Michael O Mara: 334 books
by Geoff Tibballs
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
A collection of the finest, funniest, and sauciest jokes about age and aging-here, at last, is a book guaranteed to make anyone laugh incontinently
Jokes from such "senior" luminaries as George Burns, Winston Churchill, Joan Rivers, Dorothy Parker, and many more fill this...
D-Day in Numbers
The facts behind Operation Overlord
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation. The significance of the operation has captured the collective imagination to become the defining moment of World War Two and represents the ending...
One for Sorrow
A Book of Old-Fashioned Lore
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Many of the popular, often prophetic, phrases that we use on a day-to-day basis have their roots in traditional folklore. For example: 'One swallow doesn't make a summer'; 'March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb'; 'One for sorrow, two for joy'. Such common idioms are familiar to most people,...
by Emma Marriott
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book...until now. "The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks" pulls it all together, from the world's earliest civilizations in 3500 BC to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes...
Dogs' Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Man's Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Dogs' Miscellany features a unique and elegant collection of fascinating facts, trivia, anecdotes and legends about dogs throughout the ages. For example, did you know that 22% of the UK population own a dog? Dogs' Miscellany covers every aspect of the dog: from true stories of famous mutts to their...
by Andrea Barham
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
**Irreverent, smart, and obscenely entertaining, this book shatters the myths, misconceptions, fallacies, and falsehoods about all the things people think they know **
Lead pencils can give you lead poisoning . . .
Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head . . .
One...
by Shelley Klein
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2010
Have you ever referred to your oldest and closest friend as 'Thingy'? Reached the top of the landing, only to realize that you have no idea why you came upstairs in the first place? Congratulations - or commiserations - you've had your first senior moment! Fear not, for help is at hand. The Book of Senior...
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?)
Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness. Taking you on a tour of the English language...
As Right as Rain
The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you? Let's not beat about the bush: the English language is littered with linguistic quirks, which, out of context, seem completely peculiar. If you can't quite cut the mustard, this book will explain...
Darn It!
Traditional Female Skills That Every Man Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Have you ever wondered how you'd survive without your wife or girlfriend (or mum!) attending to those little tasks - such as mending, sewing and cleaning - that you should, rather embarrassingly, be able to do yourself? Have you ever wished you knew these skills so that you can finally sew on a button...
The Little Book of Big History
The Story of Life, the Universe and Everything
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
From the Big Bang to the future of our planet, The Little Book of Big History divides history into manageable but comprehensive time frames, encompassing the cosmos, the stars, life and everything in between. Big History is the attempt to understand and condense the entire story of the cosmos, from the...
It's About Time
From Calendars and Clocks to Moon Cycles and Light Years - A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
From the ice-age recordings of moon cycles and the earliest calendars, to modern wristwatches and quantum clocks, time and its effects have always enthralled mankind. We've spent centuries developing new ways of measuring time, describing it and quantifying it, and such methods have given rise to some...
I Used to Know That
Geography
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Discover the physical world of rivers, glaciers and coasts; the human world of population changes and migration; agriculture, including farming, GM foods and the green revolution; and industry, from tourism to ports and old industry. I Used To Know That: Geography is an accessible yet fun way to revisit all the stuff you have forgotten from your school days.
The Science of Food
An Exploration of What We Eat and How We Cook
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
In this fascinating and easily digestible book, The One Show’s resident scientist Marty Jopson takes us on a mouth-watering tour of the twenty-first century kitchen and the everyday food miracles that we all take for granted. Ever wondered what modified starch is and why it’s in so much of the...