Лучшие книги Джереми Кларксона

Знаменитый британский журналист, циник и острослов Джереми Кларксон (ведущий программы TopGear на телеканале Би-би-си) совершил путешествие вокруг света и в своей неповторимой манере рассказал, как обстоят дела с автомобилями (а заодно и со многими другими вещами) в одиннадцати странах мира. Книга станет захватывающим чтением как для тех, кто интересуется автомобилями, так и для тех, кто просто предпочитает здравый взгляд на жизнь.
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Джереми Кларксон - самый скандальный, провокационный, неполиткорректный, циничный и брутальный журналист не только Британии, но и, возможно, всего мира. Тексты Кларксона, искрящиеся остроумием и раздающие пощечины общественному вкусу, вызывают у читателей самые неоднозначные эмоции - от гневного возмущения до восхищения, граничащего с преклонением. Воскресная колонка Кларксона в Sunday Times - первое, что открывают утром большинство читателей газеты, желая узнать, кто в этот раз подаст на Кларксона в суд. При всей эпатажности и нарочито вызывающем тоне слова журналиста имеют необычайно большой вес: его критического высказывания…

Впервые в России - собрание лучших текстов Джереми Кларксона, многолетнего ведущего Top Gear, самого популярного автошоу на Земле. Если вы еще не знакомы с Джереми, вы убедитесь, что этот человек способен рассказать об автомобилях ярче, злее и компетентнее всех на свете. Но свое мнение у него есть и по поводу мироздания и самых разных событий. И вот здесь о тормозах он забывает. Именно поэтому его вызывают в суд восемь раз в неделю, а единственный человек, которого он не обругал в своих колонках и на ТВ, - его собственная жена. Если вы читали Кларксона, эта книга - лишний повод убедиться, какой же он все-таки негодяй. И первоклассный писатель.

Цитата: 
"Собственно, почти все равно, про что или про кого он рассказывает, — в любом случае это так смешно, как только возможно. С другой стороны, а как иначе: человек, который лелеет свою мужиковатость и мужественность, как маникюр, просто обязан быть очень смешным — иначе чего стоит его здравый смысл и отчеты об увеличении эндорфинов в крови".
Лев Данилкин, "Афиша".
О чем книга:
Обо все понемногу: об автомобилях и Британии, о лондонской кухне и албанских эмигрантах. О войне в Ираке и московских миллионерах, о Стивене Фрае и изменении климата.

Почему книга достойна прочтения:
Всякая книга Джереми Кларксона — событие: не так много в мире истинных острословов и харизматичных журналистов. Здесь же автор, как можно понять из названия, разрушает стереотипы и делает это последовательно и смачно. Никогда еще Кларксон не раскрывал с такой полнотой свойственный только ему взгляд на радости, абсурдность и тщетность современной жизни.
Это подарок для вашего автомобилиста: Lexus IS 250, Porsche 911 Turbo, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder — где вы еще прочитаете о них так, как пишет Кларксон.

Для кого эта книга: 
Для поклонников Джереми Кларксона и для всех, кто любит машины, путешествия, ветер в ушах и хорошую шутку.

Кто автор: 
Джереми Кларксон — самый скандальный, провокационный, неполиткорректный, циничный и брутальный журналист не только в Британии, но и, возможно, во всем мире. Кларксон снискал известность прежде всего как автомобильный журналист и ведущий программы Top Gear. Тексты Кларксона, искрящиеся остроумием и раздающие пощечины общественному вкусу, вызывают у читателей самые неоднозначные эмоции — от гневного возмущения до восхищения, граничащего с преклонением. Воскресная колонка Кларксона в Sunday Times — первое, что открывают утром большинство читателей газеты, желая узнать, кто в этот раз подаст на Кларксона в суд. При всей эпатажности и нарочито вызывающем тоне слова журналиста имеют необычайно большой вес: порой его критики оказывается достаточно для банкротства целого предприятия.

Ключевые понятия: 
Автомобиль, люкс, класс, управляемость, скорость, двигатель, интерьер.

От издателя
Эта книга - собрание статей знаменитого британского журналиста и телеведущего Джереми Кларксона, вышедших в 90-е годы. Большинство из этих статей описывают, ругают или хвалят самые разные марки и модели автомобилей.
Нет машины, за рулем которой не посидел бы Джереми. Нет темы, на которую он не высказался бы между делом с изящным аристократическим цинизмом. В его жилах течет смесь бензина с никотином, а его шутки способны смутить любого. Кто-то считает статьи Кларксона образцом автомобильной журналистики, кто-то - образцом бестактности и неполиткорректности. Миллионы его поклонников жадно смотрят каждый выпуск программы Top Gear, а миллионы его противников даже перестали носить джинсы, чтобы не быть ни в чем на него похожими. Теперь великолепные нелепости великого и ужасного Кларксона доступны и русскоязычному читателю.

