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A comprehensive category killer, with over 6,000 varied questions on every topic imaginable - as well as some you might…
not imagine. The 400 quizzes are a mixture of general knowledge and specialist rounds all aimed at the popular pub or society quiz market on science and technology; nature and the universe; human geography; history; life as we know it; arts and culture; sports and games; popular culture; celebrities and trivia. The questions are up-to-date, interesting and, unlike much of the competition, accurate.Top 10 of London: 250 lists about London that will simply amaze you! (Top 10)
By Alexander Ash. 2012
New from Hamlyn's bestselling Top 10 of Everything series comes a special collection of 250 fascinating lists guaranteed to intrigue…
and amaze you. With lists covering people, buildings, boroughs, art, transport, tourism, commerce and sport, Top 10 of London will open your eyes to just how diverse our capital city really is.Discover:- Why taxis are black- The rudest street names- Which attractions are more popular than the Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty and Sydney Opera House- Bizarre building projects that were abandoned (including a 300ft pyramid covering Trafalgar Square)- That Venezuelans love London more than anyone else- That it has the most expensive office space in the world1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die (1001)
By Peter Boxall. 2018
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the…
novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer (Virago Modern Classics #119)
By Daphne Du Maurier. 1977
Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When…
Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage.Here, the writer is open and sometimes painfully honest about the difficult relationship with her father; her education in Paris; early love affairs; her antipathy towards London life and the theatre; her intense love for Cornwall and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting portrait is of a captivating and complex character.A delightful book, full of amusing and charming stories, pinpointing the literary influences and the first stirrings of books to be written in later years, and with a happy and romantic ending - THE TIMESThe Rebecca Notebook: and other memories (Virago Modern Classics #129)
By Daphne Du Maurier. 1981
By the bestselling author of RebeccaINTRODUCED BY ALISON LIGHTIn her own words, Daphne du Maurier reveals what led her to…
write Rebecca, one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. This perfect companion volume, The Rebecca Notebook, outlines how Rebecca came to be written, tracing its origins, developments and the directions it might have taken. The author reveals how she first came upon the secret house hidden deep in Cornish woodland, that was to become the setting for her most famous novel: a house which stood derelict, and which she lovingly restored to create her own home - the inspiration for Manderley.Further memories introduce other members of her family: her father Gerald, the famous actor; her grandfather George, the Punch artist; and her cousins, for whom J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan.A Brief Guide to William Shakespeare (Brief Histories)
By Peter Ackroyd. 2010
An accessible and entertaining journey through the life, times, and work of the Bard - Enigma. Master of language. The…
greatest comedian in history? The most famous writer in the world. But isn't he a little bit boring? This is an essential guide for anyone who has previously avoided the Bard, and is the perfect introduction for first time students or seasoned theatre lovers. The book contains a full commentary of all the plays by bestselling and reknowned writer Peter Ackroyd as well as full descriptions of the cast and the drama; not forgetting the best speeches, and the wit and wisdom from across the works. There is also an opportunity to explore the poems and a complete set of sonnets, as well as an investigation of who the dark lady might have been.Contains:The complete sonnets; the greatest speeches; the best lines.Perfect for students struggling through their first play or for theatre lovers anywhere.Entertaining, accessible, Shakespeare without the boring bits.In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts…
the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, a basic Lakota (Sioux) glossary, guides to key pronunciations and a bibliography.A Matter Of Facts: The Insider's Guide To Quizzing
By Marcus Berkmann. 2008
Marcus Berkmann is a competitive obsessive but where he was very bad at cricket (see RAIN MEN) he's a brilliantly…
knowledgeable nerd and a great success at pub quizzes. He's possibly the only man in Britain whom Nick Hornby is jealous of - because his team beat Hornby's in a pub quiz and went on to win the EVENING STANDARD knockout tournament.This hilarious book will do for quiz culture - from Mastermind to Fifteen to One to the quiz in your local - what LOST IN MUSIC did for bad rock bands. Thousands of people take part in quizzes every week answering questions such as who won the League Cup in 1972 (Stoke City beat Chelsea 3-2) and which of Henry VIII's wives was both a widow and a virgin when she married him (Catherine of Aragon)?Funny, informative, original: this book has all the answers - including the one to question six.The Infernal World Of Branwell Bronte (Virago Modern Classics #126)
By Daphne Du Maurier. 1960
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCAAs a bold and gifted child, Branwell Bronte's promise seemed boundless to the three adoring…
sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the precocious flame of genius distorted and burned low.With neither the strength nor the resources to counter rejection, unable to sell his paintings or publish his books, Branwell became a spectre in the Bronte story, in pathetic contrast with the astonishing achievements of his sisters.Daphne du Maurier concentrates all her biographer's skill on the shadowy figure of Branwell Bronte, and no reader could fail to be intensely moved by Branwell's final retreat into laudanum, alcohol - and deathAdvances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing: Second International Conference, 2015 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
By Francisco J Mart nez, Juan Carlos G zquez, Raj Sethuraman. 2015
This book presents the latest research and recent studies in the field of national brand and private label marketing …
It covers a wide range of topics including retailing marketing general business psychology economics and statistics It addresses diverse areas of application such as brand naming and packaging decisions price elasticity positioning branding consumer motivation online communities economic crisis strategies in growth and mature private labels The contributions are organized according to the following themes consumer behaviour strategic decisions branding market trends and theoretical research The book presents a collection of original rigorous and relevant contributions from the 2015 National Brands and Private Label Marketing conference in BarcelonaWedding Bells at the Signal Box Cafe: A heartwarming romantic comedy
By Annette Hannah. 2020
'Brimming with friendship and romance, this lovely book will charm your heart' Milly JohnsonFall in love with this heartwarming and…
emotional romcom, perfect for fans of Rebecca Raisin and Victoria Walters!Here comes the bride...Lucy Woods has always dreamed of running her very own wedding venue. After moving her eight-year-old son to the countryside she's surprised to find the perfect location and her best friend, Abbie, eager to help make that dream a reality! Too bad Abbie's older brother Dominic isn't keen on Lucy or their big idea! As a divorce lawyer Dominic doesn't believe in love at first sight or wedding vows, he's seen them broken more times than he can count. But when Lucy arrives back in town, his hardened heart begins to crack. Making her dream come true is a huge undertaking, but Lucy knows that The Signal Box Café is her chance to finally make something of her life. If only the irritating (and oh-so-gorgeous) Dom didn't make her imagine wearing a white dress and walking down the aisle... Can Lucy and Dominic find a way to each other this summer or will the wedding bells chime for another couple?Annette Hannah's next deliciously heartwarming romance, The Cosy Little Cupcake Van, is available to pre-order now!***Readers have fallen in love with Wedding Bells at the Signal Box Cafe:'A gorgeous cover and a delightful read! Everything I hoped for and more''Lots of laughter, treats and special moments in this book...absolutely wonderful''I was totally overwhelmed with emotion''The relationship between Lucy and her grandad was precious, joyous and loving''Oh this book gave me some serious butterflies! Funny and romantic''This book made me laugh out loud and the character development was emotional and heartwarming''I loved everything about this heartwarming book'The Cricket Pocket Bible
By Greg Vaughan. 2011
The perfect gift for every cricket fanWhen was the first Ashes held? Who holds the highest individual Test runs score?…
And what exactly is a silly mid-off? Find the answer to all these and more inside The Cricket Pocket Bible, a pocket compendium of cricketing trivia and titbits about one of the world's most popular sports. Inside, debate the teams and the triumphs, defend the clubs and the competitions and discover how the quintessentially 'English' game of cricket became so popular in places as far afield as Australia, India and the West Indies. Youll also find practical information in The Cricket Pocket Bible - like the rules of playing cricket, how to kit yourself out in cricket gear, how to explain all the cricketing fielding positions and even how to bowl a googly. This pocket guide will take you through all the highlights of cricket, from the longest Test Match to the most unusual cricket match locations. Find out about memorable cricket World Cup moments, the history of the game, as well as the origin of the name and facts about famous cricket players from Brian Lara and Ian Botham to Freddie Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen. Inside The Cricket Pocket Bible youll also find out about cricket etiquette, different forms of cricket around the world, how cricket has evolved with advances in technology and information on famous locations such as Lords Cricket Ground home to the worlds oldest sporting museum.Whether you're a seasoned supporter like Mick Jagger or a recent cricket convert, The Cricket Pocket Bible is guaranteed to educate, enlighten and entertain every lover of the world-renowned game. So whether youre already an avid cricket fan or simply enjoy watching an afternoons cricket at The Oval, Trent Bridge or Edgbaston, if you want to get all the essential information about cricket - from cricket players and cricket grounds to umpires and cricketing records - sit back with The Cricket Pocket Bible today.It wont have you stumped.'I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth' Harold Pinter'At its best, cricket is the most wonderful entertainment in the world' Michael Parkinson'A cricketer's life is a life of splendid freedom, healthy effort, endless variety, and delightful good fellowship.' W.G. Grace'It doesn't matter how pretty you look, it's how many runs you get' Steve WaughThis beautiful hardback edition has both dust-cover and gold embossing on the spine making it the perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a unique mix of useful references, handy tips and fascinating trivia that will enlighten and entertain you at every page. There is a Pocket Bible for everyone...Other titles in the series: The Rugby Pocket Bible, The Football pocket Bible, The Camping Pocket Bible, The DIY Pocket Bible and The Christmas Pocket Bible.Woman Between the Worlds: A Call to Your Ancestral and Indigenous Wisdom
