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The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators – but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades the editors researched curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them.
Caitlin Moran is known for her brave and brilliant writing about the intimate truths of women’s lives. But in recent years, as conversations about male violence and toxic masculinity have raged, she has found herself asking another question: what about the men? In this funny, fascinating and moving book, Caitlin explores the challenges and dangers of modern manhood, but also looks hopefully at the possibilities for a future of compassion and allyship in her frank and inimitable style.
Golf saved Drew Millard’s life, and he wants it to save yours, too. At its core, golf is about developing new skills, honing them through practice, and then contemplating the moment and figuring out which skill fits the circumstances. It’s like therapy, just minus the therapist – plus cooler gear and beer. Golf offers camaraderie, time in nature, and a prism through which to view the world. It can genuinely help people live better and more fulfilling lives. Drew Millard writes from experience: When a doctor prescribed exercise to help with depression, golf gave him the tools to recenter himself.
‘This is Going to Hurt’ was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story. By turns hilarious, heartbreaking, and humbling, ‘Undoctored’ is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him. It’s about an extraordinary medical school education. It’s about opening old wounds and examining the present-day scars. It’s about hospital admissions and personal ones. It’s about blowing up your life and stitching it back together. It’s about being a doctor and being a patient.
For Alice and her partner Joe, moving to the sleepy Cotswold village of Penton is a chance to embrace country life and prepare for the birth of their unexpected first child. He can take up woodwork; maybe she’ll learn to make jam. But the rural idyll they’d hoped for doesn’t quite pan out when a dead body is discovered at their local antenatal class and they find themselves suspects in a murder investigation. With a cloud of suspicion hanging over the heads of the whole group, Alice sets out to solve the mystery and clear her name, with the help of her troublesome dog, Helen. However, there are more secrets and tensions in the heart of Penton than first meet the eye. Between the discovery of a shady commune up in the woods, the unearthing of a mysterious death years earlier and the near-tragic poisoning of Helen, Alice is soon in way over her head.
Robin Ince has a good life. As a successful comedian, presenter, and writer, he’s got a job that you are probably jealous of. So, why did he find himself stuck on a train platform in rural Northumberland, swearing maniacally, punching his own leg, vowing never to do stand-up again? Was he having an existential crisis? He didn’t know. But he wanted to find out. Insightful, witty, and often just plain weird, this book charts his journey to discover why he’s made the choices he did in life, and what makes us who we are. Why did Robin become a comedian? Why did you become an accountant (sorry)? Why are we like we are? Informed by interviews with a bevy of comedians such as Jo Brand, Ricky Gervais and Tim Minchin, as well as with neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors, Robin looks back on his life and turns his comedic observational skills on himself – exploring the key psychological questions we all ask ourselves.
Here is a hilarious look at how the line between ‘genius’ and ‘extremely lucky idiot’ is finer than we’d like to admit. The more you delve into the stories behind history’s greatest names, the more you realise they have something in common – a mystifying lack of common sense. Take Marie Curie, famous for both discovering radioactivity and having absolutely zero lab safety protocols. Or Lord Byron, who literally took a bear with him to university. Or James Glaisher, a hot-air balloon pioneer who nearly ended up as the world’s first human satellite. From Nikola Tesla falling in love with a pigeon to non-swimmer Albert Einstein’s near-fatal love of sailing holidays, ‘The Limits of Genius’ is filled with examples of the so-called brightest and best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit.
An extraordinarily honest, outrageously funny account of growing up as a millennial woman in the era of the early internet – from bad MSN boyfriends, to the tyranny of Instagram mumfluencers.
Pull on your wellies, grab your flat cap and join Jeremy Clarkson in this hilarious and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the farm we’re all obsessed with.
A fun take on some of the biggest questions in economics, made accessible for non-experts (and dogs)
From the talented brother-sister duo of Stephen and Anita Mangan comes this exciting fully illustrated adventure.
The new full-colour graphic novel in the New York Times bestselling The Last Kids on Earth series, now with over 10 million copies in print worldwide and an Emmy Award-winning Netflix Original show
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