The woman who drank herself to death with water trying to win a games console by holding in her wee...the mechanic who blew himself up while trying to open a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer...a lottery winner killed by the gates of his new luxury home...a woman felled forever by a fatal falling lettuce...an octogenarian who met his maker while riding a shopping trolley...a German artist crushed by one of his own sculptures called Woman with Four Breasts...the convicted murderer who electrocuted himself on the toilet as he repaired a TV
- all true reports from across the globe which reveal the silliest ways you can meet your maker. Death may seem like a serious business but this is a seriously funny book.
...

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die" is an absorbing introduction to some of the greatest songs ever recorded by an enormous range of artists from Bessie Smith to Gnarls Barkley & from Metallica to Missy Elliott. Find out what made their songs so great
- then get back to the music. The rich history of popular music is built on a foundation of classic songs. From Tin Pan Alley to the Brill Building Bob Dylan to Kurt Cobain & Joni Mitchell to Amy Winehouse gifted songwriters have crafted a cherished body of music that has become part of our lives. Imagine the Fifties without the magical clamor of " Tutti Frutti" & " Hound Dog" the Seventies without the anthemic " Le Freak" & " Anarchy in the U.K." or the Noughties without the leftfield pop of " Toxic" or " Crazy". This music mirrors the times both reflecting society at large ("A Change is Gonna Come" & " The Message") & mapping our own personal highs (" God Only Knows") or lows (" Hurt"). & from " Saturday Night Fish Fry" to " Saturday Night Fever" it has helped us simply forget our problems & dance till dawn. "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die" picks through nearly a century of music to bring you an inspiring selection of some of the greatest recordings ever made. Each entry in this wonderfully browsable book tells the story of a great song. Find out what inspired the songwriter what makes the track so enduring which songs it influenced in turn & which cover version to listen out for. Youll also pick up a wealth of fascinating trivia along the way. What links Lead Belly Lonnie Donegan & Black Betty? Whose gravestone inspired Phil Spectors first hit? & when did Christina Aguilera join forces with The Moon People? Read on & find out."
...

This is a jolly puzzle book stuffed full of Christmas things to find & count. Busy scenes including Christmas Land a snowball fight & Santas workshop burst with things for children to find count & talk about. It helps develop vital word & number skills. ...

From submersibles to squirrel fish children will love finding all the things under the sea in a new edition of this popular picture puzzle book. Bright busy scenes of different habitats provide plenty of material for both readers & pre-readers to talk about. Simple text & eye-catching illustrations combine to help children develop skills in reading counting matching & identification. ...

Each double page invites young children to discover many different types of towns from sleepy fishing ports to bustling market towns. Simple text & colourful scenes bursting with things to spot combine to help children develop skills in reading counting matching & identification. Whether spotting cinemas or counting buses the puzzle element will further aid childrens understanding of the relationship between pictures & text. Great fun is to be had spotting the rich aspects of town life from waiters in street cafes to cars in traffic jams. ...

1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die takes you on a fascinating global whisky tour
- from Scotland & Ireland through North
...

Young children will immerse themselves in the magical world of wizards in this new addition to the immensely popular 1001 Things to Spot" series from Usborne. Scenes include a wizards school an enchanted forest a wizard supplies shop & a grand wizard's feast. Overflowing with detail this title encourages both visual recognition & also helps to develop number skills. Each double page contains small images that show children what they need to spot in the main image & how many are hidden
- there are over 1 000 different images waiting to be discovered throughout the book."
...

The magnificent vault of stars emblazoning Earths night skies are but an infinitesimal fraction of the hundreds of billions that inhabit our galaxy
- & there are at least as many galaxies in the universe as there are stars in the Milky Way. 1001 Wonders of the Universe makes sense of this dizzying celestial panorama by exploring it one step at a time illustrating the planets moons stars nebulae white dwarfs black holes & other exotica that populate the heavens with an astounding 1001 of sciences most spectacular photographs. The book opens with an orbital survey of planet Earth before venturing into the solar system heading for interstellar space & the heart of our galaxy. As the journey unfolds the rhythms of stellar life emerge: we pass through dark clouds of dust & gas ablaze with newly smelted stars & we witness dying stars bloom & fade as planetary nebulae or tear themselves apart as supernovae. Having crossed the Milky Way we enter intergalactic space. Out here we watch the hidden lives of galaxies: we see them flock & cluster forming massive conglomerations that span millions of light years visibly warping space with their tremendous gravity. After covering an almost unimaginable 13.4 billion light years we approach the edge of space & the dawn of time where our voyage must end but not before we consider how the universe was born & how it might die.
...

An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary covers the meaning & usage of 1001 words that you really do need to know. Whether you need guidance for a letter job application essay proposal interview or presentation this book can help you choose the words you need to create the right effect. Each word is defined according to Oxford Dictionaries latest research &

Includes:: sample sentences of real usage drawn from the Oxford English Corpus (the worlds largest language databank). The book also gives examples of pitfalls to avoid hints on similar words & advice on how to express yourself persuasively. Learn the words that will help you to describe an event discuss a topic speak in an interview evaluate a point of view & write clearly using this book which contains essential information for anyone wanting to achieve greater success in any written or spoken task. This is the latest addition to the popular mini-series that

Includes:: the Oxford A-Z of Grammar & Punctuation the Oxford Guide to Plain English & the Oxford A-Z of Better Spelling.



...

Action movies made actors such as Bruce Willis into household names for their death-defying onscreen escapades. From Sean Connerys Bond" to Sylvester Stallones " Rambo" these larger-than-life heroes have kept us on the edge of our cinema seats. Arnie told us hed be back & brought new life to the phrase hasta la vista. Harrison Ford made archeologists cool while Angelina Jolie brought a video game to life. & the battles are ongoing
- our appetite for derring-do remains unabated as we watch the " Dark Knight" battle with evil villains straight out of our nightmares. With insight from critics film historians & academics "101 Action Movies You Must See Before You Die" brings knowledge insight & passion to a world where tough men sip martinis wear tights & capes & sometimes even turn green
- but can still get the girl save the world & crush cyborgs psychopaths jokers & aliens along the way. So hold on to your seats for the crazily impossible mission ahead."

...