Tom Weir is one of Scotland's best-known & best-loved figures, a world traveller who brings a tireless enthusiasm to the promotion of Scotland's natural heritage. From his birth in Springburn, Glasgow, in 1914, Tom Weir's love of wilder parts has taken him to all corners of the globe. In 1951, he was in the first post-war party to climb in the Himalayas, & has written extensively about the region. In Scotl&, his knowledge of the land & its wildlife is unrivalled, represented not least in his photography. For many years, he has presented his own television programme, Weir's Way, becoming something of a living legend among ramblers & climbers alike. The story of his life should also be of interest to Scots at home & abroad. ...

This miscellany of dark materials allows the reader to immerse themselves in the strange side of Belfast. Spanning several centuries, this unique book shows how the occult, the lurid & the uncanny have long made up a part of everyday life. From ghostly goings-on to whisperings of witchcraft; scientific advances & `miracle cures`; heinous murders & tragic suicides & the public`s love of circus & spectacle, Weird Belfast highlights a sense of the city never before revealed. Containing extracts from Victorian newspapers, both local & international, Weird Belfast contains stories such as the 1888 arrest of Jack the Ripper in Belfast, as well as disturbing tales of disappearing children, witchcraft, fraudulent ghosts & somnambulists among many other strange, terrible, & fascinating events. ...

Get ready for even more DO-IT-YOURSELF weirdness in the latest Weird But True Sticker Doodle title. With each turn of the page kids learn new information & get to try new wacky activities, from doodling prompts to crosswords, mazes to picture puzzles. This book unleashes kids` creativity in a uniquely Nat Geo Kids way. Love Weird But True? Get ready for even more wacky fun, where YOU get to illustrate just how bizarre our world can be. Discover amazing weird facts & then doodle, draw, or color away right on the page. Did you know that some American soldiers once rode camels instead of horses? Draw some other unexpected animal mounts! Did you know that some ice-cream trucks serve scoops just for dogs? Create some other gourmet masterpieces for your canine companion. Enhance your wacky masterpieces with 150 fun stickers included in the book. Let your creativity run wild for hours on end in this perfect boredom-buster for rainy days, car rides, or any time. ...

Prepare to be amazed each day with weird-but-true facts that will impress your friends & stump your parents. Turn the page & record your school work, keep track of activities, & plan your social life, all while learning wild & wacky things about the world around you! Fun prompts invite you to celebrate weirdness. Plus there are homework help sections & tons of space to write or doodle your daily schedule any way you wish. With beautiful full-colour artwork & engaging information & activities, this is the must-have planner. It`s a great way to stand out from the crowd! ...

This bulging compendium is loaded with jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts & bright, bold photography! Based on the popular National Geographic Weird but True! Series, this new annual pairs the planet`s quirkiest, wackiest facts with the coolest & strangest true stories. Ranging from geographical curiosity to animal wonders, gross inventions to weird food, the Weird but True! Annual 2018 sparks children`s natural curiosity about the world around them. Features include:* Facts & stories about geography, biology, the animal kingdom, social sciences, human achievement & innovation (Did you know the world`s biggest passenger jet weighs as much as 100 hippos?)* Infographics & fact files* Bright, bold photography & illustration* A fact-finding index ...

This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food! Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can`t get enough of.” ...

When it comes to weirdness, England beats the U.S., hands down. After all, the Sceptr'd Isle has had a few more centuries to master the art of the bizarre. & no one's better to chronicle Britain's decidedly odd features than Matt Lake. Join him as he visits the town where it rained frogs, the Highgate Vampire, Fauxhenge, the Bleeding Tombstone of Hinckley, the Yorkshire Methusaleh, the Rude Man of Cerne Abbas & much more. ...

Florida is renowned for sun, surf, sand & senior citizens, & is a favourite holiday destination for more than a million Brits each year. But it is also one of the best places to chart your weirdest travel destinations. Charlie Carlson, a tenth-generation Floridian, has travelled the length of Florida looking for the odd & the offbeat, & he found them everywhere, from the Skunk Ape to the Devil`s Chair of Cassadaga, from the She-Man of the Caloosahatchee River to the Wizard of Central Florida. This latest addition to the ” Weird US” series is packed with info about the Sunshine State that they don`t include in the regular guidebooks. Venture beyond Disney World, if you dare... ...

` Can books conduct electricity?` ` My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that`s ok...isn`t it?` A John Cleese Twitter question [` What is your pet peeve?`], first sparked the ” Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller`s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From ` Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?` to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year`s weather; & from `I`ve forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter` to ` Excuse me...is this book edible?` This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers Mc Leod also

Includes:: top ` Weird Things` from bookshops around the world.

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As the Imperial War Museum prepared their First World War galleries for 2014, they scoured their archives for the best materials of every kind
- & that included the curious, the confusing & the amazing. From bizarre propaganda posters to cunning fake cities, from pigeon parachutes to the ventriloquist`s dummy that saved his master`s life, from tickle sticks to fly swats, this is proof that, as ever, the truth is stranger than fiction.
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