James Harkin
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, Hunting Season is award-winning journalist James Harkin's harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of James Foley, at the hands of the masked militant known as "Jihadi John" (Mohammed Emwazi), and the fate of more than two-dozen other ISIS hostages.
On August 19, 2014, the jihadist rebel group known as ISIS uploaded a video to YouTube. Entitled "Message to America,"...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV "QI" programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times best-selling authors of the Quite Interesting series have made you see sideways, knocked your socks off, and left your jaw on the floor. Now John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin are back to offer even more--1,234, to be exact-shocking, enlightening, downright--fun facts that will leave you speechless...and pantomiming for more"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The sock-blasting, jaw-dropping, side-swiping phenomenon that is QI serves up a sparkling new selection of 1,342 facts to leave you flabbergasted. Trees sleep at night. Google searches for 'How to put on a condom' peak at 10.28pm. There is no word for time in any Aboriginal language. Scotland has 421 words for snow. Emoji is the fastest growing language in history. Astronauts wear belts to stop their trousers falling up. The name Donald means 'ruler...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"This award-winning television drama follows four cops on the streets of the Britain's most menacing cities. Detective Burke, Ross, Reid, and Fraser make a formidable team against Glasgow's criminals, from drug dealers and blackmailers to gangsters and pimps. Armed with determination and intuition, they pursue justice in an often dark and dangerous world."--Container.