A Steroid Hit The Earth
‘A Steroid Hit The Earth’ is a catalogue of errors, omissions, mistakes and other disasters, ranging from the straight typo or the ambiguous statement to the downright bizarre.
Science: general issues
Mindbenders and Brainteasers
Puzzles have intrigued and entertained generations of children – and their parents – for over 2,000 years. Here is an irrestible assortment of 100 challenging puzzles. These brilliant brainteasers range from the neatly lateral to the downright perplexing.
Let Me Tell You About Beer
Beer is the world’s favourite drink, yet too often it’s shrouded in mystery, myth and complex-sounding terminology. This no-nonsense guide cuts straight through all of this, with simple advice on how to seek out and enjoy the immense range of flavours on offer, in Melissa’s trademark chatty style.
How to Take a Penalty
The Hidden Mathematics of Sport takes a novel and intriguing look at sport, byexploring the mathematics behind the action. Discover
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
With a foreword by Tim Rice, this book will change the way you see the world. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And what’s the connection between a rugby player taking a conversion and a tourist trying to get the best photograph of Nelson’s Column?
How Long Is a Piece of String?
Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” and
Cool – Cool Science Tricks
This stunt-stuffed book is for kids and grown-ups who love to experiment with peculiar physics, mind-boggling biology, crazy chemistry and want to learn more fascinating factoids than you can shake a Bunsen burner at.
Cool – Cool Science Tricks
This stunt-stuffed book is for kids and grown-ups who love to experiment with peculiar physics, mind-boggling biology, crazy chemistry and want to learn more fascinating factoids than you can shake a Bunsen burner at.
Cool – Cool Science Tricks
This stunt-stuffed book is for kids and grown-ups who love to experiment with peculiar physics, mind-boggling biology, crazy chemistry and want to learn more fascinating factoids than you can shake a Bunsen burner at.
Cool – Cool Science Tricks
This stunt-stuffed book is for kids and grown-ups who love to experiment with peculiar physics, mind-boggling biology, crazy chemistry and want to learn more fascinating factoids than you can shake a Bunsen burner at.
Flash in the Pan
Good Housekeeping recipes tick all the boxes –They look greatThey taste deliciousThey’re easy to make
Everyday Crystals: for health, home and happiness
This books is a guide to your personal discovery of crystals.
365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side: Because every cloud has a silver lining
365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side is full to the brim with good fortune arisen out of the flames of history’s biggest and smallest errors, blunders and miscalculations – one for every day of the year, on the day it happened.
Everything You Need to Know About Everything You Need to Know About: Your World, And Everything In it, In A Nutshell
From before the big bang to right up this very moment in time, and from the Bible to Facebook, it’s all here under one roof – the works. All of it. Everything you need to know about everything you need to know about!
How Long Is a Piece of String?: More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” and “The Weakest Link”? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men’s urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this book.
Dinogami: 20 Prehistoric Origami Projects
The most phenomenal discovery of our time becomes the greatest adventure of all time. Now you can create your very own Jurassic Park in the comforts of your home!