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  • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr | Conversation Starters

    by dailyBooks ...
    All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | Conversation StartersA Brief Look Inside:All the Light We Cannot See, the second novel from Anthony Doerr, takes place duringWorld War II.It tells the story of a young, blind girl living in Paris with her father. The pair must escape as the War nearsParis, but not without takingthe precious, and highly sought after, Sea of Flames. Marie-Laure and her ... Read more

    $5.58 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off

    by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin ...
    'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans**1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin is a buffet groaning with mouth-watering nuggets from QI's first ten years.QI is the smartest comedy show on British television, but few people know that we're also a major legal hit in Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Africa and an illegal ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • QI: The Book of the Dead

    by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson ...
    Welcome to QI: The Book of the Dead, a biographical dictionary with a twist - one where only the most interesting people made it in!QI have got together six dozen of the happiest, saddest, maddest and most successful men and women from history. Celebrate their wisdom, learn from their mistakes and marvel at their bad taste in clothes.Hans Christian Anderson was terrified of naked women, Florence ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance

    by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson ...
    Join QI's expedition into the animal kingdom to encounter 100 of its most remarkable subjects. Marvel at the elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom.Albatrosses can fly non-stop for ten years without touching the ground. Box jellyfish have twenty-four eyes. Geese mourn their dead. Koalas don't drink. Monkeys pay to look at porn. ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Dictionary of Clichés

    A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes

    by Christine Ammer ...
    The largest, most comprehensive, and most entertaining reference of its kind, The Dictionary of Clichés features more than four thousand unique clichés and common expressions. Author Christine Ammer explores the phrases and terms that enliven our language and uncovers expressions that have long been considered dead. With each entry, she includes a thorough definition, origin of the term, and an ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared: A Novel by Jonas Jonasson | Conversation Starters

    by dailyBooks ...
    The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappered: by Jonas Jonasson | Conversation StartersA Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPERthan the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,and the characters and its world still live on.Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed tobring us beneath the surface of the pageand invite ... Read more

    $5.58 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Abused, Confused, and Misused Words

    A Writer's Guide to Usage, Spelling, Grammar, and Sentence Structure

    by Mary Embree ...
    Have you been putting bullion in your soup? Is incorrect spelling starting to have a negative affect on your term papers? Do you wonder what someone is inferring when they tell you to pick up a dictionary? These are just a few of the commonly misunderstood words discussed and explained in Abused, Confused, and Misused Words, an entertaining and informative look at the ever-changing nature of the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Who Invented Underpants?

    The Weird Trivia of Human Invention from Fire to Fast Food (and Everything In Between)

    by Stewart Ross ...
    Series series Fascinating Bathroom Readers
    A comprehensive collection of fun facts about the origins of pretty much everything, from windows to washing machines to websites.This fact-packed collection recounts the origins, invention, and discovery of just about everything, from the big bang to driverless cars. With sections covering topics such as the arts, sports, weapons, buildings, medicine, food, and many more, you can find out ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Holy Cow!

    Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers—Splendid Animal Words and Phrases

    by Boze Hadleigh ...
    We love animals but insult humans by calling them everything from weasels or pigs to sheep, mice, chickens, sharks, snakes, and bird-brains. Animal epithets, words, and phrases are so widespread we often take them for granted or remain ignorant of the fascinating stories and facts behind them.Spanning the entire animal kingdom, Holy Cow! explains:Why hot dogs are named after canines. Why people ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • An A–Z of Harry Potter

    by Aubrey Malone ...
    An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial readers' guide to all seven books.From 'Animagus' (a wizard that can transform into an animal) to 'Zonkos' (the joke and gift shop in Hogsmeade), Aubrey Malone explores the characters, creatures, places and ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of William Shakespeare

    Edited by Max Morris ...
    “Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit,” said the world’s greatest and most preeminent English writer of all time, William Shakespeare.Have you ever wanted to quote the most quoted writer in the English language? Deliver the most inventive and debasing Shakespearean insult (“Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!”)? Recite titillating love poetry like a modern-day Romeo to his (or her) ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Astonishing Bathroom Reader

    Your No.2 Source to All the Flushing Facts, Jamming Trivia, & Gassy Mysteries of the Universe!

