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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes by Albert Jack
$26.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Mr Jack has been nimble and he's been quick, searching through the history of nursery rhymes and he's found out all kind of plum tales, just like little Jack Horner. He's unearthed the answers to some very curious questions...Who were Mary Quite Contrary and Georgie Porgie? How could "Hey Diddle Diddle" ...Show more
Red Herrings and White Elephants by Albert Jack
$27.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Bold as brass, cold feet, cock and bull, off the cuff, red herrings and white elephants - we use these phrases every day and yet have only the vaguest idea of where many of them come from. The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this book.
The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meanings of Pub Names by Albert Jack
$26.00 NZD
Category: Humour
This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor. You'll be glad to know that there are very good - strange and memorable - reasons behind them all. After much research about (and in) pubs, Albert Jack brings together the ...Show more
They Laughed at Galileo by Albert Jack
$36.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
From the wireless to the computer, and from hula hoops to interplanetary travel, inventions and discoveries have changed our lifestyles in ways that would have astounded our ancestors. Each of them was originally developed by visionaries who dreamt of the seemingly impossible, but who were opposed by a ...Show more
What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Secret Meanings of Our Favourite Dishes by Albert Jack
$26.00 NZD
Category: Cooking & Cuisine
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what did some retired crusaders ha ...Show more
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