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'I have nothing to declare', Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius'. A socialite, a wit, a man who flaunted convention and was unafraid to shock, Oscar Wilde was a great writer and a great man. This new collection of wit and wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision, the audacity of his style. Such is the scope of the material, it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as the Wilde of great art. ... Read more

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The short story represents the perfect diversion for the busy modern reader — long enough to engage, but short enough to be portable to almost any setting from beach to bus ride. In this audio collection, a group of British readers breathe new life into 20 masterpieces of the form. There’s something here for every taste and mood, from a prime example of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s satirical “Pat Hobby” stories based on his Hollywood experiences, to gripping thrillers from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle and Arnold Bennett. Writers include early masters such as Guy de Maupassant (“The White Wolf”), Poe (“The Purloined Letter”), and Alphonse Daudet (“Old Cornille’s Secret”). Here too are 20th-century favorites like Sapper (“The Patch on the Quilt”), E. E. Nesbitt (“The Violet Car”), and Jerome K. Jerome (“On Being in Love”). Readers include such notables as Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Patrick Malahide. ... Read more

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Wonderful to hear my favorite actor, and many others reading so many stories. I love listening in my car. Really great set of CD's! ... Read more

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Chapters: Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, List of Qi Episodes, the Museum of Curiosity, Alan Davies, Ted Dewan, Justin Pollard, Vitali Vitaliev, John Mitchinson, Quite Interesting Limited, Qi News, Adam Jacot de Boinod, Piers Fletcher, Dan Schreiber, Ian Lorimer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 448. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a list of episodes of QI, the BBC comedy panel game television programme hosted by Stephen Fry. Series G was the first in the show's history to be aired in its entirety on BBC One, beginning its run on 26 November 2009. The first series started on 11 September 2003. Although not mentioned at the time, all of the questions (with the exception of the final "general ignorance" round) were on subjects beginning with "a" (such as "arthropods", "Alans" and "astronomy"). The following six series continued the theme: the second series' subjects all began with "b", and so on. Series G featured a total of 18 editions, 2 of which were compilation episodes, making it the longest series yet, and was the first to be broadcast in its entirety on BBC One. As with the previous series, extended "XL" editions are also being shown on BBC Two soon after the normal broadcast. Because of scheduling issues, this only began with the fourth episode. The first episode had an "XL" edition aired some time after the original edition. Episodes 2, 3, 15 and 16 currently have no scheduled "XL" editions, but they are planned to be aired in the near future. Nine new guests appeared in this series; Jack Dee, John Hodgman, Barry Humphries, Lee Mack, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, Jan Ravens, David Tennant and Sandi Toksvig. Another significant first is that episode 2 featured four guests instead of the usual three (with regular Alan Davies also present). Accompanying the recordings was a l...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22732312 ... Read more

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This special CD pack contains four of Roald Dahl's much-loved stories. THE GIRAFFE AND PELLY AND ME: In this classic story of the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, we accompany Billy, who is lucky enough to join in the many remarkable and entertaining adventures of the Company's animals: the giraffe with an incredible stretching neck, the pelican with a magical beak and the dancing monkey. ESIO TROT: Here's a very tortoisey one that will become an instant favourite! Mr Hoppy is in love with Mrs Silver, but she only has eyes for her tortoise Alfie. She would so love Alfie to grow bigger, she says. In a bold attempt to outdo his rival, Mr Hoppy devises an ingenious plan to make Alfie grow and grow and grow...Wonderfully brought to life, here we meet THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE. He boasts that he is going to eat a child for lunch and sets out to trick all the children in his attempts for food. But his plots and disguises are foiled by the animals in the jungle - especially by Trunky, the Elephant. FANTASTIC MR FOX: Boggis, Bunce and Bean are just about the nastiest and meanest three farmers you could meet. And they hate Mr Fox. They are determined to get him.So they lie in wait outside his hole, ready to shoot, starve or dig him out. But clever Mr Fox has other plans! Find out what those plans are in this hilarious story, fully dramatized by Puffin Audiobooks. ... Read more

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A great story with a good reader
We love Roald Dahl stories and this is a wonderful audio version. We've listened to it many times.

Hugh Laruie -reader
I love Hugh Laurie's voice! His accent is awsome! These stories are really cute too! ... Read more

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Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series. ... Read more

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How Brits see the USA
This book was disapointingly shallow and not very funny.I like Stephen Fry's humor but did not find much here.I got the British version because I thought it would be a bit bawdy.It was a bit boring.I was especially disappointed in the Illinois chapter.

