The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground - overground - passing every station on the way.In a story packed with historical trivia, personal musings and eavesdropped conversations, Mark learns how to get the best gossip in the City, where to find a pint at 7am, and why the Bank of England won't let you join the M11 northbound at Junction 5. He has an East End cup of t...

'FASCINATING' Daily Mail'FULL OF AMAZING FACTS' The QI ElvesEach of the United Kingdom's 124 postcode areas has a story to tell, an unexpected nugget to dust off and treasure.Mark Mason has embarked on a tour of the country, immersing himself in Britain's history on a roundabout journey from AB to ZE. On the lookout for interesting place names and unusual monuments, along the way he discovers what the Queen ...

At 10.41am on a Tuesday morning in September, Mark Mason boards the number 1A bus at Land's End in Cornwall. Forty-six buses and eleven days later he disembarks at John O'Groats in Scotland. Move Along Please is his account of that gruelling 1100-mile odyssey; a paint-by-bus-numbers portrait of Britain.Along the way he visits everywhere from the village where the internet enters Britain to the urban sprawl of Birmingham (inspiration for the Two Towers in Lord of the Ri...

The Book of Seconds reveals the exciting, intriguing and heroic runners-up who until now have been kept in the shadow of the firsts.Did you know that the winner of the second Tour de France rode 25 miles on two flat tyres?Or that the second crew to land on the Moon danced to a pop song in zero gravity?Step forward all the nearly-men and nearly-women, the nearly skyscrapers, nearly-LPs and nearly deserts. Your time in the spotlight has come at last.

Which major UK retailer has the same name as Odysseus's dog in Greek mythology?In the original version of the Band Aid hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', who sang the opening line?Which is the only US state whose name can be typed on a single row of a QWERTY keyboard?Travel writer and quiz fan Mark Mason decided to combine two of his greatest loves by setting off on a tour of Britain's quizzes. From a pub quiz in Edi...

If you're intrigued by the fact that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, or that Heinz ketchup flows at 0.7 miles per day - and, more importantly, intrigued by why you're intrigued - then this book is required reading. Convinced that our love of trivia must reveal something truly important about us, Mark Mason sets out to discover what that something is. And, in the process, he asks the fundamental questions that keep all trivialists awake at night: Why is it so difficult to forget that Keith...

Written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own, the Bluffer's Guides provide hard fact masquerading as frivolous observation in one witty, easy listen.Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of football. Never again be found wanting when asked what Albert Camus said about the ‘beautiful’ game, why a surprising number of other famous writers and thinkers opted to play ‘between the sticks’...

At 10.41am on a Tuesday morning in September, Mark Mason boards the number 1A bus at Land’s End in Cornwall. Forty-six buses and eleven days later he disembarks at John O’Groats in Scotland. Move Along Please is his account of that gruelling 1100-mile odyssey; a paint-by-bus-numbers portrait of Britain.Along the way he visits everywhere from the village where the internet enters Britain to the urban sprawl of Birmingham (inspiration for the Two Towers in Lord of the Rin...

The canyon walls remember every gunshot—and they're about to echo again.When a lone rider cuts across the high country, he's not looking for trouble. But trouble is already riding his trail. A stolen fortune, a dead man's secret, and a pack of hard killers have turned the high canyon into a killing ground.Outnumbered and hunted, he'll have to use every ounce of grit, every trick he's learned, and every bullet he's got left just to stay alive.Because in this country,...

The canyon walls remember every gunshot—and they're about to echo again.When a lone rider cuts across the high country, he's not looking for trouble. But trouble is already riding his trail. A stolen fortune, a dead man's secret, and a pack of hard killers have turned the high canyon into a killing ground.Outnumbered and hunted, he'll have to use every ounce of grit, every trick he's learned, and every bullet he's got left just to stay alive.Because in this country,...

The canyon walls remember every gunshot—and they're about to echo again.When a lone rider cuts across the high country, he's not looking for trouble. But trouble is already riding his trail. A stolen fortune, a dead man's secret, and a pack of hard killers have turned the high canyon into a killing ground.Outnumbered and hunted, he'll have to use every ounce of grit, every trick he's learned, and every bullet he's got left just to stay alive.Because in this country,...

The canyon walls remember every gunshot—and they're about to echo again.When a lone rider cuts across the high country, he's not looking for trouble. But trouble is already riding his trail. A stolen fortune, a dead man's secret, and a pack of hard killers have turned the high canyon into a killing ground.Outnumbered and hunted, he'll have to use every ounce of grit, every trick he's learned, and every bullet he's got left just to stay alive.Because in this country,...