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Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed.     ...

In this fascinating book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd refutes popular animal myths like squirrels remembering where they bury nuts, wolves howling at the moon, and oppossums "playing dead." Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver...

Some 600 words and phrases from the world of sports that are now part of the vernacular. Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket and rugby pepper the English language, whether the subject is war (a maneuver in the Gulf War was called a "hail Mary play") to love (she's on...

In the spirit of Schott’s Miscellany, The Magic of Reality, and The Dangerous Book for Boys comes Can a Bee Sting a Bee?—a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions...

“American History Revised is as informative as it is entertaining and humorous. Filled with irony, surprises, and long-hidden secrets, the book does more than revise American history, it reinvents it.”—James Bamford, bestselling author of The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, and The Shadow Factory   **This...

A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books—organized by weekends and topic Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since*?* Always wondered...

FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME. BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS! Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where...

A treasury for anyone who enjoys puns, puzzles, palindromes, and all kinds of wordplay! This enlightening and entertaining guide to humorous language is chock-full of comical spoonerisms, droll malapropisms, witty anagrams, limericks, tongue-twisters, and more. It also provides a bit of historical...

No matter how much you think you know about classical music, you’ll find plenty of baffling questions and surprising answers inside — all carefully compiled by Richard Baker OBE. Challenge your friends! Try to answer questions round by round…or read it just for fun! You’ll have hours of enjoyment with the ultimate Classical Music questions and answers book.

The Little Book of Belfast is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts about the city of Belfast. Funny, fast-paced, and fact-packed, here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, and strange traditions alongside details of its...

The Little Book of Suffolk is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people, and events from the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, pleasures, and pursuits and will never be short of some frivolous fact to...

For those 7.3 million people who tune into "The Chris Moyles Show" in the mornings, Rob DJ is a household name. This plain-speaking Yorkshireman, who hosts a weekly pub quiz in Leeds has become a cult figure after his regular appearances on the show. Every Tuesday morning Chris, Dave, Dom and Carrie...

Did you know that the dog who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz earned more money for the film than any of the munchkins did? Or that Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs? If you enjoy going to the movies, you will love this book which contains over one...

Did you know that watching scary movies burns more calories than any other genre? Or that three quarters of the women James Bond has slept with have tried to kill him? If you enjoy going to the movies, you will love this book which contains over one hundred amazing facts about your favourite flicks....