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1st in series of French Impressions unique Travel books …

2nd in series of French Impressions unusual travel books …

In the bestselling tradition of Peter Mayle, the second hilarious instalment of George and Donella East’s adventures in Normandy.In FRENCH KISSES the Easts continue their adventures in a land where t …

The brilliantly entertaining true story of how one couple set out with a dream of moving to France – and got far more than they ever bargained for.HOME & DRY IN NORMANDY is the first of two books fol …

The hilarious diary of one man’s attempt to create the perfect pub. …

It’s a mystery to his colleagues how Jack Mowgley reached the rank of Detective Inspector. Or how he came to be in charge of a major intercontinental ferryport. Some reckon the eccentric detective ha …

WOULD YOU THINK YOURSELF ABLE TO PILOT A JUMBO JET BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRAVELLED BY AIR A LOT? Or perform brain surgery because you like to watch medical soaps on TV? Of course not. So why do people thi …

If anyone should know his onions about France, the French and their funny little ways, it’s George East. When he and his wife Donella bought their first home across the Channel, they made so many coc …

George East is by far one of the funniest story tellers and raconteurs on the planet today and the third book in the best-selling MILL OF THE FLEA series, continuing the often farcical and always ent …

For more than a decade, Inspector Jack Mowgley has been keeping a sort of rough-hewn order at Portsmouth Continental Ferry Port. Critics and those who fell foul of his notions of natural and sometime …

Why do women always ask their man for an opinion of how a dress looks – and then ignore what he says? Why do they painstakingly inspect and try on dozens of shoes/dresses/handbags – and then buy the …

All you need to know about losing weight – and NOT finding it again! Did you know that desperate dieters once swallowed tape worms to ensure they lost weight? Did you know that the first diet book ca …

He’s back- and this time its really serious! Failed rock legend, pickled onion manufacturer, air hostess and euro-entrepreneur George East takes us through another eventful year of his doomed attempt …

For fifteen years, humourist, writer, raconteur and generally funny man George East and his wife Donella lived in the remnants of an old water mill in the heart of Normandy’s Cherbourg peninsula. The …

As Friday 13th looms, so the East’s unlucky streak comes to a climax. With them finally on their uppers, an advance offer from a publisher is a welcome relief until they discover they have already sp …

In FRENCH KISSES George East, our world famous raconteur, funny man and the ultimate innocent abroad encounters another array of weird characters and situations as the notorious Fox of Cotentin nobbl …

From a general list of false preconceptions about the French, to George East’s take on why the French think that being born in France automatically imbues every French person with a great sense of st …

It was from this unique Island city that Richard the Lionheart set out on his Crusades and Horatio Nelson sailed to meet his destiny at the Battle of Trafalgar. More recently, Portsmouth played a key …

Growing Pains is the second book in a series of memoirs about growing up in the city of Portsmouth after World War Two. We join George in 1954, when Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile barrie …

George East’s Portsmouth-born ancestors fought at the battles of Trafalgar, Sebastapol and in both World Wars. Our hero fought most of his teenage battles on the streets of his beloved city. This tal …

Once upon a time, Jack Mowgley was a Special Branch Officer with a promising career behind him. Now, he lives in rural Normandy and works as a not-so-private investigator. His former colleague, Serge …

This hilarious collection of cautionary tales and anecdotes, discusses all the delights and drawbacks of finding, buying and restoring French property. Significantly subtitled A Year in Purgatory, Ho …

As financial disaster looms, our heroes seek sanctuary in France at the Mill of the Flea. Will they survive, or fall prey to the wiles of Rene Ribet, the notorious Fox of Cotentin. Rene & Me is a som …

The sixth in the popular French Impressions series, taking the form of a personal travel narrative exploring the three departements of Lower Normandy. As well as reviewing more than a hundred towns a …

High summer in the Balkans and travel writer George East visits a remote Bulgarian mountain village to investigate an apparently potty project set up by an English artist and her husband. The scheme …