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THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FOR 2025 BY 2 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER. Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wants things to go back to how they were. Out of the blue he is offered a job that comes with a free luxury apartment. He hopes this might be enough to tempt her back. But, as events unfold, it starts to dawn on him that perhaps she didn't leave of her own accord after all... Praise for Bob Mortimer: 'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else' The Guardian ‘The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart’ – Observer ‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling’ The Times 'There is a sweetness to his worldview that makes his writing gently poignant... Like Spike Milligan, the only vintage comic whose fiction is still read, Mortimer has managed to use a novel as a vehicle for his distinctive comedic voice' The Telegraph
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Mortimer
With over half a million copies in print, Mortimer is one of Robert Munsch's most popular and beloved books. Mortimer is the story "...of a little boy who won't go to sleep at night and who drives his family crazy with his rowdiness ...[It] reads as though it was written by a parent driven frantic by one of the contemporary but compulsive stages of childrearing ...[It is] of tremendous appeal to kids and parents at the same stage."--Globe and Mail
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Mortimer
Mortimer will not be quiet and go to sleep. Not for his mother, or his father, or his seventeen sisters and brothers, not even for the police.A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this unforgettable noise-maker to a new generation of young readers.Since 1979, over seventy million books by Robert Munsch have sold in dozens of countries around the world. Now, a fresh and contemporary redesign brings the Classic Munsch books to a new generation of young readers, honoring the look of the originals while introducing them to one of the world’s funniest children’s book authors.
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Mortimer
Mortimer will not be quiet and go to sleep. Not for his mother, or his father, or his seventeen sisters and brothers, not even for the police.A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this unforgettable noise-maker to a new generation of young readers.Since 1979, over seventy million books by Robert Munsch have sold in dozens of countries around the world. Now, a fresh and contemporary redesign brings the Classic Munsch books to a new generation of young readers, honoring the look of the originals while introducing them to one of the world’s funniest children’s book authors.
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Mortimer Early Reader
Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!”Mortimer will not be quiet and go to sleep. Not for his mother, or his father, or his seventeen sisters and brothers, not even for the police.Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the back for parents.
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And Away...
The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ - Sunday Times‘Winningly heartfelt’ – The Guardian‘A triumph’ – Daily Mail Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away… Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface, it was tinged by the loss of his dad, and his own various misadventures (now infamous from his appearances on Would I Lie to You?), from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called Dog Dirt. As an adult, he trained as a solicitor and moved to London. Though he was doing pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him ‘The Cockroach King’ after a successful verdict), a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. And now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2’s Gone Fishing. Warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny, And Away… is Bob’s full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure.)
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Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain
'Excellent... Mortimer's erudition is formidable' The TimesA time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour...Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history - the Regency, or Georgian England.This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and Waterloo. It was perhaps the last age of true freedom before the arrival of the stifling world of Victorian morality.And like all periods in history, it was an age of many contradictions - where Beethoven's thundering Fifth Symphony could premier in the same year that saw Jane Austen craft the delicate sensitivities of Persuasion.This is history at its most exciting, physical, visceral - the past not as something to be studied but as lived experience. This is Ian Mortimer at the height of his time-travelling prowess.'Ian Mortimer has made this kind of imaginative time travel his speciality' Daily Mail
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Mortimer Bloom
Paul Barclay's story continues. Six years from the end of Le Morte d'Mortimer, Jack Hammond persuades Paul to return to London where he meets up with Joseph and Aaron, the mysterious agent Esther Fanning and two Hollywood movie makers. Under Fanning's management Literary, Theatrical and Movie successes have made them all incredibly rich. On a visit to Cambridge Joseph begins to unveil parts of his life hitherto unknown to Paul. The reappearance of McArthur, sparks off further mystery. Paul moves on to Amsterdam to meet up with Jack Hammond and finds himself managed and manipulated by the Rosenblum organisation. From Hammond he learns the secrets of Mortimer's prized icon of the Blue Madonna. They also encounter the secretive International Art market. Their journey, driven by the mystery of all the Mortimer connections, takes them from Amsterdam to the Blair Edgar has woven a net of intrigue and changing interpersonal relations in which his characters are all trapped as the story unfolds.