Stephen Fry in a Hurry
I should have known better than to buy a TV series tie-in, but come on, I thought, it's Stephen "A Bit of Fry and Laurie, not to mention some bits of Blackadder" Fry. Surely, it will be worth a chuckle or two.

Alas, as Fry himself has said, "As private parts to the gods are we. They play with us for their sport."

The premise is simple enough: Englishman tours the 50 states, and discovers Americans are not all that bad. The book is structured as a travelogue, recording Stephen's adventures along his journeys. Each state gets its own chapter, preceeded by a list of "Key Facts" such as the State Capital, Motto and/or Neckwear (Arizona: Bolo tie). Very democratic and even-handed, but it does mean that when crammed into the space of 300 pages, each state gets an average of roughly six pages. Well, five, less the Key Facts.

Depth then is somewhat lacking. Each state is reduced to one or two encounters with assorted billionaires, entrepreneurs, hillbillies, indians, stoners, witches and zulus. Delware is passed through without stopping. Stephen gets no further than the state line of Idaho before zipping off to Wyoming. Of course, length is no guarantee of quality, but so much of Stephen's prose is filled with the banal, "I couldn't be happier" (Montana), "I enjoyed myself here as much as I have anywhere" (South Dakota), "I decide that I like the South" (South Carolina).

All this would be less disappointing if it was delivered with a bit more wit. Stephen, however, apparently had other ideas, and plays it straight (badda-bing) for most of the book. Stephen's prose is good, solid, readable stuff, but it rarely shines. There is the odd sally that raises a smile, but for the most part Stephen has decided it is more important to be earnest. Indeed, the book's simplicity of spirit is almost... well... American.

Not a bad book then, simply less than I had hoped for. ... Read more

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Chapters: Stephen Fry, Tom Wise, Malcolm Hardee, John Darwin Disappearance Case, Ashley Mote, John Poulson, Charles Ingram, William Sharington, Horatio Bottomley, William Sudell, John George Haigh, Whitaker Wright, John Nichols Thom, Darius Guppy, Chantal Mccorkle, Bampfylde Moore Carew, Percy Toplis, Kevin Foster, Ernest Saunders, Mary Carleton, Anthony Parnes, John Ryman, Brother Xii, Peter Francis-Macrae, Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket, Kevin Cullis, Alexander Davison, Colleen Mccabe, Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet, Leon Warnerke, John Forbes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 170. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, writer, journalist, comedian, television presenter and film director. He first came to attention in the 1982 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation, "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. As a solo actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the Blackadder television series and is the host of the quiz show, QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 U.S. states in six episodes. Fry has become known to American audiences for his recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones. Apart from his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and an autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, bei...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63401 ... Read more

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"Bears like Paddington are very rare," says Mrs. Bird, "and a good thing too, or it would cost us a small fortune in marmalade."

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Wonderful story beautifully narrated!
All the Paddington books are such great stories for children (and adults!), and this is no exception!Stephen Fry is an excellent narrator.This book is great for story time with your children, or to while away the long hours of a road trip!

Absolutely Wonderful!
My 5 year old listens to this over and over again. Stephen Fry does a fantastic job narrating, giving just the right voice inflection and capturing the spirit of the characters beautifully. A family favorite! ... Read more

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This is a selection of 4 favourite stories from Hodder's new dramatisation by David Benedictus. With a cast of actors carefully chosen to play Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, plus music and sound effects, this adaptation conveys all the magic of Milne's classic stories. ... Read more

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Simplified for little ones, but faithful to the original
When I went to introduce my preschooler to Winnie-the-Pooh, I bought the big book with the complete stories and poems. It didn't take long for me to figure out that it wasn't quite right for my 3-year-old. Reading a story out of the original works takes a good 15-20 minutes, which is more than one can really expect from a preschooler or toddler. Also, the original Pooh is a bit like Sesame Street, in that there are phrases and indeed entire sections of the stories that adults will find amusing but which will just go over a child's head.

And yet, I didn't want to break down and go the route of the Disney-fied Pooh books, with their cartoonish illustrations and watered-down plots and characters.

