Or Is That Just Me?, Richard Hammond
Or Is That Just Me?, Richard Hammond
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Or Is That Just Me?

Author: Richard Hammond

Narrator: Richard Hammond

Abridged: 3 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2010


Synopsis

"There is, I discovered, a technique to performing a low-rent, comedy motorcycle jump with a bad hip joint following a low-speed fall off a horse on to your wife's Land Rover keys..."

More of the wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of Richard Hammond - TV presenter, adventurer and general drawer of the Short Straw. Continuing where AS YOU DO left off, OR IS THAT JUST ME? focuses on just a few of the many hair-raising stunts, expeditions and encounters experienced by Richard Hammond over the last eventful year.

Read by Richard Hammond

(p) 2010 Orion Publishing Group

About Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond is internationally famous for co-presenting TOP GEAR and subsequently THE GRAND TOUR with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. He has produced and presented documentaries for BBC One, examining the lives of two of his heroes, Sir Stirling Moss and Evel Knievel. He is the author of a number of bestselling books including ON THE EDGE, AS YOU DO, and IS IT JUST ME? Richard is married to Mindy and has two daughters, Izzy and Willow. He shares his garage with a vast and ever-changing collection of motorcycles both vintage and current.Follow Richard Hammond on Twitter @RichardHammond and visit his website at www.thehamsterscage.co.uk


Reviews

Goodreads review by Courtney on August 02, 2011

I read this book a few months back and just now realized I hadn't posted a review. And I'd meant to. But I'm much too lazy to remember what I wanted to say now, so I went back and found something I'd said on my blog about it and I'll just copy and paste that here, shall I? "So I’m reading this book c......more

Goodreads review by Steve on August 01, 2011

Richard Hammond is approaching his fortieth birthday and this is the book that retells the events of that year. The book is actually quite witty - even occasionally laugh out loud funny – and told in a very conversational style. You can almost picture Hammond sitting in the saloon bar with his mates......more

Goodreads review by Ana on October 17, 2024

This book is witty and quite funny, written in a casual, conversational tone. While it feels disjointed at times, it's best enjoyed as a series of short stories about one man's humorous denial of turning forty, rather than a traditional autobiography. The blend of almost childlike humor and midlife......more

Goodreads review by Grey853 on February 19, 2011

If you're a TOP GEAR fan, then you know Richard Hammond as one of the presenters of the British hit show about cars and related challenges. This book doesn't really include just TOP GEAR stories, but also covers other aspects of his career and some of his health issues. In fact, I've never read a bo......more

Goodreads review by Bilal on June 18, 2016

Regular viewers of Top Gear will find most chapters this book familiar but disappointing. The anecdotes are very disjointed and Richard's writing style of stuffing an entire story into a single sentence tends to wear on you after a while. May does the same thing in his books, albeit a bit more fluen......more