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  • af John Lloyd
    395,95 kr.

  • af John Lloyd, Cornwell Wilson & Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan
    292,95 - 332,95 kr.

  • - A critical and expository commentary of the Hebrew text
    af John Lloyd
    352,95 kr.

  • - Fear and Security in the Digital Age
    af John Lloyd
    227,95 kr.

  • af John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & James Harkin
    136,95 kr.

    Features a selection of 1,342 facts such as: trees sleep at night; Google searches for 'How to put on a condom' peak at 10.28pm; there is no word for time in any Aboriginal language; Scotland has 421 words for snow; Emoji is the fastest growing language in history; and, astronauts wear belts to stop their trousers falling up.

  • af John Lloyd
    117,95 kr.

    A dazzling third installment of astounding new facts from the New York Times best-selling authors of 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off and 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop.

  • af John Lloyd, James Harkin & Anne Miller
    95,95 kr.

    Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol is good for you; camels gave humans the common cold; English has 3,000 words relating to drunkenness; in 1851 all the 436,800 sandwiches sold in London were ham; and, Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers.

  • - His Sports And Pastimes (1854)
    af John Lloyd
    232,95 kr.

    The English Country Gentleman: His Sports And Pastimes is a book written by John Lloyd and first published in 1854. This book is a comprehensive guide to the various sports and pastimes enjoyed by the English country gentleman in the mid-19th century. It covers a wide range of topics, including hunting, shooting, fishing, horse racing, cricket, and other outdoor pursuits.The book is divided into chapters, each of which focuses on a particular sport or pastime. The author provides detailed descriptions of the equipment, techniques, and strategies used in each activity, as well as the rules and etiquette that govern them. He also includes anecdotes and stories about famous sportsmen and their exploits.In addition to the practical information, The English Country Gentleman: His Sports And Pastimes also offers a glimpse into the social and cultural world of the English country gentleman. The author discusses the role of these activities in building and maintaining social connections, as well as the values and attitudes that underpin them.Overall, The English Country Gentleman: His Sports And Pastimes is a fascinating historical document that provides insight into the leisure pursuits of a particular class of people during a particular time in history. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of sport, social history, or cultural studies.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

  • - 24 episodes of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game
    af John Lloyd, Richard Turner & Dan Schreiber
    263,95 kr.

    The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside that doesn't make you scratch your head, stroke your chin or, at the very least, go 'Hmm'. Fortunately, helping to fill its vacant plinths is a gathering of the world's most original minds. Among the guests bearing donations to the museum in these 25 episodes are Neil Gaiman, Sarah Millican, Clive James, Kate Adie, Sir Terry Pratchett, Ronni Ancona, Jon Ronson, Bettany Hughes, Ben Elton, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Alain de Botton, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Alistair Fothergill, Ruth Padel, Jonathan Miller, Lucie Green, Marcus du Sautoy, Sara Wheeler, Brian Eno, Shappi Khorsandi, John Hodgman, Chris Addison, Roger Law, Tim Minchin, Philip Pullman, Richard Wiseman, Victoria Finlay, Simon Singh, Jimmy Carr, Graham Linehan, Sarah Bakewell, Robin Ince, David Eagleman, Natalie Haynes, Brian Blessed, Alan Davies, Gareth Edwards, Martha Reeves, Harry Enfield, Helen Scales, Admiral Alan West & many more. In addition to all the episodes from the first four series, a previously unbroadcast pilot episode, The Professor of Curiosity, is also included. Running time: 12 hours approx.

  • - News, Media and the European Institutions
    af John Lloyd
    246,95 kr.

    Unveils the changing ways in which journalists report the European Union

  • af John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & James Harkin
    132,95 kr.

    From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI, a brilliant sequel to their New York Times best-selling 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off."

  • af John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & James Harkin
    95,95 kr.

    Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, the QI team returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten.Pigs suffer from anorexia.

  • - Journalism, Influence and Democracy
    af John Lloyd & Fernando Giugliano
    804,95 kr.

  • af John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & James Harkin
    95,95 kr.

    Tintin is called Tantan in Japanese because TinTin is pronounced 'Chin chin' and means penis; Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machinegun to kill a hedgehog. 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off will make you look at the universe (and your socks) in an alarming new way.

  • af John Lloyd & Jon Canter
    105,95 kr.

    A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts.This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams' and John Lloyd's 1983 classic The Meaning of Liff features over 900 essential new definitions, including:Anglesey n.Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking.Badlesmeare n.One who dishonestly ticks the 'I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions' box.Caterham n.An overwhelming desire to use the Pope's hat as an oven glove.Clavering ptcpl v.Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public.Eworthy adj.Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting.Kanumbra n.The sense that someone is standing behind you.Ljubljana interj.What people say to the dentist on the way out.Loughborough n.The false gusto with which children eat vegetables in adverts.Sorrento n.The thing that goes round and round as a YouTube video loads.Uralla n.A towel used as a bathmat. In 1983, John Lloyd and Douglas Adams authored The Meaning of Liff, a bestselling humour classic which went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. John Lloyd's other books include 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways and The Book of General Ignorance.

  • af John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
    105,95 kr.

    The ultimate compendium of crisp one-liners, knockout jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI. 'You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither.' Steve Martin; 'You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.' Chinese proverb; 'The Beatles are dying in the wrong order.' Victor Lewis-Smith; 'Cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.' Mark Twain; 'Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember: it didn't work for the rabbit.' R.E. Shay; 'If it were not for quotations, conversation between gentlemen would be an endless series of 'what-ho's!'' P. G.Wodehouse

  • af John Lloyd
    152,95 kr.

    The voices of Home Park

  • af John Lloyd
    183,95 kr.

    John Lloyd argues that the media are now no longer functioning as an inquiring check on the political class. Instead they have become an alternative establishment, dedicated to a theatrical distrust of individual politicians and a furious indifference to the real-life intricacies of world policy-making.

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