By Apela Colorado. 2021
Apela Colorado shares her knowledge and experiences of indigenous wisdom and promotes an understanding between the indigenous and modern world…
perspectives.A journey back in time to preserve a connection to the ancestors, open a door to indigenous wisdom and healing and reclaim a Creation story for the future.'Apela is the original and world leader in trying to bring together indigenous and modern Western perspectives' - Brian Bates, author and former Chairman of Psychology, University of Sussex, UKInspirational world authority on indigenous wisdom Apela Colorado works internationally to preserve the wisdom of indigenous elders from around the world. In this powerful and inspirational book, she weaves together an intricate and beautiful insight into the way that indigenous people see the world.She shares her experiences as a Native American woman growing up in rural Wisconsin, who stepped out of her tribe to become one of the first Native American women to study at Harvard. Her passion for the indigenous way of life leads her to travel the world, meeting indigenous elders and setting up projects to promote understanding between the indigenous and Western world view.This powerful book contains a unique and magical glimpse into the minds of those elders and will inspire us all to reconnect more closely with our own ancestral wisdom.Isms and Ologies: 453 Difficult Doctrines You've Always Pretended to Understand
By Arthur Goldwag, Goldwag Arthur. 2007
What's the difference between an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist, a Platonist and a Neo-Platonist? And how modern can Modernism really…
be if all the famous modernists are dead? To those who've been humiliated by a knowing reference to Wahhabism at a dinner party, caught short by a casual allusion to Orphism at a private view, or flummoxed by a smug mention of post-structuralism by a fellow member of a suburban book group, Isms and Ologies offers hope and enlightenment. Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - Isms and Ologies lists them all, and explains their salient features clearly and accessibly. So, if you're genuinely curious to know the crucial characteristics of phenomenology or just want to lend a veneer of intellectual rigour to your small talk, Isms and Ologies could be just the book you are looking for.Pessoa: A Biography
By Richard Zenith. 2021
Like Richard Ellmann’s James Joyce, Richard Zenith’s Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers. Nearly…
a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he could do “more in dreams than Napoleon,” yet haunted by the specter of hereditary madness, Pessoa invented dozens of alter egos, or “heteronyms,” under whose names he wrote in Portuguese, English, and French. Unsurprisingly, this “most multifarious of writers” (Guardian) has long eluded a definitive biographer—but in renowned translator and Pessoa scholar Richard Zenith, he has met his match. Relatively unknown in his lifetime, Pessoa was all but destined for literary oblivion when the arc of his afterlife bent, suddenly and improbably, toward greatness, with the discovery of some 25,000 unpublished papers left in a large, wooden trunk. Drawing on this vast archive of sources as well as on unpublished family letters, and skillfully setting the poet’s life against the nationalist currents of twentieth-century European history, Zenith at last reveals the true depths of Pessoa’s teeming imagination and literary genius. Much as Nobel laureate José Saramago brought a single heteronym to life in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, Zenith traces the backstories of virtually all of Pessoa’s imagined personalities, demonstrating how they were projections, spin-offs, or metamorphoses of Pessoa himself. A solitary man who had only one, ultimately platonic love affair, Pessoa used his and his heteronyms’ writings to explore questions of sexuality, to obsessively search after spiritual truth, and to try to chart a way forward for a benighted and politically agitated Portugal. Although he preferred the world of his mind, Pessoa was nonetheless a man of the places he inhabited, including not only Lisbon but also turn-of-the-century Durban, South Africa, where he spent nine years as a child. Zenith re-creates the drama of Pessoa’s adolescence—when the first heteronyms emerged—and his bumbling attempts to survive as a translator and publisher. Zenith introduces us, too, to Pessoa’s bohemian circle of friends, and to Ophelia Quieroz, with whom he exchanged numerous love letters. Pessoa reveals in equal force the poet’s unwavering commitment to defending homosexual writers whose books had been banned, as well as his courageous opposition to Salazar, the Portuguese dictator, toward the end of his life. In stunning, magisterial prose, Zenith contextualizes Pessoa’s posthumous literary achievements—especially his most renowned work, The Book of Disquiet. A modern literary masterpiece, Pessoa simultaneously immortalizes the life of a literary maestro and confirms the enduring power of Pessoa’s work to speak prophetically to the disconnectedness of our modern world.The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of 'Ugly' Animals (The illustrated Encyclop Ser.)