That's why I was so pleased to find the Easy-to-Read series. There are six easy-to-read titles from two publishers. They are:

Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
Pooh Goes Visiting
Eeyore Has a Birthday
Tigger Comes to the Forest
Christopher Robin Leads an Expedition
Pooh Invents a New Game

Each book is based on one chapter from the complete works. These little books are divided into four chapters, although it should be no problem to read one from start to finish in one sitting.

The print is large and well spaced, and there are ample illustrations (the original drawings by E.H. Shepard) on every page spread to keep little eyes engaged in the story. Most important, the editor has removed most of the passages that aren't so kid friendly and has simplified the stories without giving them a Disney style candy coating. One could read the original story and then the easy-to-read version and get the same basic plot; when going from the Milne works to the Disney versions, the same is certainly not true.

I didn't give these books five stars because the editor retained some language and dialogue that may be a bit confusing for children in the intended age range. Nevertheless, these books are a wonderful introduction to a classic cast of characters for the preschool set.

Say "Ho" for the wonderful Pooh!
This amazing dramatization of the Pooh books is performed by a marvelously talented group of British entertainers who truly bring the Pooh characters gently and lovingly to life. As for this tape, I finally got this figured out. This is part of a four-tape program that represents the complete two-book Winnie-the-Pooh story collection, except the stories are out of order (probably so that they would fit equally on the tapes). Book 1, "Winnie-the-Pooh," is represented by "Pooh Goes Visiting" (stories in order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10) and "Piglet Meets a Heffalump" (stories: 5, 6, 7, 8). Book 2, "The House at Pooh Corner," is dramatized by "Tigger Comes to the Forest" (stories in order: 1 2, 4, 3, 9, 10) and "Pooh Invents a New Game" (stories 5, 6, 7, 8). When stories that depend on previous information are out of order, it gets confusing. My suggestion: Get the "Winnnie-the-Pooh" / "The House at Pooh Corner" gift pack, which is also four tapes (the same recordings), but in the proper order.

The finest Pooh audiotapes ever recorded!
[This is a review of the Hodder/Headline audiocassette version] I learned to read by listening (again and again and again and again) to a pair of well-loved and well-worn LPs of the Pooh stories read by Maurice Evans. I always considered them the finest Pooh audiobooks ever recorded. Up untilnow! Now there's this wonderful series of fully-dramatized adventures ofPooh featuring a brilliant cast of wonderful British actors: Stephen Fry("Jeeves and Wooster") as Pooh, Geoffrey Palmer ("TheMadness of King George") as Eeyore, Judy Dench ("Shakespeare inLove") as Kanga...and best of all, the *incomparable* Jane Horrocks("Little Voice" and Bubbles from "AbFab") as a squeaky,alarmed, and altogether adorable Piglet. You don't have to be a kid toappreciate these fine recordings (and there are plenty of adult Pooh fansout there who will *love* these versions). Accept no substitutes: this issimply the finest Pooh audio series yet created, beating by a *far*distance the Alan Bennett and (ugh!) Charles Kuralt versions. There's morethan just this one tape in the series, too. The series includes"Tigger Comes to the Forest" (ISBN: 1840322195); "PigletMeets a Heffalump" (ISBN: 1840320524) and "Pooh Invents a NewGame" (ISBN: 1840322268). Type the 10-digit ISBN number into theAmazon search field to go directly to the webpages for these cassettes. ... Read more

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A huge hit and instant favorite
This was an instant success with my 4 1/2 year old son.He listens to audiobooks often and tends to request the cd's from this series mor than any others.

We like it
This is another beautiful story set from the series, but I have to admit that the voice of tigger is a bit annoying, other than that we still like it and it is definitely worth buying it, ...even if you prefer to skip the stories including tigger.

Simplified, but faithful to the original Milne story
When I went to introduce my preschooler to Winnie-the-Pooh, I bought the big book with the complete stories and poems. It didn't take long for me to figure out that it wasn't quite right for my 3-year-old. Reading a story out of the original works takes a good 15-20 minutes, which is more than one can really expect from a preschooler or toddler. Also, the original Pooh is a bit like Sesame Street, in that there are phrases and indeed entire sections of the stories that adults will find amusing but which will just go over a child's head.

And yet, I didn't want to break down and go the route of the Disney-fied Pooh books, with their cartoonish illustrations and watered-down plots and characters.

