A hilarious slacker's guide as to why you should never do all those things that you're supposed to do before you die.

Introduces the reader to a wonderful collection of little passages, drawn from the experiences of everyone and set alongside revelations from the famous (and not so famous). Also included are some exit strategies for when you've been ambushed by your memory, as well as tips on how to avoid getting ambushed in the first place.

Features hundreds of ridiculous examples of the misadventures in English discovered all over the world - from hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'Cream shower for pretentious skin' or the Japanese bar that boasts 'Special cocktails for ladies with nuts'.

Tells you various things you never knew you wouldn't ever need to know about the background and inhabitants of Britain's most prominent towns and cities.

Takes a look at the world through the car windscreeen. Among other things, this title explains: why Surrey is worse than Wales; how crossing your legs in America can lead to arrest; the reason cable TV salesmen must be punched; and, that divorce can be blamed on the birth of Jesus.

Why are Iraqi prisoners of war being forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Has the US army really enlisted the help of Uri Geller? This book searches for answers to these and other questions, revealing some of the beliefs at the core of the War on Terror.

Part of the Wit series, this work brings together hundreds of rugby related quotes that range from the humorous to the philosophical.

The speeches and sayings of Winston Churchill have often passed in history, This collection brings together a collection of his most famous sayinghs with less well-known witticisms. It presents hundreds of Churchill's wittiest and wickedest quips.

Presents friendly city rivalry anecdotes between Mancs and Scousers.

Everybody knows that friends are the most important people in your life, always there to share your highs and lows, to celebrate the good times and be a shoulder to cry on in the bad. This title offers advice on being a brilliant friend, from shopping tips to surprise parties.

Explores swearing and the impact of its acceptability on our language, our manners, and our society. This book considers how we have become more openly emotional, yet more wary about insulting others.

Presents 1,000 unforgettable senior moments in history, with embarrassing and true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of forgetfulness: President Carter leaving the codes for nuclear missile strike in a suit sent to the dry-cleaners; Ralph Waldo Emerson forgetting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's name at Longfellow's funeral; and so on.

* A wonderfully informative and entertaining guide to our national language - and in particular those words which help define the British identity

Books, television shows and websites are forever ordering us around - 100 things to do before you're 30; 50 albums you must own; this year's must-have handbag; change your life in two weeks. Why - is this an increasingly desperate search for happiness? What is this obsession with lists, and why should we care?

A collection of poems, some of which are about realising we are not as young as we thought, while some are about the more disconcerting problems of modern life; mobile telephones on trains, anti-social behaviour, traffic jams and the internet.

In his bestselling book Join Me, Danny Wallace instructs his legions of followers to perform a Random Act of Kindness every Friday. As a result, his thousands of followers (dubbed the Karma Army), without warning, made people happier the length and breadth of the country.

Britain's favourite Pub Landlord tackles modern-day mumbo-jumbo with a healthy dose of good old-fashioned common sense.

A compilation of cards for various occasions. It features cards for birthdays, apologies, congratulations, graduations and more.

A mini-collection of senior humour that includes quips and quotes. It features coverage, reviews and press releases.