pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: LIFE BEGINS AT 40
By: Mark Charlesworth, Chris Newton, Sophie Aldred
Format: Paperback

List price: £9.99


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 1907959181
ISBN 13: 9781907959189
Publisher: HIRST PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 14 November, 2010
Pages: 300
Synopsis: Two thirty-something Doctor Who fanatics sharing a flat in Blackpool, out of pocket, out of luck and clinging to the hope that Life Begins at 40...Jeff is a barman, constantly forestalling marriage to his neurotic new-age girlfriend, preferring the company of Pete, an agoraphobic misfit with some serious baggage. United by their social detachment and love of Doctor Who, their world view is tainted by too much cult TV, and the walls between reality and fantasy begin to blur, with hilariously disastrous consequences. With middle-age fast approaching, can they really spend the rest of their lives hiding behind the sofa? 'Life Begins at 40' deals with the big questions. Should we get married? Are children a good idea? And, in the future, will we all be walking around with one eye and no arms from too much teleporting? With a foreword by Doctor Who's Sophie Aldred, 'Life Begins at 40' is hilarious and essential reading for any Doctor Who fan, and for anyone who sees middle age looming.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Hirst Publishing
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
A CENTENARIAN LOOKS BACK (PB)
A CHANGING WORLD
A CHANGING WORLD (PB)
A DANGEROUS OBSESSION
A DANGEROUS OBSESSION (PB)
A DISTANCE TRAVELLED
A DISTANCE TRAVELLED (PB)
A HOUSE TO REMEMBER (PB)
ACE! (HB)
ANIMAL ANTICS
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BEHIND THE SOFA (PB)
BIBURY SEASONS (PB)
BIG QUESTIONS FROM LITTLE PEOPLE (CD)
CHARLIE MACE AND THE BIG STINK
CHARLIE MACE AND THE BIG STINK (PB)
COLDITZ (CD)
COUNTRY WAYS
COUNTRY WAYS (PB)
DEATH ON THE HOME STRAIGHT
DEATH ON THE HOME STRAIGHT (PB)
DOCTOR WHO: AT CHILDHOOD''S END
DOCTOR WHO: AT CHILDHOOD''S END (CD)
DOCTOR WHO: FEB 2020 NOVEL (HB)
DOCTOR WHO: SHOCKWAVE (DESTINY OF THE DOCTOR 7) (CD)
DOCTOR WHO: TALES OF TERROR (CD)
DOCTOR WHO: THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY (CD)
DREAMTIME (CD)
DUST BREEDING (CD)
ENEMY LINES (CD)
FLORIZELLA AND THE WOLVES (AUD)
FOUR POPLARS (HB)
FOUR POPLARS (PB)
FROM SMUGGLING TO COTTON KINGS - THE GREG STORY (PB)
FRUIT AND NUTCASE (AUD)
GOING FOR A SPIN (PB)
GRANNY NOTHING (AUD)
GRILLOS (PB)
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS AND PRACTICALLY PERFECT (AUD)
HELPING HERCULES (AUD)
HELPING HERCULES (CD)
HISTORY, HEROISM AND HOME
HISTORY, HEROISM AND HOME (PB)
HOW NOT TO WRITE A BOOK
HOW NOT TO WRITE A BOOK
HOW NOT TO WRITE A BOOK (PB)
HOW TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU DESERVE (PB)
HUGH FALKUS (HB)
IN MEMORY OF REAL TREES
IN MEMORY OF REAL TREES (PB)
IT'S YOURSELF! (PB)
JOURNEY TOWARDS THE LIGHT (PB)
LITTLE BOOK OF FLY FISHING FOR TROUT (HB)
LITTLE GIRL LOST
LITTLE GIRL LOST (PB)
LOTTIE AND THE LAND OF DOFSTRAM (PB)
LOVE AND WAR (CD)
LOVE IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF
LOVE IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF
LOVE IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF (PB)
LURKERS AT SUNLIGHT'S EDGE (CD)
MAKING FRIENDS WITH MONEY (PB)
MASK OF TRAGEDY (CD)
MERELY PLAYERS (PB)
MIDSUMMER NIGHT STREAM
MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES
MR WINKLE
NIGHT THOUGHTS (CD)
NO MAN'S LAND (CD)
NOCTURNE (CD)
ON TIME
ONLY IN AMERICA (AUD)
OUR WOODLAND FRIENDS
OUT OF THE ASHES
OUT OF THE ASHES
OUT OF THE ASHES
PERMANENT ROSE (CD)
PERMANENT ROSE (CD)
PLAYERS VS THE UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN
PLAYERS VS THE UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN
PLAYERS VS THE UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN (PB)
PUFFIN BOOK OF FIVE-MINUTE STORIES (CD)
REVENGE OF THE SWARM (CD)
RUFFS AND RUFFIANS (AUD)
SIGNS AND WONDERS (CD)
STORIES FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS (CD)
STORIES FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS (CD)
SUNRISE AND SHORELINES (PB)
SUNRISE AND SHORELINES...: 2001 - 2008
TEN BOB AN HOUR
TEN BOB AN HOUR
TEN BOB AN HOUR (PB)
THE BUTTERFLY'S CAGE
THE BUTTERFLY'S CAGE
THE BUTTERFLY'S CAGE (PB)
THE CROCODILE'S TEETH
THE CROCODILE'S TEETH
THE CROCODILE'S TEETH (PB)
THE DARK FLAME (CD)
THE EXILES (AUD)
THE GENOCIDE MACHINE (CD)
THE GOLDEN GAME FAIR (HB)
THE HARVEST (CD)
THE ICE-CREAM MACHINE (AUD)
THE KING'S CONCUBINE
THE MUM-MINDER (AUD)
THE NOVEL ADAPTATIONS (CD)
THE PASSION GENE
THE PASSION GENE (PB)
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
THE PUFFIN BOOK OF FANTASTIC FIRST POEMS (AUD)
THE RAPTURE (CD)
THE REVOLTING RABBLES (AUD)
THE SETTLING (CD)
THE SHADOW OF THE SCOURGE (CD)
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE TROUT'S TALE (HB)
THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
THEATRE OF WAR (CD)
THIN ICE (CD)
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (HB)
TRANSDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (PB)
WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT
WHO AM I REALLY? (PB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
All the Light We Cannot See (Paperback)
By: Anthony Doerr
HarperCollins Publishers
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Kafka On The Shore (Paperback)
By: Haruki Murakami
Vintage Publishing
Our Price : £7.29
more details
The Secret History (Paperback)
By: Donna Tartt
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
One Day (Paperback)
By: David Nicholls
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
By: William Golding
Faber & Faber
Our Price : £7.29
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FICTION
 general & literary fiction
 modern fiction


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket