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The Birdwatcher's Pocket Companion by Malcolm Tait
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Pocket Companion
This attractive, handy pocket book will appeal to all twitchers, birders, ornithologists and garden-tickers. There are many species of birdwatcher, and they're all catered for by this unique book. From the serious (why vultures are dying out in Asia) to the bizarre (the parrot that can read minds); the ...Show more
The Gardener's Pocket Companion by Vicky Bamforth
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Pocket Companion
This attractive, handy pocket book is a treasure trove of gardening facts and curiosities, notes and quotes. Packed with useful and fascinating information, "The Gardener's Pocket Companion" will let you into many secrets, including how Joseph Paxton, designer of Crystal Palace and landscape gardener ex ...Show more
The Literary Pocket Companion by Emma Jones
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Pocket Companion
Which book was first published in a cover made of human skin? Who wrote "The Benefits of Farting Explain'd" under the pseudonym Don Fart-inhando Puff-indorst? Which 18th-century playwright was such a compulsive drinker he would drink eau-de-cologne? What was in Hitler's secret library? What is the most ...Show more
The London Pocket Companion by Jo Swinnerton
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Pocket Companion
This attractive, handy pocket book answers all those burning questions about London. Whose head fell off London Bridge into his daughter's lap? How do you make Big Ben gain two-fifths of a second? Who sold Buckingham Palace to an American tourist? Which London citizens are allowed to herd a flock of she ...Show more
The Sailing Pocket Companion by Miles Kendall
Category: Planes Trains Automobiles | Series: Pocket Companion
This attractive, handy pocket book is perfect for both landlubbers and salty sea dogs. This is for everyone who knows their starboard from their stinkpot, and their Raggie from their stern - or who wants to find out. Anyone who has ever set foot in a sailing vessel and come back for more will enjoy this ...Show more
The Wildlife Pocket Companion by MALCOLM TAIT
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Pocket Companion
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