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Switch on your brain with puzzles, tips and teasers - now available in PDF.

Now in PDF.

Do you know your power ballads from your punk anthems?

Can Jack West unravel the ancient secrets of the Five Greatest Warriors and save the world?

If you paid attention to Homework for Grown-ups you should hopefully now have a grasp of the basics: know your chiasmus from your zeugma, your obliques from your acutes, and your Anne of Cleves from your Anne Boleyn.

Travel a road rich in possibilities and fraught with danger .

Perfect Party Games is essential reading for anyone who has a party to plan.

Perfect Pub Quiz is the ideal companion for all general knowledge nuts.

Are You A Geek?

The Lucky Charm.

We are living in a world full of games.

In 1841 John Timbs wrote a book called Popular Errors Explained.

Perfect Family Quiz is an invaluable source of entertainment for the whole family.

Who is Yogi Bear's girlfriend?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS!

'In a book this good, in the company of a mind this judicious and fine, the reader is left wanting more' TelegraphPoetry, poker, mountaineering, novels - a sparkling collection of essays from Britain's best-loved man of letters________________________Al Alvarez's writing career has come in many guises.

Since its first publication twenty years ago, The Biggest Game in Town has become a sought-after cult classic.

Whatever word you'd care to apply to 2022, no one can deny it's been eventful.

From bizarre tales of triumph to incredible facts about footballers, this is an informative, interactive and hilarious guide to football - what it's all about and what made it what it is today.

In a convenient pocket format, with its clear layout and easy-to-use cross-referencing, this handy crossword dictionary is an ideal companion for any crossword enthusiast.

Chess was invented more than 1,500 years ago, and is played in every country in the world.

Like millions of other sports-mad gamblers around the world, Dave Farrar loved taking on the bookies.

Like millions of other sports-mad gamblers around the world, Dave Farrar loved taking on the bookies.

Youth Football Coaching is essential reading for all those who coach 11-a-side to 11-18 year olds, and want to plan and deliver structured, professional training sessions to assist their team to reach full potential throughout the season.

Playgrounds and sports fields are filled with children and teenagers trying to impress their friends and team mates with their football freestyle skills, attempting to copy their professional football heroes like Ronaldo or Ronaldinho.

Kids' Football Fitness introduces a brand-new concept for children's football training, providing building blocks for a carefully structured, target-based programme of coaching, conditioning and nutrition for kids aged 7 to 16, with the aim of improving young players' fitness for football.

Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams.

In a convenient pocket format, with its clear layout and easy-to-use cross-referencing, this handy crossword dictionary is an ideal companion for any crossword enthusiast.

This title offers hundreds of examples to illustrate how crossword clues work and helps readers understand how crosswords are created and how to interpret the clues.

For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'; the biggest high roller to hit Sin City in decades, a hotshot, twenty one year-old kid with a seemingly unlimited bankroll and an even more unlimited lust for big money action.

A magnet for bullies at school, Jon Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until he discovered the trading-card game Magic: The Gathering.

Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey out of London along the banks of the River Thames to discover the secrets and stories of England's most famous waterway.

Usefully Useless is a gloriously diverse volume dedicated to the most engrossing trivia in the world.

Everybody wants to be creative.

Bellies and Bullseyes is simply the greatest account there will ever be about the sport of darts - as told by one of its most legendary characters - Sid Waddell.

Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love and knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories and little-known trivia.

Kenji Yamada has a critical wife, a hated mother-in-law and what he thinks is a job for life until his fortieth birthday teaches him otherwise.

If you're intrigued by the fact that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, or that Heinz ketchup flows at 0.

The Incredible Joke Book is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

The Incredible Joke Book is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Epic Heroes is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Epic Heroes is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 4 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 4 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 3 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 3 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 2 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 2 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Football School Season 1 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations.