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Stephen Fry
A witty, illustrated ode to Stephen Fry’s decades-long obsession with a man’s most trusted accessory: the tie
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Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his way home from fighting in the Trojan War. His journey takes ten years - on the high…
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The dazzling companion volume to the bestselling Mythos. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes
The epic FINAL chapter to Stephen Fry's outstanding retellings of the Greek Myths
One of the most imaginative minds alive retells the greatest stories in history - the Greek Myths.
Sunday Times bestsellers Mythos and Heroes have over a million sales- now comes Troy
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen…
Adrian Healey is magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life; unprepared for more murders and wholly unprepared for the truth. Stephen Fry’s breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric…
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Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover’s birthday, an epithalamion for your sister’s wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government’s housing policy, this book gives you…
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The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series. Odysseus's journey from the battlefields of Troy to…
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William Saroyan
A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac's inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry.
Based on Stephen Fry's best-selling Mythos series, this beautifully illustrated deck offers inspiration from the gods, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology. This deluxe deck features all your favorite mythological…
Stephen Fry, Jesús Sotés (illus)
The myths we all love from Stephen Fry's bestselling Mythos now return in a brand new and achingly beautiful illustrated edition
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Stanley Wells
Stanley Wells brings a lifetime of reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about Shakespeare. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like…
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In this continuation of Mythos, Stephen Fry recounts the stories of the human heroes found in Greek mythology, with illustrations of classical art inspired by the myths.
Whether you are single, married, or simply Fry-curious, Mrs Stephen Fry, the world’s almost leading relationship expert, leads you gently but firmly though the marital process from proposal to divorce
Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too.
"Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of these timeless Greek myths now told with stunning original illustrations to accompany each myth. Fry draws out the humor and pathos in…
Rebecca Struthers
A 40,000-year global journey through the history of time from an extraordinary watchmaker and historian
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Britain’s best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen’s account of…
Douglas Adams
Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems…Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams.
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Stephen Fry, Fubar Douglas, L Arthur Rose
This grand old (1938) musical was revived in London in 1984 and came to New York in 1986. The late Viscount Hareford had a youthful, unfortunate marriage - and kept…
Stephen Hoole, Andrew Fry, Rachel Davies
Comprehensive Study Resource That Helps Readers Pass the PACES Exam
Concise and ideal for quick reference, Cases for PACES is the perfect resource for MRCP PACES preparation in the run-up…
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"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Michael Joseph."
Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author’s arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday.
A memoir that tells how, sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, the author survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment…
Called great fun by The Washington Post and a heart-stopping yarn by Newsday, Fry’s first thriller is his most commercial novel yet and a brilliant recasting of the classic story…
No one loves and quarrels, desires, and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry…
A collection of articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio, includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in Fry’s…
Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me.
Michael Young is a brilliant young history student whose life is changed when he meets Leo Zuckerman, an ageing physicist with a theory that can change worlds.
So begins a year-long process of torment and hopelessness, which will destroy his very identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable desire for revenge. ‘Whatever Stephen Fry…
First published in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2020 –Copyright page.
Comedian and actor Fry explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms in his witty and practical guide, giving the aspiring poet the tools and confidence to write and…
National Treasure- noun - someone or something regarded as emblematic of a nation’s cultural heritage, such as Stephen Fry (OED 2010)
Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen’s arrival at…
Penguin presents the unabridged audio CD edition of Mythos written and read by Stephen Fry.
The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told. Thoroughly spellbinding, informative and moving, Fry’s volume perfectly captures these stories for the modern age–in all their rich and deeply human…
Stephen Fry (Audiobook Narrator)
Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also…
Michael Pedersen
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest young talents.
Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, this book offers an account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him…
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Following the bestselling retellings of the Greek myths in Mythos and Heroes, Stephen Fry’s bewitching third volume Troy - concerning love and war, passion and…
Penguin presents the CD edition of Heroes written and read by Stephen Fry.
Tim Lihoreau,Stephen Fry
A riotous, rambling and incomplete history of classical music, complete with leg measurements
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