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Paperback. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? This book gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WDKX; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571309016
- ISBN
- 9780571309016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. Presents a collection of interesting facts. This book is suitable for pub quiz lovers, trivia buffs and general knowledge experts alike. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323913
- ISBN
- 9780571323913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.49
€ 13.00
€ 11.49
Paperback. Presents inspirational biographical dictionary, with motivational stories about the famous and the obscure. It includes six dozen of the happiest, saddest, maddest and most successful men and women from history. Celebrate their wisdom, learn from their mistakes and marvel at their bad taste in clothes. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571324118
- ISBN
- 9780571324118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. "You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither." (Steve Martin). "You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair." (Chinese proverb). This title features crisp one-liners, jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323883
- ISBN
- 9780571323883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. Takes you on an expedition into the animal kingdom to encounter 100 of its most remarkable subjects. In this title, you can marvel at the elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom. Illustrator(s): Dewan, Ted. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323890
- ISBN
- 9780571323890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Paperback. Featuring the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Davies and many other QI guests, this book is suitable for pub quiz experts, fans of Guinness World Records and lovers of all things QI. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WDKX; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270989
- ISBN
- 9780571270989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Features a selection of 1,342 facts such as: trees sleep at night; Google searches for 'How to put on a condom' peak at 10.28pm; there is no word for time in any Aboriginal language; Scotland has 421 words for snow; Emoji is the fastest growing language in history; and, astronauts wear belts to stop their trousers falling up. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 185 x 34. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571332465
- ISBN
- 9780571332465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. Includes some of the facts such as: cows moo in regional accents; the entire internet weighs less than a grain of sand; the dialling code from Britain to Russia is 007; potatoes have more chromosomes than human beings; the London Underground has made more money from its famous map than it has from running trains and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 118 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571297917
- ISBN
- 9780571297917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten: it is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit; Wagner always wore pink silk underwear; and, Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 186 x 34. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571308941
- ISBN
- 9780571308941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardback. Gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the QI's popular 'General Ignorance' round. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571308989
- ISBN
- 9780571308989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 5.70
€ 17.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. Includes facts such as Flowers get suntans; Denmark imports prisoners; Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest; The Republic of Ireland first got postcodes in 2015; Martin Luther King Jr got a C+ in Public Speaking; No one in the UK dies of 'natural causes'; and; Penguins can't taste fish. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 186 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571326686
- ISBN
- 9780571326686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. Prepare to be knocked sideways.. Orchids can get jetlag. Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time. There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie. Ladybird orgasms last for 30 minutes. Traffic lights existed before cars. Sir Bruce Forsyth is four months older than sliced bread. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: WDKX; WHG; WHX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571329847
- ISBN
- 9780571329847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Filled with animal facts and figures, this book helps you to learn about koalas that don't drink, geese that mourn their dead and lobsters that live for a century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: WHG; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571245130
- ISBN
- 9780571245130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. Special 30th Anniversary edition of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic humour book, revised and updated and including The Deeper Meaning of Liff Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752227597
- ISBN
- 9780752227597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Do particular sounds have particular magical effects? Discussing this question, this book talks about the deadly daggers of D, the trivialising teasing taunts of T and the nagging nasal negatives associated with N. It is useful for orators, poets and sorcerers, and is humorously illustrated by "Guardian" cartoonist, Merrily Harpur. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; CF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 159 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263432
- ISBN
- 9781904263432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198293
- ISBN
- 9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.91
€ 18.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Informs and elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775465
- ISBN
- 9780552775465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
paperback. Examines how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne. This title explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. It is a journey through Britain' bizarre history. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773966
- ISBN
- 9780552773966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592406753
- ISBN
- 9781592406753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.99
€ 20.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. A second volume of the Only Fools and Horses Scripts, following up The Bible of Peckham volume I. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APTD; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849908184
- ISBN
- 9781849908184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77