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| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9780385611992 |
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then -~The Origins of the Industrial Revolution' somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson's -~Shatterproof' ruler.But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought to know by now... In this -~Horrible History for Grown Ups' you can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration; -~Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new Viking friends -" oi, he's nicked my bloody ox!'Discover how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne today. And explore the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel; (because the Stuarts were such a useless bunch of untalented, incompetent, arrogant, upper-class thickoes that Parliament didn't have much choice.) A book about then that is also incisive and illuminating about now, -~2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge', is an hilarious, informative and cantankerous journey through Britain' fascinating and bizarre history.As entertaining as a witch burning, and a lot more laughs.
| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 516 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 0385611986 |
From 55BC to 1945, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain elucidates, informs, but most of all laughs at the seemingly incomprehensible events that combine to make up the story of Great Britain.
| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 596 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0552773964 |
Examines how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne. This title explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. It is a journey through Britain' bizarre history.
| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 516 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 0552775460 |
Elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.
| Author | : Afua Hirsch |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 447 |
| Release | : 2018-02-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1473546893 |
From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today. You're British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you're from? We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and the racism that plagues our present. Brit(ish) is Afua Hirsch's personal and provocative exploration of how this came to be - and an urgent call for change. 'The book for our divided and dangerous times' David Olusoga
| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2010-10-31 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1409020770 |
Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was something we would have to get used to.' Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government. It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour party lose elections at every level: school candidate: door-to-door canvasser: working for a Labour MP in the House of Commons; standing as a council candidate; and eventually writing jokes for a shadow cabinet minister. Along the way he slowly came to realise that Michael Foot would never be Prime Minister, that vegetable quiche was not as tasty as chicken tikki masala and that the nuclear arms race was never going to be stopped by face painting alone.
| Author | : Arran Lomas |
| Publisher | : Unbound Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2020-10-01 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 1783529156 |
From the Norman Invasion in 1066 to the eve of the First World War, Stick a Flag in It is a thousand-year jocular journey through the history of Britain and its global empire. The British people have always been eccentric, occasionally ingenious and, sure, sometimes unhinged – from mad monarchs to mass-murdering lepers. Here, Arran Lomas shows us how they harnessed those traits to forge the British nation, and indeed the world, we know today. Follow history’s greatest adventurers from the swashbuckling waters of the Caribbean to the vast white wasteland of the Antarctic wilderness, like the British spy who infiltrated a top-secret Indian brothel and the priest who hid inside a wall but forgot to bring a packed lunch. At the very least you’ll discover Henry VIII’s favourite arse-wipe, whether the flying alchemist ever made it from Scotland to France, and the connection between Victorian coffee houses and dildos. Forget what you were taught in school – this is history like you’ve never heard it before, full of captivating historical quirks that will make you laugh out loud and scratch your head in disbelief.
| Author | : John O'Farrell |
| Publisher | : Penguin Global |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : London (England) |
| ISBN | : 9781846146343 |
A tube train is stuck underground because the economy above has collapsed. How has this happened and how will the passengers get out? Will they have to break the rules of underground etiquette and actually speak to each other? In John O'Farrell's caustically funny short story, nothing is certain.
| Author | : E. H. Gombrich |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2014-10-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300213972 |
E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.
| Author | : Vincent Bugliosi |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 1714 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780393045253 |
Bugliosi, brilliant prosecutor and bestselling author, is perhaps the only man in America capable of "prosecuting" Lee Harvey Oswald for the murder of John F. Kennedy. His book is a narrative compendium of fact, ballistic evidence, and, above all, common sense.
