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“dixe wills”

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  • The Ultimate Bucket List

    50 Buckets You Must See Before You Die

    by Dixe Wills ...
    ** THE ONLY BOOK MORE RIDICULOUS THAN 2020 **'It's BUCKETLICIOUS! I command you to enjoy this book' Lord BucketheadThe Battle of Hastings, where Harold's penchant for wearing on his head an upturned bucket rather than the standard issue helmet was to prove his undoing; the invention of the wheel, which occurred when a gentleman in Mesopotamia stumbled upon a bucket and watched transfixed as it ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tiny Histories

    Trivial Events and Trifling Decisions that Changed British History

    by Dixe Wills ...
    Tiny Histories is a fond, fun and informative look at the seemingly insignificant coincidences, decisions and tiny moments that triggered major events and changed the course of British history.It might be difficult to believe when watching the news but the world we live in is often shaped not by the whim of governments and the decisions of world leaders but by tiny, apparently trivial events. In ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Tiny Islands

    by Wills, Dixe ...
    From the tiny island that shaped the entire English language, to the island that terrified Dylan Thomas, there's more to Britain's tiny islands than you might think! Have your own tiny adventure by visiting any of the 60 remarkable little islands around Britain featured here. Although Britain boasts hundreds of tiny islands, Dixe Wills has selected just the very best of them for this book. Found ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Wisdom of Nature

    Inspiring Lessons from the Underdogs of the Natural World to Make Life More or Less Bearable

    by Dixe Wills ...
    Author and travel writer Dixe Wills likes to champion the underdog. In this new book, he celebrates 70 living things from the world of nature that are unfairly maligned by humans and yet manage to beat the odds in some inspiring or uplifting way.From bacteria and bluebottles, to puddles and wasps, there's so much we can learn from the curious creatures and the natural world around us. Take the ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

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  • Curious English Words and Phrases

    The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use

    by Max Cryer ...
    Have you ever wondered where terms like ‘end of your tether’, ‘gets my goat’ or ‘letting ones hair down’ come from? Or why we call some people ‘geezers’, ‘sugar daddies’ or ‘lounge lizards’? Or where the words ‘eavesdropping’, ‘nickname’ and ‘D-Day’ come from? They are just a few of the many words and phrases that language expert Max Cryer examines in this fact-filled and fun new book. Max ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Smithereens

    by Shaun Micallef ...
    Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Very cross that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had no references to three-time world hotdog-eating champion, Joey Chestnut? Then ***Smithereens***is for you. At only 300 pages you can knock it off during one of the ad breaks on Shaun's hit show, Talkin' 'bout Your Generation.And laughs? What about them? Well ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Is It True?

    The facts behind the things we have been told

    by Cryer, Max ...
    In Is It True?, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we may have always been told are true, but which on closer examination may not be. In a wide-ranging book encompassing social history, language, music, politics, the natural world and much more, we discover the truth behind some of our most cherished beliefs. Always fresh and amusing, Max Cryer will take you on a ... Read more

    $8.29 USD

  • Why Does Ear Wax Taste So Gross?

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Series Book 5 - Mitchell Symons' Trivia Books
    DID YOU KNOW?Stinky ear wax has been hanging around in the ear canal for nearly a month before it is 'pickable'!Humans share a third of their DNA with lettuce.Cockroaches fart every fifteen minutes.Giraffes never kneel.The average person spends six months of their life on the loo.Amaze your friends and fascinate your family with this book packed with jaw-dropping, eyebrow-raising facts. ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Collins Rhyming Dictionary

    by Rosalind Fergusson ...
    If it’s time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.The most accessible way to find the rhyme you need. Other rhyming dictionaries are characterised by the use of obscure words for padding, subsections for disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, and reverse phonetic order – but we avoid such complications and, as a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Why Do Farts Smell Like Rotten Eggs?

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Series Book 4 - Mitchell Symons' Trivia Books
    EVER WONDERED . . .Why we burp?What a wotsit is?Whether lemmings really jump off cliffs?Why vomit always contains carrots?And why do farts smell like rotten eggs?No subject is too strange and no trivia too tough for Mitchell Symons, who has the answer to these crazy questions, and many more. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • What Am I Still Doing Here?

    My Life as Me

    by Roger Lewis ...
    This is Roger Lewis at his best: more cantankerous and curmudgeonly wit and musings about the pointlessness of life. Dark, witty and hilarious, Roger Lewis has a real way with words. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Puzzles and Words

    by David Astle ...
    Puzzles and Words is a medley of puzzles and surprising word stories in one pocket-sized volume from Australia's best-known wordsmith, David Astle.There are over 170 original brain teasers from anagrams to word pyramids to keep all levels and ages challenged and amused. Accompanying these are some 200 of David's entertaining word stories that unlock the secrets and origins of everything from what ... Read more

    $6.29 USD