This funny and beautifully observed book pulls together humorous stories, funny quotes, quips and anecdotes about this small but remarkable country.While the Scots are proud of their friendly reputation, loud about their many contributions to the world – such as whisky, penicillin and television – and fiercely protective of Scottish delicacies such as haggis and Irn Bru, they are also celebrated for their famously dry and dark humour.Featuring wit a...

There can't be many people who have never heard of Nelson Mandela. His has become a household name, a name respected by everyone everywhere, from grandmothers to schoolchildren.Not so many people would recognise his other names, and he is a man who has been known by many names throughout his life. Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela came from what most people would regard as a poor background, yet his family were aristocrats among the Xhosa people of the Transkei ...

The Trotter family have been pillars of the Peckham community for decades, so when a bin man found this folder of documents at the bottom of the refuse chute in Nelson Mandela Towers and saw that it had official council and even police documents in it, he thought it might be worth something. He passed it to his gaffer, who passed it to his gaffer, and it was then decided that this valuable overview of the area’s modern history seen through the experiences of a family whose connections stre...

Messieurs, êtes-vous des aventuriers modernes ?Savez-vous trouver de l'eau dans le désert, affronter un taureau qui voit rouge, faire atterrir un avion de tourisme, prendre un lapin au collet, le vider et le cuire, ou plus modestement recoudre un ourlet ?Etes-vous seulement capables d'ouvrir une bouteille de bière sans décapsuleur ?Si vous avez répondu "non" à la plupart de ces questions, ce livre est pour vous ! En ces temps de smartphones, de GPS et de jeux vidéos, o...

A wonderful, fully-illustrated celebration of the life of one of the most inspiring and respected leaders of our time.This book pays tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela with a unique collection of photographs from throughout his life. Mandela has become a household name, respected by everyone everywhere, from grandmothers to schoolchildren.Not so many people would recognize his other names, and he is a man who has been known by many names throughout his life. Nelson Rolihla...

Finally, a book that teaches a man how to be a man, that harks back to a less sheltered and pampered age when, without the aid of technology, men had to use their military training and outdoor skills, and were prepared for any eventuality. Man Up! offers useful but often long-neglected skills and imparts wisdom gleaned from many sources. Learn and relearn forgotten skills like how to light a fire in a downpour, set a broken limb or harvest food from the wild, among many other skil...

WARNING! DON'T LET YOUR PARENTS GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS BOOK!!'Don't be naughty!'How many times have you heard that?At home, at school, pretty much everywhere you go, THEY are always telling you 'Don't be naughty' - even when you're not doing anything or bothering anyone at all! So, if THEY all assume that you're going to do something 'naughty'… why not just do it?The Naughty Kid's Handbook teaches you how to pull off all sorts of tricks, from ducking out of PE at school to swerving chores...

Western societies today are coming unmoored in the face of an earth-shaking ethical and cultural paradigm shift. At its core is the question of what it means to be human and how we are meant to live. The old answers are no longer accepted; a dizzying array of options are offered in their stead. Underpinning this smorgasbord of lifestyles is a thicket of unquestioned assumptions, such as the separation of gender from biological sex, which not so long ago would have been universally rejected...

When RAF airman Jack Toulson finds a wooden box buried in the desert, he hopes to uncover a cache of jewels or even an antique sword, but all it contains is a worthless old stick with Arabic writing on it. Disappointed, he shoves it into his bag and thinks no more of it. The next day, he decides to take a picture of the empty horizon with his new Kodak Hawk-Eye, but when the picture is developed, it shows a camel-train that had not been there. He concludes it must be a f...

The Rider e-Book of Lists: iPad & e-Reader Edition is the first ever ‘e-book’ on the Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Football League (CFL) team. This e-book expands on The Rider Book of Lists published in print form in 2010 by the same authors: Sheldon Green and Rod Nasewich.  It provides a different and sometimes off-beat look at Rider players and coaches and at the Riders as a team, organization, a pop...

This book is probably the most up to date and comprehensive pendulum dowsing book available anywhere today. Full of how to's, dowsing tips, protocols, psychic protection tips and tools, and a simple system to learn dowsing easily and effectively, this book is a must for experienced dowsers and beginners alike. Every page of this book is packed with useful, practical and highly informative information, including step by step instruction in the fundamentals of pendulum dowsing, as well as so...

Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, R. T. Smith, Forrest Gander, and Rita Dove, and the editors have dedicated equal focu...