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Biography Of Peter Cook

Author : Estate of Harry Thompson
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444717839
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Biography Of Peter Cook written by Estate of Harry Thompson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are those who say - and Peter Cook himself was among them - that most of his humour was autobiographical. Others - and Peter Cook himself was among them -contend that this simply isn't the case. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in the middle. Peter Cook made President Kennedy wait in line to see him and visited Elizabeth Taylor in her dressing room. He befriended tramps and fundraised for CND. He was capable of extraordinary kindnesses and occasional cruelties. He helped define comedy and satire for a generation, but ended his life a recluse. Harry Thompson has produced the first ever comprehensive biography of this influential and fascinating subject who came up with some of the funniest sketches and greatest jokes of all time.

Tragically I Was an Only Twin

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312318918
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Tragically I Was an Only Twin written by Peter Cook and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique collection of Cook's finest and funniest writings of which many have never been published before.

So Farewell Then

Author : Wendy Cook
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007228945
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book So Farewell Then written by Wendy Cook and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Cook was one of the most significant influences on British comedy. Caustic, cruel but genuinely and effortlessly witty, Cook was one of the prime architects of the satire boom of the 1960s. This is the story of his amazing career, as told by his ex-wife.

Loving Peter

Author : Judy Cook
Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 0748110267
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Loving Peter written by Judy Cook and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Huxtable, a beautiful Swinging Sixties model and actress, met and fell in love with Peter Cook in 1967. They were together during the memorable hit shows 'Behind the Fridge' and 'Derek and Clive', divorcing in 1989. Being intimate with Peter meant that Judy was inevitably close to Peter's comic partner, Dudley Moore, and they all formed an extraordinary bond. She was in a unique position to observe the special relationship that Peter and Dud shared, and the rivalry that existed between them. In LOVING PETER, Judy gives a perceptive and poignant account of the Peter Cook that only she knew. She writes with a mix of humour, insight and sadness about one of the funniest, most enigmatic and troubled men on the planet. She describes what he was like as a husband, performer, friend, father and man and gives an inside view of what really made him tick; why he seemed to want to destroy those he loved the most; how he succumbed to the destructive forces of drink and drugs; and how he and Dudley really got on.

One Leg Too Few

Author : William Cook
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409051927
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book One Leg Too Few written by William Cook and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Leg Too Few will feature an extensive range of fresh interviews, previously unpublished archive material and a wealth of information about the most creative (and explosive) double act that British comedy has ever produced. One Leg Too Few is a book about an extraordinary relationship: a friendship, a partnership - almost, at times, a marriage. Like a lot of marriages it ended badly, but for nearly 20 years, between the first date and the inevitable divorce, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were the funniest thing on three continents. One Leg Too Few is the story of that relationship, and the comedy that came from it.

Archigram

Author : Archigram (Group)
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568981949
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Archigram written by Archigram (Group) and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title Archigram came from the notion of a more simple and urgent item than a Journal, like a telegram or aerogramme - hence, "archi(tecture)-gram."".

Something Like Fire

Author : Lin Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780099460350
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Something Like Fire written by Lin Cook and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate and entertaining portrait of one of comedy's greatest geniuses by those who knew Peter Cook best and can write abut his rare talent. The contributors include Clive Anderson, Alan Bennett, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, William Goldman, Barry Humphries, Eric Idle, Dudley Moore and Michael Palin.

Lives in Architecture

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000451127
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Lives in Architecture written by Peter Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Cook has been a pivotal figure within the architecture world for over half a century. He first came to international renown in the 1960s as a founder of the radical, experimental group Archigram, winners of the 2002 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. He is also former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, and Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London). Suffused with Peter’s infectious energy, enthusiasm and charm, this intriguing memoir explores major themes in architecture through the lens of his life and work. Taking the reader on a journey through his colourful and wide-ranging career, it touches on his early years and architectural education, his relationships with key figures within the architecture community and his work teaching and lecturing internationally. It also provides an inside account of his leadership of the Bartlett, for which he is frequently credited as a central figure in rescuing the reputation of a once-ailing, now world-famous, school of architecture. Featuring full-colour images of his most famous drawings, including Archigram’s ‘Plug-in City’, and built works, such as the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria and the Vienna Economics and Business University’s Department of Law and Central Administration Buildings, this book is a window into the life of one of architecture’s most celebrated rebels.

