Clive Whichelow

Mike Haskins

How to Survive 50

How to Survive 40

Brace yourself... 60 is approaching! It’s time to face the facts – even though you might not feel it, you’re decidedly more O.A.P. than V.I.P. But don’t trade your custard creams for the cod-liver oil just yet, because there’s plenty more fun to be had. This cheerful little book, full of tongue-in-cheek advice, will put some swagger in your step for many years to come!

How to Survive 60

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Being a Cat Owner

How to Survive Being a Cat Owner

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So You're 70!

Freedom at last! But there’s an awfully long time between cornflakes and cocoa, and a limit to how many sudokus you can do. You need survival skills: FINANCIAL WIZARDRY: how to get three cups of tea out of one bag. SPARKLING CONVERSATION: 300 different ways to discuss the weather. This mischievous little book will help you enjoy your golden years with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

How to Survive Retirement

Finally, you’re a proper grown-up! But between the paunch and the mortgage, you’re starting to wonder if this is what you really want. You need midlife crisis survival skills. This mischievous little book will help you enjoy your second youth with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Being Middle-Aged

How to Survive a Midlife Crisis

You won’t find a more loveable friend than you will in your dog. But if you’re going to cope with its boundless energy and its total disregard for social niceties you’re going to need survival skills. This mischievous little book will help see you through your years as a dog owner with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Being a Dog Owner

How to Survive Being a Dog Owner

Be yourself and wear your wrinkles proudly with the help of this humorous collection of observations and illustrations on how to survive old age. For years, you wanted to be treated like a proper adult, but now you’re on a downhill slippery slope to a grand old age and you can’t seem to find the brakes. You need expert survival advice, such as: Don’t call anyone under 40 “young man” or “young lady”. Do remember where your glasses, keys and wallet are to avoid raised eyebrows from family members. Don’t wear a tartan rug over your knees on a car journey. Do make an effort to learn all the songs in the top ten. This mischievous little book will help you enjoy your latter years without worrying about what anyone else thinks. After all, the best things in life are old: vintage wine, golden oldies – you’re now part of an elite club. Enjoy!

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Getting Older

How to Survive Old Age

Freedom at last! The world of singledom, independence and wild abandon beckons! But if you’re going to last out there on your own you’ll need survival skills: Prepare yourself for: The heady joy of having the whole bed to yourself. Reassure yourself: If your marriage lasted more than 24 hours, you can tell yourself you made a decent go of it. This mischievous little book will help to see you through your divorce with tongue-in-cheek advice and hilarious illustrations.

Tongue-in-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Separating from Your Partner

How to Survive Divorce

Knock, knock. Who’s there? The grandchildren. It’s one of the few phrases guaranteed to fill you with both delight and dread – the grandchildren are coming! Of course you love to see them, but what do you do with them for the next few hours – or even days? Thankfully, this book is here to guide you through. Choose from a whole host of delights: Games old and new Magic tricks that even you won’t be able to mess up Jokes that will make you the first sit-down stand-up comedian The hours will fly by and, with any luck, you’ll have just as much fun as they do!

Activities, Games, Jokes, Puzzles, Magic Tricks and More!

Help! The Grandchildren are Coming

It’s the best of times and the worst of times. You’re welcoming a new addition to the family, but you’re now officially old. You’re also an eternal babysitter. On the plus side, you can enjoy spoiling the little darlings rotten and hand them back at the end of the day before the nappies start overflowing.

So You're a Grandparent!

Ian Baker

See the funny side of ageing with this collection of amusing observations, silly suggestions and humorous illustrations – the perfect gift for any birthday girl or boy with more than a few candles on their cake So you’re a little bit older. So what? Just because you’re getting on a bit doesn’t mean you have to start acting ancient. The universe is over 13 billion years old, and you’re probably nowhere near that yet – well, not quite anyway. Frankly, it’s never too early to start enjoying your second childhood, to stop taking life so seriously and to start acting a bit silly again. This book will be your go-to guide for inspiration and merriment while clocking up birthdays like they’re going out of fashion. Across these pages, you’ll find all kinds of wild recommendations and questionable advice, including: Things it’s never too late to do Grown-up and less grown-up ways to behave at work How to keep up with modern technology Ways you can blend in with younger people Things you can have tantrums about as you get older So forget the creaking joints or fleeing follicles and embrace the opportunities for mischief and mirth – after all, growing old doesn’t mean growing up!

Hilarious Life Advice for the Young at Heart

Growing Old Doesn't Mean Growing Up

At last, no more parents! But who’s going to do your washing, and bail you out when you’re short of cash? Hmm, you’re going to need survival skills. This mischievous little book will help you see through your university years with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

How to Survive University

A new term begins and you can’t wait for it to end. If only the holidays were longer... or school didn’t exist. To get through it, you’re going to need survival skills. This mischievous little book will help see you through your years as a teacher with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Being a Teacher

How to Survive Being a Teacher

Your job is rewarding, but if you’re going to be faced with the horrors of the human body you’re going to need survival skills. This mischievous little book will help see you through your years as a doctor with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

Tongue-In-Cheek Advice and Cheeky Illustrations about Being a Doctor

How to Survive Being a Doctor

It's time to embrace the slower pace! There's no denying it - you're OLD, but that comes with a lot of perks. You can say the most outrageous things and somehow get away with it. You can dress however you damn well please. And after learning from so many mistakes, you're now as wise as you are wizened. It's your time to recline, and this hilarious book will show you how it's done.

Old Age for Beginners

Your peace and quiet is about to be shattered once more, and the world has changed since you had little ones of your own - there are the food allergies, politically correct nativity plays, playground politics, and party-bag competitiveness. welcome to grandparenting twenty-first-century style!

Grandparenting for Beginners

The future is ours - let's enjoy it! After all those years of routine you're suddenly free. No more being bossed about - well, apart from by your other half, of course. And no more wage slavery - er, no more wages! This charming book will help ease you into this strange and perplexing new stage of your life.

Retirement for Beginners

You will never now become a rock star or regain the waist size you had at 18. You have taken a sudden interest in bleeding your radiators, listening to "The Money Programme" and figuring out the best route to anywhere in the country. On the bright side, you can look forward to cheaper car insurance, and it's only ten years until you can book your first Saga holiday! You can take delight in the fact that you will never again have to sleep in a muddy field at Glastonbury, stay up all night at a party, or pretend to like Tequila Slammers.

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