Karl Pilkington Ordine dei libri

The British Government's relaxed approach to black immigration after 1948 is examined in detail up to the Nottiing Hill riots of 1958.

Following the death of her parents, journalist, Lilly, moves from San Francisco to write a novel at foggy Lawson's Landing. Unhappy with her boyfriend, she moves into her parent's magnificent Art Deco mansion overlooking the sea where she notices a man often walking in the evening mist along the shore. Local store owner, Jeb, informs her of the area's famous shipwreck history and is keen to win Lilly's heart. She discovers a letter in an old cupboard written by a man to his lover, who once lived there, about a dangerous secret. Old newspaper articles reveal two murders at the house before her parents moved in twenty years earlier. Noises around the house begin to unnerve Lilly, and she notices movement at night in the fog. Researching the area's shipwreck history, she discovers the possibility of valuable cargo lying on the sea floor. But who is the man walking in the mist at night? Why won't he answer her calls? Lilly begins to unravel a complex mystery routed in the past, and soon discovers something unexpected about her family that affects her life and future.

Jensen, Jerry and I have been best friends since childhood, sharing adventures up near the house on Hallberry Hill, whose cantankerous owner petrified us all. Now, years later, in my darkest hour, when my fourteen-year-old daughter has been abducted, I need my friends more than ever... but one of them is a convicted rapist and the prime suspect - yet I have to act as his lawyer. Can I believe what he says? My wife doesn't. And what can my first love, Chloe, from the house on Hallberry Hill, tell me now...even though she disappeared all those years ago? The years old mystery of missing women about town seems connected. Someone needs to help me while there's still a chance my daughter's alive.

Julia is married to a successful psychiatrist, and they live in a beautiful house in Palm Beach, Florida. She is hoping to fall pregnant and life couldn't be better. When her husband Todd begins regularly visiting a troublesome patient at night, she wonders about his fidelity. Delving into his records at the home consulting room, Julia finds disturbing news of something much bigger than expected. One of the patients harbours a terrible secret and the woman Todd regularly visits seems somehow involved. Julia begins to notice a woman watching her from amongst the dunes, who disappears when Julia approaches. In the meantime, a stranger has been following Julia, and her life descends into a chilling search for what is really happening. Eventually, she must not only deal with a dangerous mystery but also something she discovers about herself.

Karl is back on the road once again looking for answers to some of life's big questions. In his inimitable style, he tackles the juicy subjects of health, art, values, identity and pollution. Will his travels around the world reveal the meaning of life?

Andere Länder, andere Toiletten – ein durchgeknallter Engländer auf Reisen Sieben Weltwunder der Moderne – und ein Reisemuffel, wie er im Buche steht. Karl Pilkington wäre lieber daheim geblieben, als seinen Kumpels als Versuchskaninchen und Anschauungsobjekt zu dienen: als beklopptester, verpeiltester, unentspanntester Reisender zu Urlaubszielen, über die jeder Normalsterbliche jauchzen würde. Karl indes macht sich zum Vollidioten, wo er auch geht und steht – und schildert seine nicht immer schönen und besonders gern die schlimmen Reiseerlebnisse. Britischer Humor von seiner besten Seite! Inzwischen auch im deutschen Fernsehen auf DMAX: die Kult-Serie aus Großbritannien!

The official tie-in to the major new TV series and follow up to the massive bestseller An Idiot Abroad.

Everyone's favorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up An Idiot Abroad Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of "100 Things to Do Before You Die" as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventuresto Alaska, Siberia, and beyond with entertaining, highly-opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with their lives. He tackles such questions as "Why on earth would anybody want to run with the bulls in Pamplona, or go "storm chasing" through Tornado Alley? Why would anyone ever want to have lunch with the Queen, or touch hands with the Pope? A fitting finale to two years of eventful globe-trotting, this companion guide is frank, funny, and strangely inspiring.

Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot. Join the orange-headed one as he travels the world and discovers its wonders.