DOMINIC GREYER
Britain’s strangest placenames
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BRITAIN’S AMAZING PLACENAMES
DOMINIC GREYER
BRITAIN’S STRANGEST PLACENAMES
MAY 2022 9781841659411 £8 .99 112pp | 201 x 148 mm | HB 100 black & white photographs Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Humour/Quirky Reference
A beautifully photographed book featuring the quirkiest of Britain’s placenames, from Login to Flash via High Back Side. Photographer Dominic Greyer spent twenty years roaming the British landscape in search of the country’s most unusual placenames . He has an eye for quirky, rude and downright ridiculous name signs, and has photographed them all . Dominic’s atmospheric photography, featuring the landscapes in which the signs sit, make the images special and often beautiful . Placenames include the famous Twice Brewed (Northumberland), Fryup (North Yorkshire), Long Length (Kent) and Camptown (Borders) .
a HistorY oF tHe world in 100 limericks Mick Twister
UK £7.99
APRIL 2022 9781841659404 £6 .99 128pp | 125 x 160 mm | HB Illustrations throughout Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Quirky Reference/Poetry
A history of the world, from the big bang to the present day, in 100 lively limericks accompanied by wonderful illustrations. These 100 humorous limericks take us back to before the beginning of time itself and right up to the present day . Covering everyone’s favourite history lessons (and a few surprising ones too!), Mick Twister has cleverly raided the tomes of the past, picked at the bones of the world’s greatest figures, moments and events and condensed the most complex of human activities into five funny rib-tickling lines for your amusement . From a geezer called Caesar to What a Load of Bankers (about the financial crisis), this is the funniest way to learn about the past . PitKin Guides
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