Author: Gyles Daubeney BrandrethPublisher:
ISBN: 9780748100392
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Gyles Brandreth's Big Book of Jokes
Author: Gyles Daubeney BrandrethPublisher:
ISBN: 9780748100392
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Gyles Brandreth's Big Book of Jokes
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher:
ISBN: 9780356075440
Category : Wit and humor, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The Super Joke Book
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402747137
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Presents riddles, jokes, and short stories about topics including money, school, animals, marriage, and sleep.
The Rudest Joke Book in the World
Author: Gyles Daubeney BrandrethPublisher:
ISBN: 9780340372340
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Have You Eaten Grandma?
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1982127406
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or speaking. But do not despair! Great Britain’s most popular grammar guru has created the ultimate modern manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this brilliantly funny and accessible guide to proper punctuation and so much more, Gyles Brandreth explores the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us what we’ve been doing wrong and shows us how, in the future, we can get it right every time. Covering everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs, from age-old conundrums like “lay” vs. “lie,” to the confounding influences of social media on our everyday language, Have You Eaten Grandma? is an endlessly useful and entertaining resource for all.
Word Play
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473620317
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.
What's Black and White and Red All Over?
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241427304
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Laugh yourself silly in this fantastic collection of jokes and riddles! WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER? An embarrassed Penguin A sunburnt elephant A newspaper! Did those jokes make you laugh? Make you groan? Maybe a bit of both? There's a lot more where they came from. Collected here by jokesmith Gyles Brandreth are some of the best and worst jokes ever (plus a few riddles to keep you on your toes). From 'Knock, knock' to 'Waiter waiter', with some funny elephants and giraffes thrown in for good measure, there's also a bit of expert joke advice, so you can show others just how funny you can be! 'Very funny, and often outright silly' Guardian on Have You Eaten Grandma by Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol
Author: Gyles BrandrethPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439172315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
In this new installment in the engaging mystery series Booklist called “pitch-perfect” and “enthralling”—currently in development as a BBC television series—the incomparable playwright, novelist, raconteur, and now ex-convict Oscar Wilde faces his most fiendishly puzzling case yet. Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials. Yet even in the midst of such deprivation, his astonishing detective powers remain undiminished—and when first a brutal warder and then the prison chaplain are found murdered, who else should the governor turn to for help other than Reading Gaol’s most celebrated inmate?
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile
Author: Gyles Daubeney BrandrethPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 141169872X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Sometimes something happens that gives your life definition. You meet somebody and everything in your life suddenly makes sense. Everything youve ever accomplished, Every mistake you ever made, And every bad thing thats ever happened to you was so you'd be prepared to meet this person. So youd earn the priviledge of their presence. This happened to Bishop. Except he is only 99% ready. Because, unfortunately, Bishop is a dog.
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Author: Gyles Daubeney BrandrethPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416551743
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Originally published: Oscar Wilde and the candlelight murders. London : John Murray, 2007.