That's why I was so pleased to find the Easy-to-Read series. There are six easy-to-read titles from two publishers. They are:

Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
Pooh Goes Visiting
Eeyore Has a Birthday
Tigger Comes to the Forest
Christopher Robin Leads an Expedition
Pooh Invents a New Game

Each book is based on one chapter from the complete works. These little books are divided into four chapters, although it should be no problem to read one from start to finish in one sitting.

The print is large and well spaced, and there are ample illustrations (the original drawings by E.H. Shepard) on every page spread to keep little eyes engaged in the story. Most important, the editor has removed most of the passages that aren't so kid friendly and has simplified the stories without giving them a Disney style candy coating. One could read the original story and then the easy-to-read version and get the same basic plot; when going from the Milne works to the Disney versions, the same is certainly not true.

I didn't give these books five stars because the editor retained some language and dialogue that may be a bit confusing for children in the intended age range. Nevertheless, these books are a wonderful introduction to a classic cast of characters for the preschool set.

WONDERFUL
I love these tapes. My preschooler loves these tapes and has since age 2 or so. My sister gave them to me because she and her kids love these tapes. First of all, Winnie the Pooh is simply the best toddler/preschool character out there, as he's funny and not scary or naughty, (or loud), and they use lots of words and do things which are new and fun and interesting for your toddler/ preschooler. Second, this dramatization is unbelievably good--entertaining to adults as well as kids, the perfect mix of humor and gentleness. Another reviewer has said Tigger is annoying--I completely disagree. Tigger is FINE. I wonder if this reviewer has encountered Disney Tigger--now there's annoying! We have taken these tapes everywhere and now of course have lost or broken most of them so I HAVE TO buy some more. There are alot of books and tapes out there you can take out of the library--JUST BUY THESE

Say "Ho" for the wonderful Pooh!
This amazing dramatization of the Pooh books is performed by a marvelously talented group of British entertainers who truly bring the Pooh characters gently and lovingly to life. As for this tape, I finally got this figured out. This is part of a four-tape program that represents the complete two-book Winnie-the-Pooh story collection, except the stories are out of order (probably so that they would fit equally on the tapes). Book 1, "Winnie-the-Pooh," is represented by "Pooh Goes Visiting" (stories in order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10) and "Piglet Meets a Heffalump" (stories: 5, 6, 7, 8). Book 2, "The House at Pooh Corner," is dramatized by "Tigger Comes to the Forest" (stories in order: 1 2, 4, 3, 9, 10) and "Pooh Invents a New Game" (stories 5, 6, 7, 8). When stories that depend on previous information are out of order, it gets confusing. My suggestion: Get the "Winnnie-the-Pooh" / "The House at Pooh Corner" gift pack, which is also four tapes (the same recordings), but in the proper order. ... Read more

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Richard Curtis' and Ben Elton's award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson are some of the guest stars joining in the fun. In Blackadder II, England's Golden Age is treated to the schemes and strategems of Edmund, Lord Blackadder as he curries grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess... ... Read more

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read by Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, et al One cassette Runningtime: 1 hour ... Read more

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When Great Actors Return to Childhood
The great Judi Dench would make this a wonderful CD for me, even if there were only she reading.However, she is not alone here.The cast is extremely well-chosen, and the music, though spare, is wonderful as well.Our toddler, I am convinced, really listens to the piano as Pooh sings his little tiddly-poms.

Overall, when listening to this CD, I have the feeling of being at a performance that has tried as much as possible to create the spatiality of a child's imagination. There is an openness created through the spare music, through the slower pace, and the oh-so-British understatement of Stephen Fry as Pooh.

Did I mention that Judi Dench performs Kanga on these CDs with an Australian accent?How bloody appropriate!

Parents will love their memories of Jeeves and Wooster and As Time Goes By that come flooding back when Dench, Palmer, and Fry work their magic.

My only criticism is that Christopher Robin is a bit, shall we say, overacted.But then again he is a child, and children, or ours at least, like him very much.

For those who would want their children to grow up with taste, style, intelligence, and wit--this is a CD that ought not to be missed.

The flavor of the original; edited for little ones
When I went to introduce my preschooler to Winnie-the-Pooh, I bought the big book with the complete stories and poems. It didn't take long for me to figure out that it wasn't quite right for my 3-year-old. Reading a story out of the original works takes a good 15-20 minutes, which is more than one can really expect from a preschooler or toddler. Also, the original Pooh is a bit like Sesame Street, in that there are phrases and indeed entire sections of the stories that adults will find amusing but which will just go over a child's head.

