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The How To Be British Collection books
The books poke gentle fun at such treasured cultural institutions as afternoon tea, cricket, pubs and Do-It-Yourself, as well as putting under the magnifying glass some familiar ideas about national character: respect for privacy (ours, that is), politeness, sobriety, and love of tradition. And there is well-intentioned advice for the overseas visitor on the perils and pleasures of getting around in English.
Since April 2003 the How To Be British Collection books have sold over
175,000 copies.
Mrs
Joyce Hoover’s How
Do You Do?
Joyce Hoover is Britain’s leading landlady or ‘hostmother’ with
over 40 years’ experience of cost-conscious catering for overseas
visitors. She has strong views on the subject of British identity, British
culture and the importance of learning ‘proper English’.
In her brand new guide to the number one nation in the world, Mrs. Hoover
provides the confused visitor (as well as the baffled Brit) with a plain,
no-nonsense account of the essentials of British life, such as how
to hold your tea cup, what to say to the Queen and where to buy a bra
for only £1. What’s more, How Do You Do? is thoughtfully
illustrated with scores of hilarious cartoons.
If you want a good laugh about British eccentricities — this is
just the book for you!
The woman who put the ‘hospital’ in ‘hospitality’!
Doily News
This book changes everything — except the bed linen.
England Ahoy
by Martyn Ford & Peter Legon
Lee Gone Publications, 2009
ISBN 978-0-9522870-5-6 (0-9522870-5-6)
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5.99 (U.K.) Incl. P&P
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The How To Be British Collection Two
The willingness of the Brit to forgo the football, the day trip, or even the long lie-in, for the pleasures of putting on a pair of paint-splattered trousers and covering the sofa in dust sheets is something very puzzling to foreign observers.
Unsure whether our national character still exists? Reassurance is at hand. Following the remarkable success of the first How To Be British Collection, this second book turns the spotlight on yet more of our cultural curiosities – from kings and queens to kilts and custard.
With its celebration of our endearing and enduring oddities, The How To Be British Collection Two will amuse and delight Brit-watchers everywhere.
Lee Gone Publications, 2005
ISBN 978 0 95228 702 5
Rates: UK: £5.95 incl. P&P
Europe: £6.95 incl. P&P
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The How To Be British Collection
With a globalised mass culture standardising our food, our social customs and even our language, where can the overseas visitor find a truly British experience?
The answer lies in the How To Be British Collection, which celebrates the traditional values of our reserved, polite, pet-loving, tea-drinking nation — values which have long made Britain ‘different’.
Lee Gone Publications, 2003 ISBN 978 0 95228 701 8
Rates: UK: £5.95 incl. P&P
Europe: £6.95 incl. P&P
Other rates available on request.
  
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