Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she's ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and morbidly funny style, Doughty explores everything from ancient Egyptian death rituals and the science of skeletons to flesh-eating insects and the proper depth at which to bury your pet if you want Fluffy to become a mummy. Now featuring an interview with a clinical expert on discussing these issues with young people-the source of some of our most revealing questions about death-Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? confronts our common fear of dying with candid, honest, and hilarious facts about what awaits the body we leave behind.

Dive under the sea with these realistic marine origami models! In Fantastic Origami Sea Creatures, Japanese origami expert Hisao Fukui shows you how to create incredibly detailed aquatic wildlife, including a giant squid, prehistoric creatures and even a massive blue whale calf! The step-by-step folding instructions and photos in this book present 20 challenging and amazingly lifelike models -- from intermediate to complex in terms of their level of difficulty. The 20 projects in this book include: The Penguin -- A color-change model capturing the awkward and slightly comical appearance of these flightless aquatic birds The Polar Bear -- A menacing hunter who will hungrily stalk the edge of your desk or bookshelf The Goldfish -- This model features elegant lines and clever folding solutions -- and it's difficult to overfeed, to boot! The Crocodile -- A lurking hunter which is ideal for showcasing special papers The Crab -- With all of the legs to define, this model is a challenging one, but with fewer pinch folds than you might expect The Manta Ray -- A graceful and gentle filter feeder whose sweeping wings give you the opportunity to create a truly expressive paper sculpture And many more!

If you're looking for a book which is fun and at the same time informative about Lancashire then this is the one for you. If you want to sit down and read it from cover to cover you will be fascinated by the things you did not know about this amazing part of England. On the other hand, if you just want something to dip into on the train or bus or to read for five minutes in bed before you fall asleep, this book will also do the job. Did you know for instance that in Wigan, Eccles cakes used to be called 'slow walking cakes' because they were offered to mourners at funerals? Or that that St Walburge's Church in Preston was named after the Patron Saint of people suffering from rabies? Thought not.

Artist Ben Gilles describes his work as a composition of nature, metamorphosis, light, color, collage, collaboration, juxtaposition, repetition, excitement, evolution, manipulation, music, television, improvisation, participation, and seduction. The Butterfly Blooms 144 Piece Wood Puzzle from Galison features a richly colored illustration of flowers and butterflies. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included. * Box Size: 7 x 7 x 1.75 ", 178 x 178 x 44 mm * Puzzle Size: 8.75 x 8.75 ", 222 x 222 mm * 144 Wood Pieces * Foil Stamped Box * Includes Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image

The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled "hard," "expert," "challenger," are not really all that difficult. And in a surprising number of cases, they are downright easy. In the "Absolutely Nasty Sudoku" books, you will find puzzles truly worthy of the lable "hard." The puzzles increase in difficulty throughout the four books in the series. It ranges from the basic and intermediate puzzles and techniques at Level No. 1, to the most advanced techniques at Level No. 4, along with puzzles that require multiple advanced techniques each time.

Give your logic skills a workout with the brilliant Sudoku puzzles in this book, put together by puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore. Forget your worries, pick up a pen and focus on these challenging brain-teasers.

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper, notebooks, notepads, and stickers with three all-new 1,000 piece puzzles, each featuring mesmerizing 19th-century artwork sourced from old and rare books. Featuring: 1,000 full-color interlocking pieces Art print with puzzle image Finished puzzle is 26 3/8" x 18 7/8

Lateral thinking can help you transform your ability to generate ideas, unlock the creative potential of your team and make your organization more innovative. With a lively, energetic and practical approach, The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills will teach you dynamic, up-to-date techniques to unleash the creative energies of your people and show you how to put the techniques to work immediately. Lateral thinking can turn your organization around and make you a better leader. In The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, highly acclaimed author, trainer and presenter Paul Sloane demonstrates how the lateral leader develops the vision, culture and processes that transform a regular business into an innovation hothouse. This book is packed with real-life examples, practical methods and lateral thinking exercises that you can put to work today.

This book challenges your power of observation. Two or more pictures that seemingly are identical are presented on the same page, but subtle changes have been made to one of the pictures. The pictures are images of historical, popular and culturally relevant landmarks, venues, and location from around the world.

Not every problem has an obvious solution. Utilize the power of lateral thinking to think imaginatively and creatively to tackle everyday problems in a new, fresh way. Lateral thinking is about re-thinking your approach to problem solving and using an indirect method to come up with innovative results. But how easy is it to do it? In Lateral Thinking for Every Day, acclaimed writer Paul Sloane clearly explains how you can benefit from using a lateral thinking approach. Using inspiring examples from great lateral thinkers including Lady Gaga, Elon Musk and Tim Berners-Lee, this collection of practical tips, techniques, examples and challenges is guaranteed to help you deploy powerful reasoning techniques, become more persuasive and convincing and to come up with fresh solutions to creative challenges.

Jonathan Adler is a design company that creates luxe and livable interiors and chic products that are synonymous with modern American glamour. The Jonathan Adler Bargello 1000 Piece Panoramic Puzzle includes the wonderfully bright Bargello theme from Adler's successful Now House Infinity line. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 1000 Pieces, Ribbon Cut * Box: 14 x 5 x 2.75", 355 x 127 x 70mm, Puzzle: 39 x 14", 990 x 356mm * Includes Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image * Minimal Puzzle Dust * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.

