7 must-read science books like Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves by The QI Elves

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Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

By: The QI Elves

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI. Every Wednesday …

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Cover of 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin

1. 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop

By: John Lloyd , John Mitchinson , James Harkin

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI, a brilliant sequel to their New York Time… read more

Similar categories in John Lloyd's 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • trivia
  • science
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2. The Book of General Ignorance

By: Alan Davies , John Lloyd , John Mitchinson , Stephen Fry

4.11

Format: None pages,

Camels store water in their humps and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, right? Wrong an… read more

Similar categories in Alan Davies's The Book of General Ignorance book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • trivia
  • science

3. Parsnips: Buttered: How to baffle, bamboozle and boycott your way through modern life.

By: Joe Lycett

3.50

Format: None pages,

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4. 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off

By: John Lloyd , John Mitchinson

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

QI is the smartest comedy show on British television, but few people know that we're also a major l… read more

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5. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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6. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

By: Billy Connolly

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more

Similar categories in Billy Connolly's Rambling Man: My Life on the Road book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

By: Susie Dent

4.30

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordina… read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • science
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10. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

By: The QI Elves

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI. Every Wednesday … read more

Similar categories in The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • science
  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • popular science
  • trivia
  • audiobook
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12. Funny You Should Ask...Again

By: QI Elves

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball. Every We… read more

Similar categories in QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask...Again book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • audiobook
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • trivia
  • science
Cover of Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg  Jenner

13. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

By: Greg Jenner

4.11

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more

Similar categories in Greg Jenner's Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • science
  • history
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • audiobook
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14. A Short History of Drunkenness

By: Mark Forsyth

3.97

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
  • audiobook
"Anyway, they invented civilization and it's been downhill ever since."

-Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness

"Había un proverbio sumerio que decía "Él es temeroso, como un hombre que no conoce la cerveza" y otro, todavía más revelador, que decía "No conocer la cerveza no es normal"."

-Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness

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15. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Suspect book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • audiobook
Cover of 2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks by John Lloyd

16. 2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks

By: John Lloyd

4.22

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR - A NEW BOOK BY QI ELVES JAMES HARKIN AND ANNA PTASZYNSKI - IS AVAILABLE FOR… read more

Similar categories in John Lloyd's 2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • trivia
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17. Disappearing Act

By: Robert Sheehan

3.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Robert Sheehan is one of Ireland’s brightest stars of the screen, both at home and abroad. Best kno… read more

Similar categories in Robert Sheehan's Disappearing Act book and The QI Elves's Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

  • audiobook
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18. 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions

By: QI Elves

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Which lottery numbers should I pick? Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust? Can dogs t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science

13 Top audiobook books like Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves by The QI Elves

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David Mitchell

4.16

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Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

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Bill Bryson

3.84

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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

Tom Holland

4.15

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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

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Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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Katja Hoyer

4.17

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