Puzzles & Quizzes
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The Encyclopedia of Very Important Events Through Modern History: 54 Earth-Shattering Events That Changed the Course of History
So, you know about history’s biggest events… but do you know the story behind them?
Knowledge is power – we’ve all heard that before and seen it proven right. Because of this, learning a bit of history can help us not make the same mistakes in the future. History, after all, is one big series of lessons we can apply to our present to avoid repeating the biggest errors ever made.
The main problem is that sometimes history can get… kind of boring (sorry, historians!). But we’re changing that for good.
Divided into 54 incredibly engaging and well-told stories representing the biggest and most influential events that have taken place throughout modern history, The Encyclopedia of Very Important Events Through Modern History compiles humorous, inspiring, tragic and even disastrous stories that shaped the world to become – for better or for worse – what we know it as today.
Discover the truth that led to the most massive events in history, such as:
- Isaac Newton and his apple – you know the story, right? But what if I told you the whole tale was a LOT more complex than simply a falling fruit?
- You may be aware that WWI began with an assassination, but did you know that it was a wrong turn by a driver that set the stage for the world’s second bloodiest war? Yikes!
- And we all know how messy a divorce can get… but what about a divorce that caused a literal religious war across an entire nation and set half the country on fire… literally!
This book will help you unlock the entire truth behind the largest events in history so get ready; it’s a fascinating read.
Grab a copy of The Encyclopedia of Very Important Events through Modern History and learn the historical facts and stories most people don’t know about the events we all know!
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The World’s Best Short Stories: 127 Funny Short Stories About Unbelievable Stuff That Actually Happened
Do you want to be entertained by strange, unique and interesting true stories?
Or maybe just have a laugh?
The World’s Best Short Stories is a compendium of crazy and oddly funny stories from different periods across human history. You’ll learn about pompous politicians, admirable animals, and some very strange oddballs!
The book provides the reader with an easily accessible entrance into some of the most important aspects of human history. The stories are packed with humor and jokes to offer up even the grumpiest of readers a wry smile.
The stories carefully selected for the book are typically areas that the average reader won’t have heard of before. Though many of them are set in familiar periods of history which helps the readers build from their own base of knowledge.
In this book you will find:
- 127 exciting stories from different periods and locations across history.
- Boiled-down information from the words of a historian to help plug holes in your knowledge.
- Strange accounts, showing an underside of humanity that isn’t discussed in more traditional academic circles.
- A little extra touch of wit and humor, to keep you entertained along the way.
This book is supposed to help people access new information in a way that isn’t overwhelming or complicated but is instead funny and simple.
The book has some mature themes, though it remains suitable for young teenagers and older, as long as whoever reads the book is just immature enough to be able to laugh at the sillier side of life and history.
If you’re looking for the perfect gift item or just a casual read or light-hearted page-turner, then The World’s Best Short Stories is the book for you.
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A Question of Sport Quiz Book: Brand new questions from the world’s longest running sports quiz
Can you solve this sporting equation? ’53EG for WR’
In which sport can you win the Sid Waddell Trophy?
And in which year did Turin host the Winter Olympics?For over 50 years A Question of Sport has been the last word in sports quizzing, and now you can take on the challenge to guess the Mystery Guest, race to the Sprint Finish, and show off your expertise. With over 3000 new questions from athletics to football, racing, tennis, swimming and every sport in between, you’ll be tested on sports in every era.
Challenge friends and family or play in teams to be crowned the champions. Will you gamble or play it safe in Home or Away? Could you hold your nerve in the high-speed buzzer round?
What will your score be when the final whistle blows?
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Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show
Which star of The Crown is the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister?
Which TV quiz show is based on the creator’s experience of being interrogated as a prisoner of war?
Which property on the Monopoly board does not exist in the real-life London?For lovers of the most obscure and unlikely facts – as well as the unsung quizzing geniuses out there (we all know a couple) – comes Pointless Facts for Curious Minds, the book where obvious answers mean nothing and obscurity reigns. A compendium of fascinating and arcane bits of knowledge, mixed amongst a healthy dose of Pointless quizzing, this is a book that takes a quiz as only the starting point of your intelligent adventures.
Pointless Facts for Curious Minds gives you the chance to put your knowledge to the test and prove your Pointless credentials.
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The University Challenge Quiz Book
For almost 50 years, University Challenge has served as a bastion of general knowledge, regularly testing our finest young minds with a dizzying array of subjects. Now – if you think you’re up to the challenge – you can pit your own wits against the trickiest quiz around.
With over 3,500 challenging quiz questions, The University Challenge Quiz Book will probe the murkiest corners of your intellect. Leaving no stone unturned, in-depth questions cover every aspect of history, science, language, economics, culture and more, and will put even the hardiest quiz veteran through their paces.
With games to play either on your own or in teams (no conferring), here is a collection to challenge, surprise and stimulate – from your first starter for ten to the final gong.
Come on, come on!
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£13.50£18.00The University Challenge Quiz Book
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Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles: 100 Cunningly Clever Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles (Murdle Puzzle Series)
**From THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES comes even more MURDLE – the ‘utterly addictive’ murderous puzzle book for armchair detectives everywhere**
‘THE PUZZLE SENSATION OF THE YEAR!’ – JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE
‘I’M COMPLETELY OBSESSED’ – OLIVIA BLACKE, author of A FATAL GROOVE
Deductive Logico is back on the scene to investigate murders most foul in this third installment: Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles.
These fiendishly compulsive mini-mystery puzzles challenge you to find whodunit, how, where and why. Join Logico to uncover the deadly secrets of a mysterious manor, solve the riddles of a suspiciously orderly science institute and explore the eerie corridors of a tech billionaire’s island retreat. Follow the clues, interview the witnesses and use the power of deduction to complete the grid and catch the culprit. Together, you’ll unearth the dark truth beneath each murder and crack the code that can only be decrypted once you’ve solved them all!
Packed with perplexing puzzles, codes and maps, this is the ultimate casebook for the secret sleuth in everyone.
Miss Marple never cracked a case like this. Time to sharpen your wits and solve a MURDLE!
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