books by Robert McCrum     books:       Just Enough Jeeves: Right Ho, Jeeves; Joy in the Morning; Very Good, Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse W. W. Norton & Company, 2010 Irresistible comic masterpieces?two novels and a story collection?from the author Christopher Hitchens calls "the gold standard of English wit." Of course there can never be enough Jeeves for die-hard Wodehouse enthusiasts. But this selection brings old favorites to those fans in a sparkling package and will introduce new readers to the funniest writer in the English language. Right Ho, Jeeves ; Joy in the Morning ; and Very Good, Jeeves ...             Wodehouse: A Life20 reviews Robert McCrum W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 Heavy Weather To me he doesn't seem dull at all! I think McCrum has done an excellent service bringing us into the excitement of a writer's life. He's not always pleasant, though, is he--I mean Wodehouse of course. His life after he meets and marries Ethel adapts a strange pattern of absolute selfishness, if he's living high on the hog it doesn't seem to matter what is happening in the rest of the world. ...             My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After a Stroke Robert McCrum Picador USA, 2008 At the age of forty-two, happy, successful and newly married, Robert McCrum suffered a devastating stroke. It occurred without explanation, leaving his left arm and leg completely paralysed, his spech virtually absent, and his sense of himself radically altered. My Year Off is the searingly honest account of what followed: of McCrum's anger, despair and frustration; his violent mood swings; and his gradual recovery of sensation, movement, ...             Love Among the Chickens (Penguin Modern Classics)13 reviews P. G. Wodehouse Penguin Classics, 2002 brilliant narrator Absence of comment on work of the narrator, Jonathan Cecil, is puzzling. His performance is absolutely spot-on. The combination of Woodhouse's nascent genius and Cecil's brilliance make this one of the most enjoyable audiobooks I have ever listened to.             My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke22 reviews Robert McCrum Broadway, 1999 Stellar stuff about adversity and the healing power of love This book brought to mind Lee and Bob Woodruff's book, In an Instant, but there are, of course, differences. While Bob Woodruff was disabled by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Robert McCrum was laid low by a stroke at the age of forty-two, at a time when he and his wife Sarah had only been married a couple of months. McCrum characterizes his crippling stroke as a "biological car wreck." He tells in ...             The Fabulous Englishman Robert McCrum Picador, 1994 Peter Cisar's first letter arrived late in 1968, the year that saw the peak of Christopher Illes' short-lived fame. Now married, his fame a memory, Illes is on his way to Vienna to meet Peter Cisar, his only contact with his lost past.             Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language7 reviews Robert McCrum W. W. Norton & Company, 2010 Globish Non-fiction can be entertaining as well as informative. McCrum has proven this in Globish. Illustrating how English wears the uniforms of many cultures and peoples, McCrum gives the reader vivid examples of the richness of this global language. From the image of a committee writing the King James Version of the Bible to the Globish phenomenon of a 'Free Culture Movement' with roots of a belief ...             The Story of English: Third Revised Edition28 reviews Robert MacNeil, William Cran Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 A Great Journey I highly recommend this book as an excellent look at the history of an amazing and sometimes confounding language. The companion to the PBS series of the same name, it is filled with interesting detail about our bastard tongue. Too bad this edition has no photos - go rent the series.             The Psychological Moment Robert McCrum Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1993 In the course of meeting a stranger, Sam Gilchrist makes a promise which will force him to betray his father. This is the story of how one man learns to live with betrayal, guilt and the knowledge of power. By the author of "In the Secret State" and the "The Story of English".             The Brontosaurus Birthday Cake Robert McCrum Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1985 When Bobby's brontosaurus birthday cake turns into a real creature and begins to grow, both problems and joys begin.             Verdacht. Robert McCrum Dtv, 1999             Suspicion Robert McCrum W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997 British barrister and district coroner Julian Whyte finds his peaceful, uneventful life jeopardized by the return of his older brother, Raymond, an expatriate communist intellectual, and his new German wife, Kristina, in a suspenseful tale of brotherhood, guilt, betrayal, and death. Tour.             Mainland Robert McCrum Picador, 1992 Stephen Mallory, "political consultant", is back home after years abroad. Then a commission from a rock star takes him to a small town in the heart of "the occupation". He meets Isabel Rome and Joseph Curtis, and finds himself drawn into a net of intrigue. By the author of "In the Secret State".             The Brontosaurus Bumper Book Robert McCrum Faber and Faber, 1997 Three stories - "The Brontosaurus Birthday Cake", "Brontosaurus Superstar" and "The Dream Boat Brontosaurus" - which were first published as separate picture books. The brontosaurus is actually only a birthday cake, but when Bobby makes a wish it becomes a real brontosaurus.              search for books became, birthday, brontosaurus, bumper, chickens, classics, edition, english, englishman, enough, fabulous, globish, jeeves, language, mainland, modern, moment, morning, penguin, psychological, recovering, rediscovering, revised, story, stroke, suspicion, third, verdacht, wodehouse, world books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Alexander Technique home  impressum - about us