And yet, I didn't want to break down and go the route of the Disney-fied Pooh books, with their cartoonish illustrations and watered-down plots and characters.

That's why I was so pleased to find the Easy-to-Read series. There are six easy-to-read titles from two publishers. They are:

Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees
Pooh Goes Visiting
Eeyore Has a Birthday
Tigger Comes to the Forest
Christopher Robin Leads an Expedition
Pooh Invents a New Game

Each book is based on one chapter from the complete works. These little books are divided into four chapters, although it should be no problem to read one from start to finish in one sitting.

The print is large and well spaced, and there are ample illustrations (the original drawings by E.H. Shepard) on every page spread to keep little eyes engaged in the story. Most important, the editor has removed most of the passages that aren't so kid friendly and has simplified the stories without giving them a Disney style candy coating. One could read the original story and then the easy-to-read version and get the same basic plot; when going from the Milne works to the Disney versions, the same is certainly not true.

I didn't give these books five stars because the editor retained some language and dialogue that may be a bit confusing for children in the intended age range. Nevertheless, these books are a wonderful introduction to a classic cast of characters for the preschool set.

Pooh on Tape
This is our very first book on tape.My son is five and listened intently to every word.I can't wait to go on vacation and have him listen while we are in the car for 4 hours.The reader is very clear speaking.I am not able to talk while this is playing because my son really wants to listen to it.He loves to be read to.I wish I would have discovered this sooner!

Perfect!
What a refreshing change to hear Pooh in his native tongue!I am a great fan of Disney movies but Pooh is something special in this wonderful audio version of the timeless stories.My 5 year old listens to this tape all the time!

