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A charming guide to the most popular room in the house. From toilets in the Bible to bathroom habits, from Roman baths to modern Japanese bathroom technology, The Essential Bathroom Book reveals the history behind the bathroom door. With bathroom superstition, soaps and showers, this little book is packed with historical details and fascinating facts and is an essential addition to the smallest room. No visit to the little room would be complete without it.

A collection of all the most hilarious chat-up lines and devastating put-downs ever uttered written by the author who was nominated one of “Tatler” magazine’s “best dates in town”.

This volume contains a selection of recipes for barbecue and campfire food. The recipes range from old favourites to the more adventurous, and are accompanied by practical hints on cooking outdoors.

A full introduction to cooking techniques for men who have no experience in the kitchen.

Ever been lost for words abroad?

When you want to get your point across abroad there’s only one way to do it: by swearing your ar*e off! Impress the world with a stream of multi-lingual profanity from this nifty pocket book.

Would you like to hear my song about tortillas? Actually, it’s more of a rap.

Prepare to have your sides split and your ribs tickled in this ultimate collection of the world’s most memorable jokes! This seriously silly compendium of unforgettable one-liners, catchy quips and everything in-between is sure to have the whole family aching with laughter. Giggle fits guaranteed!

Hula your way into the kitchen and create a feast that’s hotter than the tropics

Don your flowery apron and straw skirt and get ready to cook up a tropical storm with this exotic recipe book filled with colourful surprises. Whether you want to find your wings with Flamingo Cupcakes, make Tropical Island Jelly Bites, bake Pineapple Pancakes or rustle up a Monkey Milkshake, The Tropical Cookbook is packed with recipes perfect for parties and times when you want to show your guests a slice of food paradise.

Did you know…?
– Russia sold Alaska to the US for just $7.2 million in 1867
– Alexander the Great failed to name an heir to his vast empire before he died, which subsequently led to its fall
– J. K. Rowling received several rejections from publishers before her first Harry Potter book hit the shelves

We all do stupid things in our lives, but the events in this book are next-level ridiculous! Packed with trivia and information on the world’s biggest fails in history, this book will leave you shocked and a little smug as you discover the true meaning of the word ‘cock-up’.

If you have a household to run, you know what anendless uphill struggle it can be to keep things undercontrol. If you seem to spend your whole life cleaning the house or attempting to keep your house in order, this is the book you have been waiting for.

Don’t let preparing for your driving test drive you up the wall! With tips from instructors and new drivers alike for both before and during the exam, this little book is jam-packed with helpful advice to make sure that you feel in fine form for the open road . and that you lose your L-plates and not your cool.

This volume is designed to introduce people of all ages to the kitchen, show them around that somewhat unfamiliar room and transform them, with minimal pain, into competent cooks. Alastair Williams offers over 150 simple recipes interspersed with witty anecdotes.

If you have trouble getting up in the morning, if you find that you lack motivation in your work, if you find that you really can’t be bothered with your family and friends anymore, this book provides you with some of the world’s finest cynical and defeatist thoughts.

It’s time to break up with booze

There’s life beyond alcohol. Drinking less or stopping completely can revitalize your world, from health and mood to money and relationships. It may seem tricky if drinking is currently your go-to for stress relief or recreation, but there are dozens of ways to stay on the wagon and feel the benefits. This practical book has all the facts, advice and ideas you need to start your journey and refresh your life.

Paul William Roberts’s journeys through India span 20 years, and in this volume he creates a mosaic, by turns tragic and comic, of the subcontinent and its people. From the crumbling palaces of maharajas to the slums of Calcutta; from the ashrams of holy men to a millionaire drug dealer’s heavily guarded fortress on India’s border with China; Roberts seeks to capture the lure of this enigmatic land – this empire of the soul.

There is nothing better than basking in the summer sun or relaxing on a long summer’s evening with delicious food and drink, whilst being serenaded by the Bard. Food, drink and Shakespeare go happily hand in hand, and there is no shortage of references to mankind’s favourite pastimes in his plays. A Midsummer Night’s Dream conjures up images of secluded lover’s picnics in forested glades, of dancing and merriment throughout balmy nights, and feasts of sweet and savoury delicacies fit for a (fairy) King. So, in summertime, and with Shakespeare’s blessing, “How shall we beguile/The lazy time if not with some delight?”

If the most useful French you learnt at school was “un, deux, trois”, when all you really wanted was “soixante-neuf”, then save room in your luggage for this tongue-in-cheek phrasebook and you may score more than just a suntan.

So you’ve found yourself young, free and single again. This is a guide to getting your own back. From hoaxes to hit-and-run, these humorous ideas should inspire you to wreak havoc on the one so stupid as to think they could live without you, and to get the revenge you deserve.

Learn to pack a powerful punch with this illustrated manual that includes all the necessary moves and techniques to become competent in the punching arts.

The realities on kicking in the street scenario are unveiled once and for all in this concise, professional and down-to-earth book. All the moves and techniques neede to become competent in the kicking arts are included in this illustrated manual.

Teaching a wide variety of fighting skills, this guide covers the use of head, knees and elbows in self-defence and combat.

Grappling (wrestling) is probably the oldest genre of combat known to man. Throughout the world, wrestling and grappling have been a part of every culture, probably due to the fact that pulling, holding, lifting and carrying are far more natural to us as living and working human beings than punching or striking.