In a year when much of the news was believable but fake comes a book packed with stories that are unbelievable but true The Book of the Year is a hilarious guide to 2017's most extraordinary events unearthed by the creators of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish Each week over a million people tune in to find out what bizarre & astonishing facts Dan James Anna & Andy have found out over the previous seven days Now the gang have turned their attention to the news of the past twelve months You'll discover the curious details behind the main headlines
- how Donald Trump slept on the 66th floor of a 58-storey building what effect Brexit had on Coco Pops & why China's president can't stand Winnie the Pooh
- as well as hundreds of stories you may have missed entirely like the news that
- Qatar built a refugee camp for camels
- The world's first avocado restaurant ran out of avocados on its first day
- The victim of Britain's first ever shark attack ended up with a cut thumb From strange inventions to baffling elections via a surprising amount of sausage news The Book of the Year is an eye-opening tour of the incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through




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From Kim Jong Un's personal potty to Jeremy Corbyn's valuable vegetables The Book of the Year 2018 is an eye-opening tour of yet another incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through 352 pages No Such Thing As A Fish ...

An idiosyncratic richly illustrated guide to Britain's rivers seas & shores for everyone who loves the water & the natural world
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Legend foretold it Prophecies predicted it Chosen ones chose to believe in it Now the adventure sage continues in the sequel to one of the most acclaimed fantasy spoof adventure games in the history of fantasy spoof adventure games Join our heroes & their friends in their struggle against a new threat to the world of Aventasia Help them fulfil their destiny A destiny as yet unwritten… A new adventure from KING Art the creators of The Book of Unwritten Tales The Critter Chronicles & The Raven
- Legacy of Master Thief A fantasy story with over 20 hours of pointing & clicking The trademark BOUT humour lovingly spoofing Wo W Lot R Game of Thrones Harry Potter Discworld The Hobbit & more Hundreds of weird yet oddly logical puzzles The well proven “ Multi Character Gameplay” An ensemble of quirky characters both well established & brand new Projection Mapping technology unites the merits of 2D & 3D styles & technique An epic soundtrack with all the classics & many new compositions The established four playable characters Wilbur Nate Ivo & Critter
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Legend foretold it Prophecies predicted it Chosen ones chose to believe in it Now the adventure sage continues in the sequel to one of the most acclaimed fantasy spoof adventure games in the history of fantasy spoof adventure games Join our heroes & their friends in their struggle against a new threat to the world of Aventasia Help them fulfil their destiny A destiny as yet unwritten… A new adventure from KING Art the creators of The Book of Unwritten Tales The Critter Chronicles & The Raven
- Legacy of Master Thief A fantasy story with over 20 hours of pointing & clicking The trademark BOUT humour lovingly spoofing Wo W Lot R Game of Thrones Harry Potter Discworld The Hobbit & more Hundreds of weird yet oddly logical puzzles The well proven “ Multi Character Gameplay” An ensemble of quirky characters both well established & brand new Projection Mapping technology unites the merits of 2D & 3D styles & technique An epic soundtrack with all the classics & many new compositions The established four playable characters Wilbur Nate Ivo & Critter
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Legend foretold it Prophecies predicted it Chosen ones chose to believe in it Now the adventure saga continues A sequel is coming A sequel to one of the most acclaimed fantasy spoof adventure games in the history of fantasy spoof adventure games Help Wilbur Ivo Nate & Critter fulfill their yet unwritten destiny A new adventure from KING Art the creators of The Book of Unwritten Tales The Critter Chronicles & The Raven
- Legacy of a Master Thief A fantasy story with over 20 hours of pointing & clicking The trademark Bo UT-humor lovingly spoofing Wo W Lot R Game of Thrones Harry Potter Discworld The Hobbit Hundreds of weird yet oddly logical puzzles The well-proven " Multi-Character-Gameplay" An ensemble of quirky characters both well-established & br&-new Projection Mapping technology unites the merits of 2D & 3D styles & technique An epic soundtrack with all the classics & many new compositions The established four playable characters Wilbur Nate Ivo & Critter
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Meet the richly eccentric Burton family reigned over by the steadfast matriarch Harriet & surrounded by an equally peculiar cast of characters their exploits are narrated in alternating voices by Wag a World War I veteran & his nephew Jack But the ever-evolving London of the twentieth century is as much a character as the Burtons themselves with the narrative taking us on a journey from the Western Front to World War II through post-war 'civvy street' to the 1960s gangster era of the sadistic Richardson Gang & ultimately to the political tumult of the 1970s Drawing on his own uncle's handwritten World War I memoir & his recollection of family stories author Paul Sidey has created a seamless fusion of family history fact & inspired invention At times funny & tender at other times violent & dramatic The Book of Wag is the portrait of one family as they navigate the multi-faceted landscape of the London of another time ...

Back cover copy Over thirty five years of exploring past lives the afterlife the interlife & the spaces in between have convinced Judy Hall that we are not victims of circumstance nor are we solely a product of karmic consequences We are all following a soulplan which may be strewn with obstacles but which will ultimately lead to soul growth So if you've been asking yourself why certain things have happened to you the key may lie in other lives or in the space between lives
- the interlife More than half the world's population believe in karma & reincarnation; that they have lived before died & taken on a new body & that the body & the life they lead has been created by their previous actions or by the contracts they have made with another soul However from interlife exploration it is clear that there are souls who are still fulfilling a soul contract that is way past its sell-by date There are also souls who have chosen to undergo a specific life experience not because of their karma but because they want to cultivate their soul or to offer service to humanity In this wide-ranging book Judy Hall encompasses the vast kaleidoscope of karma & interlife choices The Book of Why explores how the soul reincarnates death & the afterlife the concept of karma moving beyond karma soul contracts interlife choices
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Why does a knuckleball flutter? Why do belly flops hurt so much? Why would a quarterback prefer a deflated football? Here are 54 all-star experiments that demonstrate the scientific principles powering a wide variety of sports & activities-and offer insights that can help you improve your own athletic skills How does a black belt karate chop her way through a stack of bricks? Use Popsicle sticks to understand why it's possible & learn the role played by Newton's second law of motion Does Le Bron James really float through the air on the way to a dunk? Use a tennis ball a paperback book & the help of a friend to understand the science of momentum & the real meaning of hang time Using common household objects each project

Includes:: step-by-step instructions tips & a detailed explanation of how & why the experiment worked It's a win-win The thrill of victory the agony of defeat-it's all in the science

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In the second book in Osho's Foundation of a New Humanity series he explores the integral role of women in our society The realm of spirituality he poses has remained male-dominated
- not only male-dominated but male-chauvinistic There were reasons why all religions & spiritual traditions in their nascent forms diminished women They were against women because they were fear-driving They were against any joy any love any celebration The simple way to drive fear was to condemn women & separate her from man as much as possible In The Book of Women Osho strives to separate spirituality from its ascetic past & celebrate women He looks to the female spirit as a way of nurturing the soul & cultivating a healthy relationship with spirituality
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