A guide to cockney rhyming slang. It explains the meaning of hundreds of terms, from old favourites such as apples and pears (stairs) and plates of meat (feet) to the more obscure band of hope (soap) and cuts and scratches (matches) through to modern classics such as Anthea Turner (earner) and Ashle[...]
The newest title in the Ripley's Annual series is a compendium of new and bizarre stories, pictures and interviews all of which are packaged nicely within a vibrant red foil and lenticular cover.
For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, and anyone else on the planet who loves unbelievable fac[...]
This is the graphic, first-hand story of the maiden voyage and disastrous sinking of the RMS Titanic, told by the survivors themselves. The story of the sinking of the great liner has been told countless times since that fateful night on April 14, 1912, by historians, novelists, and film producers a[...]
Liverpool Football Club is rarely out of the news and always is the subject of interest from in and out of the world of football. Liverpool also has a proud tradition and a very loyal support. This title aims to capture the flavour of both.[...]
Customers do say the dumbest things, and this hilarious book contains a whole host of crass, stupid and just plain odd requests and queries heard on the high street. Featuring laugh out loud remarks from coffee shops and supermarkets to bars and bookshops, read safely in the knowledge that you wou[...]
Featuring over 10,000 entries, arranged by topic and indexed, this title offers a collection of witticisms and wisecracks for the 21st century. It contains entries ranging from insults, put-downs, gags and one-liners to homespun philosophy, witty proverbs, movie quotes and graffiti.[...]
This is a humorous collection of hundreds of funny news stories, whacky phenomena, and hilarious blunders and gaffes from around the world, such as: the woman who smuggled 75 live snakes in her bra; the man who held a funeral for his amputated foot; the radioactive cat which got mistaken for a bomb;[...]
This is the graphic, first-hand story of the maiden voyage and disastrous sinkingof the RMS Titanic, told by the survivors themselves. The story of the sinkingof the great liner has been told countless times since that fateful night on April14, 1912, by historians, novelists, and film producers alik[...]
With old age comes grey hair, dodgy knees, a sudden passion for re-runs of Murder, She Wrote, and an apparent God-given licence to speak one's mind and be generally offensive without fear of retribution. Under the guise of passing on the benefits of their experience to family members or just casual [...]
Just as the monarchy has been hereditary in many countries, so insanity has been hereditary in many monarchs. 'Royalty's Strangest Characters' recalls over 2000 years of crazy kings and potty potentates, including such infamous characters as Caligula, Vlad the Impaler and George III, along with othe[...]
The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, inept, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004 and up to the Beijing 2008 games. The world's greatest sporting occasion has been packed with unus[...]
In 1894, when the motley assortment of steam and petrol-powered vehicles lined up at the start of the trial from Paris to Rouen, motor-racing's colourful history was launched. Many of the pioneering events were death-defying, trans-continental marathons, in which the competitors were obliged to nego[...]
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Ripley´s årsbok Believe It or Not är sen åtta år en succé över hela världen. Över en miljon sålda exemplar per år. Självklart finns det även Ripley-muséer att besöka. Ett tjugotal bara i USA, men även i Asien, Australien och Europa. Nyligen �[...]