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Mortimer Finds His Wings
Why would anyone need to weigh or measure a huge green dragon? Ben finds out when his new friend Mortimer, a huge green dragon tells him he can’t fly. He is heartbroken; all dragons should fly, shouldn’t they? He dreams of adventures with his father in wild, wonderful places, and Ben is desperate to help make that dream come true. The task is enormous, and Ben can’t do it alone. Luckily, the whole village pitches in: the quarry workers, the primary school children, the firemen, the hilariously hopeless Knit and Natter Group, the mountain rescue team and even the steam engine company. Everyone in the village is happy to help Mortimer achieve his dream. With clever ideas, hard work, and the help of the professor Ben sets out on an unforgettable mission that will test his courage, creativity and friendship in ways he never expected.
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Every Man his Own Broker
Thomas Mortimer (1730–1810) is chiefly remembered as a writer on economics. Every Man his Own Broker was first published in 1761, and ran to fourteen editions in the next forty years, this reissue being of the fourth edition. It was based on his own experience of the stock market, which in the first half of the eighteenth century was rapidly developing, but also suffered crises in which many speculators lost heavily. Increasing sales of government stock to pay for foreign wars led to concern, and Mortimer gives practical advice to readers to avoid making mistakes by relying on brokers. The book gives a good picture of how the stock market and the London financial world were operating at this time, although Mortimer's antipathy to brokers and jobbers is exaggerated. The book contains the first use of the terms 'bull' and 'bear' to describe types of markets.
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Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II; Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music and Isaac Newton in science - the civil wars are over and a magnificent new era has begun.But what would it really be like to live in Restoration Britain? Where would you stay and what would you eat? What would you wear and where would you do your shopping? The third volume in the series of Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guides answers the crucial questions that a prospective traveller to seventeenth-century Britain would ask.People's lives are changing rapidly - from a world of superstition and religious explanation to rationalism and scientific calculation. In many respects the period sees the tipping point between the old world and the new as fear and uncertainty, hardship and eating with your fingers give way to curiosity and professionalism, fine wines and knives and forks. Travelling to Restoration Britain encourages us to reflect on the customs and practices of daily life - and this unique guide not only teaches us about the seventeenth century but makes us look with fresh eyes at the modern world.'Ian Mortimer is a historical truffle hound... His book is a delightful read.' Sunday Times
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Hotel Avocado
Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door neighbour, Grace and her dog Lassoo, or should he move to Brighton, where his girlfriend Emily is about to open The Hotel Avocado? Either way, he’d be letting someone down. But sinister forces are gathering in a cloud of launderette scented-vape smoke, and the arrival of the mysterious Mr Sequence puts Gary in an even worse predicament: soon he might be dead. All Gary wants is a happy life. But he also wants to be alive to enjoy it… THE HILARIOUS AND GRIPPING NEW NOVEL BY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER
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Satsuma Complex
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Funny, clever and sweet’– Sunday Times‘The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart’ – Observer‘Like Spike Milligan, Mortimer has managed to use a novel for his distinctive comedic voice’ – The Telegraph ‘Hilarious’ – Daily Mail ‘You’ll love it’ – Independent My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice. Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers. And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life…A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Satsuma Complex is the brilliantly funny smash hit first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer.
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Morte D'mortimer
Le Morte d'Mortimer is an intriguing blend of fact and fiction, leading to mystery. When Paul Barclay is commissioned to write a newspaper feature about Arthur Mortimer, a chain of events is triggered that changes the lives of all the key characters. In unveiling Mortimer he discovers the events that have surrounded the life of a remarkable old man. At first uncertain as to whether or not there is a story at all, Barclay is drawn into a world that involves intellectual game playing, discoveries, twists and turns. Blair Edgar has put together an intriguing cast of high powered highly intelligent characters that gather around Mortimer in a story filled with constant surprises, wit and wisdom. The dialogue is loaded with imagery that evokes the life of an extraordinary old man and those who surround him.
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