Fantastic production of classic tales!
My 3 1/2 year-old son and I absolutely love this cassette on a number of levels!The acting is great: lively without being over-the-top, convincing without being melodramatic.The cast brings out the humor of Milne's writing beautifully.I have to admit that I was not a Milne fan before purchasing this; I just didn't 'get' it.After listening to this cassette, I realized why: Winnie the Pooh is marketed here in the U.S. as an early childhood character/series.But it's not.The stories, the humor, the characters, and the language all are aimed at children about the age of Christoper Robin, who must be atleast 5, *and* at their parents.Ie there are elements that a child would never get, but I do, and so both my preschooler and I understand at our levels.Other fantastic aspects: great sound quality, sound effects, choice of stories.One point: Because of the British accents and idioms, this products works best for a patient and interested child.Also, for the preschooler (such as mine), it required that I listen with him the first few times until he understood the storyline well enough to follow without me.But don't let this discourage you.From the start, my child enjoyed the different voices (especially piglet) and sound effects.The subtlety only means that he doesn't get bored with it -- after even the 30th time. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, the Liar, the Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within, Moab Is My Washpot, the Hippopotamus, Paperweight, Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Stars' Tennis Balls is a psychological thriller novel by Stephen Fry, first published in 2000. In the United States, the title was changed to Revenge. In the Afterword to the 2003 American edition, Fry admits that the story "is a straight steal, virtually identical in all but period and style to Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo" but denies plagiarism, since Dumas also admits that the plot was taken from a contemporary urban legend. The main character, Edward (Ted/Tedward) Maddstone, is a seventeen year old schoolboy who appears to be the sort of person for whom everything goes right. He is captain of school, talented at sports and following in the footsteps of his father towards Oxford University, then a career in politics. He is happy and has fallen in love with a girl called Portia. But a few bizarre twists and turns of fate ensure that his life is turned upside down. As mentioned above, the plot is extremely similar to the story of The Count of Monte Cristo. The original title comes from a quotation taken from John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. In full it reads: "We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and banded which way please them." The novel's dedication reads simply "To M'Colleague" - "M'Colleague" being the name by which Fry and Hugh Laurie referred to each other in their TV sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Things begin to go wrong for the main character when his schoolfriend Ashley Barson-Garland discovers that Maddstone has secretly r...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3675837 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stephen Fry, Peter Ustinov, Craig Murray, Clement Freud, Rector of the University of Dundee, Malcolm Bruce, Lorraine Kelly, Tony Slattery, Fred Macaulay, Gordon Wilson, George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie. Excerpt:Sir Clement Freud Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 15 April 2009) was an English broadcaster , writer, politician and chef . Early life Freud was born in Berlin , the son of Jewish parents Ernst Ludwig Freud , an architect, and Lucie née Brasch. He was the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and the brother of artist Lucian Freud . His family fled to Britain from Nazi Germany , and his given name was anglicised from the original Clemens. He spent his later childhood in Hampstead where he attended the The Hall private preparatory school. He also attended Dartington Hall , a boarding school, and St Paul's School , an independent school in London. During the Second World War Freud joined the Royal Ulster Rifles and served in the ranks. He acted as an aide to Field Marshal Montgomery . He worked at the Nuremberg Trials and in 1947 was commissioned as an officer. He married June Flewett (the inspiration for Lucy Pevensie in C. S. Lewis 's children's series the Chronicles of Narnia ) in 1950, and the couple had five children. June Flewett had taken the stage name Jill Raymond in 1944, and since Clement's knighthood has been Lady Freud. Early career Freud was one of Britain's first "celebrity chefs ", having worked at the Dorchester Hotel , and went on to run his own restaurant in Sloane Square at a relatively young age. As well as this, he had various newspaper and magazine columns, and was later a familiar face on television for his appearance in a series of dog food commercials (at first for Minced Morsels, later Chunky Meat) in which he co-starred with a ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Douglas Adams, Daniel Handler, Stephen Fry, Helena Bonham Carter, Willie Rushton, Jon Pertwee, Tim Curry, Tony Robinson, Majel Barrett, Bill Bryson, Rachel Weisz, Alan Bennett, Tamora Pierce, Paul Mcgann, Tom Baker, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Hugo Weaving, Colin Firth, Ralph Fiennes, Barack Obama, William Shatner, David Tennant, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Catherine Tate, Imelda Staunton, Leslie Grantham, Bill Nighy, Brian Wansink, Heathcote Williams, Michael Emerson, Michael York, Peter Capaldi, Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Alfred Molina, Colm Meaney, Winifred Phillips, John de Lancie, Emilia Fox, Juliet Stevenson, Andrew Sachs, Simon Russell Beale, Robert Evans, Fiona Shaw, David Kaye, Ruth Wilson, Armin Shimerman, Nick Moran, Ken Stott, David Ogden Stiers, Edward Herrmann, Lalla Ward, Janet Mcteer, Adjoa Andoh, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blair Brown, Kate Maberly, Geoffrey Palmer, Harriet Walter, Peter Dennis, Campbell Scott, Lindsay Duncan, Johnny Morris, Martin Jarvis, Joan Hickson, David Oyelowo, Annie Potts, Jeremy Northam, Michael Jayston, Brian Tracy, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Stephanie Leonidas, Paula Wilcox, Emma Fielding, Clare Higgins, Alex Jennings, Charles Frazier, Honeysuckle Weeks, David Rintoul, Frank Muller, Judith Ivey, Jemma Redgrave, Simon Prebble, Ted Robbins, Denis Waitley, Hugh Fraser, Ellie Beaven, Tara Sands, Chuck Mckibben, Stephen Thorne, Saskia Reeves, Flo Gibson, David Pittu, Susan Jameson, Nigel Anthony, Jeff Harding, Dan Cashman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Dick Hill, Jim Weiss. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 701. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as the junior United States ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=534366 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: J. K. Rowling, Stephen Fry, Jim Dale, List of Harry Potter Cast Members, Melissa Anelli, T.p. Wiseman, Mary Grandpré, Gili Bar-Hillel, Cliff Wright, Steve Kloves, David Heyman, Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, Sarah Rees Brennan, Sevin Okyay, Lia Wyler, Andrzej Polkowski. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The list of Harry Potter cast members is a list of actors who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Harry Potter film series based on the book series by J. K. Rowling. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who have played and will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in all the films, were virtually unknown when they were cast. Complementing them on screen are some of the most renowned actors of the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Miranda Richardson, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters and Mark Williams, among others. Sixteen actors have appeared as the same character in the first six films of the franchise, and many of these actors are expected to reappear in either of the upcoming two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the books, a significant number of characters who have not appeared since some of the earlier novels reappear to fight to defend Hogwarts in the large, final battle. David Yates, director of the final four Potter films, said, "I want to get them all back" for the final instalment of the series, referring to his desire to bring back as many actors who have appeared in the franchise as possible ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=771537 ... Read more