Gerry Maguire Thompson is author of humorous and serious books which have sold over half a million copies worldwide in twenty languages.
He writes humorous poems and songs and creates humorous cartoons with other cartoonists and on his own.
He blogs for Huffington Post and other blogging platforms such as Medium.
Gerry is also a one to one book coach
for reviews see media coverage page
Gerry’s author profile on Amazon.com
Humorous books
Cats are from Venus, Dogs are from Mars
Gerry’s best-selling parody of love, romance and sexual relationship between men and women – 60,000 copies sold; twelve translated editions including Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech and Estonian. Illustrated in colour by Madeliene Hardy
“The perfect antidote to books about relationship”
Reviews
“I read the book to our cats and dogs. My wife and our rabbit listened too. It has helped us all!”
– Bernie Seigal, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
“A hilarious parody”
– Hilary Boyd, The Express
“It really touched me”
– Shelley Love Bonkers, author of My Heart is a Big Fat Pink Balloon.
Astral Sex to Zen Teabags:
an illustrated new age Spoofapedia
Findhorn Press; two editions and Spanish translation
illustrations by Anne Ward and the author
Reviews:
“Witty and informative”
– Time Out magazine
“Loved it… very funny, and timely”
– Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books
“I laughed my head off. This is a wonderful look into the ‘New Age’ movement.
Tongue-in-Cheek, but cutting through to truths. This is a wonderful time to
raise endorphins with a good guffaw.”
– The Messenger
“I found reading it to be a good lesson in not taking the soul-searching path too serious. This is something hardcore seekers need to be reminded of now and again. A well-rounded life includes a generous portion of joy and laughter”
– About.com
“Once in a lifetime comes a book that will totally transform your life, help you to find your true direction and reveal to you the very mysteries of existence itself. This is not that book. However… it is the funniest, most brilliant tongue-in-cheek guide to New Age jargon yet published.” — OM Yoga
“In this funny compendium of definitions of New Age jargon, Thompson draws out plenty of our chuckles.” – Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, spiritualityandpractice.com
Feng Shui For Dogs
A humorous parody of Feng Shui; six translated editions including Dutch, Portuguese, Polish and Swedish
The Weekend Shaman, and other dodgy characters
A humorous send-up of mind-body-spirit archetypes, illustrated by Anne Ward
Reviews
“New-agers will be cringing at the uncanny accuracy of Thompson’s descriptions. The antidote to the sometimes venomous parodies is the affection with which the book has obviously been written. Have a laugh at this book – and at yourself”
– Fortean Times
“This is perfect for anyone who is sanctimonious, with a knitted pullover”
– Big Issue magazine
“Thank heavens for The Weekend Shaman! Far too many people seem to have left their sense of humour behind. And laughter, they say, is often the best medicine!
– Here’s Health magazine
Conversations with Dog
Humorous instruction in life to humans from a dog deity, in the manner of Conversations with God
Serious books
Inspirational Gamechangers
Interviews with such foremost global entrepreneurs as Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Muhamma Yunus, Jamie Oliver, Jimmy Wales, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, James Dyson and others. They all give advice on how the rest of us can get our businesses to do better.
Published by Financial Times Publishing.
Foreign editions include Chinese.
Reviews:
Featured on Forbes.com:
“It’s not a bad place to start if you want to be an inspirational game-changer”
– Andrew Cave, Forbes.com
“An excellent, inspirational book”
– Peter Desmond, Growth International
“A really interesting and unusually human book about business”
– Rita Clifton, Brandcap
“Packed full of practical advice, invaluable insights and tip tips, this unique book highlights the lessons we can all learn from the icons of modern business”
– The Business magazine
“Contains business inspiration and know-how from thirty influential global entrepreneurs, offering practical learning points for start-up businesses in any field”
– Start Your Business magazine
“Compelling insight into entrepreneurs. Thompson and Mellor have produced a well-crafted, tight and useful insight into the mindset of entrepreneurs. One of its key strengths is that the authors take a methodical approach to the task with the individual features on each subject ranged under headings such as critical challenge, impact and influence, and key learnings.”
– Frank Dillon, Irish Times
“Contains business inspiration and know-how from thirty influential global entrepreneurs, offering practical learning points for start-up businesses in any field”
– Start Your Business magazine, Sept 2015
“Packed full of practical advice, invaluable insights and tip tips, this unique book highlights the lessons we can all learn from the icons of modern business”
– The Business magazine, Oct 2015
“Ideal for busy executives who want to skim through the wide variety of approaches taken by their chosen few….the selection of
entrepreneurs is good and that makes the book worth reading”
– Scottish Business Insider Oct 2015
“A really interesting and well researched collection of case studies about remarkable people and their achievements…there is much in the book that bears careful consideration by aspiring entrepreneurs and anyone that wants to make a difference in their chosen field of endeavour”
– Krishna Waran, International Network of Transition Catalysts
“First hand and first class advice from the worlds top trailblazers, disruptors, value adders, community players and influencers…written in a well structured, easy to read format.”
– Clive Bonny, Strategic Management Partners
Meditation Made Easy
A simple guide to mindfulness meditation, published in a number of languages
The Shiatsu Manual
The Shiatsu Manual has sold over 100,000 copies in 11 languages including German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch; Republished by Eddison Books as The Shiatsu Box
Other titles
Gerry’s author profile on Amazon.com
articles/ features
Gerry’s work, humorous and serious, has appeared in diverse publications, such as:
Wall Street Journal
Boston Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
BBC Radio Times
The Guardian
Architects Journal
The Bookseller
Resurgence magazine
links to articles and features, humorous and serious:
The powerful transformative power of Buddhism – for work, life, happiness, fulfilment and success
Heavy negative trips your parents laid on you: an affectionate parody
Secret Jam: a tale of rural intrigue and skulduggery
The betwixt and between – the powerful Celtic concept of thresholds in time and place
How to be funny: the building blocks of comedy – a series of two articles
The power of living in the present moment: published in Findhorn Press magazine
Living in the present, in-depth: a series of five articles
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