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A full colour illustrated book packed with over 450 amazing instructions, items of information, advice, tips and directions, which explains how to do all sorts of improbable and practical things...Learn how to make a flower change colour, avoid the evil eye, and make buttons stay on longer! Discover the secrets of easing backaches, causing rain, extracting a broken cork and making bird's nest soup! Learn how to play the nose flute, the spoon and the comb!

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9781552978054

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Skim'n'skip curio is perfect... for long sojourns on the john. A hodgepodge of fun and useful information. -- Susan Swagler Birmingham News (11/28/2004) A hodgepodge of fun and useful information. Unique book... full of wacky facts and bizarre information... perfect for anyone, young and old, who loves trivia.--Ann Byle Grand Rapids Press (11/30/2003) The ultimate how-to book... an entertaining reference for anyone interested in, well, anything and everything.--Pamela Klaffke Calgary Herald (11/08/2003) This my favorite type of book to recommend to reluctant readers because it will hold everyone's attention.--Linda Baum Taylor Sunday News Herald (06/13/2004) Full of oddball practical tips... dubious historical information... outdated social etiquette... and tricks of various kinds... All this esoterica is punctuated by full-size game boards for obscure games and instructions for playing them. Skim'n'skip curio is perfect... for long sojourns on the john. A hodgepodge of fun and useful information.--Susan Swagler Birmingham News (11/28/2004) Amiable compendium... colorful illustrations are simple but effective, and so are the step-by-step instructions.--Henry Kiso Chicago Sun-Times (12/07/2003) This unique book is so full of wacky facts and bizarre information that you'll despair of ever grasping it all, but that's part of the fun... perfect for anyone, young and old, who loves trivia.--Ann Byle Grand Rapids Press (11/30/2003) Provocative... a storehouse of useful information here, as well as some not quite so useful -- but you never know.--Ann Lloyd Merriman Richmond Times-Dispatch (10/05/2003) Kids and adults will enjoy the vast range of strange (and sometimes useful) facts... the ultimate how-to book... an entertaining reference for anyone interested in, well, anything and everything.--Pamela Klaffke Calgary Herald (11/08/2003) The Ripley's-esque illustrations on every page make it all the more enjoyable. This my favorite type of book to recommend to reluctant readers because it will hold everyone's attention.--Linda Baum Taylor Sunday News Herald (06/13/2004)

A hodgepodge of fun and useful information.--Susan Swagler Birmingham News (11/28/2004) Amiable compendium... colorful illustrations are simple but effective, and so are the step-by-step instructions.-- (12/07/2003) This unique book is so full of wacky facts and bizarre information that you'll despair of ever grasping it all, but that's part of the fun... perfect for anyone, young and old, who loves trivia.-- (11/30/2003) Provocative... a storehouse of useful information here, as well as some not quite so useful -- but you never know.-- (10/05/2003) Kids and adults will enjoy the vast range of strange (and sometimes useful) facts... the ultimate how-to book... an entertaining reference for anyone interested in, well, anything and everything.-- (11/08/2003) Full of oddball practical tips... dubious historical information... outdated social etiquette... and tricks of various kinds... All this esoterica is punctuated by full-size game boards for obscure games and instructions for playing them.-- (12/01/2003) Skim'n'skip curio is perfect... for long sojourns on the john.-- (10/19/2003) The Ripley's-esque illustrations on every page make it all the more enjoyable. This my favorite type of book to recommend to reluctant readers because it will hold everyone's attention.-- (06/13/2004)

The Ripley's-esque illustrations on every page make it all the more enjoyable. This my favorite type of book to recommend to reluctant readers because it will hold everyone's attention.--Linda Baum Taylor Sunday News Herald (06/13/2004)

Provocative... a storehouse of useful information here, as well as some not quite so useful -- but you never know.--Ann Lloyd Merriman Richmond Times-Dispatch (10/05/2003)

Provocative... a storehouse of useful information here, as well as some not quite so useful -- but you never know. -- Ann Lloyd Merriman Richmond Times-Dispatch (10/05/2003)

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The Diagram Group is a London-based creative team specializing in non-fiction books.

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