Новая книга Джереми Кларксона, конечно, об автомобилях — спорткарах и внедорожниках, лидерах и аутсайдерах, очень дорогих и вполне бюджетных. Но не только. Она о людях и взаимоотношениях, политике и войнах, мишленовских ресторанах и белых медведях, Москве и принце Чарльзе. Неважно, на чем вы ездите: если вы любите настоящий английский юмор, едкие, словно сжатые пружиной слова, яд, иронию и сарказм, заставляющие английских политиков и светских львиц с ужасом и адвокатами ждать новых текстов Джереми, — тогда эта книга для вас. Искрометный юмор, здравый смысл и абсолютное знание предмета гарантированы.

The world is an exciting and confusing place for Jeremy Clarkson - a man who can find the overgrown schoolboy in us all. In "The World According to Clarkson", one of the country's funniest comic writers has free reign to expose absurdity, celebrate eccentricity and entertain richly in the process. And the net is cast wide: from the chronic unsuitablity of men to look after children for long periods or as operators of "white goods", Nimbyism, cricket and PlayStations, to astronomy, David Beckham, 70's rock, the demise of Concorde, the burden of an Eton education and the shocking failure of Tom Clancy to make it on to the Booker shortlist, "The World According to Clarkson" is a hilarious snapshot of the life in the 21st century that will have readers wincing with embarrassed recognition and crying with laughter. It's not about the cars!

The publication of "The World According to Clarkson" in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy's one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our hero's still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it's not all bad. He's learnt a little along the way, including:
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Why binge drinking is good for you, -
The worst word in the English language, -
The remarkable secret of eternal youth, -
The problem with America, -
And how to dispose of a seal.

Jeremy Clarkson had a dream. A world where the nonsensical made sense, the idiotic was abolished and the sheer bloody brilliant was embraced. In How Hard Can It Be? our hero embarks on a quest to set the world to rights. Again.

En-route he discovers how rhubarb will become the new crack, that a comb over will end anyone's quest for global domination and what unites a Filipino chambermaid in Abergavenny with Prince Andrew.

For anyone who’s ever woken up and thought the time has come to stop the nonsense and celebrate the sensational, read on. Because seriously, how hard can it be?

Jeremy Clarkson finds the world such a perplexing place that he wrote a bestselling book about it. Yet, despite the appearance of The World According to Clarkson, things - amazingly - haven't improved. Not being someone to give up easily, however, he's decided to have another go.
ln And Another Thing ... the king of the exasperated quip discovers that:
- Bombing North Carolina is bad for Yorkshire. - We can look forward to exploding at the age of 62. - Russians look bad in Speedos. But not as bad as we do. - Wasps are the highest form of life.
Thigh - slappingly funny and in your face, Jeremy Clarkson bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special, the unique and the sheer bloody brilliant ...

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Welcome to Clarkson's farm.
It's always had a nice ring to it. Jeremy just never thought that one day his actual job would be 'a farmer'.

And, sadly, it doesn't mean he's any good at it.
From buying the wrong tractor (Lamborghini, since you ask . . .) to formation combine harvesting, getting tied-up in knots of red tape to chasing viciously athletic cows, our hero soon learns that enthusiasm alone might not be enough.
Jeremy may never succeed in becoming master of his land, but, as he's discovering, the fun lies in the trying . . .

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Clarkson loves machines. But it's not just any old bucket of bolts, cogs and bearings that puts that rings his bell. In fact, he's scoured the length and and breadth of the land, plunged into oceans and taken to the skies in search of those rare machines with that elusive certain something.
- and along the way he's discovered:
- the safest place to be in the event of nuclear war; - who would win if Superman, James Bond and The Terminator had a fight; - the stupidest person he's ever met; - what an old Cornish institution called Arthur has to do with 0898 chat lines; - and how Jean Claude Van Damme might get eaten by a lion.
In "I Know You Got Soul", Jeremy Clarkson tells the stories of the geniuses, innovators and crackpots who put the ghost in the machine. From Brunel's SS Great Britain to the Spitfire and from the woeful - but inspiring - Graf Zeppelin to Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, they were built by people who love them - and we can't help but love them in return.

