DescriptionBy my calculations, only about one in 10 people throw open the curtains in the morning and feel glad to be alive. The rest of us wake up feeling as if we've been savagely beaten. Jeremy Hardy relates to his audience on matters ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary in his fourth series, emparting on his audience, with the sense of irony and hilarity that his won him two Sony Awards, the key to a better life: exactly How to Be Happy. In addition to this life-affirming pearl of wisdom, Jeremy Hardy also delivers hilarious and often disturbingly accurate thoughts on his take of life's most important lessons, such as: "How To Be A Man", "How To Bear Up Under the Strain", and "How To Improve Your Mind".
DescriptionJeremy Hardy relates to his audience on matters ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary in his fourth series, with the sense of irony and hilarity that his won him two Sony Awards.For example: "Kids should never be fashion slaves, especially in the Far East. My 12-year-old daughter asked me for a new pair of trainers. I told her she was old enough to go out and make her own." and gems such as "A few streaks of grey hair are distinguished on the head, perhaps, but it makes the penis look like a badger."…
DescriptionThe 15 stories collected in this volume demonstrate the genius of a woman who, in her own short lifetime, was compared to Chekhov. The tales are sensitive revelations of human behavior in quite ordinary situations. The men, women, and especially the children Mansfield portrays in such delicate pastels are involved in no sensational episodes, yet they are vividly true to life. With careful, quiet observation and subtle irony, Mansfield investigates the variety of relationships that make up a life and the complex emotions of unfulfilled longings. In the title story, a young woman's garden party coincides with the death of a working-class neighbor, bringing a brush of mortality and realism to her carefully constructed plans and ideals. The Garden Party was the last of Mansfield's works to be published before her untimely death at the age of 35.
DescriptionA double helping of richly ironic humour from the queen of British stand up. Recorded over several live tours, this is Jo Brand at her best, doing her double best.
DescriptionTwain's favorite parlor tale, Captain Stormfield Goes to Heaven, presents an entertaining version of the afterlife, full of the humor and irony we have come to expect from this master of American letters.
DescriptionJeremy Hardy relates to his audience on matters ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary in his fourth series, imparting on his audience, with the sense of irony and hilarity that his won him two Sony Awards, the key to a better life. We await with bated breath his final answer to life's biggest questions in this, his tantalizingly as yet untitled sixth series.
DescriptionThe real Jonathan Wild, born about 1682 and executed at Tyburn in 1725, was one of the most notorious criminals of his age. His resemblance to the hero in Fielding's satire of the same name is general rather than particular. The real Jonathan (whose legit…
