Mental Floss Presents in the Beginning: From Big Hair to the Big Bang, Mental_floss Presents a Mouthwatering Guide to the Origins of Everything
ISBN: 9780061251474 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sure, you know all about the birds and bees. But did Dad ever tell you that it wasn't a stork that put that shiny can opener in your kitchen drawer? Or paperclips started out as proud, Nazi-fighting warriors? And did he tell you how cruise control was originally conceived by a blind genius? From mullets to Silly Putty, lie detectors to karaoke, we've got the true stories behind everything you didn't think had stories. Because if you're looking for answers, In the Beginning is the place to start. Sure, you know all about the birds and bees. But did Dad ever tell you that it wasn't a stork that put that shiny can opener in your kitchen drawer... |
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Benjamin Franklin's Humor
ISBN: 9780813123714 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although he called himself merely a "printer" in his will, Benjamin Franklin could have also called himself a diplomat, a doctor, an electrician, a frontier general, an inventor, a journalist, a legislator, a librarian, a magistrate, a postmaster, a promoter, a publisher -- and a humorist. John Adams wrote of Franklin, "He had wit at will. He had humor that when he pleased was pleasant and delightful... and] talents for irony, allegory, and fable, that he could adapt with great skill, to the promotion of moral and political truth." In Benjamin Franklin's Humor, author Paul M. Zall shows... Although he called himself merely a "printer" in his will, Benjamin Franklin could have also called himself a diplomat, a doctor, an electrician, a... |
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138,16 zł |
What I'd Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats
ISBN: 9781401322663 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jack Handey is one of America's favorite humorists, from his New Yorker pieces to his Deep Thoughts books and Saturday Night Live sketches. Now, in What I'd Say to the Martians, Handey regales readers with his incredible wit and wacky musings.
Jack Handey is one of America's favorite humorists, from his New Yorker pieces to his Deep Thoughts books and Saturday Night Live sketches. Now, in Wh...
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69,01 zł |
Same Old Bill, Eh Mable! (WWI Centenary Series)
ISBN: 9781473313200 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" is a cute comic work that takes the form of letters sent to a lover by an American soldier in the First World War and is a follow up to Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie. It is illustrated with wonderful cartoon drawings by G. William Breck. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative...
This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. "Same old Bill...
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101,45 zł |
True(ish) History of Ireland
ISBN: 9781781172735 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Did you ever think there was something funny about Irish history? Turns out you were right. As the centenary of 1916 approaches, 'The True(ish) History of Ireland' reveals the funny side of Ireland's story. Using hearsay, rumour and some brilliant cartoons, writer Garvan Grant and cartoonist Gerard Crowley have created an (almost) factual look at the birth, childhood and adolescence of the nearly mature nation. Get to the very heart of what it means to be a True Gael by taking a look at the accidental invention of poitin by St Patrick, the conquest of the country by some evil, yet rather posh...
Did you ever think there was something funny about Irish history? Turns out you were right. As the centenary of 1916 approaches, 'The True(ish) Histor...
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91,30 zł |
Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics
ISBN: 9780752265728 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The English aristocrat John 'Mad Jack' Mytton died a bloated, paralysed and penniless debtor in prison. His premature demise was partly due to injuries sustained while setting fire to his own night-shirt to try to cure hiccups. Just before the horribly burned Mytton slumped into unconsciousness he said, "Well, the hiccups is gone, by God."' An 18th-century French scholar attributed the British talent for eccentricity to a 'mixture of fogs, beef and beer...aggravated by the tedium of the English Sunday'. Whatever the reason, the British Isles do seem to have thrown up more than their fair...
'The English aristocrat John 'Mad Jack' Mytton died a bloated, paralysed and penniless debtor in prison. His premature demise was partly due to injuri...
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119,57 zł |
Whistling Dixie: Dispatches from the South
ISBN: 9780156961745 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,95 zł |
A History of Heavy Metal: 'Absolutely hilarious' – Neil Gaiman
ISBN: 9781472241450 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hilariously kick-arse tour through heavy metal by the UK's foremost metalhead stand-up comedian, Andrew O'Neill
A hilariously kick-arse tour through heavy metal by the UK's foremost metalhead stand-up comedian, Andrew O'Neill
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67,22 zł |
American Advertising Cookbooks: How Corporations Taught Us to Love Bananas, Spam, and Jell-O
ISBN: 9781934170748 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,24 zł |
The Wrankers: Erks, Berks & Lumpy Jumpers
ISBN: 9781912183135 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,26 zł |
...and Then You Die of Dysentery: Lessons in Adulting from the Oregon Trail
ISBN: 9781328624390 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,69 zł |
The Free Enterprise Patriot
ISBN: 9781585093946 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,93 zł |
How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender
ISBN: 9781982112516 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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120,83 zł |
Heroes and Rascals of Old Oregon: Offbeat Oregon History Vol. 1
ISBN: 9781635911015 / Angielski / Twarda / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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215,73 zł |
America: Once the United States?
ISBN: 9781643987194 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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184,32 zł |
America: Once the United States?
ISBN: 9781643987767 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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267,48 zł |
The Cell Phone: It's Use (and Misuse!) Through the Ages
ISBN: 9781943492558 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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178,84 zł |
The Cell Phone: It's Use (and Misuse!) Through the Ages
ISBN: 9781943492565 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,28 zł |
Christmas Traditions: A Celebration of Christmas Lore
ISBN: 9780712352949 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A stocking-filler-sized compilation of Christmas lore, revealing the intriguing origins of the traditional festivities. Forty short pieces on individual traditions are each accompanied by charming vintage illustrations from the British Library's collection of Christmas books, cards and ephemera. Origins of the Feast at Christmas The decision to celebrate Christ's birthday on 25 December; the Yuletide festival of Anglo-Saxon England; Saturnalia; evergreens taken inside in midwinter; the original Captain Christmas `Hark the Herald Angels Sing' - Christmas in and out of Church Holly...
A stocking-filler-sized compilation of Christmas lore, revealing the intriguing origins of the traditional festivities. Forty short pieces on individu...
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67,22 zł |
Columbus Uncovered: Fascinating, Real-Life Stories About Unusual People, Places & Things in Ohio's Capital City
ISBN: 9781619845664 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,68 zł |