What were they thinking? Ever since Adam snacked on the forbidden fruit and was chased naked out of the Garden of Eden, mankind has bitten off a bevy of bad ideas. From skinny-dipping Presidents to toxic tooth fillings to singing pop stars who can't carry a tune, 100 of the Wors…
From skinny-dipping Presidents to toxic tooth fillings to singing pop stars who can't carry a tune, 100 of the Worst Ideas in History is a celebration of humanity's historical--and often hysterical--missteps that have started wars, sunk countries, wrecked companies, scuttled car…
A humorous look at the history of the world in 140 characters--the perfect way to get a grasp on history without wading through heavy textbooks. World History. Humour. Twitter.
What if Twitter had always been part of our lives...? Who would say what during wartime? What would Jesus Tweet? And how would history's most indecent of scandals have played out on our computer screens? Kelvin MacKenzie and Chas Newkey-Burden take a 140-character romp through h…
Presents the cartoon history of the Middle Ages around the globe, including the multicultural Middle East, West Africa and the cross-Saharan trade, Central Asia and the Byzantine Empire, the European Dark Ages, the Crusades, the Mongol conquests the Black Death, the Ottoman Empi…
Presents the cartoon history of the Middle Ages around the globe, including the multicultural Middle East, West Africa and the cross-Saharan trade, Central Asia and the Byzantine Empire, the European Dark Ages, the Crusades, the Mongol conquests the Black Death, the Ottoman Empi…
Traces world history in cartoon format.
The history of John Bull
Contains the five pamphlets with their original title pages: [1] Law is a bottomless-pit -- [2] John Bull in his senses -- [3] John Bull still in his senses -- [4] An appendix to John Bull still in his senses -- [5] Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull politician. Pamphlets…
A follow-up to "Used to Know That", which helps you to brush up on your maths, science, history, geography and English language while enjoying a walk down memory lane - and remembering the stuff you really shouldn't have forgotten.
