Since 1894, when motor racing’s colorful history began with a bang, drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. This absorbing collectio
A rollicking collection of stories featuring the craziest, daftest and most outrageous monarchs the world has ever known. Packed with royal stories from 2,000 years of history, from the immortality-ob
The most bizarre, controversial, heroic, and unlucky stories from more than 100 years of Olympic events, now updated with strange stories from Beijing 2008 and the run up to London 2012 ?The world's g
Everyone has favourite moments with their grandad that they treasure, whether it be a favourite anecdote, activity that is shared, or some wise advice from years of experience. This book is full of re
Do you call your partner darling because you forgot their real name years ago? Restore your brain to its tack-like sharpness with the exercises in this wickedly funny book. If you refer t
If you don't know your WiFi from your HiFi, your BlackBerry from your Burberry, Bluetooth from Blue Peter, or a JPEG from a clothes peg... join the club.Do you despair at your daily struggles with gi
The classic pocket guide to the language of London. Includes over 1,700 old and new rhymes translated from Cockney to English and English to Cockney. Master the art of the Cockney rhyme and discover
If there is one thing that first-time visitors to England find mystifying, it is the sense of humor. English humor encompasses a number of different styles. It can be surreal or satirical, dark or sop
When we think of the world's great museums, we tend to think of the Louvre, the Guggenheim or the Victoria and Albert. We do not immediately think of the Dog Collar Museum, the Kansas Barbed Wire Muse
For 60 years the Eurovision Song Contest has existed in a parallel universe where a song about the construction of a hydro-electric power station is considered cutting-edge pop, where half a dozen war
In this one-of-a-kind collection, Geoff Tibballs brings together hundreds of unsung heroes who go to bizarre lengths to break world records in the weirdest of categories. They devote hours of intense
Liverpool Football Club is rarely out of the news and always is the subject of interest from in and out of the world of football. From Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen and Graeme Souness through Michael Ow
A fantastic collection of the very best senior jokes, put down on paper so that even the most senile minds can't forget themA middle-aged man walked into a Catholic church, sat down in the confessiona
From Bob Geldof to Winston Churchill, Jeremy Clarkson to Victor Meldrew, the world has always produced its share of grumpy, moody, pessimistic and world-weary types. We all know one! They like to groa
Stuffed full of real-life anecdotes, dubious advice, mortifying confessions, and much more hilarity from like-minded seniors, this is a fabulous laugh-out-loud guide for forgetful friends of all ages?
A collection of the finest, funniest, and sauciest jokes about age and aging?here, at last, is a book guaranteed to make anyone laugh incontinently?Jokes from such "senior" luminaries as George Burns,
Customers do say the dumbest things, and this hilarious book contains a whole host of crass, stupid and just plain odd requests and queries heard on the high street. Featuring laugh out loud remarks
Cricket is undoubtedly the elegant game, occupying a long-established and distinguished position in the annals of sporting history. This title uncovers the origins of this game, and explores its tradi
Revised and lightly condensed, this pocket-sized?paperback of The?Book of Senior Jokes is?a collection of the finest, funniest, and sauciest jokes about age and aging??Jokes from such "senior" luminar