    by Diego Jourdan Pereira ...
    600 pages of fascinating facts about everything from science to history to pop cultureDid you know the longest mountain range on earth is under water? How about the fact that June was named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage? If not, don’t worry! You can learn details about these facts and more useful (and useless) trivia in this gigantic collection. With subjects from across the spectrum, ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • 101 Amazing Harry Potter Facts

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Series Book 136 - 101 Amazing Facts
    Through JK Rowling's series of Harry Potter books and the eight films, we have been introduced to a fantastic and magical world that I'm sure many of us would like to visit. But what is the story behind what we see and read, and what are some little-known facts about the books, the films, the actors and the characters? This book contains 101 amazing facts which you most likely didn’t know! ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Final Chapters

    How Famous Authors Died

    by Jim Bernhard ...
    Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.” William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prizewinning authorFamous authors, like everybody else, know that one day they will die. Final Chapters tells the fascinating stories of more than one hundred writers’ encounters with death-and their attitudes toward the Grim Reaper: fear, uncertainty, or acceptance.Francis Bacon ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • 1,001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn't Know

    Hopperdozer, Hoecake, Ear Trumpet, Dort, and Other Nearly Forgotten Terms and Expressions

    by W. R. Runyan ...
    As times change so do the things we use and what we call them. W.R. Runyan has compiled a fascinating collection of words and phrases that, once common everywhere in America, are little known today. This book is a celebration of our linguistic past that will be a treat from word lovers everywhere. Do you know any of these: Snaffle, Steelie, Gully Washer, Cabriolet, Calk, Hardpan, Carbuncle, Pie ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • 1,339 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop

    by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin ...
    EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR - A NEW BOOK BY QI ELVES JAMES HARKIN AND ANNA PTASZYNSKI - IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans1,399 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin is packed with even more fascinating facts.Whilst you're bending over to grab your so... ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Weird-o-pedia

    The Ultimate Book of Surprising Strange and Incredibly Bizarre Facts About (Supposedly) Ordinary Things

    by Alex Palmer ...
    Check out the weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of alphabetized oddities:HUMANS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT ENJOY SPICY FOOD (there’s a reason no one sells Tabasco-flavored cat food).NAPPING CAN SAVE YOU FROM A HEART ATTACK (assuming you are not operating heavy machinery at the time).PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN ASSESS YOUR PERSONALITY FROM HOW YOU DIP FRIES IN KETCHUP (nice fries, ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • White House Confidential

    The Little Book of Weird Presidential History

    by Gregg Stebben, Austin Hill ...
    An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • 52 Times Britain was a Bellend

    The History You Didn't Get Taught At School

    by James Felton ...
    SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT HAS SOLD OVER 100,000 COPIESTwitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most ludicrous, weird and downright 'baddie' things we Brits* have done to the world since time immemorial - before conveniently forgetting all about them, of course. Including: ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • How Long Can a Fly Fly?

    175 Answers to Possible and Impossible Questions about Animals

    by Lars-Åke Janzon ...
    Get to know more than the usual facts and stats about animals, both familiar and rare! How Long Can a Fly Fly? will answer all your animal questions, along with plenty more you’ve never even thought to ask. This fun and educational book, good for all ages, is filled with fascinating information about animals, alongside unique hand-drawn illustrations that add to the entertainment. Lars-Ake Janzon ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways

    by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin ...
    'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans1,411 QI Facts to Knock You Sideways, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin, contains all-new facts from the QI team to astonish, delight and enlighten.1,227 QI Facts blew your socks off. 1,339 QI Facts made your jaw drop. Now the QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. Prepare to be knocked ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Rosie Project: by Graeme Simsion | Conversation Starters

    by dailyBooks ...
    The Rosie Project: by Graeme Simsion | Conversation StartersGraeme Simsion's first fiction novel, The Rosie Project, introduces readers to Don Tillman,a man who is living with Asperger's Syndromein Australia. Don is a genetics professor who is trying to find the perfect womanthrough The Wife Project –a questionnaire in which potential partners must meet the criteria to be deemed perfect for Don.On ... Read more

    $5.58 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ask A Historian

    50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

    by Greg Jenner ...
    'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • #TIL: Today I Learned

    Hilarious, Entertaining, and Educational Trivia

    by Stephen Spignesi ...
    From Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth, movies and music to politics and biology, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi compiles five hundred facts in this addictive bathroom reader trivia book.From history and science to sports and literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi offers eye-opening trivia in 500 facts inspired by the viral social media acronym TIL used on ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD