Non-Fiction Books
Part glossary, part dictionary, part cultural expose, part survival guide, Mingin' Or Blingin': Essential Modern English will see you through those awkward social occasions in which you might otherwise flounder. Consider this: you are challenged to "scrap a lick." How do you proceed? And if everything is "gravy," should you be happy? For those whom this alien tongue confounds and confuses, you've come to the right place.
Let’s face it–we all do geeky things, from checking e-mail obsessively to playing video games to tripping over our own feet. But here’s your chance to find out just how much of a geek you really are. With 1,000 questions for every area of your life–from childhood to lifestyle to entertainment to sex (you met your wife in a Web chat room–3 points), Are You a Geek? helps measure your precise geek quotient. From challenging intelligence quizzes to testing your dating compatibility with “Geekline,” Are You a Geek? lets you in on the secrets that separate the geeks from the grown-ups. Or the nerdmeisters from everyone else…
The Internet has changed the way we work, the way we're entertained, and the way we shop. Now, it's revolutionizing the way we find love too. Internet dating has become a phenomenon in recent years, with thousands of websites offering us the partner of our dreams in just a few convenient clicks. It has wiped out the stigma associated with traditional dating agencies,and made it easier than ever to find love. But how do we get started with this new way of finding a partner? What are the rules of etiquette defining this growing subculture? And how do we sort out the potential soul mates from the bunny boilers? The Little Book of Internet Dating provides you with all the answers, leaving you to ask all the right questions.
The burden the modern redhead has to bear is heavy. Mocked by friends and foes alike, or worse, fetishized for their "red-hot" sex appeal, at times there may seem like no way out for our carrot-topped heroes. However, help is now at hand. This helpful guide supplies all the ammunition needed to complete the transformation from redhead whiner to Ginger Ninja!
For those who find that it takes longer and longer to wash their faces each morning, for those who have people turn away as if blinded by the glare from their heads when the sun comes out or have become surgically attached to their baseball caps, this comical compendium will change their lives. It will assist in the process of accepting that their hair is no longer a part of them. In this welcome call to arms for anyone who has suffered ridicule for their combovers or started to think of Danny DeVito as a role model, help is provided to say no to Rogaine and hello to being a shiny, happy person.
From humble origins as a nerdy pastime of computer geeks, Twitter has recently become an international phenomenon of online social networking. More than one million Tweeters update their microblogs on a daily basis, including such famous figures as Barack Obama, Martha Stewart, Shaquille O’Neal, and John Cleese. This accessible and humorous introduction to the expansive world of Twittering offers advice and insights on how to get started Tweeting. Common codes and abbreviations are deciphered, and a selection of the weirdest and wittiest Twitter feeds is also provided along with a list of the best celebrity Tweeters. Entertaining and educational, this is a delightfully irreverent look at today’s hottest online craze.
For too long northerners have faced derision at the hands of southerners, whether it be about the northern climate, their thriftiness, or gloomy outlook, but all this is about to change. Now is the time for northerners to rise up as one and growl, I’m from t’North and I’m proud!’ After all, where would southerners be today without the hallowed Yorkshire pudding, or stainless steel, open-cast mines or Peter Kay? The Northern Monkey Survival Guide is a collection of reasons to love the orth, together with some useful survival tips for anyone who dares to venture south of Birmingham. Including: A northsouth currency conversion guide what a cheese and onion buttie is called and costs The Northern Monkey hall of fame the greatest northerners in history Places to avoid in the Beautful South’ The Northern Monkey Survival Guide is a celebration of the northern outlook on life and the perfect stocking-filler for any northerner this Christmas!
Behind the Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to Dan Brown's Bestselling Novel Tim Collins
Sometimes you press the button without thinking ... you know it’s a mistake but there’s no way back, you’ve posted something really stupid. It doesn’t make sense ... it’s littered with spelling mistakes ... you’ve missed the point ... Oh, God! I’d do ANYTHING to take that back! Other times, you read tweets that are just plain dumb! In this laugh-out-loud collection, you’ll find a selection of the really stupid things people post: · ‘I hate grapes. They discuss me.’ · ‘I want my first daughter to be a girl.’ · ‘Hope I done well in the English exam.’ With hundreds of examples of the very best (worst) tweeted howlers that range from the silly to the bewildering, The World’s Stupidest Tweets is guaranteed to keep you chuckling!