When the Scots tell a joke it's usually at their own expense. So this collection of gems pokes fun at just about everyone and everything from kilts and haggis through footie and thriftiness to Sassenachs, Teeries, and Glaswegians. Some of the jokes are old favourites retold, some are brand new, and some are a few specimens found on that internet thingy which have been massaged to make them almost funny.

The Scottish language is rich in proverbs, sayings, maxims and wise aphorisms. Sadly, in the transition from the abacus to the computer, most of these have become outdated. This great little gift book thrusts these expressions into the 21st century providing millennia of wisdom in a practical modern format. It covers everything from bagpipes to whisky with a few mentions of our dear neighbours, the Sassenachs, thrown in. So whether you are Scottish, a tourist visiting Scotland, an illegal ...

An irreverent romp through Scottish proverbs with chapters ranging from Old Scottish Proverbs Revamped and Modern Scottish Proverbs, through Scottish Chat-Up Lines and Scottish Insults to Glaswegian Proverbs. Not to be taken seriously in any way!

At any point in time there are six million people watching football, eight million having sex, 87 million watching TV and a staggering 112 million talking via online chat rooms. And what are all these people chatting about? Mainly football, TV and sex. In chat rooms you will find a wonderful mix of people from around the world - some are disgustingly rich whilst others are unimaginably poor, some can be irritatingly intelligent but most are so intellectually challenged that they dribble ov...

There are 162,042,117,562 websites on the internet. Of these 161,983,424,031 can certainly be considered strange. But there are far fewer that are truly weird and even fewer that are what-on-earth-is-that-all-about-weird. This book brings together the weirdest of these weird sites for your amusement. When visiting the sites you will meet some rich, ugly people who desperately want to marry you, you will have the opportunity to join 'The Interplanetary Society for the Hard of Thinking' and ...

Cruising from a crew point of view! Cruising hints, tips, and stories about all aspects of cruising, and crew life, from a veteran crew member. Something every cruiser, and every future crew member, is sure to love!Sit back, relax, and read Crew Office - the first cruise, to learn things about cruise ships and cruising you never knew!Enjoy!

When Jayde accepts a scholarship to Mackenna Girls School, she is gifted a chance to break free from the shackles of her family's past. The price for this new life - win a prestigious race. Crouching into the start position, the future she was promised is ripped away. Escorted from the track, her dream quickly descends into a nightmare. Pushed to the edge, her only path to redemption is through a recovering alcoholic war veteran and the revival of a fifty-year-old plan. Entering the world ...

This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book presents a diverse array of South African golf courses, from Gauteng’s Blair Atholl and Royal Johannesburg & Kensington to Arabella and Erinvale in the winelands of the Western Cape, from Beachwood and Zimbali in KwaZulu-Natal to the bushveld splendour of Leopard Creek on the edge of the Kruger National Park, which comes with unique water hazards that are home to hippos and crocodiles.Specialist golf course photographer Jamie Thom and Gol...

JINN is an action packed adventure novel set in Benghazi Libya and Houston Texas. A young Texas Tool Push working in Libya stumbles on a lost treasure of Nazi gold coins believed to be protected by evil jinn spirits putting the young man’s life in mortal danger. Romance, treachery, betrayal, actual historical events and the clash between Arab and American cultures play out in this pot boiler of a book. If you are a fan of Wilbur Smiths’ African sagas, then Jinn will be a 100% match for you...

What might become of anthropology if it were to suspend its sometime claims to be a social science? What if it were to turn instead to exploring its affinities with art and literature as a mode of engaged creative practice carried forward in a world heterogeneously composed of humans and other than humans? Stuart McLean claims that anthropology stands to learn most from art and literature not as “evidence” to support explanations based on an appeal to social context or history but as modes...

This book is a fun and entertaining way to teach children about farm animals as they search for a missing hen. Jen Hen is very tricky, and hides all over the farm while everyone looks for her. The animals start to help in the search. The reader is encouraged to help spot her in the pages. Recommended for ages 0-12 years old.

Crumpled Paper Boat is a book of experimental ventures in ethnographic writing, an exploration of the possibilities of a literary anthropology. These original essays from notable writers in the field blur the boundaries between ethnography and genres such as poetry, fiction, memoir, and cinema. They address topics as diverse as ritual expression in Cuba and madness in a Moroccan city, the HIV epidemic in South Africa and roadkill in suburban America. Essays alternate with methodol...