Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:101
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780747584766
101 marvellous facts, brilliantly explained: Why do we have nails? Why is the sky blue? Why can birds stand on electric wires and not be electrocuted? Educate your child with minimum effort...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:224
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781853756009
Mums in hot pants, Dads in 'far too close for comfort' figure-hugging white bell-bottoms, teenage girls in velour jumpsuits, and children subjected to cruel knitting experiments: oh yes...more details Format:Hardback Pages:128
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781843171522
The phenomenal worldwide success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has led to enormous interest in the many mysteries - some genuine, some fictional or altered through 'author's licence' - that underpin the novel's plot. Readers from all over the world have become fascinated with the world of secret societies...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
You've probably heard of a few writers. William Shakespeare and his popular plays. Jane Austen and her love stories. Charles Dickens and his big blockbusters. But have you heard that William Shakespeare got mixed up in a plot against the Queen? Jane Austen nearly became a Bigg-Wither? Charles Dickens had his clothes ripped off by his fans? Yes...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:192
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780802787385
Ever wonder about all the strange and crazy ways you could die? Apparently Tracey Turner does. Divided up into sections for Animal Attacks...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780340883990
In an ordinary, boring dictionary you have to hunt for all the rude words. Here's a book that makes it easy, THE DISGUSTING DICTIONARY is a collection of all the rude...more details Format:Paperback Pages:144
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781853754944
Flirting's a nasty business. Most of us get it pretty wrong. For one thing, there are all those things you need to do simultaneously: smiling...more details Format:Paperback Pages:157
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781554536443
A darkly funny collection of stories about bizarre, ridiculous and completely unexpected fates. Dreadful Fates is that very rare combination -- a book all about death that gets funnier with every page. There's even a chapter about people who laughed themselves into the grave You can also read about unusual funerals and curious coffins...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:109
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781907151828
A fantastic and fun-filled quiz book on all things JLS. Packed with puzzles, cool quizzes, and great games, readers can enjoy testing their knowledge of the band to find out if they are true super-fans. Activities include super-fun song title scrambles...more details Format:Paperback Pages:96
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781853755903
Companies around the world have a tendency to take young, healthy individuals, suck them dry of energy and creativity, and then spit out the desiccated husks with never a backward glance. In order to survive this process...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:192
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781853755408
Do the words: 'Put some wood behind the arrow', 'Run it up the fiagpole and see if anyone salutes' or 'Think outside the box' mean anything to you? If they do...more details Format:Paperback Pages:192
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780439959827
Whether or not slushy love songs make you barf, this book is for you. Open it and discover a heart-shaped chocolate-boxful of facts about friendship and love...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:96
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781907151187
A fun-filled seasonal activity book that is packed with cool puzzles to complete, games to play and doodles to do....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:64
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781408808245
Combines the Comic Strip History of the World, History of Space, and Greatest Greek Myths in one fantastic volume - an amazing collection of facts and stories that will occupy hungry minds for hours...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:79
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781408817469
Release Date: 01 August 2012 The ultimate DINOSAUR book! From raptors to T Rex, evolution to extinction, this fabulous four-colour volume is both edifying and hilarious...more details Format:Hardback Pages:96
From the Big Bang, to the present day, via Ancient China, The Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, The Dark Ages, Enlightenment, Revolution! etc. The entire history of the world has been packed into one hilarious...more details Format:Hardback Pages:64
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781905624386
Discover the lives of the inhabitants of Dover castle from its origins deep in the ghastly past, when Iron Age people built a fort made from earth; when Roman soldiers illuminated the rugged coast with a lighthouse; and when Saxons gave praise by adding a church. The story travels 900 years through time right up to the present day...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:48
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781906082765
Covers various things from the imaginative to the practical - how to handle a hippo in a huff and be best mates with a vampire, to how to use sign language and toss the perfect pancake....more details Format:Hardback Pages:128
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780340902943
What do the following have in common? The Cross-Eyed Lambeth Poisoner, the Teenage Butcher, Juana the Mad and Ismail the Bloodthirsty? Answer: they are all horrors! People who have tortured...more details Format:Paperback Pages:144
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9781554074815
Real-life phenomena and mind-boggling scientific adventures can often be really weird.
Comic relief is always welcome, especially when it's coupled with unusual trivia and obscure scientific facts. "World of the Weird" describes the wonderfully weird world we live in...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:144
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Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780340917145
Do you have the YUK factor? Use this disgusting quiz to find out!Which of the following animals can lick its own ears?a) giraffeb) elephantc) kangarooHave fun guessing the answers to hundreds of hilarious quiz questions...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:128
Discover 101 of the most fascinating, most disgusting, and most unbelievable facts. Make your friends jealous with your increased knowledge and amaze people with your ability to answer almost impossible questions Why is the sky blue...more details Format:Paperback Pages:101
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Tracey Turner; Kindberg
ISBN:9780340970553
This book will teach you that * you're unlikely to get away with pretending to be dead. * it's better to dump someone with no excuse at all than to tell them it's because they only like early Radiohead. * sometimes...more details Format:Hardback Pages:160
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Dhawn Hansen;Tracey Turner
ISBN:9780595424887
Living a disorganized life can waste valuable time and can actually take a toll on your emotional and physical well-being. Don't let another stressful and overwhelming day go by without taking action-there is a solution. If you buy only one self-improvement book this year...more details Format:Paperback Pages:136
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Richard Horne;Richard Turner TraceyHorne
ISBN:9780802797889
Would you like to have your leg chopped off without anesthetic? Or attend a party with no music? Or brush your teeth with a stick? The odds are...more details Format:Paperback
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Turner Tracey
ISBN:9781408804490
Whether you're effortlessly erudite or think that a myth is a female moth, it's extremely handy to know about Greek myths. Not only are they everywhere - books...more details Format:Hardback Pages:96
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TurnerTracey
ISBN:9780747594321
From Galileo to Star Trek, supernovas to the space race, this book covers the entire history of space in all its guises, entirely through cartoons....more details Format:Hardback Pages:96
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TurnerTracey
ISBN:9780747597940
While you read this sentence Deadly Peril may be hurtling towards you from outer space - or crawling down your sock. But forewarned is forearmed with this indispensable survival guide. In full colour throughout with illustrations and diagrams...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:160
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Turner Tracey
ISBN:9781408124215
From grisly murders to unusual funerals, Dreadful Fates takes you on a gruesome journey through history to find out about people who have had the misfortune to suffer a dreadful or unusual end. From ancient times to the present day...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:112
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Tracey J Colella;Bernard S Turner SuzetteGoldman
ISBN:9780470833469
This book is the ultimate patient guide to bypass surgery. It puts you firmly in the driver's seat, from preparing for your hospital visit, through the surgery itself...more details Format:Paperback Pages:176
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Turner Tracey
ISBN:9781408104538
Whitaker's World of Weird is an irresistible, interactive guide to the world's weirdest phenomena, facts and figures. Every spread reveals a new surprise...more details Format:Hardback Pages:144