Beyond Coincidence - new extended edition (PAPERBACK)

Now with 40 NEW stories, including Alicia Keys' phone number, Michael J Fox's cure for Parkinson's disease and the meaning of life according to Douglas Adams! Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire. It lands 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence? Two sisters in Alabama decid…

Beyond Coincidence (HARDBACK)

Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire. It lands 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence? Two sisters in Alabama decide, independently, to visit the other. En route, their identical jeeps collide and both are killed. Is someone playing snap with our lives? Could it be the hand…

The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception

'You think it's only some politicians and journalists who lie for a living? Read Brian King's witty book and learn the truth.' John Humphrys 'In this engaging book, King unravels the full extent of the deceipt that surrounds us.' Brighton Evening Argus We are all natural born liars, telling an average of six lies a day. So the next time you speak to someone, the chances are that you will be lied…

The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception

"You think it's only some politicians and journalists who lie for a living? Read Brian King's fine, witty book and learn the truth." John Humphrys "An enjoyable account of the varieties of lying, with amusing examples drawn from every field ? from advertising and politics to the little white and grey (and sometimes black) lies we tell ourselves and our loved ones" Metro "Brian King paints an amu…

Walking in on Mum and Dad: Adventures in Embarrassment

  Shortly before Charles de Gaulle's retirement, his wife was asked by Harold Macmillan's wife Dorothy what she most looked forward to in the coming years. "A penis", she declared. Coming to his wife's rescue, the former president remarked: "My dear, I think the English pronounce it ''appiness' ..." Walking in on Mum and Dad relives many sorry tales of embarrassment, from author Bill Bryso…