Simon Toseland: 5 books
Infographica
The World as You Have Never Seen it Before
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Infographica collects intriguing data from across the planet--for instance, the average lifespan of people living on each continent, the relative durations of the world's unmanned space probes, or the bite strength of the world's most dangerous predators--and presents it in stylish, inventive, and...
by Martin Toseland, Simon Toseland
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Remember Blind Man's Bluff, Pin the Tail and Murder in the Dark? Making daisy chains and collecting conkers? And when rainy afternoons meant card games and battleships?
Jam-packed with games and activities for all ages, 365 Family Games and Pastimes remembers all the classics we used to love,...
Crap Crimes
Tales of Criminal Stupidity
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
As long as there has been crime there has been crap crime. From the Garden of Eden onwards, most criminals must have been at least a bit crap - or else they wouldn't have been caught, right? OK, some real-life rogues like Bonnie and Clyde, or fictional villains like Moriarty, make breaking the law...
The Ants Are My Friends
Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
A very amusing book. Or, possibly, an evilly musing buck - Simon Hoggart Linguistic mistakes. We all make them.
Leaves on the Line
What the British say ... And what they really mean
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. We say 'I'm sorry' when we mean 'absolute nonsense', and write 'Yours faithfully' when we're thinking 'Sod you!' Jealousy, rage, love, affection we're equally...