Portico imprint: 123 books
by Tom Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history.
** **Right from the very start, when George Stephenson’s famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester line in 1830, the world’s railways...
How To Win Your Pub Quiz
Your only guide to ultimate victory
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Do YOU dream of one day winning your local pub quiz? Wouldnt it be great to wipe that smug smile off the face of the weekly winners? How To Win Your Pub Quiz is a glorious celebration of a great British institution the pub quiz and your 100% guarantee* of ultimate quizzing victory. Written by a self-confessed...
Dry January
103 alcohol-free tips to get you to February
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
101 nifty tips, some more serious than others, for getting you through a January without booze. A book of 101 tips for people engaged in the increasingly popular Dry January movement, in which you give up alcohol for the whole of January. Tips range from the practical ('Put a lock on your drinks cabinet...
Up Front…
His Strictly Confidential Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Big, blond and a goal-scoring machine, Kerry Dixon delighted Chelsea and England fans during the 1980s. Yet his fall from grace, from the pinnacle of a playing career that had few equals, has been, by his own admission, spectacular.
Kerry’s life in recent years has been bedevilled with problems...
Artprompts
Choose a category, pick a prompt and draw!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Stuck for something to draw? Want to improve your skills on the widest range of subjects you possibly can? Searching for inspiration for that graphic novel you’ve been planning to start work on forever? Then look no further. Artprompts, derived from the popular website of the same name, is a treasure...
Vive le Tour!
Wiggo, and the Amazing Tales of the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
The Tour De France is one of the most revered, thrilling sporting events in the world, not to mention one of the most physically exhausting. Every year top cyclists from around the globe break speed records and push themselves harder and faster in pursuit of the legendary yellow jersey. Vive le Tour!...
The Joy of Sheds
Because a man's place isn't in the home
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The Joy of Sheds is a shed miscellany that chronicles mans need for a small space on his own. Its a humorous look at every aspect of the shed experience, mixed with shed facts and some practical information too. Many famous people have created in sheds. Inventor Trevor Baylis thought up the clockwork...
The Joy of Pubs
Everything you wanted to know about Britain's favourite drinking establishment
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Following on in the same vain of The Joy of Sheds, The Joy of Pubs is an intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything you want to know about pubs. It celebrates the many facets of the traditional British pub over the years, with chapters on: Pub Characters, Pub Games, Pub Fiddles (how...
The Field by the River
Uncovering the Nature of Country Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The Field By The River is a thought-provoking and enchanting work; a joyous, charming celebration of the fragile, interconnected ecosystem that can be found if we only take the time to part the leaves, look under the mosses or overturn a stone.
It Just Occurred to Me?
The Reminiscences & Thoughts of Chairman Humph
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
The legendary band leader and jazz trumpeter, broadcaster and humorist looks back at his extraordinarily rich and varied life and the many colourful characters he has known and played with - from Duke Ellington to Louis Armstrong. He also recalls his early life as the son of a famous housemaster at Eton, where he was educated.
The Intern's Manifesto
How to Survive Your First Ever Office Job
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
You don't have to be mad to work here ... but it helps!' Being an intern in the modern world of corporate and creative offices is - without question - one of the most challenging, rewarding, enjoyable and frustrating jobs in the world. Young, talented and hard-working, interns and apprentices are...
Extremely Embarrassing Dad Jokes
Because Dads don't know when to stop
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
What happened to the man with five legs? His trousers fit him like a glove.You can’t keep a good Dad joke down. At the Sunday lunch table, down the pub, at the workplace, dads all over the nation are still churning out the lamest, most pathetic jokes you’ve ever heard. And we’ve gathered them...
Grumpy Old Git Jokes
Because life's not all fun, fun, fun
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Railing against the world? Fed up with everything? In need of a hefty dose of cynical humour? Then Grumpy Old Git Jokes is the book for you. Straight from the mouths of the grumpiest gits our proud nation has to offer, this bumper collection contains hundreds of jokes on favourite grumpy subjects...
Crap Dad Jokes
Because Dads aren't as funny as they think they are
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
What do you call a decomposing whale? Mouldy Dick. And that joke sums up, somewhat poorly, the 999 other jokes in Crap Dad Jokes. This is not a joke book that will make most people laugh. It is designed purely for dear ol' Dad. Following hot on the humorous heels of Porticos Very Embarrassing Book...