Pains on Trains: A Commuter′s Guide to the 50 Most Irritating Travel Companions - Couverture souple

Holmes, Andrew; Reeves, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841125644 ISBN 13 : 9781841125640

Editeur : Capstone, 2003

Synopsis

Pains on Trains is the perfect way to take the tedium out of commuting, guaranteed to become as indispensable to the seasoned traveller as the blow--up pillow and water sterilising tablets. In Pains on Trains, Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves set their sights on the scourge of the modern office worker -- other office workers who clog up trains, buses, boats and planes with their annoying habits and depressing clothes. Pains on Trains is dedicated to the rush--hour veteran and consists of a a pain--spottinga guide to the very worst people you meet on your daily commute. Each painful character is illustrated in their usual context and supported by a short narrative.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

" start pain spotting and put the fun back in to commuting " (Publishing News, 12 September 2003)

" A new book Pains on Trains offers advice on taking it all [irritating commuters] in your stride..."(Daily Mirror, 24 October 2003)

" hugely funny " (Oxford Mail, 31 October 2003)

" Pains on trains is a hugely funny and brilliantly Observed look at the different types of people " (Edinburgh Evening News, 1 November 2003)

" hugely funny " (Cambridge Evening News, 8 November 2003)

" hysterically accurate " (Southern Daily Echo, 8 November 2003)

" brilliantly observed " (East Anglian Daily Times, November 2003)

" hysterically accurate with wonderful descriptions and illustrations " (Irish News (Belfast), 1 November 2003)

"....I like to think of myself as fairly curmudgeonly, though I am mild–mannered compared to Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves who have produced a book called Pains on Trains...this consists of 50 different types of people who annoy the authors on trains..." (The Guardian, April 2006)

" start pain spotting and put the fun back in to commuting " (Publishing News, 12 September 2003)

" A new book Pains on Trains offers advice on taking it all [irritating commuters] in your stride..."(Daily Mirror, 24 October 2003)

" hugely funny " (Oxford Mail, 31 October 2003)

" Pains on trains is a hugely funny and brilliantly Observed look at the different types of people " (Edinburgh Evening News, 1 November 2003)

" hugely funny " (Cambridge Evening News, 8 November 2003)

" hysterically accurate " (Southern Daily Echo, 8 November 2003)

" brilliantly observed " (East Anglian Daily Times, November 2003)

" hysterically accurate with wonderful descriptions and illustrations " (Irish News (Belfast), 1 November 2003)

"... consists of 50 different types of people who annoy the authors on trains..." (The Guardian, April 2006)

Quatrième de couverture :

Pains on Trains is a wonderfully funny, relentlessly satirical, laugh–out–loud read aimed at giving long–suffering commuters everywhere a weapon to fight back with. Its the perfect antidote for nightmarish travelling companions everywhere!

Each character within the book is illustrated by a hilarious cartoon caricature as well as a ′pain spotting′ description which covers:

• General characteristics, which will describe the ′pain′
• Annoyance value, which rates the ′pain′ from 1 (limited annoyance) to 10 (extreme annoyance)
• Rarity, which rates the pain from 1 (exceptionally rare) to 10 (very common)
• Seasonal variations, which identifies any seasonal changes to the pain and their severity/rarity
• Avoidance/revenge strategies

Pains on Trains is the perfect way to take the tedium out of commuting, guaranteed to become as indispensable to the seasoned traveller as the blow–up pillow or water sterilising tablets.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Capstone
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841125644
• ISBN 13: 9781841125640
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218