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Time: 10+ minutes to play
Number of players: 2+
Ages: 3+
Includes: 52 cards, plus 8 instruction cards
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

Fun for all the family!

Say hello to Master Swishy the Narwhal, Mrs Snoozy the Sloth, Miss Dazzle the Pineapple and Mr Stardust the Unicorn as you have hours of fun playing hilarious, super cute card games, including:
– Llama Drama
– Nuclear Narwhal
– Rainbow Row
– Pug

Time: Depends how long you last!

Number of players: 2

Includes: 52 playing cards, plus an instruction card

Ages: 18+

Assembly required? No

Batteries required? No

Warning: Not suitable for persons under 18 years. For adult use only.

Who cares about winning? In this game, it’s the taking part that counts…

This X-rated version of the classic game of Snap is all about speed, spontaneity and paying close attention to the sex positions on the cards. It’ll leave you and your opponent gagging for more.

It’s the best of times and the worst of times. You’re welcoming a new addition to the family, but you’re now officially old. You’re also an eternal babysitter. On the plus side, you can enjoy spoiling the little darlings rotten and hand them back at the end of the day before the nappies start overflowing.

‘We-have-a-house-in-the-country?’
Lena nodded solemnly. 
‘Where?’ I almost shouted, briefly rattling the table. ‘No, wait, don’t tell me – it’s Todi in Umbria, right? The old manor house, the one with the lemon groves!’
‘Alt-Globnitz.’
‘Alt-Globnitz?’ Suddenly I felt cold.
‘Alt-Globnitz. It’s a really nice place. You will love it.’
In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from the world of journalism, Germany correspondent Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. Roger has hopes for southern Italy, but Lena has inherited a run-down old schloss in deepest, darkest Brandenburg.
Needing a form of income, they decide to set up a B & B with a British theme. Enter unhelpful Harry and his Trinidadian chef cousin, a mad Scot to advise them on re-branding Brandenburg, some suicidal frogs and a posse of mad tourists. It all culminates, naturally, in a cricket match between the Brits and the Germans on an old Russian minefield. Farce meets romance in this follow-up to the successful A Year in the Scheisse.

Packed with over 500 photos and clear, step-by-step instructions, Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots offers a wealth of interpretations of ITF and WTF taekwondo patterns. Using the techniques that the author has discovered and tested, it shows readers how they can find their own applications.

ITF and WTF practitioners alike will find this book to be invaluable. No matter what level you are in your study of taekwondo, this book will help you look at patterns in a completely different way. Whether you are a white belt or a black belt, this book is packed with information that will make your training practical and relevant to the social challenges of the twenty-first century.

The world is a confusing place, especially for children, and their innocent observations and questions can be side-splittingly hilarious. They can also be a tiny bit embarrassing if you’re, say, behind an elderly gentleman at a busy checkout and your little angel asks you…’is that man all wrinkly because he’s been in the bath too long?’

Martin Strel looks like your typical middle-aged bloke. He likes a laugh, a drink and the sight of a pretty woman. But put him in water and he turns into a swimming machine.
In April 2007, after 66 days, he became the first person to swim the Amazon, 3,274 miles from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic shores of Brazil. On this extraordinary journey he dodged piranhas, sharks and river pirates, met indigenous tribes who either revered him as a god or chased him with machetes, and swam from dawn to dusk for 60 miles every single day. Like pioneers before him who first climbed Everest or explored the poles, Martin shifted the limits of human capability.
His story – of endurance, of determination, of dehydration and exhaustion, of illness and blood pressure that reached heart-attack levels – is an inspiration to people everywhere.

We all know that the written word is full of traps for the unwary, and this goes double for those in their early years of learning it. An earnest attempt at constructing a beautiful, articulate sentence can fall to pieces within the space of a few letters, sometimes with hilarious consequences!

Enjoy this collection of side-splitting spelling slip-ups ranging from the charming to the ridiculous, and the cute to the unintentionally X-rated!

I had no life experience, zero common sense and had never eaten rice. I suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder and had just had my heart broken. I hoped by leaving to travel the world I would be able to heal myself.

Instead, Lauren’s travels were full of bad luck and near-death experiences. Over the space of a year, she was scammed and assaulted; lost teeth and swallowed a cockroach. She fell into leech-infested rice paddies, was caught up in a tsunami, had the brakes of her motorbike fail and experienced a very unhappy ending during a massage in Thailand. It was just as she was about to give up on travel when she stumbled across a handsome New Zealander with a love of challenges…

I looked at the huge line of fighters still to come. It coiled around three sides of the mat like some great white dragon waiting to devour me, and suddenly the task ahead seemed impossible. The Thirty Man Kumite is one of karate’s toughest tests, reserved for senior black belts with years of experience. One person fights a line-up of thirty fighters, one after another, full contact, moving up the grades and facing the strongest, most dangerous fighters last. This is a compelling account of the Thirty Man Kumite and the lifetime of martial arts that led to it, charting the development of mind, body and spirit over many years and offering a rare insight into the true purpose of the martial arts.

