Item category 2: People & Society

This wacky book explores our world's most exciting oddities. Did you know there's a plant that eats mice? Or that you can dip your toe in a rainbow-coloured river? From fiery tornadoes flying across the sky to huge sinkholes eating up the earth, each example is illustrated with jaw-dropping image...

1,227 QI Facts blew your socks off. 1,339 QI Facts made your jaw drop. Now the QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. Prepare to be knocked sideways...Orchids can get jetlag. Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time. There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie. Ladybird org...

The eye-popping, gob-smacking, rib-tickling phenomenon that is QI serves up a brand new selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over!

Are you looking for an adventure? Every single adventure in this book is tried-and-tested awesomeness. Each one will inspire you to get outdoors, have fun and try something new.

Achieving better swimming is a matter of swimming efficiently. While proper technique is the foundation of good swimming, it is often difficult to isolate a technique problem by simply swimming laps. Stroke flaws can slow a swimmer s progress and can even lead to injury if continued over time. Fo...

In an age when most parents are keen for their children to spend less time looking at a TV, mobile phone, or games console, this book is the perfect antidote, featuring the rules for one hundred games that can be played with little or no equipment, including memory games, traditional games like n...

Did you know that the average person passes gas between seven and fifteen times a day? Or that a temple in India has thousands of rats living inside it? Wow your friends with the 100 Grossest Facts EVER! Covering topics from science, biology, history, the arts, technology and general knowledge, t...

Presents information about cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other deadly natural disasters, and provides examples of some of the deadliest of each type in history.