Good Evening

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573640223
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Good Evening written by Peter Cook and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1977 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very funny show about some unlikely subjects, including a one-legged actor applying for the role of Tarzan, an in-depth interview with an unimpressed shepherd who witnessed the Nativity, and a French singer who misunderstands an Anglo-Saxon vulgarity and composes a song around it.

Goodbye Again

Author : Peter Cook
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099472568
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Goodbye Again written by Peter Cook and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2005 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are the greatest double act that Great Britain has ever produced. Today it's impossible to imagine modern sketch shows without them. If you're a fan of Monty Python, The Comic Strip or The Fast Show, then you're a fan of Cook and Moore. This collection of their works is a comprehensive compilation of the finest sketches that Cook and Moore ever wrote together - from the beginning of their partnership, in the groundbreaking stage show, Beyond The Fringe, to the notorious taboo busting Derek and Clive LPs that captured the spirit of punk rock, and inspired the scatological anarchy of Alternative Comedy. Featuring transcripts of one night stands long since almost forgotten, such as their Royal Variety performance, as well as a wealth of virtually unknown material, including previously unpublished scripts for Not Only But Also, Goodbye Again promises to be a revelation, even for Cook and Moore's most informed fans. As well as illuminating their work, this book also promises to shed light on their intimate yet turbulent relationship. from a middle class, public boarding school background, and diminutive, club-footed Moore, working class, but with an impressive musical talent came together to develop the closest of partnerships based on an instinctive, virtually intuitive sense of humour. Goodbye Again will chart the extraordinary friendship between the two men and its almost telepathic intensity, which not only bought them together but also pulled them apart time after time, until their eventual reconciliation

Beyond the Fringe

Author : Alan Bennett
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573640025
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Fringe written by Alan Bennett and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1963 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of comic sketches.

How Very Interesting

Author : Peter Cook Appreciation Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905005239
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book How Very Interesting written by Peter Cook Appreciation Society and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is The Zsa Zsa Man? What are the demands of The Sydney Darlow Dancing Troupe? What lurks Behind The Fridge? What was The Glidd Of Glood's true nature? Why canA a'--a" t we go to Heaven when we die? What was the true genesis of Monty Python's Parrot Sketch? Why is Morton P. Fergleberger terrified of titanium rods? Who is Morton P. Fergleberger anyway? The Peter Cook Appreciation Society has the answers. How Very Interesting contains interviews with those who worked with Cook during his long and varied career and who saw him as an inspiration: his colleagues, collaborators, co-writers, producers, directors, fans and friends, including John Fortune, Barry Fantoni, Eleanor Bron, the staff of Private Eye, Trevor Baylis, Robyn Hitchcock, Chris Morris, Will Self, Jerry Sadowitz, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Costello, Nigel Planer, Mel Smith, John Cooper Clarke, Barry Cryer, Auberon Waugh, Clive Anderson, and more - including the great man himself. Alongside the interviews, revelations and slanging matches, How Very Interesting unearths rare pieces of Cookiana, cocks an ear at Private Eye's Famous Flexies and Derek & Clive, sits through The Hound of the Baskervilles and Cook's many screen outings, and otherwise digs, delves and disappears into the universe of Peter Cook, and all that surrounds it.

