A new volume of cartoons featuring Alex, the anti-hero yuppie/city whizzkid of the strip cartoon soap which appears daily in "The Independent".

Alex II

Humor & Entertainment

Peattie, Charles

Taylor, Russell

Humor

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner: An Unfit Londoner's Attempt to Run the New York Marathon

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

Andr Deutsch

The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner is one comparatively unfit 39-year-old Londoner's humorous account of his attempt to run the New York marathon from scratch. Inspired by the charity running of his friends, Russell Taylor decided to spare himself the post-event trauma of trying to extract money from reluctant sponsors by writing this book and donating the proceeds to charity instead. This account follows our intrepid runner from the treadmills of a north London gym to the mean streets of Manhattan as we discover what lurks within the breast of the endurance athlete: an unreasonable hatred of his fellow runners (except nubile females of the species), a contempt for the idiocy of stadium announcers and a strange fear of spectators inanely shouting, "Keep going," by way of encouragement. Written with panache and self-deprecating humour, this is ideal entertainment for anyone who has ever run any distance on their own two legs.

The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner : An Unfit Londoner's Attempt to Run the New York City Marathon from Scratch

Other Team Sports

Carlton Books Ltd.

Marx and Engels invented it; Lenin volunteered Russia for the honour of trying it; the Soviet people had to live with it. This tongue-in-cheek travel guide is a cherishably witty insight into the chaotic, bewildering and sometimes scary society that resulted from this heroically doomed effort to 'build Communism'. It teaches you basic Soviet survival skills including how to queue for useless products, bribe your way into empty restaurants and contravene anti-alcohol measures. "The authors' pen is driven not only by a blind hatred of socialism but also a genuine pathological medical condition." (Young Communists' "Pravda" (1986)). "In 1986 USSR was a prescient, hilarious and inspirational take on the evil empire. For Soviet totalitarianism ridicule was a deadly foe. To Polonsky and Taylor, the thanks of all those who were once captive and are now free." (Edward Lucas, International Editor, "Economist").

USSR: From an Original Idea by Karl Marx

History

Polonsky, Marc

Russia

Faber&Faber

Marx and Engels invented it; Lenin volunteered Russia for the honour of trying it; the Soviet people had to live with it.. This tongue-in-cheek travel guide is a cherishably witty insight into the chaotic, bewildering and sometimes scary society that resulted from this heroically doomed effort to "build Communism". It teaches you basic Soviet survival skills including how to queue for useless products, bribe your way into empty restaurants and contravene anti-alcohol measures. 'The authors' pen is driven not only by a blind hatred of socialism but also a genuine pathological medical condition.' Young Communists' Pravda (1986). 'In 1986 USSR was a prescient, hilarious and inspirational take on the evil empire. For Soviet totalitarianism ridicule was a deadly foe. To Polonsky and Taylor, the thanks of all those who were once captive and are now free.' Edward Lucas, International Editor, Economist

USSR

This is the story of the banking excesses of the 1980s, from the viewpoint of an insider involved in merchant banking. As the banks struggle to restore their solvency, taxpayers, customers and shareholders have to shoulder the cost of an extraordinary string of financial disasters. The author offers some hope that current banking losses will not trigger a world depression, as they did in the 1930s, but he does suggest that this new crisis will force banking reform onto the political agenda.

Going for broke: How banking mismanagement lost £ thousands of billions

Business & Money

Economics

Simon&Schuster

Our rescue supporters said my stories of Rescue life were very funny, tearjerking and thought-provoking and I should publish them. This book tells you not only about some of the 10,000 plus animals we have rescued, but also the amazing human experience of running an animal rescue with its laughter, tears, frustrations and challenges. Although most of the animals we rescued are/were dogs, cats and horses, we have also had donkeys, cows, small birds, huge birds, goats, sheep, llamas, pigs, chinchillas, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles and fish. If it sounds crazy...it is!\nWe are a little different than most in that all of the dogs live in the house with us like family. Couch space is at a premium. 
Many great/funny stories are still there at the back of my mind or on scraps of paper but if I waited to write them all, this book would be published posthumously.\nI haver been told it's a great "Book Club" book and a great bedside book. Lots of great pictures too!

Living in an Animal Rescue: A human's life at Modjeska Ranch Animal Rescue

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Hidden Paradise Books

A collection of the cartoon strip from the 'Daily Telegraph.'

Alex Plays the Game

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Headline

Alex Calls the Shots

The Best of Alex 2020

Masterley Publishing

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