The world is full of pointless things. From rail replacement bus services to chip forks. From war to windchimes. From people who put cushions on beds to people who read the bit they write about the book on amazon. Look around you right now. See how many pointless things there are in just this one shop (or this one school playground if you've picked this up at a car boot fair)... Just about the only thing that isn't pointless is you. You look amazing. Join Alexander Armstrong & Richard Osman, the hosts of BBC1 quiz show Pointless as they take you on a journey through The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World. Filled with play-along quiz questions & unlikely facts, their hilarious collection of musings on some of the most pointless things found in everyday modern life is the perfect blend of the obscure, the fascinating & the downright silly. ...

The 100 Years Series The technology which has allowed the moving image to be captured is now more than 100 years old. To mark this centenary, Demand DVD in association with Ian Allan Publishing bring a series of programmes which explore the evolution of different aspects of public transport in Britain over the last 100 years. The four programmes, compiled mainly from archive material, some of which dates back to the early 1900 s, are now being made available on DVD for the first time. 100 Years of British Ships With its earliest footage dating back to 1901, this programme features a range of craft from warships to fishing boats, pleasure steamers & tugs. Port & resorts all around the coast are featured from Mallaig to Weymouth & from Holyhead to Dover. Among famous vessels included are HMS Ark Royal, the Mauretania & many others. 100 Years of British Buses Buses, Coaches & Trolleybuses are recorded over many decades at work in urban & rural settings throughout Britain. Operators range from small private coach companies to the great provincial & municipal concerns. 100 Years of British Trains This programme features great names & great trains such as the Golden Arrow & the Brighton Belle & covers a period from the heyday of steam to lines chopped by Dr Beeching s axe. Industrial railway working practices & visits to the great cathedrals of the steam age, the loco sheds, are all covered in a comprehensive look at 100 Tears of Trains on Britain. 100 Years of British Trams This programme recaptures the era when the tram dominated the city street. Starting with horse trams & the smoke & grim of steam trams. Through to the rise & decline of the electric tramcar. The programme features dozens of systems the length & breadth of the country from Aberdeen to Bournemouth. ...

The police call him... the working girl killer. But no woman is safe... The 11th victim is found only a short distance from Karin Shaeffer's house. At the crime-scene she discovers a local prostitute stabbed to death, the knife left embedded between her breasts. It is the signature of the ' Working Girl Killer'
- a serial killer who has terrorised New York City for the last three years. The police are clueless but when Karin's best friend becomes the lead investigator, she finds herself drawn into the investigation as a consulting detective. But next time the killer is going to strike all too close to home...
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Books Adventure Books Andy & Terry live in the WORLDS BEST treehouse! Its got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks & a marshmallow machine that follows you around & shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever youre hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, & the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, & the giant mutant mermaid sea monster... Oh, &, whatever you do, dont get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble... Product Information:• ISBN: 9781447279785• Age: 9 to 12 Years• Author: Andy Griffiths• Publisher: Pan Macmillan• Format: Paperback• Pages: 239• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm ...

Crack the code. Discover the secret. Live to tell...? In the ruins of a medieval monastery in Dorset, the diary of an 11th-century monk is uncovered
- & the murders have already begun... Cybersleuth Gil Pearson & expert translator Sabbie Karaim are thrown together to decipher the ancient text, rumoured to contain the location of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls ï ½ & unimaginable riches. But what they discover is far more shocking. In their hands lies a document written by Jesus's fabled '13th apostle' which could rewrite history itself, sparking international terror. Pursued by those intent on controlling the past, their frantic quest takes them across the globe as they stop at nothing to expose a two-thous&-year-old conspiracy. Just who can you trust when you hold the fate of mankind in your hands? A high-octane, international conspiracy thriller for anyone who loved The Da Vinci Code or Labyrinth.
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Dr Mike Moreno's 17 Day Diet is a revolutionary new weight-loss programme that activates your skinny gene so that you burn fat day in & day out. The diet is structured around four 17-day cycles: Accelerate
- the rapid weight loss portion that helps flush sugar & fat storage from your system; Activate-the metabolic restart portion with alternating low & high calorie days to help shed body fat; Achieve
- this phase is about learning to control portions & introducing new fitness routines; Arrive
- A combination of the first three cycles to keep good habits up for good. Each cycle changes your calorie count & the food that you're eating. The variation that Dr. Mike calls 'body confusion' is designed to keep your metabolism guessing. This is not a diet that relies on a tiny list of approved foods, gruelling exercise routines, or unrealistic calorie counts that leave you hungry & unfulfilled. Each phase comes with extensive lists of what dieters can & can't eat while on the phase, but also offers acceptable cheats. He advises readers not to drink while on the diet, but concedes that if they absolutely have to then they should at least drink red wine. Dr Mike knows that a diet can only work if it's compatible with the real world, & so he's designed the programme with usability as a top priority.


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The 17 Day Diet offers readers a plan that will help them change their eating habits, their health & their life. Now, The 17 Day Diet Workbook provides a more structured dieting experience for readers who want extra guidance & direction. The workbook will open with a brief overview of the 17 Day Diet plan & philosophy, & will outline for readers how to use the workbook to get the most out of it. The book then provides readers with daily planning tools for the 4x 17 day cycles of the diet. Every day will have a unique food chart, shopping lists, 17-minute workout, tips from Dr Mike, space for dieters to track their food & water intake, & a notes section to keep track of personal progress. Each section will also talk about common barriers that dieters might experience in the different cycles, & offer suggestions for how to keep the diet on track including food tracking & maintenance journaling. ...

The 1960s was a time of political & social upheaval, with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights, the Vietnam War & student riots in Europe & the USA. It was also the time of the Cultural Revolution in China, Beatlemania, the moon landing & Woodstock. This book describes these & many other world-changing events that occurred during this decade. Part of the series Dates of a Decade, each title looks at the key dates that helped shape history during a particular decade in the 20th century. As well as describing landmark events, the books examine their causes & consequences & include contemporary newspaper reports & eyewitness accounts. ...

The 21st Century Astronomer explains the principles of astronomy as well as the practical techniques to provide you with all the information you need to understand & enjoy the wonders of the night sky, & then take & share images. Starting with a simple digital camera & laptop it is possible to create incredible images of the stars & the Moon, & perhaps, with a larger lens, to document the rings of Saturn or the Moons of Jupiter. Add a modern telescope with superb optics & computer control, & many amateur astronomers are now producing breathtaking images of planets & remote galaxies that only a decade ago were the exclusive province of astronomers with access to professional telescopes.
Includes:: Removable map of the Moon by Patrick Moore, a full star atlas, 250 colour photographs & helpful advice.
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Andy & Terry's amazing treehouse has thirteen new levels (it used to be 13 storeys, then 26, but they keep expanding!) They've added a chocolate waterfall you can swim in, a volcano for toasting marshmallows, a bulldozer-battling level, a baby-dinosaur-petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-ray room, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world's scariest roller coaster & a top-secret thirty-ninth level which hasn't even been finished yet! & this year Terry has created the greatest invention that he—or anyone else—has ever invented... a Once-upon-a-time machine that will write & illustrate their entire book for them! Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781447281580 • Author: Andy Griffiths • Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 12 x 5 x 2 cm ...