A light-hearted, whistlestop tour of today’s Britain, done entirely through statistics and survey results.In 8 out of 10 Brits, Charlie Crocker paints a quirkily numerical portrait of Britain. Full of surprising facts about who they are, fascinating information about what they do, and revealing figures about how they’ve changed, this is the essential companion to British life.• The British consume at least double the per capita quantity of baked beans eaten by any other nationality• By early 2005 there were more mobile phones in the UK than people — at least 60 million• The divorce rate in 2007 was the lowest in 30 yearsFrom the Hardcover edition.

8 Out of 10 Brits: Intriguing and useless statistics about the world's 79th largest nation

Humor & Entertainment

Croker, Charlie

Humor

Arrow

Terms of Employment: The Secret Lingo of the Workplace

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Countless revealing and entertaining glimpses into the methods—and sometimes madness—of many of the world's most famous figures
Did you know that Beethoven made every cup of coffee with exactly 60 beans? Or that Shirley Temple always had precisely 56 curls in her hair? Or that the young Frank Sinatra practiced underwater swimming as a way of developing his ability to hold long breaths? This book brings a blend of gripping trivia and incisive humor to the question of how famous high achievers reached those heights. Readers will see Chopin sleeping with wedges between his fingers to increase their span, learn how P.G. Wodehouse reminded himself which pages of a manuscript still needed work, and find out why Thomas Edison chose his research assistants on the basis of their soup-eating habits. From ancient Egypt to the modern day, here are the secrets of their success.

I Didn't Get Where I Am . . .: How the Rich and Famous Achieved Their Success

Puzzles & Games

The History Press

Spot art throughout Hotel sign in Athens, Greece: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily. Menu in Bali, Indonesia: Toes with butter and jam. Pack of toy animals sold in Ranong, Thailand: Be careful of being eaten by small children. Travelers beware! As the most commonly spoken language in the world, English has reached every corner of the globe-but sometimes the message gets scrambled along the way. Explore the very best (and worst) instances of unintentional communication comedy found in street signs, on menus, and in advertising-often the result of bad translation. Screwed Up English is the perfect traveling companion that proves why you shouldn't always believe what you read. Charlie Croker is an author and journalist, and so can be relied upon to use the right words, sometimes even in the right order. His previous books include The Little Book of Beckham and A Game of Three Halves. He has written (with the help of a spellchecker) for publications including The Times, The Independent on Sunday, and The Spectator. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Screwed Up English: Twisted Translations of the English Language from Around the World

Adams Media

Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad

Michael O"Mara

Watch as the English language gets abused around the world with these weird, hilarious, and strange misspellings and mistranslations The search for the globe’s funniest language howler continues apace. As with his two previous volumes, Charlie Croker has trawled hotel foyers in Kazakhstan, South Korean supermarkets, and Argentinian airports, plucking from the mistranslation tree only the very choicest of fruits for your delectation. There is the French hotel advising that "pets are not allowed in the breakfast." The bar in Rome requesting that you "use the arse-tray for your fags." And the bookshop in China boasting a section titled "sports and hobbits." Who can tell what the Japanese camera manufacturer had in mind when they included "beware the weatherly swell" in their instructions? Who would brave the Barcelona hotel where the pillows have "firmness to take care of your cervicals?" Who could resist the Austrian restaurant offering "Saddle of Rabbit in a vortex sheet?" This delightful book is an affectionate trawl through the gems that arise when people all round the world graciously indulge English speakers’ shunning of any language but their own. In fact, some of the gems are home-grown: a Hertfordshire restaurant warns that "any person consumed in the restaurant without paying will be prospected." So eat some "chicken soap" in Bulgaria, drink "Jack Denials" in Italy, stay at the Budapest hotel offering "non-sliding mates for the bathtubes. . ." and find yourself utterly lost in translation.

Utterly Lost in Translation: Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

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Lost In Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad

Secrets of Success: The Quirks and Superstitions of the Rich and Famous

A quirky guide to the language of workplacesHas your doctor ever prescribed you some bug-juice? Or send you to the rheumaholiday department? Have you ever read an article full of anecdata or reviewphemisms? Do you think you work in an adhocracy, for a seagull manager? Every workplace has its own words and phrases, from the Smurf juice used to clean plane toilets to the Peckham Rolexes worn by criminals on release from prison. For this compendium of such terms, Charlie Croker has patrolled hospital corridors, hung out by office water-coolers, and lingered in shops to listen in on the conversations that only take place at work, gathering together the jargon we all use, often without thinking. Heatseekers (ambitious employees) and entreprenerds (geeky IT pioneers) alike will find this an invaluable and entertaining guide.

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