour, at the same time opening his human friend\'s eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust - and the meaning of happiness. In the continuing tale of their life together James shows the many ways in which Bob has been his protector and guardian angel through times of illness, hardship, even life-threatening danger.

As they high five together for their crowds of admirers, James knows that the tricks he\'s taught Bob are nothing compared to the lessons he\'s learnt from his street-wise cat.

Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture. He is also famously outspoken: his wise, surprising statements pop up like offbeat news flashes.

This collection of quotations pays homage to the legendary eminence grise of the fashion world.

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