Portico imprint: 123 books
Medicine's Strangest Cases
Extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of medical history
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Medicine’s Strangest Cases is a choice prescription of weird and wonderful tales from the history of medicine, featuring the German doctor who fought a duel with a sausage, the Harley Street physician-turned-novelist who invented a disease – and its remedy – to keep his clients happy, and the...
The Bromley Boys
The True Story of Supporting the Worst Football Club in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
In the late 1960s, Dave Roberts, like most teenage boys his age, was football mad.
Wrotten English
A Celebration of Literary Misprints, Mistakes and Mishaps
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Painstakingly researched and tapping in to the public's insatiable general interest with the written word, Wrotten English contains curious opening lines, fantastic fictions whose titles are too terrible to be true and some of the most suggestive double entendres committed by those who really should know better!
Worry with Mother
101 Neuroses for the Modern Mama
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Anyone who has ever given birth knows that a mother’s worrying is never done. Parenting books give wildly contradictory advice, late-night Googling induces blind panic, and, in today’s ultra-competitive environment, other parents just make you feel worse. This hilarious book, by first-time mother...
Free the Manchester United One
The Inside Story of Football's Greatest Scam
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
In 1915 one of the most shameful occasions in sporting history took place. The players of Manchester United and Liverpool conspired to arrange that United would win their game with Liverpool by 2-0, thus permitting the conspirators to cash in on bets placed on that pre-arranged score-line of odds...
London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces
Extraordinary but True Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England. A great deal of their official histories are well known. But London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces reveals the bizarre, funny and surreal events and episodes that have occurred over the centuries on the grounds...
Fix Your Bike
Repairs and Maintenance for Happy Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Everyone's cycling nowdays. City streets are thronged with cyclists on the latest cool bikes, and more and more of us are cycling for fun at the weekends. You may love to cruise the streets and lanes with the wind in your hair, but would you be able to fix your bike if it let you down? Fix Your Bike...
Shakespeare's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true tales from 400 years of Shakespearean theatre
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors falling off stages, fluffed lines, performances in the dark, and why you must never, ever say the name of that Scottish play, especially if you are Peter...
Golf's Strangest Rounds
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
‘The most eccentric golf book ever’ Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf’s Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether –...
Boxing's Strangest Fights
Incredible but true encounters from over 250 years of boxing history
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book.Bringing together the rich history and folklore of the fight game, Graeme Kent, who first became interested in boxing after listening...
Motor Racing's Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of motor racing
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Since 1894, when motor racing’s colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of...
by Graham Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Whether it be one pound on the National Lottery or a million pounds on the turn of a card, the instinct to bet is the same. Over the centuries there have been many strange gamblers - and even more strange gambles - and in this unique collection of punts and punters, Graham Sharpe reveals fearless,...
Football's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
‘It’s a funny old game.’ The world’s favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments, and this absorbing collection gathers together the best of them, from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers’ one-man team to Wilfred Minter’s seven-goal...
A Smattering of Latin
Get classical with trivia, quizzes and fun
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. It includes sections on Latin in the movies, US state mottoes and place names, and also some...