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A History of Britain in Just a Minute by Gyles Brandreth
Category: History
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.What does Rumpelstiltskin have to do with the princes in the tower? What is so special about the year 1776? How many Harry Potters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hila ...Show more
Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 Poems to Read, Relish and Recite by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Gift
Pre-order Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion Includes an updated chapter of poems to bring you hope and happiness this year 'Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness' ...Show more
Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Biography
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarchThis intimate, personal biography of Queen Elizabeth II tells the story of her remarkable life, reign and times, from a perspective unlike any other. Gyles Brandreth writes the Queen's tale candidly with grace and sensitiv ...Show more
Have You Eaten Grandma? by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Non-Fiction
The go-to good English guide from the grammar guru himself, Gyles Brandreth . . .__________ Why, like, does everyone keep saying 'like'? Why do apostrophe's keep turning up in the wrong place? Why do we get confused when using foreign phrases - and vice versa? Is it 'may be' or 'maybe'? Should it be ...Show more
Have You Eaten Grandma? by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Self-Help
Pre order the go-to good English guide from the grammar guru himself, Gyles Brandreth . . . Don't know if it's, like, okay to say 'like'?Are your apostrophe's in the wrong place?Should it be 'past' or 'passed'?Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes? Then do not despair, Gyles Brandreth's Hav ...Show more
Messing about in Quotes - A Little Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations by Gyles Brandreth (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction
Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from wittyone-liners and ...Show more
On Christmas by Gyles Brandreth (Introduction by)
Category: Gift
A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful anthology--described in Gyles Brandreth's introduction as "a plum pudding stuffed with good things"--offers an array of writers, both old and new, who have expressed their thoughts abo ...Show more
Optical Illusions: Challenge Your Visual Thinking! by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Reference
Playing with these illusions can help to sharpen readers' visual thinking skills. Readers will never see the world in quite the same way after they tackle these ingenious illusions! These astounding optical illusions will have you wondering what's real and what's not. They're baffling challenges that ar ...Show more
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Fiction
'I see murder in this unhappy hand!' When Mrs Robinson, palmist to the Prince of Wales, reads Oscar Wilde's palm she cannot know what she has predicted. Nor can Oscar know what he has set in motion when, that same evening, he proposes a game of 'Murder' in which each of his Sunday Supper Club guests mus ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Reference
Writer, broadcaster, and wit Gyles Brandreth has completely revised Ned Sherrin's classic collection of wisecracks, one-liners, and anecdotes. With over 1,000 new quotations from all media, it's easy to find hilarious quotes on subjects ranging from Argument to Diets, from Computers to The Weather. Add ...Show more
Philip: The Final Portrait by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Biography
This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controver ...Show more
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Biography
____________________________________________________________________________________THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'It is a beautifully written book about a unique and extraordinary man who was the longest-serving consort to the longest reigning monarch in British history. I have read many other book ...Show more