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'I've been on the planet for 40 years now and I'm still none the wiser as to what it's all about really. I've never worried about life's big questions. People at my age sit about pondering 'why are we here?' The only time I ever asked myself that is when Suzanne booked us a surprise holiday to Lanzarote. Karl Pilkington is 40 years old. He's not married, he doesn't have kids, and he's got a job where he's known as an 'idiot'. It's time for him to take stock and face up to life's big question - what does it all mean? Karl is no stranger to travel, and now he's off on a series of madcap adventures around the globe to find out how other cultures approach life's big issues.

Everyone's favorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up An Idiot Abroad Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of "100 Things to Do Before You Die" as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventuresto Alaska, Siberia, and beyond with entertaining, highly-opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with their lives. He tackles such questions as "Why on earth would anybody want to run with the bulls in Pamplona, or go "storm chasing" through Tornado Alley? Why would anyone ever want to have lunch with the Queen, or touch hands with the Pope? A fitting finale to two years of eventful globe-trotting, this companion guide is frank, funny, and strangely inspiring.

A collection of insights and anecdotes, diary entries, poems, 'true' facts and cartoons on travel. It includes the author's reflections on life back in England, from Salford joy riders to what his girlfriend's mum and dad have for dinner on a Thursday.

A collection of the best moments from the Ricky Gervais Show' with further musings from Karl Pilkington, star of Sky 1's An Idiot Abroad'.

The companion guide to the hysterical television show of the same name, in which Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant force their arrestingly simple pal Karl Pilkington on a global journey "He'd have been happier in medieval times in a village where you didn't travel beyond the local community."  —Stephen Merchant A cult celebrity due to his role in The Ricky Gervais Show, the most-downloaded podcast ever, Karl Pilkington has been accused of being a comic creation, so unburdened is he by complex thought—but that is truly just him. The trio's newest project mines Karl massive provinciality: put simply, Karl is not big on traveling. Given the choice, he'll go on vacation to Devon or Wales or, if pushed, eat English food on a package tour of the Mediterranean. So what happened when he was convinced by Gervais and Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World? Does travel truly broaden the mind? Find out in Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries.

Drawing from visits to national museums, galleries and places of cultural interest, Karl Pilkington explores the world of knowledge from his own unique viewpoint. Read his irreverent exploration of each subject, approached with his inimitable combination of innocent wonder and cheeky wisdom.