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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
For decades, experts have been puzzled by what causes many previously happy, carefree young men to become perpetual moaners as soon as they hit middle age. And now they have found it, uncovered the tr
"He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it—you can see it all over their faces." —Ron Atkinson"Rugby is a good occasion for keeping30 bullies far from the cit
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
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
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
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,
Entertaining and uplifting, this book is a hilarious look at those embarrassing setbacks experienced in one's senior years. From picking up the wrong child from school, to misplacing your car some
