Every place has a spirit: it may be good, it may be bad, it can be restful as eternity or it can be jarring and hideous as a vicious brawl.

Strange Amazing and Mysterious Places

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

Marshall, Richard

Travel

Collins Pub San Francisco

Would You Lend Your Toothbrush: More of What Canadians Borrow, Eat, Watch, Buy and Do...on an Average Day

Brazier, Heather

Reference

Harpercollins Canada

The original Thunderbirds revealed - inside this illustrated book are all the secrets of International Rescue and Tracy Island. Back to the future with a detailed behind-the-scenes view of the Supermarionation fantasy world masterminded by puppet genius Gerry Anderson. Featuring exclusive pictures of the characters, sets and models in the making, Fab Facts is the book every fan must have. From Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet to Torchy, Twizzle, Fireball XL5, UFO, Joe 90 and Space:1999, enter the magical, fantastical world of Gerry Anderson.

Gerry Anderson's Fab Facts: Behind the Scenes of TV's Famous Adventures in the 21st Century

Humor & Entertainment

Archer, Simon

Television

HarperCollins, UK

This new edition of the Collins Dictionary of Curious Phrases is an updated and revised version of Leslie Dunkling's classic work on curious and baffling phrases, now integrated fully into the subject dictionary range. It is redesigned to make it easier to use and will also contain references to internet sites where readers will be able to find out yet more about the curious phrases we use. Phrases explained include 'kick the bucket', 'scream blue murder', 'a hair of the dog', 'cat's pyjamas', 'brass tacks' and 'red herrings.'

Curious Phrases: From Blue Murder to Pass the Buck (Collins Dictionary of)

DUNKLING, Leslie

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world’s best-known wordsmiths. The ideal replacement or complement to that tatty old copy of Brewer's Phrase and Fable most of us have about the house, A Word in Your Shell-Like is an entertaining look at both familiar and unfamiliar phrases by one of the key world authorities in English language reference. The articles also contain discussion of meaning, origin and usage. Who was originally 'sold down the river'? Have you been told to 'Naff off'? Find out of whom it was said 'he couldn't chew gum and fart at the same time', who the 'catcher in the rye' was, and what it means to be 'caught between wind and water'. Few other word reference books are likely to increase your store of knowledge with such fun.

A Word in Your Shell-Like: 6,000 Curious & Everyday Phrases Explained

REES, Nigel

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

A collection of remarkable and completely made-up correspondence from the great and the good across history.
Many books have collated the exceptional letters and personal writing of the famous, offering a fascinating insight into well-known figures’ personal lives and hidden desires. But what of the undistinguished epistles of the renowned? Can their less auspicious musings divulge clues to their hopes and ambitions? Probably not. But they can be quite funny.
‘Letters of Not’ assembles the fictional jotted dross that was never before considered worthy of collection. The Post-it notes, the shopping lists, the failed limericks and the birthday card sentiments of history’s most celebrated sons and daughters.
Inside you will find: Werner Herzog’s impassioned note to his cleaning lady Patti Smith’s gym application Captain Scott’s other last letter to his wife Salvador Dali’s to do list Mark E. Smith’s audio tour of Ripon Cathedral Harold Pinter greetings cards Pope Benedict’s handover notes James Joyce’s out of office Dr Heimlich’s other manoeuvre A letter from the table next to the Algonquin Round Table Tweets from the 1966 Newport Folk Festival Instructions on what to do when you meet Van Morrison
And many more, beautifully rendered in their original, blatantly falsified glory and hilariously transcribed for your pleasure.

Letters of Not

Shaw, Dale

The Friday Project

Did you know there are over 47,000 facts in the world?* And the good news is, many of them are in this book. That’s right, The Grand Tour A-Z of the Car is the only reference guide you need for cars, driving and all related matters, especially if you’re not too fussed about those facts being accurate.
In this lavishly tooled book you will find a rich and satisfying collection of motor-related informations from the origins of Porsche and the fate of Lada to the dark history of the Wankel engine and the correct name for those weird little hairs on new tyres.
Throughout the book, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are on hand to share their knowledge and wisdom, and then we’ve made the pictures bigger to fill in the gaps around it.
If you want to impress your friends, and then annoy your friends, and then cause your friends to think “Oh God, now they’re telling us about the slightly ironic way in which the founder of MG died” before hurriedly leaving your house, possibly forever, The Grand Tour A-Z of the Car is the book for you.
The Grand Tour A-Z of the Car – literally bursting with facts!**
* Grand Tour estimate ** Not literally

The Grand Tour A-Z of the Car

Engineering & Transportation

James May

jeremy-clarkson

RICHARD HAMMOND

Automotive

Harpercollins

The Grand Tour A-Z of the Car: Everything you wanted to know about cars and some things you probably didn’t

HarperCollins

Humor

Mer-mania: The Little Book of Mermaids

Federman, Rachel

2023 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Britain and Ireland

Dunlop, Storm

Atlases & Maps

Collins

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