The Wonderful World of F in Exams (Hardback)
Richard Benson
WWFE
Bringing together the best questions, answers and quotes from Britain's schoolchildren, The Wonderful World of F in Exams is a side-splittingly funny read that you'll return to again and again. Focusing on the embarrassing howlers and goofs that children sometimes make when they are under exam pressure, this compulsive book is full of things that will make you both groan loudly and squeal with shame.
1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off (Hardback)
John Lloyd
QIFA
Featuring the best facts from the first ten years of the smartest comedy show on television, 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks off is a great book for any fan of the Stephen Fry's popular BBC programme. Did you know that cows moo in regional accents? Or that the dialling code for Russia is 007? This little hardback, compiled by QI's creator John Lloyd CBE, Director of Research John Mitchinson and Senior Researcher James Harkin, reveal these facts and many others to make you look at the universe in an alarming new way.
You Kant Make It Up (Hardback)
Hayden
KANT
From `Harry Potter is real', to `matter doesn't exist', even some of philosophy's great minds have drawn some truly outrageous conclusions over the years, and they are rounded together in this entertaining hardback, You Kant Make It Up. Written by journalist and philosophy graduate Gary Hayden, this entertaining and hugely informative hardback offers an unconventional introduction to philosophy, outlining statements from the likes of Plato and Nietzsche that will challenge your assumptions, expand your horizons and infuriate and amuse in equal measure!
Fishing's Strangest Days (Hardback)
Tom Quinn
FGSD
Fishing's Strangest Days is packed full of stories that are just too fishy to be believable. Author Tom Quinn has examined 200 years of angling history to reel in some of the weirdest, most bizarre and astonishing occurrences from the world of fishing, including the Oxford scientist who discovered the life-giving properties of brandy to a fish and the nine-year-old boy who caught a mussel containing no less than 40 pearls, meaning he earned more in one day than his father had in the past five years! A great gift for any fishing fan, this small hardback is packed with bitesize tales that will have you hooked.
Suddenly Senior (Hardback)
Tom Hay
SUDD
Complete with witty and poignant quotes from the likes of Joan Rivers, Ronald Reagan, Oscar Wilde and Groucho Marx, Suddenly Senior takes a look at how age can be a funny old thing. Ideal reading for anyone afraid of acting their age or confused by today's bewildering world, this book is full of delightful jokes that will appeal to readers of all ages.
IGrump (Hardback)
Ivor Grump
GGGT
The Grumpy Git's Guide To Technology is the latest offering from cantankerous author, Ivor Grump. Struggling to deal with the new digital world, Ivor decides to embrace consumer electronics, only to find they change devices as soon as he's mastered how to use them. The likes of texting, downloads and MP3 players all feel Grump's wrath, and he even suggests starting a new social networking site for like-minded technophobes - Grumpbook.
RMAN
Gabrielle Mander's 101 Things to do with a Retired Man is a tongue-in-cheek look at retirement that provides practical advice in a humorous format. The perfect gift for any woman who is facing up to life with a retired man, this hilarious look at retirement is cheaper than marriage counselling and will make a timely stocking filler for Chritstmas. Retired life is packed with nothing but time, and it is this time that gives you the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill, get in touch with old friends and explore the great wide open. This handy book will help women rediscover what they loved about their husbands in the first place, and also make the golden years look much brighter!
How To Get A Sofa Around A Corner (Hardback)
SOFA
This book offers the answers to all the annoying household problems. By applying scientific principles to everyday occurences, this book will show you how to move a couch around a corner, remove red wine stains from carpets and unscrew the lid of a difficult jar. Applying principles of geomoetry, thermodynamics, probability and game theory to the situations, explanations are given for all these frustrating issues.
The Traveller's Daybook (Hardback)
Fergus Fleming
TVDB
Compiled by acclaimed historian Fergus Fleming, The Traveller's Daybook invites you to cross oceans, deserts, mountains and ice-caps and embark on a tour of the world in 366 quotations. This anthology ranges widely across time and place, from Christopher Columbus' 'discovery' of the West Indies in 1492 to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's 'empty quarter' in the 1940s. Covering many exotic destinations, each quoted extract is accompanied by a brief commentary that introduces the writer and the context of the excerpt. Covering the whole calendar year, including leap years, these 366 journeys are often lyrical, witty, tragic or bizarre - but always entertaining.
Commando Dad (Paperback)
Neil Sinclair
COMD
Neil Sinclair, ex-Commando, qualified childminder and full-time dad to three young troopers, provides a training manual for new recruits to fatherhood in Commando Dad: Basic Training. In no-nonsense terms, the manual will help dads to be plan for their baby-trooper's arrival by showing them how to survive the first 24 hours, how to prepare nutritious food and how to deal with baby's hostilities, as well as giving advice on how to keep little ones entertained in various ways. An indispensable training guide that will make a great gift for any fathers-in-waiting, it covers how to look after babies from birth to when they're 3-years-old.
