*"Only go home when you're half mad, half dead, or both."*It's 1987, and Mark Giblin has just discovered the perfect escape from the brawling pubs and concrete towers of Thatcher's Britain.India: mountains, beaches, chaotic, crumbling cities and an endless scope for travelling mayhem. His mate - a young Sean Lock - joins him, but their trip starts badly.Once Sean regains his senses after landing in steaming hot, pre-monsoon Delhi, the pair stumble through Kashmir and Nepal on...

Sean Lock stars in a surreal comedy masterpiece set in a heavily-bugged London tower block'Minor-key masterpiece' The TelegraphFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, these classic cult comedies sparked a critically-acclaimed BBC TV show that ran for two series between 2002 and 2003. Starring the much-missed Sean Lock, these tower block tales revolve around a sardonic misanthrope who, despite his best efforts, can't seem to keep the world ...

Seven series of sensational live stand-up comedy from the nineties and noughtiesStand-up fans rejoice - this cracking collection contains a whole seven series of top-drawer comedy, recorded live at London and Manchester's legendary Comedy Store and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Enjoy over eleven hours of laughs from some of the biggest and best stand-ups on the circuit, hosted by three fantastically funny compères: Simon Bligh, Ross Noble and

Follow in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson with J. Maarten Troost, the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals.Readers and critics alike adore J. Maarten Troost for his signature wry and witty take on the adventure memoir. Headhunters on My Doorstep chronicles Troost’s return to the South Pacific after his struggle with alcoholism left him numb to life. Deciding to retrace the path once traveled by the author of Treasure Island...

As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capstick’s Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view Africa through the eyes of one of the most renowned professional hunters.Few men can say they have known Africa as Capstick has known it—leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in ...

Two members of a team who descended into the Huautla cave complex in Mexico describe their perilous and deadly trek into one of the world's deepest caves.The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant.With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano de San August...

This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty. -The Wall Street JournalI couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinating and beautifully-written story. -Bradford Washburn* One of National Geographic Adventure's The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time* Spring 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley* New edition includes a ...

The adventures of Pete the Bushman, a wild West-coaster from Pukekura, New Zealand's answer to Crocodile Dundee and a man who owns his own town. This book about a true New Zealand bushman, of a life lived against the grain, of adventure in New Zealand's thickest wilderness and a lifestyle any Kiwi bloke would envy. Pete the Bushman has lived a life inseparable from the bush - these are his stories of running down deer on foot, heli-hunting in his own chopper, finding the p...

Fans of Paul Carter will love this fast-paced and funny memoir featuring nudist neighbours, sex in croc-infested waters, frogs in the toilet and a resident snake in Kellie's kitchen that may or may not be lethal. These are the outrageous stories of a feisty girl who decided to go bush.SKIMPY (defn): A feisty barmaid who works in outback pubs in denim cut-offs and a bikini topKellie Arrowsmith was a country girl whose idea of a hairdo was ty...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Neil Armstrong in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Neil Armstrong. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” – it was with these pivotal words that Neil Armstrong became world-famous, being the first man to walk on the Moon and becoming a legend on 21 July 1969. Along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, he successfully completed...

Fearless hero and showman extraordinaire William "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived a remarkable life. As a young man, he made a name for himself in the Wild West as an incredibly successful buffalo hunter and rider for the Pony Express. Later in life, he helped immortalize the mythology of the period by staging a series of traveling shows depicted a romanticized version of life on the open range. This thrilling autobiography offers a fascinating glimpse into the adventures of this quintessentially...

"This is a great book about life at remote bases in Canada's far north as seen by a young English boy who went there by himself to see the world and got more than he could have bargained for. Beautifully written." --Sir Ranulph Fiennes"As spare, gleaming, and exhilarating as the Arctic wastes and the gentle, stoic Eskimos who had mastery of this realm . . . The book evokes the frozen seas, whale hunts, snow plains and storms that intimidated those rash enough to brave this world, a...