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75 Worst Ways to Die reveals the intriguing facts behind the many ways humans bite the dust in encounters with deadly insects, hungry predators, natural disasters, and freak occurrences. Thoroughly researched and illustrated, not to mention thoroughly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510766990Author Grant TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 194mm...

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In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases trailblazers throughout history who disguised themselves as men and continuously broke the rules to gain access and opportunities denied them because they...

'What guts. What attitude! These are the immortals I wish I'd learned about at school.'OLIVIA COLMAN Channel the feminist power of mythical goddesses in this witty, inspirational gift book. 'Wonderful.' CERYS MATTHEWSWhether it's the Norse warrior...

Dive Into the Fun Facts Behind Names and Word Origins#1 Bestseller in Words, Language & Grammar, Etymology The best-selling book is back in it's second volume with more names, more words, and even more in-between than before!What's in a name? The answer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501199066Author Elizabeth FoleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345807021Author Carl HiaasenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143136408Author Cody CassidyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 138mm *...

'Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson, Sunday Times'Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable' Michael Gove, Book of the Week, The TimesInspired by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first great analyst of snobbery, and his trail-blazing The Book of Snobs (1848), D. J...

James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there's the serendipitous wit of scientists, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735233294Author Luke Gordon FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House CanadaWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985073768Author Wes ChestleydaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Read-O-VisionPublisher Read-O-VisionWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316529549Author Katie SpaldingFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952126710Author Fred Van LenteFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Rocketship EntertainmentPublisher Rocketship EntertainmentWeight(grams)...

Renowned presenter, author, and journalist William Hartston unveils the first mainstream history of humor in his latest book Knock, Knock: In Pursuit of a Grand Unified Theory of Humour. Packed with meticulous research and delightful anecdotes, this book...

Ever needed tips on how to sleep next to a snoring spouse? How to convalesce in style? Or the etiquette of staying in a haunted house? This humorous book was originally published in the 1930s as an amusing guide for married couples. Poking fun at wives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538766767Author Philomena CunkFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

The more things change, the more they stay the same: Theophrastus' Characters, a classical Greek text newly translated for a modern audience, is a joyful festival of fault-finding. Theophrastus' Characters is a joyous festival of fault-finding: a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612437996Author Andrew ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 215g

Why does the size of a space shuttle's fuel tanks have more to do with a horse's rump than rocket science? Is there a correlation between the humble pint and the capacity of the human bladder? And why is an old Wellington boot as important an instrument...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912517124Author Thomas E. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bluewood Books,U.S.Publisher Bluewood Books,U.S.Dimensions(mm) 151mm * 179mm * 8mm

Washington Post humour columnist Alexandra Petri is perhaps America's most beloved political satirist. Her new, side-splitting work of historical humour uses imagined documents to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation's complicated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612432243Author James GrangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 145g

From the Ides of March to the 40-minute war and the Great Molasses Flood, discover what extraordinary events took place from January 1 to December 31 with This Day in History.Have you ever wondered what happened on your birthday hundreds of years ago?...

Authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key build on the popularity of their 2022 Webby Award-winning podcast and delve deeper into the world of sketch, helped along with new essays created expressly for the book by comedy greats. The History of Sketch...

Build your brain and blitz through the canon with Literature in 30 Seconds of Less!, a collection of illuminating synopses of the great works.Bursting with illuminating synopses of humanity's great works, you no longer have to lower your gaze when the...

'The English aristocrat John 'Mad Jack' Mytton died a bloated, paralysed and penniless debtor in prison. His premature demise was partly due to injuries sustained while setting fire to his own night-shirt to try to cure hiccups. Just before the horribly...

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has laughed at attorney-aimed humor. Now here is the best and most recent...

When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps-not to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940750231Author Louis S SchaferFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Littleberry Press LLCPublisher Littleberry Press LLCWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781408723098Author Elliot MartynFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint ConstablePublisher Little, Brown Book Group

ALAN CARR'A delicious sepia wet dream of a book that had me drooling, swiping right and wanting to buy a time machine' - DAWN FRENCH 'What a treat!' DITA VON TEESE 'This book is brilliant fun - capturing the debonair dandyism and sophisticated enigma of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578876184Author E M SchorbFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Hill House New YorkPublisher Hill House New YorkWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218245672Author D L TraceyFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Badb PublishingPublisher Badb PublishingWeight(grams) 467g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962298131Author Fred Van LenteFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Rocketship EntertainmentPublisher Rocketship EntertainmentDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762488285Author Jennifer McCartneyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Running Press AdultPublisher Running Press Adult

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798894141046Author Katie KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Running Press AdultPublisher Running Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798990538375Author Paul SebestaFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Sebesta PublishingPublisher Sebesta PublishingWeight(grams) 177g