Tells the stories of the geniuses, innovators, and crackpots who put the ghost in the machine. From Brunel's SS Great Britain to the Spitfire... Read more

Gives us a different perspective - the female take - on the millions of irritations of the world. This book is of interest to different kinds of... Read more

Egalitarianism is a mania for the policymakers and the soupy-brained halfwits we contrive to elect to public office. Appalled by free thinking,... Read more

In these days of cricketing correctness, where codes of behaviour are being handed down by the Cricket Police, this title is a salute to the good... Read more

Presents a fantasy world where clothes get folded just so, delicious dinners await, and flatulence is just not that funny. This book gives the... Read more

The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the... Read more

This is a wickedly funny book. It is a non-politically correct attack on the tobacco industry and those who oppose it. Other titles by this author... Read more

An eccentric wager finds Tony Hawks, a man who loves an unusual challenge, bound for the little-known Eastern European state of Moldova. His... Read more

A collection of parodies. It contains works from Thomas Hardy's football report to Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser. Read more