By Sami Bayly. 2020
CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2020Marvel as you enter the fascinating hidden world of ugly animals in…
this encyclopaedia of the animal kingdom's most unusual and and so-called 'ugly' species. It's time to see ugliness in a whole new light! With more than sixty animals to explore, this compendium of the unusual celebrates the beauty in 'ugliness'. Children and adults alike will pore over the breathtaking scientific illustrations of unusual animals, discovering why these animals developed such extraordinary features and learning about science and nature along the way. Featuring illustrations and facts about the thorniest species the animal kingdom has to offer, from the naked mole rat to the goblin shark, aye-aye, blobfish and many more. This gorgeous hardcover book is illustrated in exquisite detail by debut artist Sami Bayly.Cheers!: 1,024 Toasts & Sentiments for Every Occasion
By Kevin P. Mcdonald. 2004
Cheers! is an indispensable A-to-Z of warm, funny, erudite, and sentimental sayings forevery possible occasion. Organized by category, Cheers! is…
more than a list of notable quotes and memorable toasts. It is full of useful advice on how to prepare a personalized message using the sayings in the book; deliver a toast without becoming flustered or, worse, running too long; and determine what words are appropriate for any given situation. An extended index and cross-references make Cheers! extremely easy to navigate, so finding the perfect words is a cinch.Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts out There?
By Whoopi Goldberg. 2010
Have you noticed people aren't as polite as they once were or that rudeness is no longer an exception but…
a lifestyle? Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere. Just look and you'll see: People yak on cell phones in restaurants, and even at church. Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make your eyes bleed. Family outings to the ballpark are ruined by rowdy drunks. People talk in movie theaters like they are in their living rooms.Well, Whoopi Goldberg has noticed all this and more and asked herself, "Is it just me?" Unleashing her trademark irreverence and humor, her book of observations takes a funny and excruciatingly honest look at how a loss of civility is messing with the quality of life for all of us.Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter
By Lady Antonia Fraser. 2010
A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage.'I first saw Harold across a crowded room, but it…
was lunchtime, not some enchanted evening, and we did not speak.'When Antonia Fraser met Harold Pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was Britain's finest playwright. Both were already married - Pinter to the actress Vivien Merchant and Fraser to the politician Hugh Fraser - but their union seemed inevitable from the moment they met: 'I would have found you somehow', Pinter told Fraser. Their relationship flourished until Pinter's death on Christmas Eve 2008 and was a source of delight and inspiration to them both until the very end. Fraser uses her Diaries and her own recollections to tell a touching love story. But this is also a memoir of a partnership between two of the greatest literary talents, with fascinating glimpses into their creativity and their illustrious circle of friends from the literary, political and theatrical world.How to Make Voodoo Dolls: A Fun Step-by-Step Guide to Creating String Art Dolls
By Dr Beth Rumbo. 2021
A fantastically fun handbook for making DIY voodoo dolls: craft with yarn, embroidery floss, pipe cleaners, fabric paint, and more!…
This unofficial guide to creating fun voodoo string dolls is the first of its kind in offering step-by-step directions for making these fun and funky charms. Great for kids and adults, these easy-to-make dolls will entertain you for hours with their quirky looks and personalities. How to Make Voodoo Dolls has tons of photographs to lead you through the process of creating these cute, kooky characters, but will also prime your imagination as you start on the way to making your own creations. Learn how to make your favorite ghoulish creatures such as: SkeletonFrankensteinWerewolfDraculaAnd more! Just be careful sticking those pins as a final touch!