' The QI Book of the Dead" is a book about life. What an awful thing life is. It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless'
- Gustave Flaubert. Around 90 billion people have existed since the human race began. From this huge number the bestselling QI team selected 600 of the finest examples of our species & researched them in depth distilling this immense banquet of life into an exquisite tasting menu of six-dozen crisp racy mini-biographies where the internationally & immortally famous rub shoulders with the undeservedly & (until now) permanently obscure. The object is to learn something about what it means to be alive & how we can make the most of the time we have. " The QI Book of the Dead" compares & contrasts the different ways individual human beings cope (or fail to cope) with the curves that the uncaring universe throws at us. Collected into themed chapters with thought-provoking titles such as ' There's Nothing Like a Bad Start in Life' ' Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone' & ' Is That All There Is?' here is a chance to share the secrets of the Dead to celebrate their wisdom to learn from their mistakes & to marvel at their bad taste in clothes. The man who is not dead still has a chance. Lebanese Proverb
- We don't rule out the alternative possibility of a compassionate God whose motives are beyond our ken."

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A number-one bestseller this is a comprehensive catalogue of all the misconceptions mistakes & misunderstandings in 'common knowledge' that will make you wonder why anyone bothers going to school. Now available in this handy pocket-sized edition carry it everywhere to impress your friends frustrate your enemies & win every argument. ...

Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin & it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do? John Lloyd & John Mitchinson the brains behind QI here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous fascinating & mind-bending facts taking on the popular General Ignorance" round from BBC1s top rated quiz & the first book in the bestselling series. & whatever your answers to the questions above you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong." ...

Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin & it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do? John Lloyd & John Mitchinson the brains behind QI here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous fascinating & mind-bending facts taking on the popular General Ignorance round from BBC1's top rated quiz & the first book in the bestselling series. & whatever your answers to the questions above you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. ...

Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin & it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do? John Lloyd & John Mitchinson the brains behind QI here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous fascinating & mind-bending facts taking on the popular General Ignorance" round from BBC1's top rated quiz & the first book in the bestselling series. & whatever your answers to the questions above you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong." ...

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For Stanley the earthquake is a heaven-sent opportunity. Just before it struck he was ogling Sheila a female jogger & thats not all hed like to do to her. Now the city lies in ruins & Sheila lies trapped & naked in her bathtub. Can her husband make it to her before Stanley does? ...

The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins & in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. Emerging from the social unrest of the English civil war the Quakers have gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers: be it their continued stance against war or their pioneering work against slavery. At the same time Quakers maintain a distinctive worship method to achieve the direct encounter with God which has been at the heart of the movement since its beginning. This book charts the history of Quakerism & its present-day diversity & outlines its approach to worship belief theology & language & ecumenism. ...

. ..a wonderfully easy-to-follow text which manages to combine practical procedures with clear explanations of the underlying theoretical concepts. Nursing Standard (from review of first edition) The third edition of this successful book incorporates recent developments in nursing research with updates to every chapter. Abstract ideas in qualitative research are clearly explained & more complex theories are included. Structured into four clear sections the book looks at initial stages methods of data collection qualitative approaches & analysis of collected data. Brand new chapter on Mixed Methods Research Considers a variety of approaches from Ethnography to Action Research Allows the reader to dip in & out depending on their choice of approach Detailed reference lists provide guidance for further reading Links research with real nursing practice through relevant examples throughout Professor Immy Holloway has been at Bournemouth University since its inception & works in the School of Health & Social Care. Though now retired from full-time work she still takes an active in teaching & Ph D supervision. She wrote edited & co-wrote several books in the field of qualitative research which have been translated into several languages & published articles in peer reviewed journals. Her latest book is A-Z of Qualitative Research in Healthcare. (2008) Oxford: Blackwell. Stephanie Wheeler an academic with a nursing & health visiting background is a specialist in healthcare ethics & was for many years chair of an ethics committee. She has given lectures on ethics all over the UK organised research conferences in qualitative research & also published in this field. ...

The Second Edition of this bestselling text offers students & first-time researchers invaluable guidance to the practice of qualitative social research. Throughout the author addresses the key issues which need to be identified & resolved in the qualitative research process & through which researchers develop essential skills in qualitative research. The book highlights the difficult questions that researchers should get into the habit of asking themselves in the course of doing qualitative research & outlines the implications of the different ways of responding to these questions. The new edition of Qualitative Researching has been fully revised & updated with expanded coverage of observation documents visual data CAQDAS & writing qualitative research. The text bridges the gap between cookbook approaches to qualitative research & abstract methodogical approaches. Helping the reader to move comfortably between principle & practice this text has proved to be an invaluable introduction to qualitative research & a useful aid to accomplished qualitative research practice across the social sciences. ...