Portico Fishing's Strangest Tales Quinn Tom

A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history • Right from the very start, when George Stephenson’s famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester line in 1830, the world’s railways have given rise to plenty of intriguing stories. In this fascinating book, revised and updated with a new selection of tales, railway buff Tom Quinn explores the more bizarre side of train travel, featuring weird weather conditions, audacious robberies, hair-raising accidents, vanishing passengers, an infestation of maggots and a mysterious missing mummy • From the dawn of rail travel, when speeds of 15mph were considered dangerous to health and people mistook engines for fire-breathing demons, through the Victorian heyday of royal trains and seaside specials to today’s more prosaic leaves on the line, this whistlestop tour through railways’ long and storied history is the perfect gift for armchair travellers, history fans and trainspotters

Kent’s Strangest Tales is a book devoted to the weird and wonderful side of the Garden of England • Home to historically rich towns such as Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate, Kent is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a strange-shaped stick at. From Chaucer’s legendary tales of debauchery and naughtiness to Mick and Keef’s very first meeting on a rocking ’n’ rolling Dartford train, Kent has it all – coast, ghosts, castles, treasures, pirates, Britain’s oldest highway and, lest we forget, the old lady who tricked the Luftwaffe. All the stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true • Perfect for Kent-dwellers and tourists alike, Kent’s Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the hilarious, the odd and the baffling – an alternative travel guide to some of the county’s best-kept secrets that date back many thousands of years

A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger side of cycling, including doughty Edwardian explorers, intrepid tightrope cyclists and a long-forgotten bike growing in a tree • Extraordinary but true stories from 200 years of cycling history • Part of the bestselling Strangest series, Cycling’s Strangest Tales is a quirky and fascinating collection of stories from cycling’s history. Included are stories of Thomas Stevens, the doughty Englishman who circumnavigated the world on a penny farthing, the 1904 Tour de France winner who was disqualified for catching the train, the 1937 Japanese invasion of China spearheaded by 50,000 bicycle-mounted troops, and the man who soared over nine circus elephants on an ordinary yellow bike. The stories come from every corner of the cycling world, whether it’s the open road, the velodrome or the BMX track

Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach • Within these pages you’ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup qualifier after colliding with a moose on his morning jog, the American ultra-marathoner who had all his toenails removed to improve his running, and why some runners at the 2015 Tokyo marathon were wearing GPS-enabled, edible bananas, complete with LEDs and incoming Twitter updates • Packed with tales that are so odd you’ll hardly believe them, this book makes the perfect gift for all running enthusiasts, from the seasoned marathoner to the park jogger, and those who only ever run a bath

All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form! • Test your London knowledge with this fascinating book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from the illustrious history of this wonderful city • Quiz categories include • Ancient traditions • London eccentrics • Getting about • Ghosts and ghouls • Corridors of power • Monumental monuments • Quirky buildings • Just plain weird • Whether you're testing your friends, practising for pub quizzes or just reading it in an armchair, this book will take your London knowledge to a whole new level

This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales • Within these pages you'll find stories of pirates holding ships to ransom and the gruesome fates of some of the shipmates who dared cross them. The sailors forever lost in the Bermuda triangle, the poor family who were encircled by a school of sharks to the spooky tales of the lighthouse haunted by drunkard lightship keeper John Herman. The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true • Revised, redesigned and updated for 2016, this book is the perfect gift for both keen sailors to the armchair Captains

All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form! • Test your football knowledge with this handy book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from more than a century of football history • Quiz categories include • Outlandish scorelines • Freaky weather • Unfeasible goals • Animals on pitches • Cup madness • Streakers • Football's great eccentrics • International antics • Whether you're testing your friends, practising for pub quizzes or just reading it in an armchair, this book will take your football knowledge to a whole new level

All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form! • Test your rugby knowledge with this handy quiz book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from more than a century of rugby history • Quiz categories include • Famous Firsts and Lasts • Trophy Cabinet • Unexpected Interruptions • Men and Women Behaving Badly • Political Connections • The Numbers Game • Family Ties • Never Mind the Weather • Whether you're testing your friends, practising for pub quizzes or just reading it in an armchair, this book will take your rugby knowledge to a whole new level

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TOM FORD BEAUTY представляет TOM FORD BOYS & GIRLS, новую роскошную коллекцию мини-помад, названных в честь друзей, возлюбленных Тома Форда и творческих людей, которые восхищают его больше всего. В палитру вошли самые разные тона, от элегантных и сдержанных до выразительных и дерзких, ведь одного оттенка помады никогда не бывает достаточно • Кремовые, матовые, сияющие, насыщенные и полупрозрачные помады легко смешивать и сочетать между собой, экспериментируя и создавая поистине уникальные оттенки • Своей кремовой текстурой и ровным покрытием помады обязаны редким экзотическим ингредиентам, таким как экстракт семян сои, бразильское масло мурумуру и масло ромашки. Комплекс насыщенных пигментов, подвергнутых специальной обработке, позволяет достичь чистого цвета и нужной степени сияния

TOM FORD BEAUTY представляет TOM FORD BOYS & GIRLS, новую роскошную коллекцию мини-помад, названных в честь друзей, возлюбленных Тома Форда и творческих людей, которые восхищают его больше всего. В палитру вошли самые разные тона, от элегантных и сдержанных до выразительных и дерзких, ведь одного оттенка помады никогда не бывает достаточно • Кремовые, матовые, сияющие, насыщенные и полупрозрачные помады легко смешивать и сочетать между собой, экспериментируя и создавая поистине уникальные оттенки • Своей кремовой текстурой и ровным покрытием помады обязаны редким экзотическим ингредиентам, таким как экстракт семян сои, бразильское масло мурумуру и масло ромашки. Комплекс насыщенных пигментов, подвергнутых специальной обработке, позволяет достичь чистого цвета и нужной степени сияния