Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2009

Funny, Funny, Funny


Denys parsons

A superb collection of amusing, amazing, confusing and convulsing misprints, howlers and oddities. On the left-hand pages are the FUNNY HA HA items and on the right-hand pages the FUNNY PECULIAR pieces. Together they provide hours of hilarity and mirth. - book cover.
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Mightier than the Sword


Tom Holt

Who’s afraid of Beowulf? – Well, not Hrolf Earthstar, for a start. The last Norse king of Caithness, Hrolf and his twelve champions are woken from a centuries-long sleep when archaeologist Hildy Frederiksen finds their grave mound. And despite the time-delay, Hrolf decides to carry on his ancient war against the Sorcerer-King….My Hero –Writing novels? Piece of cake, Jane thinks. Until hers starts writing back. At which point, she really should stop. And she certainly shouldn’t go into the book herself. After all, that’s what heroes are for. Unfortunately, the world of fiction is a far more complicated place than Jane ever imagined. And she’s about to land her hero right in it. – book cover.
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For Two Nights Only


Tom Holt

Overtime – One moment Guy is flying a bullet-riddled plane over Caen in 1943, the next he’s somewhere in the Middle Ages in the company of one John De Nesle. Unsurprisingly, Guy’s first thought is to get off home sharpish. But then he sees John’s sister Isoud, and finds himself agreeing to help John in his knightly quest to find Richard Coeur de Lion… ; Trailblazers – Fifteen hundred years have passed and the Holy Grail is still missing. The knights have all dumped the Quest for the easier job of pizza delivery, so someone must be found to take up the search and thwart the sinister plans of the lost kingdom of Atlantis” financial services industry. That someone is Boamund of Northgales (or snotty to his friends). – book cover.
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