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5 People Who Died During Sex : And 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour
All in perfectly bad taste Prepare to be amazed, appalled, disgusted, and hugely entertained by this compendium of indelicate oddities. Nothing is too inane, too insane, too bizarre, or too distasteful for this incredible, seemingly impossible, but absolutely true collection of facts from across the ...Show more
Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour
'The English aristocrat John 'Mad Jack' Mytton died a bloated, paralysed and penniless debtor in prison. His premature demise was partly due to injuries sustained while setting fire to his own night-shirt to try to cure hiccups. Just before the horribly burned Mytton slumped into unconsciousness he said ...Show more
Giant Bathroom Reader: Dip into a compendium of useless knowledge, hilarious facts and bizarre trivia by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour
Did you know that during a visit to Germany, Peter the Great once used his host's curtains as toilet paper? That a French dwarf once sued his government for the right to participate in this port of dwarf tossing? From Mother Goose to Gold Fever, Celebrity Scandals to Cults and Fanatics, and from Wis Tho ...Show more
LITTLE BOOK OF BAD TASTE by Karl Shaw
Category: Fiction
A special selection of the most disgusting, outrageous and bizarre true historical oddities.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy by Karl Shaw
Category: History
The alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy - from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy. From Regency playhouses, to which young noblemen would go simply in order to insult someone to provoke a duel that might further ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Losers by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour | Series: Mammoth Books
This compendious celebration of ineptitude includes some of history's most spectacularly ill-conceived expeditions and entirely useless pursuits, and features tales of black comedy, insane foolhardiness, breathtaking stupidity and relentless perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. It rejoices in ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Tasteless and Outrageous Lists by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour | Series: The Mammoth Book Series
Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled and entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of bizarre but absolutely true trivia. Nothing is too distasteful for this astonishing compendium, including scores of eclectic lists to amuse, astonish and appal your friends. Entries inclu ...Show more
The Giant Bathroom Reader: Dip into a Compendium of Useless Knowledge, Hilarious Facts and Bizarre Trivia by Karl Shaw
Category: Humour
The oddest, weirdest most amazing facts and feats from all over the world, including bizarre crimes, weird animal news, incredible urban myths, potty wisdom, astonishing royal eccentricities, zany sporting moments and jokes of the day. From elk-dropping earrings to radioactive watches, all of it incredi ...Show more
The Killing of Lord George by Karl Shaw
Category: History
The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend.
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