Richard Porter Boeken

Een onthullende blik achter de schermen van Top Gear, het succesvolle autoprogramma dat na een veelbewogen geschiedenis bij de BBC binnenkort in een nieuwe vorm verdergaat bij Amazon Prime. Richard Porter was dertien jaar lang scenarioschrijver voor Top Gear, van de eerste haperende pilot in 2002 tot de laatste aflevering met Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond en James May in 2015. In die tijd vormden ze Top Gear om van een simpel BBC-autoprogramma tot een Emmy Award-winnend, recordbrekend, internationaal fenomeen. Richard Porter geeft een uniek inzicht in hoe Top Gear werd gemaakt, en legt op humoristische wijze uit hoe het was om te werken voor een tv-programma dat per ongeluk een wereldwijd succes werd.

The brand spanking new edition of the nation's favourite annual for grown up kids -- The Big Book of Top Gear is back! There'll be something to satisfy every Top Gear fan in The Big Book of Top Gear 2012. It's overflowing with Top Gear genius, geeky automotive facts, photographs of the slickest, fastest cars on the planet (and a few old bangers). With all this, and much, much more, it's literally the loudest, most ambitious, most powerful and explosive book in the world.

Featuring all the best bits from the 2009 annual plus tonnes of new features, this one will be a powerful force to match that of the TV show.

When you were a kid your Dad might have seemed like a man of simple pleasures. But like the rest of us, your Dad had dreams. Yes, he loved your Mum, but if Diana Dors came knocking with a trampoline and two drums of baby oil he'd have been out of his armchair in a flash. And don't think he was content with that Cortina or Cavalier either, because Dad was quietly dreaming of Ferraris, Astons and other shiny wedges that in truth he could never afford. This book celebrates those exotic fantasies that gave your Dad a faraway look in his eyes. If you're looking for more details on the Diana Dors thing you might have to find a more specialist publication. THIS IS JUST ABOUT CARS

Happily, this handy book will solve all of these problems by applying the unique brand of Top Gear logic to a range of everyday situatons, such as making a ham sandwich, designing a supercar, receiving directions and, of course, how to parachute into a moving car.

Designing and making cars is an expensive thing to do. So is racing them. All told, the car business spends billions every year and with such vast sums at stake you'd think the people involved wouldn't give desk space to Captain Cockup. Sadly, you would be wrong.

Over 250 species are included in this compact and easy-to-use guide to the birds of Egypt and the Middle East, with clear colour photographs, a regional distribution map, and thumbnail silhouettes to help readers identify each species.