Gift books
Results 1 - 20 of 489
Gift books
Hardback. Includes some of the facts such as: cows moo in regional accents; the entire internet weighs less than a grain of sand; the dialling code from Britain to Russia is 007; potatoes have more chromosomes than human beings; the London Underground has made more money from its famous map than it has from running trains and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 118 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571297917
- ISBN
- 9780571297917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. Includes facts such as Flowers get suntans; Denmark imports prisoners; Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest; The Republic of Ireland first got postcodes in 2015; Martin Luther King Jr got a C+ in Public Speaking; No one in the UK dies of 'natural causes'; and; Penguins can't taste fish. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 186 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571326686
- ISBN
- 9780571326686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten: it is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit; Wagner always wore pink silk underwear; and, Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 186 x 34. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571308941
- ISBN
- 9780571308941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. Lord Kitchener had four spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss and Damn. It is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit. J K Rowling has no middle name. The first computer mouse was made of wood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571308958
- ISBN
- 9780571308958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 5.80
€ 9.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. Prepare to be knocked sideways.. Orchids can get jetlag. Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time. There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie. Ladybird orgasms last for 30 minutes. Traffic lights existed before cars. Sir Bruce Forsyth is four months older than sliced bread. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: WDKX; WHG; WHX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571329847
- ISBN
- 9780571329847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardback. Features facts such as: Orchids can get jetlag; lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time; there are 177,147 ways to tie a tie; ladybird orgasms last for 30 minutes; traffic lights existed before cars; Sir Bruce Forsyth is four months older than sliced bread; and, the soil in your garden is 2 million years old. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: WHG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 123 x 33. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571317776
- ISBN
- 9780571317776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. What happens when you set it on fire, hang it from a clothesline, or put a llama underneath it? This title offers an exploration of an icon as familiar as a grinning jack-o-lantern or an arched black cat. Num Pages: 208 pages, Black and White Line Drawings Throughout. BIC Classification: VXQG; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Quirk Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594746475
- ISBN
- 9781594746475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.48
€ 11.48
Hardback. From successful author and watercolour artist Sandy Gingras, comes one hundred metaphorical hugs in the form of paintings and inspirational words. Num Pages: 72 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 103 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781449427290
- ISBN
- 9781449427290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.42
€ 8.42
Hardcover. A guide to conquering the corporate meeting. It helps you learn the essential subtle tricks that pay big dividends by making you look really clever in meetings: constant nodding, pretend concentration, useless rhetorical questions, how to nail the big presentation by pacing and getting someone else to control your slides. Num Pages: 176 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: WH; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910931189
- ISBN
- 9781910931189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699374
- ISBN
- 9781908699374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.96
€ 11.99
€ 11.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5H; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699398
- ISBN
- 9781908699398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.96
€ 11.99
€ 11.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699381
- ISBN
- 9781908699381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.96
€ 11.99
€ 11.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HV; WH; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699343
- ISBN
- 9781908699343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.96
€ 11.99
€ 11.96
Hardcover. Illustrated with delightfully evocative cartoons and written in a direct, colloquial style, this gem from 1945 is by turns amusing, shocking and thought-provoking in its valiant stand against prejudice and stereotype. Num Pages: 116 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWQ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240395
- ISBN
- 9781851240395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.66
€ 5.66
Paperback. Provides an ironic, witty and gently subversive twist on all the guides to life for would-be prom queens and cheerleaders. This book also provides the things that really matter for a teenage rebel, including How Not to Make Eye Contact with Your Mother and How to Turn Your Life into a Soap Opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 257 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500291467
- ISBN
- 9780500291467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99
Paperback. Something to be happy about: This mesmerizing bestseller is revised and updated. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: VS; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 103 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761181804
- ISBN
- 9780761181804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Muir Notebook
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Jou
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604336412
- ISBN
- 9781604336412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.47
€ 14.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Bodleian Library the. Num Pages: 52 pages, 26 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; WZG; WZS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244041
- ISBN
- 9781851244041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.09
€ 15.99
€ 13.09
Hardback. Perching on the porcelain can be very boring when you have nothing to do but poo. But fear no more, as excretion expert Hugh Jassburn has put together a compendium of entertaining activities and informative fun that will make you want to stay put, even if you don't need to go. Doing a number two will never be the same again. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WD; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849534970
- ISBN
- 9781849534970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.16
€ 9.99
€ 8.16
Hardback. Make use of those dull moments on the lav by teaching yourself how a starfish eats a clam, how to say 'Hello' in every European language and what the dot over an i is called. From science and natural history to the different types of moustache, this little book contains enough fascinating facts to keep you learning throughout the year. Num Pages: 112 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WDKX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Summersdale Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849537841
- ISBN
- 9781849537841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.18
€ 9.99
€ 8.18