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  • The Greatest Trivia Book Ever 1

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    All my life I’ve collected weird and wonderful facts. Even before ‘trivia’ was (or should that be ‘were’?) invented, I’ve been obsessed with the pursuit of what you might call worthless knowledge. Now, after a lifetime’s devotion to the cause, I’m proud to present to you my favourite facts of all time. My greatest hits, if you will. Most of what you will read has been acquired organically, from ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Desert Island Discs: Flotsam & Jetsam

    Fascinating facts, figures and miscellany from one of BBC Radio 4’s best-loved programmes

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Flotsam & Jetsam is the ultimate trivia book for fans of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, and a fascinating introduction for all those who have yet to discover its delights.Taking the reader through seven decades of wonderful entertainment, here is an absorbing range of facts, figures and miscellany – including who chose what, and why. It also reveals much about the castaways ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • That's So Gross!: Human Body

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Series Book 4 - That's So Gross!
    NOXIOUS NOISES AND STINKY SMELLS . . .Amaze your mates with top trivia such as:Why do we puke and sweat?Which tribe uses farting as a greeting?How likely are you to be injured by a toilet seat? ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • That's So Gross!: Creepy Crawlies

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Series Book 2 - That's So Gross!
    GO MAD FOR MINIBEASTS!Discover the answers to top trivia such as:Does the dung beetle really stink?Why are caterpillars so muscly?Why would fleas be champion high-jumpers?Includes cool collector cards to swap with your mates. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Weird World of Words

    A Guided Tour

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Illustrated by Andrew Pinder ...
    Did you know that 'Almost' is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in alphabetical order ? Or that 'Stewardesses' is the longest word you can type solely with your left hand? Or that fireflies aren't actually flies, they're beetles? From information about words and their uses, to useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Series Book 6 - Mitchell Symons' Trivia Books
    DID YOU KNOW . . .Square watermelons are sold in Japan?There is a River Piddle in Dorset?Americans use enough toilet paper daily to wrap around the world nine times?Mitchell Symons goes global - join him on his fun fact-finding world tour! ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Greatest Trivia Book Ever 2

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    All my life I’ve collected weird and wonderful facts. Even before ‘trivia’ was (or should that be ‘were’?) invented, I’ve been obsessed with the pursuit of what you might call worthless knowledge. Now, after a lifetime’s devotion to the cause, I’m proud to present to you my favourite facts of all time. My greatest hits, if you will. Most of what you will read has been acquired organically, from ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ultimate Celebrity Lists Book

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Everything you ever wanted to know about celebrities but were either afraid–or didn't know what–to ask.Mitchell Symons' compilation of miscellaneous facts surrounding the lives of the rich and famous will dazzle, delight and occasionally dismay the reader as he reveals the kinds of facts that most books omit. What these head-scratching lists all have in common is that they’re not available on ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • There Are Tittles in This Title

    The Weird World of Words

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Did you know that 'Almost' is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order? Or that 'Stewardesses' is the longest word you can type solely with your left hand? Or that fireflies aren't flies, they're beetles?From information about words and their uses, useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature and film, to ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • The Bumper Book For The Loo

    Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    When Mitchell Symons wrote his extraordinary bestsellers This Book, That Book and The Other Book - all neatly combined in one sensational volume, The Ultimate Loo Book - he was judged by many to be the King of Trivia. Now, in***The Bumper Book for the Loo,*** this supremo of weird and wonderful, astonishing and inexplicable facts, figures, stats and stories returns with... ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Happily Never After

    Modern Cautionary Tales

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    From bestselling revolting reference expert Mitchell Symons comes this wickedly funny modern take on Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses.Meet a true rogue's gallery of horrid kids who hit the skids. Callum: who was a dreadful bully until he received his come-uppance; Tiffany: who couldn't put down her mobile phone and died a horrible death; Bill: whose ability to fart ended in tears and Chloe: ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Why Don't You Smell When You're Sleeping?

    by Mitchell Symons ...
    Did you know...that a 'zyzzyx' is a type of wasp?that the chances of being injured by a toilet seat at some point in your life are reckoned to be one in 6.500?that the collective noun for giraffes is the very apt a 'tower of giraffes'and that snail races start with the words 'ready, steady, SLOW!'Amaze your mates and fascinate your family with these brilliant facts, and more! ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD