ADAMS DOUGLAS

ΤΟ ΡΕΣΤΩΡΑΝ ΣΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΠΑΝΤΟΣ
Αν γυρίσατε το γαλαξία με ωτο-στοπ, σας χρειάζεται ένα διαστημικό γεύμα στο ρεστωράν στο τέλος του σύμπαντος. Θα είναι όλοι εκεί: ο γήινος Άρθουρ Ντεντ, ο μπετελγεζιανός Φορντ Έσκορτ, ο φυγόδικος πρόεδρος του γαλαξία Ζάφοντ Μπλήμπλιμπροξ, η Τρίλιαν και ο Μάρβιν, το καταθλιπτικό ρομπότ, έτοιμοι να αναστατώσουν το σύμπαν για μη καλά εξηγήσιμους λόγους. Και είναι, εκτός των άλλων, μια πανέξυπνη σάτιρα για το ανθρώπινο είδος και το μέλλον του, γραμμένη από τον ιδιοφυή Douglas Adams, δεύτερο βιβλίο σε μια σειρά που επιθυμεί να σας ευθυμήσει εξα...
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(P/B) LAST CHANCE TO SEE
After years of reflecting on the absurdities of life on other planets, Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to find out what was happening to life on this one. Together they lead us on an unforgettable journey across the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures - animals that they may never get another chance to see. They encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but lovable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river ...
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(P/B) THE SALMON OF DOUBT
The last full new book, this distinctive and inimitable collection is the ultimate must-have title for Douglas Adams fans. Here is Douglas Adams's indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs. Including short stories and a lengthy unpublished Dirk ...
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(H/B) THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
This is introduced by Richard Dawkins and Nick Harkaway. First a legendary radio series, then a sequence of bestselling books, and most recently a blockbuster movie, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the greatest fictional enterprises of the twentieth century. Reissued in time for the first novel's thirty-fifth anniversary, this hardback omnibus edition includes all five parts of the trilogy, along with a wealth of extra material prefaced and contextualised by Jem Roberts, the official biographer of Douglas Adams, to complete...
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ΤΟΥΡΙΣΤΕΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΛΑΝΗΤΗ ΓΗ
Ο Ντάγκλας Άνταμς αφού σας ταξίδεψε με ώτο-στοπ στο γαλαξία, τώρα σας προσγειώνει στον πλανήτη γη για να σας ξεναγήσει στην πραγματική ζωή. Και μαζί με τον ζωολόγο Marc Carwardine σας πηγαίνει στις πιο μακρινές γωνιές του πλανήτη μας για να σας γνωρίσει μερικά από τα υπό εξαφάνιση είδη και τους τελευταίους απογόνους τους. Τον Δράκο του Κόμοντο με τη θανατηφόρα αναπνοή, τον παπαγάλο Καπάπο που αποφάσισε εδώ και καιρό ότι το να τρώει είναι πιο διασκεδαστικό από το να πετάει, και άλλα εξίσου παράξενα και αξιαγάπητα είδη. Με τη δηκτική του σά...
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(P/B) THE DEEPER MEANING OF LIFF
Does the sensation of Tingrith make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny? Can you deal with a Naugatuck without causing a Toronto? Will you suffer from Kettering this summer? Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences, but just didn't know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren't - or rather there weren't, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae by getting a few beers and a notebook and sitting on the beach for a couple ...
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(P/B) THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second part in Douglas Adams' multi-media phenomenon and cult classic series. If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? Which is exactly what the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There's just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching...
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(P/B) LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING
In Life, the Universe and Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeri...
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(P/B) MOSTLY HARMLESS
Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final part in Douglas Adams' much-loved cult classic series. Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away - Arthur goes after her determi...
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(P/B) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV show, stage play, comic book and film, and is and a work of utter comic genius from Douglas Adams. One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. It's the final straw for Arthur Dent, who has already had his house bulldozed that morning. But for Arthur, that is only the beginning... In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect - and together the pair venture out ac...
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(P/B) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space. THE HITCHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. For Arthur, who has just had his house demolished, this is too much. Sadly, the weekend's just begun. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: When all issues of space, time, matter and the nature of being are resolved, only one question remains: Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic ...
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(H/B) THE MEANING OF LIFF
The Original Dictionary of Things There Should be Words for. Special 30th Anniversary edition of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic humour book, revised and updated and including The Deeper Meaning of Liff. The Meaning of Liff has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since it was first published in 1983, and remains a much-loved humour classic. This new definitive edition celebrates the 30th anniversary and ties in with a brand-new book of definitions, Afterliff, from John Lloyd and another old friend of Douglas Adams, Jon Cantor. In l...
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(P/B) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Losing your planet isn't the end of the world... Douglas Adams's mega-selling cult classic! One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. It's the final straw for Arthur Dent, who has already had his house bulldozed that morning. But for Arthur, that is only the beginning... In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect - and together the pair venture out across the galaxy on the craziest, strangest road trip of all time. (Fro...
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(P/B) LIFE THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING
After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy that he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on Prehistoric Earth. Luckily an amazing rescue by Ford Prefect and a time eddy, cleverly disguised as a sofa, lands them in the middle of Lords two days before the world is due to end. It’s just not cricket... Volume Three in the Trilogy of Five (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It’s not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he’s the only human who’s been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she’s forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God’s Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it. And in a dramatic break with tradition - actually find it... Volume Four...
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ΑΣΤΡΟΠΛΟΙΟ ΤΙΤΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Ο Ντάγκλας Άνταμς σε μεγάλα κέφια, δημιούργησε έναν απ' τους πιο ευρηματικούς και εντυπωσιακούς σε αστείες καταστάσεις κόσμους ηλεκτρονικού παιχνιδιού. Ένα σύμπαν απολαυστικό, χαρακτήρες ξεκαρδιστικοί και ένα μυθιστόρημα που έπρεπε να γραφεί. Εκεί πήρε τη σκυτάλη ο Τέρρυ Τζόουνς (ένας από τους Monty Python, ηθοποιός, σκηνοθέτης, σεναριογράφος, συγγραφέας) που συμφώνησε να γράψει το μυθιστόρημα με τον όρο ότι θα το έγραφε απολύτως γυμνός. Έτσι, αυτό το μυθιστόρημα σύμφωνα με τον Άνταμς, έχει "τη φρεσκάδα, την ελαφρότητα και τη λογοτεχνική λ...
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(P/B) THE MEANING OF LIFF
Liff (lif) n. A common object or experience for which no word yet exists....
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Ο ΝΤΕΡΚ ΤΖΕΝΤΛΥ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ ΤΗ ΓΑΤΑ

(P/B) LAST CHANCE TO SEE
The record of an odyssey by a zoologist and a zoologically-innocent comic novelist. It began in 1985 with a search for a rare lemur in Madagascar and went on to include expeditions which witnessed fruitbats, man-eating lizards, gorillas, a blind dolphin and the most inept parrot, the kakapot. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY RADIO SCRIPTS
Twenty-five years after the original radio series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero Arthur Dent were finally adapted for radio by Dirk Maggs, in part using drafts written by Douglas Adams before his death. The resulting fourteen completely new episodes were produced by Above the Title Productions and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with nearly all of the original cast reunited for recording. These scripts brilliantly bring to life the last three books in Ad...
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