UGLI
Dr. Robert Vanderplank's Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults, Put-downs and Curses from Around the World gathers together some of the most interesting, insightful and expressive put-downs ever spoken. Whether borne out of surprise, anger, passion or humour, curses and insults make up some of the most colourful and profound phrases in any language. This gift book is arranged by language and beautifully illustrated throughout, giving you the chance to equip yourself with a lifetime of global insults!
Please note this title features language that some customers may find offensive.
How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt (Hardback)
Mick Conefrey
BLAN
Perfect for those dreaming of their next big trip abroad, Mick Conefrey's How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer pairs intrepid stories of yesteryear with hilarious tips from history's greatest female explorers. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or are dreaming of leaving office life behind, the humorous gift book will tell you how to do everything from cooking a locust to sweet-talking a cannibal and climbing Everest without oxygen. It also describes why you should never let a gorilla near your bedroom and what you should do when attacked by a crocodile!
Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? (Hardback)
New Scientist
DOLP
Published by New Scientist, Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? is packed full of wry and well-informed answers to this and 110 other baffling science questions. A perfect bedside book for dipping into or sharing with family and friends, amongst the other questions answered are why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Following the likes of the bestselling titles Does Anything Eat Wasps?, Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? and Why Can't Elephants Jump? this is another book about popular science that is guaranteed to delight.
It's Not Rocket Science (Hardback)
Ben Miller
INRS
One half of successful double act Armstrong and Miller, actor and comedian Ben Miller studied a Physics PhD at Cambridge before embarking on his career. In It's Not Rocket Science, he returns to his roots and offers an engaging, accessible and downright funny look at science's best bits. He tackles black holes, DNA and the Large Hadron Collider in a fun and insightful way and explains to the reader all about the truly spectacular science that is always happening around us. This is the book for you if you're interested in science, but always found the subject a little daunting.
A Less Boring History of the World (Hardback)
Dave Rear
LBHW
Dave Rear's A Less Boring History of the World is a history book like no other, an irreverent and rollocking romp through everything interesting that has ever happened in the history of the world from 15 million years BC through to today. From the Big Bang to Barack Obama, each historical episode is boiled down into bite-size chunks so that you can finally piece together - and make sense of - all the different bits of history. Witty and irreverent, this is a book that covers everything from the rise of empires to the fall of bankers, and will also refresh your memory and broaden your mind, all while making you laugh!
The Coffee Table Book Of Doom (Hardback)
Steven Appleby
CTBD
This timely companion guide to the 27 doom-laden horsemen - personal doom, asteroid impact, pandemics and 24 others - will help you fully prepare for the end of the world, currently scheduled for New Year's Eve 2012. Beautifully illustrated and brought to life by authors Steven Appleby and Art Lester, the observational comedy is wonderfully set off by the absurd drawings.
A Poke in the Eye (Hardback)
Amnesty International
POKE
A major anthology of the charity's celebrated comedy shows, The Secret Policeman's Ball Presents A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) marks the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International. The keepsake book is a fitting tribute to a comedy institution and includes unique contributions from comedians including John Cleese and Michael Palin. It brings together the greatest acts to appear at the charity's fundraising shows including Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran and Russell Brand, and also features the scripts for the iconic Dead Parrot Sketch and Rowan Atkinson's school-master's roll-call. The celebrated comedy routines are accompanied by beautiful photography, special introductions and insightful interviews with the stars involved too.
Country Life: Letters to the Editor (Hardback)
Country Life
EDIT
Readers of Country Life magazine have always been eager to share their knowledge on all aspects of life in Britain. Letters to the Editor: A Miscellany brings together a wide range of letters that have been sent into the magazine and offers a delightful collection of musings on rural life, regional oddities, curious objects, favoured pets and even puzzles! Beautifully presented and illustrated throughout, this is a book lovers of nature will want to dip into time and time again. You can even find advice on everything from sundials to dog food that still stands the test of time!
Universally Challenged Pair - 2 Books (collection)
Various
UNIC
Marion Appleby's Are We Live? The Funniest Bloopers from TV and Radio and Wendy Roby's Universally Challenged: Quiz Contestants Say the Funniest Things are two books that are sure to raise a chuckle with any TV viewer or radio listerner. Universally Challenged offers a collection of the most jaw-droppingly silly and downright hilarious quiz show answers that have ever been given, while Are We Live? focuses on everything from the diva strops to wardrobe malfunctions that come with the calamity-prone world of live television. A great gift set! Please note there is some offensive language used in Are We Live?
Lost At Sea (Hardback)
Jon Ronson
LOSA
Jon Ronson, the award-winning writer, documentary maker and author of The Men Who Stare At Goats, is fascinated by madness, extraordinary behaviour and the human mind. In Lost At Sea, he presents a collection of his adventures, from meeting the man preparing to welcome aliens to Earth to another who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and the Deal or No Deal contestants who developed a foolproof system to beat the Banker. Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing and always entertaining, Lost At Sea is a compelling read that features some bizarre and unusual stories and intriguing people.
