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Télécharger le livre : Thistle Versus Rose
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Thistle Versus Rose
Albert Jack
'It is tremendously good fun winding up the Scots. It is terribly easy, particularly Scottish politicians. They can take things far too seriously.' Jeremy Paxman* It's 700 years since England fought Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn. Miraculously - we still don't...

Editeur : John Murray
Parution : 2014-06-19

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3,99 €
Télécharger le livre : It's a Wonderful Word
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It's a Wonderful Word
Albert Jack
Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-11-03

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9,49 €
Télécharger le livre : What Caesar Did For My Salad
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What Caesar Did For My Salad
Albert Jack
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2010-09-02

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6,99 €
Télécharger le livre : The Old Dog and Duck
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The Old Dog and Duck
Albert Jack
This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor. You'll be glad to know that there are very good - strange and memorable - reasons behind them all.After much research about (and in)...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-09-03

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6,99 €
Télécharger le livre : Pop Goes the Weasel
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Pop Goes the Weasel
Albert Jack
Mr Jack has been nimble and he’s been quick, searching through the history of nursery rhymes and he’s found out all kind of plum tales, just like little Jack Horner. He's unearthed the answers to some very curious questions...Who were Mary Quite Contrary and Georgie...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-28

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9,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks
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Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks
Albert Jack
'Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Was Sir Winston Churchill really a Druid? Did Charlie Chaplin lose a lookalike competition? Did The Who's drummer Keith Moon drive his Rolls Royce into a swimming pool? The man with the answers is Albert Jack...' - Daily...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-28

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6,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Albert Jack's Ten-minute Mysteries
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Albert Jack's Ten-minute Mysteries
Albert Jack
Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history.Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations. All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2007-10-04

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10,99 €
Télécharger le livre : Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep
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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep
Albert Jack
The English language is crammed with colourful phrases and sayings that we use without thinking every day. It's only when we're asked who smart Alec or Holy Moly were, where feeling in the pink or once in a blue moon come from, or even what letting the cat out of the...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2006-10-05

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9,49 €