RICHARD WATSON, scholar and spelunker extraordinaire is back. Having told how to win the fight against fat in The Philosopher's Diet, and having painted the definitive portrait of philosopher Rene Descartes (Cogito, Ergo Sum), he here confronts his most difficult challenge: how he learned to speak French. Already an accomplished reader of French, Watson found himself forced to learn to speak the language when he was invited to present a paper in Paris - in French. A private crash course and lessons at the Alliance Francaise only served to point out how difficult it can be to learn any foreign...

Whether exchanging glances with sexy strangers or exchanging insults with his combative colleague Joy, television writer Richard Westbrook lives a life filled with attractive, beguiling, just-plain-fanciable women ... and it sucks. Lacking the nerve to follow through on his brief encounters and slow-burning crushes, Richard has instead compiled a romantic history light on actual romance but heavy on cop-outs, what-ifs and missed opportunities. It's a good job, then, that the woman he fancies above all others - children's TV presenter Jessica George enters his life only via Saturday morning...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.