The Ricky Gervais Show - First, Second and Third Seasons
10 best books like The Ricky Gervais Show - First, Second and Third Seasons (Ricky Gervais): David and the Phoenix, Charles Dickens, The ‘If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask for One’ EP, Anna Christie, A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation, Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington, Pansija pilī, La Bible amusante, Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologue, A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485
| Author | Edward Ormondroyd |
| ISBN | 1930900139 |
With a tremendous surge of its wings, the Phoenix managed to seize a branch. David's legs slipped from the bird's back, and he dangled over the abyss.
Thus ends the near-disaster of their first flight together. But don't underestimate the Phoenix! Failure only makes David's new-found friend determinded...
| Author | Jane Smiley |
| ISBN | 0670030775 |
With the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that have won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of classics such as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. As "his novels shaped his life as much...
| Author | Stewart Lee |
| ISBN | 0571279848 |
Following his hugely acclaimed TV come-back Comedy Vehicle, Lee finds himself in search of ideas for a new Edinburgh show. On a long walk across London, he endures a coffee shop humiliation involving a loyalty card which suggests itself as a framing device. Later that month, thanks to Jeremy Clarkson's...
| Author | Eugene O'Neill |
| ISBN | 1420927981 |
Eugene O'Neill's 1922 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Anna Christie," is the story of a young woman who following an illness decides to visit and spend some time with her father, a coal barge captain who she hardly knows. During this time she meets a sailor, Mat, who is looking to settle down, and the two...
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation
| Author | Geoffrey Hindley |
| ISBN | 0786717386 |
Starting A.D. 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the ‘Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem...
Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington
| Author | Karl Pilkington |
| ISBN | 1401303420 |
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, unwittingly outwitting even those comedy Goliaths as he struggles in vain to make sense of the world around him. Unencumbered...
| Author | Anšlavs Eglītis |
| ISBN | 5410009703 |
Šomēnes grāmatu klubā jūtam līdzi skolniekiem un lasām kaut ko no obligātās literatūras. Es iesākumam izvēlējos šo jestro un vieglo atmiņu romānu, kas ir paredzēts astotklasniekiem. Ja pavisam īsi, tad man tiešām patika lasīt par visām ar Inciema "pili" saistītajām...
Ce inseamna sa citesti biblia cu ochii unui adult :)
Momentul in care am ales sa ma indepartez de orice forma de religie, a fost un moment in care (culmea!) nu am avut acces la niciun fel de informatii sau pareri contradictorii (carti, filme, opiniile altora). Totul s-a intamplat doar prin prisma...
Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologue
| Author | Spalding Gray |
| ISBN | 1400048613 |
As the first decade of the new century was getting underway, Spalding Gray worried that the joy he'd finally found with his wife, stepdaughter, and two sons would fail to fuel his work as a theatrical monologist the way anxiety, conflict, doubt, and various crises once had. Before he got the chance to...
A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485
From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born.
When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England’s language, culture, politics and law were transformed. Over the next four...
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Maeve Binchy is one of the world's most popular and bestselling authors, and this collection of short stories from the BBC Radio archive shows her at her most insightful and imaginative. These four stories, never collected together in book form and unique to audio, are read by acclaimed actors Niamh...
This Is Not the Life I Ordered: 50 Ways to Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down
| Author | Deborah Collins Stephens |
| ISBN | 1573243051 |
If you've ever felt overworked, overwhelmed, or just plain unlucky, this book is for you. Through this collection of stories, wisdom, and practical advice, you'll meet four ordinary women who have faced extraordinary life challenges. Together, they have a history of 6 marriages, 10 children, 4 stepchildren,...
Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things!
Living the life of your dreams isn't just about dreaming. It's also about living: following your impulses, turning over every stone, and stepping out into the world so that the wind can catch your sails. To those in the know, it's as if your dreams paint the picture and the Universe stands ready to bring...
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages
| Author | Martyn Whittock |
| ISBN | 1845296850 |
Martyn Whittock shines a light on the past, as he brings the Middle Ages vividly to life and allows readers to glimpse eleventh-century rural society. Topics include Roger "the Raker" who drowned in his own sewage, a "merman" imprisoned in Orford Castle, the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol, and more....
| Author | Gwyn Hyman Rubio |
| ISBN | 0143037420 |
Hailed as “vivid and unforgettable” by the New York Times Book Review, Gwyn Hyman Rubio’s Icy Sparks dazzled readers—including Oprah—and became an acclaimed bestseller. Now Rubio offers another sweeping example of Southern storytelling at its finest with The Woodsman’s Daughter....
| Author | Mary McGarry Morris |
| ISBN | 0143034723 |
Readers and critics have been enchanted by Mary McGarry Morris’s unforgettable characters and masterly use of suspense in her four earlier novels, including the bestselling Songs in Ordinary Time. In her latest tour de force, Gordon Loomis returns to a changed world after twenty-five years in...
Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation
| Author | Dan Kennedy |
| ISBN | 1400053749 |
It all begins on Christmas morning, 1978. Dan Kennedy is ten years old and wants a black Gibson Les Paul guitar, the kind Peter Frampton plays. It will be his passport to the coolest (only) band in the neighborhood—Jokerz. He doesn’t get it. Instead, his parents present him with what they think he...
| Author | Karel Čapek |
| ISBN | 0826486258 |
It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and instruct even those who have no garden to plant., nor the faintest interest in acquiring one. The Gardener's Year is a charismatic product of Karel Capek's...
Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There
| Author | Tom Davis |
| ISBN | 0802118801 |
39 Years of Short Term Memory Loss is a seriously funny, offbeat and irreverent memoir that chronicles the early days of Saturday Night Live and features some of its greatest personalities—Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Michael O'Donoghue, and Chris Farley....
Forever Free: Elsa's Pride
| Author | Joy Adamson |
| ISBN | 0006328857 |
I've given this book 3/5 as I did with its prequels. Devastated by Elsa death and gutted by ending as it just kind of hit a wall and never got to find out what happened with cubs but I suppose that can't be helped. slightly easier to read than the previous two books but still annoyed by some of the unnecessary...
| Author | Melinda Haynes |
| ISBN | 0743442504 |
From the acclaimed author of Mother of Pearl comes the story of Chalktown, an eerily quiet village in George County, Mississippi, where folks communicate with one another solely through chalkboards hanging from their front porches. Sixteen-year-old Hezekiah Sheehand lives down the road with his...
