We live in an age of waffle mumbo-jumbo & bad thinking. We're forever being fed dodgy information by so-called experts scientists opinion-makers politicians journalists & jumped-up little graduates. Their combined bad thinking
Includes:: *the idea that no one should win in running races at school in case the losers get upset *the idea that owning a house in France is a decent way to spend your money *the idea that we should all talk about our feelings & that would make things better *speed cameras *mineral water *hummus *and the fact that everyone reckons they've got asthma. Why do we believe this nonsense? Because as a nation we've forgotten the basic elements of common sense. Thank God then for Al Murray. Together with the collecting thoughts of hia locals he's here to put good old-fashioned British common sense back where it belongs.
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This huge book filled with pub quiz puzzles will be the answer to every quizzers dreams! It contains a massive 15 000 quiz questions (and the answers!) & is a superb resource whatever your quiz needs or ability. It also contains everything you need to run your own quizzes be they in the pub or the comfort of your own home or maybe you just want to test yourself or increase your stock of trivia! Whatever your needs this book is ideal & will maximize your pub quiz enjoyment. ...

This is science but not as you know it
- here you get all the really cool stuff they didnt teach you in the classroom but youve
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This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks to Lakeland pubs in a popular pocketable format. With clear information an overview & introduction for each walk expertly written numbered directions large scale Ordnance Survey maps superb eye-grabbing panoramic photographs & interpretation of points of interest along the way these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use. Featured pubs include: Kirkstile Inn Loweswater Old Dungeon Ghyll Langdale Sun Inn Coniston Dog & Gun Keswick Three Shires Little Langdale Tweedies Bar Grasmere Mortal Man Troubeck Bridge Hotel & Buttermere. ...

A frank up-to-the-minute guide to boys growing up issues. The Boy Files offers friendly advice practical tips & support to help boys navigate the physical & mental rollercoaster of puberty & guide them gently through the potential pitfalls. From willy worries shaving & body hair to girls spots bullying & staying safe in a cyber world The Boy Files chatty big-brotherly style is a feel-good reference source for tweens & young teens. ...

Have you ever noticed now that you are growing up that your parents want to sit you down & have these embarrassing kinds of conversations with you about sex? Or they leave those educational books about growing up lying around the house? Or youve got some questions about whats happening to your body but you just cant hack the idea of talking about it with your mum? Well Puberty Boy sidesteps embarrassing conversations & gives the full low down on what it means to be growing up. & its written just for you. In this book real men & boys share their stories about puberty. This light-hearted plain speaking & honest book tells you what puberty is when it happens & how your body will change. It explores the thinking & emotional changes that are happening alongside the physical & even tackles how to talk to girls! Theres a brain shift happening inside you at puberty & Geoff price makes sure that you know about it & are equipped to handle it. ...

Psst want a whole new approach to puberty? Puberty Girl is here to help! Whether or not youve started seeing the signs of your body changing this fab book will bring new meaning & understanding to a young girls teen years. Yes it can be a confusing & emotional time
- but with Puberty Girl by your side you wont need to go through puberty alone. Puberty Girl is smart intelligent fun colourful & factual & tells it like it is. It talks about the big M the V word (yep
- Vagina!) the period costume PMS puberty power & even the B word
- breasts! This beautifully illustrated book lets you know what to expect physically & emotionally as you tread the path to becoming a woman.


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Sue Townsends The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman" (Aged 55 ) is a wonderful collection of non-fiction pieces giving us an insight into Sues hilarious world. Sue Townsend is the much-loved comic author who brought us the bestselling " Adrian Mole" series. Enter the world of Susan Lilian Townsend
- sun-worshippers work-shy writers garden centre lovers & those in search of a good time are all welcome... This sparkling collection of Sue Townsends hilarious non-fiction covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants from writers block to slug warfare from slob holidays to the banning of beige. These funny perceptive & touching pieces reveal Sue ourselves & the nation in an extraordinary new light. Sit back & chortle away as one of Britains most popular & acclaimed writers takes a feather to your funny bone. " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" is Sue Townsends brilliantly witty collection on non-fiction pieces. " Anyone who loved " The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" will enjoy this collection of witty & sharply observed jottings from the inimitable Sue Townsend. Great stuff" ("OK!"). " Full of homely hilarious asides on the absurdities of domestic existence... What a fantastic advertisement for middle-age
- it cant be bad if its this funny" (" Heat") "A welcome addition to any bookshelf" (" Hello!"). " Its as if Townsend has caught our idiosyncrasies on candid camera & is showing a rerun of all the silly clips...the ideal dip-in-&-out book" (" Time Out"). Sue Townsend is Britains favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" " Number Ten" " Ghost Children" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up."

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Everything separates us from one another with the exception of one fundamental point: we're both utterly despicable individuals.' (Houellebecq to BHL) In 2008 two of the most celebrated of French intellectuals Michel Houellebecq & Bernard-Henri Levy ('BHL') began a ferocious exchange of letters. Public Enemies is the result. In their inimitably witty inimitably fascinating inimitably confrontational correspondence they lock horns on everything including literature sex politics family fame & even
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- themselves. By turns caustic & touching sincere & candid Public Enemies reveals how these two immensely procovative writers came to be who they are. Never dull always incendiary this is one literary fight you can't ignore. The sparks fly from every page...

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Meet the Diamond Brothers the worlds worst private-detective agency in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider" series. Wisecracking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers Public Enemy No.1. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail master criminal the Fence. But first Nick has to get out of jail... The " Diamond Brothers" exposure is at an all-time high with br&-new covers for the entire series. Also in the " Diamond Brothers" series the four-story adventures are: " Four of Diamonds"; " South by South East" & " The Falcons Malteser"." ...