著者:Michael Heatley
出版社: Music Sales Limited
発売日: 2010年01月07日
Sex, drugs, egos, money, fans, music, god and who we love and hate... the rock stars have their say.
Featuring over 2,000 words of wisdom and stupidity from all your favourite rock stars and five de……続きを見る
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, whe……続きを見る
With hit cop TV dramas like the various CSI and Law and Order shows, Bones and Criminal Minds. everybody seems to think they’re a forensics expert. But what do we really know? Now, with Now You Know……続きを見る
著者:Trevor Homer
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年05月29日
Everythingーfrom the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)ーhas an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known:
• Gandhi was married at age thir……続きを見る
An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial rea……続きを見る
Every player has a 50/50 chance of getting the right answer as each statement can only be one of two answers: real or fake.
Ideal for pub nights or quizzes at home with the family and friends. Anyon……続きを見る
Scan the QR codes to reveal the answers in the coolest quiz book craze sweeping the internet!
This interactive quiz book allows you to instantly find out the answer just by scanning the QR code with……続きを見る
Journey back fifty years to explore the decade of baby boomers, the Red scare, and the birth of rock and roll with Robert Rodriguezs The 1950s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Col……続きを見る
著者:Stephen Spignesi
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年05月01日
From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wildーbut true!ーfacts will show you a whole other side of our nation’s leaders:
• Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist.
• Ma……続きを見る
著者:Floyd Conner
出版社: Potomac Books Inc.
発売日: 2012年02月23日
All-American George Glamack was known as the "Blind Bomber" because his eyesight was so poor that he couldnt see the basket. Bobby Bailey once fouled out of a game in three minutes. The first profes……続きを見る
著者:Don Voorhees
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年05月04日
The most inconsequential entry yet in the #1 New York Times bestselling series proves that information is overrated.
It doesn't get any more useless than this! Your life won't be improved by knowing……続きを見る
Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and . . . Ham Sandwiches?
If you are a music fan, you may be aware of some of music’s most enduring mysteries. Where did Pearl Jam get their name? Are the White Stripes re……続きを見る
The Bible has inflamed the hearts of poets and martyrs, spawned revolutions and reformations, and influenced cultures and personal lives in sometimes small, sometimes dramatic ways. With a teacher's……続きを見る
著者:Noel Botham
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年08月05日
From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another fun, foolhardy and completely frivolous, fact-filled book.
The Useless Information Society's lates……続きを見る
A completely updated, revised edition of the classic, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and mo……続きを見る
This excellent quiz book contains 150 questions (and answers!) to test the knowledge of any Sex and the City fan. From questions a casual viewer should know all the way through to trivia that would ……続きを見る
Do you want to become the ultimate Directioner? Do you want to know everything about Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn? Want to prove your knowledge with not just one but TWO quizzes?If so, then th……続きを見る
著者:Joseph Piercy
出版社: Michael O' Mara Books
発売日: 2012年09月21日
The Story of English" illustrates the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries and northern Germany, became the most wi……続きを見る
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……続きを見る
The cat is out of the bag. Alexandra Powe Allred has written another fun- and fact-filled book in Potomac's Most Wanted™ series, Cats Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Ta……続きを見る
Irish is more than a nationalityits a state of being. What other cultural background allows you to demand a kiss, celebrate the wearing of a color, toast the wee folk, and take pride in ones readine……続きを見る
Let me introduce you to my compendium of the 287 most used American Adages & Aphorisms. These are the sayings your mother and father used ad infinitum while you were growing up. Almost without your ……続きを見る
Who were Canada’s ten most romantic couples of the twentieth century? What were this country’s worst disasters, its ten best beers, and its most controversial works of art in the past one hundred ye……続きを見る
Do you know how much the most expensive bottle of wine ever auctioned sold for? Or how the production processes of red and white wine differ? What should you be doing when a waiter hands you a cork?……続きを見る
Do you know which cheese is the most expensive in the world? Or why cheese made in the village of Stilton can no longer be called Stilton cheese? How large was the wheel of Cheddar given to Queen Vi……続きを見る
This is history served up high-octane, with all of the fun and none of the boredom. It's not about memorizing lists of dates or names, or remembering which general won what battle. Instead, BIZARRE ……続きを見る
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 S……続きを見る
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A laugh-out-loud and exceedingly irreverent collection of comics from the #1 hit web comic, Cyanide and Happiness. Complete with 150 of their funniest classic comics as……続きを見る
Did you know that when some of Jane Austen’s lesser-known work was sent to publishers in 2007 under a pseudonym it was rejected? Do you know in which radio sitcom she was once portrayed as a foul-mo……続きを見る