The ​Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Douglas Adams - Mostly ​Harmless
Arthur ​Dent hasn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth was blown up. Depressed and alone, Arthur settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter.

Douglas Adams - Life, ​the Universe and Everything
Join ​Arthur Dent, earthling, "jerk", kneebiter and time-traveler; sexy space cadet Trillian; mad alien Ford Prefect; unflappable Slartibartfast; two-headed, three-armed ex-head Honcho of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox... and learn to fly. Is it the end? With Douglas Adams it's always up in the air!

Douglas Adams - So ​Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
There ​is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she's forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God's Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it. And in a dramatic break with tradition - actually find it...

Douglas Adams - The ​Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
At ​last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchiker series. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat. Life, the Universe and Everything The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak. Mostly Harmless Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

Douglas Adams - The ​Restaurant at the End of the Universe
When ​all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - 'Where shall we have dinner?' _The Restaurant at the End of the Universe_ provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.

Douglas Adams - The ​Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds ​before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out of work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin their journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitch Hiker's Guide "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" and a galaxy-full of fellow travellers: Zaphod Beeblebrox - the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out to lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ball-point pens he has bought over the years.

Douglas Adams - The ​Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - A Trilogy in Five Parts
First ​a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, now a blockbusting movie, the immensely successful Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction. Reissued to coincide with the films release, this hardback omnibus edition include all five parts of the trilogy, incorporating for the first time, Mostly Harmless, along with a guide to the guide and essential notes on how to leave the planet. This single hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller and for old and new Douglas Adams fans everywhere.

Douglas Adams - The ​Salmon of Doubt
he ​Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time is a posthumous collection of previously unpublished material by Douglas Adams. It consists largely of essays about technology and life experiences, but its major selling point is the inclusion of the incomplete novel on which Adams was working at the time of his death, The Salmon of Doubt (from which the collection gets its title, a reference to the Celtic myth of the Salmon of Wisdom). English editions of the book were published in the USA and UK in May 2002, exactly one year after the author's death.

P. G. Wodehouse - Leave ​it to Psmith
Lady ​Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well-connected jewel thieves - among them the Honourable Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth's younger son, who wants the reward money to set up a bookmaking business. Psmith, the elegant socialist, is also after it for his newly married chum Mike. And on patrol with the impossible task of bringing management to Blandings is the Efficient Baxter, whose strivings for order lead to a memorable encounter with the castle flowerpots. Will peace ever return to Blandings Castle ... ?

Douglas Adams - John Lloyd - The ​Meaning of Liff
In ​Life*, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. On the other hand, the world is littererd with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Our job, as wee see it, is to get these words dow off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society. *And, indeed, in Liff.

Douglas Adams - A ​lélek hosszú, sötét teadélutánja
Ő ​a világ első és egyben egyetlen holisztikus magánnyomozója, aki a maga érthetetlen módján fényt derít minden rejtélyre. Sőt, ha kell, napjában többször is megmenti a világot. Amikor a Heathrow repülőtér kettes terminálján az egyik utasfelvételi pult a tetőn át kilőtt a magasba, narancsszínű lángtengert hagyva maga mögött, a szokásos csoportok igyekeztek magukra vállalni a felelősséget. Először az IRA, aztán a PFSZ, majd a Gázművek. Még a Brit Nukleáris Üzemanyagok Gyára is gyorsan kiadott egy nyilatkozatot, miszerint tökéletesen urai a helyzetnek, hogy az ilyesminek egy a millióhoz az esélye, hogy szinte egyáltalán nem tapasztalható radioaktív szivárgás, és hogy a robbanás helyszínén remek kis pikniket lehet csapni a gyerekekkel, végül azonban beismerték, hogy abszolút semmi közük a történtekhez. Semmiféle racionális magyarázatot nem találtak a robbanásra – egyszerűen ráfogták, hogy Isten műve volt. Igen ám, gondolta Dirk Gently, de melyiké? És mi volt vele a célja? Miféle Isten téblábolna a Heathrow repülőtér kettes terminálján, hogy megpróbálja elérni a 15:37-es oslói járatot?

