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A Brief History of Puzzles: 120 of the World's Most Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku by William Hartston
Category: Sports and Hobbies
A mindbending history of the greatest puzzles of all time, by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows.
Even More Things That Nobody Knows : 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston; James Nightingale (Editor)
Category: Science
There are many, many more things that nobody knows...! Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes déjà vu? Why do cats purr? How fast did dinosaurs move? In Even More Things That Nobody Knows, William Hartston once again explores the li ...Show more
Even More Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston
Category: Humour
There are many, many more things that nobody knows...! Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes deja vu? Why do cats purr? How fast did dinosaurs move? In Even More Things That Nobody Knows, William Hartston once again explores the li ...Show more
Numb and Number by William Hartston
Category: Science
'A wise, witty and insightful guide to clear thinking amid a deluge of percentages and probabilities.' Ian StewartLike it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion polls, risk assessments, inflation figures, weather and climate ...Show more
Sloths! - A Celebration of the World's Most Misunderstood Mammal by William Roland Hartston
Category: Animals & Nature
In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous anachronisms of which we kno ...Show more
The Bumper Book of Things Nobody Knows: 1001 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston
Category: Gifts
A witty and fascinating exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond. There are many, many things that nobody knows... Do animals have a sense of humour? Why do we have five fingers? What did Jesus do in his youth? Has human evolution sto ...Show more
The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else by William Hartston
Category: Science
A delightful and witty treasure trove of utterly useless information by the author of The ThingsThat Nobody Knows. Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great dealof weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takesthe ...Show more
The Things That Nobody Knows : 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston
Category: Languages and Reference
The forward march of human knowledge has deepened our understanding of the universe and flung wide the floodgates of technological advance: we have established that the world came into being more than 4.5 billion years ago; we have deciphered the Rosetta Stone; travelled to the moon; eliminated smallpox ...Show more
Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston
Category: Popular Science
" HERE ARE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ...Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Where did our alphabet come from? Can robots become self-aware? Can lobsters recognize other lobsters by sight? What goes on inside a black hole? Are cell phones bad for us? Why can't we remember ...Show more
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