Why is work better than sex? Do Bond villains lack ambition? Are you an alien terrorist? Is the world getting better or worse? What is the best undead creature to actually be? How can you reliably predict the future? How do wasps get into the house? How can you live to be 100? Do we possess free will? What are brains for? If you enjoy asking unusual questions and getting unexpected answers, this book is for you. In a colle...

Introducing Graphic Guides is the bestselling series which explores big ideas from Quantum Theory to Psychoanalysis using concise, authoritative text and graphic novel-style illustrations.For the very first time 28 titles are now available in ebook format for all e-reading devices.This free ebook sampler contains extracts from six books:• Introducing Psychology asks what exactly psychology is, precisely, where has it come from and the extent to which it can be consi...

There’s still so much more that you can do with essential oils that one boxed set is not enough. So here’s Volume 2. You’ll be learning more about the use of essential oils and aromatherapy as natural remedies to common ailments. Improve your and your family’s quality of life without spending too much. Take advantage of the power of nature.

In this book Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines himself fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary.Only Ayoade can appreciate Ayoade's unique methodology. Only Ayoade can recognise Ayoade's talent. Only Ayoade can withstand Ayoade's peculiar s...

In 1959, a group of like-minded Chicagoans joined forces to open a hip new venue dedicated to coffee, cigarettes, conversation, and comedy. The result, a nightly cabaret featuring a troupe of inventive young actors skewering everything from politics to popular culture in witty, rapid-fire, improvised scenes, not only made delighted audiences laugh–it made history.Copping its iconic name from a New York journalist’s disparaging remark, Chicago’s Second City theater brashly defied th...

"Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you're a comedy nerd you'll love this book." — Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and SplitsiderBased on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years.Starting...

Who invented the pub quiz? The British, of course! Who doesn’t enjoy a rousing question-and-answer session over a pint and some scratchings? Indeed, what higher calling is there than standing in the pub loudly demanding answers to difficult questions like ‘d'you want some?’ Here, for your pleasure, Britain’s leading pub landlord, The Pub Landlord, presents the finest collection of facts imaginable. Enjoy the attention of friends and strangers by revealing how many James Bonds there were, h...

Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian Step...

"100 of the" series books brings you yet another exciting book on the 100 Dumbest Political Quotes. Read this book and many other 100 of the Best, Most, Ugliest, Top, Coolest and more books.

Docs’ Jokes are one way to take the pain out of your body and wallet when you have an appointment with a medical practitioner. At times, it seems that sick patients are a doctor's way of feeling good so anything that can bring a smile on your face at the expense of a doctor should be exploited.This book is a lighthearted counterweight to our daily effort, allowing us to chuckle at ourselves, our colleagues, our profession and all those who interact with us. The book is also a good source f...