Features unique free downloadable content, the Top 100 Records of the decade, Records for every day of the year and new features on James Bond and the Records that have never been broken - it's the book of the decade.

Compares and contrasts the different ways individual human beings cope (or fail to cope) with the curves that the uncaring universe throws at us.

Now in its fifth triumphant year, Schott's Almanac - essential, irreverent, impartial and endlessly entertaining - is the ultimate book of the year.

Quite simply, Whitaker's Almanack 2010 is the perfect book for anyone interested in current affairs and general knowledge.

Fully updated and revised for 2010, this family reference book comes from the publishers of the renowned Whitaker's Almanack. Be fascinated by the up-to-date, 'must have' information on every important subject on earth. Hugely entertaining and informative, Whitaker's World of Facts 2010 is the biggest and the best!

Fully revised and updated, this is the tenth edition of the world's most comprehensive and bestselling guide for the massive record collecting market. Based on nearly 25 years of detailed research by the staff of Record Collector Magazine, the world's leading publication for all pop and rock collectors.

Offering information on whisky distilleries from all over the world, this title includes details of hundreds of whisky shops, whisky sites and new bottlings. It includes nearly 200 tasting notes describing the flavour of single malts from all working distilleries in Scotland and Ireland. It also features more than 500 colour photographs.

Offers information on such wide-ranging subjects as global economics, Norse mythology and modern cinema. This book includes sections on Art and Architecture, the World of Wine and Britain Today. It also covers literary prizes, the advent of Barack Obama and a world in recession.

A major new edition of the most authoritative dictionary of quotations available brings you the wit and wisdom of past and present. Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20,000 fully indexed quotations. 'When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it' - Anatole France

Contains rankings on numerous topics in subject areas as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime. This work also contains facts on more than 200 topics, data on more than 180 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies.

How much did Byron's brain weigh? Why are people said to grin like Cheshire cats? Was the Duke of Clarence really drowned in a Malmsey butt? These and a host of other vexing questions are addressed in this wide-ranging miscellany drawn from the Victorian Notes and Queries. The result is a plum pudding of a book and an ideal gift for the curious.

It's a fact that men love lists: with lists, men can find the interesting information with the least amount of effort. This book contains over 250 lists covering the important subjects in life - cars, sports, barbecues, gadgets - and answers the vital questions: Are Ferraris faster than Lamborghinis? What's the common murder weapon?

Covers the period from the late '50s, when albums began to be considered as an oeuvre, to the early twenty-first century. This book contains insights into why each album is significant, the key tracks, the circumstances of its creation, the critical reception in its day, and why it stands the test of time.

Whether they're a work of wacky imagination, a piercing insight into social and cultural traditions at the time of writing, or simply a absorbing story, this work features these stories that have come about out of people's desires to communicate a story, a message or a lesson.

New edition of the bestselling compendium of general knowledge