Is It Really Too Much To Ask? is the fifth book in Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series. Well, someone's got to do it: in a world which simply will not see reason, Jeremy sets off on another quest to beat a path of sense through all the silliness and idiocy. And there's no knowign what might catch Jeremy's eye along the way. It could be: the merits of Stonehenge as a business model; Why all meetings are a waste of time; the theft of the Queen's cows; one Norwegian man's unique approach to showing his gratitude; fitting a burglar alarm to a tortoise; or how Lou Reed was completely wrong about what makes a perfect day. Pithy and provocative, this is Clarkson at his best, taking issue with whatever nonsense gets in the way of his search for all that's worth celebrating. Why should we be forced to accept stuff that's a bit rubbish? Shouldn't things work? Why doesn't someone care? I mean, is it really too much to ask? It's a good thing we've still got Jeremy out there, still looking, without fear or favour, for the answers. Jeremy Clarkson becomes the hilarious voice of a nation once more in Is It Really Too Much To Ask?, Volume 5 of The World According To Clarkson, following bestselling titles The World According to Clarkson, And Another Thing, For Crying Out Loud and How Hard Can It Be? Praise for Clarkson: "Brilliant...laugh-out-loud". (Daily Telegraph). "Outrageously funny...will have you in stitches". (Time Out). Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. He now writes for the Sun and the Sunday Times and is the tallest person working in British television.

Jeremy Clarkson had a dream... A world where the nonsensical made sense, the idiotic was abolished and the sheer bloody brilliant was embraced. In "How Hard Can It Be?" our hero embarks on a quest to set the world to rights. Again. En-route he discovers how rhubarb will become the new crack, that a comb over will end anyone's quest for global domination and what unites a Filipino chambermaid in Abergavenny with Prince Andrew. For anyone who's ever woken up and thought the time has come to stop the nonsense and celebrate the sensational, read on. Because seriously, how hard can it be?

As I Was Saying . . . is the seventh book in Jeremy Clarkson's best-selling The World According to Clarkson series. Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . . For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant. But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. That's as it should be. For nearly 30 years he has been fearlessly leading the charge as one the best comic writers in the country. And in 2015, he shows no sign of slowing down. So, whether it's pondering if Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand, why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world, how Pam Ayres's head trumps Gordon Gecko's underpants, or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up to, Jeremy is still trying to make sense of all the big stuff.

Jeremy Clarkson, it has to be said, sometimes finds the world a maddening place. And nowhere more so than from behind the wheel of a car, where you can see any number of people acting like lunatics while in control (or not) of a ton of metal. In this collection of classic columns, first published in 1999, Jeremy takes a look at the world through his windscreen, shakes his head at what he sees - and then puts the boot in.

The hilarious new collection of stories and observations from Jeremy Clarkson - setting our off-kilter world to rights with thigh-slapping wit once again. Who is that tractor-driving Gentleman Farmer? Has Jeremy turned into a horny-handed son of the soil? These and other perplexing questions may or may not be answered in the latest volume of Clarkson's utterly unbiased musings on life, the universe and everything in between (except cars - this isn't one of his four-wheel drive books). Inside you'll also discover why: * Bathing in crude oil isn't for everyone * People who go fishing hate their kids * Noise-cancelling headphones will never silence James May * The rambler who stole his marrow is in for it Full of fact-checked opinions and ideas so good they're no longer following the science but chasing it up a tree, Can You Make This Thing Go Faster? is one hundred per cent guaranteed Clarkson...

Can you make this thing go faster?
These days, you might know him better as a tractor-driving Gentleman Farmer, but Jeremy Clarkson wasn't always a horny-handed son of the soil. Not at all . . . Back in the day Jeremy was far more likely to be found gunning around the world in a haze of burnt rubber and petrol fumes. But life as a globe-trotting petrol-head also meant he was forced endure more than his fair share of foolishness, frustration and downright bafflement. And, while Jeremy may not a patient man, you have to ask why anyone should have to consider issues as diverse and perplexing as: - The downsides of relaxing in a bath of crude oil
- Why fishing is for people who hate their kids
- Whether there are noise-cancelling headphones with the power to silence James May
- Why saving the planet means soggy paper straws and no more children
- What to do about the rambler who stole his marrow But as puzzling and exasperating as life on the road often seemed to be, you could always count on Jeremy to set the world to rights with a rare wit and unique understanding. And at full throttle. Just don't expect it to all go smoothly . . . Praise for Clarkson: 'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud'Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny . . . will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard

What's it like to drive a car that's actively trying to kill you? This and many other burning questions trouble Jeremy Clarkson as he sets out to explore the world from the safety of four wheels. Avoiding the legions of power-crazed traffic wombles attempting to block highway and byway, he: shows how the world of performance cars may be likened to Battersea Dogs' Home; reveals why St Moritz may be the most bonkers town in all of the world; reminds us that Switzerland is so afraid of snow that any flakes falling on the road are immediately arrested; and, argues that washing a car is a waste of time. Funny, globe-trotting, irreverent and sometimes downright rude, "Round the Bend" is packed with curious and fascinating but otherwise hopelessly useless stories and facts about everything under the sun (and just occasionally cars). It's Jeremy Clarkson at his brilliant best.