‘The secrets of karate are contained in the kata,’ said the masters of old. What did they mean? For many years, people have struggled to understand where padwork, grappling, ground-fighting and even high kicks fit into traditional karate.



While many people understand the purpose of individual kata, this book demonstrates how the various kata work together to create a logical fight progression from stand-up striking to close-quarter grappling and groundfighting. Four Shades of Black decodes the kata in a radically different way, revealing how the traditional arts set out to develop a complete and rounded fighter. If you think you know karate, think again.

This outrageous book of cute cartoon creatures boasting larger-than-life proportions is guaranteed to make you guffaw.

A unique and inexcusable glimpse of nature’s lesser-known creations, this menagerie will show you a side of the animal kingdom you’ll find it hard to forget.

Have you ever wondered if there is a way to stop airport staff from flinging your luggage around like a Frisbee? Do you wish there was a way to relax on the beach without getting sandy? Are you keen to discover ingenious ways to make your trip unforgettable without it costing an arm and a leg? Travel Hacks is your handy guide to making your trips that little bit easier, whether you are jetting off for a week or a year. This fully illustrated manual covers everything from maximising space in your suitcase to keeping mosquitoes at bay, and much, much more.

It’s time we celebrated women in adventure

What does “toughness” mean to you? Perhaps it’s being physically fit and mentally resilient. Perhaps it’s doing something no one else has done before. Perhaps it’s breaking down boundaries and proving what you can do, in spite of the naysayers. Perhaps it’s travelling alone, immersing yourself in new cultures and meeting new people. Perhaps it’s running ultramarathons in the blistering heat and beating the competition. Perhaps it’s conquering your fears.

The badass adventurers in this collection are all fearless, intelligent, compassionate and curious about the world – and they all happen to be female. From endurance obstacle races to arctic expeditions, from mountain climbing to wingsuit flying, from horse trekking to swimming the English Channel, they have set the bar high for what women are capable of. Let yourself be inspired by their stories of grit, courage, determination, triumph and heartbreak – you never know, it might lead to something incredible!

Time: 5 mins to play per round

Number of players: 2

Includes: 52 playing cards, plus an instruction card

Ages: 18+

Assembly required? No

Batteries required? No

Warning: Not suitable for persons under 18 years. For adult use only.

No more Ps and Qs, just F U!

This X-rated version of the classic game of Snap is all about quick reactions and shouting obscene language in your opponent’s face. The winner will feel f*cking fantastic; the loser will be f*cking fuming.

Another year, another set of exams and another round of well-meaning students to provide us with our textbook mix of wisdom and wisecracks.

Bursting with yet more crazy and creative thinking, this book showcases an all-new selection of test paper answers, from hilarious misunderstandings to breathtaking ingenuity.

Time: 10+ minutes to play
Number of players: 2+
Ages: 5+
Includes: 52 cards, plus 8 gameplay instruction cards
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

What could be more fun than playing with poop?
Here’s a deck of cards like no other, and the smiliest (and smelliest) poop friends you’re ever likely to meet. With instructions on toilet-themed games to play, including Smelly Families, Go Poop and Constipation (formerly Patience), games nights will never be the same!

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

– In the 1975 blockbuster film Jaws, who said “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
– How long did the Hundred Years’ War between England and France last?
– Which fishy hair style was big in the 1970s?

This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their sixtieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

– Most of the clocks in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction are stuck at 4:20. True or False?
– How long is Ninety Mile Beach on New Zealand’s North Island?
– Which Canadian superstar, singing in French and representing Switzerland, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988?

This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their fiftieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No
The French word for pie chart is Camembert. True or false?
Which tennis players competed in the Battle of the Sexes in September 1973?
What colour are aircraft black boxes?
This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their seventieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Time: 60+ minutes to play

Number of players: 2+

Ages: 18+

Includes: 79 cards, plus 1 instruction card

Assembly required? No

Batteries required? No

Warning: Not suitable for persons under 18 years. For adult use only.

Play the game, if you dare…

Are you ready for some X-rated fun? This sinful stack of rude and raunchy dares is guaranteed to get tongues wagging and set pulses racing. Nights out (or in) will never be the same.

‘Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t’

Margaret Thatcher, UK prime minister 1979-1990 and leader of the Conservative Party 1975-1990, was the only women to hold either post, and was re-elected for an unprecedented third term, earning her a place in British history as one of the most extraordinary figures of the late twentieth century.

This collection gathers together pithy and often witty quotations by the outspoken Iron Lady and fellow party members-many of them still surprisingly relevant today.

What did the poo say to the fart?
You blow me away!
 
Full to the brim with obscene one-liners, gross-out gags and smutty shenanigans, this book should be your number one – and number two – choice for lav-based laughs.

‘I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.’
Brian Clough
Sport is the stuff of high drama, big personalities and some very memorable quips. This collection of funny and thoughtful words from across the sporting spectrum is at the top of its game.