Endeavour

Author : Peter Moore
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715513
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Endeavour written by Peter Moore and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun.” --Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book Review A Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for History An unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped add a hemisphere to the civilized world The Enlightenment was an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed. Endeavour was also the name given to a collier bought by the Royal Navy in 1768. It was a commonplace coal-carrying vessel that no one could have guessed would go on to become the most significant ship in the chronicle of British exploration. The first history of its kind, Peter Moore’s Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World is a revealing and comprehensive account of the storied ship’s role in shaping the Western world. Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first major voyage, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia. Yet it was a ship with many lives: During the battles for control of New York in 1776, she witnessed the bloody birth of the republic. As well as carrying botanists, a Polynesian priest, and the remains of the first kangaroo to arrive in Britain, she transported Newcastle coal and Hessian soldiers. NASA ultimately named a space shuttle in her honor. But to others she would be a toxic symbol of imperialism. Through careful research, Moore tells the story of one of history’s most important sailing ships, and in turn shines new light on the ambition and consequences of the Age of Enlightenment.

Peter Cook

Author : Harry Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340649688
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Peter Cook written by Harry Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

James Cook

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733641288
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book James Cook written by Peter FitzSimons and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, scientist, navigator and cartographer of his era, and to personally map a third of the globe. His great voyages of discovery were incredible feats of seamanship and navigation. Leading a crew of men into uncharted territories, Cook would face the best and worst of humanity as he took himself and his crew to the edge of the known world - and beyond. With his masterful storytelling talent, Peter FitzSimons brings the real James Cook to life. Focusing on his most iconic expedition, the voyage of the Endeavour, where Cook first set foot on Australian and New Zealand soil, FitzSimons contrasts Cook against another figure who looms large in Australasian history: Joseph Banks, the aristocratic botanist. As they left England, Banks, a rich, famous playboy, was everything that Cook was not. The voyage tested Cook's character and would help define his legacy. Now, 240 years after James Cook's death, FitzSimons reveals what kind of man James was at heart. His strengths, his weaknesses, his passions and pursuits, failures and successes. James Cook reveals the man behind the myth.

Drawing

Author : Sir Peter Cook
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118700643
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Drawing written by Sir Peter Cook and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn. The book features some of the greatest and most intriguing drawings by architects, ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright, Heath-Robinson, Le Corbusier, and Otto Wagner to Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Arata Isozaki, Eric Owen Moss, Bernard Tschumi, and Lebbeus Woods; as well as key works by Cook and other members of the original Archigram group. For this new edition, Cook provides a substantial new chapter that charts the speed at which the trajectory of drawing is moving. It reflects the increasing sophistication of available software and also the ways in which 'hand drawing' and the 'digital' are being eclipsed by new hybrids—injecting a new momentum to drawing. These 'crossovers' provide a whole new territory as attempts are made to release drawing from the boundaries of a solitary moment, a single-viewing position, or a single referential language. Featuring the likes of Toyo Ito, Perry Culper, Izaskun Chinchilla, Kenny Tsui, Ali Rahim, John Berglund, and Lorene Faure, it leads to fascinating insights into the effect that medium has upon intention and definition of an idea or a place. Is a pencil drawing more attuned to a certain architecture than an ink drawing, or is a particular colour evocative of a certain atmosphere? In a world where a Mayer drawing is creatively contributing something different from a Rhino drawing, there is much to demand of future techniques.

Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon

Author : Peter J Cook
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643106839
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon written by Peter J Cook and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the general reader in mind, Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time and its causes, before considering the promise and the limitations of a wide range of energy technologies for decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. Despite the need to decrease carbon dioxide, the fact is that the global use of fossil fuels is increasing and is likely to continue to do so for some decades to come. With this in mind, the book considers in detail, what for many people is the unfamiliar clean energy technology of carbon capture and storage (CCS). How can we capture carbon dioxide from flue gases? How do we transport it? How do we store it in suitable rocks? What are suitable rocks and where do we find them? How do we know the carbon dioxide will remain trapped once it is injected underground? What does CCS cost and how do those costs compare with other technology options? The book also explores the political environment in which the discussion on clean energy technology options is occurring. What will a price on carbon do for technology uptake and what are the prospects of cutting our emissions by 2020 and of making even deeper cuts by 2050? What will the technology mix look like by that time? For people who are concerned about climate change, or who want to learn more about clean energy technologies, including CCS, this is the definitive view of the opportunities and the challenges we face in decreasing emissions despite a seemingly inexorable global increase in energy demand.