books by John Mitchinson

books by John Mitchinson

books:

John Mitchinson

QI: Advanced Banter
Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, ...

Faber and Faber, 2008

Have you ever wondered why most books of quotations are stuffed full of rather pedestrian quotes by people you've never heard of? It's a shame because a really good quotation book, one which gathered the truest and funniest insights of the best minds, and organised them into 250 subjects, from ambition to worry, (or from artichokes to ...

The Idler 41: QI Issue

Ebury Press, 2008

The Idler and QI teams join forces to celebrate curiosity and overthrow boredom

QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance

John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

Faber and Faber, 2007

'My ignorance of animals is legendary'
...to quote Alan Davies. After reading this, you'll feel the same way. Like The Book of General Ignorance, this book exists to burst whatever bubble of knowledge you think you know... Only with animals. I love the QI series, and I felt a twinge docking this one ...

The Book of General Ignorance

John Mitchinson, John Lloyd

Harmony, 2007

FANTASTIC LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA
TURNED ME INTO MORE OF A KNOW IT ALL THAN I WAS BEFORE, GREAT BATHROOM READING!!

QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance
QI, John Lloyd, ...

Faber and Faber, 2008

A number-one bestseller, this is a comprehensive catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge' that will make you wonder why anyone bothers going to school. Now available in this handy pocket-sized edition, carry it everywhere to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument.

The QI Annual 2009 2009
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd

Faber and Faber, 2008

A festive funbag of F stuff, featuring Fantasy Football with Alan Davies, Food Foraging the Sean Lock way, Jimmy Carr's Famous Fannies, Romantic Ronni Ancona and Rob Brydon's Foto-Feature, Fags of the World (as used by Jo Brand), Fry's Forebrain forensically filleted by Phill Jupitus and a 'How-to-Use Furniture' masterclass with Rowan Atkinson. ...

Scheinbildung
John Mitchinson

Piper Verlag GmbH, 2008

The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong

John Mitchinson, John Lloyd

Harmony, 2008

Addictive animal trivia
I defy you to read even a few pages of this little book and not be tempted to yell out to whoever else is in the house: "Did you know that ...?" The other person will laugh and say "You made that up!" This is a perfect book for people who love animals and/or arcane ...

O Livro da Ignorância Geral
John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

Porto Editora, 2007

Um catálogo detalhado e bem-humorado de todas as ideias erradas, equívocos e mal-entendidos da "cultura geral". Se continua a pensar que as rabanadas são de origem portuguesa, que as centopeias têm 100 patas e que a Terra tem apenas uma lua... está mesmo a precisar deste livro. Urgentemente! O Livro da Ignorância Geral lança uma nova luz sob uma ...