Douglas Adams - Az ​élet, a világmindenség meg minden
A ​repülésnek is megvan a maga művészete, vagyis inkább fortélya. Abban rejlik, hogy megtanuld magad a földre vetni és elhibázni azt. Válassz ki egy derűs napot - javasolja -, és próbálgasd. Az első rész könnyű. Mindössze annyi kell hozzá, hogy képes légy teljes súlyoddal a földre vetődni, azzal az elhatározással, hogy nem baj, ha fájni fog. Ugyanis ha nem sikerül elhibázni a földet, akkor fog. A legtöbb embernek nem sikerül, és ha tényleg lelkiismeretesen próbálkoznak, egyre valószínűbbé válik, hogy úgysem sikerül. Tehát inkább a második rész, az elhibázás a nehéz. Az egyik probléma az, hogy teljesen véletlenül kell elhibáznod. Semmi értelme szándékosan próbálgatni, mert úgysem sikerül. Az a lényeg, hogy félúton valami hirtelen elvonja a figyelmed, és ne is gondolj tovább a zuhanásra vagy a földre, vagy arra, mennyire fájdalmas lesz, ha mégsem hibázod el. Közismerten nehéz nem gondolni erre a három dologra a rendelkezésre álló egy röpke másodperc alatt. Emiatt nem sikerül sokaknak, akik örökre csalódnak ebben az egyébként mókás és igen látványos sportban.

Neil Gaiman - Don't ​Panic
'It's ​all devastatingly true - except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams Don't Panic celebrates the life of an ape-descended human called Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea. This is also the story of what that idea became: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - the original radio series which started it all, and the five book 'trilogy', the TV series, almost-film, computer game, towel and website that followed. Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman also tells the whole story of Liff, the Universe of Dirk Gently, and everything else Douglas ever worked on, including his posthumous collection The Salmon of Doubt. As Douglas himself said, it is 'certainly the most outstandingly brilliant book to have been written about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy since this morning.'

Terry Pratchett - Eric
Eric ​is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is his three wishes granted. Nothing fancy: to be immortal, to rule the world and have the most beautiful woman in the world fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But instead of a tractable demon, Eric calls up Rincewind, the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and his extremely intractable and hostile travel accessory, the Luggage. With them on his side, Eric's in for a ride through space and time that is bound to make him wish (quite fervently) again - this time that he'd never been born.

P. G. Wodehouse - Jeeves ​and Friends (Oxford Bookworms)
What ​on earth would Bertie Wooster do without Jeeves, his valet? Jeeves is calm, tactful, resourceful, and has the answer to every problem. Bertie, a pleasant young man but a bit short of brains, turns to Jeeves every time he gets into trouble. And Bertie is always in trouble. These six stories include the most famous of P. G. Wodehouse's memorable characters. There are three stories about Bertie and Jeeves, and three about Lord Emsworth, who, like Bertie, is often in trouble, battling with his fierce sister Lady Constance, and his even fiercer Scottish gardener, the red-bearderd Angus McAllister... (Word count 22,670)

P. G. Wodehouse - Tavaszi ​bezsongás
Lord ​Shortlands nyakán a grófi címen-kastélyon kívül még egy szerinte "egekig bűzlő" vizesárok is ott van koloncnak, és ő az egész cucctól, úgy, ahogy van, szőröstül-bőröstül, boldogan megválna kétszáz fontért. Ennyiért ugyanis már kap Londonban egy kocsmát, és ezzel végre elnyerheti szíve választottja, a szakácsné kezét. Ám neki a titulus mellé vajmi kevés pénz jutott, így anyagilag teljesen legidősebb lányától függ. Lady Adela azonban apját igencsak rövid pórázon tartja, amitől őlordsága lassan már kezd kissé bezsongani...

P. G. Wodehouse - The ​Inimitable Jeeves
A ​Jeeves and Wooster collection A classic collection of linked stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman’s gentleman – in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie’s friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (he marries the last, the bestselling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). And Bertie, with Jeeves’s help, just evades the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop... At its heart is one of Wodehouse’s most delicious stories, ‘The Great Sermon Handicap.’

John Farman - The ​Very Bloody History of Britain
This ​is a potted history of life in Britain from the dawn of time to the years of World War II - with the aid of cartoons as an entertaining way to grasp the chronology of events.

Graham Chapman - John Cleese - Terry Gilliam - Eric Idle - Terry Jones - Michael Palin - Monty ​Python: Az élet értelme
Az ​abszurd humor immár kultikus magaslatokat ostromló pápái utolsó közös filmjükben, Az élet értelmében visszatérnek gyökereikhez (a Monty Python's Flying Circus című tévésorozathoz) és hosszú, egybefüggő történet helyett több apró sztorival borzolják a jóízlésűek idegeit. Az csak természetes, hogy számukra semmi sem szent! A kötet a film forgatókönyvét tartalmazza.

Sue Townsend - Public ​Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman
Over ​the last decade, Sue Townsend has written a monthly column for Sainsbury's Magazine, covering everything from housepipe bans and Spanish restaurants to writer's block and the posh middle-aged woman she once met who'd never heard of Winnie the Pooh. Now collected together for the first time, these funny, perceptive and touching pieces make up this brilliant new book from one of Britain's most popular and acclaimed writers.