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James Callaghan's career in politics is unique: no other British politician has held the four great posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. Here, he talks of the issues and major crises of the time, and conveys what it was like to be in the forefront of politics in a modern democracy.

For Tony Blair's second term of office, Micahel Barber was appointed head of the PM's Delivery Unit with a brief to drive for real change in the public services and to achieve improvements in health, education and in crime reduction.

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What did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning? Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? Where was Polly on the night of the Great Wedding Anniversary disaster? This book presents the scripts for the show's classic episodes.

Norman Thelwell took his first kitten home in a shopping-bag slung from the handlebars of his bicycle at the age of ten. He still has the scars to prove it. "Magnificat" is a comic tribute to the mysterious relationship human beings have long had with the feline species.

One of the most well-loved and best-selling humour titles of all time.

Subtitled, "The War Poets 1914-1918". Selected and arranged by Brian Gardner.

A complete collection of lyrics by Lehrer together with illustrations by Ronald Searle.

Subtitled, "Forging Britain's Early-Warning Chain, 1935-45". The first detailed study of the patterning and design of Britain's early-warning radar stations of the Second World War. With numerous maps and structural studies, it shows how the system was shaped by the march of war and, as it grew, provided a new focus for the talents of engineers, designers and builders.

A comprehensive guide to the essentials of screenwriting and storytelling, using hundreds of films as examples, and taking the writer through all the critical points which allow him or her to create a screenplay which both works and sells.

New B format edition of the classic screenplay, and a new addition to the Methuen Monty Python Collection. 8pp b/w stills.

When "The Life of Brian" was first released in 1979 it was hailed by most as Monty Python's finest parody and denounced by a few as the most blasphemous film of all time. But, with its unforgettable songs and its infinitely quotable script it has gone on to become an enduring cult classic.

In the 1930s, H.V. Morton decided "to make a Christian pilgrimage from the Euphrates to the Nile, and into Sinai, and to tell the story of the Christian life of the Near East". His account describes the journey from Babylon to Baghdad, from Coptic monasteries to the churches of Rome.

Shortlisted for the "Irish Times" International Novel Award 2001 and the Pen/Faulkner Award, this is a haunting novel about a university professor coming to terms with the death of his family. Set in the American midwest.

A travel guide which also introduces you to Spanish history and culture. First published in 1955.

The first popular history of the world's finest stamp collection. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke Of York. Illustrated with full colour reproductions of some of the most famous stamps.

Mo Yan's collection of eight darkly humorous short stories - surrealistic political fables, ghost stories, tales of failed and perverse love, and stories about the destructive effects of superstition and ignorance. Mo Yan addresses serious concerns of contemporary China with a light touch.

Paperback edition of this bestselling account of 250 years of piracy from the 16th century to the hanging of the last pirate captain in Boston in 1835.

H.V. Morton's account of his journey through the Holy Land. Nowhere do the ancient world and the modern collide so abruptly as in these territories, so long disputed, where H.V. Morton undertook a pilgrimage in the early 1930s.