Fun Trivia Questions and Answers for Brainiacs "A fun collection of facts that will leave you full of information you never knew you needed to know!" Sophie Stirling, author of We Did That? #1 Bestseller in Reference, Puzzles, Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders, Popular Culture The world is full of things you didn't know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you never knew. From the eponymous podcast comes Your Brain on Facts. Train your brain. So what if you picked up some historical inaccuracies (and flat-out myths) in history class. Your Brain on Facts is here to teach and reteach readers relevant trivia. It explains surprising science in simple language, gives the unexpected origins of pop culture classics, and reveals important titbits related to current issues. A brain food boost. Get ready for trivia night done right. Inside, find true facts, strange facts, and just plain weird facts. Your Brain on Facts features fun trivia questions and answers, offering science, art, technology, medicine, music, and history trivia to brainiacs everywhere. Inside discover weird facts and just plain useless fun facts like: What's the language of the stateless nation in the Pyrenees mountains Where the world-changing birth control pill was tested Who wrote lyrics for the Star Trek theme song that were never used If you enjoyed Interesting Stories for Curious People, Stuff You Should Know, The Book of General Ignorance, The Best Bar Trivia Book Ever, The World's Greatest Book of Useless Information, or The Book of Unusual Knowledge, you'll have a blast with Your Brain on Facts.

From sitcoms to the nightly news--a TV-themed puzzle for everyone! Even the most dedicated couch potato will want to turn off the TV and try these entertaining and challenging word search puzzles. Puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman gives you oversized puzzles that cover every topic, from classic favorites to the newest shows, and from sitcoms to police procedurals. Whether you're a pencil puzzler, word search enthusiast, or just looking for a fun and engaging way to spend some time, you'll be delighted by The Everything Large-Print TV Word Search Book. Test your TV IQ with themes like: TV stars Family dramas Television through the years Animated shows Sports on TV Soap operas Award-winning television Plus, word search puzzle are good for you! Word puzzles help improve memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills, and they give you a great mental workout. This is the perfect collection for TV aficionados and word lovers alike.

Boost your brainpower with the puzzles in Brain Boosters: Beginner Puzzles. This selection of over 200 illustrated, full colour conundrums has been designed to help train your mind no matter how much free time you've got to spare. There's a plethora of puzzles including Sudoku, logic sequences, riddles, latin squares, visual teasers, maths challenges and more. Exercise your mind whether you've got just five minutes or an hour, with puzzles growing slowly from basic to medium level of difficulty. Who said exercise couldn't be fun?

Did you know? The town of Wincanton is twinned with a place that does not exist. William Gibbs of Tyntesfield House made his fortune by importing bird droppings from Peru. A song by 'Scrumpy and Western' singer Adge Cutler was banned by the BBC for being too raunchy. Nine villages in Somerset are known as the 'Thankful Villages'. From seaside to countryside and villages to towns, Somerset is a county where it's difficult to separate history and mystery. This fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and trivia reveals all sorts of answers to questions you might have wondered about - and some you didn't. The facts, stats and anecdotes will surprise even those familiar with this beautiful and historic county.

Game Night 1000 Piece Puzzle from Galison features colorful twists to the classic games we all know and love for a fun and challenging puzzling experience. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included. * 1000 pieces, Ribbon Cut * Box Size: 8 x 8 x 2.5", 203 x 203 x 63 mm, Puzzle Size: 27 x 20", 686 x 508 mm * Includes Color Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image * Virtually No Puzzle Dust * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.

This book challenges your power of observation. Two or more pictures that seemingly are identical are presented on the same page, but subtle changes have been made to one of the pictures.

'This is a fascinating book ... it will no doubt be a great source of entertainment around many a dinner table' - She Magazine ______________________________ A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. I Used to Know That is an ideal and accessible reference guide for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge - or prepare for a pub quiz! If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is guaranteed to provide all the answers.

Colors of the Moon 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison highlights the colors of the full moon, documented by astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace from different locations in her native Italy, over a 10-year period. Red or yellow moons often indicate a moon being seen near the horizon. Blue-colored moons are rarer and can indicate a moon seen through the atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 500 Pieces, Ribbon Cut * Box: 8 x 8 x 1.5", 203 x 203 x 41mm, Puzzle: 20 x 20", 508 x 508 mm * Includes Color Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image * Virtually No Puzzle Dust * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.

'An entertaining book we can all enjoy... highly informative and amusing.' Daily Mail 'Full of valuable insight...this is a must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.' Publishers Weekly How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the new world of interviewing at A-list employers like Apple, Netflix and Amazon. It reveals more than 70 outrageously perplexing riddles and puzzles and supplies both answers and general strategy for creative problem-solving. Questions like: Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be 10 years from now on this date? How would you empty a plane full of Skittles? How many times would you have to scoop the ocean with a bucket to cause sea levels to drop one foot? You have a broken calculator. The only number key that works is the 0. All the operator keys work. How can you get the number 24? How many dogs have the exact same number of hairs?