STRUGGLING TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH ELDERLY PARENTS DURING THE LOCKDOWN? WANTING TO HELP ISOLATED RELATIVES WITH ONLINE ORDERING? THIS IS THE PERFECT GUIDE FOR ANYONE GRAPPLING FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH FACETIME, GOOGLE HANGOUTS OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE MODERN WORLD.A handy guide for anyone who says, 'The Facebook' or 'The Google' or who asks, 'Do they deliver emails on Sunday?' This is a book for the elderly and not-so-elderly who are bamboozled not just by the techn...

Written by a dog, and with helpful additions by other dogs, How to Be a Dog is essential reading not only for all canines but also for their owners and dog lovers, providing an insight into their pet's sometimes curious behaviour.As you'd expect from a book written by a dog about humans, it's irreverent, cynical and disrespectful. Dogs provide helpful observations and advice on specific issues: for example, how to retain any semblance of self-esteem while ...

Written by a cat, and with helpful insights by other cats, How to Be a Cat is essential reading not just for all felines but also for their owners and cat lovers alike … if only to get an insight into their pet’s sometimes curious behaviour.As you'd expect from a book written by a cat about humans, the advice can be condescending, cynical and anarchic in equal measures. Kitty Pusskin and her cat companions offer helpful observations and advice on specific feline is...

What's wrong with Europe?Ignoring the fact that the EU is a grotesque, officious money sucking totalitarian machine that devours national sovereignty and pukes out unwanted, unwelcome and intrusive legislation, there's a whole variety of other reasons including:Shops that open at 10am and close at 4pm - with a two-hour lunch break in between.Oompah bands.Restaurant staff with the manners of a gibbon and the sense of urgency of a sloth.Pa...

Herewith a handful of sample entries to tickle your funny bones…In the 1824 war between Britain and Ashanti (now part of Ghana), the British Redcoats found themselves surrounded by 10,000 fierce Ashanti warriors, and running very low on ammunition. Their commander ordered Charles Brandon, the army’s stores manager, to break open the reserve ammunition he’d ordered. As the Ashanti advanced Brandon began to open the ammunition boxes – only to find he had brought the ...

Sexual failures of the world unite! Now is the time to stand up and be counted (or measured).A celebration of sexual failures, Is It In Yet? is an antidote to all those self-help books obsessed with sexual performance. Aimed not just at those with serious shortcomings, it’s a book for anyone for whom the phrase ‘cock-up in the bedroom’ is only ever associated with humiliation. These bizarre but true tales of sexual stupidity and strangeness include:The perils of having sex with a hot lasag...

What's ILL in one place can be WACK in another, or the same word can actually have TOTES different meanings. It's CRAY CRAY!From KEWL girls hitting on HENCH boys to wannabe gangstas hangin' with their DOGGS in the ENDZ, teen slang can leave NOOBS CONFUZZLED. If you want to appear DOPE or just want to know WTF is going on, How to Talk Teen is the ultimate guide!Bugly : Short for butt ugly; exceeded on the ugly ranking by dugly and

Advertising. Is it really 'the greatest art form of the twentieth century'(Marshall McLuhan)? Whatever your views, it is undeniably one of the mostpopular career choices going-and one of the most difficult to get into. Ifyou want to be creative and make money, or simply fancy trying your handat a job in one of the most powerful industries around, then thisindispensable guide is all you'll need to get a foot in the door and keep ast...

Did you know?Salvador Dali sometimes wore a perfume of fish glue and cow dung to attract his then girlfriend, Gala.Have you heard, seen or read about something so bizarre and incredible that it leaves you bamboozled for the rest of the day? No? Then you haven't read Weird Sh!t.This eclectic and eccentric mix of news stories, events, concepts and conceits reveals a world removed from reality as you know it. Prepare to depart from this seemingly conventional life and a...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MODERN ETIQUETTEMost etiquette guides will tell you the proper way to eat asparagus, how to exit a sports car without showing your knickers and the correct way to address an Archbishop - but they fail abysmally when it comes to offering advice on any number of awkward social situations.Containing guidance and tips for dealing with over 60 such scenarios, How to Chat Someone Up at a Funeral is completely objective and non-judgemental. How (and why) you might find yours...

My Guide to Patriotism, Britishness and Other Stuff.Do you go into fits of absolute apoplexy when you hear the words Eurozone, Climate Change and Foreign Aid? Do the words savoir-faire, zeitgeist and polski sklep make you feel uncomfortable and apprehensive? Do you take great comfort in familiarity and find yourself saying, 'Back in my day…', 'I remember when…' and 'Call that art?' Congratulations - you're just like me!I don't just mean a thoroughly decent bloke, but also someone who's hap...

Pull up a seat and take a pit stop with this amusing toilet book. The Loo Companion is a hilarious and entertaining addition to any bathroom, guaranteed to expand your mind and make you laugh whenever nature calls. This book contains pages of trivia, news stories, historic references, quotes, anecdotes, statistics, sudoku, jokes, quizzes, puzzles, and more ... all written in bitesized chunks, perfect for the reader to dip into - however long they're otherwise 'engaged'. Filled wit...