Bøger af Ben Schott

Intends to provide you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. This book contains the 13 principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, clothing care symbols, a list of the countries where you drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing.

Gleichermaßen Kochbuch, Weinführer, Haushaltsalmanach und kulinarische Kulturgeschichte, verwöhnt »Schotts Sammelsurium - Essen & Trinken« den geneigten Leser mit einer erlesenen Kollektion lebenswichtiger Nutzlosigkeiten aus der Welt der gepflegten Esskultur. Eine einzigartige Sammlung köstlicher Kuriositäten - kurioser Köstlichkeiten.Wo sonst findet man zwischen zwei Buchdeckeln eine Kulturgeschichte des Popcorns, eine Anweisung zum Blasen von Rauchringen, Wissenswertes über Kannibalismus im Film und den Schutzheiligen der Barkeeper?»Schotts Sammelsurium - Essen & Trinken« ist ein schier unerschöpfliches Füllhorn fundamentaler Kulinaria, das in keiner wohlsortierten Küche fehlen darf. Ein absolutes Muss, nicht nur für ausgemachte Feinschmecker, Vielfraße, Weinkenner und Schluckspechte.

I say - it's a good thing Bertie's back!One man - and his Gentleman's Personal Gentleman - valiantly set out to save the Drones, thwart Spode and nobly assist His Majesty's Government.

Jeeves and Wooster return in a new espionage caper full of japes, high jinks, and jiggery-pokery in a series that is “impossible to read without grinning idiotically” (Evening Standard).  The Drones club’s in peril. Gussie’s in love. Spode’s on the war path. Oh, and His Majesty’s Government needs a favor . . .  I say! It’s a good thing Bertie’s back, what?   In his eagerly anticipated sequel to Jeeves and the King of Clubs, Ben Schott leads Jeeves and Wooster on another elegantly uproarious escapade.   From the mean streets of Mayfair to the scheming spires of Cambridge, we encounter a joyous cast of characters: chiseling painters and criminal bookies, eccentric philosophers and dodgy clairvoyants, appalling poets and pocket dictators, vexatious aunts and their vicious hounds.   But that’s not all: Who is ICEBERG, and why is he covered in chalk? Why is Jeeves reading Winnie-the-Pooh? What is seven across and eighty-five down? How do you play Russian Roulette at The Savoy?   These questions, and more, are answered in Jeeves and the Leap of Faith — an homage to P.G. Wodehouse, authorized by his estate, and essential reading for fans of The Master.  Tinkety-tonk!

. . it vibrates with the spirit and rhythms of [Wodehouse's] heart.' Matthew Adams, Sunday Times`Brilliant . . . for the Brexit era . . . Hilarious . Jeeves, it transpires, has long been an agent of British Intelligence, but now His Majesty's Government must turn to the one man who can help .