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  • 101 Amazing Lightbulb Jokes

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, March 10, 2013)
    This side-splitting collection of 101 of the best lightbulb jokes you have ever heard is dangerously funny! Jack Goldstein aims his humour cannon at older children with this hilarious joke book containing over one hundred jokes that will have the whole family laughing. Organised into categories so you have a lightbulb joke for every occasion, this is an ideal addition to any budding comedian’s bookshelf. How many seabirds does it take to change a light bulb? About four or five terns ought to do the trick...
  • 101 Amazing Mozart Facts

    Jack Goldstein

    eBook (AUK Authors, Feb. 12, 2013)
    Do you want to know all of the important facts about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Amongst many other things, the legendary composer wrote over 600 works, was made a knight by the Pope, mastered more than twelve languages and wrote poems about rather unsavory subjects...This easy-to-digest eBook gives you the information you need to know about Mozart in handily organised sections. Whether you are writing a history project on him or you just want to find out more about a man considered by many to be the world’s greatest composer, this pocket-sized fact-book is an easy way to get the information you want fast!
  • The Amazing Book of Knock Knock Jokes

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, Oct. 5, 2015)
    Knock, knock. Who’s there? The Amazing Book of Knock Knock Jokes. The Amazing Book of Knock Knock Jokes who? The Amazing Ummm... let’s start again. This book, The Amazing Book of Knock Knock Jokes, contains one hundred and fifty hilarious jokes for kids of all ages, as well as a short section on the history of the joke style that will probably interest your parents (but it’s OK, you can skip over that bit). The author believes that every single one of these jokes will make your head fall off with laughter and your sides split with mirth, so highly recommends exercising caution. Although wouldn’t it be great if your head really DID fall off?! Let’s find out…
  • 101 Amazing Facts about Dogs

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, April 30, 2014)
    Did you know that in medieval times dogs were known to have accompanied their masters into battle wearing suits of armour? Or that the Rhodesian Ridgeback was first bred to fight lions? This fantastic quick-read eBook featured over one hundred facts about dogs split into categories such as evolution, health, behaviour, record breakers and many more. So if you want to know who the heaviest dog ever to have lived was, or what the wagometer was invented for, then this is the book for you! Find the information you want, fast.
  • 101 Amazing Facts about World Capitals - Volume 1

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, July 15, 2014)
    Do you know which two people have been granted free food for life at Ben’s Chili Bowls in Washington? Which country’s capital is known as the city of a thousand minarets? Where could you have found Hairy Bottom Road? And why can you never seem to find the fourth floor in your Seoul hotel? All of these questions and more are answered in this fantastic book of facts. This volume contains over one hundred facts about Berlin, Cairo, Canberra, Cape Town, London, Paris, Seoul, Tbilisi, Washington and Wellington, with the facts separated into sections for easy navigation. So if you want to know which big cats can be found on Table Mountain’s Lion’s Head (it’s not lions) or why the Australians were rather upset by a particular gift from the British, then this is the book for you.
  • 101 Amazing Facts about Snakes

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, Sept. 10, 2014)
    How often does a snake shed its skin? What is the world’s most venomous species? What incredible ability are rattlesnakes currently evolving? And why are scientists studying the venom of the black mamba? All of these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook containing over one hundred facts, separated into sections for easy reference. So if you want to know why should still handle a dead rattlesnake with care, or which place on earth contains the highest number of deadly snakes per square metre, then this is the book for you!
  • Justin Bieber - The Ultimate Quiz Book

    Jack Goldstein

    eBook (AUK Authors, Jan. 6, 2013)
    Are you the world's ultimate Belieber? Do you know absolutely everything there is to know about the world's favourite pop star? Then this is the book for you.Test your friends and family on their knowledge of Justin Bieber with these 180 questions (and answers) sorted into categories such as his lyrics, his favorites, the internet and much more.Show everyone that you are the biggest JB fan of all time with this great fun quiz!
  • 101 Amazing Facts about Lizards

