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Emus Can't Walk Backwards
''Emus Can't Walk Backwards'' is the sequel to Robert Anwood's 2006 book ''Bears Can't Run Downhill ''Bears Can't Run Downhill'' is a book by Robert Anwood Robert Anwood is the pseudonym of the author of the humour book '' Bears Can't Run Downhill''. It was followed by a sequel in September 2007, '' Emus Can't Walk Backwards''. A third book, '' ...''. As with the first book, it investigates so-called pub facts. External linksPage about ''Emus Can't Walk Backwards'' on author's official site 2007 non-fiction books Trivia books Ebury Publishing books {{trivia-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Anwood
Robert Anwood is the pseudonym of the author of the humour book '' Bears Can't Run Downhill''. It was followed by a sequel in September 2007, '' Emus Can't Walk Backwards''. A third book, '' Damp Squids & Card Sharks'', was announced for publication in October 2023. Writes for the web under the pen name of Siegfried Baboon. As of October 2007, Robert Anwood appeared as a character called "Fact Man" on Lorna Milton's afternoon show on BBC Three Counties Radio. Anwood has been the keyboard player for Oxford-based indie band Jody and the Jerms since 2019. References External linksrobertanwood.comofficial sitemyspace.com/robertanwoodMySpace pagegearchange.orgTruck Driver's Gear Change Hall of Shame (written as Siegfried Baboon)author pageon Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Nayler
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebury Press
Ebury Publishing is a division of Penguin Random House, and is a publisher of general non-fiction books in the UK. Ebury was founded in 1961 as a division of Nat Mags and was originally located on Ebury Street in London. It was sold to Century Hutchinson in 1989; Century Hutchinson was acquired by Random House. Random House merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House in 2013. Under its umbrella are the imprints BBC Books, Ebury Press, Rider, Time Out, Virgin Books Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. History Virgin established its book publishing arm ..., Ebury Spotlight and Vermilion—each with their own, distinct identity and specialist areas of publishing. References External links * Random House 1989 mergers and acquisitions {{publish-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bears Can't Run Downhill
''Bears Can't Run Downhill'' is a book by Robert Anwood Robert Anwood is the pseudonym of the author of the humour book '' Bears Can't Run Downhill''. It was followed by a sequel in September 2007, '' Emus Can't Walk Backwards''. A third book, '' Damp Squids & Card Sharks'', was announced for publicatio ... published in 2006 by Ebury Press. It popularises the idea of pub facts. It is written to investigate (and thereby debunk or confirm) commonly held beliefs such as "One dog year equals seven human years" and "In the UK, it is illegal to burn money." It was followed by a sequel, '' Emus Can't Walk Backwards'', published in September 2007. External linksPage about ''Bears Can't Run Downhill'' on author's official site 2006 non-fiction books Trivia books Ebury Publishing books {{trivia-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trivia
Trivia is information and data that are considered to be of little value. It can be contrasted with general knowledge and common sense. Latin Etymology The ancient Romans used the word ''triviae'' to describe where one road split or forked into two roads. Triviae was formed from ''tri'' (three) and ''viae'' (roads) – literally meaning "three roads", and in transferred use "a public place" and hence the meaning "commonplace." The Latin adjective ''triviālis'' in Classical Latin besides its literal meaning could have the meaning "appropriate to the street corner, commonplace, vulgar." In late Latin, it could also simply mean "triple." The pertaining adjective ''trivial'' was adopted in Early Modern English, while the noun ''trivium'' only appears in learned usage from the 19th century, in reference to the ''Artes Liberales'' and the plural ''trivia'' in the sense of "trivialities, trifles" only in the 20th century. Meaning In medieval Latin, the ''trivia'' (singular ''triv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Non-fiction Books
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trivia Books
Trivia is information and data that are considered to be of little value. It can be contrasted with general knowledge and common sense. Latin Etymology The ancient Romans used the word ''triviae'' to describe where one road split or forked into two roads. Triviae was formed from ''tri'' (three) and ''viae'' (roads) – literally meaning "three roads", and in transferred use "a public place" and hence the meaning "commonplace." The Latin adjective ''triviālis'' in Classical Latin besides its literal meaning could have the meaning "appropriate to the street corner, commonplace, vulgar." In late Latin, it could also simply mean "triple." The pertaining adjective ''trivial'' was adopted in Early Modern English, while the noun ''trivium'' only appears in learned usage from the 19th century, in reference to the ''Artes Liberales'' and the plural ''trivia'' in the sense of "trivialities, trifles" only in the 20th century. Meaning In medieval Latin, the ''trivia'' (singular ''triv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
