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20 produkter
10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse
and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2011
196 kr
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10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse
and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2011
76 kr
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Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled, and completely entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of absolutely true trivia from the author of 5 People Who Died During Sex. Nothing is too insane, too inane, or too sacred for Karl Shaw’s eclectic lists of the world’s very …
Curing Hiccups with Small Fires
A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2009
143 kr
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'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 …
Curing Hiccups with Small Fires
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2015
195 kr
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'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 …
Royal Babylon
The Alarming History of European Royalty
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2002
176 kr
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An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe''s notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy. Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear …
5 People Who Died During Sex
and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2007
206 kr
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5 People Who Died During Sex
and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2007
104 kr
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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 …
First Showman
The Extraordinary Mr Astley, The Englishman Who Invented the Modern Circus
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2024
127 kr
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The First Showman is a hugely entertaining history of the man who created the modern circus: Philip Astley. There have been many books about aspects of the circus but little written about its inventor. Here, New York Times bestselling author Karl Shaw draws on original research to tell the story of …
Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2012
71 kr
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Which king lost the crown jewels? Which queen was as wide as she was tall? And who was the king who died with a poker up his bum?A humorous take on British kings and queens through the ages. Packed with facts and information - focusing on all the funny bits!
Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2013
68 kr
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Which king lost the crown jewels? Which queen was as wide as she was tall? And who was the king who died with a poker up his bum? A humorous take on British kings and queens through the ages. Packed with facts and information - focusing on all the funny bits!
First Showman
The Extraordinary Mr Astley, The Englishman Who Invented the Modern Circus
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2019
213 kr
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Before ‘the greatest showman’, P. T. Barnum, there was Philip Astley, an Englishman who revolutionised popular entertainment. This is his extraordinary story. The First Showman is a hugely entertaining history of the man who created the modern circus: Philip Astley. There have been many books about …
Giant Bathroom Reader
Dip into a compendium of useless knowledge, hilarious facts and bizarre trivia
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2014
307 kr
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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 ths port of dwarf tossing? From Mother Goose to Gold Fever, Celebrity Scandals to Cults and Fanatics, and from Wis …
Mammoth Book of Tasteless and Outrageous Lists
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2014
367 kr
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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 …
Mammoth Book of Tasteless and Outrageous Lists
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2014
45 kr
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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 …
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2017
118 kr
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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 …
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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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 …
Mammoth Book of Losers
Av Karl Shaw
Häftad, 2014
367 kr
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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 …
Mammoth Book of Losers
Av Karl Shaw
E-bok, 2014
50 kr
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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 …
Killing of Lord George
A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Edwardian England
Av Karl Shaw
Inbunden, 2022
232 kr
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'A riveting read ... a dark story of murder and deceit with verve and insight' John Woolf, author of The Wonders THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A 19TH-CENTURY CIRCUS LEGENDOn 28 November 1911 a retired showman died violently at his home in North London. Known to the world as Lord George Sanger, he was once …