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, Sept. 16, 2014)
    In what amazing way does the horned toad lizard defend itself? What film did a trip to the Komodo islands to study lizards inspire? What, according to ancient Australian Aboriginal belief will happen if you kill a lizard? And what species of lizard is the fastest on the planet? All of these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook containing over one hundred facts, separated into sections for easy reference. So if you want to know more about komodo dragons, iguanas, chameleons and gila monsters, then this is the book for you!
  • 101 Amazing Food Jokes

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, June 10, 2013)
    This side-splitting collection of 101 of the best food jokes you have ever heard pasta be Jack Goldstein's funniest book yet! The master of comedy has prepared a sumptuous banquet of hilarity that will have the whole family laughing. Organised into categories so you have a food joke for every course, this is an ideal addition to any budding comedian’s bookshelf. What happened after an explosion at a French cheese factory? All that was left was de brie. Bon appetit!
  • 101 Amazing Book Title Jokes

    Jack Goldstein

    language (AUK Authors, June 9, 2013)
    This pant-wettingly funny collection of 101 of the best book titles (and their authors) that you have ever heard is dangerously amusing! Jack Goldstein loads his hilarity rifle and aims its laser sight right at your funnybone. Organised into categories so you have a hilarious book title for every occasion, this is an ideal addition to any budding comedian’s bookshelf. Have you ever read Explosives in Chemistry by Stan Wellback, or French Overpopulation by Francis Crowded? You’ll want to after this!
  • 1111 Amazing Facts about Animals

    Jack Goldstein

    Paperback (AUK Authors, Nov. 11, 2015)
    Did you know that in medieval times dogs were known to have accompanied their masters into battle wearing suits of armour? Or that cows from different regions moo in different accents? Were you aware that the courtship dance of some seahorses can last eight hours? Or that an albatross flies much further in a lifetime than the Apollo astronauts did on their moon missions? This fantastic book contains over one thousand facts about a wide range of animals, including dinosaurs, dogs, lizards, insects, sharks, cats, birds, horses, snakes, spiders and fish. So if you want to know what the wagometer was invented for, which fish the Romans used as a recreational drug or what the offspring of a donkey and a zebra is called, then this is the book for you!
  • Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism and All That Jazz

    Kevin Jackson

    Hardcover (Hutchinson, Sept. 9, 2013)
    Ezra Pound referred to 1922 as Year One of a new era. It was the year in which a skinny, shabby Irishman and a natty, quietly sinister American entered the cultural landscape, hell-bent on exploding everything that realistic fiction and Georgian poetry held dear. It was the year which began with the publication of Ulysses and ended with the publication of The Waste Land: the most influential English-language novel and poem of the century. Despite several revolutions in taste, these two works remain the twin towers at the beginning of modern literature; some would say, of modernity itself. And it was the generous, indefatigable, discerning Ezra Pound who played a significant part in the launch of both writers' careers. Constellation of Genius puts the accomplishments of Eliot and Joyce in the context of the world in which their works appeared -- a year of remarkable firsts, births, and foundations. The passing of an old world: the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the end of British Liberalism with the crushing defeat by the Conservatives at the General Election, the thwarting of Marcus Garvey's dreams for a new Africa. Dada was put to rest, Proust died and Hollywood transformed the nature of fame, making Charlie Chaplin the most recognisable man on the planet. Hitchcock directed his first feature, Kandinsky and Klee joined the Bauhaus and Louis Armstrong took the train from New Orleans to Chicago, heralding the beginning of modern jazz. Gloriously entertaining, erudite and idiosyncratic, this is a biography of a year, a journey through the diaries of the anthropologists, actors, artists, dancers, designers, film-makers, philosophers, playwrights, politicians and scientists whose lives and works collided over twelve months, creating a frenzy of innovation which broke the world in two.